Recognizing the best in the Ottawa restaurant scene since 1998

2008 Winners

Chef of the Year

  • Serge Rourre (Le Baccara)

Best Restaurants

  • 3 Star — Le Baccara, Beckta Dining & Wine, Restaurant E18hteen, Perspectives Restaurant
  • 2 Star — Absinthe, A'Roma Meze, Bella's Bistro, Benitz Bistro, Canvas, Chez Eric, Coconut Lagoon, El Meson, Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar, Murray Street, Napo, Navarra, New Dubrovnik, La Roma, Restaurant Les Fougeres, Trattoria Caffé Italia, Urban Pear, Vineyards Wine Bar Bistro, Wellington Gastropub,Whalesbone Oyster House
  • 1 Star — Castlegarth Resaurant, Petit Bill's Bistro, Poco Pazzo, Sweet Grass Aboriginal Bistro

Best Wine Experience

  • Le Baccara (Sommelier Danielle Dupont)

 

2007 Winners

Chef of the Year

  • John Taylor

Best Wine List

Café, Bistro, Wine Bar

  • 3 Star — Domus Café, Vinyards Wine Bar Bistro
  • 1 Star — Castlegarth Restaurant, Petit Bill's Bistro

Wine Restaurant

  • 3 Star — Trattoria Caffe Italia
  • 2 Star — Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar

Fine Dining

  • 3 Star — Le Baccara, Beckta Dining & Wine, Restaurant Les Fougères
  • 2 Star — Hy’s Steak House, Sterling Restaurant
  • 1 Star — Merlot Roof Top Grill
Regional/Specialty/Ethnic
  • 1 Star — East India Company

Best Service

  • 3 Star — Castlegarth Resaurant, Sterling Restaurant, Trattoria Caffe Italia
  • 2 Star — Beckta Dining & Wine, Kinki Asian Restaurant, Merlot Roof Top Grill
  • 1 Star — Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar, Coconut Lagoon Restaurant

 

 

2006 Winners

Best Wine List Award

Café, Bistro, Wine Bar

  • Gold: Vineyards Wine Bar Bistro, Domus Café
  • Silver: Par-fyúm Bistro Moderne, Stella Osteria, Absinthe Café

Wine Restaurant

  • Gold: Trattoria Caffe Italia, Luxe Bistro, Vittoria Trattoria Byward Market
  • Silver: Medithéo Restaurant, Vittoria Trattoria Riverside, Empire Grill

Fine Dining

  • Gold: Le Baccara, Beckta Dining & Wine, Restaurant Les Fougères, L’Orée du Bois, E18hteen
  • Bronze: The Wakefield Mill, Sterling Restaurant, Hy's Steak House
Ethnic
  • Bronze: East India Company, Pub Italia, Kinki Restaurant

Best Service Award

  • Gold: Le Baccara, Beckta Dining & Wine
  • Silver: Castlegarth Restaurant, Hy's Steakhouse, Trattoria Caffe Italia
  • Bronze: Luxe Bistro, Merlot Roof Top Grill, Restaurant Les Fougères

 

2005 Winners

Best Wine List Award

Café, Bistro, Wine Bar
  • Gold: Vineyards Wine Bar Bistro, West End Station Bistro
  • Silver: Métropolitain Brasserie
  • Bronze: Absinthe Café

Wine Restaurant

  • Gold: Trattoria Caffé Italia
  • Silver: Meditheo Restaurant, Luxe Bistro
  • Bronze: Empire Grill, Merlot Roof Top Grill

Fine Dining Restaurant

  • Gold: Le Baccara Casino du Lac Leamy, Beckta Dining & Wine, Restaurant Les Fougères, Restaurant L’Orée du Bois, Restaurant E18hteen
  • Silver: Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar, Perspectives Restaurant Brookstreet Hotel, Wilfrid’s Fairmont Chateau Laurier
  • Bronze: Café Henry Burger, Hy’s Steakhouse

Specialty/Ethnic Restaurant

  • Bronze: Kinki Restaurant

Best Service Award

  • Gold: Le Baccara Casino du Lac Leamy, Restaurant Les Fougères, Restaurant E18hteen
  • Silver: Hy’s Steakhouse, Café Henry Burger, Ristorante Il Piccolino, Beckta Dining & Wine
  • Bronze: Perspectives Restaurant Brookstreet Hotel, Restaurant L’Orée du Bois, Pub Italia

 

2004 Winners

Best Wine List Award

Café, Bistro, Wine Bar

  • Gold: Domus Café, Vineyards Wine Bar Bistro
  • Silver: Meditheo Restaurant
  • Bronze: West End Station Bistro Restaurant

Wine Restaurant

  • Gold: Trattoria Caffé Italia, Vittoria Trattoria Byward Market
  • Silver: Vittoria Trattoria Riverside
  • Bronze: Empire Grill, Merlot Roof Top Grill

Fine Dining Restaurant

  • Gold: Beckta Dining & Wine, Restaurant Les Fougères, Restaurant L’Orée du Bois, Restaurant E18hteen
  • Silver: Café Henry Burger, Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar, Perspectives Restaurant Brookstreet Hotel
  • Bronze: Wilfrid’s Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Mamma Teresa Ristorante, Le Panaché Café

Specialty/Ethnic Restaurant

  • Gold: Giovanni’s Restaurant

Best Service Award

  • Gold: Bella's Bistro Italiano, Restaurant Les Fougères, Trattoria Caffé Italia, Urban Pear
  • Silver: Wilfrid’s Fairmont Chateau Laurier
  • Bronze: Capital Dining Room Delta Hotel, Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar, Mamma Teresa Ristorante, Persepctives Restaurant Brookstreet Hotel

 

2003 Winners

Best Wine List Award

Café, Bistro, Wine Bar

  • Gold: Domus Café
  • Silver: West End Station Bistro Restaurant
  • Bronze: Bella’s Bistro, InFusion Bistro, Vineyards Wine Bar Bistro

Wine Restaurant

  • Gold: Trattoria Caffé Italia, Vittoria Trattoria Byward Market
  • Silver: Meditheo Restaurant, Merlot Roof Top Grill, Vittoria Trattoria Riverside
  • Bronze: Empire Grill

Fine Dining Restaurant

  • Gold: Le Baccara Casino du Lac Leamy, Beckta Dining & Wine, Restaurant Les Fougères, Restaurant L’Orée du Bois
  • Silver: Restaurant E18hteen
  • Bronze: Wilfrid’s Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Perspectives Restaurant Brookstreet Hotel

Specialty/Ethnic Restaurant

  • Gold: Giovanni’s Restaurant
  • Bronze: Kinki Restaurant

Best Service Award

  • Gold: Le Baccara Casino du Lac Leamy, Beckta Dining & Wine, Restaurant Les Fougères
  • Silver: West End Station Bistro Restaurant, Le Café National Arts Centre
  • Bronze: Vittoria Trattoria Byward Market

 

2002 Winners

Best Wine List Award

  • Gold: Restaurant Les Fougères, Trattoria Caffé Italia
  • Silver: Signatures Le Cordon Bleu, Restaurant E18hteen
  • Bronze: Vittoria Trattoria Byward Market, Restaurant L’Orée du Bois

Best Service Award

  • Gold: Signatures Le Cordon Bleu
  • Silver: Bella’s Bistro
  • Bronze: La Strada Restaurant

 

2001 Winners

Best Wine List Award

  • Gold: Restaurant Les Fougères, Vittoria Trattoria Byward Market
  • Silver: Restaurnat L’Orée du Bois, Le Baccara Casino du Lac Leamy
  • Bronze: Vineyards Wine Bar Bistro

Best Service Awards

  • Gold: Laurier Sur Montcalm
  • Silver: Restaurant Les Fougères
  • Bronze: Restaurant Heritage