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✨The Best Ottawa Halal Restaurants, Cafes and Dessert Spots We’ve Actually Eaten At.
Last Updated March 20, 2025
Finding Great Halal Food in Ottawa – One Bite at a Time. If you're looking for Halal restaurants in Ottawa, you’re not alone. It's actually one of our most requested Eats off Instagram behind only Ottawa Brunch spots and Daily Restaurant Specials.
We always focus on great eats—whether they're Halal, vegan, gluten-free, or covered in cheese. Little did we realize we've been unintentionally building an awesome list of Halal restaurants without even trying. But whether you're looking for Halal or just great food in general, this list of Ottawa Halal restaurants and cafes will satisfy your needs. Good food is good food. Who knew we were that good at accidentally being helpful?
And like all our lists, we’ll be updating it regularly as we uncover more Halal restaurants in Ottawa worthy of your appetite. So, check back often. Your future cravings will thank you.
📍 Pie Central
Location: 305 Rideau Street, Ottawa
Menu Highlights: Fresh Lebanese Pies (meat, cheese, za’atar & more), Half-metre-long pies, Fresh fruit smoothies with Ashta, Dubai Chocolates
Pie Central restaurant in downtown Ottawa makes Lebanese style pies fresh to order, so you might wait a bit — but trust me, it’s worth every second. They’re crispy, cheesy, meaty, and packed with flavour. PLUS — they have the famous Dubai chocolates! Also made in-house, either as chocolate bars or stuffed inside chocolate-covered dates. Because sometimes, you deserve dessert inside your dessert.
Pie Central is 100% Halal and open late until 10pm every single day.
📍 Moe’s BBQ
Location: 2446 Bank St, Ottawa
Menu Highlights: Smoked Chicken & Beef Ribs, Brisket, Poutines, Cornbread
Moe’s BBQ in Ottawa's south end does Southern BBQ without the pork — and it’s all Halal. They smoke their meat with maple and hickory, so it smells like a campfire married a steakhouse.
Truly a unique spot in Ottawa, Moe's BBQ looks and feels like a southern smokehouse... but Halal... and in Ottawa. The restaurant has the whole wooden interior, metal plates and decor. Oh, and their cornbread might be the best cornbread we've ever had in this city!
📍 Mr. Fez
Location: 129 Bank Street, Ottawa & 85 Clarence Street, Ottawa (ByWard Market)
Menu Highlights: Shawarma, Turkish Doner, Çiğ Köfte
In less than two years, Mr. Fez has gone from new kid on the block to local shawarma celebrity—and in Ottawa, that’s saying something. This Halal restaurant doesn't just do Shawarma but a variety of Middle Eastern delicacies that you won't easily find in other Shawarma shops.
But what really sets Mr. Fez apart? It’s a little something they call “Tssing.” No, that’s not a typo, that’s the sound of magic. They dip their bread in shawarma juice and slap it on the grill, creating this smoky, crispy, golden exterior while keeping the inside soft and delicate. It’s like the bread is getting a spa treatment and a BBQ at the same time. The result? A sandwich so good it might actually change your standards for shawarma forever... and it's 100% Halal.
📍 My Choc-o-la
Location: 1054b Ogilvie Road & 2039 Robertson Road, Ottawa
Menu Highlights: Sweet & Savoury Dessert Waffles, Crepes, Smoothies, Milkshakes, Fruit Cocktails
My Choc-o-la is where your sweet tooth goes on vacation — and never wants to come home. Their desserts are massive, fancy, halal, and photogenic — basically the supermodels of the dessert world. And they're open late!
So BIG, you could share, but why would you? Possibly our favourite dessert cafe/restaurant/hangout that does Middle-Eastern style desserts with ASHTA, and it seems like we're not the only ones that think this. They've opened a second location in Ottawa's west end and would not be surprised to see a third in the future.
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📍 Sufra Restaurant / Afghan Kitchen
Location: 2446 Bank Street, Ottawa
Menu Highlights: Afghan Kababs, Mantu Dumplings, Kabuli Pulao, Potato Flatbreads, Lamb Shank
Sufra Afghan Kitchen serves up authentic Afghan dishes in a roomy and colourful space in South Ottawa. This restaurant is not only certified Halal they've got pretty much every Halal certification hung up on their wall.
Sufra is very traditional Afghan food. And it's not just Kababs. They have Kabuli Pulao - the national dish of Afghanistan and Mantu dumplings so delicate, you want to apologize before eating them. Also, Afghan bread that closely resembles Naan but a bit thicker and we're not sure if it's always served this way, but at Sufra Restaurant the bread is MASSIVE.
If you’re still sleeping on Afghan food, Sufra Afghan Kitchen is here to wake you up. ☀️
📍 La French Barrhaven
Location: 3350 Fallowfield Road, Barrhaven Ottawa
Menu Highlights: Gourmet Baguette Sandwiches, Rice Bowls, Smash Burgers, Poutines, Wraps
"From France to 613" La French is a gourmet blend of New York, New Delhi, and Paris tastes and flavours. Like an Internatial culinary alliance uniting people over tasty Baguettes Sandwiches, Smash Burgers more!
And they even made it 100% Halal so everyone’s invited to the table. It’s like they’re aiming for world peace one great sandwich at a time because nothing brings people together like good food.
📍 Tut’s Egyptian Street Food
Location: 80 Marketplace Ave, Barrhaven, Ottawa
Menu Highlights: Authentic Egyptian Street Food, Kebda, Koshary, Desserts
Tut’s is the first of its kind in the city, bringing modernized versions of traditional Egyptian flavours straight to your plate. A restaurant chain from Toronto known for their Halal-friendly Egyptian Street Food - soft Fino bread sandwiches, Kebda (Beef livers), and Koshary which is Egypt's National dish.
If you’ve been searching for Halal flavors you won’t find anywhere else in town, Tut’s is the answer.
📍 Oh My Grill
Location: 169 York St, Ottawa & 105 Rue Bellehumeur, Gatineau
Menu Highlights: Mediterranean Food, Shawarma, Souvlaki, Greek Platters, Poutines
Oh My Grill is a hidden gem downtown Ottawa restaurant that is one of those hole-in-the-wall spots that you just KNOW is going to be good. It’s got Greek food, Mediterranean flavours, shawarma - 100% Halal and all wrapped up in a no-frills, small-but-mighty space.
They just opened a second location in Gatineau. Also very hidden behind a gym plaza... maybe that's part of their secret? Whatever it is, Oh My Grill is a spot you'll want to check out. There's not much seating, but just look at the reviews! Halal or not this restaurant is worth a try.
📍 Sultan Ahmet Turkish Cuisine
Location: 575 Bank Street, Ottawa
Menu Highlights: Doners, Iskender Kebap, Pides, Turkish Breakfast, Kunefe, Turkish Ice Cream
Straight from Mississauga to Ottawa, Sultan Ahmet is a Turkish Restaurant chain that serves up 100% Halal Turkish food with that classic Turkish hospitality, which means you might walk in a stranger but you’ll leave feeling like a distant cousin who just got fed way too much food.
The BBQ Mix Grilled Dinner for Two is a trap—because it could easily serve three, maybe four people, but you won’t stop eating.
But here’s the thing—you will save room for dessert, because you have to. They’ve got Baklava so rich it should have a financial advisor, Kunefe that’s crispy, cheesy, and syrupy all at once, and Turkish ice cream!
If you’re looking for huge flavors, huge portions and 100% Halal Restaurant in Ottawa, Sulta Ahmet has you covered.
More Ottawa Halal Restaurants Coming Soon
We built this list for anyone looking for Ottawa Halal restaurants, but to be honest, we didn't go to these spots because they were Halal. We were just looking for good eats in Ottawa and sharing them with you! The fact that they’re Halal restaurants? That’s just a bonus.
This list is just the beginning. As we eat our way through Ottawa, we’ll keep adding new Halal restaurants we’ve actually tried — because life’s too short for unverified shawarma.
Got a Halal restaurant you love and think we should visit? Hit us up! Just know, if they pass our taste test, they’ll earn a spot on this list — and if they don’t, well… let’s just say not all heroes wear aprons.
Bookmark this page and check back often — because the best meal is always the next one.
