Abby's Wine Bar
283 Elgin St, Ottawa
(613) 421-4202
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We eat at Abby's regularly. It is a small place so reservations are strongly recommended for dinner. The service is always excellent. The menu is small but the food is wonderful. We like the steak fries, and duck. Right now, they have a lobster boil dinner special on Tuesday nights for $49 - I can't make it at home for this price. A lovely place to dine!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cocktails are amazing—beautifully made and full of flavor. Loved the beef tartare, enjoyed the scallops, though the oysters were just average.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great food and great service! Paige was amazing and the food was outstanding! I’d highly recommend the Steak Frites and the Carrot Cake!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If you’ve been following me for a while, you already know — I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it: this place delivers on a fun Friday night. It’s got that perfect mix of energy and ease — open windows let in the night air, the vibe is effortlessly cool, and the food? Outrageous.
Every sauce feels like it was made to bottle joy — you’ll be tempted to dip everything in everything. The alcohol goes down way too easy (dangerously smooth), and the fries? Honestly should come with a warning label. Crispy, golden, addictive.
Now, if you go — and you should — ask for Belle. Hands-down one of the best servers I’ve encountered, anywhere. Sass, grace, intuition — she reads the table like a pro and makes the whole experience feel even more electric.
As someone who eats out more often than in (and I mean that globally), this place holds its own anywhere in the world.
#FridaysDoneRight #FoodWorthFlyingFor #ServiceGoals
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unfortunate service. For some reason, halfway through the service the server had made me feel as if I had something wrong, and was no longer attentive - which is not right.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Steak frites no longer comes with unlimited fries, which is not reflected on the website. The steak and fries were both well cooked. The beef tartare was underwhelming and the bread overwhelms the flavor. Wine list and cocktail menu was good although quite pricy for a mainly food establishment. Probably won’t go again
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Food, Service: Top tier. Loved it. Danika was a superstar. Thank you!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent service and excellent food!
Manager (male) was not friendly at all. Ruined our experience. We were having a great dinner with a great server but the manager was very unfriendly to us as we were leaving.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
This was our 3rd visit to Abby’s. Our second time bringing friends. VERY disappointed that the steak frites no longer comes with endless fries. That was part of the reason we booked and brought friends. I can understand people took advantage - but we loved the option of nibbling and socializing. Would now reconsider another visit. Also want to make note that the menu on the website has endless fries. Bad business if you ask me.
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Came to Abbys for a work dinner. The service was good, the food excellent. Loved the soup and sandwich.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a major disappointment! Terrible service. And I mean terrible. Had to repeatedly ask for everything from water to food. Starters were a one hour wait. No second drinks offered. Mains were mediocre at BEST. And the restaurant was absolutely FREEZING cold. Even the servers were cold. I guess it’s a good reason for the food being cold.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
It kind of pains me to write this. I've been to Harmons several times before and it is a stand out as one of the best restaurants I've ever been to, from service to food to atmosphere. It's like they don't miss a beat on anything.
I brought my mother who was visiting from out of town to Abbeys wine bar. Our party was 4 people and we all arrived just after 7:15pm.
The server was kind but she seemed a little scattered. We've ordered one round of drinks and weren't offered a second round at all. We had to ask for the water refill, at least 4 times.
Appetizers took 53 minutes to arrive and were luke warm. After being given a time from of 3-5 minutes, and 15 minutes passed, we asked about the mushroom toast and salad ( appetizers) and were told " 2 more minutes" then our server skipped to the back and came up with our appetizers. We asked for a basket of bread and were given pullovers ( which aren't bread).
Another 45 minutes wait time for the mains to arrive. We were eating the main course at 8:55 after arriving at 7:15. 1h40 minutes for "bar side" to get 4 main courses to the table with only one round of drinks being offered.
The manager came over and asked if everything was OK. I responded " er, i guess but it was only OK"
He said " great, thanks for coming" and walked away.
My mother left and said " I guess we should have tried Als".
What a disappointing experience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Very good value with steak frites!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
What a spot! Incredible value, fantastic food, service was some of the best I've had in years, and decor is perfect. Will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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