Southside Tap and Grill

My wife and I come here often for breakfast and dinner, the food is great, delicious and a very fair price for everything.

The servers are amazing. They're always giving positive vibes, checking in on food and drinks, and very easy to chat with.

For the atmosphere, some of the seating is a bit older, but I do recommend either sitting in a booth or next to the fireplace up the stairs. The only slight problem I have with the atmosphere is the lighting, its a bit more dark than I would like. But it is a pub so its probably what they are going for overall.

In short though I do highly recommend Southside Tap and Grill; for the service, affordability and food quality.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

My wife and I have been to Southside Tap & Grill several times, and we’ve always had a great experience. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are all solid, and we especially love the potato skins. The staff are friendly and attentive, and the atmosphere is comfortable and relaxed. Definitely one of our go to spots, and we’ll keep coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

For a long time, I have been impressed with the decor and the menu/food and beer quality of this tap and grillhouse in a quieter Ottawa South neighbourhood.

There was one ageing, shaven-headed male server who rarely seemed genuinely friendly, and at times even seemed intentionally distant. But Courtney (server) and Dave (chef) bring a completely positive feel to the experience.

Courtney's sincerity, friendliness and professionalism were outstanding.

The menu she recommended turned out to be a fantastic butter chicken dish (superbly spiced, neither too weak nor too fierce; fresh, soft pillowy warm naan bread; and perfectly cooked white rice) with an equally outstanding rib sampler (ribs were tender, sauce and meat perfectly seasoned and cooked, and fabulously flavourful; the fries were perfectly and lightly crispy on the outside, and warm and juicily moist on the inside; altogether excellent value for money).

The food and drinks menu offers a really good selection here, and I can also recommend the meatloaf dinner.

The venue is welcoming, and not as cliquey as it has seemed until recent times.

The food and drinks here have almost always been great (only once did I receive micowaved rice in a lunchtime curry dish that was as hard as bullets), but the sincere friendliness of some servers was questionable.

But with friendlier service as it now has, this venue deservedly and finally scores 100% from me. That is a high standard to maintain, but I think the venue can do it.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very nice surprise for a neighbourhood pub.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Don’t let an unassuming, suburban, strip mall location fool you - you won’t find better pub fare anywhere in Ottawa.

Great food, fresh ingredients, friendly service, and a great menu. Reasonably priced and a decent drink selection, to boot.

As far as little neighbourhood pubs go, you absolutely can’t beat Southside.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dart night so limted seating.
Sat in corner booth by bar .
Beer was cold .
Nachos was excellent , I like the idea of baked pita at bottom of nachos so the paper doesn't stick to the cheese.
Great to see a good amount of people darting.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I went in with a friend to catch up on a lot of things. We both ended up enjoying the happy hour that starts from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. we also had some basic food some salads and the salad was pretty good. Lots of parking was available, and the women's bathroom was very clean. We'll definitely go again!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Awesome place great open .ic, great karaoke 🎤 food, people and service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The Saturday night special offers ribs & wings was amazing! Fall off the bone ribs, good honey garlic wings, fries, jalapeno cheddar cornbread, all delicious. Only $15. Amazing deal!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Went there with a friend to have some lunch and a couple drinks. The lady working was amazing. Not only was she serving everyone their food and taking orders but she was bartending as well. Very professional and friendly and made sure we had everything we needed. Bathroom was clean. I can see why so many people like coming here. My friend enjoyed their food and I enjoyed my drinks. I will definitely be coming back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A generic strip mall pub with a private back patio. Food was passable pub grub, and the tap selection was mostly macros. The wine, while still the low-level Canadian and Australian brands, was very cheap by the bottle. Went with a crowd and the service from all the staff was very friendly. They treat the usuals like family. Live music the night we were there.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 5

Great rear patio. Fun atmosphere

The new management have done a great job at turning a questionable pub into a weekly hangout! We went for the karaoke.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Fun and friendly. Great food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Staff are super friendly. They make you feel at home

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5