Zak's Diner Elgin St

220 Elgin St, Ottawa
(613) 421-0038

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Petit Déjeuner Avec Pancakes Au Blueberry Oeufs Brouillés Et Fruits Frais
Canadian Breakfast Plate
Smoked Salmon and Eggs
Smoked Meat Poutine
Crispy Chicken Wrap
Zak's Big Breakfast
Breakfast Poutine
4 Cheese Poutine
Breakfast Burrito
French Toast

Menu

Featured items
Crispy chicken wrap
Crispy chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise, and your choice of barbeque, honey garlic or hot sauce.
Classic Club
Chicken, bacon, Cheddar, lettuce, tomato, and mayo. Your choice of bread.
Zak Attack
Two patties, bacon, Swiss, cheddar, and a Thousand Island dressing. Your choice of beef, chicken, or vegetarian patty. Topped with lettuce and tomato and served with coleslaw and a pickle.
Boneless Wings
12 Boneless Wings tossed in your choice of sauce.
Pancakes
4 large fluffy pancakes in the flavour of your choice

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Chicken Caesar Wrap
Chicken, bacon, lettuce, parmesan, and caesar dressing.
Cheeseburger
Your choice of beef, chicken, or vegetarian patty. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and cheddar cheese. Served with coleslaw and a pickle.
Meatlovers
3 eggs any style, bacon, ham, sausage, toast and homefries
Ringer Burger
Bacon, Cheddar, Onion Rings, and Chipotle Sauce.
Zak's Big Breakfast
2 eggs any style, homefries, toast, and your choice of bacon, ham, or sausage.

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Crispy chicken wrap
Crispy chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise, and your choice of barbeque, honey garlic or hot sauce.
Boneless Wings
12 Boneless Wings tossed in your choice of sauce.
Cheeseburger
Your choice of beef, chicken, or vegetarian patty. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and cheddar cheese. Served with coleslaw and a pickle.
Ringer Burger
Bacon, Cheddar, Onion Rings, and Chipotle Sauce.

Zak's Cantina
Side Guacamole
Side Sour Cream

Breakfast Smoothies
Breakfast Smoothie
A mixture of frozen yogurt, pineapple, orange juice, banana, and your choice of blueberry, mango, or strawberry.

Breakfast
Pancakes
4 large fluffy pancakes in the flavour of your choice
Eggs Benny
2 poached eggs and back bacon on top of an english muffin, topped with hollandaise sauce. Served with homefries.
Meatlovers
3 eggs any style, bacon, ham, sausage, toast and homefries
The Great Canadian
2 eggs any style, sausage, back bacon, toast, home fries, and one pancake
Pancakes & Eggs
Three pancakes, two eggs any style & your choice of ha, bacon, sausage or fruit
Vegan Breakfast Burrito
vegan eggs, beyond sausage, vegan cheese, refried beans, black beans, guacamole and salsa in a flour tortilla
French Toast
Made on extra thick texas toast
Zak's Big Breakfast
2 eggs any style, homefries, toast, and your choice of bacon, ham, or sausage.
Coffee
Please write in comments what you would like in your coffee (cream, sugar, milk, etc)
French Toast & Eggs
French toast, two eggs any style and your choice of ham, bacon, sausage or fruit
Breakfast Burrito
scrambled egg, bacon, cheddar, guacamole, refried beans, black beans, salsa in a flour tortilla served with home fries and baked beans
Eggs Florentine
Two poached eggs, spinach & hollandaise served with beans and home fries

Omelettes
Zak's Omelette
Bacon, tomato, green peppers, onions, spinach, mushrooms, and swiss cheese. Served with home fries, toast, and baked beans. Your choice of bread.
Coffee
Please write in comments what you would like in your coffee (cream, sugar, milk, etc)
LumberJack Omelette
Bacon, Ham, Sausage, Smoked Meat, and Cheddar
Three Cheese Omelette
Jack, cheddar, and mozzarella cheese. Served with home fries, toast, and baked beans. Your choice of bread.
Veggie Deluxe Omelette
Swiss, Spinach, Green Pepper, Mushrooms, Tomato, Onion

Chart Toppers
Zak's Famous Milkshakes
Made with premium ice cream. Your choice of flavour.
Boneless Wings
12 Boneless Wings tossed in your choice of sauce.
Breakfast Poutine
Homefries, St Albert cheese curds, bacon, sausage and hollandaise sauce
The Quebecer
Fries, St Albert cheese curds, and gravy
Mac and Cheese Wedges
mac and cheese, battered and fried, served with salsa
Side Gravy
Curly Fry Poutine
Curly fries, St Albert cheese curds, and gravy
Side Hollandaise
Bacon and Sausage Poutine
Fries, St Albert cheese curds, bacon, sausage and gravy
4 cheese poutine
Fries, St Albert cheese curds, 3 cheese blend, and gravy
Big Basket of Curly Fries
Quesadilla
Salsa Fresca, black beans, shredded cheese and your choice of chicken, beef or vegetable medley. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
Big Basket of Onion Rings
Beyond "chicken" fingers
vegan chicken fingers
Smoked Meat Poutine
Fries, St Albert cheese curds, smoked meat and gravy
Big Basket of Fries
Chicken Fingers

Salads
Regular Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, bacon bits, croutons, parmesan, and Caesar dressing
Large Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, bacon bits, croutons, parmesan cheese, and Caesar dressing
Regular Chef Salad
Lettuce, tomato, red onion, cucumber, croutons, and your choice of dressing
Large Chef Salad
Lettuce, tomato, red onion, cucumber, croutons and dressing of your choice
Regular Greek Salad
Romaine lettuce, tomato, red onion, cucumber, Kalamata olives, feta cheese, and greek dressing
Large Greek Salad
Romaine lettuce, tomato, red onion, cucumber, Kalamata olives, feta cheese and greek dressing

Wraps
Crispy chicken wrap
Crispy chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise, and your choice of barbeque, honey garlic or hot sauce.
Greek Wrap
Chicken, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onion, feta cheese, tzatziki, and greek dressing.
Beyond Crispy "Chicken" Wrap
Beyond "chicken" fingers, lettuce, tomato, vegan mayo, and your choice of sauce
Chicken Caesar Wrap
Chicken, bacon, lettuce, parmesan, and caesar dressing.

Deluxe Sandwiches
Classic Club
Chicken, bacon, Cheddar, lettuce, tomato, and mayo. Your choice of bread.
Grilled Cheese Deluxe
Cheddar, Swiss, and Bacon. Your choice of bread.
Zak's Big Club
Chicken, bacon, ham, cheddar, swiss, tomato, lettuce and mayo on sourdough
Nashville Chicken Sandwich
Crispy fried chicken smothered in Nashville hot sauce with pickles and mayo on a brioche bun
Reuben Sandwich
Monte Cristo Sandwich
2 slices of french toast with ham and swiss in the middle
Smoked Meat Sandwich
B.L.T
Bacon, Lettuce, And Tomato

Drinks
Zak's Famous Milkshakes
Made with premium ice cream. Your choice of flavour.
Juices
Your choice of apple, orange, tomato, grapefruit, pineapple, or cranberry.
Vegan Milkshake
Banana Base With you choice of flavour.
Coffee
Please write in comments what you would like in your coffee (cream, sugar, milk, etc)
Hot chocolate
Tea
Please write in comments what you would like in your tea (cream, sugar, milk, etc)
Bottled pop

Desserts
Zak's Famous Milkshakes
Made with premium ice cream. Your choice of flavour.
New York Style Cheesecake
Oreo Cheesecake
Betty's Rocky Road Brownie
vanilla ice cream, 2 brownies, marshmallows, hot fudge and peanuts
Vegan Carrot Cake
Strawberry Blonde Cake

Burgers

Zak Attack
Two patties, bacon, Swiss, cheddar, and a Thousand Island dressing. Your choice of beef, chicken, or vegetarian patty. Topped with lettuce and tomato and served with coleslaw and a pickle.
Cheeseburger
Your choice of beef, chicken, or vegetarian patty. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and cheddar cheese. Served with coleslaw and a pickle.
Ringer Burger
Bacon, Cheddar, Onion Rings, and Chipotle Sauce.
The Original Burger
Your choice of beef, chicken, or vegetarian patty. Topped with lettuce and tomato and served with coleslaw and a pickle.
Canadian Burger
Canadian Bacon and Cheddar Cheese on a flame grilled patty
Mac N Cheese Burger
cheddar and 3 mac and cheese wedges on a flame grilled patty
Grilled Cheese Burger
a flame grilled patty in the middle of a grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough
Banquet Burger
Your choice of beef, chicken, or vegetarian patty. Topped with lettuce, tomato, bacon, and cheddar.
Beyond Meat Burger
Beyond Meat Burger with Vegan Cheese. topped with lettuce & tomato

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Recent Reviews

After a concert on Saturday night, we ended up at Zak’s Diner on Elgin without particularly high expectations, it was late, we were hungry, and we mainly just wanted something quick and comforting. What we got instead was a genuinely great diner experience that surprised us in the best way.

First off, the burgers were really good. Juicy, well seasoned, and cooked properly, not the dry, slapped together kind you sometimes get late at night. You could tell some...
December 2025
Zack’s Diner never disappoints! The milkshakes are absolutely amazing — rich, creamy, and worth the visit on their own. The food is great too; I especially enjoyed the poutine. Friendly vibes, good portions, and a place I’ll definitely be coming back to!
November 2025
Server was nice and very accommodating to our large group, but she got lost as the night got busier (which also made the place REALLY loud). Good food overall - GREAT milkshakes! - but I was disappointed by the burger. It was very processed, as in the meat was more pureed into a patty than ground :/ Would go back but order something else.
November 2025

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Zak's Diner Elgin St

220 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L7
(613) 421-0038