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Sidedoor 18b York St, Ottawa, ON K1N 5T5

Sidedoor





975 Reviews
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Restaurant,Bar
  • Thursday12–10:30 PM
  • Friday12–11 PM
  • Saturday12–11 PM
  • Sunday4–10:30 PM
  • Monday12–10:30 PM
  • Tuesday12–10:30 PM
  • Wednesday12–10:30 PM




Sidedoor 18b York St, Ottawa, ON K1N 5T5




About the Business

SIDEDOOR | Asian | Sidedoor Ottawa | Ontario | Inspired by the street food of Southeast Asia, SIDEDOOR’S authentic Asian inspired restaurant menu offering guests a delightful family-style dining experience, with tapas, food comes continuously throughout the meal and is placed at the center of table for all to share.

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Website
http://sidedoorrestaurant.com/
Call Us
+16135629331
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18b York St, Ottawa, ON K1N 5T5
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Hours

  • Thursday12–10:30 PM
  • Friday12–11 PM
  • Saturday12–11 PM
  • Sunday4–10:30 PM
  • Monday12–10:30 PM
  • Tuesday12–10:30 PM
  • Wednesday12–10:30 PM
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Features

  • Delivery
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Debit cards
  • NFC mobile payments
  • Credit cards
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in
  • Wheelchair accessible seating
  • Healthy options
  • Small plates
  • Vegetarian options
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Dessert
  • Seating
  • Washroom
  • Cozy
  • Groups
  • Accepts reservations
  • Vegan options
  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Hard liquor
  • Wine
  • Bar on-site
  • High chairs
  • Outdoor seating
  • Late-night food
  • Romantic
  • Upscale
  • Great cocktails




Recommended Reviews

Cristina Cerdeiral
10.10.2023
Sidedoor
We only took photos of the starter, which was softshell crab with pork belly. It was really good!! We then had one meat curry dish and the chicken one. Both had so much food that we could not finish it (they are great to share). The favour was amazing!!
Monali Ipsita Rahman
01.10.2023
Sidedoor
Absolutely amazing experience! Their braised lamb tacos were really tasty. We loved the interior decor and the indoor-outdoor structure. Will definitely visit again!
Daniel Weiss
27.09.2023
Sidedoor
Really nice little spot nestled in a back alley in the market. Our server was excellent and I would say the service was akin to what you would expect at a 5 star establishment. The food is quite tasty and the chef clearly takes some creative liberties which we all enjoyed. From a value standpoint however and looking at competing venues , the price is 1.5-2x higher than what one would expect. All in all still enjoyed and likely wouldn't dissuade us from returning.
Emma Dixon
13.09.2023
Sidedoor
Wanted to like this place as the fusion menu was very interesting, however our experience was disappointing. The salmon sashimi was alright (very expensive though), but all our other dishes disappointed. We had the soft shell crab which included pork belly, and the pork belly was somehow dry and chewy? It was hard to eat and lacked flavour.For our mains we got the beef curry and shrimp curry. They were nothing special. My shrimp curry came with about 4 pieces of shrimp, and a whole pot of uncooked hard vegetables. It was not a pleasant textural experience, rice cost extra which was surprising to me, given the curry was already over $40 by itself.Cocktails were hit or miss. Little Tokyo lacked any sort of flavour, Empress was nice though.The service was odd.. very inconsistent and the staff seemed confused. They brought the wrong item to our table a few times, other tables were told that the kitchen had already hit its limit at 5pm on a weekday. Not a good look.Overall for the price, this was atrocious. Go to Riviera or J:Unique instead if you want good food in this price tier.
Angela R
09.09.2023
Sidedoor
Went for a staff luncheon of 12 folks, mixed reviews but it was a good experience overall.Beautiful place, I ordered the Sidedoor Salad, the avocado was black and the greens had some mushy pieces and didn’t taste washed. Ordered the shrimp green curry and the flavour was great but the shrimps were so massive (which is awesome, I’ve never seen shrimp that large) but I think they were a little underdone because of that. My colleague who ordered the same thing said hers was good though. Another colleague ordered the Korean rice bowl with the pork belly but that was burnt crisp so she replaced with the tofu which she said was wonderful.We ordered the dozen donuts which were impeccable, still warm and so fluffy.Great lunch but food could’ve been better considering the price.
Monique Moledo
24.08.2023
Sidedoor
I went to Sidedoor to celebrate my birthday with friends. It was perfect, the restaurant is beautiful and the staff is super friendly. We could bring our own cake. Highly recommend it for a special occasion.
Joseph Kim
12.08.2023
Sidedoor
Braised beef as a main course was very good; glad that I chose this one but would love to try another dish on the menu. The assorted dessert was on point.
Devon Clark
25.07.2023
Sidedoor
Sadly, was terribly disappointed. We came from a 7 hour drive for a trip to Quebec and stopped in to check out this place. From the menu and website I was fairly excited to try the food.Beautiful place, such a great ambiance. Cocktails pretty good as well.Food- we had bajan fish tacos. Very bland, fish didn’t really taste like anything.Spicy beef tacos - extremely dry beef, literally like eating jerky, again no flavour, not much meat at all, sent these back and they came out with less meat and still dry and inedible.Shrimp dumplings - looked great, was underdone and sent back, came out again underdone. The dough was chewy and sticky, either underdone as In not steamed enough, or dough was overworked, either way it wasn’t pleasant.We mentioned this to the server, and was polite about it, we get mistakes happen, but we were pretty disappointed. He disappeared pretty quickly and we had another server come and take care of us.Overall, really really wanted to like this place as I made a reservation about 2-3 weeks out planning this trip. Unfortunate, and I’m sure it’s not always like that, but will not be returning
Annie
23.07.2023
Sidedoor
Ordered the seafood platter and the penang beef curry. The seafood platter was great but the beef was a bit dry in my opinion. Ambiance was great and staff were friendly.
Clare Ross Artist
22.07.2023
Sidedoor
Really fun and great food! Lots of GF options! We ordered a whole lot of different starters and tacos, a few at a time. Sebastian was wonderful, explained the menu and kept the dishes coming. We really reccommend the Vietnamese pancakes, fish tacos, greens, tuna sushimi, avocado-cucumber salad - everything actually. Also, try to get a table with the blue couches. So cosy and comfy! Added photo of tuna sashimi.

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18b York St, Ottawa, ON K1N 5T5
Sidedoor