Neighborhood gem. The place was packed for dinner and there was a revolving door of patrons…read more Friendly, inclusive and warm service despite the volume of people to serve. Beet and goat cheese salad was to die for. Cannot recommend enough!

A good local hintonburg spot for beer and pub food. A nice casual spot to grab a quick bite on a…read moreweekday . The food is a bit hit or miss, but overall pretty good The burger was a bit on the dry side, but it was paired with really flavorful homemade ketchup and garlic aioli. The poutine was made with an oddly thin gravy that was chicken stock flavored, but the fries are perfect. An average spot overall

The Short Version: Small burger joint. No fryer so no fries…read more I enjoyed the smashed burger. Minimal seating. The Long Version: I was sad to see Pomelo Hat at this location close down, but when I saw Taste Junction open up, I had to try it because you know, I like trying new restaurants, lol. Taste Junction serves up burgers, sandwiches and hotdogs. They don't have a fryer so no fries, chicken tenders, etc. My husband and I got a smash burger $10.99 and a BBQ pulled chicken burger $10.99 to share. But I wasn't crazy about the chicken burger and my husband liked both burgers so I ended up eating most of the smash burger whereas he ate most of the BBQ pulled chicken burger. The smash burger came with cheese, caramelized onions, lettuce and tomatoes. I got ketchup and mustard on it. It was nicely smashed, with slightly crispy edges. The flavour was good. It wasn't too salty. I liked that it was a plain bun without seeds. I would get this burger again. The BBQ pulled chicken burger I found too messy to eat because it feel apart easily. It had caramelized onions and lettuce. I added BBQ sauce. The flavour was ok. My husband liked it a lot though. Service was courteous. It was a one man show so there was a bit of a wait for the food but that's understandable. There's not a lot of seating to eat in. Just 4 seats facing the window bar seating style. I guess it's mostly a takeout joint. Street parking only. Review #201 (2025)

From the owner: Taste Junction — with bold flavours, generous portions, and real comfort food.read more

The grilled cheese is delish! My wife had the Jalapeño and I had the veggie. Fully melted inside…read moreand crispy on the outside on a nice grainy bread. A perfect proportion of stuff inside. The kids loved their basic ones as well. Best grilled cheese in the 'Wa? Just might be. Show me a worthy challenger! Fun stuff for the kids to play with too. Our hungry 3 and 5 year olds were fully entertained while we waited for our sandwiches. Great addition to the neighbourhood. We will be back.

Large convenient located downtown restaurant. The food is good. I had the pistachio crusted salmon…read more Bit of I return I'll have a burger. The salmon was a nice thick piece of salmon cooked well on rice. It had a little bit too much salt and garlic, but it was fine. The hot apple cobbler was good, little bit sweet, but I needed something to balance the garlic.

Wonderful Ambience, Location . The Food Was Awesome ! Kat Was My Server , She Was The Best EVER !…read morePolite Friendly, With A Great Sense Of Humor

After shopping up a storm at various stores in the vicinity, I looked up and saw a Kelseys. I…read moredecided to drive over there on a hot summer day. There were folks on the patio. I wanted air conditioning. I walked in and was promptly seated at a table by the window, looking at the patio. It's nice to feel like I'm out on the patio, but I'm not. My server decided to greet me two tables away. That's just downright odd. He wasn't even staring at me when he did that. He didn't really talk at a normal voice throughout my stay. I suppose that since there were many older folks at this restaurant, he had to raise his voice to be heard. Frankly, I could have heard him across the restaurant with the music blasting. It was a huge turnoff, even though I'm sure Peter is a lovely person when he isn't serving folks in their sixties and older. Anyway, I ordered a Diet Pepsi and got it with a lime wedge. I was so thirsty that I eventually got a refill and downed most of it. I ordered my usual, which was New York-style wings with sea salt and black pepper. It comes with veggie sticks and ranch dip. My wings were good, except that it felt like someone went crazy with the black pepper shaker. Hey, I could have dipped my wings in a container of black pepper, too. The veggies were a nice contrast and were crisp. For dessert, I gave the chocolate berry cake with vanilla ice cream. By the time this dessert was given to me, the vanilla ice cream has slid to the plate's edge. The cake was okay. I wouldn't get it again, though. I'd sooner have the ice cream! This Kelseys is simply average. I have had better at other locations. I was pleased to get my SCENE card swiped. I collected 15x the points. There's the silver lining visiting this Kelseys. (282)

Take out 5. There is one thing we noticed since doing the take out reviews. Most restaurants don't…read morehave a lot of choices. Only higher end restaurants managed to have a more complete menu. We had not gone to a Kelsey's in awhile since we had always considered it to be more for young families. Seeing what was available, it only reinforced that even more. There was a lot of kid friendly choices.Fortunately, we opted for more of an adult choice: Nachos with avocado and tomato sauce and battered fish. We placed our order on the mobile app.(This is a great time saver when ordering during this exceptional time). We called in to this restaurant who told us it would take at least 1 hour. So we had timed our arrival so that our meals would still be warm when we took them back home. Only one criticism, you couldn't text them to say we were in the front of the restaurant. We had to present ourselves to the front entrance to pickup our meals...and we waited about another 10 minutes. I think this is more due to the fact that pickups and curbsides was still something new and the limited staff seemed overwhelmed. To our surprise, it tasted pretty good. Even better with our Organic beers from LCBO. $$

We have been coming here for more then a year now and have had excellent service every time. The…read moreatmosphere is casual and there is one TV usually on news or sports. I often order the salmon with spinach instead of rice or pasta. On my vegetarian days, my go to is the wrap with spinach, cheese is optional. My other dining guests's favourites are lamb shank, chicken and sambuza (beef or chicken). They have an amazing hot sauce to complement your meal. Asli is still our fav African restaurant in Ottawa, for the food, reasonable pricing and the family friendly service.

This is some of the best food I've ever had!…read more You can tell they put their heart into their cooking.. I had the beef suqaar and chicken drum sticks with rice.... So tender and delicious. The rice is perfectly cooked. Simply put.... it's perfection on a plate!