Aiāna Restaurant Collective

Food preparation and service excellent. The freshness of ingredients is impressive Ambience very good. Price of wine bottles appear high. Also, more choice in wine by glass will be useful. Since there is a service charge included in the bill, the headache of calculating tips is gone, a welcome step.

We celebrated our anniversary last night at this beautiful restaurant! The ambience, food, cocktails and service is incredible. Don’t even get me started on bread service. The deep fried bread .. no words. Hands down my new favourite restaurant in Ottawa

An outstanding and very knowledgeable sommelier - our compliments to the restaurant.

Very good atmosphere good food and knowledgeable staff will recommend

Aiana is above anywhere else, from the food that is to die for, the service that is world class, the ambiance which is perfect up to the amenities that are impressive. I would not be surprised that it will become a Michelin star restaurant. Tom was our server which he is the bomb! Let yourself be impressed!

This is excellent food and ambience. Strongly recommend.

I had an amazing experience at Aiana. The waitress was amazing, kind and answered all of our questions about the food/menu. The food was incredible and definitely worth the price. The restaurant itself was beautiful and great for photos!

Great for special occasions, although mine (PhD proposal successfully defended) was just shrugged off as an afterthought by our waiter. Waiter was just average overall—nothing special, could have been a milestones waiter. Food was excellent! Also a great wine selection. Nice open kitchen concept.

We celebrated my husband’s birthday at Aiana last month, and we splurged with the tasting menu + wine flight. Beautiful restaurant. We were seated in a lovely sofa table underneath the twinkling lights. Good for watching the bar or the open kitchen. The food was delicious! Best tomato salad ever! My suggestion would be to cut back on the portions a bit since it’s a lot of courses. I was a bit too full at the end. Anyway, thank you for a lovely evening!

Food was very good as well as the presentation. Wine choices were also good.
Both my invitee and I though had a sore stomach after, but it may not be related.

Definitely recommend Aiana for anyone looking for a great dining experience. Also just want to say all the staff really goes out of their way to make sure you are comfortable and having a good time. Until next time!

Underwhelming experience given the high level they are portraying. Oysters were a delicious masterpiece, Lamb was a great dish but too much meat and not as elevated/sophisticated as the oysters, Halibut was also too large of portion and a little over cooked. Recommandations: reduce the protein serving on the plate so that you may adjust the price more accordingly as well as elevate the dishes execution and ingredients. Wine by the glass list needs to be adjusted and upgraded as a whole. You cannot allow Stratus White or Red, great Canadian producer but, to be your highest price point wine by the glass when you dishes that are over the 200$ price point. Cocktails executed in an excellent way and Spirits list is very complete.

My husband and I had our 1st anniversary dinner at Aiana. It wasn't inexpensive however it was worth the experience and incredible food!

the best I have been to in Ottawa. Exquisite menu, incredible service.

My young son requested a tasting menu at a fancy restaurant for his birthday. Aiana accommodated my request to adjust the portions for his appetite wonderfully. The service was exemplary, from meeting the staff to the best table in the house to a kitchen tour for the "special guest". The food was very good. A few very minor quibbles (shell fragments in the lobster, dull steak knives) but delicious and beautifully plated. My son was thrilled with the experience as a whole.

Food quality was horrible, and to make matters worse, the prices were through the roof. Will never forget this terrible experience. The service was their only saving grace. Worst meal of my life.

We booked a last-minute reservation on the patio because the inside was sold out. I think that is the main reason we were dissatisfied with our experience, so the rest of this review is based on eating on the patio during a full-service. We found it difficult to get attention. We (7 people) had to ask for menus, we had to ask for cocktails, we had to ask for them to turn the heat on when the sun went down, I had to remind them to bring my wine after everyone else was served their wine and by the time I got it, I was half-way through the pairing. Appetizers, mains, and even desserts, we’re all “auctioned off” at the table (“who had the halibut?, who had the tomato salad?” etc.). None of the 3 courses were served at the same time ("the fish will be right out") leaving us waiting while the food gets cold. The sommelier was readily available which is nice. The food was amazing but so expensive that really, you should be there in your Sunday best and sitting in the stunning dining room to enjoy your $250 steak or $29 tomato salad. If you’re on the patio, you smell a lot of weed and traffic is loud. At the end of the meal, the server presented the bill and said something about “a living wage“ and that he has an employer that is very fair. With his face mask on, and with the traffic outside, and with this being my first time at this restaurant, I really did not understand what he had said. I felt that he was saying the tip is not necessary but as a former server, I didn’t know if that meant this guy is getting paid $20 an hour or is he getting paid $200 an hour? (professional service in an environment like that would be earning $200/hr.) So after some internal debate, I tipped anyway. So my advice is to eat inside and understand the tipping issue before you go. It is awkward to stare at the machine and ponder a tip option with your server standing there. All of the food is awesome. I recommend they employ a patio menu.

The food was amazing! Would definitely come back!

If you are planning on going be open to new flavor combinations. All of our dishes were unique to say the least. From the oysters to the waygu!

Great time at Aiana, loved the food, restaurant was very modern and service was on point. Would return 👌🏼

Fantastic food, huge portions and exceptional service. A great place to celebrate a special occasion!

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Juste wow

Absolutely loves this restaurant concept! Beautifully orchestrated service and a deliciously innovative menu. Can't wait to go back!

One more stellar experience. Must visit place in Ottawa

We went there for lunch … Good and service were both great. We esp like the scallops and lamb pasta. Our server was professional, tentative and friendly. Food was delicious and portion was bigger than expected, so we actually ended up packing the left over.

This was a wonderful experience for me and my fiancé, I proposed to her on the day of this reservation and everything was perfectly excecuted throughout the night

Usual awesomeness with Chef Raghav and his stellar staff. My friends enjoyed the rare find of Kobe beef and the bread and caviar servixe

We enjoyed an excellent meal. The service was elegant and efficient without hovering. The plating was terrific with each dish artfully created. And the flavours were exquisite.

Great place and food.

We ate here to celebrate a special occasion and this restaurant did not disappoint. Most of the menu is sourced from Canadian ingredients. The heirloom tomato salad with homemade burrata hit the mark, while the corn soup was creamy and subtle, topped with garlic chive garnish. Highly recommend that soup. The Australian beef was fatty, which we weren't a fan of, but the rack of lamb was perfectly cooked and crusted with finely ground pistachio. Absolutely delicious. But it was the dessert that blew us away. We had a light cake with hints of lemon and a very creamy caramel ice cream. Wow...!

We enjoyed the wine selection and service. Both were outstanding. Lots of staff on-hand, attentive and experienced. Chef Chaudhary came by our table, which was a nice touch and added to the overall experience. The decor is gorgeous and modern, with plenty of spacing between tables. The tip is included in the prices. Will be going back.

The food was great but was way too much for a tasting me it. Better to reduce the size of the plates for the tasting menu and the price along with it. Also, it would be better to offer a half-wine accompaniment as does Atelier. Too much food and wine with a very large price

Best service I’ve ever received in the city. The food was absolutely incredible but the service was even better! Beautiful location and great atmosphere also add to one of the best experiences you’ll get anywhere.

I wanted to take my mother out for her birthday and spoil her as she deserved. I had heard excellent things about Aiãna and their website really caught my eye, and I’m so happy I chose to dine here. From the first phone call I made until the moment I left the restaurant, I was so beyond impressed. Micheal was fantastic in organizing the best experience (Chef’s tasting menu with wine pairing) and the perfect time for us with such a beautiful table. Our server, Phil, was not only well versed & informed on every question we had and every one of the 11 dishes presented, he was also very personable, funny, and made us really feel like we were regulars on our first visit. I believe the gentleman who served us our wine was named Rob or Ron (I apologize), and he was able to tell us about how each glass compliments the flavours of our dishes. The food is untouchable. From presentation, texture, to taste, I was blown away. I had some of the best food I’ve ever tasted here. Without a doubt the best restaurant I’ve ever been to. They leave nothing left to interpretation, every detail is thought of and every expectation exceeded. Thank you again to everyone who touched our table, to the chef, to everyone who contributed to this experience, I was able to spoil my mother which was what I went for, & I ended up being spoiled myself by the team. Although this is a novel of a review, still I can’t say enough good things about our time there. Thank you thank you thank you!

Absolutely fantastic experience! This was our first time dining at Aiāna — we chose it to celebrate a sister moving to Ottawa — and we cannot say enough good things! The service and ambience were phenomenal and the food and drinks were absolutely outstanding! We will be recommending this to everyone!

We got foie gras and the tomato’s salad. Both very good ! The problem was with our mains (lamb chops were very good ) the fettuccine with mushrooms and truffle were really bad … they were like glued all together, overcooked and no flavor at all ( only a sauce made with thick cream) something I would never expected in a restaurant like this.
Also a personal note for the Chef :please try not to be yell and be so rude with your crew … the kitchen is open and all customers can see and hear what you do and this really ruining the atmosphere!

Had a fantastic evening and can safely say that it was one of the best dining experiences I’ve had. The service was exceptional, the food was amazing - everything was top notch. Absolutely going back.

Modern decor. Entrees were well proportioned. Food excellent.

After receiving a referral from a friend we decided to check it out ourselves for a celebration dinner. The food and service DID NOT disappoint. It is a Canadian company and pays its staff a living wage. There's no tipping option when paying so we were glad to have some cash to really demonstrate how much we enjoyed the experience. We will be heading back for the tasting menu which we understand should be booked 24 hours in advance.

Outstanding food and creative cocktails with smooth and friendly service

Our new favorite fine dining experience in Ottawa. A step above the rest. Absolutely loved every moment of your night. Thank you for everything