Ontario dominates the top 100 'most beloved' restaurants in Canada for 2022

Inside of Bar Isabel in Toronto's west end (Facebook/Bar Isabel), Two plates of food from Osteria Giulia (Facebook/Osteria Giulia)

Nearly 50 Ontario restaurants cracked this top 100 list for the best restaurants in Canada this year.

OpenTable released its list on Wednesday, and it ranked all of the restaurants by combing through more than one million restaurant reviews from verified diners on the website from Oct. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022.

From there, restaurants were organized by overall diner rating, “user klout”, number of reviews, and regional overall rating, among other things.

“We’re seeing a strong interest in a variety of dining establishments and experiences this year, and strong representation from traditional continental to diverse international cuisines,” OpenTable Canada County Director, Matt Davis, said in a release.

In total, 49 eateries from the province made the list this year, with 32 being from Toronto alone. Newly-minted Michelin-star restaurants Osteria Giulia and Don Alfonso 1890 also made the list for the city.

These are Ontario’s top restaurants this year, according to verified OpenTable diners:

1. 1 Kitchen, Toronto, ON
2. Akira Black, Toronto, ON
3. Amal Restaurant, Toronto, ON
4. Anejo Restaurant on King Street, Toronto, ON
5. Auberge du Pommier, Toronto, ON
6. Bar Isabel, Toronto, ON
7. Baro, Toronto, ON
8. Blu Ristorante, Toronto, ON
9. Bocado Restaurant, Prince Edward County, ON
10. Byblos Downtown, Toronto, ON
11. Bymark, Toronto, ON
12. Cafe Boulud, Toronto, ON
13. Cano, Toronto, ON
14. Canoe Restaurant and Bar, Toronto, ON
15. Capocaccia Trattoria, Toronto, ON
16. Carisma, Toronto, ON
17. Charcoal Steak House, Kitchener, ON
18. Crossroads Restaurant, Rousseau, ON
19. Cucci Restaurant, Oakville, ON
20. Dolcetto, London, ON
21. Don Alfonso, Toronto, ON
22. Earth to Table: Bread Bar, Guelph, ON
23. Elora Mill Restaurant, Guelph, ON
24. Giulietta, Toronto, ON
25. Grey Gardens, Toronto, ON
26. Hy’s Steakhouse, Toronto, ON
27. Ki Modern Japanese + Bar, Toronto, ON
28. Kitchen76 at Two Sisters Vineyards, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
29. La Vecchia - Marine Parade, Etobicoke, ON
30. Lee, Toronto, ON
31. Locale King City, King City, ON
32. Maison Selby, Toronto, ON
33. Marked, Toronto, ON
34. Morton’s The Steakhouse, Toronto, ON
35. Osteria Giulia, Toronto, ON
36. REIGN, Toronto, ON
37. Riviera, Ottawa, ON
38. Sassafraz, Toronto, ON
39. Scaramouche Restaurant, Toronto, ON
40. Shook Kitchen, Toronto, ON
41. Sofia, Toronto, ON
42. Sorrel Rosedale, Toronto, ON
43. St. Germain’s - Casino Rama Resort, Orillia, ON
44. The Bauer Kitchen, Waterloo, ON
45. The Good Earth Vineyard And Winery, Beamsville, ON
46. The Keg Steakhouse + Bar, Oshawa, ON
47. Trattoria Timone, Oakville, ON
48. Treadwell Farm-to-Table Cuisine, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
49. Vineland Estates Winery Restaurant, Vineland, ON

Outside of Ontario, Alberta had the second-most restaurants featured on the list with 23, then British Columbia with 18.