South American cuisine: the best places to taste it in Ottawa

the Soca Kitchen

85/100 (2101 ratings)

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"My friends Kate, Dillan and I went for dinner. I'm honestly giving this place 5 stars due to the amazing waitor and the quality of the food. We were..."

Amanda Jones

"I had the pleasuring of tasting a few items from the menu last night and my taste buds were absolutely delighted! In Ottawa, menus have been pretty..."

Veronique Girard

"The staff were very helpful to explain the menu. Food was tasty and presentation wes beautiful. Best dish was the Whole fried fish it was bass. Pan..."

Ruth Gates

"Amazing atmosphere, how often can you go to a place and feel like you are at home! The food is something that you cannot find anywhere else in the..."

Amanda Peterson

"Been here for brunch several times and was never ever disappointed: food, service and..."

Emily Arco Dulay Graves

"Love the ambiance, food and drinks!! Small place, small plates but well worth it!! Highly..."

Val Caron Lamarche

"Great food tapas are surprisingly filling! I really enjoyed the food and ambiance. Great little treasure and worth going to and back..."

Josh Loucks

"Very unique design accompanied by great service and a fantastic menu. Soca is a very speacial place that needs to be frequented more often by the..."

Jeffrey Frost

"A pleasant atmosphere with excellent service... the food is very tasteful and appealingly served...definitely a go to place for an evening of great..."

Marc Desjardins

"I highly recommend this restaurant Amazing..food .. Romantic atmosphere.. Wonderful service... Love it..."

Alma Oscura

"Brunch was amazing. I wanted everything on the menu - tapas style almost allowed me to! Great atmosphere & perfect start to a..."

Katrina Burke-Bevington

"Great friendly staff and delicious food! Highly recommend the steak, its mouth watering..."

Jen Murray

"South American cuisine is one of my favourites in the world, and this is the closest I've come to finding a place in Ottawa that comes close to the..."

Hoxjennifer

"Dare i say the best Taco's i have had in my life...yes. Incredibly fresh Oyster, "wow" factor Huevos, and absolutely amazing stuffed peppers. Topped..."

DustinandSam

"Service (bartender/waitress) was quite terse and not accommodating whatsoever - but perhaps this is an ownership issue (e.g. 1/2 pint? No, we can..."

Lono

"Food -- Spectacular. Fresh. Unique. Portion sizes are perfect for a couple with 4 tapas (2 each). Best dish: Tuna Ceviche with spicy YUM..."

Paul Westergaard

"The best meal we've ever had! We had a fabulous experience from the moment we arrived and throughout the meal. We ordered some tapas and cocktails,..."

GabyM

"We went early Saturday evening and took a seat at the bar just as they were preparing for dinner service. The staff was friendly and invested in us..."

Lauren Jane M

"Went to Soca for dinner for girl's night, Gustavo was our server - he explained all our dishes in a way that made us excited to eat them and they..."

Meaghan Trottier

"Cute dinning room with a rustic yet elegant atmosphere. Every dish we ordered was great. The highlights were the octopus and the plantain with the..."

Roberta Betancourt

"Today, I went for brunch at The Soca Kitchen. I was impressed. A Spanish fusion restaurant, the feel of the place is relaxed. The decor..."

Culinary Kira

"For some reason we miss what all the great reviews are about. The ambiance was lacking but maybe that's because we had an earlier reservation of..."

CaptainPorkchop

"Took my best friend here for her birthday dinner, and it was great. We sat at the bar and the bartenders gave us a few free tasters of drinks and..."

Robin MacEwan

"I went to soca a few weeks ago with some friends. We were placed at a very cramped table that were clearly meant for 2 so the 3 of us felt pretty..."

Monique Kaye

"Amazing Food. Fantastic Atmosphere. Great and friendly staff.I never write reviews on any of these websites, but the amazing time I had at..."

Isaac

"Great appetizers to share, but the price is not for those with a small budget. Smaller restaurant so room is a little but overall a good place to try..."

Travis Hawley

"In my opinion this is the place in Ottawa where different and amazing flavours come together to create great food. The ambiance was perfect for our..."

Carmine

"What a great evening we had last night in this wonderful place! Greate ambiance, food and service! People were super nice to us, explained and..."

Noha

"Amazing new restaurant!!! A MUST TRY!!!. My family and I had the opportunity to dine at this new restaurant this past Wednesday night and I must say..."

A.S

"Oh-my-God good food, great atmosphere. Good drinks and amazing food: the arroz sucio is incredible - rich and complex, with the cacao overtone..."

Tom Gr

"Great food, amateurish service. I have been to Soca three times ... Food is terrific and inventive. Unfortunately, the service is..."

OttawaCaroline

"Amazing food and..."

RM86

"Similar experience happened to us two months earlier, we were asked to leave!! Not in a very diplomatic way, I may add, seems the learning curve is..."

AnnaZ

"Warm & Cheerful. My husband and I stopped into Soca Kitchen last night after hearing so many wonderful things about it. We were greeted warmly by the..."

Marla Tonon-Cloutier

"Perfect date night, wonderful warm service and amazing food. We had four small dishes and a lovely bottle of wine. Happy parents with the night..."

Date Night Delish

"Delicious. The oyster of the day, and the ceviche was a dynamite duo! :D I will have to save up for my next visit, so I can try even more. The small..."

Emtowsley

"AMAZING!! Food was perfect service was great knowledgable staff and 2 ppl leaving full for under $100 can't be beat. Check this place out its really..."

613

"Delicious with great cocktails. I had a really great experience at Soca - delicious, inventive food with an interesting twist. The cocktails are..."

Julia Kent

"Excellent! Good Food Good Service. A very good valentines dinner, The food was very good, with as highlight the octopus from the grill and the..."

Rvieweger

"Great service, great food... a bit loud though!. My boyfriend and I went Saturday night based on the UrbanSpoon reviews and not hearing anything from..."

Ottawa_yumyum

"Delicious. I don't know why some of these reviwers were so harsh. This is a great place! We tried the empanadas, octopus, and zucchini tostas (the..."

Spooner

"Deeeeelicious!. My girlfriends and I went for dinner last Saturday night and the food was amazing! The steak special was so good..I'm still dreaming..."

Jogrady222

"Fantastic new restaurant!. After reading the reviews on urbanspoon and google, we decided to give this new restaurant a try. The meal began on a..."

Annmhn

"Steak and fries are great. Had steak and fries for lunch. very..."

Jshebib

"Good addition to neighbourhood!. Went with some friends on opening night. We shared some small plates: empanadas, sweetbreads, ceviche, butifarra,..."

Orev

"We went last night for opening night. We had oysters, snapper ceviche, empanadas, the 1/2 chicken and the bavette. All meals were absolutely..."

Rae

"Soca Kitchen & Pub, a Latin American restaurant, is the newest addition to Ottawa's food scene. It is located two doors from Allium on Holland St...."

Montreal Food Pictures

"The food at the Soca Kitchen was excellent and the service was great as well. We got several dishes from each section to share between our group of..."

Nikola Andrejevic

"Had a lovely evening with friends at The Soca Kitchen. Great ambience in the restaurant with dim lights but sufficient light at the table to see the..."

Lucia Chehade

"Amazing amazing place ! Everything single item that we ordered , were delicious ! Tacos are by far the best ones we had in the area ( Highly..."

Imad Assaker

"Okay first things first: This was my first time having charcuterie ..... and it was DELICIOUS. Everything about this chef’s tasting board was so..."

Yunhan Liu

"Awesome Spanish tapas in a casual chic restaurant Our first visit here for a girls night out. Food was excellent, varied tapas choices, amazing..."

Jing Lu

"Went to Soca for my birthday. Food was delicious and good portions. Service was very slow, plates were left on the table for a while and food took..."

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