Everything was perfect. The food was excellent, the service was top notch, I'll definitely be coming back.

Amazing experience, ambiance and food! Service is second to none! Also… Josh is amazing!

Excellent service from Olivia who was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Food was delish as always and the ambiance at Gitanes is always the best.

Wow just amazing, excellent food and very good service

The service, food, and energy were amazing. From the moment we walked in, to the moment we left was an incredible experience. The sommelier was very knowledgeable. With only tasting about 1/10th of the menu, I will definitely be coming back to try everything!

Great experience! Our server was great! She was knowledgeable about the meals and drinks, and very helpful. The cocktails were delish and the food was fab. Would definitely recommend!

The food was delicious, ambiance stellar and the service was top notch

I rarely go to high end restaurants, in part, because I always feel out of place or like I don't belong there (the other part is because they're so expensive).
Gitanes made us feel welcomed, comfortable and was happy to see us there.

I loved the old school jazz and country music on their radio. It was a great, romantic atmosphere.

Our server was outstanding! I don't remember her name, but she was informative, made sure that our dietary restrictions were taken care of, she gave great recommendations, checked in on us at the appropriate time. She took great care of us and I was really happy overall with the experience.
On another note,

I'd also like to let our server know that "she said yes!" Thank you for playing it cool.

Sincerely,

the guy with the cowboy boots

Amazing food, great vibe and wonderful service. One of the best restaurants in Ottawa!!

Gitanes always knocks it out of the park. There’s several reasons why this is my go to spot, they never disappoint. The food is savoury, delicious and exciting. The beer and wine menu is a lovely variety of local and foreign options. Thank you again for another great experience.

Gitanes has nailed everything from food&drink to incredible service, and a very cool vibe. Ottawa thanks you!

Amazing food, top-notch service, and plenty of options.

Well balanced dishes with tons of flavours. The value and quality was above our expectations. Highly recommend and we will most definitely return. Great service, great beer and cocktail selection.

Food is amazing drinks and wine list too. Great playlist too ! You can’t go wrong for date night

I love Gitanes. It never disappoints. Such delicious food and such great service!

Entertaining staff who catered to our needs and made us feel welcome and at home. Fantastic food.

Good food but staff little unprepare for the event and food should of came same time for the main course not 10 mins apart. Sake bomb was not prepared properly as shot glass and chopstick weren't correct.

The whole experience was fantastic. The service was great, the food, delicious and the atmosphere, really cool. We went early on a Saturday evening (5:00pm) and it was quiet but I hear it can get louder later in the evening. We left close to 7:30pm and we could still talk with ease. Looking forward to going back soon !

The seafood section of the menu and appetizer section were really very good and well worth sampling. Next time I go, I will probably stay in that part of the menu. We tried the octopus, scallops and oysters. The wine choices were also very good and non-traditional meaning that you could try some great pairings. The main courses were disturbingly over salted. We tried the Duck au Poivre and the King Salmon. Both were effectively ruined by the amount of salt. Good food does not require that level of dosing. The deserts were interesting but not great on the pallet. Service overall was very good. All of the staff were friendly, attentive and reasonably knowledgeable about their products. The only strange thing was a food delivery guy who had his mask off most of the time as he ran around the restaurant (it was usually under his chin). While I'm not overly concerned about it, it doesn't leave a professional impression in this current age.
As it was my first time there, perhaps I set my expectations too high. I will go again but I will likely stick to the early part of the menu and use them as sharing plates. As I mentioned, that part of the menu was really very good and inspired.

What an incredible night! The lovely staff surprised us with a small birthday treat for our friend celebrating her birthday. The ambience was lovely and the food was great. The staff was kind and friendly and made all the difference in our experience.

I will certainly return to and recommend Gitanes, the menu was incredible and the service, outstanding. All our dishes were succulent.

super wonderful birthday .
server was very knowledgeable and attentive.
a great experience overall

Food and wine were great. The dining chairs were uncomfortable, too high from the table and a little unstable.

Great dining experience. Lovely ambiance with great fixtures and playlist. Attentive service. Quality menu items & a fantastic cocktail and wine list. Will be coming back again!

Every dish was outstanding and the drink list was so good I wanted to try everything! Looking forward to coming back.

This is supposed to be a French restaurant, yet, they took everything off the menu that makes it truly a French restaurant. The worst thing is that the menu online and in person are different which is false advertising the food they serve which was very disappointing because they did not have 2 to 3 things that my partner and I were so excited to eat. We settled on a burger because it was the least expensive. Honestly, it was okay, nothing crazy and for 26$? That’s far too much, I was so disappointed and hungry (the burger didn’t fill me at all) that my partner and I ended up going to McDonald’s right after. Their dessert was below average for me, it was so hard to cut it that I had to apply so much pressure that I nearly broke the plate and everyone around us would give us nasty stares because they thought we were being loud in purpose. The staff, however, were really kind and chill people, we were able to relocate inside from the patio because it was far too loud and made it uncomfortable to sit there and eat. I suggest Gitanes should update their website menu because if you make a reservation, you have to stay put otherwise they’ll charge you a 35$ fee per person if you don’t show or cancel under 24h which was a little ridiculous giving that the place was overall was a “meh”.

Great food and service. Our server provided an excellent service , but I still gave 4 stars review related to it. This has nothing to do with the excellent attention she gave us throughout the evening, but with the booking time question, when I was asked if we'll be celebrating some special occasion. The answer was yes, my wife's birthday.
Typically, this followed by a little gesture by the restaurant at the end of the meal.
Since nothing like that happened, I'm confused about the point of asking.

Excellent as always. The service was impeccable and my server even remembered the wine I had ordered a month before. Perfection.

Best service!! Our server was Sarah and she was the absolute best. Very helpful with suggestions and we LOVED all of her recommendations. The food was amazing and the drinks were delicious as well.

Delicious food! Great location! Need more reasonably priced wine.

Service was excellent, but food was disappointing. Scallop was well cooked, but the oily sauce wasn't good. Steak and frites, the steak was chewy and the sauce was too sweet. Duck au poivre was really good. I liked that we could taste the wine before purchasing it.

We went for my sister's birthday at Gitanes and it was definitely one of the best meals experiences I've had in Ottawa. The absolute stars of the menu for us was the Tuna Crudo (which we liked so much that we ordered a second one) and the pastas, namely the Crab Spaghetti. Other dishes such as the Octopus, Oysters and Duck were also very good. We dined outdoor in a safe socially distanced environment and our main server, Olivia, was extremely helpful in helping us select menu choices. Overall it was a great experience and we will definitely be coming back next time we are in town.

Amazing food and service. We were lucky enough to have the chef’s table literally right in the kitchen. Could not recommend this place enough.

Only piece of feedback would be that upon booking reservation I put in the allergies at the table. They were confirmed via phone when you called to confirm reservation the day prior (which was awesome). However, the info was not passed on to our actual server which defeated the whole purpose.

Also, the La Tropicale zero proof drink was delicious but it was quite expensive for the tiniest glass that was full of ice.

But my party agreed we loved the experience and will definitely come back.

The service was good to excellent so was the food. The music was very loud and remained very present even after it was toned down. The wine list is very (too?) expensive

The servings were very small and too expensive for overall taste. Also the glasses of wine were a 5 oz for the price of a 9 oz elsewhere in the city.
Ambiance was good but wouldn’t go back. Also the service was very slow.

No air conditioning or fans. was super uncomfortable to eat. Other than that an amazing night but our table had to keep going outside to get air

Overall a very nice experience. Will go back. Not keen on the celery dish. Excellent frites

Really lovely! The snow crab spaghetti was so delicious!

great decor and vibe inside. delicious food and fantastic service.