Was disappointed when my friend and I visited this evening. When she asked for water, she was told she'd be charged for a bottle of water. She requested tap water, was told no and that the server could kick her out, so we left. So very annoyed as I've heard amazing things about this place from friends across the city.

This place gets a 5 cause it was part of a very fun and random summertime trip to Ottawa. One of the many places to people watch and chill in Byward Market. Food was ok, service seemed to get better when the venue became busier - evening dinner rush - seemed like their staff is ready for that.. either that or cause my group kept the rounds of drinks going. lol

Very disappointed in The Lookout. Went to see the Pride show today and their COVID-19 precautions were terrible. Tables were not adequately spaced out. There appeared to be no cleaning between guests at tables either. The hosts were walking through the crowds (without masks), sitting on peoples laps, and in one event coughing on a group of people making fun of COVID-19. I felt unsafe at this location. There was no enforcement of face masks on any patrons. Beyond that, I went to the washroom and despite the door being locked, people were able to barge in while I was using it...embarrassing and unsafe. I left, furious. I have not been isolating, minimizing my trips out, and following all these precautions to have all my efforts thrown out the window in a span of a little over an hour. If management reads this, you need to rethink your COVID-19 prevention measures, because they are either not enough, or not being enforced.

Every time I go here I have poor service...I understand that they are reopening after covid and it can be stressful at times but the waitress was rude. I have food allergies. She seemed agrivated due to the questions I had in regards to the menu. There's only one gluten-free vegan option. (Quinoa salad Bowl) unfortunately undercooked and very bland. I asked for pepper & hot sauce on the side and she took 15 minutes after my food had arrived to bring it out. She never brought pepper and walked past my table twice with the hot sauce to serve 3 other tables and told me to "wait" I was pretty grossed out because I had been waiting for quite a while. I left 20% tip because I know my food allergies can be annoying to deal with and she didn't seem impressed. I felt really sad as it was my first time back on the patios this season. The sun was nice and warm though😁😌

I get groped every single time I go there.

So, Saturday afternoon, busiest time in any downtown in any country in the world. No host to sit people down. Had to go find someone to sit us down after waiting 15 minutes on a small line up of people. Some decided to leave. No staff, no waitresses, not enough bartenders to serve the drink on a timely fashion manner. Waited over 20 minutes to get our drinks. Where is management??? Unacceptable, this is downtown. You are losing customers by the minute. Someone needs to step up. Thanks

There was only server until approximately 1pm for a full patio and a couple customers indoors and so... our drinks and food took over an hour, she forgot our second drink order and the kitchen did not observe my request. The patio area was nice, and it appeard as though the service was getting better once we left and the second server arrived.

Worst service I've ever had. I sat on the patio in the very hot sun for 15 minutes before our server saw us. We waved her over multiple times throughout the visit and she always seemed to disappear. There were a lot of staff on not seeming to be doing much either.

A sad excuse for a dining experience. Disinterested and uninformed staff, terrible cocktails, flat draught beer and an overpriced food menu. Chicken avocado sandwich bread was rock hard and bland. So many issues with this place. If you’re hungry your best bet is to chew on the cup of a vodka soda as it’s all they can execute.

Not a big fan. I would rather go to milestone.

The queens that perform here every night are so professional and lovely to see. The outside service has nice heat lamps and the seating is nicely spaced, the drinks are made well and the people that work there are friendly.

An icon. End of story. May it stay forever! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Hands down one of my favorite spots in Ottawa.

Bartenders kept track of who was first in line. Dj had a sense of how to keep us dancing. Drag show slayed. Not great for picking up chicks tho.

No diversity.

Had a burger and fries with a beer. I thought that the service was amazing and quick. My beer was cold and good. The burger was decent and my fries were crispy. Really good experience and I would go back. I think next time I would love to try their pizza. I give this place an easy 3.8 stars. If your in the market and you want a well priced beer with amazing service I recommend this place.

Nice patio bar in Byward. Nice cocktails and reasonable pricing. Good location and nice outdoor patio available.

Disappointed with the quality of the food in general. Their food used to be better in terms of quality, taste and presentation. Salad was not fresh, lettuce is wilted and brown. Cauliflower wings deep fried in old oil and avocado spread on the sandwich was old and brown.

The steak was good but it took a bit too long. Cocktails didn’t surprise me.

Worst bar I have ever been to. 1 star is given for spinach dip I ordered, however rest of my food was burnt. And its very annoying that this place is having long waiting to get a table n to have food after ordering. Vibe kinda ruined cuz of their choice of music.

So it’s was September 9 , I took my friend out for her birthday for drinks then she pulled this broken glass out of her mojito drink. It was shocking cause she just finished her drink and I walked to the bartender and pour the drink in front of him and he noticed the broke glass right away then throw it away immediately, without apologizing. The supervisor was extremely helpful and the restaurant manager also help us in this nightmare.

Thank you Cornerstone Bar and Grill! Our organization loved hosting our large anniversary event at your location. The food and hospitality was just perfect, and we really appreciate the extra effort you put in to make our event so special. We could not have found a better location and will definitely be back for future events. Thank you again!

The food was delicious and they have so many tasty drinks. Great prices we found for the amount you get. Will definitely look forward to coming back for patio season.

What a disappointment! The place is nice but the service is so bad! The waitress was barely polite, very long service and almost non-existent... We had to ask a second time only for two glasses of water to another waiter. The place wasn't very busy, in contrary of others restaurant in the neighborhood. Now we know why... She seemed upset when she saw the tips, I consider I've been "generous" with a 10% percent tips... The menu is very limited, and the food was ok, not great (my hamburger has a "McDo-like" buns) and a small fries for more than 20 bucks... Pandemic is affecting all of us, but make an effort! There is some very good (food & service) restaurant about the same prices in the borough.

The service was slow. Bartender said he didn't know if they had WiFi when server clearly said no. Seemed weird for bartender not to know. Also, someone had just vomited at the bar which may indicate he was overserved. Staff took a long time to simply get a bucket and clean it up. Seemed like this place was disorganized. Only good thing was the lava stone sizzle thing that cooks your skewer right at your table....but the shrimp looked like they were out of a can - so small! I wouldnt go back, way to many other options on the block.

Very good service good food il go back soon.

I would have hoped that with a limited menu to choose from that they were serving meals that were better in presentation and quality. What an embarrassment to be the one in our group to recommend this place for our group. If any restaurant hopes to survive in challenging times, lowering the bar on what you serve to the limited number of customers you do have is not the way to be in business for long. I would be surprised to see this place open in the months to come.

They have a really great patio set up right now that is very warm!

Cozy place, good red beer, and a really good fries with parmesan! Lovely!

Nice atmosphere and great late night menu that offered cheap drinks ($5-$6). The good: The bar was clean and had a food atmosphere. There were two separate seating areas, one a little more quiet than the other. Well priced drinks. What could be better: Service was very slow. The place was full, but it was still unreasonably slow for drinks. Very limited gluten free options. I believe there were only three items that were labelled gluten free, and one was a caesar salad without croutons. Overall, this a really nice place for reasonably priced drinks before the late night crowd comes in. After, it was a bit too busy in the bar area for people looking to sit down for a casual drink. The lounge area still looked fairly quiet.

Food was very good. Service was quick and staff were friendly. Overall a great experience.

Service was so so, the lava rock steak and veggies could use quite a bit of work.

They have spectacular heating in the tents.

(Translated by Google) This restaurant has no choice on the menu No personality beginner waitress no decoration on the plates a meat a bowl of fries disappointing food price too expensive not to recommend to eat. (Original) Ce restaurant n'a aucun choix sur la carte Aucune personnalité serveuse débutante aucune décoration dans les assiettes une viande un bol de frites nourriture décevante prix trop cher a ne pas conseiller pour manger .merci

Great food, friendly staff!!

Great service, did well to accomodate us considering the human congestion, nice warm setting inside

25+minutes just to order....we got up and left

(Translated by Google) Try the meat on lavastone! (Original) Essayer la viande sur lavastone!

Overpriced for average at best meals.

Great place to drink and eat

The amount they charge for the amount they provide is typical of all bars. Overpriced and uninspired food. The only upside is the employees are courtesy and timely and the patio location is convient and lively. However, with such a ridiculous pricing and portioning structure, I always reccomend my friends to try elsewhere in the byward area and actively tell them to avoid this place.

Nice place to go on a date

Great signature cocktail.

Always a great time here. And their Manhatten's a great (and super cheap)

Nice patio

My servers were polite and their sweet potato fries were a good eat. That's all I got as to why the Cornerstone received any stars at all. The Ceasar salad was subpar, there was no dressing on the salad, maybe a splash but it tasted like all lettuce and pinch bacon. The nachos were also okay, could've uses more toppings. Okay, the guacamole; absolutely - disappointing. Not only were the large chunks of avocado left were frustrating, so, was the avocado chosen for the guac. Lastly, the washrooms, need to be updated and cleaned. I'm not sure if they're unisex individual washroom, but, its not equipped to easily dispose of feminine products. Which is whatever for the one disposing of products; maybe, others can do without the details of other visitors. The good part is theres hand sanitizing station after you come up from the washroom, you'll need it - but the sanitizer could be less watery.

Overpriced bland food

Poor selection of booze 😒

The waiter was a bit rude, the food average

Food good Service good Covid protocols average

Average service with really good pizza and salad. The menu has few options and the waiter indicated almost all the menu as good options but didn't mention the meat cuts so we decided not to take the risk.

The drinks weren't that great way too much ice and there was no breeze at all in the back booths

Patio is open and great! Great protocol for covid, nice breeze and friendly staff

A bit over priced. Waitstaff seemed like he didnt want to serve us. But it was nice experience anyways

I came with a friend a few weeks back. We were greeted and sat in the lounge side by the bar in a lovely circular booth. The gentleman serving us was very polite. The food on the other hand, tool 45 minutes for a chicken nacho and spinach dip. When they did come out the nachos were a bit mushy, like they had been sitting for a while. It didn't seem like they were overly busy, so it was a bit confusing. The new renovations look great, and the sever was very nice. The food could have been a lot better.

I had my bachelorette dinner party here. The food, the service, and the atmosphere were all fantastic. The food was so amazing. Flavourful and hot. Generous portions and very affordable. I wont hesitate to go back.

Best drinks in the market!

(Translated by Google) Professional, fast and friendly service. (Original) Service pro, rapide et chaleureux.

Nice atmosphere, server advised they were short staffed to bear with them. Heating system dripping water on us so we had to move. Food was good but cold. Toilets have no toilet paper, seats falling off and need some serious cleaning.

Love this bar! It's the one of the only safe places the LGBTQ community has in Ottawa! Always great drag shows and friendly staff, any LGBTQ community member should check out this place!

The best of the best! Amazing drag and drinks

Performers were great, they looked incredible. It was small and the stage was too low.

Welcoming, awesome , dynamic bar. With amazing performers and great drinks! Atmosphere is wild and fun and the bar looks awesome!

I went on Friday to see the drag show, the screening of Drag Race, and to have the 4 for $12 Fireball shots. Super fun time. Cozy atmosphere without being overly crowded. Average-priced cocktails, but they were really good.

I was an amazing place that I do want others to go at and experience the same thing I do experience

Melon fizz is delicious! 😋

The outside patio is great!

Last night was our first time at this bar. The show was great. By 11pm the place was packed! Drinks were very reasonably priced. The crowd was a lot of fun. No drama!

The space is welcoming to people from all walk of life. Ps. Bring cash

Was lit

Love this Place -Great Vibs and Food

probably the best bar in town. too bad Ottawa sucks

Music wasn't very good... cant dance to it

Love the staff Davidson and Jacob

Great Saturday afternoon, Davidson rocks!!

(Translated by Google) Drag QUEEEENS !!!! (Original) Drag QUEEEENS!!!!

Great danceable techno-style music all night, respectful people, really fun drag shows, all around fantastic time!

Friendly staff. Karaoke night is a blast with not too many people. Drag night is packed and extremely loud, so if you're like me and have a noise limit, keep that in mind. Overall though great experience.

best club in ottawa! entertainment and dancing

The lookout is a solid bar, it's also clean.

Cool bar, with a pretty good sound system and generally good vibes! It is a little bit small, and they only take cash which I find a little annoying in 2019

Hopping place! Not handicap accessible (stairs) Cash only payments :/

Good karaoke.

Super fun, good vibes and amazing drag show

Good, fun bar. With an amazing DJ! And a fun dragshow!

Thank you "The Lookout Bar" for being the only open establishment my friend and I found on a Tuesday night at 11pm in the Byward Market that was still serving drinks. We ended up singing karaoke for a few hours while catching up after not seeing each other for 4 years.

The atmosphere was welcoming, as were the staff. I personally liked their porch wich lets you overlook the market while having a beverage.

Nice bar very updated in music, evenly diverse

Way too small for the amount of people they let in! Never seen a more crowded place with so little security or organization. Music so loud that you cant hear your friends talking since everyone is so cramped in

After having come to this establishment for years, all of a sudden, they don't accept ID's from Canada, demanding my crowd to get passports and lecturing us about how it's the law in the USA to walk around with them. Coming more than a few times a month to locations in and around Boston, most locations that want to enforce age or identity have readers that do read Canadian ID's. This guy lost a regular patron for incompetence, rudeness and serious BS. Very rarely do I leave a bad review but had to make a note about this. Won't be going back at all...

Nice place

Staff here was great and their patio seating was surprisingly comfortable. Servers here were super attentive even though there were a ton of guests, and the prices were good too. Drinks and food came out really quickly. Overall a really good experience.

We had a great meal here on a Tuesday night. Shared an order of the cauliflower wings with a classic buffalo sauce and they were just so delicious - tangy and hot but also somehow light. We then had a really nice pizza with excellent fresh tomatoes, good quality cheese and a nicely blistered crust. Service was prompt and efficient and the terrace was comfortable and cozy. Thanks for a lovely meal - will definitely be back next time I'm in Ottawa.

The nachos and pizza was great but drinks was nothing special. Would definitely say give it a try when it’s not busy.

The food was very good with fresh vegetables for the burgers. Its pretty pricey especially for extra toppings, almost 20$ for just a burger meal but overall it was a good experience with nice staff. I'd say 8 outta 10 on the bussin meter.

The Super Foods Quinoa Bowl was tasteless. No sauce, spice or anything on top.

One of our favourite Byward spots, have the yummiest cocktails. The black cherry ginger lemonade is the best. Staff are usually friendly and service is always quick!

One of my favourite places in the market. The food is really good (especially the spinach dip) and the drinks are good and reasonably priced. The service is really quick and staff are super friendly. Love coming here.

My 2 friends and I ate here on a Saturday night and didn't have to wait for a table which was nice. We ate on the patio and the food was good. I got the chicken and avocado sandwich (delicious) with sweet potato fries. My friend got the vegetable skewer lava rock meal and found them underwhelming - one piece of mushroom, pepper, onion, and pineapple on each of the 3 skewers. No seasoning or sauce, could do yourself at home. The drinks were good though - I had the watermelon sangria. Service was a bit on the slow side.

It was not the most welcoming experience.. my girlfriend and I went in hopes of having a date night and when we arrived three of the employees were sat at the bar eating, the host who sat us was one of them and she seemed very bothered to have to greet us. There was only one table on the side we were on and we had seen another server and a bartender on the floor but had no one come see us after nearly 10 minutes so we left. Overall not a very comfortable way to start off at a restaurant and typically I don't criticize a long wait time if it is busy but with more staff in the place than there are customers that should not happen.

So the restaurant is called "... & Grilled" but the grill options are like... 2.... the steak was mediocre and too small for the price, and the burger was very disappointed. We won't be back again, very close to this restaurant are better grills and bars. The waitress was kind, but we went there to have good food, so it is still a no.

The service was excellent. The food was good but didn’t really stand out. Had a cheeseburger and a side garden salad. Sat on the Patio nice view and a good people watching place. Beer was cold.

Oh Canada - July 1st in Ottawa's Byward Market at the Cornerstone Bar and Grill celebrating Canada day with a true Canadian double - the Canadian pizza and a Molson Canadian draught. Both were perfect for this hot day. Service was excellent; friendly, attentive and the resto was fully staffed ready to serve patriotic revelers. A very enjoyable experience.

Went for dinner last night. Sat on the beautiful patio. The atmosphere was great. We were able to do some people watching as we ate our yummy bowls. The food was great however the portion could have been just a bit bigger. A must try is the watermelon sangria.

Amazing place to grab a bite to eat if visiting! Patio is dog friendly as long as you have a seat right by the road :) Prices were what was expected considering it is Ottawa. Portions were a little small BUT hamburgers were homemade and everything was very filling!!! Staff are very friendly and have no problem accommodating for guests. Overall very nice place to go!!!

Ordered a burger and fries and a salad. Food was gross. Burger served on a soggy, cheap, wonder-bread bun. Toppings on burger were gross. Salad was inedible and made with spring mix that was clearly expired. Wilted, slimy, pale and dead foliage. Waste of money. Chef should be ashamed.

We stopped in for a cocktail and we're disappointed with the product. The service was okay. The mojito and gin fizz were not very good at all. If I'm here in the future I'll avoid cocktails and try a beer, wine or whiskey. We didn't try the food.

Great food, great service, a bit expensive.

This was a fun outing for us tonight. The atmosphere, the food, the drinks and the service were awesome! Thank you, Team!!

Just a really mediocre experience. The cocktails were awful, and the pizza was ok. The spring rolls tasted ok, but $15 for 3 (cut in half - 6 pieces)?!

The food here was quite good. My partner and I shared the marinated sirloin steak that you cook to your liking yourself on a hot lava stone. Cooking the steak on the stone was probably the most fun I've ever had at a restaurant. When it was all said and done, the food itself was really really good. The only critique I have is our meal was listed as a meal for two people and the amount of food we got didn't leave us feeling satisfied at the end. Our portion of meat was actually perfect, but more rice and veggies would have been appreciated. Given how cheap it would be to provide a little bit more of these parts of the dish, it confuses me why they were so skimpy with them. Service was lovely, a very nice young lady made sure our time at Cornerstone was enjoyable and comfortable from start to finish.

I never complain about restaurants, but this one was the first time I got served cold food. Not just one dish either. Every item served to everyone in my group was freezing. It wasn’t even slightly warm, honestly felt like it just came out of the fridge. All I could think of was Gordon Ramsay being dramatic and spitting it out lol. It wasn’t bad, tasted pretty okay overall, but it wasn’t warm. It was also pretty expensive, especially for what was served.

Our waitress was great and her service was the lone bright spot of the night! The food on the other hand was a huge disappointment. Cold and soggy nachos that also had a 6$ charge for a few pieces of chicken. We had fries that were ice cold. The burgers were decent but nothing mind blowing. We saw that this place was pretty busy so we figured that it would be a safe bet. Not sure if we just came at a bad time but we left pretty disappointed.

Slow, our waitress visited our table total 2 times. And when we finally had to call other waitress for our bill, she gave us the eye rolling thingy. One beer was missing. My friend had to wait 30mins to get a pizza after everyone finished eating. Good place to practice your patience. Asked 3 times if we could get a bill. Very disappointed, over priced.

I showed up Friday night around 11pm with my brother who is special needs. He has a slight physical disability. We walk in and the bouncer did not let us in because my brother needed assistance going up the stairs at the entrance (which I was doing). The bouncer inside by the name of Yonatan said he couldn't let us in because my brother would be a liability if he falls. I said but he won't fall because I am right here next to him guiding him. He proceeded to tell me that he has the authority to analyze the situation and say we could not come in. I then said but this goes against my brother's human rights.. he then asked what rights are those? I educate him by informing him that no one should be denied goods or services based on their disability. He then replies that this is a private property, to which I responded that they are open to the public, meaning they have the right to serve to the public and not discriminate base on someone's disability. Two other bouncers approached us to try to rectify the situation, but it was too late. We do not feel welcomed here. Yonatan then comes out to say he spoke to the manager that was "willing to make an exception this one time" .... This shouldn't need to be an exception made . People with disabilities don't deserve to be discriminated or denied entry to a bar on a Friday night at 11pm. My brother is a young guy like anyone else and he just wanted to be out and socialize like any other individual In their 20s. Needless to say, we will be boycotting this place and will proceed to spread the word of how they disrespect people here.