Chinatown, Ottawa

Ottawa's Chinatown is home to many Chinese restaurants, but don't be fooled - it offers so much more diversity than its name suggests. Chinatown shows multiculturalism at its finest, and here you'll find restaurants and shops of so many cultures - Chinese but also Japanese, Korean, Middle Eastern, Thai, Latin American, and more. Warning: there may or may not be more Vietnamese pho restaurants than Chinese restaurants.

Not hungry? It's still worth taking a stroll down this stretch of Somerset Street West to check out the abundance of murals and other street art that contributes to this neighborhood's character and vibrancy.