Kingston

Mayla is a two-floor Kingston dining concept: Bar Mayla handles tapas, cocktails and wine on the main floor, while Le Jardin centers a plant-filled second floor around a custom indoor woodfire grill. The strongest read is split-mode dining: meze and cocktails downstairs, steak, seafood and pasta upstairs.

A downtown Kingston momo house where Himalayan street food, Nepali meal sets, and Hakka-Indo-Chinese comfort dishes share the same practical lunch-to-late-dinner menu.

Wok-In is a compact Kingston takeout standby for Cambodian, Vietnamese and Thai dishes, led by red curry chicken, Pad Thai, Banh Xeo and Khmer-style chicken.

Tango Nuevo is a locally owned Kingston tapas restaurant built around globally inflected small plates, menu-led sharing, Canadian wine, and an intimate La Bodega private wine cellar.

Chez Piggy is a long-running downtown Kingston restaurant in a restored limestone stable, pairing courtyard charm with globally inspired brunch, lunch, and dinner plates.

Days on Front is a polished west-end Kingston dining room where contemporary Canadian cooking, local sourcing and long-running signatures like red wine-braised short rib make the restaurant feel both special-occasion ready and neighbourhood-rooted.

Toast & Jam is a Kingston brunch restaurant from the Whitall family behind Bread & Butter Bakery, using the bakery next door as the backbone for eggs, toast, sandwiches, bowls, and a daytime room built around scratch cooking and local Ontario suppliers.

A downtown Kingston Greek fixture from Jim and Gus Kofinis, Grecos leans on tableside saganaki, complete souvlaki plates, house-named Grecos Delight, and a broad dinner-and-takeout menu built for familiar celebrations.

Amadeus Cafe is a since-1992 Kingston fixture for German and Austrian comfort food, with schnitzels, Rouladen, sausages, a house platter, imported draughts, and a tucked-away Biergarten behind Princess Street.

Family-run Shawarma Damascus gives Kingston a generous Syrian-Lebanese shawarma stop in King's Crossing, with full platters, garlic-heavy sides, family-format takeout, and enough menu depth to go beyond a basic wrap order.