Diners' Choice: Best Overall restaurants in Halton

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Updated 05 March 2025

Looking for the best overall restaurants in Halton? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyses nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favourite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Oliver's Steakhouse

4.9

4.9 (486)

CAN$51 and over

Steak

Oakville

About the restaurant

Oliver's Steakhouse offers fine dining for locals and visitors in Ontario. This four-star, family-run, modern steakhouse restaurant has won New York's Wine Spectator's Award for Excellence each year for over a decade. The decor is contemporary and stylish, and the food is prepared with a keen eye for detail and taste.

Featuring the best of premier steaks including A5 Kobe, American Wagyu, in house dry aged USDA Prime and PEI naturally raised grass fed beef along with an assortment of home-made pastas and fresh fish.

Top review

AnastasiaVIP

Dined 3 days ago

Oliver’s takes fine dining to the next level. The atmosphere is a perfect blend of high end elegance and modern chic, with music in the background to match the mood. The service is impeccable. Every detail of our dining experience was curated as if for royalty, with a formal and yet engaging and friendly attitude. We were genuinely impressed by the charisma and knowledge of the staff. The food was absolutely fantastic. It was clear with every bite that the chef has a deep passion for his work. This is a place where you can enjoy an exceptional meal, feel like a VIP, and vibe with the contemporary energy. Definitely worth a revisit.

The Carriage House Restaurant & Wine Bar

4.9

4.9 (732)

CAN$51 and over

European

Burlington

About the restaurant

The Carriage House Restaurant in Burlington has been a favourite with locals and visitors for the past 15 years.

Whether a business dinner, a group function in one of our private rooms, a special occasion or a night out with your favourite person the ambiance, food and service are sure to impress.

The menu focuses on fresh seafood and steak. Start with grilled octopus, tuna sashimi, avocado and crab salad, lberico ham, seared diver scallopsand follow with one of our USDA Prime cuts of steak, rack of lamb, duck, pasta or choose from our freshly available seafood of the day. Our comprehensive wine list and friendly staff complete your experience at the Carriage House Restaurant.

Top review

TaniaVIP

Dined 3 days ago

Just another lovely evening - great service and fabulous food

DiMario's Trattoria

4.8

4.8 (624)

CAN$51 and over

Italian

Burlington

About the restaurant

Di Mario’s is a landmark Italian restaurant nestled in the core of Burlington for over 25 years that serves up classic and unique dishes renowned for years for their traditional and flavourful authenticity.

The menu provides classic favourites and daily features by our chef from the heart of Italy that can be paired with one of the distinguished wines now available from an extensive, curated wine list.

You will be charmed by the warm and modern décor and attentive service in this contemporary version of your favourite Italian restaurant.

Top review

Salvatore

Dined 6 days ago

Great meal as usual. Our server Charley was wonderful!

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4.8

4.8 (127)

CAN$51 and over

Italian

Burlington

About the restaurant

We are an upscale Italian Bistro that values fresh, high quality ingredients paired with knowledgeable and friendly service.

Top review

Alex

Dined 3 days ago

Great friendly service. Food was exceptional. Would highly recommend

Rust Bistrobar

4.9

4.9 (1464)

CAN$30 and under

Canadian

Burlington

About the restaurant

Free of the usual convention, Rust Bistrobar is an intimate, casual cool dining destination. Rust offers an elevated menu with a focus on fresh locally sourced ingredients highlighting the seasons; best, encapsulating the essence of cooking from the heart and soul.

Top review

OpenTable Diner

Dined 4 days ago

The food was delicious and the service was excellent

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4.8

4.8 (827)

CAN$30 and under

Mexican

Burlington

About the restaurant

Hello!
My name is Burro. I love chef-inspired tacos, tequila drinks, good music (according to us), vegetarians, bourbon, graffiti, vegans, mood lighting, queso, AND YOU!!

Our kitchen is 100% nut and GLUTEN-FREE, and we are 100% serious about that.

For the "Liquid Diet" sort of crowd. Our bartenders are equally happy to whip you up a hand-crafted creation or a classic cocktail. If you just want a shot of tequila we're into that too.

Okay, that's enough chit-chat. Let's eat.

Top review

Samantha

Dined on 1 Mar 2025

We LOVE Burro!! The tacos NEVER disappoint, best tacos around!!

Downtown Bistro & Grill

4.8

4.8 (826)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Global, International

Burlington

About the restaurant

Relax in a casual elegance and linger over great food and fine wines; all in the centre of downtown Burlington. Private parties, small weddings are also available to make your next affair one to remember.

Chef Mike’s Downtown Bistro & Grill offers a fine selection of dishes, such as delicious pastas, fresh seafood. Enjoy our sunny patio from spring to fall and watch a beautiful sunset. Downtown Bistro & Grill is your destination for casual fine dining in downtown Burlington.

Top review

Dined 2 days ago

Downtown Bistro is our go to place for many an occasion. Excellent food and service. Value at its best!

The Lord Nelson

4.8

4.8 (616)

CAN$30 and under

Steakhouse

Burlington

About the restaurant

Established in 1974 The Lord Nelson is serving southern Ontario with the best food, service, and ambiance.
EAT WELL LAUGH OFTEN LIVE LONG

Top review

Brad

Dined 4 days ago

First time experiencing the Lord Nelson, we went to celebrate my wife’s birthday, it was great.

Cucci Ristorante

4.8

4.8 (3404)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Italian

Oakville

About the restaurant

Cucci can be described as warm and discreet, a dining room for those that haven't forgotten the pleasures of dining with friends.

Top review

KathyVIP

Dined 2 days ago

This was our second time dining at Cucci and both dinners were amazing!! The service was outstanding and the food and drinks were very delicious- we will definitely be going back!!

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4.9

4.9 (37)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Cocktail Bar

Oakville

About the restaurant

An experience that is unlike any other in the beautiful
town of Oakville. While Goldwyn & Sons may be a
functioning barbershop to many in the area, residents
who are in the know will discover hand-crafted cocktails
made available in this beautiful bar and patio
situated alongside Lake Ontario.

Here, you will find world-class cocktails and zero-proof
drinks that are executed with precision and served
without pretense. Furnished with rich décor, your
bartender will curate incredible tastes from a time when
word-of-mouth was pure gold.

Goldwyn & Sons Bar is truly a hidden gem inside the Bronte
Harbour neighbourhood where cuts and cocktails come
together for an intimate and memorable experience.

Top review

Diane

Dined on 23 Feb 2025

Small and intimate place for inspiringly crafted cocktails and conversation.

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