The Best Patios in Toronto

Patio season in Toronto is short and taken seriously. The city's CaféTO program kept hundreds of curb-side and back-alley patios in place after 2020, so the options now run well past the handful of rooftops everyone already knows.

Which Toronto restaurants have the best patios?

The best-rated patios in the city include Bar Pompette in Little Italy, House on Parliament in Cabbagetown, Halo Brewery and Rainhard Brewing in the west end, and Aroi Thai. Breweries and cocktail bars are over-represented for a reason — they built for outdoor seating first.

Ranked by Google rating across the 81 open spots with patio seating in the mytoronto.city app. Permanently closed venues are excluded.

A few things worth knowing before you go: most patios are first-come, first-served even when the dining room takes reservations, and a lot of the CaféTO curb-side setups come down for the winter around late October.