A Guide to: Cheap Eats Ottawa

I am now the proud owner of a Cheap Eats Ottawa book!

After looking at it once or twice in the Chapters on Rideau, I decided that it was a good investment and to go for it! Spend the $12.95 and save more in the long run!

Though I have only tried one of the restaurants out (and this was pre-guide), I look forward to eating at these highly recommended if not cheap restaurants. I will document it for you, all of my lovely readers, in the future.

But instead, this post is about how good of a "guide" book it is. First off, they is the required map at the front, which provides you of an idea of the different areas of the city where these restaurants are located. This was actually very practical for me because I know very little about neighborhoods in Ottawa and that my friends, includes my own.

It's a small book, which makes it ideal for putting it in purses, backpacks, cars, you name it. It does not take up a lot of room. Also, at $12.95 (or less if you have an iRewards card like yours truly), it's a good deal.

I find the rating system a little difficult to understand, but this is mostly because the explanation of the rating system is at the very front of the book, so you have to look at the restaurant, flip back to the rating system, ect, ect.

Also, the restaurants aren't organized by what type of meals they serve or area of the cities they are in. Rather, it's alphabetical order! This gets annoying as well, because I was trying to find a brunch/breakfast place in my 'hood and spent 95% of my time flipping between all these random pages. That is crazy frustrating for me! Urgh!

Here's the pros and cons of the Cheap Eats Ottawa Guide.

Pros: Cheap ($12.95), provides lots of options for lots of different restaurants in different neighborhoods around the city.

Cons: Needs better organization.

But I do strongly recommend going out and getting this little darling, because what's wrong with trying to find the most delicious and cheapest places to eat here in the Other National Capital? Nothing, if you are a graduate student like me!

PS: They also have a blog! Feel free to check it out!

http://www.ceotblog.com/