The SconeWitch

I love coming to SconeWitch on the weekends! Having a warm scone with jam and clotted cream is such a small pleasure and a great way to start off the weekend. The service is really friendly too!

The scones are soooo good! I came for the tea break and ordered a vanilla-cream and lemon-poppyseed, paired with Devon cream & strawberry jam, not to forget a good coffee!
Staffs are super friendly and efficient! Before I make the payment my scones are already put on a plate for me! A perfect afternoon with the fantastic scones and latte!

This place never disappoints. It has been one of my favourite places in Ottawa for over a decade now. Today, I tried the breakfast scones for the first time and was pleasantly surprised at how they were plated and how they felt like an elevated version of a breakfast sandwich.

Really cool idea and food tastes great. It’s a nice cafe vibe and we didn’t have to wait too long on the weekend. Portions were a bit small and without a side salad, you may not be filled however. Good location in downtown Ottawa and seemed to be liked by the locals. Seating is there but they don’t have a lot like most downtown cafes.

Delicious but slow - the food is amazing, but it really isn’t the best spot for a quick bite on a morning commute. Expect to wait 10-15 minutes on a morning. They seem to be understaffed at the front

Had the blueberry scone and the one with dill in it. Both were delicious. Got the rest of the flavours and shared those, got a lot of compliments. Would definitely come back next time I'm in town. Pleasant, efficient service.

I love British scones. I was surprised that the scone and jam were both amazingly yummy. It was hard to find a British scone place. Although the lineup was long, it was all worth it.

Very good texture and cooking, I just wish they used a better butter. Not sure why bakeries in North America can’t get quality raw material.

Some of the best scones in town! Definitely recommend the BLT on a feta scone for a brunch item, or the lemon poppyseed as a snack!

Ottawa's gourmet highland, the aroma is overflowing as soon as you enter the door, and then you are caught in the difficult choice of sweet and salty, and finally have a piece of each. Come here for breakfast every Saturday.

Average food, the scones are delicious and freshly baked. The goat cheese and tomato sandwich was small for the price. The vanila latte tasted good, however there was no lactose free milk option instead they offered oat milk. Their cups smelled (both the one with latte and the water cups on the table. I tried a few cups and they all had the same smell, like the smell of fish. Overall very pleasant atmosphere and friendly staff.

The scones were solid! Nice layers throughout, not too sweet (we only tried the sweet options). The regular options are far superior to the low gluten variety, however, and I find that even the regular scones are somewhat small for the price.

The Devon (clotted) cream left to be desired, but overall, I would go back.

As soon as you enter the door, the smell is tangy, and the scones are all hot and delicious, much better than the frozen ones in cafes

LOVED this quaint little spot! My friends and I enjoyed some “scone witches” and I had the tomato and goat cheese, along with a salad. The food was scrumptious and the vibe was super open and friendly. Will absolutely be coming back!

Amazing place! The most yummy scones ever! Very kind and hardworking staff I’m from Toronto and came to Ottawa for a getaway and this was the best breakfast place we went too! Thank you so much! Will definitely be coming again!

I am not gratitude I strat my on line business without money without education please help me all frds to grow my business thank you

The security guard said don’t smoke on the street in front of the building
He was not happy about it
Weird experience
Dogs not allowed

Scone was flaky and I appreciated the choices of savoury and sweet. Side salad wasn’t tossed. Nice easy lunch choice. I would go back and try other scones and filling combos.

Great brunch cafe.
Scones are amazing.
Especially I really like their egg witch.
The cheese is really the cherry on the top. Yum.

My go to is herb&onion and Vanilla.

The sconewhich was fresh and the pastry was yummy. I had the poached salmon with side salad on a cheddar scone. Busy but lots of people just taking out so there's room to sit.

Friendly service. Just got a half dozen scones for takeout. All of them were great, would definitely recommend if you like scones.

The scones were delicious! I got a maple pear and a lemon poppyseed! I also got jam and Devon cream to go with it! I love the top crust part! I think the maple pear was sweet enough on its own that it didn't need any jam:) they also give you lots of jam and cream so next time I would ask if I can get those in take out form so I can finish them at home. It gets pretty busy at lunch hour, so def go there a little before the rush to avoid long lines.

Really cool idea and food tastes great. It’s a nice cafe vibe and we didn’t have to wait too long on the weekend. Portions were a bit small and without a side salad, you may not be filled however.

The food was really good: the scones' texture is both kind of like a biscuit on the outside but soft on the inside. The lemon curd was addictive.

However: while the drinks came maybe 5min after ordering at the counter (good but lukewarm), we had to wait for the food 25min. Many other clients (5+) who arrived after us were served right away.
Maybe 15min in, I explained the situation to a waitress (the one who served us as the counter), but she didn't do anything.
When finally the food arrived (after I asked twice), we had already finished ours drinks.

I asked my boyfriend how much tip he left, as I was a bit frustrated by the service which ternished the good experience. He told me he tried to select the % tip on the payment terminal, but it went straight to the payment. We just arrived to Canada, so we are not used to tipping. We do tip, of course (here we would have selected 10% as people told us to do for counter service), we just struggle a bit with machines.
It led me to wonder if they "forgot" our order because of this, especially as the person we asked for help the first time and did nothing was the one who took our payment.

It wasn't what we expected. For a good amount of money, the serving size is very small. Spending 25-30$ for a person and still leaving the place hungry wasn't what I expected.
Moreover if you're vegetarian/vegan you don't have any option there. So don't visit with these dietary restrictions.

Super breakfast of scones! Strictly sweet (but there are many variations, including savory ones), we have taken six different flavours. All great!

To be enjoyed with jams of all sorts, including the ginger one!

Super nice staff.