KOZHI
KOZHI
Kozhi is Centretown's fried chicken restaurant — we're at 820 Somerset Street West, right in the middle of it.
Kozhi is a Centretown restaurant through and through. Our open kitchen sits on Somerset Street West, a short walk from Bank Street, the Golden Triangle, and the office towers of downtown Ottawa. For people who live and work in Centretown, this is the neighbourhood fried chicken spot — close enough to walk to on a weeknight, good enough to book for a birthday. Come for the Super Kozhi feast, stay for cocktails and champagne at the bar.
Every plate starts the same way — brined long, dredged twice, fried hot — then finished in your choice of Gochujang or Ghee Roast. Come in for the five-course Super Kozhi feast, or order takeout for pickup at 820 Somerset Street West.
Centretown is where downtown Ottawa actually lives — a dense grid of walk-ups and towers between the Queensway and the canal, equal parts civil-servant lunch crowd and late-night locals. Kozhi was built for that rhythm: a place you can walk to in your sneakers on a Tuesday and still feel dressed up enough for a Saturday. The bar fills first, the open kitchen keeps the room warm, and the feast lands in the middle of the table like it was always meant to be shared.
We're steps from Bank Street's shops and cafés and a few blocks from the Golden Triangle and the canal, so dinner here folds easily into the rest of a Centretown night. Regulars come for the Gochujang chicken and stay for a last glass of champagne; first-timers usually leave already planning the next round.
We're at 820 Somerset Street West, between Bank Street and Bronson Avenue — walkable for most of Centretown. It's a few minutes on foot from Bank Street and the Golden Triangle, and a short walk from the Confederation Line LRT at the edge of downtown (Lyon and Parliament are the nearest stations). There's street parking along Somerset and the surrounding side streets, paid lots close by if you drive in, and Somerset and Bank are both on regular bus routes.