820 Somerset St W, Ottawa
Coqkodi is a fried chicken and cocktail supper club in the heart of Ottawa's Little Italy. Twenty-two covers. A set supper experience. Champagne on ice from the moment you sit down.
This is not a restaurant you drop into. It is a restaurant you arrive at.
Opening May 2025 · 22 Covers · Ottawa, Canada
The Supper Set
A four-course set experience beginning with a palate opener, moving through classic and glazed fried chicken, a palate cleanser, and finishing with soft serve. $45 per person.
The Drinks
Champagne splits. Funky natural wines. Modern cocktails built to drink easily. The bar is as considered as the kitchen.
The Space
Micro cement walls. Ambient light. 1,100 square feet with a dining room of 500. Intimate by design. Loud in the best possible way.
Our Story
A decade. Four restaurants. One name that means the same thing in two languages.
Teegavarapu Sarath Mohan arrived in Ottawa in 2013 to study computer science at Carleton University. He left with a master's degree, a decision to cook for a living, and a decade's worth of ideas about what Indian food in Canada could be.
He is entirely self-taught. His culinary education happened in Ottawa kitchens, through YouTube videos, through the disciplined act of cooking the same dish a hundred times until it was right.
"I didn't want to sit at a desk. I wanted to make something with my hands that people would remember."
Coqkodi is his fifth chapter in Ottawa — and the first restaurant he has built not just for this year, but for the next decade. A mark instead of just a wordmark. A brand instead of just a restaurant.
The Journey
Arrives in Ottawa
Carleton University. Computer science. The plan was to work in tech. The plan changed.
NH44
First restaurant. Street food, regional Indian dishes unusual in Ottawa. The beginning of a conversation with the city.
Vivaan
Critically acclaimed. Preston Street. Street food elevated. The city started paying attention.
Kathā
Fine dining. Eight-course tasting menu. Sanskrit for storytelling. Family recipes from a team of eight.
Coqkodi
Fried chicken supper club. The most personal restaurant yet. Built to last.
Roots
Every dish begins in a memory — a grandmother's recipe, a street market in Hyderabad, a flavour combination that has never appeared on an Ottawa menu before.
Precision
Self-taught does not mean casual. Every technique is studied and practised until it is correct. The fry on our chicken is the result of months of testing.
Rising
Coqkodi is not the end of something. It is the beginning of a brand built to grow — across Ottawa, across Canada, across whatever comes next.
Book a Table
22 covers. Reserve early.
Coqkodi seats 22 guests per service. We recommend reserving in advance — especially for Friday and Saturday evenings. Walk-ins are welcome subject to availability, but we cannot guarantee a table without a reservation.
Find Us
820 Somerset St W
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Located in the heart of Ottawa's Little Italy. Street parking available on Somerset and surrounding streets. Accessible by OC Transpo Route 2.
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