[8] NYU News also described the song as one of their favorite songs from the album, commenting: "This simple, beautiful ode to his wife, composed of fine guitar picking and airy falsetto notes, makes the listener feel as if the artist is singing directly to them" and praised "Bieber's easy vocals and smooth, river like riffs", which "make the listener feel warm and fuzzy, entirely at ease".
[11] Pitchfork's Rawiya Kameir found "Off My Face" to be a standout on Justice, writing the "play on his newfound sobriety" is "sweet, full-hearted, and entirely convincing, in spite of the cliché".
[12] Placing it seventh on his ranking of Justice tracks, Billboard critic Jason Lipshutz thought Bieber sold "the stripped-down romance with an earnest vocal take".
[14] The Washington Post's Allison Stewart called the track "a distant, less catchy, not-about-cocaine cousin" of the Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face".
[27][28][29] On May 10, 2021, South Korean singer IU shared on Instagram a 30-second clip of her covering the song with an acoustic guitar, singing parts of the chorus before humming the rest of it.