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    Al Basha

    4.2 (46 reviews)
    InexpensiveHalal, Falafel, Donairs
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:30 pm

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    AL BASHA ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Chicken shawarma.
    Holly L.

    The chicken shawarma I ordered had nicely charred chicken, but not enough vegetables even with the addition of tabbouleh. If you're a meat eater, I'm sure this will satisfy you, but I was craving some fresh vegetables and this didn't do it for me. Somehow, the hot sauce ended up at the bottom and made it a little messy to eat near the end. Since there are better options closer to me, I don't think this will be a regular stop for me.

    George Z.

    The falafel wrap with all the fixings is the bomb! Very fresh and tasty and filling! Fast friendly service, the place is basic but clean and comfortable. Great place for healthy food for under $10!

    Falafel Plate (comes with pita); really good... Walk a few blocks to kits beach for view!
    lucinda k.

    Love the falafels here! Made fresh to order (ie not sitting around under a heat lamp) with fresh ingredients. Consistently good. Great, friendly service as well. One of the best falafels I've ever had:).

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    Excellent food and service! Fresh and busy place! Really enjoyed our dinner and that Falafel they make is next level insanely delicious!!

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    3 years ago

    Great food!! Good service. Three of us were satisfied. My falafel wrap was so delicious and big.

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    2 years ago

    The best donair downtown!! Big servings. Friendly owner and staff. Quiet atmosphere in the heart of Davie St. Awesome baclava!!

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    Great food. Shawarma is really tasty. Owner Youssef is a really nice guy. The falafel is good too.

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    6 years ago

    Awesome customer service, but the food wasn't on par with other middle eastern places in the city.

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    10 years ago

    Best falafel I've ever had. Tabouleh is to die for! All around delicious Mediterranean food. Great for vegans!

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    12 years ago

    This is by far my new favourite Falafel Wrap place! Fresh Fast and really nice staff!

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    8 years ago

    You haven't had a great falafel until you had had al basha's I don't normally like falafel but theirs is so fresh and tasty... yum!

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    Best Falafel - Vegetarian Plate

    Best Falafel

    3.5(84 reviews)
    5.7 kmThe Drive, Grandview-Woodlands
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    The best falafel in Vancouver is as superbaba hands down. I asked if the falafel was baked or fried…read moreand I was told I could pick. After requesting to have it fried I was surprised to see it come out of a microwave. Considering it's also the same price as superbaba I would suggest that of you're looking for a falafel save your money and go elsewhere. Staff were polite and place was clean for what that's worth. Hope you chicken lovers find something decent but if falafel is what you're seeking this is a hard pass.

    Probably the most disappointing falafel experience I've had in Vancouver. I had the Vegetarian…read morePlate and nothing tasted fresh. The tomatoes in the Greek salad were on the verge of being mushy (I ate them, but considered discarding them, and if they'd been any more mushy I would've thrown them out), the hummus was grainy, the pickled onions tasted kind of funky, the samosa wrapper was not crisp, the dolma filling was weirdly dense, the pita was store-bought and very thin (I recognize this is intentional and a style some people like, I just prefer a thicker pita for dipping). The toum was really good, but that did not make up for everything else going on. They get a second star from me because when I ordered I also bought a bottle of their ayran to drink later, and that did end up being pretty good, so I feel my rating should acknowledge that there was something that wasn't a complete miss. But I definitely wouldn't eat here again.

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    Falafel King - Chicken Shawarma

    Falafel King

    3.6(38 reviews)
    2.4 kmDowntown

    Still my favourite falafel/shawarma place after all these years. Still family run. Still a hole…read morein the wall and still in need of a good scrub. Same friendly-ish crew still serving up food with a smile. And yes; the food is still excellent with reasonable prices. The falafels are homemade and delicious as is the tabouleh. If you're hungry with a good appetite hit up a falafel plate, it's delicious - say yes to the hot sauce. 5*s because I'm still here once every few months even after all these years. Crave-able, fresh, healthy food - not fancy, just great.

    I'm giving this place a 1 because in my opinion the food was poor, the service was lacking and…read morehealth and safety measures were not taken. I ordered the Lamb Wrap. The first thing I noticed was that she was not wearing gloves. She was wearing gloves on one hand but not both. I'm assuming that one glove was for handling money. I personally am not comfortable with anyone's bare hands touching my food directly, and specially with the whole pandemic thing still going on. So, that for me was a big turn off. She didn't ask me which ingredients I wanted on my wrap. I mean how unusual?! She just put all the ingredients on my wrap. What if I had an allergy? What if I didn't want tomatoes?! The whole thing was just surreal. She ignored us the whole time we were standing there while making our wrap with her bare hands. I just hope that they were clean! Once we got home and I had a taste of the wrap it tasted very bland. The lamb was dry and tasted like plastic and the hummus was ...well...grainy, unsalted and miserable. The pita bread was not a quality pita bread, so it started to fall apart half way through the wrap. Just a little juice from the tomatoes was dissolving the pita. Not good. I love middle eastern/mediterranean food and have had many many different types of shawarma wraps all over and this was one of the poorest I've had. If you know your wraps and love your lamb, skip this place.

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    Falafel King - Chicken Shawarma Plate with Pita

    Chicken Shawarma Plate with Pita

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    The Halal Guys

    The Halal Guys

    3.4(16 reviews)
    2.3 kmDowntown

    The food was so great! We were in Vancouver for a couple days and audibly gasped when we found out…read morethere was The Halal Guys here. We haven't had it since the original experience in New York and this trip did not disappoint! Tasted like being in New York and trying it out for the first time again. I got a Combo sandwich with beef gyro and chicken. So yummy. A good portion of meat and the white sauce is to die for. Even got some of the baklava since we get a free dessert with entree after 8pm... delicious as well. We even came back again during that 4 night stay. We couldn't resist. Service was fast and great both times. We will be back again if ever in the area.

    Follow your instinct. I didn't. Regret followed…read more I read the less than stellar reviews of this place but decided to give them a try anyhow...even though I had a feeling that I probably shouldn't. The service was friendly and the place was clean, but it was the food that obliterated any chance of me going back, or frankly of them being on the map of local mediterranean/middle eastern foods and competing successfully. I got the Beef Sandwich with added hummus, onions, bell peppers, white sauce and hot sauce to go. Their beef that is served and cooked on the vertical broiler typical of a shawarma style sandwich was extremely low quality....even for street food shawarma standards. It tasted like poor of the poor quality. My wrap was completely soaked in white sauce (see pic.) All I could taste was sauce, bread and bits of onion, and since I hadn't had anything for breakfast and this was my first meal....I'm hoping I won't get an upset stomach. Sauces of that nature almost all of the time have the bad types of oil...so we'll see. If you're still into that kinda fast food, lower quality....let's just indulge style of eating....then I'd suggest to get it "easy on the sauce", because mine was swimming in it. $17 later....White Sauce with a side of flat bread. .....I think I might have some Pepto Bismol in the cupboard.

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    Sahel UBC

    Sahel UBC

    3.6(8 reviews)
    6.9 kmUBC

    This place is just okay. I visit the Broadwayocatuon weekly and I find that the Broadway location…read morehas much better food. It seems like they have tried to blow up the UBC location, and so even though things are a couple of dollars less expensive than at the Broadway location, the portion sizes are smaller. I also find that the food at the UBC location is often dry and or cold and it's not nearly as fresh as the Broadway location. For the donair, chicken, and shawarma meat, for example, they cut it off and set it in trays which are then set on the back counter in the back of the restaurant, not on a warmer. Warmer. This means that when you get your food the meat is usually lukewarm at best. This is very different than the Broadway location where everything is kept in warming trays. The women who work behind the counter and handle the cash register also wear gloves that they do not change. You can observe them handling cash and interacting with customers and handling trash containers, and then they'll go grab somebody's pita shell and stick their gloves in the lettuce and tomatoes and make a sandwich. That's just nasty.

    I visited here a month ago after an appointment. I scanned some of cheap eateries nearby and found…read morethis place out of blue. They have $9.99 specials everyday so it was a decent deal. It's hard to find this price tag nowadays since everything is expensive. I had a chicken donair plate it was perfect for one serving. Chicken and rice were pretty good. Rice was fluffy and fresh. I'd go back here if I'm ever around this neighborhood. They get busy during lunch time full of students so watch out. Highly recommend Sahel for inexpensive delicious lunch!

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    Sahel UBC
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