Really enjoyed the food at this location. We came here for a team meeting on a Friday at lunch and it wasn't busy - most people came for take out while we sat in the restaurant. Service was really fast and we were all serviced within 10 minutes. I like that they have daily specials. I ordered the veggie platter and it came with a side of rice, falafel, potatoes and garlic sauce. I did wish that they had other veggies besides the salads but I enjoyed the complimentary grape leaf! read more

Ali Baba's Middle Eastern Cuisine - Middle Eastern Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Got a chicken shawarma today, chicken was really dry overcooked please try harder , takeout food is expensive, first time in a long time I decided to order something read more

I always get friendly amazing service there and the food is consistently delicious, their lentil soup is superb and they often give a free sample. Mimi is so warm and friendly! read more

Food here is always great. Love the potatoes and platter meals. Good potions for the price. Had a very friendly service today as well which was nice. It's not always perfect ambiance, have seen it a bit smokey inside once or twice. But would definitely recommend here for a good shawarma in the area. Inside has had some nice recent renovations too. Edit: Some of the potatoes were a bit undercooked this time. The tabouleh this time is their best yet! read more

Mohamid at Queen Street West was very outgoing and friendly. The food was fresh and delish. My only recommendation would be to have samosa ready at all times read more

Great food, great guy, free samples, perfect. It really doesn't get better than this!

Probably a 3.5- and 3.5 to 4 for a chain/fast food place (ie I am not evaluating on the same criteria I would for a typical queen st west upscale restaurant). Pros- night staff (Adam) is sooooo friendly, easy to interact with, and is one of the reasons I try to only go there in the evening. Portions- generous for price point. Taste is pretty good for what It is, compared to similar type food places. Like the garlic sauce. Also like the option of a Greek salad, and lentil rice, when ordering a combo. Day staff are usually unfriendly and question my order (yes, I understand I have to pay for extra sauce- why do I need to be asked three times before honouring my order request??). And sometimes if ordering off Uber eats the orders may not be as requested- recommend calling after placing the order to confirm. The portion sizes make It worth it, if you're craving Schwarma and don't want to bear the bitter cold to get It... read more

Ali Baba's Middle Eastern Cuisine - Ahh not the best pic- chicken schwarma plate with egg plant and salad/rice sides. Yum! - Middle Eastern Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I go to Ali Baba's intermittently when I have a craving for shwarma or felafel. Their food is mediocre and geared towards poor-quality low-price end of the spectrum. Service is okay and the store could be a bit cleaner. My other critique is about their daily specials promotion. These promos appear cheap but are not good as they sound (obviously). Take the tuesday special for example - 2 felafels for the price of 1. They will use only two felafels instead of three per sandwich and use other condiments sparingly as well. I understand that this is a marketing tactic but it's misleading for sure. read more

Just had lunch at this location today. And because it's Tuesday the special is 2 falafel sandwiches for $5. For me, 1 is enough so I go with a buddy and split the bill. So really, my falafel was only $2.50... it can't get any better than that :P. As for the taste, the falafel sandwiches are GREAT! The staff are friendly, but depending on who wraps your sandwich it can get a little messy when eating the last bit of it at the end. Even still, this wouldn't stop me from coming back next Tuesday. In terms of size, this location is rather small and seems more like a take out place since there aren't many seats. read more

Read on... It's interesting. Before I start I need to say I am the least pickiest person ever when it comes to food, besides the fact that I'm vegan, otherwise you may wonder how I actually ate here more than once. As a vegan sometimes I have to take what I can get because I need to eat a lot of food. I've gone to Ali Babas every now and then for a vegan option for fast food (falafal platter). Every single time I've gone to this location has been a total disaster. It's never been right. The employees here don't pay attention or listen at all, they just zone out and sleepily splash your awful meal together in the most disgusting, revolting way possible. One time I bit down on a 1cm stone that was in the food, along with a massive mouthful of other dirt (it was in the turnip salad so I never got that again) Another time they put Greek salad mixed in without even asking which has cheese I can't eat, and then refused to make a new plate because they apparently didn't have any falafal yet. . . Clearly just lying. (by the way, the falafal platter doesn't come with Greek salad... Yeah.....) The very last time (tonight) I always ask for NO HOT SAUCE somehow after I made it very clear NO hot sauce, I even made it to the end of them crafting this horrible food, in the time I paid for my order as he wrapped it up, he DUMPED hot sauce all over my platter without me seeing. . . I mean, no exaggeration, it had to be 1/3 of the entire bottle of hot sauce. . I got home and discovered this and because I worked all day and got all the way home I tried to eat it because I was starving and didn't want to walk all the way back, I ended up eating less then half and threw up, and tossed it in the garbage. My stomach and throat is burning and I feel absolutely terrible. Believe me, this place is garbage, and the worst of the Mediterranean food 'restaurants'. STEER CLEAR. . . I can't believe people actually eat MEAT from this place... I would never touch it but I assume it has to be the lowest grade meat you can put in your body. read more

Vegans beware-though you may want to eat the garlic sauce, don't. Though it doesn't have dairy, there is something that makes it creamy-like. Probably eggs. That aside, the vegetarian platter is awesome. For about $7, you can get lentil rice, different types of salad (beet, chickpea), dolmades etc. The food is great.and so is the service-everyone who works there is very friendly. read more

bee ware of alibabas. the 2 chicken shwarma deal for $7.49 got me but i almost got stung... ... i have to say that any shwarma place that doesnt cut their chicken or beef fresh off the roasting spit should give their customers the option to inspect the meat, as mine had the unexpected condiment of a yellow jacket hornet /bee/wasp, making love to the tahini.. now i can't confirm if it was the hotsauce or the wasp in my wrap that made me sick after, but the food was tasty, and they gave me a free replacement shwarma.. good service, good tasting food... bad wasp in the wrap. (see photos) read more

Ali Baba's Middle Eastern Cuisine - wasp wrap - Middle Eastern Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

The food here is Middle Eastern Cuisine on a budget. The hummus was decent enough. The falafel was soft on the crust which is not how I like it. Get it crunk and crunchy is what I say. The service was excellent and I enjoyed the conversation with the staff. The one girl said she wants to move back down to the states to Virginia. That blew me away. Toronto is now my favorite city and she wanted to go back to Virginia. I guess some people like soft falafel too so why not? Choose your own adventure. read more

We picked up some falafel here the other day, and man was the difference in quality from our regular A-B's apparent from first glance... and not in a good way. Much, much smaller, with stingier toppings, than the ones we're accustomed to at the Bloordale location. We both knew right away we'd be needing more to eat, which is a bit frustrating. As for taste, well, sad to report, also inferior. There was a kind of burnt-grill flavour that neither of us liked and suspected comes from a lack of proper cleaning. The falafel themselves were dry and crumbly, while the toppings were -- as said -- stingy, except for an overabundance of coarsely cut white onions. Agh. Talk about breath-death. C'm'ere while I slay you with my onion-gas! It's cheap, so they score points there I guess, but we're rather glad we have the better Ali-Baba's so much closer to home. Can't say we'll be back to this one judging by our first experience. Oh well, can't win 'em all! read more

I can't say for any other Ali Baba's , but they make good shwarma here, the best I've tried. I think there had been a change of management or something- but the shwarma is smaller than it used to be- although still as delicious as it was 5 years ago when I first tried it here. Their ingredients are always fresh and I love the t tabbouleh they put in. Service is quick, food is delicious and you can choose to eat in. Only weird bit is that they try to sell burnt spinach turnover things for regular price - and it's never ever moist. I keep buying it, hoping that one day I will get a moist one but it has yet to happen - I need to stop buying it - but otherwise , GREAT. read more

I agree with Talal, this place is poorly managed. I went on Wednesday when they have the two beef shawarma special for $8.99 but the beef was not on the rack so I assumed they didn't have it and ordered chicken instead. There were 3 people working which kept talking between themselves, ignoring customers, while people in the place were getting frustrated waiting in line. Finally someone starts preparing my shawarmas and this is what pissed me off the most. The girl didn't even know how to cut meat from the rack and put in my shawarma what was left in the plate underneath the rack, which was barely enough for half sandwich and not two of them. Anyway, as a polite customer I keep quiet and head over the cashier to pay my meal. Here they charge me over $11 and obviously I ask why I'm being charged more since today's special is $8.99. lol she says that I chose chicken which is more expensive. WTF, there is no beef available, what else am I supposed to order? The owner comes over, checks the bill and walks away. Great customer service I have to say and good luck with your business. I'm not coming back there! read more

I was thoroughly impressed with the generous portions and the always friendly service I received at this location. Unlike many other donair shops, this restaurant was always clean. It was a motivator in my decision to move to the neighbourhood. I am saddened to see it has closed (a burger place appears to be in place to open shortly. Because that's what we need -- another burger place. Note the sarcasm.). Thank you to the owners (Persian I believe). Sending best wishes on your next endeavour! read more

I LOVE these people, especially Bashir. They know me and hide their lemons when I approach. SO friendly and nice, and MAAAAAAN can they cook. Everything is good.PERIOD. New renovations BTW. read more

Man, that is a good shawarma. It comes securely wrapped in a pita, with a few spoonfuls of tabbouleh salad inside and the requisite pink pickled veggies. Nice, fresh, and not so terribly bad for you (I think). My chicken shawarma and juice came to about $7. The server was quick and pleasant, and the eating area at the back was clean & had CP24 tuned in. There is an endless supply of kleenex for mopping up your sauce drips. read more

The beef was burnt and old ! Not worth it. And I hope they read this. So garbage. I would rather go to Alexandria down the street. Such a bad choice on my part read more

Ordered from Uber eats and we got burnt beef, the workers don't care about quality as long as they don't see your face.

Love this place. Really cheap to eat here, and fills you up. It also tastes amazing. EASILY you can fully dine here with a bunch of pita breads with a stack of hummus, and 2 shwarma dinners for under $30. Seriously love this place. read more

Not much to look at here but holy S, the shwarma is other worldly. Get everything on it and get the extra large, if they still make it. If I lived closer I'd easily weigh 500 pounds. read more

Ordered with uber eats, they colossally fucked up my order, and the stuff that was "right" were 2 wraps that were SO SOGGY you couldn't eat them because they fell apart and then the woman that did it had the gall to sugges I repurchase the entire order at my own cost so she could remake it. And probably spit in the food. Don't know what I expected, it's a grody looking joint, always dirty and filled with gross people. read more

This place does not honor it's prices. Jan 31st they were saying you can get a shawarma sandwich for $2 for all of February. Two weeks later it was $2.99 and February 23rd it was regular price. Very poor customer service. read more

The best falafel wraps we have ever eaten and the best prices too! The service was fantastic. We will be back!!

I have always loved this Ali Baba, but had a bad experience today that I feel I should share. I went to the washroom to wash my hands before I ate, and there was no soap or paper towel. I wanted to wash my hands, so I asked if I could go behind the counter to use the sink, and there was no soap there either. The dispenser was utterly dry. You could tell that there hadn't been soap in there in months. So I couldn't help but wonder... where are the employees washing their hands? They are exchanging money and going to the washroom, while continuously putting their hands in the food to make your shawarmas, and not ever washing their hands! Gross. read more

Honestly. When the younger guy is working he puts zero effort in making a shawarma. Sometimes he really ruins my day when i feel like having a delicious Shawarma. Fire him. Seriously. Even if he's family. But why i gave 5 stars is because of the ladies. They make sweet tender love while making my shawarma with their delicate hands. Keep them. anyways... fire him. read more

this joint serves a very juicy and flavorful shawarma. it tasted especially delicious during the $2 shawarma promo while it lasted hehe! the chicken was a bit dry and dark in my sandwich, but it still tasted good! i would come back here. read more