Im a huge shawarma fan. Lived several years in Ottawa, arguably Canada's Shawarma capital. Standards are high.
So i stopped by here for a quick meal hoping to get good Shawarma. One of their specialties, apparently.
Store is clean. Service is good, people are nice. Service pretty quick too. Prices are reasonable.
The food is the problem.
I ordered the chicken shawarma plate with greek salad.
Veg/salad are fresh and fine. Pickles were fine.
But the star of the show, the chicken, was extremely bland, underseasoned, and flavourless. The chicken itself was cooked nicely, not dry. But it needs seasoning.
The hummus was also tasteless, and they put WAY too much olive oil on top. The olive oil wasnt very good either, not sure if its actually 100% EVOO because it doesnt have much olive oil taste.
The rice was way overcooked and mushy. Theres no excuse for serving that.
The sauces were a joke. The guy recommended the garlic sauce and hot sauce. These are my normal go-to's in any shawarma place. The garlic sauce needs....garlic. Can barely taste any garlic. Tasted like a generic white creamy suace with no garlic flavour. It should be very strongly garlic flavoured. Add a ton more garlic to it pls.
The hot sauce I asked him about beforehand, and he said its "pretty hot." I asked for extra sauce too. Turns out it tasted like watered down tomato paste with no heat at all. zero. I dont know if they forgot the chili or something when they made this sauce. And since I asked for extra, my pile of chicken was drenched in this watery tomato sauce. not good.
Overall, service fine. Pricing fine. Food, needs a lot of work. I wont be back, and cannot in good faith recommend their Shawarma chicken, hummus, hot sauce, or garlic sauce. Maybe the other stuff is good, I dont know. read more