The place is new but otherwise nothing special. Portions look small and food looks dried out. On a second occasion, we ordered something light- justa couple flatbreads. Turns out that they werent making enough money on us and charged us for each hot sauce we ordered. As per waitresses comments, it was because "we only ordered the flatbread". Im done woth inconsistent/unwarranted charges. Its certainly not how to get return customers. read more

I think Paramount fine foods is the best chain restaurant to come in the past decade. Value for money, second to none. That's why truly hope head office sends a mystery patron to this franchise to understand the subpar experience that this one paramount restaurant provides. I would never visit any paramount again if this was my first experience with the chain. Service was non existent, food outside of the pitas and manakeesh came out cold, they got our order wrong. I didn't give this review one start only because of the several other paramount franchises that i had visited that offered an awesome experience. read more

I have been here three times not the same location I think here is alot of hype wih this place the food is absolutely delicious I had the beef and chicken shawarma with French fries I also tried their special drink with nuts mango juice I didn't really like that drink but their seasoning is on point read more

Not a big fan of this type of food. Meats are so dry you can barely swallow it. I would only come back for their pita breads cause its freshly baked and very thin. Perfect for dipping their hummus. The salad is good too, fresh and evenly seasoned. Everything else though, i'd pass on it read more

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What a delightful and delicious experience. Had dinner with the family and we had a blast. The atmosphere was relaxing. The service impeccable. The food wow so fresh so good. Will definitely be coming back . read more

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What a deal! I came by on a Friday night around 6:30 p.m. with a few friends, and I would highly recommend it for not only great prices (my bill came to less than $10 for both a shared appetizer and a main), but also delicious food! Although our server did not check up on us (it seemed to have been a rather busy night for him), he was very kind and sincerely apologized for not attending to us. The service we did receive was nonetheless fantastic! APPETIZER: Hummus + Moutabbal + Tabbouleh with Complimentary Pita Bread The first thing that caught my attention was the poofiness of this bread (see picture)! It was delightfully warm as well. Out of the three dips, I would say my favourite was the moutabbal - it tasted similar to the hummus, but was slightly more liquid as it contained blended grilled eggplant. MAIN: Spinach with Cheese Manakeesh *RECOMMEND* Can you imagine a pizza that is lower in calories but with all the flavour? I'd like to introduce you to the Manakeesh! It was my first time trying this, and it will certainly not be my last! With soft bread and crisp edges, coupled with a generous amount of cheese and clumps of spinach, this dish was filling yet light! I particularly enjoyed the cheese, as it was distinct from the Western cheeses I am more acquainted with (such as cheddar and mozzarella) - rather, the cheese on the Manakeesh had a stronger flavour and was thicker (in a good way!) read more

Paramount Fine Foods - Hummus + Moutabbal + Tabbouleh with Complimentary Pita Bread - Middle Eastern Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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Come here if you want to waste your time and not get any food. Awful! Don't run a restaurant if it takes you an hour to get food out to diners. read more

Worst paramount location. I've gotten food from here a few times (each time hoping the experience before was a one off). Unfortunately, they disappoint every time. They take a minimum of an hour and a half to prepare the order, which is absolutely unacceptable. Not once have they gotten my order right. Not once have they been accommodating to fix the mistake. They always say we ordered the wrong thing (never the case.. I always go back to review). Save your money and time. Trust me on this one. read more

When they opened 1st day I ordered their Whole chicken, and they told me it's not available. Now after many months I come back to try their whole chicken, they tell me it's not available. WhT kind of restaurant doesn't have the food they advertise in their menus? read more

Tried the branch in Mississauga and didn't like the experience at all. Nor the food quality. The service was bad too. Not going there again. Save your money and go somewhere else. read more

Very friendly staff and tasty food. The beef humus was great! And the shish touwak was nice. The BBQ beef is AMAZING! Great addition to our neighborhood. Definitely will be one of my frequent dinner spots! read more

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I am not a big fan of middle eastern food, my hubby likes it though so we went there for dinner. Interior is nice. And service is great. Food is good and reasonably priced. And they even have a very small indoor playground. Will probably return. read more

We had the Shish Tawook plate and it was perfect. Fresh Food and excellent service. They have a play area for kids, washrooms are clean. The manager checked back on tables which is wonderful to see. Overall the atmosphere was great and what a beautiful restaurant. Will recommend to friends and family to visit. read more

man this is hard for me to give such a mediocre review. but when you factor in everything including pricing I can't give this more than a 3.5 and rounding up wouldn't be fair either. A few things I liked write away is the fact that it's located in a big plaza and has multiple locations you can try the same food at. There is some authenticity there. What I didn't like is the astonishly higher prices than the usual hole in the wall joint or even typical shawarma place. Yes I get this place is trying to emulate an elevated experience. I didn't really see that especially in the take-out. Food Yes you have your typical selections and combinations all of which where for example a meat sampler is around $50 and you look at what you get it looks good on paper but a lot of it is going to be slightly overcooked or just not enough of that flavour profile you probably want. Pricing & Value If you're going here expect to pay more. YOu are paying for more than just food, you are paying for the atmosphere, the brand name, etc. Overall it's a 3.5 for me but rounded down 3. There are other places for take-out that offer more value for similar cuisine. read more

I went in and ordered a Shawarma wrap with everything on it. The sauces and topping are amazing there, full of flavour, my favourite is the garlic sauce. It's PURE garlic flavour so it burns your mouth in the best way. The reason I didn't give them 5 stars is because it's a tad pricy! read more

I grabbed takeout and didn't actually enter the building so I cannot comment on service or interior at all. The prices in the store are a lot higher than some of the prices you can find of the menus floating around online. They do offer quite a bit of variety of food, which is good. I ordered the falafel plate which I assumed would come with a side of rice or salad but sadly enough, there was just a pita with my 6 (rather large and very tasty) falafel balls, and some pickled veggies, and some rather limp looking lettuce shreds with a HALF slice of tomato. Could not even pass that off as a salad. There was also some "garlic sauce" in which I could neither see nor taste garlic. I'm a HUGE fan of garlic sauce and generally ask for extra but this was just a runny white sauce that actually made the falafel taste bitter for some reason. They also did not give and hummus or hot sauce. No hummus?! Seriously? There was barely enough garlic sauce for the plate itself, so the missing hummus was very disappointing. I had to add my own hummus and hot sauce from home. Good thing I didn't eat there. Even though everything was pretty disappointing, I have to say the size of the falafel balls were on the larger size and were tasty. They were very dry though, hence the lack of sauce disappointment. The pita was actually very large and soft as well. The chicken shawarma plate was much more disappointing looking than my falafel plate. I didn't eat any of it so I'm not sure how it tasted but there were just 2 small pieces of chicken, the same pita, pickled veggies, and "garlic sauce." All for the great price of $15. All of these things considered, I would not order this plate again, considering it was barely proportional and had so much left over falafel with nothing to eat it with. I would maybe go back just to order some falafel and make my own wrap at home. Save yourself some money and go to another great place in this area for less with more food and great quality. Bamiyan is not the same type of food but I would much rather prefer it over Paramount. read more

Bad and rude service. Order through uber..first order come 20 min late. When I open food was missing..I called restuarant and talk to restaurant manager Denny and he say alright away that is not his mistake and I should called Uber. What kind of restaurant will do something like this. read more

I had ordered a hummus and a chicken shawarma for dinner, came around 6:45pm on a Saturday - just before it started getting super busy within 20 mins later. Our server was extremely polite, which made the dining experience fantastic. Even though it was busy, she made sure we had everything we needed. I found the complimentary pita bread to be a bit hard. Chicken was a bit dry as well, but they did have excellent service so I added an.extra star. read more

Paramount Fine Foods - Complimentary pita bread - Middle Eastern Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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Same food as the other locations but slow as a snail. We waited 20 minutes before they came to take the order and the waitress was very inattentive. I've gone back once and experienced the same thing, so I'll pass on this location going forward. read more

This is the first and only Paramount Fine Foods location I've been to but I'm convinced it's the best. Consistently delicious food and impeccable customer service. I didn't get paid to write this. I'm a regular customer since they opened their doors at the Markham location. Today was an especially great experience. I ordered my usual, which consists of the 7 inch Ch icken Shawarma wrap, a Lentil soup and the Tabuleh salad (which by the way, competes with the best I've ever tasted) and found a discount coupon for my next visit of $5 off, which is helpful because their prices are definitely not cheap. I would highly recommend anyone who loves Middle Eastern food, like Falafel, Shawarma, Tabuleh and Kabobs and including sweets like baklava to try this place out. There's no place in the area that has the quality of this place. read more

Mixed plated and spicy sausage. Everything was cooked to perfection. Not to Raw and not over cooked. As a Muslim, I eat a lot of middle eastern food so believe me when I say it's top notch. Baklawa was moist and fluffy, not dry and flaky. Wish we had one of these in the states. Side note. They have a prayer room!!!MashaAllah!! read more

Worst restaurant I've ever been to doesn't even deserve 1 star. Food is dry and overpriced. Manager is rude and stingy.

Went to this place with my wife (she is 9 months pregnant)and daughter took us 10 mins to get noticed then 10 mins to get seated even though I could see open tables. We then waitied 15 mins and nobody came to our table, moments later another couple was seated and about 30 seconds later someone approached then to take there order. I then got up and left as I was leaving the manager asked what's wrong I told him and he said okay like there was no problem. I should have to sacrifice service and respect for shwarma. I rather go to shwarma empire where they care about client. Or johnnys shwarma these places do not have nice decor and fancy lighting but they respect their clients and know how run a business. Worst service ever read more

Terrible service and food, cutlery was dirty ,food with plastic in it , and the boss told the customer that " plastic is not gonna harm your body " and ask the customer to leave. Wow, I was seating beside,and I was shocked. Is that the right way to solve the problem ? I guess he doesn't want to run the business anymore. Plastic is not gonna harm your body ?? Then why don't you eat it? People,Don't take the risk to go to this restaurant . read more

There food taste pretty good, their service is very slow I went for takeout and it took them 45 minutes just to finish my order to go, not happy, hope they improve their service. read more

This place is the biggest rip off. They have no respect for customers. Very unprofessional, disrespectful and treat the people so cheep? the time we went only few table occupied not busy at all. We ordered 3 items we waiting abourt 1/2 hour they bring 2 items and we ask ketchup for fries until we finish we did not get after the waiter crosses our table he said oh you asked ketchup and he brought it. we done ate and still waiting for our 3rd order which is a veg. pizza, so after while we ask him what happened the order? we was so upset with his answer "oh I forget to tell you we don't have any more" he dose not even come and inform us until we ask. OMG after our reaction he said so many sorry. The manager was so rude he has no people skills on top of it all he tried to kick us out of his "restaurant". He said it's happened some time, it look so much funny for him, if you want to write the review it's okay, it's mean they not going to fix the these issue. Very poorly ran place. Disgusting. Never have I ever experienced such disrespect. He should really be taught respect. I give 1* the food taste not bad. Don't recommend it to anyone. read more

It was alright. I ordered the shrimp plate which was pretty good. My family had the platter of meat and falafel. I don't eat meat, but they seemed to enjoy it. The service was great, our waiter was kind. The ambience was pleasant as well. read more

Really enjoyed the spicy shish taouk and the staff were friendly / nice.

We have been to several locations of Paramount and we had to go to Markham location because our guests were from the same area. The food was definitely better in other locations even though they are a franchise. We have no cutlery on the table and had to ask for those. The worst was that we were tricked by them when we settled the bill. A guy came with with a card machine to me and asked for the credit card and I passed it on. The machine requested for my password and the payment went through without asking for the "tip". When the final receipt was printed, I realized that they had charged a 15% service change without my consent. I didn't want to make a fuss because our gusts were new to the country and I didn't want them to feel bad. The name of the guy was Haider and I will never go to Paramount Markham location. Though the amount is small, I feel deceived. :( read more

So great, always! Fresh meat and hot food. Love Paramount.

Worst experience ever.. food was dry as if its been sitting out for a week. Probably will never come here again. I would give it a zero if i could read more

Excellent food made with fresh ingredients. Good service, but can get busy. Falafel wrap was very good, as was the labneh plate. Very clean restaurant and bathroom. Manager came by to see how things were going. Highly recommended. We will be back! read more

I'd skip this restaurant as their portions are atrociously tiny. In spite of what I consider to be a premium price, compared to other middle eastern restaurants, the portions have never been sufficient to make anyone in my family feel full (no we are not huge people, my wife's barely 120 lbs). Eat in or take out, we have always been left feeling unfull which is the worst feeling in the world after dining out. I know it's not exactly the same thing but I would much rather go to Bamiyan 10 steps away instead of come to this place for this reason. All other aspects of the restaurant seem fine but sorry this is a deal breaker for me. If, on the other hand, you are new to middle eastern cuisine and looking for an above average decor in a place with shiny spot lights, then this place will do just fine. read more

Disappointing experience. I was served the wrong food and the staff seemed unprepared for the high volume of customers. The chicken shawarma plate was small in portion size, with no included salad or garlic sauce. And the chicken seemed to be minced, like it was leftover. The falafel sandwich was dry, with little added sauce and tough and difficult to chew. I would strongly not recommend dining here. read more

Horrible staff and service. Rude and unresponsive to a simple inquiry about a dish item. Will not return.

there was a fucking hair in my greek salad. and the added $7 chicken skewer was only 4 pieces. and the time before this i ordered a meal and they gave me fries instead of rice read more

Got my table within 5 minutes but the server took around 10-15 minutes to greet. Another 10-15 minutes for water and the food was at least half an hour. Manager checked in when the meal was almost finished and the server is busy running around tending to all his other tables. There are lots of helpers walking around filling water and clearing tables but clearly not enough servers. Manager seems to be glued to the expo like for 90 percent of the time. I think the service is completely unorganized and the food was horrible. I ordered the beef and chicken shawarma plate. The tahini and garlic sauce were good but the beef and chicken shawarma were very dry. It's my first time coming here but definitely not coming back. Would not recommend the beef and chicken shawarma at all, you can get better quality and price from the usual shawarma places. read more

The food was good..but the after affects were even worse....I was up all night in the bathroom..and when we called they apologized and said it wasn't their fault...have also heard stories from other people about the cross contamination in the kitchen...would DEFINITELY not recommend this place to anyone who values their stomach read more

Great Middle Eastern food, the warm pitas with humus taste awesome. Try the Fateh/laban combination which is sprinkled with garlic and nuts, it is very delicious. The bakalava is also made fresh everyday at most of their locations. The service is very fast and efficient and the staff is very well trained. read more

I ate here today and was very impressed. The appetizers were excellent. I loved the design on the hummus, I enjoyed eating it very much. The presentation of the food in general is really nice, I can tell there was effort put into it. read more