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    Shawarma Inn

    4.0 (291 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
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    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Lefai K.

    Still a great go-to restaurant if you're craving Mediterranean food. The value is good: most dinners include soup and salad. I ordered the chicken kabob dinner plate, which had a generous amount of chicken , I would estimate about 4-ounces, and half my plate was covered with yellow rice. What makes the rice yellow? I always wondered that. The lentil soup is always a good option. The falafels we ordered came in 6. You can get the 12, but 6 was plenty. It came with pita bread, that I wish was more fluffy. But it was good overall. We also orders the hummus which was creamy and really good. Our waters were refilled timely, food was good, and the overall experience was great. This place was busy for a Friday night but we got the right amount of attention and service. After done eating, pay for your meal up front.

    Beef Shawarma, Lentil Soup, House Salad, 2 Whole Pita, 3 Set of Sauce
    Iris P.

    Looking for yummy middle eastern cuisine? This is the place we go to for lunch or dinner We love that for the price we pay it's the greatest quality and quantity! Pictured above is only for ONE person! Honestly give this place some love because looking at is making us want seconds! The ambiance is quiet and I love it in there!

    Perla M.

    I would like to make it very clear that this is nothing against our food but more on their service. I had placed an order on Uber eats and literally not even 5 minutes into placing the order, I canceled it due to lack of time during my shift to have time to eat and to deliver the food to my daughter who works also as a nurse on the same shift. My coworker saw that I was canceling it and said hold on. I believe there's a $20 fee for canceling it. I said no I don't think so but I'll deal with it later. I need to cancel it so they don't place the order, canceled it and went along my day since we were busy. Noticed on my Bank card today that there's a A charge payment for $93 when the total amount for our food was $73. I went on Uber eats to try to see what they can do and obviously they could not help. I had never done this before and to my surprise of course the restaurant could not help and I said well if I'm being charged $73 for the food plus $20 for I have no idea what can I at least get the food and of course that's not going to happen. I just thought I throw that out there for those of you who do Uber eats and decide to do a cancellation that's less than 5 minutes. I'll be jumping off ubereats for a while- And definitely not ever ordering or ever going to this place and definitely not ever going to recommend... I just finished telling my coworkers about this... We are definitely not ever going to order from this place as a group..

    Hummus
    Zoe N.

    Our waitress was extremely sweet and accommodating and the food was beyond compare. I only have a picture of the hummus because as the food was coming out we were eating it hot and fresh! Everything tasted incredible!

    Chicken Shawarma Pita Wrap with spicy cabbage
    Meg R.

    This review is based upon the chicken Shawarma wrap and excellent service I had when I called in my order this afternoon at 12:15. I went in, picked up my order and paid in cash. Save the little businesses some money and don't use a card. $8.30 later, with a side of the garlic sauce, I'm in lunch heaven.

    Baba Ganoush & hummus with lavash bread
    Daniella A.

    Great little family run place! They also have a 2nd location in the city. Staff was friendly, and service was quick. The value for what you pay is outstanding. They give you so much food! Entrees come with soup and salad, and rice. The portion sizes were super generous. Everything we ate was very tasty. They also provided 3 different sauces to use throughout your meal--tahini, a red schug, and some type of dill parsley sauce. All 3 were very flavorful, and added great depth to the meal. I can only assume that they were made in house. We started off with an order of falafel and babaganoush. The server told us that they were unfortunately out of soup, and provided us with a large plate of hummus as compensation. Really excellent customer service considering the soup is a bonus to the entree anyhow. I do not like lentil soup so it was a SUPER bonus for me. The hummus and babaganoush were super flavorful, and served with lavish bread. The falafel had good flavor, and was cooked well with a crispy outside and a warm moist inside. For my entree I ordered the kefta. The meat had good flavor, and was not dry and overcooked which I sometimes find happens at other Middle Eastern restaurants. The portion was big enough to feed me dinner, and then 2 lunches! My family ordered the combo platter, and the beef shawarma. They both enjoyed these entrees, and had leftovers as well! If you have a craving for Middle Eastern food this place is an excellent option. Good service, great portion sizes, and the food is very tasty\!

    Lamb meal was very disappointing. It looked like a stew over rice. But it tasted like leather shoe stew over rice. When I mentioned the toughness of the meat, the server said it was the characteristic of lamb and the reason most customers order it. She went further to inform me if I wanted a tender meat I should order beef. This was all said with a smile on her face. The lentils were basically puréed to a point it was just watered down, tasty soup. The vegetables salad looked decent; how could you mess up lettuce. Overall I say eat at home or pick a different restaurant in the area.

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    Food is amazing. Service was wonderful. Nice atmosphere. Clean. Friendly staff.. You won't be disappointed.

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    Great fresh food delicious flavors , sweet staff enough space for the family ! Healthy and tasty.. my fav is the lamb reasonable pricing too

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    6 months ago

    Lamb chops, lentil rice, salad, chicken kabob, sauces are all great tasting. Highly recommended.

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    Food was authentic, delicious and pretty affordable. Recommend the fresh veggie/fruit juices. Will be going back.

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    3 years ago

    Great food near home! Always know it's good when the Chicago Police eat here often! BYOB. Wonderful meals!

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    I liked the Shawarma pita wrap but it was pretty small for the price. I'll have to get something bigger next time

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    2 years ago

    Not a good place to eat. Low quality food, pita is not fresh, gyro too salty, small portions, high price.

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    Had the chicken shawarma pita wrap and lentil soup. Chicken was delicious and charred nicely. Lentil soup was very tasty.

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    I went in tonight with my mother, my sister, and children (12, 2, (was sleeping) & infant (also…read moresleeping). My sister called around 6:30p to confirm if they were open, and they said yes. We got there and it was completely dead and we proceeded to sit down to get a table. From the moment we walked in, we could feel the tension towards our family of being unwelcome. Because my family wasn't the usual demographic that walks in there, they refused to service us. I have eaten here at least 3xs since they have opened and supported this small business before I had more children. My children were not and are not the kind to kick and scream in a restaurant and are well behaved. Again, they were sleeping, and even then it does not say anything about children unwanted if that is the case why they were unwilling to feed paying customers. (Tacky if you ask me. Who doesn't appreciate business?) After this experience, I will never even bother to try and eat here again. Honestly, with that kind of attitude, it's only a matter of time until that "restaurant" closes down. We also passed by on our way home from eating at another restaurant and it looked more than half empty.

    This place has the best filet mignon kabobs ever! and they delivered and were the best prices…read morearound! Delicious rice, delicious lamb kabobs, great dipping sauces, good hummus, but strong baba ghanooj, awesome cream of mushroom soup and all included in dinner plate! You cant go wrong. Friendly delivery, friendly service, great food, great prices. PS im still thinking about the filet mignon kabobs!

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    I've had, oh, I don't know... probably 50 falafel sandwiches from Pita Inn at this point. Or maybe…read more100? No idea. DoorDash, call ahead, order at the counter, it's all a blur. All I know is that when it comes to falafel, Pita Inn is where I'm headed. I've had a falafel addiction since I was a wee lad. It calls to me. The crisp shell. The moist and not-too-dense insides. Seasoning balanced on a knife's edge. I'm salivating. Falafel, calling my name. There are different approaches to falafel, I know, but Pita Inn lines it up exactly how I like it. Skokie has a plethora of Middle Eastern eateries, and while I have no idea why that is, I'm not mad at piles of falafel on every block. For awhile I was motivated to try other falafel spots. But why? What am I doing? Pita Inn cooks those golden spheres to perfection. And then on top of that, they bring in the accoutrements for backup. The hot sauce. The endless raw onions with sumac. Piles of pickled turnips. They just do it. Then, when I think it's over, they knock me out with a flawless lentil soup and a plant-based kabob made with charbroiled Impossible meat. I give up. Pita Inn, just keep my card on file. I'm not going anywhere else. Take my money. You win.

    Picked this up for a last-minute dinner. My boyfriend ordered the chicken shawarma, which was…read moretasty. I ordered the falafel, which was decent. They give you some sauces, but you have to pay extra for the garlic sauce--worth it because it's delicious. It definitely helped my falafel since it was a bit bland and had too much lettuce. The lentil soup was okay; I wouldn't get it again because the texture was a little weird. But the pita though?! You can tell they make it there, and it's super fresh.

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