Update: The new management have ruined what was once my favourite shawarma place in town…read more Food is now dry, tasteless, and a chore to finish. Breaks my heart because I LOVED this place before the ownership changed hands. Google reviews from many longtime patrons will confirm the same. Can't recommend this place anymore and I'm not happy about that. :(

Amazing food, service and atmosphere. This is authentic shawarma…read more We'll sized portions, affordable and flavourful. Definitely a must visit

I have mixed feelings about our visit. Ambiance was interesting. We all ordered the "feast" (which…read moreI think is the better value). Service was friendly though a bit slow for the place being empty on a Wednesday night. I thought the food was pretty good but the less-adventurous palates in my party did not appreciate some of the spicing or presentation of some of it. I liked the pacing of our courses and the tea and small deserts on offer. We found the price of our food a bit high but that was less of a concern than the disappointment of part of our group.

This is the perfect date night restaurant! very romantic to sit in your own boothz. And the food…read moreis out of this world! We always share a 4 corner salad, have the authentic soup and share a tajine with bread! It's our favourite restaurant in Calgary xoxo

Best Persian kabobs in Calgary! All types are great but our favorite is chicken and kobedeh kabobs.read more

The only place to get Persian kabob from in Calgary! The Soltani truly tastes like its counterpart…read morefrom a very high end kabob place in Iran! Highly recommend!

A super helpful and kind woman assisted us. We ordered shawarma which was delicious. We also…read moreordered an assortment of fatayer to go. We r looking forward to eating those later! There are a few places to sit and eat here, and a bar height table against the window. Though it seemed most people were taking their orders to go. Would come back!

I'd recommend either the freshly baked chicken pocket or the mixed pocket (beef/chicken). The…read morechicken pocket is only $11 bucks, and one pocket fed two of us. The portion is huge. I could detect a little cinnamon in the chicken. Garlic sauce wasn't overpoweringly garlicky. Pocket remained crisp despite the sauciness lurking beneath the crust. The wraps are more reasonable in size. I also hear the four cheese pocket ($5.99) is good as well. There are two other places nearby, but the freshness and service is far better at Beirut Bakery. The owners are very friendly.

Fantastic Egyptian food if you want authentic this is the place and it is so tasty and healthy for…read moreyou there are also fantastic pastries and salads

I'll be honest with you. I've been to Luxor about 5 times and 4 out of the 5 times, I went there…read morefor their baklava. What I love about the baklava at Luxor is that it's fresh and you can buy a box of it to go. I usually go there when I'm headed over to someone's place for dinner and I want to bring a creative dessert/gift along with me. I did go to Luxor once for their falafel. It was alright. it wasn't the best I've ever had. Since though, I've been back for their baklava and will continue to do so.

This is the very sad lunch I ended up with today from Shawarma King…read more.. $11.50 for 3 microwaved (right in front of me) pre made falafels. Think soggy sponge texture. I receive 1.5 potato pieces, that's right, I did not eat any of them. Look at the picture, that's how it came. Basically I got a spoonful of hummus, some plain white rice, sprinkling of ice berg lettuce, 3 sad slices of tomato, onion, pickles, 1.5 potato pieces and 3 microwaved falafels for $11.50. What a rip off and a sad excuse for Lebanese food. I will not be giving them a second chance.

I took out a falafel plate from this place this week to support local businesses, and it was…read moremediocre. The falafel balls were falling apart & dry, the rice was dry, and the potatoes were very few & as hard as wood chips. My wife's lamb was tasty. I won't be back soon, at least not till the shut down is over.

I was there for first time today and it will be the last. The dish I chose was the kafta kebab. It…read morewas so overcooked I could not even get a fork into it and could not break it with a piece of pita. I left almost all of it on the table and did not eat it. They also use the dreadful thin wood knives and forks. The fork would not even pierce a pepper. I had to shovel the salad into my mouth. I deliberately did not bring this up until after I paid so they would not accuse of wanting a free meal, nor did I after I paid. What I got was no response at all when I told them that the beef in the kebab was so overcooked that it was also impossible to chew. Although I did not tell them this, it was dry like beef flavoured sawdust held together with glue. The food was slopped into the container when it was brought to my table. They were not the least bit interested in what I had to say. Talk about rude. AVOID THIS ESTABLISHMENT LIKE THE PLAGUE. DREADFUL MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD. On my mother's side, I have Middle Eastern heritage and know what good Arab food is.

the food I ordered was great. I'm going to eat all five pieces of baklava As they are delicious and…read moreI just don't care tonight so ya thanks for making them so delicious that I'm leaving this review. -Paul

Have had lots of Shawarma in my day and some of the middle eastern foods our family likes best. We…read morestopped in for a hearty lunch and found the food absolutely average at best. I had a falafel platter which was dry, old and flavourless. The platter was mostly old rice and old potatoes. Hubby and daughter had beef donairs and described the meat as dry. My older daughter ordered butter chicken and it was dry dry dry and she found hair in it! The place has not been cleaned in a very long time and I think thats a direct reflection of how many F$&@S are given in the establishment. Won't be returning.

So my girlfriend and I worked 3 incredibly long days up in the mountains. No cell phone service, no…read morerestaurant, no grocery stores, no nothing. Isolated from humanity. Came home exhausted, tired and hungry for some warm delicious comfort food. After a quick search for restaurants near home, we decided to order from the KING of Shawarma. Reviews seemed decent. 5 stars on FB and 4 stars on YELP. Figured, why not I'm new to Calgary and need to find some good shawarma and Mediterranean food. I order through Skip the Dishes. Food came fast. Took about 45 minutes. I specially requested for all sauces and dips to be on the side, since I've worked in the restaurant industry before I understand that food doesn't always travel well and in order to avoid soggy messy food made my request and even apologize for the inconvenience in advance. Food comes. I look at it and instantly become irritated. Everything is mixed together. And all the exact same shade of grey and brown. The skin was falling off the potatoes (and not in a good tasty way) the chicken was dry and flavourless. I can honestly say that neither mine or my roommates food was touched. Literally made me sick to my stomach looking at it. Whatever, ok things happen. I get it. I called the restaurant to complain about my order and to request either a refund or a new meal. I asked to speak to a manger, the person on the other line said he was and that he remembered packing my food. I told him it wasn't what I ordered, and that I wasn't happy. He was rude, arrogant and refused to take responsibility for the situation. He tried to blame skip the dishes for his poor work ethic. After about 3 minutes of talking to his fine outstanding young man it comes to my attention that he is in fact NOT a manger and that none are there to talk to me or deal with the situation. After all that talking, this person can't do a thing to help me. I tell him to talk to his manager and to call ME back. He agrees. Fast forward 30 minutes still no call. Nothing. So I call back. First call phone rings about 15 times then disconnects. Second call straight to voicemail. Third call he answers. Tells me the manger isn't there. I tell him I'll be by tomorrow to return this food. He shrugs off my concerns and lets me go. Well today, as much as I wanted to bring the food back and collect a refund, life got in the way and I needed to work. Still have yet to hear from a manager. I didn't even receive an apology or nothing. Wound up making freezer pizza for dinner, after only wanting shawarma from the king.

Apologies for the length but wanted to articulate the experience and give a full review/explanation…read morefor my 1 star. Stopped in here as we were looking for place to grab a coffee and bite to eat before my mom's doctor appointment nearby (she lives 2 hours out of city so we had a little over an hour until her appointment) and will likely never return. We arrived around 12:30 pm only to be informed that the kitchen did not open until 2 pm but we could get some appetizers (except we were never given a menu for appetizers, only beverages and there was a dessert menu on the table next to us, so we didn't order food). Our group of four ordered 3 coffees and one pop. Coffees were $3.99+tax each for just a small cup of regular coffee (nothing fancy like lattes or the $6.99 coffee that was also on the menu). For comparison I paid $2.19 for a coffee twice the size at Tim Hortons that morning. I also asked for a glass of water (which I had to remind waitress about when she brought our drinks) and she brought out water for each of us which was very warm and the glasses were not particularly clean. The decor of the place was quite nice and we all liked the look and feel but the bathroom sink tap was broken making it difficult to wash hands after using the washroom. The waitress was very polite and friendly though not very attentive or even accessible as she seemed to be in the back for quite some time so when we wanted a refill on coffee we had to wait for her to appear behind the bar and then had to go up to ask her. I ordered 1 refill on my coffee and my mom & her friend ended up having 2 refills each (so 2 cups for me and 3 cups of coffee each for them so less than a whole pot of coffee which costs pennies to make). We were shocked when we were paying the bill which totalled $45 (for a couple of small cups of coffee and 1 pop!). Apparently $3.99 gets you one small cup of coffee and if you want more its another full charge for each cup. We were never told this (nor was it indicated in the menu). To be clear it was NOT busy (there was only 1 other customer in the entire place so it was not a surcharge for only ordering coffee during busy time which I would have understood) and it was clear we had never been there before (we had to ask where bathroom was, and about parking and my mom inquired about hookah as the other customer was puffing away on one etc.).. I used to waitress before and since it is not standard practice to charge full price for each cup of coffee I would have mentioned it to a customer so they were aware. We had no idea until it came time to pay. 1. If your kitchen isn't open until 2pm that should be indicated in your ads/listings (they only said they opened at 10am I believe when we searched for place nearby). 2. If you are going to charge that kind of price for a very small cup of basic coffee I shouldn't have to wait for the staff to appear and then have to get up and come to you to ask for it (and it should be indicated that refills are full charge rather than surprising the person with an exorbitant bill at the end). 3. For those kinds of prices I'd expect a fully functioning place, not dealing with a broken down tap barely attached to the bathroom sink as well as what appeared to be a leaking toilet (very obvious crusty chemical looking stain around the toilet in the stall beside me). Over all it was the most expensive and most disappointing "going for a coffee" experience any of us had ever had. I hate to say it be we probably should have just gone and grabbed some coffees from the gas station down the street.

Trio is amazing! The staff is so warm and personable. Valeria is the sweetest! Definitely my…read morefavourite shisha bar in the city. And the food never disappoints!