Pita Basket Cafe

More impressed by the owner’s marketing acumen and his food knowledge. Asked about the favourites, and he actually gave me a crash course on what the Turkish, Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis all have to offer in terms of cuisine but I digress.
Ordered their chicken shawarma wrap, which can probably compete with red burrito back home in terms of heft, quite filling for just a lunch.
They also offer catering so like that extra cleanliness touch too.
Good corner location, a bit on the edge of Dt.
Offer shaw wifi.
Closed sundays.

I definitely think of it as a pita shop instead of a café, but If you’re hungry and in need of a quick, tasty shawarma, Pita Basket Café is a good place to eat.
They’ve got a whole team ready to have you wrap ready assemble-​line-​style before you can even redeem your Check-​In offer*. There are tables and chairs as well as some window bar sitting make it a good place to stop with a few co-​workers over the lunch break or even just pop in by yourself.
It’s really not the kind of place I’d think of as a Café, though. Understanding that all Café really means is «coffee», I definitely associate the word with a certain type of business. I wouldn’t think to go to Pita Basket Café for a meeting, to catch up with a friend or get some work done, or even really drink coffee for that matter. They have specialty coffees, but I’m currently a little skeptical because the coffee I ordered is just out of a self serve pump jug tucked away in the back corner, and was mostly water. Oh well… It’s a pita shop, after all, and if you go for a shawarma or donair, you’ll get a tasty wrap of very generous size at a good price!
*They’ve currently got a Unilocal Check-​In offer for a free piece of Baklava and a coffee with any purchase — a nice surprise and more than a good enough excuse to eat some Baklava.

Good authentic middle eastern food with generous portions. If I lived and worked in downtown Calgary, this place would be a regular stop for my wife and I. We liked the chicken shawarma.

I have eaten Shawarma sandwiches (both chicken and beef) here and It was really good but their falafel was bitter and I probably won’t try it again.
Very crowded at noon.
It’s not good place to take your wife/​date to.
Staff were nice.

A donair shop with free wifi? That’s a new one! And yet here it is in downtown Calgary. They’ve even got specialty coffees on the menu… though I only saw that bit on my way out.
Pita Basket made me a pretty tasty chicken souvlaki wrap yesterday. The small pita was plenty enough! As per usual, I opened this from the wrong end… the twisty end. If you’re not a seasoned donair shop eater, take this tip with you or you’ll end up with sauce all over your pants (take it from the voice of experience!).
I also had a couple of pieces of baklava to finish off my late lunch. They were alright, but I’ve been spoiled in the baklava area…

I live very close to this location of the Pita Basket Café. I don’t go there for their donairs or «soup of the day» or any other Falafel food (though I see it’s very popular among downtown’s business people over the lunch hour). Rather, I go there for the packages of baklava (all 3 sizes, about 8 pieces) for $ 6. It’s such a great deal, I have to stop myself sometimes when I walk past there: d