Villa Madina

Worst shawarma ever.
The saltiness of the toppings over power the shawarma. The chicken is flavourless and in the time it took to make my wrap and get to my table it turned in to a soggy train wreck. The pita became a soggy gluey meas that fell apart two bites in.
Never again.

What a shity place and service !! Never go there I promis you. you are not missing anything special, so slow service and I ordered my food to go I had to put it my self in the bag and I also ordered an extra pita they just put it in a plate and gave it to me. How fucked up is that !!!

My mouth waters thinking about the chicken and beef shawarma plate. It’s the garlic sauce… whatever’s in it (please no one tell me) it is like crack to me. I would take a bath in that stuff if I could. Consequently, you smell like you have after you eat it. Pack a toothbrush for after but dig in. Plus the tabouli they make here is pretty tasty, but most of the sides are pretty great. For quick cheap Mediterranean food, this place is ideal.

Lots of food for a good price. I usually get the Vegetarian Plate with felafels and I haven’t been disappointed yet!

I personally was not a fan of this place. I ordered the chicken shawarma and was not impressed. It was soggy and thrown together. I also got a side of vegetables and they were tasteless. I understand it is food court food but I had a excellent chicken shawarma in Market Mall last week, I believe it was called Cedar Café? I could be wrong, but the price was the same and there quality much better. I would not go to Villa Madina again with so many unique options in this food court.

Villa Madina
Category: Mediterranean
3.0 star rating
1÷23÷2011
Inexpensive, tasty and fast and satisfying Mediterranean food. Best Value for your buck! $ 5.99 Shishtawouk Plate Special — that’s the chicken. The plate is loaded with rice, mixed vegetables, lettuce, coleslaw, chicken, hummus, tahihi, pita bread, hot sauce, beets, pickles
For you Gluten Intolerant make sure you tell them you don’t want the Pita or the Tabbouleh

Haha my bad! The place I’m talking about in Scotia Centre is called Feta Olives. It’s the other one that’s in the 4^th level of TD Square Mall.

Located in the TD Square cafeteria (top floor) is this little place that serves Lebanese/​Mediterranean fast food. Chose the Kefta Platter, which was the special of the day for $ 5.99. It consisted of hummus, garlic sauce, veggies, rice (with lentils), roasted potatoes a large slab of Kefta (an oval-​shapped, ground beef patty). Though it was filling and satisfying, I did find the rice too dry. A nice touch was the grilling of the pita bread, it was good to know that they take time for that kind of detailing even when the line up is long and speed is at a premium. Indeed Villa is the best value throughout the TD Square cafeteria. The lines can be long here and sometimes its slower than you think, but if you don’t mind that you will definitely get you money’s worth.

I decided to give Villa Madina a try at newly-​renovated Calgary Eaton Centre food court. What caught my eye was the $ 5.99 lunch special. It was the Shishtawouk Plate Special — that’s the chicken. It was a huge plate consisting of rice with mixed vegetables, lettuce, coleslaw, chicken, hummus, tahihi, pickled plump light green pepper, pita bread, hot sauce, beets, pickles. It sure was difficult to eat as I had to dig into my food and look for something I recognize. But I must say, there’s a TON of food! Good deal for a good price.
It was certainly strange as well to see Oriental people serving Middle Eastern food!