Paramount Fine Foods

As a meat-​lover, here’s the right place for me. Kebabs were excellent and I love the traditional pistachio desserts here.

Went in here for lunch with a Lebanese friend of mine. Very nice place. Very clean, friendly service and the food was excellent. Tried a couple different pizzas. The spicy sausage pizza was my favorite.

I am big fan of this place. Food is amazing, price is really fair for such an environment and decoration and service is fine.

I had been to Paramount many times before but it’s been a while since my last visit. I was truly disappointed with my last visit. Ordered Chicken shawarma platter. The quality of chicken was not good and as well I was not happy with the quantity. Pita was fresh and good. Not visiting this place again. I find Pita & Grill much better both in terms of quality and quantity.
I will though recommend their Minakish (wood oven pizza) and sweets.

What a great Middle Eastern experience, the food so fresh and amazing taste remind you as you are in the Middle East also the servers very friendly. I really enjoyed my food and they made my day.

Dine in or take out. No waiter to take your order. You get seated and look over your menu then go to counter to place order. Food will get delivered to your table. Be prepared to wait.
Restaurant was immaculate with plenty of seating. No wait.
For kids, the pizza like entre was very tasty and a good sized for price. Other food items were smaller portioned compared to price. Lamb was pricy for only 3 pieces on a Pita. It was very delicious, just not a lot of it.
Platter came with plenty of rice and pickled vegetables (tasty). Chicken was tasty and not over cooked! (Very common restaurant foul sometimes) sauces are on side so you can add to your preference.
Middle Eastern food menu options. Hummus or lamb on your palette? Large selection of deserts. Tabouli was delicious — no cous cous was their version.
Overall good food but overpriced for food portions. Could easily be corrected with more of the protein portions increased.

I have eaten dine-​in in another paramount and had lamb and it was good.
But.
This place, After take out lamb plate with 1 extra skewer, half of the lamb was burned and pieces were half the size of regular.
No hummus was in the box.
Fries were crapy.
They give 2 big bread. Why I need those when food portion is small and not up to standard. What do they think, people will eat only bread after paying this high price?

Great option for quick service food! The chicken shawarma is my favorite along with the cheese pizza.
The garlic sauce is the best I have ever had! I eat here almost every week.

Met up with my girls for a quick get together for dinner.
The food was ok, nothing too exciting. I ordered the shawarma plate and hummus. The hummus was good, but my shawarma lacked in flavour even with the garlic sauce and hot sauce. The hot sauce wasn’t hot at all. The bread was always warm and fresh… if your bread got cold, they would take it back and give you a fresh one.
The staff were very pleasant and friendly… checked in on us and just always smiling.
I think this location would do better with restaurant service where someone takes your order and you get your bill after. But it’s almost like a fast food chain where you order and pay for your food then sit. Then when your food is done, they bring it to your table.
This wasn’t the best middle eastern food I’ve had, so I’m not 100% sure if I would go here again.

Good food, bad set up. Terrible dine in experience. After waiting 25 minutes for a table, we had to go to the back of the restaurant, waited 15 minutes just to order and pay a cashier upfront. There is no service staff that comes to your table. The food was good but they messed up our orders. Atmosphere is loud and filled with kids. Would not go again

Honestly the food is good — but considering they are definitely one of the more pricier middle Easten restaurants you would think their portions would be fair — but I don’t feel that is so — I bought moutabbal and considering it is 5.99 it should be at least a decent amount — I will try to add a photo to show the quantity — quite disappointing

If you’re in search of a nice sit-​down shawarma restaurant with a great décor and ambience, or with more options for vegetarians other than falafel then this may be your place. But for an awesome taste experience there are definitely better places out there (hint: Lazeez). One vegetarian in my group got the falafel while the other got the pizza. The pizza was really enjoyed. I got the shawarma salad, which was meh.
I appreciated the free pitas they served, however it was a bit odd considering they do not provide any dips with it. Their stuffed vine leaves were also really good, and is something I would go specially for since no other shawarma restaurants serve them.
The service wasn’t that great as they did not serve water despite me asking twice, and we had to go up and personally ask for a fork.
The only reason I did end up going to Paramount was because both Osmows and Lazeez are closed on Sundays.
Therefore, if it’s a Sunday and you’re craving such food, then sure, go to Paramount.

If I have craving for hummus or kebab, I always choose this place and they never let me down for four years. Hummus is so creamy unlike store bought packages…
So far we tried Kafta, Falafel, and mixed grill and all tasted amazing. And these portion are huge because it usually comes with pita bread. So, it is pretty filling for everyone. Awesome.
Highly recommended!

My girlfriend and I visit Paramount frequently, we are both fans of the zataar with cheese (be warned, this is salty but flavourful) and the various manakeesh.
The shawarma dinners are excellent and prices are superb. My only complaint is the food has arrived cold on a few occasions however I highly recommend this place.

Definitely recommend this place! The portions are huge and food is tasty! Service is quick and naan is so yums. Can get pretty crowded — just don’t go on Sundays :)

Conflicted on the rating because the food is fantastic but the service is really terrible.
I understand that Arabic customs are different but the first few minutes in this always-​packed restaurant are really frustrating. Its a while before you get seated and no menus nor instructions are given. You have to then go to the cashier and order. How, when you don’t have a menu? I’m not sure, but I grabbed one and took it to my table out of frustration.
I was there with the family and we ordered the big BBQ platter. Came with three type of meats and all of them were perfectly grilled to absolute perfection. There was hummus included a plate of fries that only arrived half way through our meal and drinks but only if you ask at the front.
What really pissed me off was the waiters. These highschoolers practically threw the food on the table and ran for their next order. I asked for bread three times and kept waiting for it for 20 minutes before getting up and asking.
In conclusion. Great food but the service is absolutely awful. You won’t have anything your way unless you ask them serveral times, no matter how much you’re paying.

This place is always busy. It can be a bit confusing when picking up your take out here. If I have to pick up a Shawarma, Lentil soup and pizza (group orders) You will be going to 3 different counters. Its nice seeing the pizza station as their pita bread are all made in house… and you can view the process.
Than you line up to pay.
Authentic middle eastern food.
Paramount has grown since this location… i see this place now in mall food courts and even the food court all Fallsview.
Parking is limited here. If full you can park on Crestlawn (street)
NOTE: If you are picking up for lunch and time is limited, call in, place your order 15mins prior to picking up your order.

Finally a location that is closer to me.
Pros
— The food is always very fresh
— They are generous with the bread and dipping sauces which I love most
— Just found out that they also offer free hot sauce in addition to their famous garlic sauce and hummus
— Love the décor
— Waiters and waitresses always friendly
— They have a playground for kids which is good for families or events
Cons
— The amount of food that they put on the plates seems to get smaller compared to when they just opened
— The waiters are very friendly but they keep forgetting to bring cutleries or water. Sometimes we had to ask several waiters until we got them. By the time the food started to get cold. I have been there a few times and this also happens when it’s not so busy. Maybe the staff is new, who knows.
— during weekends there are long waiting times, so better go during the week

This restaurant is one of my favorite team gathering place. It is significantly better than Nirvana which I gave a poor review on due to the piss poor experience I had there. Tonight I am going solo with a light dinner.
The service and the quality of food is above par for the area I am in. I haven’t paid for the food here before so I am not sure how well it is price wise until tonight.
The greeter service was quick and efficient. And made my entry experience pretty exceptional.
The only reason I would give this place four star was because of their reservation logistics. Our party had to wait a while for the table when we arrived for my last team gathering. That ding on the experience needs to be recorded. Hopefully my next review won’t have that.
Seating here is pretty comfortable even when fully loaded. You won’t feel cramped unless you are morbidly obese. But borderline on the obese BMI scale should be okay.
One other thing to note is this is probably the only ethnic restaurant short of McD that sports a diverse staff in the area. Not just racial but gender as well.
So I finished wolfing down my main dish which is the butter chicken pizza. It’s quite good. I would even say better than India Sweets good. There isn’t much heat spice so I can tolerate it very well. For $ 6.99 along with a side of naan i would say I am done. I had a mango strawberry cocktail as well. I made a mistake and I thought that was the paramount special. Good thing too. If I had the paramount special I don’t think I would move around anymore. The butter chicken pizza is satisfying already for one person who is not a binge eater.
The one other thing i wished they had because it is such a large area is a button to call the server. Since it’s difficult to scan all the tables in such a large area.
I ordered the paramount special and baklava to go for my wife. Hope she likes it. Since this may be the last time I will visit this place for a while as my contract at Mississauga is coming to a close.

It’s like riding a magic carpet into Aladdin’s Palace when you enter Paramount Fine Foods. Suddenly, you are no longer in the bleek industrial Misses Sausage, but in some Arabian paradise.
The Sandwich shwarmas are good. Falafel good. Some kind of mini arabic meat pizzas were delicious. Fries are excellent. Food does come to the table as it’s ready, so don’t expect everything to come at once.
The Paramount Special is an interesting juice blend of mango, pineapple, yogurt and pistachio among other ingredients.
It’s a good spot to go if you’re in this area.