Pita Land

Went in there for lunch yesterday and we’ll what can I say? The staff was nice but the food was bad. The meat was dry and tasteless.
They charge an extra 25 cents for corn, cilantro and other stuff.

It was awful but I ate it all because I was starving and is the only reason why I finished my chicken shawarma with extra disgusting «garlic sauce» that tasted like oregano. It was such a let-​down and did not deliver the taste of garlic which is the true hallmark of any shawarma, after the meat. The meat was also lacking, it was boney mush garbage when it wasn’t super dried-​out and crunchy (which it’s also not supposed to be). The girl ignored us for a couple minutes upon arrival while she scraped the grill that was already clean and seemed very pointless, and this was maddening as we were standing there waiting and waiting and waiting and starving. Bad business training plus rude. I got the feeling that mgmt made a big deal about a clean grill. She was a nice kid though. I don’t want to put them out of business as there’s not many QSR’s at Bloor/​Sherbourne so I guess I should have gone to Timmies next door instead. You eat to feel better, not worse which is how I came away from this establishment and will be forever haunted for not saying serve the customer, clean the grill afterward.

This fast food restaurant is strangely under-​staffed. Thur July 29^th at 4:20 pm — snack time right? There’s just one girl working the counter, and like a scene in a comedy movie, she was scrapping the grill really loudly when we got there, and continued doing it for time eternal as we waited for her to turn around and look at us and take our orders. Chicken souvlaki plate is what i wanted to get, and for some reason I wanted to get it on a ceramic plate because I saw it in the picture — included in my review. Anyway I was real sad that I had to increase my carbon footprint by eating on Styrofoam so I switched to chicken schwarma pita served in waxed paper and it was fine. Tasted pretty good in fact. Do you think society could pressure fast food restaurants to serve on ceramic plates again, like the early to mid 1900s, before Styrofoam was invented?

Shawarma sandwich is sub-​par and they want $ 7.35 for it. That’s $ 2 more than other shawarmas in the city. Not worth the money.
WE NEED BETTER AND MORE SHAWARMA PLACES IN THE YONGE AND BLOOR AREA!

It’s clean, service is okay but the shawrma is nothing special. It’s not bad but within a 10 minute walk, you have Salad House (huge portions) or Falafel House (cheaper).
However, for a quick bite, it’ll do the job however I think the purple radish wasn’t super fresh as I saw it was getting slightly dark.
Verdict: Meh. Average at best.

I have to say, after coming back from Korea I figured that Toronto would be able to get their pitas right. You can only imagine how excited I was to move just down the street from a pita place!
Turns out it’s not so hot. If I’m there I either get unfriendly service or indifferent service. It’s not really the most difficult food service job in the world, so skipping on the annoyed attitude or putting on a smile shouldn’t be that difficult.
The food itself is fairly bland. My pita was stale but I can forgive that if the meat isn’t stale. But nope, during my multiple visits I’ve been greeted with super stale meat to old meat. It’s really disappointing to have slightly cardboard-​like meat. The pickled veg and peppers are delicious though!
I will admit that I have gone on off-​lunch hours. So I can understand why food may not be as fresh due to the hours I go in. But that doesn’t excuse the service and I’m not too convinced that mid-​afternoon or evening food should be of that quality.
I hate handing out poor reviews. I would love it if this store to try to improve themselves a bit and train their workers a bit better, as I don’t think it deserves to go under.

I used to be a regular customer. But I got sick the last time I had their chicken shawarma. Buuu

That was a pretty good shawarma!
The garlic potatoes weren’t bad either.
So far this one of the better places to grab a lunch for under $ 10 after tax that I’ve found in the area. Give it a try!

Hard workers, decent prices, enjoyable shawarma wraps!

This place is really good.
pros —
–it’s clean
–it’s not to expensive
–lots of seating

I went in here on a random whim the other day, & when I had trouble deciding what to order, one of the employees gave me a thorough explanation of the entire menu. I ordered a chicken souvlaki wrap with lettuce & hummus, & it was one of the best things I’ve ever eaten. I went back today for another one. Yummmm.

This place was pretty yummy. The restaurant is clean and everything is brand new as it moved into where a cheque cashing place used to be. All of the ingredients are fresh, the staff is friendly and there are lots of them. I counted 5 people working.
This location is busy already, having been open for only 5 days. They’re getting lots of foot traffic with the subway station near by. This is the second place within a ½ km radius of my house claiming to be the best shawarma. Let the shawarma war begin!
My only complaint is that it’s cash only, though they do have an ATM on site and there’s a TD across the street.