Jerusalem Palace Truck

This truck has changed management! It’s now operated by Beantown Taqueria and now the food is actually not disgusting. I ordered a pork lafa here and got some kindof middle eastern/​mexican fusion gyro with marinated pork, tzatziko sauce, and pico de gallo which was actually quite tasty. I thought $ 6 was a but expensive for the portion but it’s nice to finally have a new option in the industrial wasteland aka Kendall Square.

Just had the worst lamb shawarma in my life from here.

You get lulled in dreaming about Mediterranean food and seeing that the Momogoose line looks a bit too long. BIG MISTAKE.
First off, food preparation was actually excruciatingly slow. (Other lines go way faster.) I ordered the lamb kebab special. Instead of grilled/​roasted lamb– it turns out to be more of a lamb stew. It tastes acceptable. but really, why isn’t it advertised as stew? Vegetables and potatoes go in the mix. The vegetables taste like they’ve been retrieved from the garbage dump. The worst part was the rice. It is a sticky gooey mass of vomit tasting abomination. I have no idea how rice could taste so bad except when I’ve left it sitting on a counter for 3 days during a hot summer.
To summarize, the $ 4 price is damn good but when you gotta throw up most of your meal the calorie to dollar ratio really ain’t that great.

Worst chicken shawarma in Boston. I was really excited to discover this place– a halal food truck close to MIT. But it’s like they’re not even trying. The chicken was mushy and overcooked and bland. There was no flavor at all to the sandwich– some plain lettuce and onion – no spices and the sauce was weak. The bread wasn’t toasted, so it was just thin, floppy, and soggy pita. Shawarma wraps are a good standard to judge a middle eastern café. You have to be able to get this classic right, and this place straight up failed.

I am very disappointed in this food truck and wish I had read the reviews before trying it.
The two sandwiches we ordered had one thing going for them– the price. They were $ 4 each. But that’s where the positive vibe takes a twist mid-​air and succumbs to the old fashioned horrors that surround the unsupervised food trucks of yore. The food was just awful. Even liberal sprinklings of hot sauce could not make the falafal taste like anything other than what I imagine peat moss to taste like. One small tomato slice and some old iceberg lettuce failed to provide any additional taste or texture. The veggie wrap fared better for flavor, but the veggies were drooping with age and the sauce was incredibly greasy. The pita was heavy, tasteless and dry
We were famished but finally had to throw these out after really trying to give them a go.
They were the only food truck here on a Saturday, and I do not know if this is always the case, but I do know why there was no hungry mob clamoring around today. The hungry mob is made up of smart people who had read these reviews and had chosen to visit other food truck meccas.
I love food trucks and am a huge advocate for them, so this really was a let down.
I’m just glad I do not eat meat so did not encounter chicken bones like some of my fellow reviewers.

There were bits of chicken bone in my chicken kabob roll up. Do not want!

Even after reading all these horrible reviews, I had to try it myself. I figured «How bad can a shawarma be?». Well… pretty bad. First, it started when the guy handed me my shawarma in a half-​wrap of aluminum. It’s 34 degrees today in Kendall Sq. Come on, dude. Wrap that thing up. So I get back to work and start eating. Mostly bread and the chicken is suspect. Suddenly, halfway down my throat is a chicken bone. Big and brown. A pelvis. Technically, it was the illium. That means they just shred a whole damn chicken carcass and hope for the best. I hacked that thing up and decided to write this review.
Generally, I have a stomach that can handle almost anything but I just threw away 80% of that shawarma. Let’s hope I don’t get too sick. If you need a food truck, stick with Momogoose. If you need a shawarma in Kendall Sq. stick with Aceituna up the street. Uh oh… stomach is making funny noises. Gotta go now. Good luck!

I had a fortuitous accident here. I ordered a gyro but instead they gave me some sort of chicken rollup. After bite 1, I was disappointed at the thought of eating a chicken sandwich rather than a lovely gyro. However, a few bites in, my opinion began to change. The chicken was moist and juicy, even without the presence of any sauce in the wrap. The veggies were crunchy and fresh, and the meat-​to-​wrap ratio was in any meat-lover’s favor.
Sadly, this is where it ended. I also tried the lamb shawarma, and had the exact opposite experience. The meat lacked flavor, moisture, or texture, and was served nearly cold. The wrap was nearly all bread, leaving me with nothing more than many many dry, mealy bites.
I do love that this place is only $ 4 for… well, basically anything. However, when I’m spending $ 4 for a big, rolled up pita with a bit of iceberg, I have to think twice.
I’d certainly go back for the chicken I had (I’m telling you, this is NOT like normal chicken sandwich meat — absolutely flavorful!), but probably not much else.

Having just returned from a Holy Land trip myself, I was curious about this truck (suspiciously covered with pictures from Jordan) and stopped to grab a quick spanikopita.
Spanikopita is cooked spinach between filo dough. What I received was what I can only guess was thawed spinach between two slabs of dry bread. You know what, fine, I can eat that, in theory. But in practice, the spinach was so flaccid and miserable that I just couldn’t. And I hate throwing food away.
The prices are very good, but only assuming the food is edible. I’m not going back again to find out. Extremely disappointing.

I would give this 0 stars if possible. I should have known something was up when there was no line during prime lunch time. I took 2 bites and tossed it in the nearest trash. Horrible, tasteless, way overcooked, and unidentifiable meat. Can’t see how this place is still in business. I made my way over to Clover and had a delicious sandwich! My advice — stay away.

Some food trucks are fantastic (oh, Clover, your egg-​eggplant sandwich delights me!)…and then some trucks wage holy war against your intestines. For example, save for evisceration, no greater havoc may be wreaked upon your bowels than that caused by the food from Jerusalem Palace. To be fair, I’m a veteran vegetarian, so perhaps it makes a difference if you’re not accustomed to flavorless mystery meat that you can barely even identify as such until it’s far, far too late, especially when you order a «Greeksalad sandwich.» Whereas Greek salad is comprised of tomatoes, feta, olives, and cukes drizzled in olive oil and delicious, «Greeksalad» somewhat forgivably introduces iceberg lettuce to the mix, less forgivably contains NONE of the above ingredients (save for old tomato skins), and unforgivably sneaks in some F-​grade MEAT that not even Taco Bell could sell, as it’s sourced from Satan’s ass. Also, pretty sure that shitty meat pervades throughout the rest of the sandwich lineup, as a friend who tried the «falafel sandwich» also reported a mysterious vague, mushy fleshiness and smell. Fellow vegetarians beware, and everyone else… well, go somewhere else. Your tummy will thank you.