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Middle Eastern Restaurants
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93 Harbord / Annex
93 Harbord serves well-executed dishes with Middle Eastern and North African influences....
Adel Kabob / North York
Adel Kabob brings some delicious meat to the saturated Persian meat market (and the saturated plaza) in Toronto North. When walking into the store, try not to pass...
Afghan Village Restaurant / Don Mills
Afghan Village Restaurant specializes in kebab and other Afghan eats. The ambiance has recently improved as the restaurant has recently relocated in a plaza on Don Mills just south of...
Ajmir Halal Pizza, Wings and Kebab House / Scarborough
Ajmir Halal Pizza, Wings and Kebab House has had quite a bit of turnover with ownership in the past few years, but despite this, they've been fairly consistent in taste...
Al Mandi Restaurant / Danforth
Ali Mandi Restaurant on The Danforth serves a mix of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and African Cuisines. On the menu are Kuskus, a chicken/beef stew and Kibabe....
Al Tanoor / Scarborough
Al Tanoor is an Iraqi restaurant and bakery in Scarborough....
Alborz / North York
Alborz is a very moderately priced Persian restaurant (in the arena of Persian food). The atmosphere is always joyful and the staff are incredibly accomodating. The Persian specialty...
Aldar Shawarma / Scarborough
Aldar Shawarma is a halal restaurant that offers up kebabs, shawarma, falafel and gyros at an affordable price....
Ali Baba's (Annex) / Annex
Ali Baba's in the Annex has cheap meal deals every day of the week, making it a favourite among students and Annex weekend partiers. Most options on the menu are...
Ali Baba's (Church and Dundas) / Yonge & Dundas
Ali Baba's at Church and Dundas is perfect for hungry and nocturnal students on a budget. With daily deals each day of the week, two can snag a couple of...
Ali Baba's (Dundas and Markham) / Dundas West
Ali Baba's has locations around Toronto including this on Dundas St. West near Markham. Like the other locations, the popular choices here include chicken shawarma and falafel sandwiches....
Ali Baba's (Little Italy) / Little Italy
Ali Baba's in Little Italy seems to be one of the frontrunners in terms of fast Middle Eastern fare in the area. The shawarma, falafel, and kebabs are all made...
Ali Baba's (Old Chinatown) / Yonge & Dundas
Ali Baba's is a modern Middle Eastern chain of restaurants with more than a dozen locations across Toronto. This location in old Chinatown carries all of its signature dishes, such...
Ali Baba's (Peter St.) / Queen West
Ali Baba's on Peter Street is typically swarming with club-goers in the late hours (or early mornings) of the weekends. The portions are huge and the food is cheap, making...
Ali Baba's (Weston Road) / Weston-Mount Dennis
Ali Baba's on Weston Road is one of several Ali Baba's restaurants in Toronto, offering Middle Eastern cuisine at fairly inexpensive prices....
Ali Basha Cafe / Other
Ali Basha Cafe is a hookah (shisha) bar and cafe that's recently opened at the corner of Dundas East and Mutual Street....
Ali Kabob / Yonge & Dundas
Ali Kabob offers a little bit of everything, including burgers, fish and chips, soups, and yes, kabobs. Rivalling neighbouring Ali Baba's, Ali Kabob does daily deals that include two kabob...
Ali' Baba's (Old Chinatown) / Yonge & Dundas
Ali Baba's is a modern Middle Eastern chain of restaurants with more than a dozen locations across Toronto. This location in old Chinatown carries all of its signature dishes, such...
Anatolia / Etobicoke
Anatolia is one of the few places where you can find Turkish food, culture and arts in Toronto. Passionate about revealing her homeland, Chef/Owner Ayse Aydemir has built her lively...
Anoush / North York
Anoush is a Middle Eastern take-out place that is a fusion of Persian and Turkish food. Kofte kebab and doner kebab are variations of our well known (and loved)...
Arafat Halal Pizza & Kabab House / Scarborough
Arafat Halal Pizza & Kabab House is a Halal pizza joint that also serves Lebanese dishes like shawarmas and kababs. It also offers Western favourites like pizza and subs, and...
Arax Shawarma / Beaches
Arax Shawarma serves up Middle Eastern cuisine, from homemade hummus and pita chips, to generous portions of beef or chicken shawarma, falafel, kebobs, fatoush salad, lentil soup, and even homemade...
Armenian Kitchen / Scarborough
The Armenian Kitchen is a Middle Eastern restaurant on Victoria Park in Scarborough that makes some of the best hummus in the city. It's great by itself or paired with...
Bamiyan Kabob / East York
Bamiyan Kabob on Overlea is one of five in the GTA, serving up Afghani Halal cuisine to bustling lunch and dinner crowds. Bamiyan's meat is marinated for 24 hours and...
Bamiyan Kabob (Keele St.) / North York
Bamiyan Kabob has several locations throughout the GTA, and lucky York students have one right by campus. The prospect of beef tenderloin marinated in spices for 24 hours might motivate...
Banu / West Queen West
Mr. C has been excited to go for Iranian food at Banu ever since I discovered that you can smoke from a Shisha/Hookah on the patio. Friday night, we...
Beirut Palace / Bloorcourt
Beirut Palace has been a little lonely since the closing of the Paradise Cinema next door, but it thankfully hasn't slowed them donw. Try the falafel , kabob or...
Buda Cafe / North York
Buda Cafe offers coffee and tea drinks to satisfy your caffeine cravings, and hookah pipes with shisha to satisfy another sort of craving. Also on the menu are desserts and...
Cafe Tangiers / Danforth
Café Tangiers is a hardly noticeable hole-in the wall that I've been enjoying for years, for for far more than just its ambience, and the smoke and fragrant shisha scents...
Cleopatra Restaurant / Bloorcourt
Looking for Middle-Eastern take-out, sit-in, anything? Cleo has it all....
Dr Laffa / North York
Dr. Laffa went from an obscure bakery in an industrial plaza to a bustling spot for some of the best Middle Eastern food around in a matter of mere months....
Dr. Laffa (Bathurst) / North York
Dr. Laffa, the popular Israeli-Iraqi North York eater opened up its second location just south of Lawrence on Bathurst earlier this year. Offering up the same traditional recipes brought over...
El-Sabil Restaurant / Scarborough
El-Sabil Restaurant is a Halal restaurant that specializes in Middle-Eastern dishes. While it also offers excellent Western favourites such as thick and juicy burgers, their specialty is definitely the shawarmas....
Falafel Express / North York
Falafel Express is a Middle-Eastern restaurant in the Keele and Finch area. Try their delectable baba ganoush or the fried eggplant (which is usually found together in their veggie platter...
Falafel Royal / Etobicoke
Falafel Royal is an Etobicoke restaurant offering traditional Middle Eastern fare including falafel, shawarma, and kebabs....
Farhat / Scarborough
After picking up some of my favourite Iranian pastries from NASR Foods, all I need is a little protein to complete my Middle Eastern meal. Luckily, right at the end...
Free Times Cafe / Kensington Market
After turning down a string of Hanukkah "Latke Party" invites last past week due to work committments, I was craving those greasy taters so badly come Sunday night. Walking...
Ghazale (College St.) / Little Italy
Ghazale on College Street is known for its consistency. While it's certainly not the only place to get a falafel or shawarma in the area, it is one of the...
Ghazale (Lake Shore) / Etobicoke
Ghazale (Lake Shore) is a Middle Eastern restaurant in Etobicoke offering falafel, shawarma, kebabs, and lots of veggie dishes....
Golden Shawarma / North York
Golden Shawarma is a restaurant near Yonge and Finch offering shawarma and other Middle Eastern cuisine. ...
Grill 4 U / Harbourfront
Grill 4 U is an affordable spot to find shawarma and falafel on Queens Quay. They also have a location in Woodbridge....
Hamdi Restaurant / Etobicoke
Hamdi Restaurant is a perfect example of Toronto's culinary multiculturalism. Specializing in Somali and East African cuisine, the restaurant chain serves as a much-loved East African food Mecca. It offers...
Hamizrach / North York
Hamizrach is a glatt kosher restaurant serving Middle Eastern soups, sandwiches, hot and cold appetizers, and entrees....
Hayden Lunch House / Yonge & Bloor
Hayden Lunch House, on the take-out-heavy stretch of Hayden Street between Yonge and Church, serves the quintessential staples of Middle Eastern street food. Though few things compare to the addictive...
Hot Shawarma / West Queen West
Hot Shawarma across from the Gladstone Hotel lives up to its name, serving up falafel and shawarma plates and sandwiches until the wee hours of the morning....
Istanbul Doner Kebap / Yonge & Wellesley
Istanbul Doner Kebap is new spot on Yonge St. offering up shawarma, doner, kebap, falafel, soup and other Middle Eastern eats....
Jerusalem Restaurant / Eglinton West
Jerusalem Restaurant has been an institution on Eglinton West for more than 25 years. The original destination for middle eastern food in Toronto, Jerusalem still serves up great tasting falafel,...
Kabab Grill / Yonge & Dundas
Kabab Grill on the corner of Bay and Gerrard serves an impressive array of affordable Lebanese dishes including roasted and grilled meats, freshly baked bread and some surprisingly good pizza....
Kabul Express / Yonge & Dundas
Kabul Express is a quick service restaurant serving up what it refers to as Afghan Grill....
Khoraksara / North York
Khoraksara is an offshoot of Khorak Supermarket that provides delicious Persian take out food and catering. ...
King David (Disera Drive) / North York
King David is a kosher pizza and Middle Eastern restaurant located in Thornhill. This family-run establishment also provides delicious focaccia toast bread and possibly one of the best avocado wraps...
King Falafel (Eglinton West) / Eglinton West
King Falafel packs big taste into a perfect little pita. A precious gem modestly nestled at the southwest corner of Bathurst and Eglinton, the Moroccan owned establishment has been...
La Zeez (Scarborough) / Scarborough
La Zeez (Scarborough) offers all the delicious shawarma, falafel, and other Middle Eastern plates and wraps as its downtown counterpart, without all the hoards of Ryerson students. Chicken shawarma is...
Laterna Family Restaurant / North York
Laterna is one of those odd blink and you miss it places. Located in north end of the city, just south of Steeles on the east side of Yonge, Laterna...
LIberty Shawarma (Spadina) / Harbourfront
Liberty Shawarma is known for both its shawarma and falafel. They've got good veggie options, of course, as well as chicken. The smell of the place alone is enough to...
Me Va Me / North York
Me Va Me is, for many North Yorkers, a neighbourhood institution. Situated in the corner of a strip plaza, the restaurant specializes mainly in Israeli/Middle Eastern cuisine and has proven...
Me Va Me Express / North York
Me Va Me Express is just like its parent restaurant, only accelerated. You can order all of your familiar favourites, including grilled chicken breast skewers, falafel, or shawarma, or opt...
Meron Restaurant (Disera Drive) / North York
Meron Restaurant is a Middle Eastern restaurant in the heart of Vaughan. Serving up your usual assortment of shawarmas and falafels, you can be sure to enjoy your favourites at...
Mezza Lebanese Kitchen / Etobicoke
Mezza Lebanese Kitchen is a Middle Eastern restaurant serving Kafta, Fafalfel, Shawarma, and more....
Mr. Shawarma / Scarborough
Mr. Shawarma offers typical Middle Eastern offerings such as its eponymous dish, falafels, kebabs and what it deems "healthy foods." They also offer catering....
Mustafa / North York
Mustafa, the original gangsta of Turkish pide, owns Pizza Pide as well as this restaurant on Wilson Avenue. Known by the Turkish community to make the richest, cheesiest, most voluptuous...
Naan & Kabob / Scarborough
Naan & Kabob offers a Halal menu of wraps and Kabobs including Chaplee, Tikka, and Choppan. All kabobs come with fresh naan (hence the name), a side salad, and dessert...
Nasib's / Scarborough
Nasib's, located in Scarborough, has a reasonably priced menu consisting of shawarmas, falafels and other Middle Eastern cuisine. ...
Nawzar Halal Meat / Scarborough
Nawzar Halal Meat approximates the experience of stepping into a butcher shop in the Middle East, with its array of halal meats, kabobs and rice dishes--the aroma alone will have...
Nora Shawarma / Queen West
Nora Shawarma is a casual shawarma and falafel restaurant at the southeast corner of Richmond and Spadina. It's a popular weekday spot for the area's lunch crowd....
Nowshak Restaurant / Other
Nowshak Restaurant makes it worth the drive to Maple. Their menu is one of the most diverse of all Afghan restaurants in the GTA and their mantu and quabali pulau...
Orfus Wrap & Grill / North York
Orfus Wrap & Grill offers Middle Eastern fare in a little space with remarkably high ceilings. The menu includes everything you'd expect including falafel, shawarma, kebobs, and tabbouleh salad, but...
Orly / North York
Orly on Sheppard Avenue near Bathurst provides the standard Israeli/Russian menu, complete with shawarma, falafel and borscht....
Ottoman Restaurant / Koreatown
Ottoman is a new edition to Koreatown offering souvlaki and gyros paired with salad, roasted potatoes and rice. Save room for baklava for dessert. ...
Pamier Kabob / Queen West
Pamier Kabob is a new Afghan restaurant near Spadina and Adelaide that serves wraps, salads, lamb, beef, fish and chicken kabob....
Paramount Fine Foods / Yonge & Dundas
Paramount Fine Foods has taken over the space of another superlative-named establishment; the venerable Superior restaurant that survived 15 years at 253 Yonge St. before closing its doors earlier this...
Paramount Fine Foods (Thornhill) / North York
Paramount Fine Foods is a halal Middle Eastern restaurant located on Yonge Street in Thornhill. They serve a large variety of pitas, shawarmas, and other favourites in a spacious and...
Patough / North York
Patough (or Tanoor, a style of bread) is a Persian multi-purpose restaurant where you can find belly-dancing, live music, traditional art and delicious authentic Persian food on any given night....
Pita & Grill / Harbourfront
Pita & Grill opened in Mississauga in 1999 and over the years has expanded to four other locations, including the downtown core. They serve up Lebanese-style food, using an original...
Pita 2 Go / Little Italy
Pita 2 Go is not your run-of-the mill pita place. Proof? This spot offers chicken shawarma poutine (yes, you read that right), butter chicken wraps, and chipotle chicken shawarma on...
Pita King and Grill / Pape Village
Pita King and Grill has the usual presentations of falafel and shawarma on offer at an affordable price point, but be sure to also try their fries....
Pita Land (Gerrard East) / Yonge & Dundas
Pita Land (La Zeez) is where Ryerson students tend to end up after a night at a College Street bar. This shawarma joint has a charming, terribly tacky patio for...
Pita Paradise / North York
Pita Paradise is a Middle Eastern restaurant on Finch Avenue in North York. They specialize in shawarmas and sandwiches, a particular noteworthy one being their baba ganoush sandwich. You can...
Pita Pure House / Yonge & Dundas
Pita Pure House may not be pretty, but for take-out shawarma on a rushed lunch hour, it's definitely a decent option for a quick bite. At $3.99 for a plate...
Pita-Q (Bloor and Spadina) / Annex
Pita-Q at Bloor and Spadina is just one Annex answer to cheap, filling shawarma. Cheap deserves another mention. Two can eat here for under $10, making Pita-Q particularly popular with...
Quick Pita (Duncan St.) / Queen West
Quick Pita on Duncan is one of those spots you really need to know about. That said, this shawarma spot has thoroughly been discovered by the weekend clubbing crowd. A...
Quick Pita (Eglinton) / Yonge & Eglinton
Quick Pita is a Middle Eastern/Lebanese pita restaurant located on Eglinton Avenue. While the decor is a bit dated, their service is always friendly and the selections are impressive. Besides...
Quick Tummy Time / Yonge & College
Quick Tummy Time may not have the greatest name in the Yonge and College vicinity, but it is a Ryerson favourite for a quick, cheap lunch. The shop offers shawarma,...
Raby's / East York
Raby's offers a truly multicultural experience, ranging from shawarma, to Mexican, to thai food. On their extensive menu, you'll find tandoori naan, chicken burrito, thai curries and an assortment of...
Radiance Restaurant / North York
Radiance Restaurant is a banquet hall and Afghan restaurant in the North York area of Toronto. Specializing in kabobs and ashaks (stuffed Afghan scallion dumplings), it is definitely a place...
Reyhan Kebab / North York
Reyhan Kebab is a restaurant on Yonge south of Finch offering kebabs and other Middle Eastern cuisine....
Royal Kebab / Richmond Hill
Royal Kebab is a place to get a kebab fix north of Toronto. They offer dine-in and take-out as well as a host of other Persian and Iranian dishes. ...
Sababa / North York
Sababa is a popular Israeli grocer and restaurant found in a strip mall on Steeles Avenue. They have both a dine-in restaurant as well as a grocery store but most...
Sahebi Kabob Toronto / Markham
Sahebi Kabob is a halal Afghani restaurant located on Markham and Steeles. They offer a large variety of kabob combos, such as the tender chaamp kabob (lamb chops) which is...
Sardab Express / North York
Sardab Express is where to get Middle Eastern food quickly in North York at a reasonable price. The dishes, such as falafel and shawarma, are available for take-out....
Shawarma Bites / Little Italy
Shawarma Bites brings a little of the Middle East to the College and Bathurst area. They make classic falafel, salads, platters and, of course, shawarma, and they're open late on...
Shawarma Max / North York
Shawarma Max is a Middle Eastern restaurant on Yonge north of Sheppard offering its signature shawarma sandwich late into the night....
Shawarma's King / Other
Shawarma's King at the corner of Church and Queen serves up chicken and beef shawarma sandwiches and dinners....
Sheesha Lounge / Bloorcourt
Sheesha Lounge and Coffee House is a hookah bar in Bloorcourt that also serves up unexpected sandwiches like smoked meat, roast beef and a long list of build your own...
Shi Shawarma / Yonge & Wellesley
Shi Shawarma takes its name from its two most popular offerings - shawarma and shisha. Grab a seat on their front patio and indulge in both while watching Yonge St....
Sofra Istanbul / Other
Sofra Istanbul seems easy to miss despite its generous size. (Hint: It's in the McDonald's plaza). Although Sofra could use a little decorating to reduce the endless amounts of beige,...
Tabule / Yonge & Eglinton
Tabule is a lovely Middle Eastern restaurant known for its outstanding service and great food....
Taftan Kebab / North York
Taftan Kebab is a Persian take-out and catering restaurant that boasts its' "low calorie" healthy food. Persian cooking by nature is very greasy (and delicious), so a healthy option...
Taha's Restaurant / Danforth
Taha's restaurant is a Middle Eastern restaurant on The Danforth. They offer a small and basic menu, with items like kabob, salad, rice, and pita for under $10. They do...
Taste of Beirut (Lawrence East) / Scarborough
Taste of Beirut (Lawrence East) is a Middle Eastern restaurant in Scarborough offering Halal dishes including chicken shawarma, falafel, and shish tawook. The restaurant is open until 11 p.m. most...
The Empire / Bloorcourt
More than just good Schwarma, The Empire serves up a lengthy menu of Middle Eastern and East African dishes. Don't leave here without trying their falafel, one of Toronto's best....
The Pomegranate / Little Italy
"The Pomegranate! You have to go" my friend assailed me a few months ago while we were discussing the spoils of Little Italy. I went there last night...
Wrap & Grap / Yonge & Dundas
Wrap & Grab sells healthy Lebanese influenced wraps and sandwiches as cheap prices. They also have fresh squeezed carrot, orange and other juices....
Yakamoz Grill / North York
Yakamoz Grill is Wilson Avenue's resident shawarma joint. Yakamoz's menu includes typical Middle Eastern fare such as falafels, shawarma, and kebabs, but also includes a couple of out-of-the-box items including...
Yalla Cafe / Etobicoke
Yalla Cafe is a Lebanese restaurant in Etobicoke offering authentic Halal Middle Eastern dishes and homemade Jallab....
Zaffron / North York
Zaffron is a creative medley of Italian and Persian cuisine in Thornhill. There aren't many places where one can order risotto and fesenjoon in one sitting but Zaffron does it...
Zeitoun Restaurant / Danforth
Zeitoun is a new Turkish restaurant on the Danforth that serves up standards like pide, falafel and shawarma as well as a wide variety of kebabs and Turkish ravioli....
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