Me Va Me Kitchen Express

Staff are friendly and quite sufficient. Food also came quickly. However I’ve never gone during peak hours so I’m not sure how speed and service may differ when they are busy. The baba ganoush and shawarma were fresh and proportions were very well sized for the price. Great alternative to the other restaurants in that plaza!

I wanted to give this place 3.5 stars but half stars are not possible… I called ahead 15 mins prior for take out today. Food was ready and I met the lovely lady who took my order. The cashier however was indifferent. Food was good but not great. Loved their fresh pita. The chicken shawarma was very tasty; the falafel too battered, and left me with an oily after taste. You would think that side vegetables would be a healthy choice but they were also a bit oily
They also have a grab and go counter you can grab salads, hummus or other dips to go if you are in a hurry.

It’s 1:30 am and despite seeing the amazing Jungle Book movie, I’m still annoyed by the pattern of bad experiences at Me Va Me in the Markham movie theatre. Falafel is a serious matter.
When my falafel cravings hit, they hit me hard. Even if it means coming to a restaurant with consistently bad service for a 3^rd time.
I’ll start with this, the falafel is average, not the best I have had, but not the worst either. I assumed the first experience where my order was overlooked was isolated but I now realize this should be expected.
Let’s keep in mind, I always ensure I ask how long the order will take and I’m always told 10 minutes for falafel — most people have a movie to catch afterwards. All 3 of my visits resulted in my order being passed over, taking well over 25 min (for a TAKEOUT sandwich order) and admittance of a wrong doing from a staff member, which I appreciate… though I appreciate decent service more.
After the 15 minute mark of waiting, I approach a staff member and inquire about my place in the queue. The response is «your order is being worked on». If that means 10 – 15 additional minutes of waiting and hearing the kitchen staff say «we should really make the falafel wrap, she’s been waiting a while» … then, sure, my order is «being worked on.»
From previous comments, it appears management advises customers to order falafel if they want quick service — third times supposed to be a charm, but that didn’t happen for me.
Me Va Me has dissappointed me enough to fight my next pre-​movie falafel craving and eat the less appetizing express thai food, burgers, or God forbid, subway. I pray better options open up in or around the movie theatre, I’d hate to eat from Outtakes.
I should also note I recieve a noticeable amount of attitude from some of the staff who take orders at the cash. The young kids who wipe down the cutlery and bag the takeout orders are peaches, though.

The chicken shawarma ½ Laffa Wrap was gigantic! Their wrap itself is the size of my face probably and it was so soft and doughy. It was perfect! You could choose what toppings you wanted on your wrap as well as the sauce. I chose the tzatziki sauce and creamy garlic and all of the toppings they had (red cabbage, hummus, sliced tomatoes, turnips, salad mix, dill pickles, and onion herb mix). It was so large but I was able to eat it with everything under control for the most part (not too messy). I found that there was so many more veggies than actual chicken shawarma actually. The chicken itself was very good and juicy. I also liked how they put a lot of sauce on top of it. Some people might not like it because it might be too runny for them, but it made the entire wrap juicy and not dry at all.

I’ve come here a couple times with my coworkers. They really love it. I like it okay. I find that the wait is a bit long for what you’re getting (mostly salads and laffas). The first time I came here, I had the chicken schnitzel laffa. It tasted fantastic, but I’m concerned that there’s some dairy in there because my stomach was upset right after. Or maybe I’m not supposed to eat an entire laffa in 5 minutes.
The second time I had the box: falafel, ME salad and roasted veggies. This was an insane amount of food. The falafel was very good… crispy and savoury. The roasted veggies were a little on the oily side and kind of heavy on carrots and onions (the most boring of the roasted veggies, in my opinion). The salad was good.
It’s a solid place for lunch, with a very clean, modern atmosphere.

Me Va Me opening up in Downtown Markham is exciting! I have not yet been to any Me Va Me’s location. Conveniently located in the same complex as Cineplex Markham VIP, this place can get crowded with slow service on Tuesdays and Weekends!
I do love how spacious the interior and the different seating options. The concept is like a fast food self serve: You order and pay for your food from the cashier and then it will be delivered to your table.
Lamb Burger Stick ($ 14.99) served on a huge plate looked colourful and healthy with a lot of vegetables and salad. Sadly just 3 small lamb sticks. Maybe it is good if you are working on your New Year Resolution to eat less meat.
It was empty when we were there but it still took 15 minute to have the food we ordered served to us as it was made when order. I can understand why other reviewers were not happy with the wait especially when it is busy and have a movie to catch!

To be fair, I actually really like this chain but I’m going back a million years with their first location at Bathurst and Steeles.
I was catching a movie last night and stopped here for the first time for a quick dinner (before finally seeing Star Wars — I wish Unilocal would also let me review movies)…
I had to Chicken Shwarma box — it comes with a side and salad.
1) It’s expensive for what you actually got. I was with a friend and we paid close to $ 40 for 2 boxes… It would have been so much cheaper at another Mediterranean place.
2) Chicken Shwarma wasn’t juicy. It was dry and had a strange spice in it that I don’t remember shwarma having but it could be a different recipe.
3) Their potatoes with lemon and dill is deep fried — I learnt the hard way… And eat them quickly, otherwise they get awful cold.
4) I paid extra for Greek Salad, an extra dollar and all it came with was iceberg lettuce, some tiny bits of feta and 3 olives. My friend who got the regular «me» salad beat me for sure.
5) If you like hot sauce, don’t order it from them. They give you a weird slightly but not really spicy paste that tastes chalky.
6) My friend got the chicken skewers and was in pain for the whole night. Needlessly to say, her chicken was probably undercooked — NOT OK!!!
7) Your box order comes with flat bread — again, good but only when hot. If it cools, becomes cardboard.
The only saving grace of this place — the Tahini sauce. That was very well made, a bit runny for me but the flavour was excellent.
Sorry Me Va Me. Me ain’t coming back.

One of my favorite food chains I can always count on. THANKFULLY this location saves me a trip to their Thornhill location.
Serving Mediterranean food, this chain focuses on fresh ingredients, and you can taste it in the food they serve. In addition their prices are reasonable for what you get.
Coming here with my buddy before the movies we decided to have a bite.
I played it light and had a 6oz glass of their cabernet Sauvignon with an order of falafel. Freshly made, not oily, well presented, the quality was superb.
Meanwhile my friend had their mushroom humus served with pita. Again it was as beautiful as it tasted. ME VA ME is a great choice and a healthy one too.

Updated review:
Me Va Me Kitchen Express is a new addition to downtown Markham and is in the same building as the new Cineplex theatres. The restaurant looks grand and the décor is nice. However, the prices for the food they offer are very expensive. I can essentially get the same thing at Villa Madina. Ordered: Chicken Shawarma Box (14.99) and Chicken Shawarma Wrap (9.99?).
Look, these dishes don’t taste bad but the temperature of the food was questionable. The food basically came to us cold. Like if it was freshly cooked and took max. 10 mins for a waitress to pick it up and give it to us, it shouldn’t be THIS cold. Initially, I suspected them to microwave the food but turns out based on the manager’s comment, they don’t microwave their food. Regardless of how they cook/​heat their food, the food was still cold and that is NOT NORMAL. This is unacceptable on all accounts. Really not worth the money to come here. Also, my partner and I also had severe food poisoning after eating here. This was my partner’s first meal of the day so the root of the food poisoning was obviously Me Va Me. And like other people’s reviews, some people got sick after eating here. Something was definitely wrong with the dishes. Avoid this location at all costs!!!

Portions here are huge and very tasty. Got the shawarma plate (which comes with salad, potatoes/​rice and chicken) and hummus with bread for two people and had enough left overs for another meal.
The owner there is very nice and helpful, as were the staff that worked there. The set up is kind of weird as you order like a fast food restaurant, and they bring you the food, water, and take out boxes when you ask them. Which seems to be a hybrid between sit-​down and fast food.
Overall, this is a great place that I would highly reccomend.

I won’t be coming back to this Me Va Me again. Long story short? Undercooked meat, long wait time, and poor customer service. Detailed review is below:
I went to this Markham «Express» location for my second time on Wednesday, December 30^th at 6:50 pm with my sister and dad.
The restaurant was filled to approximately 50−60% seating capacity. It looked like there was 1 person on cash taking orders, 2 servers bringing food to customers from the kitchen, 2 – 3 cooks, 1 person making bread, 1 manager.
We ordered two boxes to share since the portion sizes are large: Chicken Shawarma and Lamb Burger. With the boxes (each cost $ 14.99 plus taxes), you can choose one side and a salad. I made the suggestion to go to Me Va Me (now I’m embarrassed that I did!). I was excited to add a relatively healthy restaurant to my family’s usual go-​to restaurants.
After you place your order at the counter, you’re given an electronic table number and are asked to take a seat. The ambience is decent. It’s a casual setting with modern décor. It appears clean because it is fairly new. There are high ceilings, floor to ceiling windows so you can look outside the building as well as see people passing through the movie theatre box offices. You can also see straight through to the kitchen (open concept).
After waiting for about 25 minutes, I was about to go back to the counter to check up on our order but the manager beat me to it. The manager came to our table and apologized for the delay. He explained, «Now, I know you have been waiting a very long time for your food. I apologize. What happened is it was ready and half the order fell on the ground… and we don’t like serving food off the ground so we are making a new one.» I think that was his way of making a joke… I certainly hope they wouldn’t serve food off the floor! At this point, I hoped the manager would offer to bring pita bread or a small appetizer to snack on during the long wait. Or another option would be to bring the salads ahead of the main and side dishes.
Finally after another 15 minutes (now around 7:30 pm, a total of about 40 minutes waiting time), we received our food. It looked delicious with large portions as other reviewers have commented on. My sister took one bite of the lamb burger. Before the second bite, she noticed the centre of the lamb burger was pink/​red, slimy and stringy. It was raw/​undercooked. The order comes with 3 burgers. We checked and 2 of 3 burgers were not cooked through. My sister brought the burgers to the front counter to show the staff. They offered to cook new burgers. She agreed and sat down again. (Regrettably, I didn’t take a picture of the undercooked burgers! By this time, I think we were just wanting to get some food.)
After the already long wait (for just 2 dishes) and seeing the raw meat, we lost our appetites and changed our minds. We also weren’t sure how much longer we would have to wait for the new food. We returned to the counter and asked for a refund for the lamb burger box. The manager was mildly apologetic. First, he insisted that the burgers were being remade and offered hummus or other side dishes on the house. We declined the offers. I asked (calmly), «Do cooks use meat thermometers to ensure the meat (especially ground meat) served is cooked thoroughly?» He didn’t answer directly or reassure us of the processes to maintain safe food handling practices. Instead, he agreed, «Yes, of course. That kind of meat needs to be cooked through.»
Other notes: once we got our food, we asked for glasses of water, an extra plate with a set of utensils, and ketchup. The open concept is interesting because you can see the entire restaurant flow. The server did something on the computer, served another table their food, and chatted a bit with a co-​worker before coming back with utensils and a plate. We asked again for water and ketchup, then another staff member came out with that.
Almost an hour after entering Me Va Me, my family and I left the restaurant without eating anything but some fries, a fork full of salad, and a few bites of Chicken shawarma.
Overall, the restaurant flow was disorganized, customer service was not up to par, and I was extremely unimpressed by the undercooked meat. I won’t be coming back.

Aight so this place only gets 3 for the food. Unless you are dining in just call them for the food for take out cause almost on every single occation I’ve went and ordered with a group of my friends (on separare bills) and I’d be the first to order I would end up being the LAST of the bunch to recieve my food. Small problem but the point is in the back end they are reading their chits BACKWARDS. They are a chain and the one on York Mills and Don Mills is just better at doing their job I guess. On 2 dine ins some people just never got their order and just kept waiting and when my friend had asked it was just sitting on the counter. I’ll wait a bit longer to update my review since this place hasn’t been open very long. But I’ll always come back for the food.

I really liked this place. Food was relatively inexpensive, you get a lot if it, and it is fresh made and absolutely delicious.
Location:
Its located on enterprise drive in Markham on the first floor of the same building the cineplex is in. Its right next to the box office. Handy if you are going for dinner and a movie. That’s what we did.
Parking:
There a tonne of free parking. Theres above and below ground parking. The closest York region bus is about half a kilometre away so drive or get a ride
First Impressions:
When you first walk in, you see it is big with tall ceilings. There’s a cooler with drinks and a counter to order and a semi open kitchen.
Ordering:
You order at the counter then take a seat. You are given a light up paddle to let you know when your order is ready. It wasn’t busy, the woman at the counter brought the food to us, I’m not sure if that’s what they do all the time.
I got a chicken shwarma wrap. You can get a whole one, or half. The half also comes with a soup or sandwich. I went with a whole one. I should have got a half one. You then pick the fillings and sauces that you want. It was a heck of a lot of food.
I also got the chips for a dollar, they are basically home made potato chips. They were salty and not too crisp. I would not get them again. My meal came with laffa bread straight out of the kiln.
Food:
The bread was soft and warm and pillowy soft. Thick chunks of chicken, and tonnes of fresh shredded vegetables. The humas on the wrap was delicious. The perfect texture. Next time I’m going to just get an order of humas. The combination of everything made the meal wonderful. The food was delicious and incredibly filling. I eat a lot and could not finish it.
My friend got a dinner box. A salad, veg and protein. He got a garden salad, wedge potatoes, and falafel. He said it was great. It looked great!
Also got the lemonade with mint to drink. I love mint so I loved it. It is a lemonade slushy. Refreshing. Yum.
Seating:
They have the half booth chair hybrids, single counter seats, tables with chairs, or round booths.
There was a bit of an oops with me getting my order, but they were great with it and all was good!
Result:
If I lived in the condos near there I think I would eat there every night!

Having tried the location at Bathurst and Steeles for years I was excited to try out this express version of the store. It’s located at the heart of Markham’s new downtown, still under construction.
It’s a lot more sophisticated with a lounge atmosphere and a walk up order menu allowing you to order and sit down with your Panera-​style buzzer without waiting.
Food options are what you expect. I ordered the baba ghanoush dip which came with flatbed and a pint of Steam Whistle.
Unfortunately I got ill after this meal so I can’t recommend the health safety of this place. It’s a shame as I love the original location and I can’t imagine any problems with freshness and preparation of food there. Hopefully they send someone in to train the staff on proper food handling.

Really enjoyed my chicken shawarma dinner box with baba ganoush and laffa bread.
As always, I get the regular me va me salad with garlic and herb potatoes.
Service was on point. Portion was generous.
Restaurant was quiet for a Friday night so it was a very enjoyable dinner.

The place is new and could still be trying to work out it’s kinks, but this me va me express kitchen does not live up to its predecessors. We tried to ordered chicken shawarma and hummus and the beef skewer dinner and suffered a severe disappointment when told they had run out of chicken shawarma at 8pm on a Saturday night! Opting to just get the hummus and the beef skewer dinner, only the beef skewer lived up to expectations and were tender and juicy. The side salad and potatoes were adequate. The hummus tasted like it had been sitting out for too long and had developed a shell. Laffa bread cooked fresh on site comes with our orders but doesn’t have the fluffiness that we had expected, and oddly did not even taste like it was freshly made.
The place is meant to be no frills with customers placing orders at the front then servers bringing the food to you similar to panera bread. Service was fine but like the food feels like the training wheels have not yet come off.
I might come back and try it again given some time, but for now, it’s worth the longer drive to Bathurst and Steeles to go to the original restaurant.

The location is great because I can get something to eat and go upstairs to watch a movie. The seats are comfortable. There are half with sofa like seats and half with hard wooded seats. Also, there is a circular table to accommodate 7 to 9 people right in the center of the restaurant. The restaurant is with a lot of clear glass windows which makes the restaurant looks bright and clean.
I ordered a Lemonana but it doesn’t look anything like the one in the picture. However, the taste was not bad, and it tasted like a lemonade but with lime and mint taste, very refreshing. After I ordered my food, I got a number pager. I took a seat with the pager. When the food came, the pager didn’t vibrate at all. Also, they messed up my order with a couple’s from another table even with a huge number on the pager. My main was the Grilled Lamb Burger Sticks. The salad was fresh, and I like their lightly flavour basmati rice (white). However, the lamb burger sticks were kind of disappointing because of the black stuffs on them. The taste was alright, but I guess they didn’t clean their grill or the lamb burger sticks grilled for too long.
I guess I might try again a second time because of its location or that movie night I want to have a big meal. I hope my next visit will be better.

In the same building as the Cineplex Markham & VIP theatre, Me Va Me is a convenient place to grab a bite before or after a movie.
The restaurant is pretty nice. It’s clean, comfortable, and sleek. The food is pretty good too.
I ordered «The Box». You pick a protein, a side, and a salad. I ordered the chicken shawarma, grilled vegetables, and their «Me» salad (the only salad you don’t have to pay extra for). The vegetables were average; I’m not really into really hard carrots. The salad was average as well. The chicken looked kind of dry, but it turned out okay and was pretty flavourful. They also give you a pita, I’m assuming for you to assemble your own wrapped shawarma. I didn’t really understand that. I feel like it’s just too much work for the average person. As a whole, the box was good. It was just too expensive at $ 16.90 after tax.
The best part of the meal was the service. Everyone we encountered was super friendly. They checked on us two, three times and let my friend know her food was coming and apologized for the wait even though we hadn’t waited that long.
I guess it’s not a bad place to visit if you want a convenient pre/​post-​movie meal, but it’s pricey and there’s plenty of food nearby around Warden & Birchmount.

This was a newly open location (about 4 weeks old) so the inside looked brand new.
We got take-​out so I can’t comment on the service but it looked pretty busy and food was coming out quick. This is sorta like a order first and then they bring the food out to you.
Décor: Very modern and clean looking with large round tables and comfy curved seats.
Food: We ordered a side of falafel, quinoa salad, chicken schitnzel box (with grilled veggies) and dark chicken skewer box (with fries). I loved the falafel — crispy on outside and soft on inside! The quinoa salad threw me off a bit — I was expecting just quinoa and feta but it was more like a green salad with quinoa in it.
The box meals were great plus huge — we definitely ordered too much food for 2 people. The meals came with ME salads which were quite big — I was expecting a small side salad but was pleasantly surprised. Also — the dressing was excellent! My schnitzel was super sized!!! Loved the crispy batter and tangy sauce (almost like a bernaise!) Grilled veggies were a bit bland but it matched ok with the meat. The dark meat skewers were also great — juicy still on the inside and they were dipped in a BBQ sauce.
We’ll definitely return to try their lamb skewers and others items — the flavours were wonderful!

Me Va Me opened a week or two ago and I’ve been anticipating my first visit. I am now finally pleased to say everything was pretty good than I imagined.
Me Va Me employees were serving samples of some of their food items they offer which actually helped me decide on what to order. Thumbs up for free food samples, if only every restaurant frequently did that.
Upon arrival, we were informed about what Me Va Me is, what they offer, and were given neat menus which we are able to take home. There are plenty of seats around and I do admire the three round tables for groups, very thoughtful. Overall, interior and looked very clean and very admiring (probably because it’s brand new but not complaining)
For food, I ordered a Falafel Box with Aged Basmati Rice, Me Salad, and Laffa bread that comes with it [$ 10.95]. My friend ordered a ½ Laffa Wrap with Soup (Chicken Lentil & Bulgur) [$ 9.95]. The server was friendly and nice, he kindly repeated my order. After paying, they gave us a tracking device so they’ll be able to find us and serve us our food.
The wait for our food was a tiny bit longer than I expected, but it did open recently so it’ll become faster when the kitchen gets used to everything. In the middle of our wait, a server asked us if we wanted a glass of water, which we did, and she gave us them right away.
Once we got our food, I initially noticed how nice the presentation looked for both our orders. My falafels tastes great, but my Me Salad and Aged Basmati Rice tasted pretty plain and simple IMO. All attention should be going towards the falafel though since that is the bulk of the order. Although, next time I’d probably opt for the Greek or Caesar Salad and Potato Wedges.
Overall, service was great, interior and cleanliness was amazing, and food was pretty good. I will be coming back to probably try their Laffa Wraps because they look really good too.