Pita Way

This shawarma place isn’t eyecatching but I was surprised to get a decent chicken shawarma (with meat cut from the spit) at Saturday midnight. The chicken Shawarma ($ 5~) was cooked to a crispy outer layer that’s golden and tastes savory. The Wrap is pretty solid and well composed. Not much leakage while I was eating it, and not deformed like a folded omelette. There was also a TV in there playing top 40 vevo music videos.

Often empty… for a reason…
Waiters do not care about customers here. I went there at 11pm, there were only 2 customers waiting for their order and the waiter did not even acknowledge me, while preparing the order of my two fellow customers. After 5 minute of gentle wait and being invisible, I left.
Time to notice that at 11pm, they were out of several items, includign tabouli. Lebanese Express is around the corner on Yonge, with nicer waiters and constantly fresh and full racks of food. Bye Pita Way or improve your customer service (and install a/​c).

It was raining really hard and my boyfriend and I happened to pass by this place, so we decided to give this place a try and wait for rain to die down a bit. We ordered two shawarma. I have to say the meat was flavored but the sauces that you normally get in the shawarma wasn’t there. I would say I definately had better.

Downtown Toronto. It was raining out, I had no rental car, and I was hungry. The Hotel resto had high prices and no promise. I had noticed the Pita way when I arrived. At its worst, a place called «Pita Way» is going to have Gyros and/​or Souvlaki. Even crappy Gyros/​Souvlaki can be not too bad, so it became my dining choice for the evening.
The place is a shithole. In most cases, that would be a minus, but for a place called «Pita Way», it’s a mark in the «up» column. There was one guy behind the counter doing everything. A steam table had a bunch of good looking stuff on it. There were a few fellas in front of me, who each ordered something different.
The counter guy took a white foam large clamshell and put some of the ordered meat in it, then proceeded to ask the orderee if he wanted this and that. By the end of it, he had put a little of just about everything on the steam table into the box, completely covering the meat. On top of that came a few squirts of stuff from a few squeeze bottles, and a shake of herbs. I think he may even have thrown the guy’s change on top of the huge mass of food that was groaning the clamshell.
Wow.
I ordered the souvlaki, and then was waltzed through all the selections, and when it was done, I had a clamshell filled to the brim with rice, meat, hummus, tabbouleh, potatoes, veggies, and Allah knows what else. There was a hot sauce, and something that was like an aioli. It was all mushed together, and it was glorious! And cheap! I sat in a corner and wolfed it down, while an Arabic language station played on a tube teevee above my head. I had never had anything like it.
I want to think this was an exotic foreign experience in a place I had to show my Passport to travel to, but I’m sure there’s a parallel shithole in the Windy city that does the same thing. We tend to seek out shitholes when we’re out of town in the name of «local charm» especially when we’re in another country.
But home-​grown shitholes are… shitholes.
What spins the cognitive dissonance is: there are foreigners who patronize the places we would never go in, and they take those memories home as treasured.
Go Figure.

Passed by this place a couple times and finally went in a tried it. As a start I went with the Chicken Shawarma.
I don’t remember Carrots being added to a Shawarma and a lettuce toss salad was added as well. Why not it is the 1^st time. While mine was being prepared a guy walked up to the counter and told the the guy at the cash «I need a fork, my shawarma broke».
A sign of things to come.
So I went outside and had a couple bites. Was I ever LET DOWN. No flavor at all. I’ve never had such a bland shawarma before and i’m not picky. The chicken tasted like pieces were cut up and thrown in a pan (actually that is what happened, I thought it was being heated up). The hot sauce wasn’t hot, the lettuce toss salad didn’t work and yes my shawarma ended up falling a part, a 1^st for me. So no need to try anything else there.
The plus side, the place was clean so you get 1 star.
No way to Pita Way

I could have reviewed this place 4 years ago, while I was
still «playing the falafel field», however… I wasn’t sure if I was ready to commit.
It’s complicated. But I know now, you and me go together… …
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!!!
I really like this place.
The owner is really nice and a good guy. Also he reminds me of Larry David, which for me is a plus. :)
It was slow at times, with new people training.
But, one of the few places I routinely walk to and don’t feel cheated.
It’s far better than the vast majority of places I found for middle eastern take-​out.
Great portion size. I always get the plate.
PS: Old place on King and Bathurst was very good too.
Changed mgmt and became worse and is now gone.
There can only be one true shwarmera champion!!!
PPS: I like/​dislike all the weirdos outside.

Great price for a falafel wrap but not delicious :(The restaurant also smells like a grease pit and very smoky. It felt like I was looking through dirty sunglasses! It seems like there is no exhaust fan so the air was greasy and hazy… disappointing…

I don’t usually write a review about shawarma places because all of them are usually the same in terms of taste and environment. However, I’m happy to write a review about this place because this is the first shawarma place I’ve been to that is actually clean and the taste being above average! The store is well maintained; it’s clean and organized. The menu includes beef & chicken pitas for $ 5.73+tax or beef & chicken plates for $ 9.73+tax. The plates come with salad and a choice of either rice or french fries.
I like this place and it’s probably my go-​to place for shawarma whenever I’m in downtown Toronto.

After several run-​ins with bad shawarma joints, I’m glad to have finally found a decent, fresh, clean, yummy place.

The price is right. These brothers are excellent guys. The portions are huge. I always get the beef plate or chicken plate and I don’t even need to eat dinner after. It’s just good food.
Excellent place to grab a bite, I’ve probably gone here 30+ times. Run here, don’t walk.

First, I should mention that I am only reviewing the falafel pita, as it’s the only thing I’ve had and will probably ever have from here. I say that because this falafel pita was a life changing experience, because prior to eating it I have only experienced dry and overly spiced falafels. It was crunchy on the outside yet soft on the inside, with all of the vegetables and tahini/​hot sauce melding together to delight my taste buds with a multitude of flavours that were warm and cool, spicy and not. Being strapped for cash and in a rush that day, the «falafel pita $ 3.99» beckoned me to come in, and I was glad I did. Also, the place was really clean and pleasant, and the owner/​cashier was great.

I like this place because its affordable. But also yummy. And fast service.
I get the tuna pita for 3.99. They toast it it. I like the addition of chick peas and pickled beets (are they beets? I’m not even sure).
I’m getting hungry just writing this. Note to self, do not write Unilocal reviews late at night when hungry…

BEST SHAWARMA IN THE CITY HANDS DOWN!
Quality is there 100%.
Friendly staff.
Amazing portions and fresh!

I live right across the street and as such, after getting mighty sick of Japanese and Subway, I decided to check out Pita Way. The first time I went over, my pita was pretty good. Well put together, no sauce leaking out the bottom, good price and grilled to make it nice and hot.
I went again last night and was blown away. One of the best shwarma I’ve ever had!
I’ll start off by saying that this place is owned by what looks to be a wife and husband team; more often than not, the wife is there on her own. She’s super nice, quiet but friendly and she makes a mean pita. The first time I watched her put it together, I mentally thought «there’s not enough STUFF inside that pita» and i thought I would be hungry afterwards. No way — packed to the brim and perfectly filling (a few times, I haven’t been able to finish it).
The menu here is pretty basic, they have chicken shwarma wrap, beef shwarma wrap, chicken shwarma plate, beef shwarma plate and of course falafel. But quite frankly, if they had more than that, they probably would have products that weren’t that good. Stick to what you know :)
I get just about everything in my pita except the hot peppers and this time no onions. The hot sauce has some good bite but wasn’t overly spicy (good for me!) and the mix of tahini and whatever other sauces there were was perfect. They cooked the shwarma again on a hot cooktop and put it all together — YUM. Can’t get any better, just the right amount of everything in my pita.
You can pay debit or cash (credit is probably accepted to as they have the interac machine) and there’s seating in the restaurant with a big tv too.

Good value, so-​so shawarma. There are better shawarma places 5 minutes further south on Yonge street.

Solid 3. Beef shawarma was tasty and well dressed. Good value at $ 5.50 (tax included) and a worthwhile option in this area.

I was stumbling down Carleton St. late one night looking for a falafel fix. Not literally stumbling, more like shuffling. Whatever. I found what I was looking for, in the form of Pita Way, their monstrous mustachioed signage beckoning me in. Even at 10pm, the falafel tasted fresh and delicious. The location boasts a lot of seating and is open late. Service was solid and friendly. I can’t wait to go back and try their other options.
Obligatory Title Pun: Where there’s a PITA there’s a WAY.
Menu Readability: I don’t remember. I came in (shuffled, really) and said «falafel.» I only assume they have other options.
Need to mention: Cash only.
What this place teaches me about myself: I’ll admit it. I shuffle.