Toronto’s Top Shawarma

i’m gone a month and they change management on me. not happy. i havent tried the newly named shawarma joint but if they have same staff then i will be happy. again, dont b alarmed, Torontos top shawarma is no longer in existence and has been replaced with generic «shawarma…» name at same location at keele and sheppard.
Update 08/​02/​2015: staff is different — not the fun welcoming cool guys like before. Beef shawarma no longer available! Don’t recommend this new place. We really lost a great gem here… Too bad.

Saw the sign while driving by and stopped in so had no expectations. The good looked fresh and we ordered falafel pitas. The falafel a were cooked fresh while we waited and they really did taste good. The tables were not wiped down which was not that pleasant. We asked the owner for something g to wipe down the tables so we could sit and eat. Owner seemed very friendly and pleasant. Probably wouldn’t go back just because it wasn’t anything special and the lack of clean tables was kind of gross. My friends ordered fries and the only ketchup bottle had to be shared with another table. The ketchup bottle was dirty.

The employee was outside when we arrived but quickly followed us in to serve us. As we were deciding what to order someone came in to say goodbye to the employee and they shook hands.
We ordered our food. We noticed the employee DID NOT WASH HIS HANDS. He put on gloves made our sandwich and while it was on the grill he rang us out. (In the middle of him making the sandwich I asked him to cut it in half. He said yes and winked at me… Not into it, there’s no need to wink…) Still wearing the gloves he touched the money and cash register. Went back to our sandwich STILL WEARING THE SAME GLOVES & turned over our sandwich on the grill… Disgusting. I wanted to return it but I felt shy to because I didn’t want to embarrass him. I will not return because of hygiene/​health and safety reasons.
The tables were not clean either, rice on one, grease on another. The fattoush salad chips were on the counter behind the receipt printer. Hopefully he doesn’t put it back into the basket to serve. We were the only ones in there at the time & after serving us he sat down instead of tidying up.