Shawarma House
“Adeel is also very kind – and aims to please his customers.”
“Located in the midst of busy streets along 6th Avenue, I still manage to give these guys my money almost every lunch break.”
“This place was a great find for me that work nearby.”
Shawarma House
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Until recently, this part of Midtown has been a culinary desert. Two notable additions to the area have been the long awaited Chick-fil-a and the fanatically popular Pokeworks. Off the 6th avenue on the side streets, I've recently noticed a few other options including Shawarma House.
The chicken shawarma there is comparable to the chicken and rice stands all around town. The major differences are in taste and price. Shawarma House's comes freshly trimmed from a stack of marinated chicken thighs on a spinning spit and the result is a noticeably more flavorful product. The salad is better than the usual iceberg lettuce and tomatoes from the cart. It's also $10 compared to $5, still very reasonable. They also have hummus as an alternative to salad.
I would go back again, but am in no hurry. 3.5 stars feels right.
I frown as I eat this very sad mixed doner sandwich and wonder, why. Why did I just spend $9 on a sandwich and a can of soda for something that just tastes so bad.
First of all, they did NOT cut my meat directly from the spinning cooker. What is the point of having your food in display, slowly cooking, when you are going to pull a bunch of sad meat from a metal tin and then cook it on a hotplate? I'm not sure if that would even pass a health inspection.
They take this giant tortilla, which is odd to begin with, and put a tiny bit of meat in the middle. It was sad really. Then you select your veggies. By the time you're done you have a terrible ratio of meat to everything else. They drowned my sandwich, which is now a wrap, in hot sauce and called it a day.
I knew just from watching them make it that this was going to suck. And guess what, it did. The meat wasn't even HOT. How long as this meat been accumulating bacteria in a metal tin? I even asked why they aren't taking my meat from the rotators and they gave me some weird half assed answer.
Needless to say I will stay away from here. The street meats is significantly better than this and half the cost.
The previous place 'mmm Enfes' closed or changed management? I had their stuff during Christmas holiday at Bryant park at their kiosk. Was pretty good. Last week I stopped by the shop to get a Guzleme (Turkish crepe with filling). Cold, not fresh at all. Shop is not so clean. Disappointed.
I never really order "juice" for fear of being accused of being bougie, but I had the "all greens juice" from here once, and bruh, pretty sure there's magic in it.
The samosas are a great snack (a little spicy, and I have a high spice tolerance), and the shawarma platters are good too.
The staff is friendly, so you can sit and chat while you eat. Make a new friend. Good times.
This place used to be called mmm Enfes, but it appears to have switched to new management. The menu is almost the same – Turkish platters, wraps, desserts and drinks. I tried both the lamb sharwarma and falafel from here. The sandwiches come in a flatbread wrap, not a pita like most Mediterranean places. It was an average portion size, about 7 inches long. The lamb tasted fine, but it was a bit dry. With the falafel wrap, they give you five mashed up falafel balls. It was okay as well, though the falafel had an overly bitter taste to it.
All in all, the food was just okay.
Very good on-the-go shawarma spot. My Lamb Shawarma ($8) was a bit dry but still very flavorful. Definitely ask for more tahini. The gentleman working there is very friendly and he makes the wrap very neat and tight, making it easier to eat. Thank you Sir!
Recommended: Lamb Shawarma
I had a wrap/panini today from mmm enfes at Broadway bites for $10. The wrap was huge and filling and I was able to build my own with unlimited ingredients (chicken, spinach, corn, scallion, parsley and feta).
Unfortunately there was only one guy making the food and taking the money so the wait was super long. Then I guess since he was in a hurry he took it off the grill without it being properly cooked (the filling/meat was just lukewarm and some of the pastry was still kind of raw).
The food tasted okay enough but it wasn't something I would go out of my way to eat again – especially if one or two people were already waiting to have their food made.