The best shawarma in Toronto isn't just served in wraps and plates: it also tops pizza and poutine. There's almost nothing better than meat cooked on a rotating spit, especially with lots of garlic and hot sauce, so here's where to go to get it.
LessThigh meat is what makes the chicken shawarma so good at this restaurant with North York and Thornhill locations. Get it on a plate, in a pita or in their signature laffa.
People line up for striploin beef and chicken shawarma from this institution on Lawrence East in Scarborough.
Halal doner is available in massive sandwiches from this takeout joint on Steeles Ave. E. in Scarborough, as well as in plates, in kothu roti and on top of fries with tahini, ranch and hot sauce.
Blink and you might miss this shawarma spot at the back of a Hasty Mart near Yonge and Davisville. They marinate chicken overnight in their own spice blend for their shawarma, wrapping it in house saj bread along with pickles.
Part butcher shop, part restaurant, this place on Lawrence East in Scarborough is also its own meat supplier so you know their shawarma is fresh. They do beef and chicken shawarma as well as shawarma poutine and shawarma by weight.
For over 30 years, this restaurant has reigned over Kennedy in Scarborough with their beef, chicken and mixed shawarma wraps and plates, and they also do a shawarma poutine dinner.
Wraps and especially plates come with heaping portions of shawarma at this Scarborough restaurant located on Lawrence East.
Chicken is marinated for 48 hours for the shawarma at this restaurant near Dundas West Station, served in massive wraps, as a dinner or on poutine. They also do steak shawarma and something they call the "Final Boss": a combination of shawarma, beef strips and pineapple.
Chicken, mixed, and rarely seen veal shawarma are available in wraps, plates, platters, family trays and by the pound at this Scarborough restaurant on Lawrence East.