Had shelby's last week after their social media stuff showed up on my feed. Funny stuff. Tried the chicken wrap and the beef plate, and I gotta say its nothing special. Beef plate was tiny and a bit expensive. They aren't generous with the meat portions, they use an industrial scoop and only give you one scoop very carefully lol. I understand the cost of doing business is going up though.
They claim to say they sell the authentic shawarma, but using dark meat automatically disqualifies you from being authentic. If they didn't make their own bread, they would be the same as a lot of shawarma spots. The toppings they use seem to be straight out of wholesale jars. I don't think they are Levant, because the Levant swear by using white meat in their shawarma. And they are pretty generous with how they apply it to your shawarma using both hands.
I'll give the shawarma title to the Original Shawarma, Shawarma Royales, Shawara Pluses, and Shawarma Avenues of the GTA.
I also tried Istanbul Doner House near Heartland, got their doner plate, and man o man o man, they give you a mountain of doner meat which I believe was mostly thinly sliced lamb. Perfectly cooked, served with lavash, onions, grilled tomatoes, pickled peppers, and jalapenos. It was getting crazy busy too. I don't like red meat too much but the turks really killed it with this one. For $25 with a appetizer salad, drink, and complimentary tea, it was well worth it, and if I didn't overindulge, the doner meat could've been good for two meals.
Mind you I was full until the next day with all that doner meat. It really was two meals in one sitting. I'm definitely going back but on a quarterly basis, all that red lamb meat can't be good for you
They claim to say they sell the authentic shawarma, but using dark meat automatically disqualifies you from being authentic. If they didn't make their own bread, they would be the same as a lot of shawarma spots. The toppings they use seem to be straight out of wholesale jars. I don't think they are Levant, because the Levant swear by using white meat in their shawarma. And they are pretty generous with how they apply it to your shawarma using both hands.
I'll give the shawarma title to the Original Shawarma, Shawarma Royales, Shawara Pluses, and Shawarma Avenues of the GTA.
I also tried Istanbul Doner House near Heartland, got their doner plate, and man o man o man, they give you a mountain of doner meat which I believe was mostly thinly sliced lamb. Perfectly cooked, served with lavash, onions, grilled tomatoes, pickled peppers, and jalapenos. It was getting crazy busy too. I don't like red meat too much but the turks really killed it with this one. For $25 with a appetizer salad, drink, and complimentary tea, it was well worth it, and if I didn't overindulge, the doner meat could've been good for two meals.
Mind you I was full until the next day with all that doner meat. It really was two meals in one sitting. I'm definitely going back but on a quarterly basis, all that red lamb meat can't be good for you