Pita & Grill

9 Reviews on “Pita & Grill”

• Sisyphus

  Filling Shawarma And Shish Tawouk. E: It is opportune that Pita & Grill near Dixie And Eglinton exists. The beef and lamb shawarmas and the chicken shawarma and shish tawouk (pita and meat roasted on rotating and horizontal skewers) are delicious.The sandwiches or plates of the same are filling as the restaurant does not skimp. The plates add rice or salad to the meat. The chicken is my favourite of all their meats. It is more moist and tender. The beef can be dry. The food is well marinated, authentic and tasty. I suspect they do not use white meat for their chickens – could someone confirm; I am not going to be the one who will unwrap a pita sandwich mid-meal after all – but that makes the food that much flavoursome.The sauces and garnishes used here are simply delicious. Once one has picked a meal (meat) they personalize the food with lefet (pickled turnips with beets), onions, garlic sauce, tomatoes and vegetables as options. They also grill the sandwich once filled and wrapped, which makes the bread toastier, warm and complete. Ask them to hold the sandwich in the grill for a minute longer for an even tastier pita.Drinks include laban, which is Arabic yogurt drink. They also offer hot sauce and extra garlic sauce for a fee I believe. Charging for sauce is slightly tacky and cheap. For whatever reason, other Shawarma eateries add tahini (sesame sauce) to their sandwiches. It makes the food bitter, wet and dripping. Pita & Grill skips the tahini sauce.Their sub-$10 sandwiches and sub-$15 meals of the same are really good.Pita & Grill also has falafel, but I have not tried it. It is not for what they are known.-A: Pita & Grill is a fairly large sandwich shop with approximately 15 tables and booths. Several years ago they added a couple of TVs to the ceiling and added some decor to their bland interior. It is not fancy, but it is clean and one does not feel squeezed sitting at the tables.The operation is in an industrial plaza where, aside from a Caribbean eatery, there exist a couple of car and part shops. It is Mississauga so no one would expect nice surroundings. (Edit: they have moved down the street from Maingate a block east, which is a more spacious and modern location. The restaurant is now roomier, but owing to a spacious layout likely still seats the same number of people).-T: Pita & Grill is popular and it is not outside the realm of possibility to see a queue forming inside the restaurant ten man deep waiting to get to the cash. In fact, I have seen the line-up snake through the entrance and unto the parking lot. Come early or late and the wait time should be more manageable.They have a ‘conveyor’ system set up that moves the customers along quickly – pay, get a tray, pick toppings, et. – but the toasting grills could become a bottleneck as they only have a few of those.-S: Pita & Grill is a self-service-walk-up-to-the-counter set-up. Once one gets the order it is off to a table. Once done, they expect that one deposits the tray and cutlery on their bins by the exit.The staff is happy to accommodate personalizations. However, do not expect smiles, gratitude or appreciation. They are too busy for that.The restaurant has now grown into a chain. I did not see the Syrian gentleman who is the owner the last two times I grabbed a shawarma there so one hopes that, as a consequence, the quality does not deteriorate either through neglect or as a consequence of success.

  April 30, 2012, 3:09 am

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• Good Eats

  The chicken Shawrma wrap with the toppings you like and hummus, is very tasty and filling. I love when they grill the wrap because you get a nice texture on the outside and it keeps everything warm.

  April 17, 2012, 4:29 am

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• Bassem Bassem Asmar

  Best servise and food. The best shawarma in GTA , the freshest fillings and the juiciest meat. Done right and a shawarma can be the perfect cure for a hungry stomach. The basic recipe calls for a warm pita stuffed with tender pieces of chicken (or beef,lamp), creamy garlic sauce, crisp lettuce, refreshing tomatoes and an ensemble of pickled turnips, hot peppers and pickles.http://pitaandgrill.com/index.html

  January 26, 2012, 4:35 am

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• Shayan

  Worst service ever!! Had a meeting with the owner for catering after work which i confirmed half an hour before arriving and when I got there the cook tells me he went home. Got the cook to call him and he tells me to come back the next day. What a dingus

  December 24, 2011, 8:08 am

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• Mortaric

  Lamb is soooooo Good!. Go for the lamb, and the chicken is great too. I usually go on Friday and the line up is huge, BUT that old guy at the cash and staff are a well tuned assembly line that churn out shwarmas and such at a pace that would make Henry Ford impressed. You get to pick what you want for toppings and meat is finely chopped for easy eating without pulling the whole sandwich apart like other places. There are a few other places in the area, but they’re service is unacceptably slow or the the meat is dry. I’ve strayed and tried other shwarma places but, i’ve always come back here.We returned:Big location with a fair bit of seating but a lot of wide open wasted space. The assembly line serving style works well for quickly moving the line. The pita is a good size and well stuffed. The flavour is very nice, but I always add the hot sauce as I eat to give it the kick it needs. The beef and lamb were slightly dry. The chicken was good. It’s been a while since I’ve been here. In the past the line has been almost out the door; not so much this time. Granted, there is a lot of competition in the area for this type of food. There are so many places in Mississauga, it will likely be a long time before I return.

  May 26, 2011, 3:13 am

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• Krishna Kanth

  Best shawarma in Gta, first choice always

  February 21, 2011, 1:41 am

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• Duckdown

  Pretty good.. Not my favorite in Peel but not a bad choice. Sucks that they use only dark meat though. Sandwich is a pretty hefty size however, and one should fill you up. Location at Hurontario & Derry really sucks though. And the hours are terrible.

  July 5, 2010, 6:10 am

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