We found this place while wandering the area in Ottawa, and had a great dinner! I had the…read morecombination dinner which included stuffed grape leaves, kibbeh, spinach pies, hummus and salad. Everything was fresh, flavorful, and delicious. The kibbeh was seasoned beautifully as were the spinach pies. Even the salad was really good. The pita was fresh and perfect as well. I had the rose water iced tea to drink which was quite good and the rose water was not overpowering. One person was serving and cooking. I am assuming this was Omar the owner. I have no idea how he was managing all of that! He also did the art around the restaurant which was beautiful. Definitely a great option in this part of Ottawa!

Food and service are wonderful in a beautiful restaurant! You won't be disappointed if you love…read moreLebanese Cuisine. If you're visiting Ottawa, this is a must dine! Thank you Mr. Omar!

Low prices, good service and great food. Can't recommend enough to anyone in the area.read more

Le Casablanca is a decent spot in the Byward Market-area. You can enter from the street-side and…read morefrom the indoor market-side, the latter of which you can see the prepared foods in the warmer trays. I wanted to sit-in, so I grabbed a table. The decor is quite fun and intriguing, though I felt most of the tables were dirty the day I came. Plus it gets quite hectic in there all around including with the street traffic. I ordered the Lamb Shank with couscous (you can also get rice as the side). While the portion was great and the meat was very tender, the dish was not that flavorful. I think this is place is fine if you're just looking for a filling bite, but otherwise I would consider elsewhere.

Came to Shawarma Palace after shawarma came highly recommended by a friend and generally this meal…read moredid not disappoint! The portion sizes are RIDICULOUS. For us modest appetites, this is easily 3 meals - easily! We ordered 2 plates and a sandwich for 4 people and still had enough leftovers for a small breakfast the morning after. My personal favorite was the mixed shawarma plate. I love how it comes with pita made specifically for Shawarma Palace, rice, potatoes, salad, pickled veg, and the meat. We also got the mixed kabob plate which featured tender beef but the chicken kabob was just a hair bit dry. The falafel sandwich was actually very dry and I would not recommend this. We also picked up some baklava for dessert after and I liked how it was just sweet enough! You can taste the pistachios and I thought the kiss of rose water was just enough to make the bite memorable!

My husband and I have been looking for a place like this for a long time. Five minutes of being in…read moreCanada and we found the best shawarma place on yelp. We ordered ALOT!!!! My husband got the chicken and beef platter. It came with rice, salad, potatoes, hummus, garlic sauce, and a sesame dressing. Everything was so fresh and the flavor was just out of this world. We got a pita on the side and made our own wraps. The platter works for two people, maybe even 3. Depends on how hungry you are. They give you a generous portion. We walked in and there was only one other customer. And then after we sat down sooooooo many people filed in. The restaurant is very clean and lots of room to sit inside. The employees are very friendly and they do not skimp on the sauces or the meat. We were thoroughly satisfied and can't wait to return for another vacation in Canada.

This is a little dive just down from my hotel. They have indoor seating but a lot of take out…read more Chef had a special and loaded the takeout with extra meat and a large salad. Service was fast and the food was excellent.

Near the Canadian War Museum (6 minutes away) I found Sham House (Syrian food). Living in Toronto…read moreI'm used to excellent Mediterranean food and this is one of the best I've had. We enjoyed it so much we came back during our trip. The owner cooks with fresh ingredients, and he is very friendly. The restaurant is diner style and clean. We had two Sham specials: shawarma chicken and the beef, salad and garlic potatoes..every morsel delicious.

The Short Version: Quick and inexpensive eats in the Byward…read moreMarket. Tasty donairs. The Long Version: Ottawa is flush with shawarma restaurants so at first a new shawarma restaurant in the Byward Market did not excite me. However, I love deals so when I saw they had a special for 2 small beef donairs for $10 I had to check it out, lol. To my delight, the donairs were delicious. And $10 for 2 wraps is a great deal, especially for these days and in the touristy Byward Market nonetheless! They were not stingy with the filling. I got lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and pickled turnips. The donair meat was well-seasoned and there was a generous amount of it. I got the spicy garlic sauce and these guys do not joke around with the spiciness. It was legit spicy, which I loved. The spicy garlic sauce at many places is only mildly spicy, so I was pleasantly surprised. Food handlers wore gloves and they replaced their gloves after doing other things. Bonus points for good hand hygiene. Staff were courteous and efficient. There's only one tiny table with 2 high stools for dining in, but they do have lots of seats outside on their patio. They just opened up in 2025. What a great addition to the Byward Market! Paid street parking or paid parkade parking only, as with practically all businesses in the area. Review #188 (2025)

10/10 Great platter! The meat was flavourful and not dry at all. Garlic potatoes paired well. Rice…read morewas good. Came with a drink. Recommend for something quick and reasonable priced.

So Mr. Fez opened up where Honey's Shawarma used to be. I popped in and got a Mr. Fez Platter…read more($14.50) for my husband and I to share. It comes with a chicken pita, a beef pita, and a cheesy chicken pita, as well as a side (garlic potatoes, fries or a salad) and a drink. I got garlic potatoes as our side and a bottle of water as our drink. The beef was really rare, I think it's because it was earlier in the day. I imagine that as the day went on it would get cooked more on the spit (?) Anyway, my husband ate most of it because I like my beef cooked more. It had pickles, tomatoes and garlic sauce in it. The flavour was good. Their spices are different than the usual shawarma joints here in Ottawa. The chicken pita and cheesy chicken pitas tasted similar with the regular chicken one having pickles in it and the cheesy one having cheese in it. Again the spices were different than at other places. I really enjoyed the different spices. It makes Mr. Fez unique. The pitas were a good size and I like how the put it on the grill to crisp it up. I would have liked some lettuce in the pitas. I'll ask next time. The garlic potatoes were good. The cubes were small, which I prefer, I don't like big pieces. They weren't mealy or starchy. They had good garlic flavour and I enjoyed the spicy garlic sauce. They also put this brown glaze sauce on the potatoes. Not sure what it was, but it tasted good. I like how staff wear fezzes. It's their thing which is kind of cool. Service was friendly and efficient. I like that they wear nitrile gloves when preparing food. There are some seats to eat in, but we got takeout and ate in the car (call me weird, but I've been eating in my car for decades and I love it. For fast food I prefer to eat in my car than at the restaurant, lol). On a subsequent visit we got the mixed shawarma sandwich (was $7.99 BOGO on UberEats) and it was fantastic! Same delicious unique spices. Thankfully, the beef was less rare this time. I love how they really grill the sandwich. I also asked for lettuce instead of onions and they accommodated :) After this second visit, I can safely say Mr. Fez is my favourite place to get shawarma in Ottawa! Street parking only.

This review is exclusively for their meat pies (Pide) that they sell on UberEats under the name…read more"Manqousheh." It's the exact same store though. They sell Pide under the name Ottawa Kabab too, but bigger and more expensive, the ones I got are smaller. I got the meat one ($4.99 BOGO ) and the cheese and sausage one (also $4.99 BOGO). Both were delicious. The meat Pide was filled with ground meat. It was flavourful and smelled so good. The cheese and sausage Pide had lots of cheese and little cubes of sausage. It was tasty, but I preferred the meat one. Although my husband liked the cheese and sausage better, so I guess it depends on your tastes. At any rate, we both agreed that they were delicious. I ordered on UberEats for pickup. Staff were friendly and efficient. They even wrote "Thank you" with a smiley face on my takeout box, lol. The restaurant itself has some seating inside as well as a patio. The parking situation is the only downfall. There is free parking in front of the restaurant, but there are not too many spaces and it's very tight. Difficult to maneuver around. Street parking is available but not the easiest to find nor convenient. Glad this place popped up on my UberEats deals :)

This is a decent find especially at this price point. I…read moretried the 3 kebab mix and added the hummus and toum option. They don't hold back the spice so a pleasant thing IMO as one gets to enjoy the food it is supposed to be. Priced very well so impressed was I that I ended up making a delivery order the following day. With a dearth of decent food for this cuisine in this city I would even give it a half star bump. Give them a try if you like this type of food.

I hate this place, they barely care about you…read more The service is 1 out of 10. The food is 5/10. They usually forget to put side dish when you order an online delivery. Please AVOID this place. My personal suggestion, just go buy some groceries and cook the dinner yourself.

Employees are very nice and knowledgeable about the food although some aren't Lebanese, however the…read morefood itself is very plain sometimes depending on what you're ordering. I ordered a "pepperoni and veggie" pizza which was literally beef pepperoni with green pepper, no other veggies. That in itself was disappointing Next was the beef shawarma on saj which was filled with just beef, sauce, and a thin pickle. Tastes really meaty and not the shawarma flavour I wanted. Had like 3 small pieces of pickle on the side which I'm not sure what that was supposed to do. Anyways, the employees and servers are amazing and so is the decor (despite the dirty floor on the second occasion that I came) however the foods served need to have more vegetables and the menu some more photos of the foods since my non-Lebanese friends couldn't tell the difference between lahme, kafta, and kibbeh.

Doesn't look like much when you walk past it from the outside but upon entering! It's a whole other…read moreworld, the decor, the atmosphere. It's like I entered a portal and was teleported to another part of the world. This is a family-owned Syrian restaurant and delivers very authentic Syrian food ; I came here with my middle eastern friends, and they loved it. There is gorgeous buffet too! The buffet is timed so make sure to come appropriately.

YES, IT'S WORTH YOUR VISIT!! It's officially my FAVOURITE…read morespot in Ottawa. I've been to many restaurants over the last couple years I've moved to Ottawa, but coming from the GTA, my taste buds have been spoiled from the other side. We visited for our anniversary dinner just from googling our way through, called couple hours in advance and got a slot for 9:15PM. When we got there it was packed, I got a little impatient waiting until just after 9:45 to be seated, we ended up getting the couch table in the patio. Super warm and cozy, I forgot all about the wait by the time we sat down. My other half is usually picky, but this place has my heart, we loved every part of the seafood tower, even the sushi & sashimi was prepared perfectly. Don't even get me started on the hamachi sashimi in that tower... For a Mediterranean place, I am IMPRESSED!! The scallop was nicely done, just seared enough and not cooked through so you can taste the sweetness. The lobster was also on point, . We ordered the Arancini because we saw the photos online, it's average. We also got the dessert. Now... I'm not a fan of s'mores or sweets, but we could not stop digging into that plate! We've already booked a 2nd visit for another celebration tonight, simply because I couldn't stop talking about trying their Tomahawk steak that I saw the next table eat. Yes, pricy, but this time we got another friend to join so we can get some help on sharing that bill . All in all, even though it's expensive, it's WORTH IT. Highly recommend!

Delicious food, beautiful interior & lovely customer service! We ordered the calamari, seafood…read morepasta & chocolate torte. It was nice of them to exclude clams for the seafood pasta upon request. Calamari was delicious, seafood pasta was creamy and delicious, chocolate torte was delicious I love how cherry reduction cut out richness as it was very rich!