Ali Baba's Middle Eastern Cuisine in Toronto
682 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1G9, Canada
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Ali Baba’s is truly a “Middle Eastern Canadian” restaurant, honoring many different cooking traditions and interpreting them with our unique creative vision to fit the diverse Canadian customer. We only use the finest ingredients in our meals, which are prepared fresh daily. It is always our goal to ensure that our customers have a meal that is nutritional, fresh, and extremely tasty to sav our. Our chefs have years of experience in the industry and are qualified in all areas of traditional and modern “Middle Eastern Canadian” cuisine. At Ali Baba’s we love to exceed the expectations of our customers at all times.
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This place has the friendliest staff and they are super welcoming. I've had the shawarma platter a couple times now and it's delicious, and the portions are generous as well, which you don't find much nowadays. Definitely recommend stopping by!
I go every Monday around lunch time and the staff here are total pros. They give me exactly what I want. The wraps are consistently excellent - a challenging feat for many shawarma joints.
As a paying customer, I believe I have the right to share my opinion. I paid for my food, but what I received wasn’t worth the cost. I only got half of what I ordered, and strangely, the fish was cut in half. If you don’t have the proper food or ingredients to fulfill orders, you shouldn’t be running a business. I called multiple times to try to get at least some of my money back, but instead, I was offered a piece of chicken for an order that cost $80. No one hit your employee, and my mother, who has mental health issues, was simply upset because we placed the order at 8:30 PM, and by 11 PM, we were still waiting for a resolution. So you can show whoever you wanna show the someone with mental illness is having a crisis because you guys don’t i don’t have to deserve people I’m just giving my honest feedback as a paying customer. Thank you.
Just had an Uber eats delivered and it’s the laziest shawarma I’ve ever had. Insulting amount of meat and all lettuce and tiny wrap. Didn’t think a shawarma could get me so upped but sending me 2 wraps of basically lettuce just pissed me right off
Probably the worst falafel I've ever had.... Extremely cheap with the toppings, the wrap was flat, dry & frankly belonged in the trash can. Gross
Ordered two shawarmas (beef and chicken). I ate the beef and had no problem. It was delicious. I ate the chicken the next day and I puked/went to bathroom all night - in short i got sick. Probably won’t return. It was a bad stomach experience.
I went to this branch to try out their Shawerma and Falafel, they were both amazing, the falafel was so delicious and fresh. Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside… amazing portions too. Staff were very generous and friendly too, definitely coming back again!!
wish i could give zero stars for both the service and the food. waited almost ONE hour and a half for 4 shawarmas which is ridiculous!!!!!!!!! once i finally received them i noticed that none of the shawarmas were labeled despite 2 of them being extra spicy. so i proceed to open them up to see which one has more hot sauce , the very first shawarma i opened had a long disgusting hair wrapped inside of the shawarma. Went back to the store to complain and didn’t even get a simple “so sorry about that” just an earful of excuses from a lazy rude worker.
god
Love it here such amazing customer service!
Fresh and tasty! Great service!
Every thing perfect
It s the best place for shawarma and falafel
I like everything in this restaurant and the service is very nice. Great job guys with new management
Perfect service,friendly staff and delicious food
Big shoutout to Winta for whipping up some next-level wraps last night! Her sauce game is strong, her shawarma knowledge is deep, and her chirpy, sweet personality made it even better!
Everything needs improvement
Tasty beef shawarma, fast service Food
It was the worst experience for me and my family we came on Saturday I dont recommend it
Not sure where to start but to say - I walked in and saw a staff member licking their fingers while putting together food for someone in line.
Absolutely no pride in their work. Zero respect for the customers that make it possible for their business to continue. If you value your dollar, time, and health, avoid this rancid dumpster fire.
Definitely the worst Ali babas in the city. Super overpriced and smaller portions than normal. I would literally go to any other Ali babas first. No disrespect.
Find somebody who knows who to talk the lady at the front always on the phone the way he act like so rude tatto girl
Total disaster!
Not happy, order off Uber app and it said buy 1 get 1 free. And walked in for a pickup and they only gave me 1 saying it wasn t sent through Uber. However, what s the difference I told him I m here for the buy 1 get 1 just give me another one I come here alot and you guys can t spare 1 shawarma! Will not return!
My experience was pleasant, the food was delicious. 100% recommendable.
My beef shawarma was not ediable when it arrived it was soaked not sure In what and the beef was burnt. There were large fatty pieces in it too. Its the most disgusting shawarma Ive ever had.
Delicious shawarma, falafel and samosa. Friendly service, and speedy too. The tables need repair, but this place is great
The food is amazing. The customer service is quality.
smells like someone smoked cigarettes in here
Always good food here
The food is very tasty, thank you
Amazing restaurant
Great new mangment and great taste, very delicious falafel and shawerma
Food tastes great, professional stuff and great customer service, definitely will visit again.
Delicious food with such a great service Their falafel wrap was so yummy Will visit again soon Food : 5/5
Best FALAFEL and SHAWRMA sandwiches in Toranto, excellent service. For sure Ill come back again. A taste of imagination and the closest taste to the hummus and shawarma shops in our country. We are very happy with your generosity and upscale treatment.
Very welcoming people with yummy food. Definitely will come again ..
Fantastic
The best shawerma and falafel I had ever eat in the whole country. I love it
They serve great food ...I liked the Shawarma Vegetarian options: Tabouleh Food : 5/5 |
Best middle eastern restaurant in town! Good portion and reasonable price Thank you
Delicious
Amazing taste. Real taste of shawarma and falafel. Awesome service. I strognly recommend this restaurant. Wheelchair accessibility: Store is wheelchair accessible
Great staff when i tried it a while back, great food, definitely recommend for when ur downtown lookin for shawarma
Really generous and good people. And the food is a blessing, you can feel that its made with love and passion! Im not from Toronto. Just passing by but I would eat there every week if I was.
So quick and nice service thank you! Yum
What is not to like here? Great staff, great food with excellent value for money, I ve eaten a few times here now. Beef shawarma wrap, with everything on, freshly made rice and Coke for around $15. Amazing.
Friendly staff, good shawarma, and generous portions. Best option for shawarma in the neighbourhood by far.
Great service, great food! Super nice guys. What a nice addition to our neighbourhood! Kid-friendliness: So kind and generous. Opened their doors to me when they just closed knowing I was hungry and had a busy day. Really personable staff - thanks Omar!
I love love love love love Ali Babas (Queen East location specifically). The food is always good, well prepared, and well packaged. Props to all the staff you guys are the best!
Wow! Such an unassuming but wonderful little place for amazing middle eastern food. I had the falafel wrap which was brimming with fresh veggies (YUM) and the lentil soup (so worth it!!!). Thanks for a great meal! Such amazing large portions and very fair prices. Vegetarian options: Falafel wrap 10/10 They also have a vegetarian wrap on the menu
Good food healthy
One star taken off due to the first experience with portions. They remedied the situation, but not without a fight. I ll be back.
Bad service and unclean, found a hair in my food.
Ordered the chicken shawarma platter. The food was subpar, with the chicken lacking flavor. Even with the garlic and hot sauce, it was not tasty. I ve had good food at other Ali Baba locations in the past. From the service to the food, this particular location could use a lot of improvement.
She is not good worker always on Fone call
Food was contaminated. Got a stomach upset.
Im on a job site around the corner and have been there every day along with my coworkers and I 100% recommend coming here.. the food is amazing and the staff is very friendly and welcoming.. Ill be back tomorrow for some more
I arrived for 2 orders and the worker made the first and completely ignored the second one? Knowing that they get soggy! As I continue to mention the importance of making the other order, he decides to just ignore me?? 20 minutes later he starts to make the other order! Wow!!!
Worst service of life. Do not order from here. Ordered on Uber. Tried calling the store no one answered. Asked the delivery driver to give the phone to the store. He did. I asked them to charge me extra but the guy started yelling and was so rude. Even the Uber guy came to me and was like the guy was so rude. He made the wraps without even toasting it.
Very sub-par falafel sandwich. I won t be going back.
Worst shawarma Ive ever had. The way they were cooking the beef shawarma should have scared me off, but had a few beers.and needed something. The beef shawarma was carved (and when I say carved I mean bludgened off the spit) and then fried on a flat top. They were hacking at it on the flat top like it was still alive. Looked super grissely and fatty. Again should have ran a mile. Got home took 2 bites and it was literally the WOST shawarma ever! How do places like this even exist is such a competitive market! Went straight in the garbage. Arrrrggggghhhh
Consistently high standards of food. If youre looking for bargains and choose the daily specials. Nice staff . Always fresh ingredients.
portions are too small.
Fast, friendly and delicious. Lovely!
Had a chicken shawarma wrap from here at 7pm and the chicken was so dry and hard it was crunching in my mouth and I swear I chipped a tooth. A little crisp is nice in a shwarma but Im not tryna eat dehydrated chicken fam.
They miss giving items. Quality has deteriorated significantly. Zero for service
Ordered on Uber eats chicken shawarma wrap is tiny with almost no meat in the wrap. Further, it was oddly very tasteless and under seasoned, the only thing I could taste was really spicy raw onion. Will not order again.
Worst shawarma I ever had
Buy one get one free on uber, dont ever order. They dont even put any chicken in it. When you order with normal price they do so the buy one get one free isnt really a deal, they just split one wraps worth between two.
Food tasted fine but was unimpressed with to customer service. They tried to charge me $5 to add a sprinkle of tabule to my poutine I was totally willing to pay a buck or two to add toppings but the only option they would give me was to charge the price of a whole tabule salad.. 4.99. Go to liberty shawarma down the street where they don t try to rip you off on toppings
Amin is the best! Always takes such good care of his returning customers!
Worst meat quality of all Alibabas. Delivery orders are always messed up and another (cheaper) item or less food will be delivered. So Offer is useless, as they always have one on Uber to lure you in and to oder. Very sneaky.
One of the best shawarma In Toronto! The guy there was so nice and generous! For sure Ill come back again
Coming here for the first time was the most worse distasteful food portion and customer service I have experienced at any Alibaba restaurant. There a lady who look Ethiopian and she is rude when I asked her for exercise she slams it on the counter and walks away while she even prepared my food while her phone rang she went in the tent to her phone first then servicing me. Not worth your money and it is distasteful plate of chicken leg with rice. It s no wonder this place is so dead with no customer. If I could give a no Star I would
Delicious .will be back for more
Worst service ever. Your staff has too much attitude.they should know about customer service.I give two orders on DoorDash received 1 and the other one doesn t have sauce. Fries looks like too old . I called back she doesn t even say sorry. Three times tried from here worst service I received. No more here
VERY small portion for high price. Avoid.
