Top Syrian restaurants in Kitchener, Canada

I've been to lazeez shawarma about 7-8 times in the past 4 months and here are my reviews.
Taste- 3.5/5 (their taste definitely needs some improvement)
Value for money- 2.5/5 (comparatively expensive)
Portion sizes-4/5 (ample quantity)
Service- 5/5 (I'd like to point out exceptional service done by NOOR. She was friendly polite and also gave me choice toppings. Exceptional service by her hence the 5/5)

Worst shawarma we've ever tasted! Waste of money! My kids couldn't eat that gyro beef +lamb. It was so disgusting and it went straight to the garbage bin after picking some rice out of it. Went straight to the garbage bin. You should have told me from the start it's a processed meat and not real lamb and beef. You could get away with someone else but me who knows how real meat tastes like.
Chicken wasn't good either, especially when you put so much rice and so little chicken in a large plate.
What a rip off!
I assure you that it was our first and last time ordering food at this location on Highland.

Ordered 3 wraps to go. Paid for extra toppings for 2 of them. The first one we paid for fries in the wrap and never received it. We asked for mild hot sauce in the wraps (one line) and it was so spicy I couldn't take more than 2 bites. The hot sauce made it impossible to taste anything else in the wraps, definitely not worth it.

Our family of 5 came here for lunch and we ordered the mixed family platter. The food was so delicious and fresh and the portion sizes were very generous! We loved all the different dips and pickled vegetables and the bread was warm and fresh! Our server was very friendly and came to check on us multiple times and refill our hot water for the tea. We really enjoyed our meal here and will be back again!

Loved the food! The garlic sauce was the highlight. I recommend getting the plates as they come with fries/rice. Wraps are huge and make a good meal too. Next time I’m gonna get the dip sampler.

If you want delicious Lebanese, Middle Eastern, food, you must try this restaurant, you will not be disappointed!

Plenty of free parking at the front ad rear of the building.

Clean and love the atmosphere, which has authentic Lebanese music!

Our server was absolutely fantastic! She was attentive, fast, friendly and polite. We attended for a Sunday lunch, which was not busy at all.

Food ordering is done via smartphone; you scan a QR code at your table and order. It's very easy, fast and you get an email confirming your order. You pay at your table afterwards. I waited a few days before this review and thus far have never received any type of advertising or spam email from this restaurant.

Portion sizes are very generous and very tasty!!
I was impressed with the Vegetarian Plate. The falafels were perfectly prepared and fresh; not dry and like hockey pucks that some places have. If you like eggplant, you will love them here! Very well seasoned and cooked to perfection!

The Chicken Shawarma Plate was absolutely fantastic and worth coming here just for this dish; it was mouth-watering!! The garlic dipping sauce was very good but I wish it had a stronger garlic taste.

The Fatoush and Jerusalem Salads were both very tasty.

The rice was well cooked and seasoned perfectly; as were the fries.

All in all, this was a very pleasant experience and the food is definitely worth us returning for.

The food is amazing, very authentic, and delicious.
They catered for me a party of 20 people, and everyone loved the Mansaf Lamb.
The meat was mouth-watering and excellent.

Keep up the great work.

Lovely restaurant with ample seating. Delicious middle eastern cuisine. Hugely satisfying portion sizes and accordingly priced. Worth the food.
Lots of options to choose from. U order through the QR code, add your table number. Pay after at the restaurant.
Don't forget to end your meal with the Turkish coffee and some dessert. They run out of the desserts (Harissa, aka.Basbousa) quickly! Had to make do with the German chocolate cake instead
One thing I do not prefer is entering personal information like email while ordering through the payee interface (that's not optional!) hoping something can be done to change this.

Great spot in Kitchener for a sit down middle eastern / Palestinian shawarma or mashawi meal. The fresh hot and puffy bread is delicious with their Mtabal or humus. We also had the lentil soup, chicken and been wraps and we enjoyed it all. The portions are huge and perfect for sharing in that respect price is decent if you factor the sharing.
We will be coming back.

Excellent place.
Authentic Syrian / Lebanese cuisine, food is delicious and staff are courteous.

We have been to Arabesque several times before and the dining-in experience is great.

We also had the opportunity to order pickup, family platters and the experience is great. The food is delicious, quantities are large. 1/2 family platter was enough for 3 persons to eat well.
We highly recommend Arabesque.

To end a not soo great day, with the tastiest comfort food, is the best way to go. We love the quantity, quanlity and all the flavors of this place. Chicken on rocks our favorite, and poutine is amazing as well, definitely worth it.

Best shawarma in the Guelph / Kitchener area! Drove 30mins to try it and was so worth it!! The servers are so friendly and helpful. The pita is fresh and delicious. Everything was so so yummy. Really great experience, will definitely be back!

their shawarma on the sticks is delicious i come here often now just for it. fries are made to order and cripsy. wait time isnt too long considering how busy they get with take outs. worth to try out pricing is also fair and reasonable

First time visit here. Welcoming staff , patiently took the order. Thank you Mohammad and hummaid for your generous service. I loved the chicken platter with garden salad. Chili fries 🍟 were delicious . Good seating arrangement, washrooms were also cleaned .

I went in yesterday and got the combo for 4
And I can honestly say best bang for your buck shawarma I've had in a long time!! it's very good quality food and it's a very good price
If you haven't been here try it I would say it rates in the top 10 in the Waterloo region and thats saying a lot cuz I go to 1 place new almost every week. There's only one negative that I could see and it pains me to say that they're hummus isn't that good but I could live with that they're hot sauce is awesome the toppings were awesome and the shawarma was very flavorful I say if you haven't tried it try it today....

VERY STINGY ON MEAT: Ordered 2 Large and one Regular. Lots of rice not many on meat even though I asked to put abit more. I normally go to Lazeez in University but came here since it's closer. The university lazeez location is very generous with the portion of meat and I recommend that location even though it's further. Here's the photos to prove it.

Wasted $40....

UPDATE: I just came back yesterday 03-10-24 to give them another try, ordered On the Rock and the meat is still very little!! I tried to contact the owner about this and you cant just hold of him, no contact info. I bought 2 of these and its just full with rice and flooded with garlic sauce, no chicken, that's all I taste. Very disappointing and I will Leave this review. Here is the updated photo on the 3rd.