Amir Pita & Grill graces the corner of Sanford and Cannon claiming to be open til 8pm (your mileage may vary). I had previously disqualified them on this website, but on reflection that doesn’t fit with hamiltonshawarma.com’s mission statement “To review every shawarma in Hamilton”. I saw that they were open and went back to make good on our mutual goal.
Amir actually has a nice back patio area you can enter through. I’m glad I did, because the front area appears to be full of hand tools and nothing resembling a restaurant. The young gentlewoman greeted me and referred me to the other gentlewoman who was… less young. You can tell she’s seen her share of shawarmas. She took me order and carefully took her time as she went about completing it. I noted their main customer base was students from the nearby high school as I waited. I went out to the patio and got ready to eat.
First, I picked up a piece of chicken that has fallen out and ate it alone. It was good! Then I started eating the shawarma. This was a bizarre one, it almost had no taste at all, despite all the things in it. Mostly just notes of banana pepper. The texture was odd too, the pita was a bit tough to bite into, but the insides were soft. Very soft, like I was eating a mashed potato wrap (I’ll have to try that). Truly unremarkable, I wish I had more to share but I simply ate food and nothing more.
My guess is they target the high school students for an easy profit, but I’m not sure. That older gentlewoman seems like she cares about her craft. Either way, the end result is a shawarma that just… is. 5/10
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Too each there own I actually really enjoy there shwarmas I have the option of putting mayo on it instead of that white garlic sauce and there customer service is amazing they are very polite always smiling
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I appreciate the to-each-their-own mentality, and try to apply it in my work. There’s no “right” way to enjoy something: some people like pineapple on pizza, others don’t. That’s fine, as long as you’re happy. Some folks love pickles on their shawarmas, me not so much. All good, that’s why they give options.
But there’s some things that are just too far (ie: ketchup on steak). When someone at Phoenicia Express asks for parsley and the gentleman says “You don’t want parsley” that’s got some value to it too. Where do you draw the line? Hard to say.
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