Absolutely delicious, and the staff are all incredibly friendly — I leave with a full stomach and a smile every time! If I ever crave shawarma again, this is the only place I’m coming back to. Hands down the best shawarma in Calgary.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
sana
The best place for Shawarma in the city with an owner and employees that feel like family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Husam Saleh
I visited The Chick Pea, a Middle Eastern restaurant with a typical menu of shawarma, falafel, and donair, along with a variety of side dishes. I decided to keep it simple and ordered a basic falafel sandwich—just bread, falafel, lettuce, tomato, and tahini sauce—to focus on the falafel itself.
The sandwich looked fresh and was neatly prepared: the bread was soft, the lettuce crisp and cool, the tomato fresh, and the tahini sauce flavorful. However, the falafel itself was disappointing. While it had a nice crispy texture, it had a noticeable bitter aftertaste. I even tried a piece on its own to be sure it wasn’t the sauce, and unfortunately, the bitterness came from the falafel.
Interestingly, I’ve noticed this same bitter taste at several falafel spots in Calgary. It could be due to mass-produced falafel mixes with added baking soda or bicarbonate for extra crispiness, which can lead to bitterness when cooked.
Overall, The Chick Pea delivered on freshness and presentation, but the falafel flavor left much to be desired. It was okay, but not great.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
J
Decent, but small portions…they’re very tight with the vegetables on the salad
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Marcus Halberstram
I had the chicken platter and the chicken was literally inedible, 90% of it was fatty, grisly pieces that I had to spit into a napkin. The staff were really nice.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Aa
The worst shawarma I’ve ever had. Tiny portions, meet is filled with inedible pieces of fat and grime. Complete waste of money.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Bo Lind
Hmmm, maybe it was because I got there after the lunch rush, but I wasn’t on cloud nine.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Janine & Ahmed
Awesome food, very authentic! The owner is the nicest guy you’ll meet.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Caitlin Mary
Tasty wraps. Fresh veggies. Nice I can get something healthy but delicious for lunch that's good quality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Diya Arora
Worst ordered a large chicken salad it was so small for $13 the chicken was chewy and inedible
+15 lunchtime consumer since 1995 and shawarma enthusiast. I feel like we have a new downtown shawarma champion. Fast service with a huge line up, super fresh and crisp ingredients. The chicken had great flavour and a good char and was not dried out. Many places pre cut and have the chicken sitting in a warming oven, this service was hand cutting or order so you get that off the oven grill. My normal downtown go-2’s for shawarma are Olly Fresco’s and Pita Express but this may just replace them as my new #1.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mikey
Fortunate to have this place relocated to near my office place. Very tasty and fresh!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Steven Schmidt
One of the few rare places in all of Calgary where the Chicken Shawarma is actually seasoned well, juicy and tastes delicious. Highly recommend the chicken here. The Tahini, Hummus and Garlic sauces are great, and veggies are fresh.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Falafel, Shawarma
Corey Kruchkowski
I recently (September 2024) had Chick Pea cater an event where I had 170 hungry individuals to feed.
The food was absolutely exceptional, the cost was very reasonable and the service was awesome. I would give them higher than 5 stars if I could! These guys rock!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ken Holmes
I had a falafel wrap and it was great! Service was efficient and friendly. What more could you want?
Absolutely delicious, and the staff are all incredibly friendly — I leave with a full stomach and a smile every time!
If I ever crave shawarma again, this is the only place I’m coming back to.
Hands down the best shawarma in Calgary.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The best place for Shawarma in the city with an owner and employees that feel like family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I visited The Chick Pea, a Middle Eastern restaurant with a typical menu of shawarma, falafel, and donair, along with a variety of side dishes. I decided to keep it simple and ordered a basic falafel sandwich—just bread, falafel, lettuce, tomato, and tahini sauce—to focus on the falafel itself.
The sandwich looked fresh and was neatly prepared: the bread was soft, the lettuce crisp and cool, the tomato fresh, and the tahini sauce flavorful. However, the falafel itself was disappointing. While it had a nice crispy texture, it had a noticeable bitter aftertaste. I even tried a piece on its own to be sure it wasn’t the sauce, and unfortunately, the bitterness came from the falafel.
Interestingly, I’ve noticed this same bitter taste at several falafel spots in Calgary. It could be due to mass-produced falafel mixes with added baking soda or bicarbonate for extra crispiness, which can lead to bitterness when cooked.
Overall, The Chick Pea delivered on freshness and presentation, but the falafel flavor left much to be desired. It was okay, but not great.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Decent, but small portions…they’re very tight with the vegetables on the salad
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
I had the chicken platter and the chicken was literally inedible, 90% of it was fatty, grisly pieces that I had to spit into a napkin. The staff were really nice.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
The worst shawarma I’ve ever had. Tiny portions, meet is filled with inedible pieces of fat and grime. Complete waste of money.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Hmmm, maybe it was because I got there after the lunch rush, but I wasn’t on cloud nine.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Awesome food, very authentic! The owner is the nicest guy you’ll meet.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tasty wraps. Fresh veggies. Nice I can get something healthy but delicious for lunch that's good quality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Worst ordered a large chicken salad it was so small for $13 the chicken was chewy and inedible
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
+15 lunchtime consumer since 1995 and shawarma enthusiast. I feel like we have a new downtown shawarma champion. Fast service with a huge line up, super fresh and crisp ingredients. The chicken had great flavour and a good char and was not dried out. Many places pre cut and have the chicken sitting in a warming oven, this service was hand cutting or order so you get that off the oven grill. My normal downtown go-2’s for shawarma are Olly Fresco’s and Pita Express but this may just replace them as my new #1.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fortunate to have this place relocated to near my office place. Very tasty and fresh!
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the few rare places in all of Calgary where the Chicken Shawarma is actually seasoned well, juicy and tastes delicious. Highly recommend the chicken here.
The Tahini, Hummus and Garlic sauces are great, and veggies are fresh.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Falafel, Shawarma
I recently (September 2024) had Chick Pea cater an event where I had 170 hungry individuals to feed.
The food was absolutely exceptional, the cost was very reasonable and the service was awesome. I would give them higher than 5 stars if I could! These guys rock!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had a falafel wrap and it was great! Service was efficient and friendly. What more could you want?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Falafel Wrap, Falafel
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