Excellent food! Highly recommend. I've been to Shami numerous times before COVID-19 and greatly miss their food. Regularly order the chicken shawarma plate, everything I've ordered was delicious.
Harlan Stevens
Very clean and accessible restaurant. They provide generous portions and for fair prices. I liked the food very much and the staff were very friendly and informative. Recommended.
Philip Warren
Just realized this place was there about a month ago and now we have ate there and ordered about four times since then. Delicious!
Dan Bogdan L.
I used grubhub for delivery and my food was hours late. I tried calling both grubhub and the restaurant to see if my food was comming, but no answer. Eventually I figured it wasn't comming so I take off to get something else(pickup this time) and I get a call from a grease ball that works there saying 'I'm almost there' like everything is normal. The dude jumps out of his company van wearing a restaurant apron like he's the literal cook fresh out the kitchen. The food was stale and they gave me expired sauce. In conclusion they took it upon themselves to deliver the food instead of grubhub, were hours late, kept me in the dark and gave me bad food for a lot of money. I'm over this delivery thing anyway- including an extra set of hands between me and my food is risky because most people are untrustworthy.
Alfred C.
You get what you paid for. With that said, I'm only giving them 3 stars. I got plenty of food for my money, so it's a good value. The seafood wasn't the freshest and was a little on the salty side. Overall I was still satisfied, but I'll try a few more similar restaurants in my area instead of repeating immediately. Worth a try if you haven't dined here before.
jay y.
Ordered $70 seafood boil.. it said lobster tail but it didnt have any. It was super salty by far the worst seafood boil ever. Literally I recommend everyone not to order this. It was literally dry crab and salt i mean like extra extra amount of salt i usually dont regret spending money on food and i usually dont write bad reviews but. This is unacceptable. Very disappointed. Waste of $70
Clarisse B.
Good food. But service was not good and no one person was wearing a mask during this time of pandemic!(COVID-19) Whether you agree with the rule or not, when dealing with peoples food at this sensitive time you wear a damn mask. It's simple and also respectful. They also took forever to bring out our food and we were the only customer there waiting for our order! WEAR A MASK! And gloves! This is peoples food you are dealing with
Lisbet D.
Food was nasty and the manager was rude trying to hurry me up to order when there was legit no one in there
Dan Anderson
Great falafel wrap with a side salad. Ordered take out.
Sonam G.
Lamb Kabab rice here plate is crazy good. Nicely seasoned and tender grilled lamb. Will be going back every chance i get.
There's a good option to eat your food enjoyed and relax that is a nice place and good taste
Adam M.
I have my lunch here sometimes, i love the half chicken plate. Buffet selection is also great but if you got after 1:30pm chances are most the good stuff will be done ?
Abdussalaam Mumeen
Yes it's always good to give a business 5 stars that deserves it the food was so so so good I am a truck driver who travel a lot this is one of the places I will always come back to an never for get God willing Khalid was very nice and kind restaurant very nice clean very well decorated the food smells good looks good an taste out of this world if ever in HAYWARD AGAIN THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME!!!
Lucy H.
I will never ever order from them again, the quality and quantities of of have recently gone down the drain. They are being cheap with the customer in terms of food amounts vs price, and unethical in terms of quality of food and this is the 3rd time in a row the chicken and meat are nit freshly made but rather heated, over burnt and worth the trash! Also rice isn't cooking same day but rather heated from days before. Half chicken plate usually has blood in it, Well if they have no shame serving food like this I wonder what is their kitchenlooks lIke inside, I bet they are becoming the kind of restaurant where they don't follow health department regulations and wont mind serving you food that falls on the floor or expired, as long as no one sees them! Horrible!!! I know mist of the middle east restaurants in the area inside out and definitely this one has so much going on!
Lorene N.
At lunch they have a buffet which was not "hot" in temperature and looked like it had been there for a long time even though we were there before noon. There was only 1 piece of "dessert" and they did not refill it so only one of us had dessert. Very few customers for the buffet. Wish I had tried something off the main menu instead of the buffet. I had a "Restaurant.com" certificate but was told that is only on weekends so I had driven from SF to Hayward for nothing!
Excellent food! Highly recommend. I've been to Shami numerous times before COVID-19 and greatly miss their food. Regularly order the chicken shawarma plate, everything I've ordered was delicious.
Very clean and accessible restaurant. They provide generous portions and for fair prices. I liked the food very much and the staff were very friendly and informative. Recommended.
Just realized this place was there about a month ago and now we have ate there and ordered about four times since then. Delicious!
I used grubhub for delivery and my food was hours late. I tried calling both grubhub and the restaurant to see if my food was comming, but no answer. Eventually I figured it wasn't comming so I take off to get something else(pickup this time) and I get a call from a grease ball that works there saying 'I'm almost there' like everything is normal. The dude jumps out of his company van wearing a restaurant apron like he's the literal cook fresh out the kitchen. The food was stale and they gave me expired sauce. In conclusion they took it upon themselves to deliver the food instead of grubhub, were hours late, kept me in the dark and gave me bad food for a lot of money. I'm over this delivery thing anyway- including an extra set of hands between me and my food is risky because most people are untrustworthy.
You get what you paid for. With that said, I'm only giving them 3 stars. I got plenty of food for my money, so it's a good value. The seafood wasn't the freshest and was a little on the salty side. Overall I was still satisfied, but I'll try a few more similar restaurants in my area instead of repeating immediately. Worth a try if you haven't dined here before.
Ordered $70 seafood boil.. it said lobster tail but it didnt have any. It was super salty by far the worst seafood boil ever. Literally I recommend everyone not to order this. It was literally dry crab and salt i mean like extra extra amount of salt i usually dont regret spending money on food and i usually dont write bad reviews but. This is unacceptable. Very disappointed. Waste of $70
Good food. But service was not good and no one person was wearing a mask during this time of pandemic!(COVID-19) Whether you agree with the rule or not, when dealing with peoples food at this sensitive time you wear a damn mask. It's simple and also respectful. They also took forever to bring out our food and we were the only customer there waiting for our order! WEAR A MASK! And gloves! This is peoples food you are dealing with
Food was nasty and the manager was rude trying to hurry me up to order when there was legit no one in there
Great falafel wrap with a side salad. Ordered take out.
Lamb Kabab rice here plate is crazy good. Nicely seasoned and tender grilled lamb. Will be going back every chance i get.
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There's a good option to eat your food enjoyed and relax that is a nice place and good taste
I have my lunch here sometimes, i love the half chicken plate. Buffet selection is also great but if you got after 1:30pm chances are most the good stuff will be done ?
Yes it's always good to give a business 5 stars that deserves it the food was so so so good I am a truck driver who travel a lot this is one of the places I will always come back to an never for get God willing Khalid was very nice and kind restaurant very nice clean very well decorated the food smells good looks good an taste out of this world if ever in HAYWARD AGAIN THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME!!!
I will never ever order from them again, the quality and quantities of of have recently gone down the drain. They are being cheap with the customer in terms of food amounts vs price, and unethical in terms of quality of food and this is the 3rd time in a row the chicken and meat are nit freshly made but rather heated, over burnt and worth the trash! Also rice isn't cooking same day but rather heated from days before. Half chicken plate usually has blood in it, Well if they have no shame serving food like this I wonder what is their kitchenlooks lIke inside, I bet they are becoming the kind of restaurant where they don't follow health department regulations and wont mind serving you food that falls on the floor or expired, as long as no one sees them! Horrible!!! I know mist of the middle east restaurants in the area inside out and definitely this one has so much going on!
At lunch they have a buffet which was not "hot" in temperature and looked like it had been there for a long time even though we were there before noon. There was only 1 piece of "dessert" and they did not refill it so only one of us had dessert. Very few customers for the buffet. Wish I had tried something off the main menu instead of the buffet. I had a "Restaurant.com" certificate but was told that is only on weekends so I had driven from SF to Hayward for nothing!