Lava Shawarma NYC

226 Thompson St, New York
(646) 490-5080

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Amir Sachs

Any eatery the involves politics and food deserves zero stars. Was very disappointed to see the various political statements inside the restaurant and decided to do 180 and leave.

Atmosphere: 1

A.C. Lambert

-Casual Palestinian Spot-
Halloumi wrap is so rich and delicious. Menus are crowd pleasers variety mixed ranging from burgers to falafel to wraps to hummus to vegan dishes. I will have to return to try something else. Ambience is laid back filled with folk arts, political posters and messages.

Dietary restrictions: No

Kid-friendliness: Yes

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Eggplant Safiha, Chicken Shawarma Plate, Chicken Shawarma, Sandwich, Lamb Sandwich Platter, Mama Ghanouj, Wagyu, Wagyu Burger, Lava Shawarma, Falafel Pita Sandwich

Raphael harooni

Saw a rat on the floor. Owner was rude

Izzy C

I ate here before and was shocked to return to find the place decked out in pro-Palestine/anti-Israel decor after the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas. Truly disturbing and uncomfortable.

Atmosphere: 1

Nathan Mirzakandov

Free tea was amazing. Baba ganoush, chicken shawarma, fries, cheese samosa was amazing. Service is very nice

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

nadia bouissaine

To day 6.30p.m I get my order From Moroccan guy unrespecful yes,yes,he talk too much,curious*/I'm customer 2018*every body respect me*

Keesha Tucker

Delicious and simple. I loved my chicken schwarma and it was big enough to share! Nom nom nom!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Shawarma

Rachel P. Allen

It was great until we had to order and the waitress didn’t speak English. Was looking at the menu to type in the order. They then proceeded to get our orders wrong and kept handing my order to my friend. My friends ordered shawarma and I said I don’t want meat. They proceeded to give us both no meat, ask if friend wanted mistake already made for free and then charge her when the bill came. Friend complained that her food was tasteless and with all that trouble to get there i don’t think it was worth it. As much as I want to support Muslim businesses, I will not be able to come back to this restaurant. I also think I was lowkey treated weirdly because I’m black; it makes no sense that all my food was given to my friend.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 1

S L

This is perhaps the worst shwarma I’ve ever had. Dried out meat and pita, watered down hummus (I’ve never had watery hummus so this was a first).

To add insult to injury it was as seasoned as if there are white people who never tasted shwarma on staff.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

zead al-hothiefy

You can only sell bread without meat. As long as your prices are high, why don't you put meat with bread?

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Chicken Shawarma

white gardenia

One of the worst food I ever had, not sure how people give this place 4.7 rating. Food is a bad quality, meat was very old and dry . You can tell it had been cooked for very long time to smell.

I saw the review on tik tok and decided to give it a try but I regret that.

I don’t not recommend it at all.

Vegetarian options: Egyptian Koshary

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Lava Shawarma

H S

Delicious food ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Basak Ozer

So tasty

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Artem Akhiyarullin

Come on guys! 30 minutes of waiting for shawarma? And you are short for chicken on Monday 12pm? I waste my entire lunch break for waiting and did not get any food.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Khitam Nakhleh

Best shawarma I’ve ever had !!!! #free??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Shawarma

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