Villa Madina

Medina has some great food, however you don’t always get it as it is inconsistent.
However you get a great portion for a good price. I almost always get shish touk and it is delicious, and if not that it is at least good.
Remember you get a free pita with every dinner plate you just have to ask!

Located in the food court at Scarborough Town Centre.
I appreciate that they offer loads of fresh veggies. Their display is very colorful. Prices are a bit higher compared to some of the surrounding fast food options. I like Villa Madina because it’s convenient. When I stay at the apartments right across the mall, this is a nice option to have.
Employees aren’t the friendliest, unfortunately.

When it first opened, I loved this place, the servings were huge, and the staff was nice, but every time I have been, the serving size gets smaller, and the staff ignore you more.
Hopefully someone will buy out the place, it’s obvious the current people running it would rather be somewhere else.
New owners might make the serving sizes big again.

I ordered the #2 entrée which comes with beef and chicken shawarma, 2 kinds of salads, pita, rice, hummus and potatoes. All this for $ 8.99. A little over $ 10 with taxes.
Now my overall experience is mixed — the food and service is very inconsistent. Tonight’s experience is something like this:
First off, the portion was large. My take out box was loaded with meat and both the chicken and the beef were delicious, not dry. However, the potatoes that came with the dish was super dry and lacking in flavour. I took one bite and gave up on the rest.
The hummus was good too — strong flavour but the pita was non existent (not sure if they missed the pita or if they need to change the menu on the board to).
Then onto the salad — the Greek salad was watery, unfresh /​wilted and smelled like socks 0_​o while the cabbage salad was crisp and delicious.
Overall I think it’s a hit or miss. Today’s a miss. Maybe next time my order will come out exactly as I expected and I’ll be wowed.