Lebanon Express

Overpriced food, poor service and unfriendly staff. They will fill up you sandwich with cheap vegetables and very little meat.
The meat is dry and portions of meat inadequate.
Not sure about the other reviews but I will never eat here again.

OMG I love this place.
Amazing value, excellent food, fresh and healthy!
Sometimes ordering is a little hectic and confusing but it’s well worth it.
Portions are HUGE! I think I’m addicted!

great place for a quick bit, however a couple of things
they were out of shrimp when i went, only one server was working, on a Sunday, which lead to a line up and people walking out. the a. c was broken so the restaurant was very very warm.
negatives aside, this was an amazing place to try, loved the serving, and the food.
the tzatziki is STELLER, my mouth was burning from all the garlic, which was amazing.
not the best i’ve ever had, but better then normal :)
will definitely come back

First off understand it is not a formal restaurant. More of a neighborhood place. Within that context the food was excellent. I has the chicken shawarma plate which has rice, salad, veggies and chicken. He also added a bit of spicey sauce. Very good and reasonably priced. I would eat there again.

OK if you are hungry at 1 am. Decent and so much fresher and nicer staff than the Pita Way around the North corner (which is often empty… for a reason!).

Delicious food, good prices. This is actually a great place to get quick lunch or dinner. Chicken shawarma plate is the best I had in a while. I like that chicken is all white meat, no fat pieces as in other places. Their hummus and falafel is very good, as well. And they have so many salad choices. Located close to subway on Yonge.

We make it a point to eat at this hole in the wall every time we come to Toronto.
both the beef and chicken shawarma are great, and the sides are amazing, from the hummus and garlic sauce to the tabbouleh, salads and rice. Have yet to try the falafel.

Needed a simple dinner we could take back to the hotel. This satisfied and then some.
The fish was well cooked, as was the falafel. The have lots of salads, including beets, lentils, tabouli, peppers, all really good.
It’s a bit of hole in the wall, but the guys are nice, they have good food, and the prices are really reasonable.
You can’t ask for more than that.

No better value for Lebanese food on the yonge street strip. Ordering can be a struggle sometimes, but you’re basically able to fully customise any dish (without extra cost, which is unusual). The quality of the salads (they have about five to choose from) is the highlight. And the baklava makes up for any thing that went wrong in the ordering process! It’s incredible. Take out at this place, as only a few eat in seats.

After trying some not so good mediterranean food, I am glad I stopped by this place (located close to Yonge and College subway station). The food looks and tastes really good, very flavourful and fresh.
People working there were very friendly and nice. Helped with the menu and even gave us some samples before buying.
Falafels were made fresh right in front of me (we took extra falafels that was $ 1.99 for 3 falafels — very soft and good).
The salad bar was tasty too, loved the beets, tabouli salad with lentils or chickpeas. Very delicious potatoes and chicken shawarma! I was very impressed by this small place (they have few tables where to sit and eat. Or you can have a take-​out.)
Have to admit that chicken shawarma was one of the best I have tasted in the last year or so. The pieces were white meat without any ugly or fat pieces as I have been served in other places. I highly recomment.
The prices are okay, as the portions are pretty big.

I came here with some coworkers and had the chicken shawrma combo/​plate that came with rice, potatoes and a mixture of salads. It costed just over $ 10 including tax.
What I liked:
–They have more salads than your typical Middle Eastern place and it’s fresh. They have 5 – 6 different types of salads.
–Your combo comes with potatoes, salad and rice
–The beef shawrma was quite tasty.
What I disliked:
–Pricing is very confusing. They have like 3 – 4 combo’s of what seemed to be the same thing.
–It’s slightly dirty or at least very messy.
–Seems pricier than your normal Middle Eastern joint
Verdict: It’s decent food and fresh, but I think it’s kind of pricey for the amount you get.

Getting late in the evening and needed something quick. Went walking and found this place in 5 minutes. Large group taking up most of the seating was loud and having fun which I take as a good sign. No wait when I walked in. Greeted quickly but not friendly, the employee took my order and got to it. Asked my preferences with each step and gave a generous portion. Chicken Shwarma Salad Plate with a helping of all the options minus beets. Garlic sauce was good not great but complimented the meat well. Its easy location to home and a positive first impression will likely make it a regular spot.

You have to try the baklava. And the French fries are delicious with the garlic dipping sauce and hummus. The salad bar is varied and fresh. This place really is quite stand out in its quality. Recently under new management?

I have visited this place about 5 times now and I haven’t been disappointed once.
Going into it you know this is a fast food Lebanese joint, not a fancy restaurant. A place for a good quick eat.
I normally would order the chicken shawarma sandwich but the last couple times I ordered the plate. It comes with rice, potatoes, picked beets, salad (with beans, lentils, lettuce, capsicum, onion and much spice) hummus, garlic sauce, pickles, pickled cabbage, pickled turnip all topped with chicken and hot sauce. For 10 $ it is a large portion of food. I can only finish it on a very hungry stomach.
Today when I visited it was better than ever. Flavor explosion! Bring water as I am sure you will be thirsty afterwards.
The only gripe I have is the cleanliness. The place is a bit grimy but that comes with the territory unfortunately.
Service — ⁴⁄₅
Food — ⁵⁄₅
Atmosphere ³⁄₅
Value — ⁴⁄₅
Overall — ⁴⁄₅

Best falafel I have ever eaten, so fresh and tasty, we ate there two days in a row. Perfect quick place to grab a quick lunch. The variety of salads are also excellent, fresh, and tasty. Will go again. Very affordable and healthy.

I don’t know why people give this place hard reviews. They do very impressive fresh looking salads (even for late January, when it’s the middle of winter and veges tend to be blander/​less colourful). I went the other day and found bright colourful salads; many kinds. It puts most shwarma places in Toronto to shame. The chicken they also serve actually looks and has the texture of real chicken, unlike many of other greasy shwarma places.
If people of Toronto think this place offers crappy food for downtown, they are kidding themselves. It’s also very reasonably priced for downtown standards.
highly recommended for a simple bite to eat, particularly if you’re craving a salad with all kinds of veges, lentils, chickpeas etc.

Im trying to understand why negative reviews for the restaurant. Lebanon Express is always busy. Service is patient and friendly and the meals are huge and fabulously flavourful for an average price of 10 dollars. Look at the colors in the food… its like a rainbow. This is not your standard shwarma restaurant and the flavours are heightened with three types of salads included. One of the salads includes pickled veggies but it is your choice whether you want to add it to your meal. The meat is great!!! Its not like some of the other Lebanese/​Shwarma places because it is not fatty and you may get crispy edges but I certainly would prefer crispy edges vs. fatty meat. Wonderfully seasoned. This place is a gem… Im so glad I ignored the negative reviews and checked it out myself!
To the person who wrote a review and lied (the comment that the food isn’t fresh) — remember that this is someone’s livelihood and your malicious words may prevent many people from trying out a great restaurant.
**See pictures of food for freshness proof… and I ordered at approx. 5pm**

Seriously. This place sucks!
I never went there before the «management change», but currently there are two dudes, one can’t hear or understand what you’ve ordered and the other has a badly infected eye that’s been running (yes… like flowing with tears) for the past couple weeks. You order one thing and he tells the cook something totally different. It’d be kind of comical if it weren’t your food they were preparing…
Their salads are literally soaking in vinegar. Whom.EVER.THE.FRIKK told them to do this? I suspect it’s to «preserve» the stale salads … it makes the experience extremely intolerable and noxious. I got a Fattoush+chicken salad and the dude put some pungent sauce on it WITHOUT asking. plus the salad had already been given a bath in … I dunno, Lemon, Lime, Lye, Chlorine? who the F. knows! It was in-​edible !!
I don’t think I’ll ever go there again.
P. S. A big F.U. to the Toronto Food Inspectors who let establishments like this do business without enforcing even the bare minimum of controls. Is Yonge street up to bloor just a forgotten wasteland as far as restaurants are concerned because only the tourists are stupid enough to eat at these establishments? Huh?
ZERO STARS for TO Food Inspection Unit!

First off have to say they have some amazing french fries. Just love them. Crispy on the outside, potato goodness on the inside.
The rest of the place is about average.
Fin.

The food here isn’t bad. I’ve tried the chicken and beef shawarma so far as well as the falafels. They have different daily specials and the prices are relatively low compared to other similar joints. The beef and chicken can be dry at times depending on when you go and who’s working there, but the falafels are usually a good bet