Empire Shawarma - Donair & Falafel
A Northmount Drive shawarma counter serving Thorncliffe and the older north-central neighbourhoods, where halal options are thinner than the northeast numbers suggest. Its usefulness is geographic as much as culinary: there is very little on this map between Edmonton Trail and Bowness, and this fills part of that gap. What to order The beef donair is the order, and one is a meal - reviewers repeatedly say they could not finish a large wrap. The falafel wrap is the vegetarian equal of it. The chicken platter is the sit-down version. Good to know The owner is the reason people stay. One reviewer has been coming since grade seven and is now graduating, which is the kind of detail no rating captures. Service can be slow at busy times, and the room itself is plain - the food is the point rather than the setting. Lunch, dinner and dessert, with step-free access and free parking. Rated 4.5 from more than 200 Google reviews.
