Me Va Me Kitchen Express

Eating healthy when you are in hurry is always a challenge in Toronto. Looking for a quick bite, most people will opt for greasy fast food rather than searching for healthier food. But they don’t have to anymore. In the heart of Toronto on Queen Street is now a much healthier and really tasty alternative. Ma Va Me is an express kitchen serving healthy Mediterranean meals in minutes. The best thing about Ma Va Me, besides quick serving time, is the variety of dishes and combination you can choose from their menu and their helpful and always friendly staff. And for that they deserve the first place on this list.
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Me va me has always been a go-​to for me, whenever I’m looking for good Mediterranean!
I always get the chicken schwarma box ($ 15) with side of potatoes and me salad, and this is enough for two people! The dill potatoes are so good, and they definitely give you a huge portion of it here.
I’ve always heard good things about their hummus, never tried it myself but will definitely try it next time!

For a restaraunt where the premise seems to be fast food we had an excellent meal. Going in with a friend of mine I ordered a chicken schwarma. My friend ordered the falafel salad set. This was our first time coming here. The restaraunt is well designed with comfortable seating. We took our order and got an indicator for the server to bring us our meal which was quick and easy.
The food itself was great. The chicken schwarma was delicious. My friend, being a newbie to mediteranean food asked the server for suggestions. He thoroughly enjoyed the falafel salad which was suggested to him. Overall it was a good experience. I may seem a tad pricy but I belive it was worth the visit.

Service:
(does not go into the rating as I have not really experienced it)
I got food for pickup, by the time i came there it was ready.
I order the food through Ritual (It is an App that allows you to order and pay by card, and just pick it up from the store) You can use my promo code BOJAN9939 for 10 $ off your first purchase.
Food (4 stars):
I ordered a Chicken Schnitzel Box (see picture attached). The total came to $ 17.
The veggies were lightly grilled and tasty (4 stars) The chicken was very good (4.5 stars). The meal also came with a salad as well (4 stars).
Ambiance:
Since I did not eat there, I will not include it in the overall rating

I really want to give this place a ⁴⁄₅. The food is great, they are popular as hell on Foodora, and it’s consistent.
I’ve been a Me Va Me customer since they got their start at Bathurst and Steeles so it’s great that they have a branch downtown. However, what I don’t like is the price gouging and nickel and diminish practice.
Listen, laffa is a staple table bread. Sure they make it by hand and it’s good stuff, but charging $ 2 per laffa is just madness. The prices really climb here for two people to eat it you want a proper spread. You’re looking at $ 50 easy, without drinks, to wash down that $ 2 laffa.
At prices like that you may as well go to a proper sit-​down restaurant or just the Keg and leave pretty happy.
Thinking you want to take home some simple hummus? Get ready to pay $ 7-​$ 10.
I feel like Foodora probably saved this business as there’s no way people would come here regularly for dinner.
Food is good but the prices are an insult to one’s intelligence.
Cutlery is free though. So that’s good…

Hubby and I try to visit Toronto at least once a year. This time we decided instead of going to our usual spots– we’d play the Unilocal game. He was really craving a Shawarma and the reviews of this place we’re good so we gave it a shot. We went for an early lunch. The place was empty but everyone kept themselves busy, prepping, cleaning etc.
A cute girl welcomed us in a peppy, I like my job sort of tone and explained how they operated. We both selected out toppings and sauces and had a seat. She brought our food to us at our table.
Best chicken shawarma either of us have ever had. Not only was it delicious, it was also very visually appealing!
The only down side was that it was a $ 9 sandwich.
Where we are from, you can get a pretty decent one for half the price.
But all together, the flavor, the visual experience, the clean and nicely decorated restaurant and the friendly staff made it worth it.
Sadly now that’s all hubby talks about…

I got a order of pitas and hummus a couple days ago from ME-​VA-​ME on queen street and when I got home and finished eating 75% of my pita I noticed there were small sharp and thick metal shards baked right into it. Please be careful inspect your food and maybe just don’t eat here at all. I’m very worried I could have swallowed some of these shards. I have posted an image of the pita with metal shards onto this page. Very scary situation. They gave my money back when I went and said the next meal is free but that is unacceptable as I do not want to eat there again. The manager Ken said he would call me back after speaking to the central kitchen of what else they could do saying he would probably call the next day but it has been two days and I still haven’t received a call from him.

Me Va Me Kitchen Express is a fast-​casual chain of restaurants serving East Mediterranean cuisine with three locations in Ontario. Their downtown location opened in mid 2014, and overlooks the busy intersection of Queen St W & John St. The menu features a variety of Mediterranean classics such as hummus, laffa wraps, signature dips, falafel, shawarma, and more.
During our recent visit, we started with an order of Trio Dip Plate ($ 10.95) — hummus, lebaneh za’atar and baba gonoush garnished with extra olive oil and fresh parsley. Served with LAFFA bread. The platter was perfect for sharing, and there was a generous portion of all three dips. My favorite out of the three was the baba ganoush (grilled pureed eggplant and mayonnaise), which was creamy, and the flavour of the eggplant was really prominent.
Next up was another plate of starters consisting of the Falafel ($ 4.95) and Moroccan Cigars ($ 6.95). The falafel balls were served hot, and had a nice crunchy exterior. I found the inside to be quite moist, and full of flavor. However, my favorite of the two was the Moroccan cigars, which was fried, and filled with spicy beef.
One of the more popular hummus on the menu is their Grilled Mushroom on Hummus ($ 9.95). It had a nice consistency and the texture itself is creamy without being runny. I am not a huge fan of mushrooms, but the grilled mushrooms added a lot of extra flavor with the addition of olive oil and fresh oregano. Me Va Me Kitchen Express also offers a selection of pre-​packaged dips refrigerated for takeout at the front as well.
As my entrée, I opted for the Grilled Chicken Breast Skewers ($ 13.95) — tender pieces of boneless chicken breast with our special seasoning and grilled to perfection. Served with our special B.B.Q sauce. All entrees come with a side (fries, basmati rice or grilled vegetables) and salad, which completes the meal. The chicken was well-​seasoned and I loved the crispness of the fries. Lastly, the set boxes are reasonably priced considering how generous the portion, and it was a filling meal.
Overall, Me Va Me Kitchen Express is committed to serving healthy fast fare in a relaxing environment.

This is my go to place downtown for middle eastern food. The Laffa wraps are made in clay ovens located at the front of the store.
I always order the chicken wrap however you could order a half wrap with a side of salad.
The sauces and toppings are to die for. The flavours melt into your mouth. The humus is fresh and to die for.
Everything tastes authentic and fresh.
The restaurant is cafeteria style. Order and take a number. You take a seat and they bring the food to you.
The fresh mint lemonade Lemonana is amazing.
There is also prepared items you can buy to take out (humus etc).
You can’t go wrong with anything on the me menu.
Place is modern and clean. Staff is friendly.
Highly recommend this place. Too bad they don’t have more locations downtown.

The main approach to this place is basically choosing between wraps, salads, or «boxes». Wraps are in the $ 8.95 — $ 9.95 range and salads $ 5.95 — $ 8.95 without meat. A box item is $ 13.95-$ 16.95 depending on your meat choice (options include shawarma style chopped up chicken, chicken schnitzel, chicken skewers, beef skewers, lamb skewers, and a few other options) and then your choice of side (basmati rice, grilled vegetables, potato wedges, or french fries), a side salad, and piece of «laffa bread» which is essentially a pita type bread.
I opted for the Chicken Schnitzel with a side of potato wedges and really enjoyed it. The schnitzel has a thin but flavourful breading crusted with sesame seeds. The chicken was tasty and tender, and the accompanying potato wedges were good as well. I was actually really impressed with my dining companions Chicken Shawarma w/​Grilled Veggies side though, as the vegetables were a large, thick cut, colorful and fresh looking arrangement of vegetables.
It’s a good meal, and although an admittedly pricey lunch, it was really quite good to the point where I was full without even eating my side salad. It seems most of the mediocre reviews come from people who got the wraps, so my advice is pony up the extra bucks and splurge on a box, even if it is more than you’ll be able to eat.

Very disappointing. The falafel looks great from out side but quite tasteless as it is filled with bread rather than chick peas
The fries taste like they are made from frozen processed potatoes rather than real potatoes
Great brand that chose the cost cutting path making cheap tasteless
food :-(too bad

Pretty good.

Portions are very generous so it helps if you can share. Service was quick and efficient.
Chicken shawarma was pretty clean. The greek salad was worth the extra buck or so. Ingredients were fresh and rightly proportioned.
Seating was adequate (came in around 7pm Friday) though can see it getting busy during lunch time.
Will definitely come again, provided I have burnt enough calories earlier in the day ;)

Been here several times in the past, tried it when it first opened and a few other times when it wasn’t so new anymore. Decided to go back to this place since I hadn’t gone in a long time. I have to say, it’s not what it used to be.
I ordered the chicken shawarma wrap and it was poorly packed and wrapped. Opening the wrap from the foil paper and just trying to grab the shawarma everything was falling out. It was messy and all the sauces were just dripping everywhere. The pita is also really thick/​doughy. There giving less chicken nowadays when before they were giving larger slices of chicken so they are stinging out.
Overall, the wrap isn’t all that good from what it used to be before. Its put together poorly and the pita is too thick. So your pretty much getting full off wheat and breading.

Could it get much worse than this? I guess it can, but really the sandwich at Me Va Me on Queen was terrible.
Their chicken shawarma sandwich is chewy, stale, old and even expensive.
First, if you go there eat on-​site, but this will be one of the first several contradictions. We took our sandwiches back to the King Street food court and by the time we got there (10-​minute walk) the sandwich was cold and chewy. However, the sandwich was low quality to begin with. The problem is they do not grill their dough and the wrap/​pita is neither. Is this Laffa? it was like a chewy and stretchy thick wrap. Contradiction is they are busy and there is a long line-​up, which tells you people will eat anything, line up for anything, give five stars to anything and also that if you want to eat there you may not find a table. Also, the sandwich is wrapped in paper, which is wrapped in aluminum foil and sealed with a Me Va Me stamp and still it was cold and starchy.
The chicken also (four pieces of chicken so not exactly a shawarma) was chewy. They were not hard, but you would have to gnaw to get the chicken to come apart. The wrap itself was taking most of the space as well as the plenty of red cabbage they stuff in there.
I would take a low quality sandwich if I were very poor and desperate if it were cheap, but for a $ 9 sandwich I expect more meat and more importantly fresh or reasonable bread and better chicken. The quality of the dough and chicken they use is suspect.
Of course, I won’t be back, not that they need my business the joint is packed (but so was the line outside Burger King at the food court we were eating at — but Burger King is half the price…)

The quality of the food was very good, the portions were generous and the ambience was friendly, clean and comfortable. I will probably come back here. More than once.

My first and only time coming here… I was in a bit of a rush, which is the first mistake I made. Although the pita wrap is made by hand, after about ten minutes of not getting my food I was pretty pissed that others got food before me. Also when I ended up eating my food on the way to a concert I was disappointed by the flavor, I can’t quite put my hands on it, but one of the seasonings they used for the chicken is… off? The portion size was huge, which was very nice for the price that was paid, and for some reason my schwarma had «hard pieces» in the wrap that made my teeth a but sore, cause I was biting down full force.
The restaurant itself is very nice, pretty much brand new, one of the tiles on the stairs up was broken however.
The toppings and food is very fresh, but I do think I will go somewhere else in the area before coming here.

This was my first time going to Me Va Me. I’ve been meaning to try the other restaurant locations, but haven’t had a chance. I ordered the chicken schnitzel plate and my friend ordered the chicken kebab. Both were huge portions, and the food quality was very good. The schnitzel was a bit on the dark side, but still crispy and tasty. The caesar salad was huge with lots of parmesan cheese. My friend also enjoyed her chicken kebab, which was also huge in portions. The prices were around $ 15 for each meal.
The Express chain seems to be like a cafeteria-​style. You order at the cash, you take a seat anywhere and then they serve you the food a few minutes later. It was clean and the servers were very very friendly and courteous. I really enjoyed my meal here. I couldn’t finish it all so they provided me with takeout containers to bring home. I can’t wait to try this place again, possibly one of their regular restaurants/​non-​express chains.

My chicken shwarma wrap was basically 80% wrap and 15% meat. Tastes good but seriously?

2.5 stars for food alone, rounding up to 3 stars cause the service here is awesome.
Got the falafel laffa wrap with all fillings, and the tahini and tzatziki sauce. I think each component of the wrap was good individually, but I wasn’t big on how it all came together. Ratio of laffa to filling was too much (had lots of extra laffa), and there wasn’t enough sauce. My friend’s chicken breast was also charred. The falafel wrap came out to over $ 10, and although the wrap was big and filling, I think there are tastier and cheaper options nearby.

I have several friends that swear this is the best but I just am not all that impressed by their box lunches. They are very expensive and nothing all that great. Maybe it is the burritos, I’ll have to try it next time.

I was a regular customer at their north location. And when then opened here in downtown I was so happy because I don’t go to North York much now.
This is by far one of the best place with the Mediterranean cuisine! My favourites are chicken shawarma, beef screwer, red cabbage, eggplant salad, hummus! Everything taste soooo goood! Everyone here whether it’s owners or employees treat customers very well! Everything here prepared with great care and quality! Sit down here or take out. Look no further!

I’m a shwarma wrap snob that’s not shy about identifying mediocre sandwiches. The bar for me was set in 2002 in London, Ont at Barakat. They were great and the only place that could compare is Boustan’s in MTL but Barakat was better because of the technique they used to wrap it. After getting into a debate about the best shwarma places in Canada, I took it upon myself to hit as many of spots that made it on to BLOG TO’s best shwarmas in TO to determine what I believed is the best in town. It took a some coordination and time but I was able to hit 5 different places on all around the ⁴¹⁶⁄₉₀₅ on multiple occasions and a couple others I was already familiar with. 7 places total. Every time I always got the wraps.
Without question Me Va Me is the best in Toronto. They hit the spot on so many different levels. I will be back there often. My order: All the fillings except turnips; all the sauces, but light amounts of each sauce; french fries in the sandwich. ENJOY!

Ask me 6 months ago and I would have given this place 5 stars for their laffa wraps. They used to be so big and very tasty. I was going on a bi-​weekly basis for almost a year.
Fast forward a few months and they’ve increased their prices and taken away the babaganoush as an included topping.
The place is still great but the price increase and topping restriction has left a bad taste in my mouth.
Chicken Shwarma, falafel, and chicken schnitzel are my go tos.

Ummm… yum! End of review.
Just kidding! I decided to try this place out because I was starving and it was close to where I was at the time. I decided to get the Box (choose 1 main, one side and one salad) and depending on the main it’s anywhere from $ 14-​$ 16. I tried the lamb skewers with the basmati rice and house salad. Apparently laffas are their specialty but I had a craving for rice so I went with the box meal. But since I will be back, I will try laffas next time.
The portion sizes are good (3 lamb skewers) and the house salad is not a ghetto house salad with one sad piece of lettuce and maybe a tomato. It;s got carrots, beats, red onions, different kinds of lettuce, etc. I saw some people with the laffa and t looked like a big portion — definitely something you could share if you wanted a lighter meal.
To be honest, I’m not a big fan of the way lamb is prepared generally — I’m super picky b/​c I find for the most part it tastes more «gamey» than anything. But here it tastes just like my momma made them — the flavour and spices were just lovely… a little reminiscent of Indian flavouring.
There is a lot of open seating — the back has booths, the front has tables and a few long communal tables. You order at the front and then they bring your order to your table.
I will definitely be back!

I had some pretty high expectations for Me Va Me after seeing countless reviewers and friends showing their praise for it. I can say I was definitely not disappointed!
They have a range of options: wraps, salads, mains, drinks, etc. I ended up ordering ½ laffa wrap of chicken shawarma with a side of beef soup and with tax, it made it up to about $ 11. It was delicious and very filling (it doesn’t seem like a lot but it’s quite a lot). If you choose to get a full laffa wrap… it’s huge!
What I love about the laffa wraps is that you get your choice of fillings and sauces!
We also have a side of tahini hummus to share with pita bread and it was soooooo good!
Definitely recommend :)

I was introduced to their original location by a neighbor who is from the region. Always looking for authentic food I quite enjoyed their restaurant which has a more formal setting and menu to match. I had never tried their Express location beforehand though so was looking forward to trying this spot.
The place is clean and airy and even has a patio on the side. Menu is a bit limited as it is supposedly a quick grab and go food. Alas I was not expecting that won’t have the Jerusalem Mix on sale here as mentioned by a Unilocaler in the review. Ah well. I ordered the Box combo and chose the Chicken Shewarma, Mesalad and fries. I am not a big salad eater so won’t review it though it did look fresh. The fries were so so. The Chicken Shewarma was good. Nice moist pieces of chicken and not overly cooked which is a recurring issue for this dish IMO. The sauce added to flavor as well. Decent stuff here. I would say 3 stars but have to give Kudos for the immaculate service. I was consistently checked upon and water was refilled without asking and even inquired about my meal. I wouldn’t expect this level of service in this price range. An extra star for the well trained and polite staff. Will be back for sure.

Me Va Me is the best place to get healthy, hearty meal, prepared fresh in front of you from the best ingredients. Their portions are very generous… And the value for money is unbeatable!
They have very efficient and fast service be it a take-​out order or dine-​in. The place itself is very spacious and has a modern feel to it. There are always tables available and there is a nice area right by the counters with high bar tables where you can comfortable wait for your take-​out order while watching some TV.
They have a great selection for the sides with a Box meal and you also get their signature Laffa bread with your order.
They have recently added a great selection of Ontario wines on tap which are priced very reasonable and pair very well with their selection of meats and seafood.

New location on Queen Street — Great for busy working people to grab a quick bite with option of dining in (plenty of seating available!)
They give generous portions, so come in hungry. I usually order the chicken shwarma plate that comes with laffa bread on the side. The salad is very fresh but a little bit too much feta cheese for my preference.
Service is a bit snappy during the lunch rush. I get it, seeing a lineup all of a sudden can be stressful.
Overall, this is a great place for a quick bite. I will certainly back when I need a shwarma fix!

Who can say no to hummus and laffa bread? A coworker told me about this recently opened joint. There are a couple that I past by before in the suburbs, but never really gave it a thought to try.
We went at around 12:30 which is dead of lunch hour, so the line up was practically out the door. They have an open concept kitchen and you can see the laffa bread being made while you wait which was pretty unique. They are pretty quick with taking the orders and prepping the food, so our wait was about 10 mins. I order the hummus plate (~$ 6) while the others got the mushroom on hummus (~$ 8), chicken shawarma on hummus (~$ 9) and grill lamb stick wrap (~$ 8).
There is a lot of seating at the back and has a nice contemporary décor, not your typical express lunch place. My only complaint is that I wish they provided more laffa bread for the amount of hummus that they gave.
Keep in mind though, because this is an express not all things on the menu online are offered (eg: lamb burger).