Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
3435 Reviews
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- Friday10 am–2 am
- Saturday10 am–2 am
- Sunday10 am–2 am
- Monday10 am–2 am
- Tuesday10 am–2 am
- Wednesday10 am–2 am
- Thursday10 am–2 am
About the Business
Shelby’s - Legendary Shawarma, Poutines, Falafels & More | Home of the longest shawarma in the world, and the creators of the shawarma poutine! Enjoy our legendary traditional or fusion shawarmas, with our flavourful sauces and sides! Order online now, for delivery or pick up from the nearest Shelby's to you.
Contacts
Website
Call Us
+15196409994
223 Horton St E, London, ON N6B 1L1
Hours
- Friday10 am–2 am
- Saturday10 am–2 am
- Sunday10 am–2 am
- Monday10 am–2 am
- Tuesday10 am–2 am
- Wednesday10 am–2 am
- Thursday10 am–2 am
Features
- Delivery
- Wheelchair-accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
- Credit cards
- Takeout
- Dine-in
- Wheelchair accessible seating
- Wheelchair-accessible washroom
- Halal food
- Healthy options
- Small plates
- Vegetarian options
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Catering
- Dessert
- Seating
- Good for kids
- Washroom
- Casual
- Cozy
- Groups
- Fast service
- Vegan options
- Quick bite
- High chairs
- Late-night food
Recommended Reviews
Duane Readings
17.10.2023
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
Best chicken rice bowl I've ever had. Their saj bread is made fresh on the spot, best tasting shawarma fare in the city by far. I highly recommend this location and all others. Five stars!!!
Burhanuddin Lokhandwala
29.09.2023
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
Food - 5/5Ambiance - 4/5Service - 3/5Price - Mid RangedWent to Rexdale location first and thought of visiting the old location in London. Review remains same, no compromise in quality or quantity. Ordered 2 chicken shawarma wrap, mixed shawarma wrap, and bebsi. The food was amazing, saj was as good as before. Will definitely visit again. The chicken was way better than some well known Mediterranean franchises. The food was filling, and you'll not be disappointed.
Dobby
04.09.2023
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
Absolutely disgusting. I wouldn't have cared if it was a small piece of plastic but how do you mess up that bad? I almost died. I felt what the turtles are feeling and now I'm donating to better the environment. Thanks Shelby's
Danny Fares
17.08.2023
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
10/10 for Presentation, 4.5/10 for food. Review belowI was quite excited to try Shelby’s as they have a very entertaining and inviting social media presence. I live in the Mississauga, ON area (the hub of Shawarma) so I did come in here with some high expectations. I will start off by saying, this review is an opinion and not a fact, just like my 5 star reviews as well.First thing I noticed when I walked in which is the #1 red flag for me was that they were cooking their chicken on the flat top grill and not serving customers directly off the grill. Unfortunately this gives the chicken a very “boiled” taste because it’s literally cooking in a mountain of chicken and not getting the crisp and flavour it needs to have from being on the spit.I ordered the chicken shawarma dinner and I must say the boxing and packaging of the food is the best I have ever seen from any shawarma place ever. The prices are also not bad for what you get.Now as for the food, I was very disappointed. To me, it was just your typical dark meat chicken, very little flavour, lots of dark meat, has that dark meat/flat top cooked “stink” to it. The shawarma was not good at all. As for the fries I’m pretty sure they are your standard Costco Cavendish fries which isn’t bad but to me I am kind of sick of those fries by now given everybody serves them.As a middle eastern I can confidently tell you this place is good if you don’t know any better. However for somebody like me it falls in the Lazeez/Osmows category. Not a bad thing for the owner as these places both do very well however for me as a connoisseur I would never return nor recommend this place. Very disappointed because I really wanted to like it!
Arwaah Irfan Memon
03.08.2023
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
Halal Shawarma Joint: London Ontario.Had an awesome experience.Food: 10/10Quality: 10/10Custoner Service/ Experience: 10/10Bonus Points for their in-house freshly made Saj wraps.We drove from Cambridge to London and the drive was worth it. My brother and I ordered a couple items.Zaatar Fries, Traditional Shawarma (that was smoked/chared) that enhances all the flavors, Shawarma Burrito (definitely something different and amazing, I was so done. It was filling). Finally, we also ordered shawarma tacos that looked something different on their menu, and I sure wasn’t disappointed at all. All the items that we ordered were fresh and tasty.The staff was polite and very helpful when it came to suggestions, as it was our first time trying Shelby’s. The guy from the headquarters took out the time and gave us some amazing facts and their brand values & brand focus. The downtown location was the original Shelby’s. The interiors are well tot off and have a street style feeling. I also loved how they had managed to keep self kiosk counters for when it becomes crazy busy to help their staff members.I loved their product packaging and the best part was all the wraps we had weren’t messy at all. Like no kidding.Overall I am definitely going to come back.
Eric Rushton
03.08.2023
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
Came here from Vaughan after it was hyped so hard on social media. Unfortunately for me, this was a case of them hyping things they don’t deliver.“Fresh Froiezz”they were not - they pulled fries from a metal cambro (heat drawer), and seconds later they had a fresh batch come up and then they heat drawered those - guys common don’t use up old product on customers like this. There is no reason to heat drawer fries - they take 3 min to cook.“I love za bicklez”Me too. Except I barely had one of each topping. Things were barely there. By looking at it, you can’t even identify what toppings I had.“Don’t forget za bebsi”I wish I had gotten bebsi, because the Shelby’s branded hibiscus drink was hideous. Who taste tested this? It’s sharp like cough syrup with more sugar than coke (40g for 300ml!).And a few other things shown on tiktok that don’t happen in real life (shawarma not cut from spit it’s also from a heat drawer + wrap not burned on the shawarma burner before entering the press, etc).Overall, it was OK… it’s just for the level of hype they have on social media you would expect them to have more quality control. These guys have a massive brand built on the back of an epic social media character. It was just a huge let-down to have this in person.
Jim Ghimery
21.07.2023
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
I ordered a salad bowl. It was like lettuce and 2 slice of tomatoes and little meat. Rice bowl was terrible as the rice was very hard and dry. I would call another over hyped shawarma place. This is my second time at Shelby and another disappointment. I'm giving 3 stars because meat actually tastes good. I must say the place is very clean and nice.
Ayan Talukdar
21.07.2023
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown
The shawarma byriani is amazing. The spice doesn't overpower the flavours, and everything is balanced. Also the quantity is excessive for the price however that makes it better. Normally lasts me 2 meals.
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223 Horton St E, London, ON N6B 1L1
Shelby's Shawarma - Downtown