Lazeez Shawarma & Mediterranean Grill

A friend recommended Lazeez as the closest thing I could get to Osmow’s before it went downhill so my friends and I made the trip here one day after the gym.
I got lazeez on the rocks with ½ rice, ½ fries and they got mixed platters. I really enjoyed my food and was not disappointed with their sauce. Also tried some of my bf’s greek salad which was good, but they could’ve went easy on the olives.
We came in at a good time so we didn’t have to wait and service was fast and friendly, but within minutes there was a long line up.
Overall I like the food so I will come back if I’m in the area or if I’m craving their saucy goodness but I have to give 3 stars based on the condition of their store. Ripped booth seats, freezing temperature due to an open door somewhere in the back — not very pleasant to eat there at all. With all the traffic they get I’m sure they can afford to fix up the place to a decent standard.

Great Falafal. Liked the place and taste of it. But the service was not good was extremely busy and dirty place. You can not eat there. It is just a take-​out place. Be prepared to wait for 30 minutes.

After my bad experience I decided to give it another shot. I went there three times after the incident and the manager was very nice to me.
The place tends to get very packed and busy and maybe the manager was a bit under pressure.
Im very satisfied with my recent visits.

My go-​to place for «chicken on rice» — shawarma chicken on a bed of rice (fries optional), doused in sauce. Delicious and great value for the portion size. Wait time can be a hassle though, and calling in advance for your order doesn’t save any time. I love NYC’s Halal Guys more, but this is the best alternative I’ve had in the GTA.

I was in the area and saw I had this bookmarked on Unilocal… score! I am always down for a Shawarma! I had just come from an appointment and had nothing in my body… I was STARVING… I walked in at 11:30 am and from reading previous reviews I expected to wait. The restaurant was extremely busy… most seats were taken and there was a line of about 5 – 6 people in front of me… at 11:30am people… on a thursday morning! After seeing the amount of people I thought to myself, «this place has to be amazing!» I browsed through my fellow Unilocalers suggestions and decided to go with the lazeez on the rocks ½ fries ½ rice mild (just incase medium was too spicy for me). I ordered the REGULAR size. This was jam packed to the brim with delicious chicken shawarma meaty goodness. The meat was high quality meat in my opinion and the rice and fries mix added a great change of texture to the meal. HOWEVER… the garlic sauce… not the best. This meal would’ve been 5 stars had the garlic sauce been a bit better… it was almost tasteless. I ate this regular size meal at 11:30 am and was still too full to eat dinner. So this was my only meal all day lol… THATS how filling it was.
PS. I overheard the men in front of me talking about how the restaurant has a new, faster system… probably the reason why I was in and out of the place in under 5 mins. Great job for fixing the long wait times Lazeez!

One of the best shawarma place in GTA. portions are big and prices are really good too. Shawarma wrap, Lazeez on the rocks and Fatoush salad are my personal favourites. This place almost always have long line ups and waiting time for me always have been aprox 20 – 25 minutes. It’s a small shop with limited seating capacity so I always prefer take out.

So after reading all the reviews I went to the place
… before I went I called them (8.30pm) and gave a order for two chicken on the rocks I arrived there and they gave me a number so the fun began… the workers get into a argument because of the ordering display was quite funny… the service was slowwwww. the lady on the cash counter was whole time busy in her cellphone instead of helping the others … anyways finally I got my food at (9.20pm) food was ok so atleast one thing was good on the end!!!

After seeing countless endless lines ups every time I passed by the place, I decided to give it a try. I mean how different could a chicken on the rocks be? We stopped by on Sunday, mid morn. It wasn’t crowded at all. As per reviews I ordered the chicken on rocks. It was delicious… just like at the other shawerma restaurants in the vicinity! Only difference is lazeez gives a heaping portion of rice and chicken sans salad or potatoes. I would go back.

I love the food here. Their lazeez on the rocks is my personal favourite. Do take note that when they mention spicy it is actually spicy. Usually a long line up at certain hours and definitely late at night. But they keep things going fairly quickly. Have not been disappointed even once so far, and their rice is pretty amazing, alongside the meats and sauce? Too good. Their shawarma wraps are also really good and if you add in the deals of the days this is the best bang for your buck meal.
Do note they have limited seating, though most orders are for take out anyway.

Man,
Food here is off the chain. Massive portions, amazing value and unbeatable taste. IMO best chicken on the rocks in the hood glad I revisited.
Damn!

I ususally go to Osmows but my friend was ranting and raving about the garlic sauce at Lazeez. I am a huge fan of garlic (and onions mmmhmm give me a kiss!) so I had to try it. It was definitely worth the trip. There was a line full of ethnic people, so that was a clear indication that the food was good and authentic. The meat was moist, the salad was fresh and the fries were crispy. The portion was more then enough, we all had left overs. I don’t have any complaints in regards to food, I will be back when I am in the area. The previous reviewers are right I did wait about 15 minutes for my food, the service wasn’t bubbly or engaging and they could spruce the place up a bit. I don’t mind waiting for my food especially when you see them individually dressing each salad and cutting meat for every order. This isn’t Ruth Chris Steakhouse so don’t go in expecting a fine dining experience.

There may be something wrong with my taste buds as I find the two most popular shawarma restaurants in Mississauga (Osmows & Lazeez) wildly overrated.
Came here on a Monday at 8:30pm and it was uncomfortably packed. Every table was full with customers waiting for their food (few actually eating) and there was a line that went from the counter (back of the shop) to the front exit.
Okay, I thought, if people are willing to wait this long for some cheap shawarma then it must be good, right?
I ordered a chicken shawarma wrap. It took about 20 – 25 minutes. Your wait times will likely be longer than you’d expect because you have to wait for everyone ahead of you in line as well as everyone waiting at tables to get their food. While waiting, I took a look around and realized just how unkept everything felt — tables/​booths falling apart, garbage bins overflowing, dark lighting. It caught me by surprise since the plaza has many other newer looking establishments.
I wasn’t very happy with how the 6 people I dined with all received our orders at different times… Half our group was done eating by the time the other half got their orders. This shouldn’t happen, especially given that we ordered together.
I was also unsatisfied with the variance in spice level among the wraps in our group. Three of us ordered a medium spice level, but mine wasn’t hot at all, whereas my friend could barely eat hers. Surely enough, we took a bite out of her wrap and her medium was wayyy hotter than ours.
Lazeez is really popular — I was surprised when I saw lineups longer than Osmows’. There’s a lot of hype around them that I personally believe is unsubstantiated. I don’t think I’d dine here often if wait times were 5 minutes, but 25 minutes? That’s just overkill. There are better places for shawarma, even if they’re less popular.

The food is not worth the wait. Absolutely disorganized. If this is their dig at the famous halal guys of NYC then they need a huge lesson in what food should taste like.
I’m very disappointed at the way food tasted after an hour long wait.
I for sure will not be trying this place in Mississauga again and would advise others to avoid as well.

~3* for taste
~1* for the wait
~5* for the price
first off, the chicken on the rocks is VERY mediocre, doesn’t have the ZING of flavor you’d expect in a shwarma. On top of that the garlic sauce is wayy too creamy and heavy, didn’t have much of a garlic taste and kind of stuck to the roof of your mouth.
The price is fantastic for such a big meal which is around $ 5 – 6 for a small on the rocks (trust me, it ain’t small!)
the queue time made me want to pull my hair out. We went around lunchtime and the line was MASSIVE, which resulted in a wait to order for about 5 minutes, and then another 15 minutes to get the food. After 15 minutes I was informed that they ran out of chicken (hah.) and so we waited another good 15 minutes for that to finish. I came here to get some fast lunch, and spent almost 40 minutes waiting, so its a huge two thumbs down for me.

Everyone at work keeps raving about this place because they have the best sauces I was told. Had to try it out! If you are going for lunch, pack patience because this place has a line up ! Although we got there at 12:30 which I guess is prime lunch time.
About 8 people in front of me. Half way to the cashier they took my order: I got half rice/​fries with chicken. Generous portion but I found the rice dry and undercooked and the peas hard. The fries were soggy and oily. The chicken was tuff and dry too.
I don’t think I’d ever go back! I think osmow sells better tasting rice and fries but 4* because the sauce they use is very well seasoned and tastes better than what osmow uses. If you do go here, get the schwarma wrap. Don’t bother with the rice dishes! I can see how the staple wrap would be good with the sauce.
**edit** Someone ordered me a kebab and I will say it is pretty good. Got a regular chicken kebab. Made to order. Mild sauce was not overkill in spices. Much better experience

2.5* Wait was approx. 15mins. not as long as I thought it would be as it was my first time here.
I’m pretty sure I experienced heartburn within the first few bites. Lazeez is definitely not for the health conscious as there’s soo much sauce, salt, & spice. Pita pieces in fattoush and fries were at least double-​fried, so waaay past golden yellow. Pita pieces was a minute away from being black! Dressing in fattoush consisted of just white vinegar and some kinda herb (sumac?).
Is the food edible? Yes, it’s ok. Are the portions big? They’re alright, DEFINITELY 2−3Xs more rice than anything else. Meat portions aren’t that chunky especially the kebab chunks.
Atmosphere was probably what brings my rating down. People behind the counter don’t seem to care about the food. No love here! Each and every table was occupied… with people who were waiting for food. Only 1 then 2 tables were actually eating.
During my wait, they ran out of rice from the rice cooker, so someone came with a large vat of rice and dumped it into the rice cooker, rice falling all over the counter. Food was served in styro containers and garbage was almost to the brim in containers. No recycling whatsoever.
Place is sorta dingy and as per the other reviews, desperately needs some updating or change of light fixtures. Lighting doesn’t really help boost the atmosphere any.
Overall, I was disappointed especially after reading all these overhyped reviews.

Finally got to try Lazeez this weekend, and definitely will return. As mentioned in other reviews, the one bad side is the wait time. I did not go inside, as GF went inside while I went to Tim’s and thought we could meet up after, but I had to wait about another 15 mins.
She bought 2 large beef shawarma and I was shocked at how big the Large is! There were plenty of beef in that big wrap! I don’t have shawarmas as often these days, but this would have to be my go to place now, especially so close to me.

I love my shawarma, so naturally I had to make it here eventually. As others have said, it gets very busy here. The line had a good 20 people waiting. I feel that their kitchen and serving layout is slowing things down a bit, but everyone there was working hard.
I lot of people recommended ‘on the rocks’, so I thought I’d give that a try. I didn’t know much about it and didn’t realize it didn’t come with any veggies — I may go for the regular platter next time, but they did throw it on when I asked.
Anyway, my plate was chicken shawarma on a bed of lentil rice with various sauces. Everything is very tasty. To be honest, there’s a number of seasonings in true Mediterranean Middle Eastern food that I don’t know the name of, but they’re very tasty. I find the average or poor places are missing out on them. The chicken was full of flavour and the lentil rice had these nice crispy fried onions in it. Sauces were nice, and the hot sauce is delicious — it’s one of the thicker, deep red hot sauces which also have a lot of flavour alongside the heat.
Great value here too, barely anything over $ 11. Close to a ‘5’, but they should find a quicker way to expedite food to improve on service. Perhaps they could renovate and make it more of a takeout spot, since it seems to be the present demand anyways. It would free up some kitchen/​prep space. Still, I’d highly recommend it.

This is my go-​to rice and chicken on the rocks, I think it’s better than Osmows. But, the line up is ridiculous, I waited close to 45 minutes at around 8pm on a Thursday! Try to go before 5pm or call in to place your order. You would still have to line up but at least you have priority.
I always get their Lazeez on the rocks with half rice and half fries with extra sauce on the side! This is the closest thing to NY’s Halal Guys mixed platter! I miss it so much…*sigh. But this really hits the spot and I love how they are not stingy with their sauce. Their chicken is not dry at all and the rice is cooked to perfection. I get mild and my boyfriend always gets his extra extra extra HOT! The fries are soo crispy and goes well with the chicken and sauce (I’m drooling as I write this) I suggest eating at the resto so your fries won’t get soggy.
I’ve been here a couple of times and it’s never dead, this place is definitely poppin!

Great food for a great price! Even the regular shawarma is filling. The large one is all I need to be full for a while! Ive had a chicken shawarma as well as a beef shawarma and both were great!
Ive also tried the Lazeez on the rocks and thats great as well.
Overall the place has great food for a great price.
My only complaint would be the wait time. After you order you wait a while for food but since the place is so busy i can over look this.