Shish Kabob

If you work downtown or want to grab a quick bite on Fayetteville street, I highly recommend this place for lunch! They make a delicious chicken shawarma and I really enjoy their baba ghanoug. The wraps are served a la cart but the lunch specials come with french fries. They have plenty of seating right out front on the Fayetteville street city plaza. Oh & they have a small selection of beer and wine in addition to soda and tea.

Tja. Nichts besonderes.
Lammfleisch war trocken. Pommes Frites OK aber es muss besseres geben.

This is real deal Middle Eastern food. Excellent lamb and beef souvlaki and gyros, hummus and babaganoush. Ingredients taste fresh. Self serve and utdoor seating only.

Had walked by this place several times and was curious to try some of their food. Had the chicken and rice with tzatziki sauce and bread. Everything was very tasty. Flavorful meat, tasty spices in the rice and One of the better tzatzikis I’ve had. This is much better than any fast food in the area, perfect for a quick and relatively healthy meal. My dish was 8 usd which i don’t think is bad at all. I look forward to coming back soon next time I’m in downtown Raleigh and try the lamb. Also, the staff seem very friendly.

I spent a few days in Raleigh for a conference, and like any good professional on a work trip, I hit the bar way too hard on night one and ended up puking in my room the next morning. After a nap and a panel, in which I was an active participant, I needed some sustenance, bad. I stumbled over to Shish Kabob, which was right outside the hotel, in the lovely City Plaza.
The place was small and casual, basically a take-​out spot with a few tables outside. It was empty when I went in at three in the afternoon, except for a guy manning the register and grill. He was very nice and helpful. I ordered a Phoenician Platter and a Diet Coke, and it was a decent solution to my problems.
The platter came with two kabob skewers and three sides of my choosing, which didn’t seem like an inordinate amount of food until I held the container in my hands. It was a large lunch – I got it with chicken and beef kabobs, with sides of rice, tabouli, and hummus with pita. The chicken was tasty, if on the dry side, marinated in a garlic sauce. The beef was also nice and flavorful, with a little bit of toughness. I really liked the fluffy rice and the fresh tabouli, and the hummus and pita were satisfying.
I sat alone on a planter in the City Plaza and ate with the top of the styrofoam container flapping back and forth in the breeze – a moment of calm in a busy week. I’d recommend Shish Kabob if you need a quick meal in the area. The kabobs aren’t the best you’ll ever have, but they should do the trick if you’re hungry.

Stayed at the Marriott next door to this place and ended up picking up dinner to take back to my room here three nights in a row. Nice, big charbroiled burger with fries (enough food that I wasn’t able to finish) and also had the garlic chicken kabob one night. Food was good and inexpensive, and the guys running the place were very nice. Came in very handy.

Great gyro! I stopped by here when staying in town, and I wanted to eat a gyro there for ever meal after that stop. I will certainly be back any time I’m in town.

The meat on my gyro was dry and crusty, the salad was limp and old too. Bummer, as this place used to be great. Sidenote: I asked for water and they charged me for (and later gave me) bottled water — typically when there is a self serve soda fountain, «water» means tap water — other establishments usually clarify before charging a customer.

Great food. I had lunch and dinner here. Get the gyro! very reasonable price for a lamb gyro. and very tasty. I would definitely come back to this place if I am ever in the area again. Oh I should mention there is no place to sit inside the joint — its all outside table seating. and you order and pick up from the counter yourself. This isnt a sit down and have a waiter place. This is an upgrade from a fast food place. a tasty upgrade, but still its not a restaurant restaurant if that’s what you need.

Love this place. Food is great & staff is always nice.
Not authentically Greek. Just Mediterranean, which is fine, the food is fresh.
Just wish there was inside seating & a customer restroom. Otherwise it would’ve been a 5 star.

Sometimes you need a quick and easy meal that hits the spot. You may also want this meal to actually be healthy. Shish Kabob perfectly hits the trifecta of [reasonably] healthy, cheap, and fast. Prices, selections, and portion sizes are all very comparable to other Mediterranean houses. For sides, I have only tried their salad, and I was impressed. Their salads have a delightful amount of ingredients.
I have no real complaints about this place. If you work nearby, Shish Kabob provides a very good lunch.

It doesn’t look like much but it was so yummy! I was 100% satisfied with my meal, which means a lot coming from a picky eater. Do yourself a favor and get a gyro in a warm pita from Shish Kabob

Good people working there. The food is not authentic Lebanese, not even close. It is more Greek…
Do not expect to get a Lebanese shawarma or falafel, like you do in Lebanon. Tzaziki sauce is not Lebanese.
The location is clean and the guys working there are friendly. That’s why I gave it 3 stars.

This is our absolute favorite place for Lebanese food (outside of Lebanon). We drive 1 hour past several other Arabic food places just for their shawarma. Their taboulli is perfect, their hommous tastes just right. Plus, they’ll make it just like you want it. We always ask for our sandwiches to be wrapped a certain way, and they always are happy to do so.
Highly recommended.

For under $ 10, I had a lamb shish on the most delish rice ever, cinnamon cand clove flavor, topped off with the best tadziki ever. Just a few minutes walk from the convention center.

Great place to grab a quick bite in downtown Raleigh! My boyfriend and I stopped by before a concert one night when we were in a rush and got to enjoy delicious wraps. They’re made right in front of you (yay open kitchens!) and were filling and flavorful. I’d come here again if I happen to wind up in this area of downtown Raleigh.

Great lunch special, lamb is always cooked well and service is fast. Consistent food.

I love this place! I work just down the street and I often go to get their lamb kabobs and salad. There tzatziki is so delicious with the tender cubes of lamb, and the salad is always fresh. The pita is, of course, delicious as well.
The owner is super friendly, and always very polite.
I would recommend stopping in for a light, delicious lunch.
They are open for dinner as well– one time I stopped in and got takeout, and it’s not as busy in the evenings.
Pricing is really good too :).

Holiday hours said until 4 pm, we went at 3 pm and the doors were locked. Workers behind the counter just stared at us, two people were eating inside. No one even bothered to tell us they closed early or anything. Poor service. Closed early.

Glad to see some decent vegan options (falafel pita). I appreciate the low price. I would bump this up to five stars if they start labeling what is vegan, and if they used compostable to go boxes. (Which I know cost more, but I think customers are happy to pay a few extra cents to not damage the Earth.)

Man can not live by music alone so a stop by at Shish Kabob was a must-​do during the Hopscotch music festival! This small storefront was packed but the staff here is efficient. I ordered up a chicken shwarma sandwich which was a tightly rolled up pita with chicken breast, lettuce and tomato, yum! Great food to eat on the run, Shish serves up their wraps in tin foil so you just peel it off as you eat. The sandwich was well put-​together with plenty of grilled meat and veggies.
For a quick stop in, Shish Kabob does the job if you’re in City Plaza. Grab a seat outside, watch the people go by and enjoy a relaxed lunch here!