Last night, we were craving shawarma and were disappointed by the last place we checked out. We live in the east end of Ottawa and drive by Mango's on St. Laurent often, so we decided to check it out. So far, the best Lebanese place for me was La Shish on Merivale but after eating here, I think I've changed my mind.
We picked up two chicken shawarmas, and noticed the strawberry passion smoothie sounded pretty good. Then we saw garlic potatoes on another customers plate ...and ordered that too...haha. The shawarma was delish and right off the bat, you tasted the lemony zip of the creamy garlic sauce. The bread was soft and the pickles were crispy. Chicken wasn't dry, which was a bonus so overall it was a great wrap. The smoothie didn't disappoint either. You could taste the fresh bananas and strawberries and adding honey to sweeten was a nice change.
Personally, garlic potatoes make it or break it for me in terms of who is good and who isn't. Like I touched on before, the last place we went, the potatoes were AWFUL! they were cold and too lemony. Mango's potatoes were nice and hot, cooked through (I don't know why but some places cook potatoes too short and you can literally feel it go down..gross eh?) and Droooollllll, it had a good dollop of garlic sauce on top. Veryyy tasty and not too greasy.
A great place to check out if you are new to Lebanese food. Oh, and on a side note, the layout of the restaurant was nice and spacious, not to mention clean!! :)
** Sorry for lack of pictures, the food was eaten pretty fast lol
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