Lakeside Shawarma — Restaurant in Carleton Place

I was visiting from the East Coast, where donair are plentiful but I have yet to find a good shawarma. Having lived in Ottawa and Mississippi Mills for 38 years, and back for a visit for the first time in 10 years, I really wanted it... we were out for a tour of the area as I had lived in Almonte and Clayton for quite some time, and we landed in Carleton Place at lunch time... and I'm so glad we did. Lakeside Shawarma yum. I had a chicken shawarma wrap, and the turnips were amazing, the chicken was fresh, flavourful and tender. The garlic sauce, the onions.... the first bite was like coming home. I may have made some slightly inappropriate noises... mm. My father had never heard of any of the things on the menu ( more of a meat and potatoes guy ), but he ended up with the falafel.. 'I'll just have 2, or 3 of those' he said... well at that point you might as well order 6... so we ordered 6 and he did NOT, in fact, have 2 or 3... he had five and a half.. LOVED them... I had the other half and they were truly the BEST falafel I've ever had, and I'm old... So, I"m back on the East Coast again, shawarma-less... sigh Next time I'm in the area I will absolutely drive out to Carleton Place and go...

The best & healthiest you could ever have, anywhere! People are very lucky to have this place: Such fine & pure food.

The owner, Moe, short for Maurice, offered to drive me home one rainy evening; I had walked a long way & was wet and got there too late & they had sold out.

That's impressive!

I'm over 70 & have worked in many restaurants & kitchens: The food at Lakeside is the best I've ever had. It is prepared in ways that you can be sure of & with great attention & care to specific detail (halal).

Any meal at Moe's (Phoenician) Lakeside will be the healthiest & tastiest food you will ever need at a price that seems too good to be true - for the quality received - so I can't help but 'leave a little extra,' every time I'm lucky enough to eat there.

The money AND TIME saved by enjoying Moe's food is fantastic; a rare thing these days! It's a win-win-win-win situation...

A large Fattoush salad with 'shawarma' chicken is a full-sized meal made with the healthiest food you could ever hope for and, it's...

Love this place! Mo is one of the nicest and most interesting people you have ever met and his food is very good. I think that he should consider opening a second store near a college or university. I think he would make a ton of money selling his food to hungover college students and students cramming for exams!

Back at my university there were many stores that would come and go at this one corner lot because either their business model didn't work or their product wasn't a good fit for the market.

Then one day a Lebanese restaurant opened up and started selling Shawarma plates, falafel, donairs, baklava, etc... The only negative thing about this restaurant was that it was extremely popular! That just meant you often would have to go ahead of when you actually wanted to eat otherwise they would be sold out of food!

Anyways, keep it up Mo! You're...