Pita Fresh & Catering — Restaurant in Denver

If I could give this place zero stars, I would. I worked here until about three weeks ago, and people deserve to know the truth. The kitchen is disgusting. They smoke cigarettes inside the kitchen with the door closed while food is being prepared. Not before or after—during. The smoke fills the air and lingers around the food. Then they go straight to handling ingredients without washing their hands. Most of the time, they don’t even wear gloves, and when they do, they’ll touch raw meat and vegetables without changing them. It’s not just gross—it’s a serious health violation and a danger to public health.

I’m not writing this out of revenge. I worked hard and stayed silent for too long. Every shift, I walked into sticky tables, dirty counters, chairs and booths all over the place, trash everywhere, filthy floors, and nothing stocked—no soda, silverware, or pizza boxes. I cleaned and stocked it all, without complaint. That was my job, and I did it. Meanwhile, night shift didn’t clean anything, and I’d still get yelled at the next day if one thing wasn’t perfect. They always said “night shift is busy,” but not too busy to mop, wipe tables, or restock. Everyone knows basic hygiene is expected at closing—but no one there cared.

Then my boss told me I “don’t do anything.” Wallah, that’s a lie. He had no real reason to fire me—he just made up excuses. And he’s done this before. He constantly hires girls and fires them a week later like it’s a routine. I stayed longer than most because I actually worked, but even that didn’t save me.

What really happened is he saw me walking with a man—my friend’s husband. We were meeting his wife at a café. The man never came into the house, but my boss saw us and made his own assumptions. The next day, he told me he was selling the house he let me stay in. I looked it up—it’s his property, not his dad’s like he claimed, and no one was packing. He just wanted me out. That was his excuse to fire me and kick me out over something innocent he misunderstood.

I didn’t work in the kitchen full-time because it’s small and full of men. As a Muslim woman, I wasn’t comfortable. And let’s be real—if I were his wife, sister, or daughter, he wouldn’t allow it. But because I’m a revert and not Arab, I wasn’t given that same respect. I did work in the kitchen when it was just his brother there. I took orders and cooked food when needed. I stepped up. I did more than expected and still wasn’t treated fairly.

And just because his wife is American doesn’t mean he’s not racist. I was treated unfairly from the start. I felt like I had to work 10x harder to be accepted. I wasn’t judged for my performance—I was judged for not being one of them. I always felt like an outsider. The workplace culture was toxic.

I wear abaya and hijab and wanted to work somewhere I could dress modestly. But even here, I was judged. I told him I used to wear niqab and wanted to wear it again. He told me he wouldn’t allow that at his business. That shocked me. Women in his country wear niqab all the time. But when I wanted to, suddenly it was a problem. That felt racist and hypocritical. It’s not about religion—it’s about control and bias.

I’m not saying all Arabs are the same, but from my experience, 99% I’ve dealt with in this community are arrogant, prideful, and racist. I’ve never felt so judged, belittled, or disrespected. They act like they’re better than everyone else and treat non-Arabs like second-class Muslims. It’s exhausting and hurtful.

But let me be clear: I’m not leaving Islam because of them. I’ve been Muslim for 8 years, Alhamdulillah, and I studied it for myself. If I judged Islam based on how some Muslims act, I would’ve left long ago. What they do is not Islam—it’s racism, ego, and hypocrisy.

This restaurant hides behind religion, but behind closed doors, it’s full of lies, filth, disrespect, and health violations. Don’t be fooled by appearances. If you care about food safety, dignity, or real Islamic...

I hate to write bad reviews. I usually support small business and since I love Middle Eastern food and I have always been a supporter of this establishment, I decided to order to deliver at our home.

However, their food and customer experience had let me down. I order through Uber Eats. Beef shawarma pizza, one fatoush Salad, Falafel and Kunafa. Im going to be honest. It has been the most insulting experience in my life.

Pizza was almost $22 and it had just few (10) pieces of meat. The pizza was between a small or medium size. Before you used to put lebnah in your pizzas. It Lacks of cheese. This time it was only marinara. It was kinda burnout in the bottom. It was cold and hard to eat. It was completely dry

The salad? $11. It was a bunch of lettuce, few tomatoes and cucumber. Not enough pomegranate sauce, peppers, sumac or pita chips.

Falafel? $11 It seems those are frozen. Those were hard, bland and even half of the original size. I felt I paid for 3 falafels and I got 6 halfs out of those three. Also, the tahini sauce that comes with it, was watery and half of the 2 oz container.

Everything seems so lack of quality and for having spent almost $60 on it, I don’t consider the experience is WORTH IT. I threw the food away. My friends were really excited to try your food since they were visiting and I decided to support you but you failed this time. I also called your restaurant asking to substitute tahini with garlic dip. The guy in the call told me that he will add just a little bit of it for free. We did not even got what he promised.

Your quality and food service has gone downhill and I do not think I will be supporting your business anymore. The only good thing, the Kunafa. It was delish, juicy and not...

Don’t we all have something to say about corner stores?? Well I do because it’s a great place to be at especially on my first stop before heading to the mountains, we have met the owner who was extremely nice and the staff were also very nice and helpful. The food has a Syrian touch to it, we ordered falafel as a start so we can figure out if it’s the right place to be at and hummus as well, not disappointing at all so we stayed and order chicken shawermas and beef sandwiches as well. We definitely leaned toward the chicken shawerma more. The cook then from the back introduced him self and said he can make fatet hummus for us and it will be great, we ordered two of them and we were shocked of how good it was. They really work with heart and definitely deserve all stars there is. We came back the following Sunday as we are driving back to our city and ordered chicken shawerma, I was a little disappointed that the chicken was not cooked on the spinning gyro but rather then grill, which makes the food taste different if you know your native tongue or know how a shawerma should taste. I spoke to the cook who made them and we had our little conversation where he understood the taste is different but that will not deter me away from it to be honest, loved the place and will be back when I come back to town next year .....