Mr. Shawarma — Restaurant in El Cajon

So my son, my grandson and I were at the El Cajon car show last night. On the way there I saw the sign for Mr. Shawarma's restaurant. It intrigued me as I had heard of swawarma's before but never tried them. When we finished at the show, I asked my son to drive us over to Mr. Shawarma so that we can try out the food. When we arrived and walked in, the first thing I noticed was how clean the resturant was. To my left there were three large video displays showing the menu options and pictures of the food.

Rather than to try to figure out what all of the options were, I approched a gentleman who I believe to be the owner of the establishment. I informed him that this was our first time here and what he recommended.

He highly recommended the Chicken shawarma and the beef/lamb shawarma. I was torn between both and then he said that I could have a combination of both of them along with a salad. I went ahead and selected the combination with the salad. There were several options for salad dressing and after hearing all of the choices, I finally asked him to make the salad that way he would make it for himself. My son ordered the Mr. Shawarna fries with beef and we ordered the children's fried chicken for my 2 year old grandson.

When the food arrived at the table, it was hot and fresh. My order came with two types of sauces for the two types of meat that I had ordered. Both were excellent, the shawarma and the sauce. It was very good. The salad was a complete surprise to me. I'm the type that usually just eats the lettuce and cucumbers but pick off the onions, the tomatoes and everything else. This salad was loaded with all of that but it was the pomegrante dressing that made the entire salad taste great!! I ate the entire salad. So 5 out of 5 stars for my combo plate.

My son had the Mr. Shawarma fries. He too said that it was delicious and he too gave it a 5 out of 5 stars. The surprise of the evening goes to my grandson's plate. He had the fried chicken. Just when you think that you can't improve upon fried chichen, this place suprised us. Both my son and I kept picking at the child's fried chicken. It was extemely good. 5+ stars for the children's chicken.

Honerable mention to the young lady working there as well. She was very attentive to our requests and her customer service skills and work ethics were off the chart.

As you can see, we really enjoyed our eating expereince here at Mr. Shawarma's. We will be back...

I ordered some of their shawarma from DoorDash thinking it will arrive on time but little did I know it never did. What made me so upset is that two DoorDash workers had to go and try to picked it up, one was going back and forth trying to find that place and just couldn’t find it. So I called the restaurant the guy who answered said there is an issue and I’m just like seriously well then say something on DoorDash don’t keep people waiting so ignorant and told me to wait until 4 if I want in which I did. Another DoorDash went to get it and what it looked like he was waiting as well by 4 something he canceled my order 😡 like you made me wait an hour I paid for the food and delivery when I could have ordered something else. I will be contacting DoorDash so they can take their restaurant off very unresponsible. I have always bought food for DoorDash this has to be my worst experience yet. Please do better! Honestly I think they need to go on that kitchen nightmare show of Golden Ramsey he could properly help out. They need lots of work for their...

I went to this restaurant for the first time a bit ago and was very impressed! I went late at night but they still had several customers - I appreciate how late they're open. The employee was very kind and cheerful, helpful and offered help with the menu and ordering process. They have a tablet you can order on, which is always nice for convenience (and social anxiety)! The atmosphere was lively and fun with an open floor plan, beautiful colorful decorations and fresh flowers, as well as fun music. It took some time to get my order but I was comfortable waiting and the food was clearly freshly made. Pricing is very reasonable The food itself is to die for, just delicious! The Chipotle garlic sauce added depth of flavor to the well put together wraps as well as the hand cut fries. Everything was cooked to perfection and portioned satisfyingly. The tabbouleh was fresh and the flavors popped. Presentation was awesome as well! I would highly recommend Mr. Shawarma for a late night meal or for any...