And Shawarma

All the food was phenomenal! We had chicken and beef shawarmas and a side of falafel. The flavor of everything was scrumptious and super fresh. The deserts, Baklava, and a pistachio creme cake were the perfect sweets to end the meal. We will probably be back at least once a week!

First visit here for lunch this Sunday afternoon. This is like a Cava/Chipotle "bowl" place - essentially you can get a bowl or wrap with chicken, lamb, gyro meat or falafel (which I believe is vegan). We had the design-your-own Chicken Rice Bowl and the Gyro Rice Bowl. Although it's called Rice Bowl, you can get it with lettuce, rice or half and half. Both were delicious. My partner and I appreciated the amount of meat in each bowl. Although the container appears smaller than a Cava bowl, it was very heavy by weight and chock full of the ingredients we picked. My partner took some of their meal home for dinner. Among the ingredients available for the design-your-own are tomato bits, chick peas, pickled onions, red cabbage, turnip, and a number of other items, including hummus (regular or spicy), tzatziki and sauces. For the chicken, my partner got the spicy hummus and the regular garlic sauce, which they enjoyed. For the gyro, I got tzatziki and spicy garlic sauce. The spicy garlic sauce was delicious and lived up to its name. The tzatziki tasted cool and fresh. Very nice. There was a generous portion of tasty gyro meat. The ingredients tasted fresh and everything combined nicely. I think they are a bit heavy handed on the sauces. You'll see that in the pictures below. I would consider asking for at least some of the sauce on the side next time. But I suppose that's personal preference. As I said, the sauces were delish. The atmosphere is nice. It's light and comfortable with music playing. There's a soda dispenser for refills with your drinks. The Staff were friendly and helpful.

Food was very fresh and there are plentiful options for toppings. Lamb rice bowl and chicken rice bowl are very fairly priced at $13 and $11 for the later. Servings are very generous as well. The service was good also, employees were very welcoming. I will be coming back to try other menu items.

This business is brand new and already had a nice lunch rush. Everyone is clearly excited for the falafel and shawarma.The inside has a generous amount of seating although most orders for this business were to go. The restaurant operates similarly to Chipotle where you can build your own bowl or pita. You can also select a chef bowl/wrap where the toppings are chosen for you. The staff was extremely nice! I asked them what all was vegan and they made sure to double check all the ingredients before answering me. All their toppings and the falafel is vegan. Also the vegan garlic sauce and the harissa are vegan. I made my own bowl with just about every veggie topping, greens, falafel, and vegan garlic sauce. They were pretty heavy handed with the garlic sauce so next time I will ask for a light amount of sauce.The bowl is a complete flavor explosion! I am so in love!! I wish the portion size was larger but my bowl could not fit another topping so I know they packed it as much as possible. It is just smaller than a meal from CAVA for a similar price. The flavors though are what would make me go back here over CAVA. I already want to go back for seconds.Right now the business is working through some online ordering kinks and that is the only flaw at the moment with this new business. I am sure everything will be running flawlessly by next week and I cannot wait to bring lunch back from here more often for myself and coworkers.Thanks for a killer vegan meal and best of luck to this new business!

Second time here. Delicious food , great service, clean facilities. Quick lunch spot. Their wrap is very different from the traditional wraps. It's a thin roti. You can get their suggested items as is, and it's delicious . The spicy slug sauce is hot!! The chicken and the lamb is nicely done.

Decent new Mediterranean bowl/wrap place with some upsides, some room for growth, and an unfortunate location (by a Cava) that invites unfavorable comparisons. I tried the falafel bowl with half rice and half salad, and, daunted by all the options in front of me, just went with the toppings for the falafel rice bowl, which are: hummus, parsley salad, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickled turnips, pickled red cabbage, chickpeas, roasted eggplant, and tahini (instead of mild garlic sauce, because I planned on being around others in the next couple of days and thought I'd do them that kindness). The good: fresh ingredients; vegan and vegetarian options; a strong hand with seasoning; some pickled ingredients (red cabbage, turnips) that Cava doesn't offer that add a lot to the bowl; assertive flavors; great falafel texture inside and out; very good hummus. The bad: the falafels were possibly 57% parsley, which is a lot of parsley, especially given that parsley is sort of an "oh, forgot that was there" herb; an overwhelming reliance on garlic in their sauces (including, alas for me, the tahini); smaller bowls, less sauces and add-ins than Cava; possibly over-seasoned?Serviceable but not a place I'd hasten back to.

And Shawarma is your average build-your-own-bowl spot. You can pick your protein, which comes from a container that was presumably carved several hours ago off of the shawarma that is displayed in the back of the kitchen. The toppings are varied, as are the sauces. In terms of flavor, the lamb was incredibly disappointing. It was dry and vaguely warm, and a fairly small portion relative to everything else. The rest of the bowl was fine, but nothing to obsess over. I cannot see myself coming here over any of the other Mediterranean bowl spots, especially because the one thing And Shawarma should have going for it (freshly carved, tender meat) is underwhelming. It is okay for a quick lunch, but I probably will not be coming back.

Pretty decent! Stopped by for lunch and got a chicken rice bowl. You can pick and choose your toppings, and what they had was pretty fresh. Portions are good, but not outrageous. Their pita is more of a large, thin flatbread, well maybe thicker than a tortilla, but thinner than most pita. It was pretty tasty and big, but it was served cold. Not sure if that's how it's meant to be, but after warming it up a little, it was a lot softer and easier to eat (when cold, it's tough to tear and chew). The spicy garlic sauce wasn't too hot, so maybe I'll get harissa next time. The chicken was good, but was hoping they were made to order where they shave the meat directly off the spit with little crunchy pieces, but definitely not the case here. My quest to find the ultimate shawarma place continues.

This new shawarma spot nails the delicious, authentic flavors. The perfectly seasoned and tender shawarma meat, fresh tabbouleh, and creamy hummus are standouts. Generous portions make it a great value. However, the customer service can be better. Since they are new I get it, training happening at the same time. Overall, the excellent food makes up for the so-so service if you're craving tasty, real-deal shawarma.

Shawarma is my favorite food and it is very hard to find locally. There's only one place in DC that I know of, so I was very happy to find this place. You pick a base for the bowl or get a wrap. The lamb supreme wrap and chicken shawarma bowl were amazing. Super fresh veggies. Excellent baklava as well. We got the ricotta pistachio cake to go. Will be back for falafel and more shawarma. Great friendly staff. Super clean inside.