Wow have these guys really expanded. I remember when there was only 1-2 locations in the entire GTA area, they in the last 3 years they seem to have gone into franchise hyper mode and their locations are as widespread as Macs Milk and McDonalds - ok maybe not THAT much, but there's never an Osmow's far from where-ever you are (over 40 according to their website). Honeslty when in the hell did this happen.
I've actually never dined/eaten at Osmow's before, despite their popularity and their famed "chicken on the rocks" dish (open faced shawarma on fries with sauce), so when this was the closest option for food today I figured - Meh, what the hell.
For those not aware, Osmow's is like the Pizza Pizza of middle eastern food - except you know, palatable and actually tasty. The Finch location was a little bare bones but the menu board and front were all digital on flat screens.
I ordered a beef shawarma and a chicken shawarma with everything but hot peppers and medium spice level of sauce. Pro-tip, they've actually created a visual for spice level by the number of lines of sauce they draw on your shawarma before the wrap it up. Medium = 4 lines and it's got a bite for it. I highly recommend you check out their idiot proof guidelines to spice, it's genius.
It's easily one of the best prepared shawamas I've had in the GTA as they've mastered the actual toasting of the sandwich so that the bread is crispy. The meat and toppings are plentiful and so is the sauce - maybe a little too much as several bites were overly sauced to the point where my shwarmas exploded out the bottom from being saturated in sauce.
It's no frills, it's reasonably priced and when you look at calorie counts not that bad for you tbh. For me it's a strong 3.5 star....not quite a 4 but I'll round up.
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