Another attempt at finding those hidden gems in Mississauga and the Yelp reviews shows this as a solid 4 star. Im not going to knock the people ... I'm sure the owners or at least the family members of the owners were here. They were definitely interested in your interest to build the platter you'd like... it's not a fast food conveyor belt process here. I'm just not certain the flavours and food will bring me back.
Safari grill is in a smaller little side strip mall that belongs to the T&T grocery lot. You can imagine the parking lot situation... it's a bit of madness especially getting in and out onto Mavis. Safari grill is a smaller fast casual spot with a decent amount of seating. There's at least 6 tables where you can sit down. It's clean with an interesting vibrant mural.
Service here is polite and thoughtful ... it can be a bit slow since there's only one person taking your order. The menu is your typical Mediterranean with prices ranging from $9 and up for platters and less for wraps. You have your usual chicken and beef shawarma with side salads to add on.
Falafel platter - The positives first... they made the falafels fresh. I can hear them frying them up so they were just sitting somewhere and stale. The sauces definitely help perk up the flavours. So ask for the garlic and hot sauce combo.. I liked that. As for the rest of it... huh. My biggest concern this was more like a rice platter. The container had about 2.5 full cups of rice. I get that there's filler to make sure you're full but this was just crazy as everything else barely added up to a cup. Yes you're offered any sauces/dips you want but they weren't flavourful. Hummus was incredibly oily and not much flavour. The tomato onion sauce wasn't good on flavour as well. The pickled veg wasn't bad but I only get maybe 3 sticks. The tabouleh salad was more than half onions and just a bit of parsley and some tomatoes. The potatoes were under cooked. What I'm trying to say is that this unfortunately not even a snack size of edible food after you take out the rice. 2/5
Mixed beef and chicken shawarma platter - This was about the same as the falafel platter. Overall, it was a bit unremarkable if you take out the super huge portion of rice again. All the same issues showed up here as they did in the falafel platter. The beef and chicken were ok... they werent overly dry but could have had more flavour. 3/5
Seeing the other reviews, I'm not sure what happened here. Im hoping this is a one off for them because I certainly cannot recommend it based on the food. I know this is a fast casual operation but I would at least expect to enjoy a meal that wasn't only rice and lacking flavour.