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| - I don't know why people love this place so much. As someone of middle eastern descent, my family has been going to Nasib's (and other such places in the area) for 20+ years. Nasib's is slightly better than some of the others, but even then, it isn't anything special. The value is decent, the taste is fine, but this area is littered with many other places that are basically the same.
I'm going to rant for a bit about one particular thing. If you don't care about it, scroll down.
***START OF RANT:
For one thing, I'm a bit picky about what toppings I want. There's nothing wrong with that. Then this a-hole, whether he's actually "Nasib" or not, almost always puts something in my wrap, and THEN asks if I want that.
Are you ****ing kidding me? Don't cover my wrap with onions and then ask if I want onions. That's just stupid. I swear, even if I deliberately say "no onions" ahead of time, like 75% of the time he'll put onions and then be like "oh yeah" and try to pick them off. Same with pickled turnips. I don't like them, and he never seems to learn.
I understand that most Egyptians / Lebanese etc aren't picky when it comes to that -- my family and some of my friends are from that culture and they will just get everything. So maybe they're just accustomed to that kind of a customer. But that's not me. Maybe they assume because I'm middle eastern that I'll be the same, but that's a wrong assumption.
And it's even worse when it's something that can't really be removed, like when I say NO to hot sauce, and he has put hot sauce all over everything. I'm not the type of person who would ask to have it remade (maybe I should be) so I've just let it slide. But then I'm left with a wrap that's spicy when I don't want it to be, and I find the hot sauce just makes it so I can't taste the rest of the food.
Oh, and don't even think about placing your order without watching him carefully. I've done that twice. Went nearby to deposit a cheque, came back, and he's like "two beef with no onions no turnip" and I say "no hot sauce right?" and he repeats "no hot sauce" ...hands them to me, I go home, and oh what's that? At least one is not made to that specification. It's like he spaces out when he makes them.
If this were an isolated incident, I'd let it slide. I'm not spiteful. But between going here with my family, a few times with my roommate, and twice on my own? This has happened more often than not, even if I clearly state exactly what I want ahead of time. I've said it in English. I've said it in Arabic (which he speaks fluently). Doesn't seem to help.
***END OF RANT***
Even if they didn't have this issue, I find Nasib's wraps to be... fine. I find they taste good and are well made, but it's not like I'm ready to give it 5 stars for taste. It's a good shawarma wrap... but Lawrence/Pharmacy has a lot of similar places, and I don't find they do much to set themselves apart. Most of the time the meat is juicy. A few times it has been a bit dried out. That's about the same as I've had at other shawarma places in the area.
Other reviewers are like "2 shawarma for $6.99? great deal!" ...really? This area has like 6 or 7 other places with the exact same special, and a few even cheaper. It's called being price competitive. It's not some mind blowing promotion.
As for their dinners, it's about the same as other places in the area: filling portion, but the price reflects that. Some like to praise a place for having large portions, but I don't see the point if the price is indicative of that portion. It's not like I'm getting some insane value. It's nearly $11 with tax (and that's without a drink). If I pay a price premium, I expect a decent amount of food, and that's what it is here, so I wouldn't gush and say "wow, that was the bee's knees" ...more like "that was $10.50 worth of food." (although according to their website, it's $1 cheaper Mon-Fri between 5:30 and 8:30 which is a slight bonus)
I'm unlikely to keep this place in my rotation simply because of my above rant. If you went to (let's say) Subway or Mr Sub and they repeatedly put toppings on your sandwich before you specified, you wouldn't stand for that. So why should I?
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