Abu Omar Halal – Anaheim, CA

We saw the ad on Facebook. The food looked great in the pictures We drove 35 miles one way to try it my mom actually insisted to go there for her birthday. We arrived at the restaurant before they even said hello or welcome in …they told us the food will take 30 minutes to get ready in a away that was supposed to be encouraging to leave NOT to stay. Nevertheless, we agreed and we decided to go for a little walk around until the food is ready. when we returned, we sat down still waiting for the food. The restaurant is super quiet, no Arabic music or any kind of music. It was just a dead silent.. not even TV to keep customers occupied while waiting for the food when the food finally arrived. It was absolutely terrible. It has nothing to do with shawarma it only had the looks but not the taste or the sauce or the seasoning absolutely terrible. The worst I ever had. I had a lot of bad ones but this one takes it all flavorless tasted old no seasoning. And the side of falafel tasted terrible as well.. we paid about $46 for two meals absolutely not worth it and I will not recommend this place at all. There’s a bunch of decent places around this area the money you pay versus the atmosphere ,customer service and food quality does not match at all. I think their main focus is catering and walk in Customers are just after afterthought.

Amazing service and food! We ordered carry out and they told us that it would be a 25 minute wait (since they were making everything fresh - which I appreciate). So we decided to go sit in the car and wait. Less than 20 mins later, a worker came out of the restaurant and handed us our food right to our car (which was not even parked in front of the restaurant). It was so unexpected and greatly appreciated. Thank you for going above and beyond with your service! We ordered both chicken and lamb kebab over rice. So tasty and very fresh!! Definitely recommend.

Abu Omar runs a great shawarma joint! Idk Omar but I assure, that boy be eating GOOD! The shawarma is well seasoned, cut to the right size, and is loaded into the wrap. The beef/lamb options are great, but you’re interested in something different, they got an Italian style one with different bread and cheese. Their fires are also fire and the felafels hit! The name is great bc you know it’s Zabihatarian friendly! The one thing to note is the space is a bit small so seats fill up quickly and it can get a bit noisy too. So if you got a bigger party, keep that in mind.

Wow. I blindly ordered from this place on postmates because they had the bogo deal and honestly it was the best decision ever!!! I got the gyro + chicken shwarma wraps with fries. SO GOOD. I asked for sauce on the side because I didn’t want it to arrive soggy & they gave me the sauce on the side and also inside the wrap but not too much where it will be soggy. I appreciate it.

We came here on purpose, as acquaintances praised this place very much. But it turned out to be not so happy. Of everything we bought, we liked only the fries. Shawarma is really dry, the meat is tasteless. And the wrap itself is ridiculously sized. There is a great shawarma a few miles away.