California Pita – Brentwood

I’ve visited the Beverly Hills location in person on south Beverly drive and loved it. This time I got the lemon chicken plate doordashed from their wilshire blvd location and it came warm still so that was a plus. I did ask for brown rice and I think they gave me regular rice so hence the four stars.. and I also wish on DoorDash they had an option of ‘no dressing in salad’ because each dish comes with a side salad but I feel like they overdo the dressing and it was heavy. Would’ve preferred it clean without dressing. Overall it was a hearty meals and prices aren’t bad for the portion sizes. I can definitely split this into two different meals. Their pita bread is really good - they give you a generous portion and is the best by far out of all the Mediterranean places I’ve tried — it’s just fresh; warm, and quality tasting.

I love California pita, I worked at one 10 years ago in the valley before it closed down and loved the food then and the food is still amazing now. You can’t go wrong with the chicken plate and the lemon sauce, so flavorful. The spicy hummus so my favorite to this day and I can’t find it anywhere else. Due to inflation prices have definitely gone up but I will visit whenever I’m in town.

Another Mediterranean spot that’s very solid with large portions. I got the Chicken House Kabob and Lamb Shish Kabob (it’s a combo that allows you to choose 2 of any meats). The lamb was the winner for me. The chicken was solid, but less flavorful then the lamb. The thing that made this unique was the delicious lemon sauce. It went perfectly with everything, I could have ordered a tub of it to-go. Overall the meal was great. It’s hard to tell what appropriate pricing is for Mediterranean food like this (at least for me) but it’s around the usual $17-$20+ bracket.

The service at this location has been terrible for a decade plus. Most recently, it took 35 minutes to get a simple order done. My friends went to Jersey Mikes next door and not only finished their sandwiches but had 15 minutes to spare by the time I got my food.

I will be very honest with my review. It was my first time ever ordering food from this place. I don’t know if I didn’t get lucky with the freshness and quality of the food because it was the 24th of Dec, or if the food just happens to be pre made or frozen and they follow the same procedures to prepare it. They only put 3 pieces of falafel on your dish and stuff you with rice. At least the rice was ok. The falafel tasted old. Service was good. I don’t recommend for vegans