898 East Roosevelt Road, Lombard, IL
The staff of this restaurant has verbally confirmed halal status. All food at this restaurant is certified halal. This place is authorized by or uses meat authorized by Halal Food Standards Alliance of America.
This restaurant is halal certified by the following.
Shawarma Express is a Middle Eastern fast food with great taste. From our shops to our big events catering division we will always bring you the freshest of ingredients and promise service with a smile. Our Shawarma and Falafel are based on old traditional recipes and promise to wow your taste buds every time.
898 East Roosevelt Road, Lombard, IL
Ordered a beef shawarma wrap, so it was basically beef in a tortilla and shawarma was not good at all it was pasty.. not going to return.
I was surprised by the larger variety of entrees, and look forward to coming back to try more items. We enjoyed the mix grill lunch special and the beef kabobs special. Other restaurants in the area have similar food with more zing, but you can tell this food is made with love and they know how to make it. Great service, clean and quick, hot and crispy for that extra flavor. Thanks, and see you again soon!
Really tasty authentic chicken and meat shawarma. Love the mixed grill and whole chicken grill platters. The use charcoal for grilling which gives the meat a nice smoky flavor.
My fav MidEast restaurant in Chicagoland area! I love the Chicken Kufta Kabab platter. The sandwiches are great as well. Place is clean and staff is friendly. The lunch menu prices are reasonable for what you get. I highly recommend this place for take out or dine-in.
I am a regular here at Shawarma Express. I can tell you they have the best food middle eastern in the area. Perhaps better than the more popular Al Bawadi in Bridgeview. Food is great especially the grilled chicken and lamb Shank is one of my favorites. Owners are there every day and make sure food is great.And it is a family run business. Also great thing is I know they are zabiha halal as the suppliers verified with me of purchases. Overall excellent tasting halaal Mediterranean food in the area
By far the best Mediterranean food in all Chicago land the mix grill is exceptional and it's %100 zabihah halal and I called Fatima zabihah meat and crsent and they confirmed that
Horrible experience here
first time trying the place. i called in and asked if they could do hummus with a combo of chicken and beef. after talking 10mins they said no. you can get hummus by it self and get beef and chicken on the sides. that would ahve been like $20 BUCKS... anyways.. i just ended up getting the rice combo to go. it comes in this big box, when you open it its not much in it. not filling.... and they said it would be ready in 5min..that was a turn off... it should atleast take 10-15min.... dont think i will go back.... i dont usally write reviews but thought i let yall know. but i didnt like it much.
I agree with dental bites my wife got sick after eating here too but I didn't and I absolutely loved it. It is hard to find authentic shawerma that reminds me of the cities back home but this place got it right especially if you get ur sandwich toasted. Make sure you do. Gets it nice and crispy. For the sake of my wife I will just give it four stars.
I\'ve been here several times and also have catered from them. This place is tasty and reasonably priced. Their Kababs are CHARGRILLED, the real deal, they use charcoal and have a lump charcoal grill in the back. You can fillup with their lunch specials for about $7.25! They make everything fresh and do their best to provide top quality customer service, the lady upfront is genuinely nice, although her english isn\'t great, but she makes up with the good attitude and service. Their meat is all unprocessed as well, so you can rest easy knowing that you will be enjoying top quality meat morsels! The rice is a hit or miss, sometimes i feel like it was 1/2 cooked. Don\'t hesitate stopping by this delicious joint if you are on Roosevelt Road!
I have a love/hate relationship with this place. In general there food is okay but there is one very big caveat, let me explain. I ate some 2 day old leftovers and the very next day I went through the worst food poisoning/stomach virus I ever experienced - it sent me to the ER for a $500 bill. I thought it was an isolated experience that could have been unrelated to the food but found out a few weeks later that at least four of my good friends and their wives were sent to the ER after trying Shawerma Express a different time. In fact, the health department called one of them asking if they recently are at any restaurants but he didn't say Shawerma Express to protect the owner. So pretty much eat at your own risk. You might have a delicious meal but you may also have explosive diarrhea and projectile vomiting - fun stuff
I Like their chicken salad, hummus is average and the lentil soup needs more flavoring
Love this place fresh food
The decision is yours! Per restaurant representative they get their meats from Zabiha Halal Meat Processors "“ Owners of Fatima Brand (630 - 620 - 5000) and chicken from Crescent (800-939-6268). Per Crescent they only buy chicken Shawarma meat from them. Chicken for the other chicken items on the menu....source unknown? Per Zabiha Halal Meat Processors they occasionally buy beef from them (not every week). Meats for the other non-chicken items on the menu....source unknown? Allah knows best
This my new favorite place in Oakbrook area. High quality meats and generous portions. My only criticism is the high price, but for an occasional dinner it is worth it.
My brother was at restaurant depot in Alsip and saw the owners buying their meat and chicken from retsaurant depot while they claim 100% zabiha
visiting illinois after a while and saw this new place, went there to try it out with family, the food quality was quite good, but they have to work on their customer service skills, you dont need to understand what they are saying to know that there is an argument going on. i wish them luck but please work on your customer service.
I have to say all the positive review was a let down. Decided to try Shawarma express one day, at it was not good all. The chicken sharwama was bland, only chicken and slightly mayo in a tortilla wrap. The beef sharwama was bad also, All my bites were beef fat, and not chewable. For real, I still think Naf Naf & Pita BBQ are wayyyy better then this. Heck Pita inn down the street is more tastier. Only thing decent at this restaurant is the falafels. I don't get how people like this joint. I'm not coming back. Not worth it.
its ok not that great in taste i think its over priced and very little meat , i dont think its reasonably priced for mixed grill or sandwiches.
Food is real good and place is very clean. The management needs to get more organized and improve operations, but they just opened so il cut them some slack. Food is definitely good.
Great food. Had the mix grill and kufta kebab. Highly recommend this place. Meat is certified halal from Yousuf khan according to owner. They have a new menu coming up by next week with more items. Reasonably priced. $13 for the mix grill and $10 for the kufta kebab. Everything is made fresh. Will definitely go back