Villa Madina - Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Anton H.

Остановился перекусить шаурмой в данном заведении. Очень приятно внутри,чисто за столом, обслуживание было приветливым,цены в принципе как везде. Сама шаурма была неплохой,не сухая, хватает добавок и мяса, однако я не могу назвать ее выдающейся. В целом положительно!

Emma T.

It was our first time trying Villa Madina and I can honestly say we had a way better experience than Mezza and the food was a lot tastier. We tried the chicken shwarma plate and the mixed beef and chicken poutine both were delicious, as our food was being dished up our server gave us many different options to choose from and since we hadn’t been before, we weren’t sure which sauces we would enjoy. Our server said no problem and packed up every single sauce they have so we could try each one and pick which one we liked best. The atmosphere was also very clean especially behind the counter where food was being made. Overall we would definitely recommend Villa Madina, the service, atmosphere, and food make it a 9/10 in my opinion.

Andrea C.

Great spot with friendly staff! I went on opening day- I love their food! The garlic sauce is out of this world. I picked up 2 platters for my husband and I for dinner. Now that it's in the neighborhood, this will be our go to take out spot!

Alycia I.

I visited Villa Madina recently for a meal, and while I was looking forward to a good experience, I was extremely disappointed. The person serving me made an inappropriate and rude comment about my body, which was completely uncalled for and made me feel incredibly uncomfortable.

No one should be subjected to judgment or disrespect especially from staff in a customer facing role. I expected better, and I hope the management takes this seriously and addresses the issue to ensure other guests are treated with dignity and respect.

Clarry R.

Tonight we decided to give the new Villa Madina in Lower Sackville a try. This being a new location I was excited to give it a try after looking at the pictures online because my hope was for it to be my new go-to place for Shawarma/Lebanese food.

Well, things did not turn out as I had hoped. I will say the staff was friendly and greeted us but that is about where the positives stop.

I decided on a falafel plate which I was told came with garlic potatoes but they were out of during supper hour. Instead I was offered more salad except the salad I wanted was taboulie and they were down to their last scraps of that. That being they tried scapping together enough which was not really enough for a proper plate in my opinion. I requested lentel rice which they were also almost out of but managed to scrap enough from the bottom of the trap to cover a small portion of the plate. I was given 3 pieces of falafel with Tahini sauce and a couple of pickles with a small spoon of hummus and no pita (apparently they do not give pita with their plates).

I sat down with my sparse plate of food and discovered the falafel was cold and the rice was dry and crispy. The taboulie was not finely chopped, and the pickles looked and tasted like they came out of a can. Honestly, having just gotten off work I was tired and hungry so I didn't feel like saying anything. I just will not return there is all. Overall a very disappointing experience.

PS: As I sit down the next customer behind me was given the option to wait 10 minutes for garlic potatoes. If I would of known that I would of waited for those and some fresh rice and taboulie. I shouldn't have to say this but Chicken Shawarma is always best went cut fresh off the rotisserie spit. My daughter got the shawarma and it was served out of container which explains why it was dry.

Recommendation for improvement: Never Serve old or cold food. Never serve dried out/crispy rice. This is the first Lebanese restaurant that I have eaten at that did not include pita as part of a plate. Also the organization of how food is replaced/updated in your bins needs to be looked at. You shouldn't have to scrape to try and get enough food for a plate. If you need to do that then that should be a red flag that you need more.

Abdulrahman M.

The guy working there has a bad attitude and needs to learn how to treat customers nicely, he was rude for no reason . I got the medium size chicken shawarma plate and i was disappointed 70% of the food was just salad and the rice and chicken portions were extremely small for the price. I dont recommend it.

Jennifer M.

Yesterday was our first visit and we had a great experience. The restaurant is bright and clean and the staff very welcoming and prepared our meals with care. We ordered the chicken and the beef shawarma plate. Full of flavor, great portion size, fresh ingredients. Staff checked in with as we were leaving and we had a great conversation. Thanks, will be back to try other dishes!

Kara K.

Just recently opened.

I decided to go with the Chicken Shawarma plate. It took a few minutes as the potatoes were cooked while I was waiting.
For the plate, you can choose from 2 styles of rice (she did also offer half and half) I went with saffron rice (there were peas and carrots in it) you also get potatoes, shawarma, hummus (which I don't eat so opted out) and salad, I choose Fattoush. They put the dressing on the side. Also you can have the turnip, pickles and peppers. I choose just the turnip and pickles.

It didn't seem to be too filled, however with the shrinking sizes from Mezza it seemed to be on par.

The potatoes were good I did dip them in the garlic sauce. I love mezza garlic sauce and only found similar sauce at Byblos, but it's been awhile even since I was there. This garlic sauce is white and fluffy, but does have the good taste like Mezza. (Some places I've been to I found it tasted off) Salad was delicious. The rice was good (I'm not a rice lover) the shawarma itself was ok. I did find it didn't seem to have as much spice to it as other places and it was a bit dry. I feel like the dryness is likely because they are still learning and I watched as one guy was showing the other as he was making the plate. Then the drive home and trying other parts of the plate first.

I will definitely go back again to give them another try.