Al Sham Shawarma, a new restaurant in the Old City of Jerusalem, has amazingly high reviews on TripAdvisor. Knowing that a beef shawarma costs 25NIS ONLY! I felt I had to come and try!
A falafel (no meat) costs 15NIS already! So this is a steal!
Location
It’s near Jaffa Gate. I wrote about Tala Hummus Falafel, so Al Sham is very close to it in the same alley.
Storefront. It looks great!
A beautiful and typical Jerusalem stone house!
While the restaurant is small, it comes with wifi and a very clean toilet! I was surprised!
Menu and Dishes
Well, there are only 4 items. Bottom left, a full set of Hummus for 50NIS? After a day in Israel, I’m done with hummus. Haha! And Bottom right, fries… for 15NIS…. it’s just starch, so as a girl, let’s skip it.
Now, there are really just 2 options here. It’s shawarma in Pita Bread (Top left) for 25NIS, or Shawarma in Lafa bread (Top right) for 35NIS.
I went with shawarma in Pita bread. And for some reason, it felt so healing watching the chef (?) using electric knife~
And then you get to choose your salads and sauces. He’d probably ask you “All?” Just say yes!
So! This is THE shawarma! Let’s just call it the burger in the Middle East~
Now, see how much meat there was inside! Wow! And this is for 25NIS only! You get nice shawarma, in a beautiful restaurant in the Old City of Jerusalem with Wifi and clean toilet. What else is there to ask?
But the problem is…. well, it’s really just me. If you’ve read my other posts on food, for example, at Aaris, well, the problem is ME! I Let’s just say the taste of beef is too ‘strong’ for me. I had to add chili sauce to tone down the taste.
So…. you can decide.
So it happened that the card reader was broken. They tried hard to get a connection by bringing the reader outdoor, but it didn’t work. They were only 2 people, so I didn’t want them to waste so much time and I just paid in cash.
(I went to Tala later, and their card reader worked perfectly though. )
Final Verdict
It’s a good deal!! Beef shawarma for 25NIS only! It will be a very good meal if you like beef. If you don’t like beef, get chicken shawarma from Tala Hummus Falafel
