AVI CUE
Middle Eastern restaurant · Studio City
11288 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604
Highlights
Wagyu beef shawarma, arayes, and loaded fries served
Wagyu beef shawarma, arayes, and loaded fries served
"Even if there’s a line out front, meals at Avi Cue in Studio City happen at lightning speed—we’ve never spent more than 20 minutes inside this order-at-the-counter shop. The barebones menu starts and ends with a shawarma sandwich, a wagyu shawarma plate, and fries. Skip past the ground beef-stuffed arayes (the $10 price tag feels steep for what is essentially two bites of food). Instead, if you’re by yourself, focus on the sandwich with juicy, spit-roasted wagyu beef, tomato, onion, parsley, tahini, and tangy amba. It’ll keep you full well past dinner." - sylvio martins, brant cox
"Chef Aviad Yalin’s spit-roasted wagyu beef shawarma pop-up now has a permanent home in Studio City. The wagyu shawarma sandwich is the main attraction, served in a warm pita with tomatoes, onions, and parsley, and drizzled with tahini and amba sauce. Avi Cue’s small but impressive menu also offers loaded shawarma fries and ground wagyu-filled arayes. Any gluten-intolerant diners can order shawarma over a a bed of refreshing, lemony arugula salad." - Mona Holmes
"Add Avi Cue to your rolodex of great, quick lunch spots in the Valley. The beloved shawarma pop-up opened a permanent, order-at-the-counter location right on Ventura. Even if there’s a line out front, meals happen at lightning speed—we’ve never spent more than 20 minutes inside. The bare-bones menu starts and ends with a shawarma sandwich, arayes, fries, and a nutella-stuffed dessert pita. Skip past the ground beef-stuffed arayes (the $7 price tag feels steep for what is essentially two bites of food). Instead, if you’re by yourself, focus on the sandwich with juicy, spit-roasted wagyu beef, tomato, onion, parsley, tahini, and tangy amba. It’ll keep you full well past dinner." - brant cox
"Street food always makes for good Labor Day party cuisine; it’s often designed to be eaten while standing up or walking around, meaning the host needs fewer seats. And the shawarma sandwiches from this Sherman Oaks purveyor of wagyu fit the bill perfectly, with slices of the delicate meat and traditional Middle Eastern toppings stuffed into pita. But don’t ignore the arayes, either, with ground beef filled into a pita and griddled. A few orders of these, and your group of friends will be pleasantly stuffed themselves." - Robert Spuhler
"Even if there’s a line out front, meals at Avi Cue in Studio City happen at lightning speed—we’ve never spent more than 20 minutes inside this order-at-the-counter shop. The bare-bones menu starts and ends with a shawarma sandwich, arayes, fries, and a nutella-stuffed dessert pita. Skip past the ground beef-stuffed arayes (the $7 price tag feels steep for what is essentially two bites of food). Instead, if you’re by yourself, focus on the sandwich with juicy, spit-roasted wagyu beef, tomato, onion, parsley, tahini, and tangy amba. It’ll keep you full well past dinner. " - sylvio martins, brant cox, nikko duren
