Aviv Shawarma Bar

Hands down the best Shawarma in town, so flavorful and loved all the toppings, I couldn’t even finish it! This place knows what they are doing, and I asked, everything is imported from Israel!! It’s like a mini trip...which we can’t have now! I think the prices are beyond reasonable for the city of Seattle and for the quality and quantity. This is Seattle where foodies thrive. Impressive that they opened during a pandemic and I wish them much success!! Glad these hard workers have a job! Still drooling over how good it was!

I had a sabich pita the other day and loved it! The pita itself is soft and chewy, and the cabbage was a nice offset to the richness of the fried eggplant. My only hesitation is that the extra sauces are rather expensive - happy to pay something, but at up to a buck each, the extras add up fast. The staff is friendly and I really appreciate that they used compostable packaging for my sandwich and asked if I needed silverware/napkins. I don't often get takeout due to all the trash it makes, so it's nice to have this option.

I was excited to try their new place but that's were the positivity ended. I ordered a Shawarma in a pita bread for $15, not cheap but if food is good I guess I'm ok with that. What upset me is when she asked me what I want inside the pita, every condiment was a $1 extra or more. Amba was $1, spicy was $1, hummus was a $1. I've traveled around the world and I have never seen a shawarma that comes without hummus and that you pay for every condiment. And it doesn't end there... this was a take out order and they charged me 10% tip. So instead of costing me $16.50, after condiments and tip , 1 pita bread costed me $22.39 After all that I finally eat, great taste, but again was disappointed on how little meat there was in that pita bread. You charge a premium price, at least put more meat, don't be stingy.

This was just a sad, sad, sad experience. The description of the restaurant says "authentic Israeli shawarma" but that is just an unfair comparison. For those of you who have been to Israel, I am happy that we have shared the experience. The food in Israel is amazing, fresh, flavorful, and generous portions. Aviv was anything but. The only meat shawarma sandwich they had was turkey. I was initially willing to look past this, as they describe that the pit has lamb fat on the top to coat the meat to ensure that it is juicy and tender, but nay nay. The meat was super dry. It also lacked herbs and flavor. The pita also tasted old. The shawarma itself was super small compared to a standard size shawarma. The vegetables were half decent, nothing spectacular. The real nail in the coffin though: the sandwich was 16 dollars, plus taxes, and no sides. I tipped two dollars for my pick up order so I paid 20 dollars for a tiny, sad, unflavorful sandwich. I feel terrible about posting this review, as I would have loved for this small joint near my apartment to be good. The people who work here seem to be nice too. But, unless there is a massive overhaul to prices, menu options, and taste I do not recommend going here.

Very accessible location, and cool way to serve with pita. But the turkey didn’t taste that good with the cucumber which was bitter! Pickle was good which kind of saved it. In summary, okayish food, kind of expensive for the taste, good vibe, nice staff.

I walked in....then walked out. As black man who felt uncomfortable and was never even greeted. As I stood looking at the menu in confusion felt completely happy and comfortable not being robbed for a $22.00 dollar pita pocket as I walked out. After the terrible experience I don’t see why I was ever excited for this place to open. I could order a WHOLE gyro from door dash with a drink for the same price.

Pros: Giving it 3 stars cuz the ambiance was nice. They have a Coca Cola fridge imported from a different country! Colorful spot and you can watch them cook your food. When I went the employees were all women so that’s awesome Cons: Very expensive and food isn’t anything special. Got the falafel pita and was not interesting enough to justify the money. Falafel was dry and not flavorful. Probably would not go back again even though it’s very close to where I live

The best Shawarma in Seattle by far. It is a little pricy, but everything is authentic and tasty. If I compare it to Shawarma places in Israel / Turkey, it's just OK but compared to anything in the Seattle area - it's the best.