Ghadir Meat & Restaurant

What is Ghadir Meat & Restaurant? Founded by Ali Dbouk in 1992, Ghadir Meat & Restaurant anchors a strip mall at 1848 Lawrence Avenue East in Scarborough’s Wexford neighbourhood. It operates as an expansive hybrid: a full-service halal butcher shop and Middle Eastern grocery on one side, paired with a bustling, bright dining room and shawarma counter on the other. Seating is strictly utilitarian with functional booths and cafeteria-style tables built to handle high-volume family dining.

Ghadir Meat & Restaurant Menu & What to Order Spit meats here are carved by hand rather than shaved with electric trimmers, yielding tender chicken, beef, and spiced sujuk shawarma with crisp, caramelized edges. Order the chicken shawarma wrap generously slathered in their punchy, emulsified toum (garlic sauce), or scale up to the Ghadir Mix platter loaded with charcoal-grilled beef kafta skewers, shish tawook, and marinated beef cubes over yellow rice. Freshly baked za'atar manakeesh, whole charcoal-roasted chickens, and crunchy falafel round out a fully halal menu that caters to both solo diners and large family feasts.

Know Before You Go Seating is strictly walk-in; order at the register, take your receipt, and claim an open table while you wait for your number to be called. The on-site plaza parking lot gets congested during weekend dinner rushes, but the counter moves quickly. Doors open daily at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast pies and fresh butcher cuts, running until midnight Sunday through Thursday and staying open until 2:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.