Shawarmageddon

A long long time ago... I Came to Shawarmageddon when they first opened. This was long before my days loving local businesses on Yelp, so I didn't share here, but I finally found my way back and I see why this is quietly one of our community's favorite spots of all time.

First off, the location is just plain cool. It's off a side street, inside an office or apartment building (not sure!) and built in under a stairwell that's painted all black.

You order through a small window cut into a black wall, and the experience just hits different.

The menu is tiny but mighty. I ordered the falafel, which comes with a housemade sauce of your choice, a scoop of the housemade hummus and a selection of delicious pickles (Watch out for the cukes. They spicy!).

The falafel are sizeable, fried super crispy, but a bit more dense than those I've had before. These are substantial and a beefy meal, or ample shareable for a few. They're also a super value at $8.

I also had the Crimson tea. The Sichuan peppercorn and sweetness were a great surprise.

I'm def coming back soon.

I have been driving past this place for years, always wanting to stop but never having the chance. Finally got to stop and it was delicious! Quick service, helpful employees and good food. We had
A kids lamb wrap, falafel wrap and chicken Schwarma. Everything was very good and we look forward to coming back! One note is that the toum is very strong and can be hot so if that's not your thing just be careful. We did enjoy it very much though!

This place is closed. It was very hit or miss when it was open. Sometimes it was AMAZING and other times it would take 45 minutes to get your food and a good chance it wasn't correct. I really loved it on those AMAZING day's.

I'm sorry but this has to be the worst wrap I've ever had or on par with a supermarket cold wrap. I got the lamb shawarma, but I barely got any meat. Worst of all, the meat was cold and did they forget to at least put salt in it? It's not just me either because I had my buddy Louis with me. We both love Mediterranean type foods so I gave him my other 1/2. Both of us couldn't believe what we were eating. He even asked me if I sense an after taste somewhere in the wrap. I thought it's from the picked vegetables, but who knows because the wrap was bland to me.

I always give businesses the benefit of the doubt. A bad review really means it's almost inedible. I hope I just came on a bad day, but given the location of this place (across from what looks like a shady motel) I think I'm more right than wrong. The final straw is the $15 cost and 15 minute wait. If my food is going to be cold, why even make us wait?

Was really looking forward to this place, as much for the metal (Armageddon) gimmick as for the schwarma. Wtf?! This place is an overpriced joke, unfortunately. Barely any meat, and what was there, was not good. Coming from LA, this was super disappointing. Won't be back, and due to the lack of other schwarma places around here, will probably have to visit LA again.

My husband and I went on a bike ride today and decided to stop by here for take-out lunch. This truly is a "hidden gem" -- if you didn't know where to look, you would miss it because it is located off of a parking lot underneath an apartment building. When you walk in, you are greeted with loud music to go along with their goth/metal motif. As soon as you reach the order window, they turn down the music so you can be heard.

I was originally going to go with a Shawarma Wrap but then noticed a sign describing the current special, the "Awful Falafel." After being assured by the person taking my order that the special was even better than their regular falafel wraps because it included french fries and a peach habanero sauce, I was sold. After a bit of a wait, I was called to the window where the employee that took my order apologized for taking so long. He said they had to make the wrap over and he gave me a Mexican Coke on the house to thank me for the inconvenience! I was impressed by this gesture, especially since I have been to many places where the staff doesn't seem to care if the customers are inconvenienced for whatever reason.

When the order was ready and knowing my husband and I were splitting our order, they kindly cut the wrap in two and advised to keep it in the paper because it could be messy to eat. Not only was it fresh and delicious, it was more than enough for the both of us. We enjoyed our meal nearby on a bench facing the beautiful Truckee River. Between the thoughtful service and tasty food, we will definitely be back!

666 out of 1000
This is my rating for Shawarmageddon; it's a good place, a little too expensive, but still a good place. Amazingly, the Devil hell fries were pretty darn good. I really liked the devil hell sauce. The Shawarma wraps are hit and miss, sometimes they're skipping you on the meats and that's not OK. But if you are lucky enough to get a good wrap with a lot of lamb then you are in Shawarma hell; which is a good thing because this place is all devil themed. I'm giving this place 666 pumpkins out of 1000 pumpkins.

I was with a friend who was here for the Shawarmageddon, on the anniversary of the event.

To this day, it remains unclear on how much Xanax the staff was on-- we can only speculate.

It appears they are now permanently closed. With such stellar management, how could such a thing have happened?!

This is one of my favorite spots in Reno, if not my actual favorite. Food is crazy flavorful and so happy to see the addition of the bowl option on the menu. Careful, the harissa is very hot but goes well with the yogurt based sauce though I am a garlic sauce person myself. Insane garlic breath for the next 24hrs is a small price to pay for this incredible food.

The guy working mentioned they are opening a bar/taproom/outlet for alcohol upstairs in September and that the owner works for/at/with Great Basin so I think we're about to get a really great GB outpost upstairs. Looking forward to mainlining shawarma with this new evolution.

Can't wait to go back next week!

Rally really want to give this place something more than 3 stars... the ambiance is 5 stars, service 5 stars, menu 5 stars, some menu items 5 stars. BUT, HOWEVER, TO BE REAL: this is a falafel place people and the falafel is terrible. I'm a falafel snob and if it's not green, fresh, moist inside and crisp outside it's food for horses.

Shawarmagedson falafel is dry and brown and unfortunate. But still gets 3 stars based on the law of averages when balances with everything else they offer.