Soumarelo Restaurant

the place been close for month or 2... very sad. Guess What?. The head chef of "SOUMARELO Fresh Mediterranean Grill" 2006/2008 The golden 5 star Review holder And the year of LA Times Reviews all the best Mediterranean Grill of LA County The trophy holder Chef Arthur IS BACK. And wish to see Support Of your Of our community... See you soon.

The chicken is good. It was soft and juicy and some of the skin was crispy. I also enjoyed the hummus and pita bread. However, the shawarma plate was so disappointing. It looked like a pile of meat scraps... almost like ground beef (you can see in the photo I took). The owner (or worker?) saw in my face that something was wrong and asked me to confirm that I ordered the shawarma. I said yes, but that I did not expect it to look like this (does not even look like the menu!) and I asked if it was ground meat. He said no and explained something that I did not understand about sandwiches (what?), but anyways, I said it was fine. I'm not a shawarma pro so I thought maybe there is shawarma that looks like this. The shawarma meat was sitting on top of rice. The rice was sitting in a brown puddle of grease which came from the meat. That really ruined the bottom part of the rice. If I had been eating off that plate alone, it would have been wayyyy too oily to enjoy. The rest of the plate had hummus, salad, peppers, french fries and pita bread. Despite this, I think the employees were trying hard to give us good service. We had to wait 40 minutes for food, so they brought out complimentary hummus and pita bread. They were friendly, and the same guy, who I talked to about the shawarma, asked me at the end of the meal how it was because I looked so confused. I explained that I've always had shawarma sliced up... and he said he would do that for me next time I come back. I'm still skeptical about the shawarma I got that day for dinner though... Was he trying to pass off meat scraps as shawarma??? Maybe just stick to the chicken!