It was a regular sultry Mumbai day, and I was on a shopping excursion at Colaba Causeway with my friends when we saw the shawarma at Picadilly’s window. It’s very hard to remember how the hot grilling meat enticed us on such a sweltering day. In retrospect, I am glad it did (in case you were wondering, this place does have an air-conditioned section).
I’ve been here several times since, and I must recommend the Lebanese chicken shawarma wrap and the falafel wrap. Their hummus is quite delicious too. While you wait for your food to arrive, you get a small bowl of pickled cucumber and beetroot, which is great to munch on without filling up too much of your appetite. If you come on a hot sunny day, I do recommend the iced tea here. Having tasted the iced teas of a LOT of restaurants, I can tell that this is genuine tea—not the ready-mix powder version—and they serve it with mint and lots of ice.
If you’d much rather go for a whole meal, the fila chicken is a well-rounded dish that you can have with the option of bread or rice. The mutton steak sizzler will fill you up pretty well too. The cocktail pizza tastes like they’ve used the same sauce from the Lebanese main course dishes. Not necessarily in a bad way. Not exactly a cheap place, but it definitely won’t burn a hole in your pocket.
The place is quite small and the ambience is average. It’s one of the quieter, low-key places down on Causeway. But if you do wish to have a meal at your own pace, then you could pick the seat next to the window and gaze down the street.
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