Shawarma flavour
Chicken and beef shawarmas are repeatedly praised for being juicy, soft and flavourful.
Al Twar
Halla Shawarma in Al Twar is a casual shawarma restaurant where customers come for chicken and beef shawarmas, grilled chicken and fresh juices. The dine-in space is often described as tidy and welcoming, though portion sizes and delivery reliability can vary.
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Chicken and beef shawarmas are repeatedly praised for being juicy, soft and flavourful.
The grilled chicken, including the spicy baby chicken, is a standout beyond the core shawarma menu.
Several diners describe the counter team as cheerful, attentive and accommodating.
Fresh juices are mentioned as a worthwhile pairing with the food.
The restaurant handled a group of 30 with what one reviewer called perfect arrangements.
Reviews mention attractive interior design, inspiring quotations and a family-friendly atmosphere.
Some diners found the restaurant tidy, clean and well maintained.
Foods and drinks mentioned in reviews of Halla Shawarma - Al Twar Square, ranked by positive reviews minus negative reviews. Zero-score items have no net positive feedback; their labels distinguish neutral-only from mixed feedback.
“We tried both the chicken and beef shawarmas, and honestly, they were among the best we’ve had in Dubai. The portion sizes are generous, the ingredients are fresh, and everything is served hot and fast.”
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“We tried both the chicken and beef shawarmas, and honestly, they were among the best we’ve had in Dubai. The portion sizes are generous, the ingredients are fresh, and everything is served hot and fast.”July 2025
“I ordered the beef shawarma and made it a combo to have it with fries and drink, the shawarma and drink got served and the fries arrived after I had eaten my shawarma, which was already very small in size.”January 2025
“Omg!!! This is the best shawarma I ever had. Their chicken shawarma is extremely soft and it will melt in mouth easily, my experience I couldn’t make it in words..very soon i want to try their other dishes too.. Ample space for dining available and nice ambience .”
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“Omg!!! This is the best shawarma I ever had. Their chicken shawarma is extremely soft and it will melt in mouth easily, my experience I couldn’t make it in words..very soon i want to try their other dishes too.. Ample space for dining available and nice ambience .”February 2024
“Bought take away- Beef Shawarma, Chicken Shawarma, a dip (paid) and Swirl. Juicy Shawarmas - Enjoyed it! Both Complimentary spicy dip and the one I paid for was just ok ok. The icecream Swirl was a good ending to the meal- very light and airy not too sweet. Overall good experience.”February 2024
“Great food. Batata shawarma and grilled spicy baby chicken must try.”
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“Great food. Batata shawarma and grilled spicy baby chicken must try.”December 2024
“Chese batata was good but overpriced.”
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“Chese batata was good but overpriced.”April 2026
“Simply amazing, although place has some flies (not alot like 2 only but food delicious. Classic chick sharawmaa on top”
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“Simply amazing, although place has some flies (not alot like 2 only but food delicious. Classic chick sharawmaa on top”January 2025
“Staff members were helpful and cheerful. I ordered a Classic Gourmet Chicken burger and I must say it is far better than the ones ar popular brand names. Think I ll try another before I leave Dubai. 😋”
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“Staff members were helpful and cheerful. I ordered a Classic Gourmet Chicken burger and I must say it is far better than the ones ar popular brand names. Think I ll try another before I leave Dubai. 😋”January 2025
“The crispy khubs with grilled chicken was ❤️”
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“The crispy khubs with grilled chicken was ❤️”December 2024
“We tried chicken and beef shawarma. The taste was delicious! We also tried French fries shawarma chicken plate, which was also really good. Service was timely.”
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“We tried chicken and beef shawarma. The taste was delicious! We also tried French fries shawarma chicken plate, which was also really good. Service was timely.”October 2024
“the fries with beef was actually good and would recommend to try”
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“the fries with beef was actually good and would recommend to try”March 2025
“The 'Gathering Box' priced at AED 109 was decent, but the shawarma tasted fairly average. However, the grilled chicken was flavorful and delicious. We had to wait over 40 minutes for it to be served at the table.”
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“The 'Gathering Box' priced at AED 109 was decent, but the shawarma tasted fairly average. However, the grilled chicken was flavorful and delicious. We had to wait over 40 minutes for it to be served at the table.”September 2024
“Great food. Batata shawarma and grilled spicy baby chicken must try.”
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“Great food. Batata shawarma and grilled spicy baby chicken must try.”December 2024
“The mix platter is something to chat about, immense flavours blast In mouth in one bite,”
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“The mix platter is something to chat about, immense flavours blast In mouth in one bite,”June 2024
“We had a wonderful experience at Halla Shawarma tonight and Mr. Essam the manager was super friendly and helpful throughout the ordering process till we were done! The shawarma-ssant tasted really good as well as the other dishes! We will definitely come back! Thank you😍”
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“We had a wonderful experience at Halla Shawarma tonight and Mr. Essam the manager was super friendly and helpful throughout the ordering process till we were done! The shawarma-ssant tasted really good as well as the other dishes! We will definitely come back! Thank you😍”June 2025
“Bought take away- Beef Shawarma, Chicken Shawarma, a dip (paid) and Swirl. Juicy Shawarmas - Enjoyed it! Both Complimentary spicy dip and the one I paid for was just ok ok. The icecream Swirl was a good ending to the meal- very light and airy not too sweet. Overall good experience.”
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“Bought take away- Beef Shawarma, Chicken Shawarma, a dip (paid) and Swirl. Juicy Shawarmas - Enjoyed it! Both Complimentary spicy dip and the one I paid for was just ok ok. The icecream Swirl was a good ending to the meal- very light and airy not too sweet. Overall good experience.”February 2024
Only neutral feedback
“The 'Gathering Box' priced at AED 109 was decent, but the shawarma tasted fairly average. However, the grilled chicken was flavorful and delicious. We had to wait over 40 minutes for it to be served at the table.”
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“Mango juice 7/10”
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“Mango juice 7/10”January 2025
“I ordered one shawarma saj ( 14 dirhams ). I said to her: Why is the price so expensive!! She said: Our sandwich is large. Ok !! And then I was surprised by the small size of the sandwich I bought compared to other restaurants next to it. There nothing special and were no pickles with the sandwich and it was dry 👎”
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“I ordered one shawarma saj ( 14 dirhams ). I said to her: Why is the price so expensive!! She said: Our sandwich is large. Ok !! And then I was surprised by the small size of the sandwich I bought compared to other restaurants next to it. There nothing special and were no pickles with the sandwich and it was dry 👎”January 2024
“Mediocre food. Ordered saj shawarmma and cheesy batata. Went by the Look and feel of the shop and heartbroken with the food they served. Average(very) fries with just a top layer cheese and the shawarmma was full of potato.. Disappointed altogether.”April 2025
“Food is very bad, beef shawerma is all onion, rice meal is so untasety.”
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“Food is very bad, beef shawerma is all onion, rice meal is so untasety.”September 2024
“Had to wait 20 mins+ for my order of 1 Beef Shawrma platter. Order was ready and sitting on the counter and no one called us out. When we finally got it, it was cold already. Also very small portal for the price. Imagine paying 32 AED for such a thin sandwich. Not worth it.”
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“Had to wait 20 mins+ for my order of 1 Beef Shawrma platter. Order was ready and sitting on the counter and no one called us out. When we finally got it, it was cold already. Also very small portal for the price. Imagine paying 32 AED for such a thin sandwich. Not worth it.”December 2024
“I ordered a bowl of rice qith chicken strips as I saw it on the photo above the cashier, it took them long time before they served something completely different; it was a small paper bucket full of rice and couple of chicken shawarma pieces, when I asked where is the bowl in the picture he brought me a cheap paper box (photo). I told the waitress who called the chef. He said sorry everything we serve here is a shawarma based meat, there is no proper meat. I showed him the photos, he just apologised 🤷. Misguiding menu photos. The taste is very buttery.”
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“I ordered a bowl of rice qith chicken strips as I saw it on the photo above the cashier, it took them long time before they served something completely different; it was a small paper bucket full of rice and couple of chicken shawarma pieces, when I asked where is the bowl in the picture he brought me a cheap paper box (photo). I told the waitress who called the chef. He said sorry everything we serve here is a shawarma based meat, there is no proper meat. I showed him the photos, he just apologised 🤷. Misguiding menu photos. The taste is very buttery.”January 2025
“• Burger was a bummer. I purely got the burger based on the photos and adds. Which showed a thick juicy burger but in the end it was a big disappointment with very less chicken as you can see in the photos. The taste was what you expect with very little shawarma meat with burger buns. Would have been 10 times better if it was done the way they put in the ad. Price is high for this thin burger so ⭐️⭐️”
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“• Burger was a bummer. I purely got the burger based on the photos and adds. Which showed a thick juicy burger but in the end it was a big disappointment with very less chicken as you can see in the photos. The taste was what you expect with very little shawarma meat with burger buns. Would have been 10 times better if it was done the way they put in the ad. Price is high for this thin burger so ⭐️⭐️”January 2025
“Mediocre food. Ordered saj shawarmma and cheesy batata. Went by the Look and feel of the shop and heartbroken with the food they served. Average(very) fries with just a top layer cheese and the shawarmma was full of potato.. Disappointed altogether.”
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“Mediocre food. Ordered saj shawarmma and cheesy batata. Went by the Look and feel of the shop and heartbroken with the food they served. Average(very) fries with just a top layer cheese and the shawarmma was full of potato.. Disappointed altogether.”April 2025
“but definitely not worth to drive for, i hope that the quality of the food becomes better because the chicken burger had no taste at all.”
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“but definitely not worth to drive for, i hope that the quality of the food becomes better because the chicken burger had no taste at all.”March 2025
“Chicken nuggets below average.”
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“Chicken nuggets below average.”April 2026
“Ordered the Mix Shawarma Platter for AED 42, and it was disappointing. The taste was just average, nothing special. The kuboos was very hard and not fresh. The fries were okay, but the meat portion was surprisingly small for the price. We also had to wait around 10 minutes for the order”
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“Ordered the Mix Shawarma Platter for AED 42, and it was disappointing. The taste was just average, nothing special. The kuboos was very hard and not fresh. The fries were okay, but the meat portion was surprisingly small for the price. We also had to wait around 10 minutes for the order”June 2026
“I tried the mixed shawarma platter. I'm wondering why they call this food a platter since it's served in such small quantities and costs so much.”
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“I tried the mixed shawarma platter. I'm wondering why they call this food a platter since it's served in such small quantities and costs so much.”June 2025
“Food is very bad, beef shawerma is all onion, rice meal is so untasety.”
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“Food is very bad, beef shawerma is all onion, rice meal is so untasety.”September 2024
“3 saj shawarma chicken”
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“3 saj shawarma chicken”April 2024
“We tried chicken shavarma before and was not upto the mark, second time tried the shavarma bowl, it was dry and flavour on chicken was normal, overall 2/5”
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“We tried chicken shavarma before and was not upto the mark, second time tried the shavarma bowl, it was dry and flavour on chicken was normal, overall 2/5”March 2024
“the food wasn’t special at all the shawarma burger was bad i wouldn’t recommended it at all”
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“the food wasn’t special at all the shawarma burger was bad i wouldn’t recommended it at all”March 2025
“1 shawarma open platter.”
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“1 shawarma open platter.”April 2024
“1 shawarma rice bowl large.”
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“1 shawarma rice bowl large.”April 2024
Check availability. Ask whether chicken shawarma is available before ordering; one customer was told it was reserved for big orders.
Watch timing. Allow extra time for dine-in or takeaway, as some orders took 20 minutes or more and one exceeded 40 minutes.
Verify delivery. Check the bag before settling in, since a Keeta order for chicken salad arrived as a shawarma instead.
Compare portions. If value matters, ask about serving size first; a reviewer found the AED 30 chicken rice bowl especially small.
Try grilled chicken. For something beyond standard shawarma, consider the grilled spicy baby chicken, which received a specific recommendation.
Use pickup. For discounts, check app pickup options: one reviewer ordered chicken shawarma through Noon at a discounted price.
Plan the visit
| Mon | 10:00 AM – 2:00 AM |
| Tue | 10:00 AM – 2:00 AM |
| Wed | 10:00 AM – 2:00 AM |
| Thu | 10:00 AM – 2:00 AM |
| Fri | 10:00 AM – 2:00 AM |
| Sat | 10:00 AM – 2:00 AM |
| Sun | 10:00 AM – 2:00 AM |
Talabat, Careem and Keeta reviews report missing items, cancellations, cold food and incorrect orders.
Several customers felt shawarma platters and rice meals were too small for their prices.
Waits ranged from around 10 minutes to over 40 minutes, including food left sitting on the counter.
Reviews range from excellent shawarma to dry bowls, average platters and disappointing burgers.
One review reported ants, high hall temperature, no washroom or handwashing basin, and missing tissues.
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
Mix Shawarma Platter
“Ordered the Mix Shawarma Platter for AED 42, and it was disappointing”Google review · June 2026
Gathering Box
“The 'Gathering Box' priced at AED 109 was decent, but the shawarma tasted fairly average”Google review · September 2024
two small shawarmas
“They charged AED32 for two small shawarmas, which were chopped into eight pieces and served with few French fries and dip”Google review · June 2025
The Bottom Line
Halla Shawarma in Al Twar is a casual spot for chicken and beef shawarma, grilled chicken, rice bowls, platters and fresh juices. The strongest feedback centres on the shawarma itself: some diners describe the chicken as exceptionally soft, while others rate both chicken and beef among their better Dubai shawarmas. Grilled spicy baby chicken and crispy khubs with grilled chicken also get specific praise.
The atmosphere is a draw for dine-in visits. Reviews mention attractive interior quotations, a tidy setting and a family-friendly feel, and the restaurant has accommodated a group of 30. Staff are often described as friendly and quick, although service is not consistent: waits have ranged from roughly 10 minutes to more than 40, with one order left on the counter until it became cold.
Value is the main concern. Customers have called the sandwiches, platters and rice bowls small for the price; one reviewer paid AED 30 for rice topped with about six chicken slices. Delivery has been particularly unreliable, with reports of cold or incomplete orders, late cancellations and incorrect items.
For a first visit, dine in or collect after checking chicken availability, and consider grilled chicken if the shawarma selection feels repetitive.