Restaurants of the week: The best falafel in the Toronto area near you

This week, we’re diving deep into the Toronto food scene to unearth the hidden gems serving up the city’s most delectable falafel. From fluffy pitas overflowing with crispy falafel balls to vibrant salads and creamy sauces, many spots in The 6ix offer the perfect combination of textures and flavours that’ll leave you going for seconds. Hidden gems or established favourites, you’re not going to want to miss out on these.

Here’s where you can find the best falafel in Toronto :

Parallel

The falafels here come in pieces of two, four, six, and nine. They’re vegan and gluten-free and are available on the regular and brunch menus.

Where:
Reservations:

Pita and Hummus

The menu offers pieces of individual falafel balls, as pita pockets, and as saj wraps. You can either opt for the regular falafel or go for the spicy chilli version.

Where: Multiple locations
No reservations needed.

The Haifa Room

The falafel is served individually and comes in pieces of four. It is served with a side of herbed tahini.

Where: 224 Ossington Ave
Reservations: Website

Tabulè

While the menu serves pieces of falafel on their own, the menu also has a falafel salad. It features romaine lettuce, tomatoes, red onions and cucumber topped off with gluten-free falafel, along with tahini.

Where: Multiple locations
Reservations: Website

Fat Pasha

On the menu you’ll find Falafel Crispy Yummy Deliciousness, with some tahini and pickle. It’s available on the regular and brunch menus and is part of the restaurant’s Fat Salatim Platter.

Where: 414 Dupont St
Reservations: OpenTable

Limon

Whether you enjoy falafel on its own or in a pita sandwich, you can find both here at Limon. The falafel pita comes with fillings of amba (mango pickle), hummus, and zhug (hot sauce). The pieces are available as 12 or 16, served with amba, herbs, and tahini.

Where: 1968 Queen St E
Reservations: Website (for groups of five or more).

Johnny’s Shawarma

The menu has a wrap with falafels made from ground chickpeas, and fava beans. You can also get the falafel dinner plate, which has four pieces of falafel, rice, hummus, tabbouleh, and potatoes.

Where: 1904 Kennedy Rd
No reservations are needed.

College Falafel

The falafel wrap comes with three vegan falafel balls and the toppings of your choice. A falafel plate is available as well, which has rice with mixed vegetables and curried potatoes to go with the three falafel balls.

Where: 450 Ossington Ave
No reservations are needed.

Fet Zun

The menu offers a bunch of different ways to enjoy this classic dish. There’s the Bag of Falafel with eight pieces that come with tahini. The HUMMUS Falafel features tahini, zhug, chickpeas, smoked Chipotle, EVOO, and two pitas. Then there’s also the Falafel Pita Sandwich, which has hummus, toum (garlic sauce), slaw, pickle, and chopped salad. Falafel Plate with five pieces is also an option, served with rice or french fries.

Where: 252 Dupont S
Reservations: OpenTable

Shawarma Empire

The menu here also offers falafel in different forms including as a sandwich, and a plate with rice, salad, hummus, and pita.

Where: 1823 Lawrence Ave E
No reservations are needed.

Falafel World

Enjoy a falafel sandwich or a falafel plate. The plate comes with hummus, tabbouleh, pita, tahini, and hot sauce. You can also get a combination plate of both chicken and falafel.

Where: 2396 Bloor St W, Toronto
No reservations are needed.