Best Shawarma in El Cajon and San Diego — Sinbad Mediterranean Cuisine

Shawarma is where a Mediterranean kitchen either proves itself or doesn’t, and it’s one of the dishes Sinbad is built around. Our Chicken Shawarma and Beef Shawarma are both hand-shaved to order and served with your choice of rice or fries, plus a side of salad and hummus. The meat is marinated and stacked the traditional way, then shaved fresh for every order rather than pre-portioned, which is the difference between shawarma that tastes reheated and shawarma that tastes alive.

We also fold that same shawarma into our wraps and even our signature burger, which tells you how central it is to what we do. Whether you want it in a wrap with garlic sauce and pickles, over rice as a full plate, or piled onto a burger, it’s the same slow-marinated, hand-shaved meat every time.

For anyone searching El Cajon or San Diego for shawarma done the traditional way, this is it — halal, made fresh daily, and shaved to order, not sitting under a heat lamp.

Visit us at 1480 Jamacha Rd #201, El Cajon, CA 92019. Open Mon–Fri 11am–10pm, Sat–Sun 12pm–10pm.