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Shoom Shoom
Categories: Restaurants Mediterranean Restaurants Middle Eastern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern [Edit]
7355 Bayview AveMarkham, ON L3T 5Z2
(905) 731-8200
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11 am - 9 pm
Sat 10 am - 9:30 pm
Sun 10 am - 9 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Price Range:
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$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
About This Business:
Authentic homemade Jewish food, plus Middle Eastern and Classic Canadian dishes. Frequent live music.
13 reviews for Shoom Shoom
13 reviews in English
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Review from Joanne W.
10/15/2011
I came by to Shoom Shoom with two of my girl friends for someone's birthday. The place is pretty large - looks like it used to be an old 90's breakfast joint that they just decided to change into a Middle Eastern restaurant.
My friend ordered the lamb skewer, another friend had the rainbow trout, and I had the cod filet. Initially, we ordered some Moroccan cigars, but apparently they ran out - so they gave us garlic shrimp - on the house. The garlic shrimp was okay, not a huge fan of it though.
My cod filet was pretty good - however, I think I would've opted for the lamb skewers instead. It was absolutely delicious. I would definitely recommend the zucchini soup if you had the opportunity to get it. It was absolutely superb. Pureed, but tasted like a cream of zucchini soup.
Dessert: we shared a fig kataif and the frozen yogurt (twisted with pomegranate and vanilla). The fig kataif was pretty good at first, but it gets REALLY sweet at the end due to the fig reduction. I wouldn't suggest you to eat it on your own. Even among the three of us, it was still a bit too much. On the other hand, the frozen yogurt was absolutely delicious.
Service was great as well. Our server joked around with us many times throughout the night and checked up on us quite often.
Although it was more on the expensive side, I had a great experience at Shoom Shoom -- not too loud of a place to chat with your friends, and we were there until they closed - they didn't force or kick us out when they were still cleaning up. -
Review from Mel C.
9/21/2011
My friends and I came here for dinner. I ordered the chicken shawarma and I don't remember what my friends ordered. They gave me a big portion of chicken shawarma which was delicious. However, my only complaint was that they didn't give me enough of the garlic sauce so halfway through my meal, the chicken was dry. (I guess I could just ask them for another sauce). The overall atmosphere of this restaurant is very laid back and the service was also good. I would definitely come back here except that it's really out of my way just to come here for dinner!
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
9/2/2010 7 photos
Dropped by Shoom Shoom for lunch on a weekday afternoon. Since it is located in a suburban strip plaza right next to Longos, there are a lot of older ladies having leisure lunch here.. not too many working crowds so the pace here is a bit slow....and easy......
I have the say the food is really fresh and healthy, which I usually enjoy. However, I think now I know I am not too healthy as when eating lunch here, I have the urge to have unhealthy food. The Hummus are nice and tasty ($13.99).. out of the 4 selections I like the Fried Eggplant the most! (Yes the deep fried eggplant with heavy sauce). The Tabouleh is just too healthy for me........
Dark Meat Chicken ($4.99) and Beef ($6.49) skewers are both nicely done... The Beef is cooked perfectly medium rare the way I like it. The chicken though taste pretty bland and a little undercook.
The service is nice and friendly. Though our waitress was a little overwhelmed when the place get busy later in the afternoon.
I might drop by again when I am in the area and have a craving for some healthy alternative compare to my Asian food! Or maybe one of their cocktails which is so interesting!Listed in: Persian's Experience in GTA!
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Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
9/2/2010
First customers in as usual we were greeted by a BUS BOY as plenty of seating choices here. The booths next to the open kitchen? The tables next to the floor-to-ceiling glass watching retired people shop at Longos for bread? This whole plaza has that calm slow and relaxing feel to it that makes me wish I was in retirement myself.
There are no entrances from the outside, ONLY after you enter the mall entrance can you get to the Shoom Shoom entrance. Their decor is modern enough with some colorful plates on the wall for decor. They also have a bar that looks fully loaded near the back.
The Drink menu had MOJITOS and assorted Alcoholic beverages of your choice to enjoy your afternoon. The Food menu was mostly composed of Mediterranean Cold Apps(Hummus, Baba Ghanoush), Hot Apps, Sandwiches(Falafel, Shawarma), Salads, Skewers(Beef, Chicken, Salmon).
We went for the 4 selection MIXED Platter($13.99) composed of Baba Ghanoush, Matbouha(slow cooked tomato salad with garlic, green peppers and paprika), Fried Eggplant Salad, and Tabouleh(chopped parsley, bourgul, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, mint, coriander, lemon juice).
Favourite was the Fried EGGPLANT Salad and least was the Tabouleh. It came with some store(Longo's?) bought Pita Bread. The Waitress was helpful and very friendly as she suggested Beef Skewer when we wanted to get more items to try.
We also got the Chicken Skewer which was grilled but lacked that Mediterranean Marinade intense flavour and it was undercooked just slightly on the last piece. The Beef was perfectly cooked to a medium RARE and Beef is good and tender.
Patrons are mostly represented by LOCALS that has probably grown up on these flavours and cuisines. A couple older ladies had some Mint Tea that looked interesting too while they enjoyed their Skewers.Listed in: Middle East Scoops, Fire'd
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Review from Ayelet B.
9/4/2010 1 Check-in Here
Toronto has some great Middle Eastern food. I wanted to try this place for a while. It was pretty packed when we got there but we managed to get a table. There were a lot of families and big groups there.
Our waitress was very nice. We ordered humus and an eggplant salad for starters with whole wheat pita bread. It was just ok - a bit salty and I've had better.
We shared the lamb kebab, which was amazing. It was grilled to perfection and really tasty. We ordered some rice with it, which had lentils and was very flavourful and enough for the two of us. -
Review from Melissa G.
North York, ON
6/21/2009
Shoom Shoom is the new northern Thornhill sister restaurant of the beloved Mashu Mashu Mediterranean Grill.
With its amazing food, great service and reasonable, like Mashu Mashu, Shoom Shoom is attracting tons of visitors and is created it's own fan base for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food!
The menu is HUGE and offers tons of great stuff to eat for lunch, dinner, take-out and beverages.
For appetizers, I recommend the following:
- Fruity Mashu Salad, which is a bed of mixed greens with strawberries, pine nuts and goat cheese ($6.45)
- Classic Greek Salad ($6.45)
- Israeli Salad ($6.45)
If you want to make a salad a full lunch or dinner served portion, just add 3 to 4 dollars extra and that's your good price for a larger set of greens!
For my main meal, I am a HUGE fan of the shish kebobs are Shoom Shoom, as well as some other items not in the kebob family.
Also, all entrees come with a choice of rice or fries for a side, along with salad!
I recommend the following:
- Chicken Kebob ($14.95)
- Beef Kebob ($18.95)
- Chicken Schnitzel ($14.95)
- Falafel with Tahini ($5.95)
Overall, Shoom Shoom has become a HUGE HIT in the T-Hill and north part of Toronto.
Expect a bit of a wait for a table at peak meal times... but trust me, the wait is worth it!
But if you rather sit quickly, order Shoom Shoom take out! Just as amazing! -
Review from Ariel G.
2/19/2010
Just had dinner last night there. It is a great restaurant.
I started with a soup. They were trying out a new offering a Bouillabaisse, which turned out to be a delicious, brothy and tomatoey offering. The fish taste was there but not strong, and the herbs and spices made this overall a delicious soup.
Fallafels followed this with a dip of Tahini. This dish was so-so, good but I have had much better fallafels. They were uneven in shape (one looked like a mushroom), and totally under spiced. More about spicing later.
The tomatoes and garlic were perfect, nicely seasoned and served very nicely in hot frying pan. My wife choose the Arugula Halumi salad with a Pomegranate vinaigrette. This salad complemented with pistachios and toasted halumi cheese was excellent. She also ordered a skewer of Chicken as an add-on to the salad.
The chicken was good, moist, but a bit bland. Overall I think this restaurant is trying to 'mainstream' the type of food it offers to appeal to what they perceive to be their clientele. A bit more genuine spicing and herbs would be well received.
The decor is very attractive, the service excellent, and the restaurant was fairly busy. It is a nice local place to have a quick dinner. On Mondays evenings they will be running "Morrocan Night", but they will not have a food offering that is Morrocan. They will instead offer featured drinks, and a belly dancer. A tagine and a nice couscous would be in order, and I made that suggestion.
In terms of price this restaurant is a bit more expensive than either Paramount (which is more 'casual') and Me Va Me which is much busier (always busy). It offers a nice casual, modern attractive decor, and we will certainly re-visit it.Listed in: A taste of the Middle East
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Review from Adrienne L.
Toronto, ON
8/24/2009
Definitely will not be returning. Went for a birthday tonight.
First ominous sign was the blase decor and five minute wait for a maitre'd. Service was pretty lousy. The chicken schwarma, while it was huge, was pretty oily and definitely not good quality meat. The hummus was decent. House salad dressing, with a basil overtone, was probably the only star the entire evening. Otherwise, felt like I was back in my university residence days.
Unfortunate, since I'm from the neighbourhood and I really, really want a good restaurant. Can Il Fornello open up here? -
Review from David M.
Toronto, ON
5/4/2010
Fresh ingredients well prepared. I don't think you can miss with this place. It's good, but I don't think it's much different than Jerusalem, Me Va Me, Sababa etc. Some dishes better, some not as good.
If you're craving Middle Eastern and you're in the area, you won't be disappointed. -
Review from John F.
North York, ON
3/5/2010
We visited this for tonight for my birthday, as I had a taste for middle eastern food. We had to wait for about 30 minutes, but after being seated we could see why - it was great!
Decor is nothing special, but the food was awesome. Baba Ghanouj was properly smokey and tangy. Tabbouleh had a great flavour and was primarily parsley and tomato with the bulgar to add texture, rather than being used as a filler. The lamb shish kabob with first rate - tender and delectable and served with delicious cumin scented rice interspersed with lentils.
I think we'd return on a weekday night when it might be a bit less crowded, however.
Service was very friendly and despite the crowds and the rush, the hostess was able to keep up her good humour.
A specialty cocktail called a lichee mojito was delicious and I'd recommend it. -
Review from Karen G.
1/31/2010 8 Check-ins Here
We went to Shoom Shoom for dinner last night. Based on Melissa's review, I had high expectations and I was not disappointed.
Both the service and the food were excellent.
We ordered the Hummus appetizer to go with the complimentary pitas that were served. It was delicious - some of the best I have ever had and the portion was huge. In fact, all of the portions were enormous. You definitely get value for your money at this establishment!
My son had the chicken fingers with fries and the Strawberry/Blueberry smoothie and he wants me to let you know that he really enjoyed both. The rest of us ordered the chicken shish kabob and the chicken schnitzel. We should have ordered one portion of each and shared - we ended up taking more than half of each entree home. The sweet potato fries came with some sweetened mayo dip and were yummy. The schnitzel covered most of the plate and fries. I took a picture of it it was so huge.
The shish kabob was delish. The entrees come with a choice of sides (fries, sweet potato fries, baked potato or rice) and a side salad (which was almost the size of a full salad). I opted to pay the extra $1.99 for the Fruity Mushu Salad and was not disappointed. I finished every bite and was pretty much full by the time my entree arrived.
I ordered one of the house specialty drinks - the blackberry with rum, mint and soda - essentially a blackberry mojito (although you can order it with vodka too). It was huge (and tasty) and for $5.95 a great value.
I would highly recommend this place. I am looking forward to my next dining experience at Shoom Shoom, although I will likely be sharing an entree the next time around...although the oven baked Cod (Morrocan style) which came on a sizzling plate looked and smelled amazing. -
Review from Natasha N.
Thornhill, ON
Updated - 4/17/2010
Favourite of my entire family. Food is super fresh and flavors are great. People are friendly. They are always busy because they are so good.
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10/10/2009
Brand new restaurant, Mediterranean food, which is out of this world. Whenever I walk by to just… Read more »
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Review from Diane S.
Thornhill, ON
11/22/2009
My family and I are thrilled to have some wonderful local "haunts" so closeby, that we enjoy. One of them is Shoom Shoom. We find the food is always fresh and the service is prompt and friendly. Love the lentil soup and the sweet potato fries are to die for. Definitely a keeper.
