Paramount Fine Foods

With a name like Paramount…
Yummy but chincy. Probably the slimmest pita wrap I’ve ever seen. Even with my airport employee discount I felt a little ripped off.
You can tell that the ingredients are all fresh and all carry a unique flavor you can taste.
Fortunately, I just forgot my lunch for the day and just wanted to try this restaurant. I’ve had falafel before and know of many other places so I’m 8n no rush to come back anytime soon.

Don’t eat here !
Overpriced and underwhelming !
I’m at a crossroads on how many stars — ½ star for customer service and 2 ½ stars for the food.
I go here usually an the way back from a trip and grab take out for home.
I LOVE the food when they first opened and I would have given the food a five (for sure) …but the staff are horrible. They don’t listen to what you order and when you ask for something like a couple extra slices of turnip or a side of tahini sauce — OMG the attitude is unbelievable.
This just haven’t happened once but over 4 different visits. Last night I ordered 2 sides of babaganoush and chicken shawarma plate. The server walked around with my take out container for over 2 minutes just wandering from the hot station to another counter — then she started to put tabouli salad in and another server said to her, you can go in you break when you finish this order — she takes off her gloves and leaves the container and walks away — - a solid 5 minutes later another sever picks up the container and puts chicken in and closes it. I got home and the container with the chicken was some soggy 2 day old tabouli with a little (maybe 3 tablespoons) of chicken and no rice, oh but I did get the four slices of turnip. Not sure what the other side was I ordered, doesn’t matter because I didn’t get it and in all the shuffling of the container I guess I didn’t realize what was in or out of it. …and this I paid $ 28.00 for !!! Shame… I guess this made up my mind I’m not eating here anymore. Not worth the frustration knowing I’m not going to be happy ordering or eating it.
Shane — I’ve been to their restaurant on Yonge Street and its outstanding !!!

The food was horrible. The kafta sandwich was inedible, too salty. The chicken sandwich was so horrible you couldn’t take more than one bite. The tabouleh wasn’t fresh at all!!! It was was obviously days old! We returned it and the gave us a «fresher» one which was slightly better but still the taste was not good, too sour and the burghol in it was hard! It was like eating a salad with tiny rocks. The pizza was ok, still not even good. Whatever you do, DONT EAT HERE

I took a chance on this kiosk pre-​security at Terminal 1 in the Toronto International Airport. Well, way, way, waaaaay overpriced and the food is not great at all. Mostly, service and food delivery are extremely slow! There were 7 people working and my order took 40 Minutes with only 2 orders before me!!! The food is visually appealing but there is nothing «fine» about it and the taste is inconsistent from one prepackaged dish to an undercooked meat; yet you still wait forever!!! What was the airport thinking, Putting such a crappy shop in the food court? The food is not even authentic medditeranean and most of it is pre-​made and pre-​packaged!!!
I ordered the baba ganouche which was prepackaged; it had way more tartar sauce than eggplant purée and it tasted gross. The three cheese flat bread was actually a thick crust pizza with cheese shavings, the dough to cheese ratio was unacceptably ridiculous! It was dough 1 cheese 0 on the scoreboard of the fantasy flatbread pool!!!
The chicken skewer side was ok BUT two Chunks were undercooked, so no! No! No! Big time nooooo!!! The only saving grace of this meal was the prepackaged fatouche salad which had a nice pre-​packaged citrus vinaigrette, big effing deal! I can grab a salad anywhere else so not much to compliment on.
They had a bottled yogurt drink bottle in the fridge which I tried and it was good. Together with a bottle of diet coke, it was a horrible, horrible meal And a waste of $ 34!!! $ 34 for crap! Stay away! Slow! #foodNotGood! #overpriced #neverAgain

Standards are generally pretty low in an airport, and prices high. I thought this food was surprisingly fresh, real, and delicious. And service for me was very quick. They’ve only been open a month — perhaps other reviewers experienced their growing pains?
I had a chicken shawarma wrap and a zaatar pizza. The pizza was the highlight — hot, crisp, and chewy all at the same time, almost like a wood fired oven does. The wrap was tasty and made of fresh ingredients, flavor wise was pretty good. All in all, for airport food a nice surprise.

For the money Paramount charges, I’ve experienced better food in Toronto. They are in an advantageous position, because guess what, it’s Pearson Airport and you don’t have much choice before you pass security. Faced with little competition, Paramount offers so-​so food with small portions of protein (chicken, beef, etc.). On top of that, I had to wait **20 min** for my food to be ready. My advice to you is to eat somewhere else OUTSIDE the airport, unless you want to eat at one of the restaurants after you pass security. One good alternative is Caplansky’s Deli (
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Since my hotel doesn’t have anyplace to eat, I figured I’d grab a bite at the airport before heading out. Well, before security the choices are a Tim Hortons (no), Subway (double no), something called a Swiss Chalet (kind of like Boston Market in the US?) and Paramount. Having eaten at a freestanding Paramount in the GTA I figured it was my best bet for something quick and healthy.
Healthy? Pretty much — I went for an appetizer combo which netted me a scoop of tabbouli salad, some hummus and 2 falafels along with a piece of their giant puffy bread. The tabbouli was pretty «meh» — just chopped parsley and a little tomato, no real flavor. The hummus and falafels were pretty bland too. You do have the option to add their «garlic» sauce which will keep you immune from vampires (and attractive members of the opposite sex) for a good long while or their «hot» sauce. The hot sauce was the best part of the meal for me — a good level of spice and flavor. I slathered it on everything and it really made the difference.
Quick? Not even close. There was one order in front of me and it still took more than 10 minutes to get my food. I know most of what I had was premade and just needed to be dished up, so I’m not sure why it took so long. It wasn’t a staff issue as there were at least 6 people back there not doing anything.
Anyway, if you need a bite pre-​security Termial 1 and have lots of time to spare, Paramount is probably your best choice.