Village Pita Bakery - Calgary

I have been a patron of this restaurant for 20 years, and not much has changed except for the location and renovations. It is still a family-owned business that serves consistently delicious and fresh food. The pitas are so hot and fresh that you have to let them cool for a minute before being able to pick them up. The zatar, meat pie, and spinach feta pita are all tasty, but my favorite is the meat pie. The restaurant now has more seating space, which is a bonus for enjoying your meal.

I have been a patron of this restaurant for years, but only for their delicious meat pies. I typically order a dozen at a time - one to enjoy fresh on the spot and the rest to take home and freeze for later. I highly recommend trying them with green olives and their incredible homemade hot sauce. When reheating the frozen pies at home, I like to defrost one in the microwave, top it with plenty of mozzarella cheese, and bake for 5-6 minutes until melted and golden brown.

Best customer service that I have ever had while going out to eat. I was amazed. Abdel served us as though we were old friends, bringing us things to try and take home, as a gift to us. The place was near closing and he was going back to make us more food to try, bringing fresh, hot pita with spicy hummus. I have never been treated like that before in any restaurant or cafe. He was very kind. The food was very good, and we will absolutely be back and bring friends. We tried the meat pie with veggies. Fantastic. We also had other breads and cheeses and dessert. All very tasty.

Village Pita Bakery is located in a strip mall near Marlborough, and it’s a bit out of the way for most people, but they offer excellent Mediterranean/Middle Eastern fare! This is foremost a Middle Eastern market, but they fortunately have a food counter. I bought the spinach feta pie, potato pie and zaatar pie, all of which were tasty and flavourful (my favourite would be the potato pie, because it was unexpectedly fresh). Staff can be unfriendly, but quite quick efficient. There aren't plenty of chairs (so it's geared more for takeaway), but food is really delicious!

So good! Such good value too. I usually get 1 cheese and 1 meat pie since I can eat a lot. I love the olives they give you as well. I live in the NW and still do my best to drop by at least once a week cuz it's that good. Try out a meat pie, you won't be disappointed. Make sure you add some lemon juice (and hot sauce if you can handle it)