Top Falafel
📍 Ridings Shopping Centre, Wakefield, the WF1 1YD, UK
About Top Falafel
Top Falafel is a highly-regarded takeaway located within the Ridings Shopping Centre in Wakefield, offering a delightful culinary experience. This hidden gem has quickly become a favourite for locals and visitors alike, earning an impressive Google rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars from numerous satisfied customers.
Known for its authentic, freshly cooked Middle Eastern cuisine, Top Falafel specialises in delicious falafel and chicken shawarma wraps, complete with traditional pickles. Reviewers consistently praise the fantastic taste, exceptional quality, and great value for money. The friendly and welcoming service provided by the team also contributes to its excellent reputation and loyal following.
Visiting Information
Top Falafel operates Monday to Saturday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM and is closed on Sundays. While specific accessibility features are not detailed, the establishment accepts NFC payments, making for convenient cashless transactions.
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📍 Ridings Shopping Centre, Wakefield, the WF1 1YD, UK
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Showing 5 of 59 reviews from Google Maps.Last updated 31 January 2026.
What a wonderful hidden gem this is. It’s tucked away in a corner of the Ridings, but well worth a visit. You can get an authentic, freshly cooked chicken shawarma wrap (complete with pickles) for £4 – which is great value.
Friendly welcoming service, fantastic food, and very reasonable prices too. This awesome fella used to have a food truck in Wakefield, and that was easily the best falafel I've ever eaten. When it disappeared me and my work colleagues were sad. Now we've found him again in the Ridings... and it's still the best falafel ever. 👍
I have frequented and worked in The Ridings a lot of years and I've seen this place before but never ate here due to my mixed personal taste of falafel, sometimes ok sometimes terrible so I was put off it for a while. I had a taster from here and it tastes nothing like any falafel I've ever tasted, it tastes so beautiful and full of flavour. I ended up ordering the extra crisp shaurma chicken with mixed cheese and mushrooms... Never tasted this style of wrap before, the chicken and veg are all freshly done in front of you, short waiting times and looks very clean. The chef is an authentic Syrian chef who cooks from original recipe and the food reflects this as I have never tasted Syrian style food this good!! The reason atmosphere is marked lower is because it is just a stall in the mall itself, it deserves its own shop with the food tasting this nice! The only problem is it is literally 30 seconds away from where I work! Looks like my break times are now spoken for and thanks for the great food! Very reasonably priced for the portion size on the wraps!
Glad i came across this, fairly priced which is rare these days and really tasty food. Both the Shawarma and Falafels are very good. Will visit again
Nothing beats great food made by someone passionate about what they are cooking. My partner is Syrian so we always jump at the chance to find good falafel. Genuinely incredible food, great value and a lovely generous man serving it. It’s a shame we aren’t local as I would love this to be our local spot.