In 2014, Imran and his cousin, Jad, purchased Golden Pita – a successful Lebanese restaurant in the Burnaby area. Founded in 1996, Golden Pita is one of the few traditional Lebanese restaurants in the Vancouver area, and certainly the only one in Burnaby.
Both Imran and Jad come from the corporate world: Imran with experience in marketing and Jad with experience in accounting. With a bursting passion for food and the urge to start something new, the cousins left the corporate life to purchase Golden Pita.
“We bought the restaurant because we loved the food. Since day one our goal has been to preserve the exceptional quality food and service at the restaurant,” says Imran.
Hummus and Pita (v)
Chickpea dip topped with parsley, olive oil, and a sprinkle of chilli powder,
along with two pitas
Baba Ghannouj and Pita (v)
Roasted eggplant dip topped with Sumac spice and olive oil, served with two pitas
The Sampler (v)
Hummus, baba ghannouj and tzatziki dips, served with four pitas and pickled turnips
Wara’a Inab (6) (v, gf)
Grape leaves stuffed with rice, chickpea, tomato, onion, and parsley, served
with tzatziki and pickled turnips
Falafel (6) (v, gf)
Chickpea and fava bean mixture deep fried and served with tahini sauce and
pickled turnips
Fatayer (6) (v)
Mini spinach pies baked with our homemade dough and stuffed with spinach,
onion, and sumac spice. Served with tzatziki dip
Meat Safiha (4)
Hailing from Baalbek, a city in east Lebanon, these open pies are topped with
lean beef with chopped tomato, onion, parsley, and pine nuts, baked with
homemade dough and served with tzatziki
Sambousek (4)
A closed mini pie, baked with homemade dough and filled with ground beef,
onion, pine nuts and a mix of seven spices. Served with tzatziki dip
Kibbé (4)
Meat ball with extra lean beef and cracked bulgur wheat formed as the shell,
stuffed with cooked ground beef, onions, and pine nuts, then deep fried and
served with hummus and pickled turnips
Pumpkin Kibbé (4) (v)
The vegetarian version of the meat Kibbé; butternut squash and cracked bulgur
wheat made into a crust, stuffed with spinach, chickpeas, walnuts, and onions.
and served with a hummus dip. Ask your server about availability
Chicken Wow Mini Pockets (4)
Roasted chicken, onion, and sumac spice baked in a mini pita pocket and served
with tzatziki
Kafta Mini Pockets (4)
Kafta is a mixture of ground beef, parsley, onion, and spices, stuffed in a mini
pita pocket and grilled to perfection. Served with a hummus or tzatziki dip
Lentil Soup (v,gf)
Green lentils cooked with rice, carrots and onions with aromatic,
earthy spices, served with a toasted pita
Chicken Vegetable Soup (gf)
Flakes of tender chicken cooked with vegetables and rice, served with
a toasted pita
House Salad (v, gf)
Lettuce, cucumber, raddish, onions, tomatoes, and parsley, served with
our delicious homemade salad dressing
Tabbouleh Salad (v)
An iconic Lebanese salad made from finely chopped parsley, bulgur
wheat, mint, tomatoes, onions, with a lemon and oil dressing
Greek Salad (v, gf)
Peppers, cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, topped with feta cheese and
kalamata olives and served with our homemade vinaigrette
Fattoush Salad (v)
Our house salad with added sumac spice and crushed toasted pita to
make this traditional Lebanese salad
Chicken Fattoush Salad
Fattoush topped with our roasted chicken
Chicken Tabbouleh Salad
Our delicious tabbouleh, topped with our roasted chicken
Veggie Pocket (v)
6” pita Pocket stuffed with potato, onion, carrot, green bean, peas, and
sweet corn. Baked in the oven and served with tzatziki
Chicken Wow Pocket
6” pita pocket stuffed with our chicken, onion, and sumac spice
mix, baked in the oven and served with tzatziki
Spinach Pie (Spanakopita) (v)
The Greek version of the spinach pie, baked with filo pastry, stuffed
with spinach, onions, and feta cheese. Served with tzatziki
Meat Pie
Savoury turnover stuffed with beef, onions, pine nuts and spices,
baked until golden and served with tzatziki
Chicken Wow Pizza
Our chicken wow mix, spread on a personal size pie, and topped with
feta and mozzarella cheese with some parsley. Baked in the oven and
served with tzatziki
Make any wrap a combo with a small soup or salad for $3 extra
Hot sauce is optional on all wraps, from mild to medium to spicy
Falafel (v)
Made to order, the falafel wrap is a vegetarian mix of chickpeas, fava beans, cilantro and
other spices, deep fried and wrapped with hummus, tomato, pickled turnips, a radish salad,
and tahini sauce
“Moud” Wrap (v)
Our second vegetarian wrap, made with our Moudardara (lentils and rice) mix, topped with
caramelized onions, and wrapped with hummus, tzatziki, tomato, and pickled turnips
Chicken Rocket
Inspired from the Palestinian dish “moussakhan”, the Chicken Rocket is a mix of our roasted
chicken that is minced with onions and sumac spice, wrapped with hummus, tomato,
pickled turnips, feta cheese, and tahini sauce
Chicken Shawarma
The traditional Lebanese shawarma: roasted chicken wrapped with garlic paste, pickled
turnips, tomato, and tahini sauce
Beef Shawarma
Marinated top sirloin beef strips, wrapped with hummus, parsley, onions, tomato, pickled
turnips, and tahini sauce
Chicken Donair
Our roasted chicken, wrapped with hummus, lettuce, tomato, and tzatziki
Beef and Lamb Donair
Cuts from our beef and lamb donair skewer, wrapped with hummus, lettuce, tomato, and
tzatziki
First timer? Or just like to eat a bit of everything? Try one of our
combo plates
Veggie Combo (v)
Tabbouleh salad, served next to two falafels, one small veggie pocket, one small spinach pie,
one stuffed grape leaf, tahini and hummus dips, and a pita bread
Chicken Combo
Tabbouleh salad, served next to our roasted chicken, a small veggie pocket, one stuffed grape
leaf, hummus and tzatziki dips, and a pita bread
Beef and Lamb Combo
Tabbouleh salad, served next to shaved strips of the beef and lamb, a small veggie pocket,
one stuffed grape leaf, hummus and tzatziki dips, and a pita bread
All entrees are served with rice, hummus and tzatziki dips,
and your choice of soup or house salad.
You can substitute the house salad for fattoush or tabbouleh
for $1 extra
Moussaka
Our take on this amazing Greek dish; slices of eggplant and zucchini, layered with ground
beef and onions in tomato sauce, topped with béchamel sauce and baked in the oven
Chicken Shawarma Platter
Our roasted marinated chicken served on a plate with a dollop of our signature garlic paste
Beef Shawarma Platter
Although usually consumed in a wrap, beef shawarma is also served with rice in Lebanese
households. Top sirloin strips of beef, served with a parsley and onion salad topped with
tahini sauce, and a slice of roasted tomato
Moudardara (Lentils and Rice) (v,gf)
An ancient Lebanese dish that came from the country side; made of lentils and rice, cooked
and infused with caramelized onions, served with a side of pickled turnips
(Saturdays only)
Every Saturday, we serve traditional Lebanese breakfast items, that
are enjoyed with friends and family everyday in Lebanon, but
especially on weekends.
Open Pies (Mana’ish): From the word ma’oushe, it is a traditional
Lebanese open pie, topped with different ingredients
Zaatar
This is the most traditional Lebanese pie. Zaatar is a mix of thyme, oregano, sesame seeds,
sumac spice, and olive oil, spread on top of our home made dough to make the zaatar
man’oushe
Jebné (Cheese)
A mixture of feta and mozzarella cheese, spiced and mixed with some parsley
Lahmé (Meat)
A mixture of ground beef, onions, parsley, tomatoes, and spices
Half Zaatar Half Jebné
Half the pie topped with cheese and the other half topped with zaatar. You can also try them
mixed together!
Half Lahmé Half Jebné
Half topped with cheese and the other half with meat, or mixed together!
Hummus Balila (Chickpea Salad)
Tender chickpeas in a lemon and garlic vinaigrette, topped with cumin spice and olive oil
and served with two pitas
Foule (Fava Bean Salad)
Fava beans and chickpeas in a lemon and garlic vinaigrette, topped with olive oil, fresh
tomatoes and parsley and served with two pitas
Knefé
The perfect ending to our Lebanese brunch: a dessert that it made with fine bread crumbs,
stuffed with cheese or ashta (thickened cream), and topped with our homemade sugar syrup.
You can also have it in a sesame bun for $1 extra
Nothing beats a sweet ending. All our desserts are homemade from
scratch.
Baklava
A traditional Lebanese and Middle Eastern dessert; fillo pastry layered and filled with nuts
and topped with our homemade sugar syrup. Choose between pistachio, walnut, or cashew
Nammourah (Sweet Cake)
Made with semolina flour that is baked with roasted almonds, and topped with our sugar
syrup
Rice Pudding
Homemade pudding made with rice, milk, orange blossom and flower water
Ashta w Asal (thickened cream and honey)
Homemade thickened cream, served with a generous honey drizzle and topped with crushed
pistachio. Please ask your server for availability.
Humous & Pita (2 pitas)
Baba Ghannouj & Pita (2pitas)
Stuffed Grape Leaves (6)
Falafel (6) & Tahini Sauce
Fatayer (6)
(Lebanese mini spinach pies)
Meat Safiha (4)
(open mini meat pies with pine nuts)
Sambousek (4)
(closed mini meat pie)
Kebbeh (4)
Pumpkin Kebbeh(4)
Pumpkin Kebbeh(4)
Chicken Wow Minis (4)
(chicken and onion mix cooked with sumac spice
in a mini pita)
Kafta Minis
(mixture of ground beef, onion, and parsley in a
mini pita pocket)
Lentil Soup
Chicken Vegetable Soup
Tabbouleh Salad
Greek Salad
Fattoush Salad
Chicken Fattoush Salad
Chicken Tabbouleh Salad
Make any pie a combo by adding a small soup
or salad for $3 extra
Veggie Pocket
Chicken Wow Pocket
Meat Pie
Spinach Pie (Spanakopita)
Chicken Wow Pizza
(chicken wow mix spread on thick bread, topped with cheese)
Make any wrap a combo by adding any small soup
or salad for $3 extra
Falafel
Moud Wrap
Beef and Lamb Donair
Beef Shawarma
Chicken Donair
Chicken Shawarma
Chicken Rocket
Beef, and Chicken combos are served with tabbouleh, grape
leaf, veggie pocket, and pita. Veggie combo is served with
two falafels and one fatayer in addition.
Beef and Lamb Combo
Chicken Combo
Veggie Combo
All entrees served with rice, tzatziki, humous and pita,
and your choice of soup or house salad
Mousaka
Beef Shawarma Platter
Chicken Shawarma Platter
Moudardara
(lentils and rice with caramelized onions)
Zaatar Man’ousheh
Jebné Man’ousheh (cheese)
Lahmé Man’ousheh (meat)
1/2 zaatar 1/2 jebné
1/2 lahmé 1/2 jebné
Humous Balila (chick pea salad)
Foule (fava bean and chick pea salad)
Kanafeh In Plate
(choose between cheese or ashta)
Kanafeh In Bread
(add a delicious sesame bun to the kanafeh)
Baklava (walnut, pistachio, cashew)
Rice Pudding
Nammourah (semolina sweet cake)
Ashta B’Aasal
(Cream with a honey drizzle and ground pistachio)
Drinks
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