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| - Tonight, after getting home from a vacation to Cyprus and being absolutely exhausted from the airport experience and the timezone difference, we decided to do something we had already previously decided never to do: order from tzatziki again. Past visits had led us to that decision because of the insane prices and much better options in the area. But we just wanted to get something into our mouths by putting in as little effort as possible, so across the street was the best option.
I called and asked for a large pork gyro dinner with potatoes and instead of rice I asked if I could just get extra salad. The woman on the phone responded in a friendly way, sure no problem and told me my order would be ready in 15 mins. I sent my boyfriend across the street 15 mins later to go pick it up and he comes back quickly with food in hand, $18 less in pocket. We open it and notice three things: this is a small meal, not a large (we have recently had the same meal) and there are no potatoes and certainly not extra salad. So boyfriend goes back to explain the issues to the woman but she would not hear it. Apparently this was a large meal and it did indeed have extra salad and I had said that I wanted only a salad on the phone, no potatoes. No apologies, no offers to fix it. He was too exhausted to argue further so he just came back home and we ate it (in the interest of full disclosure, it was pretty tasty) all the while cursing them and laughing at our terrible luck and vowing repeatedly to never ever ever eat here again.
Now, neither one of us is the type to complain about food or customer service..raw loukoumades, a bit of hair in the food, waiter doesn't smile ..eh, whatever. I'll live, y'know? This is my first bad review of anything ever. Honestly, speaking as a local, Tzatziki is a complete and utter waste of your money and you are better off supporting businesses that actually care about their customers and the community. Some great gyro places on Pape are Folia Grill at cosburn or for late night gyros, souvlike at danforth. Louis meat market and Alexandros on danforth and Logan are great options too.
You might luck out and get good service and good food at tzatziki but you also probably will not and you'll definitely pay too much for it so why take the risk?
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