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| - I was pretty disappointed in this place. :( I'm a huge greek food fan, and Mika's really missed the mark. We don't have many options in cen-pho, so I was hopeful Mika's would fit the niche we need...
The atmosphere: nice, I guess. It's a little odd.. almost too formal-type décor in a fast food setting. They clearly put some money and effort into renovations though, and I can appreciate that. One issue is space, and how there isn't much of it. They must do a lot of take out business because there were several groups of people waiting around for their food (read: blocking the soda fountain.)
The service: It's fast food style. You order at a counter and get a number, the food is brought out to you. The girl at the counter was nice. The time it took to get our food seemed unreasonably long. :/ eh.
The food: I fully admit that I am pregnant and will typically eat anything. I have a ravenous appetite and it doesn't take much pomp and circumstance to please me... But I was disappointed. I can only imagine the feelings of someone who isn't eating for two.
I ordered The Mediterranean chicken pita with their upgraded "greek fries" (fries with oil, seasonings, and feta on top) As soon as our food arrived I was disappointed by the obvious freezer fries. And the addition of a LOT of olive oil wasn't doing them any favors. Those little freezer fries soaked up that oil like a sponge. I like the idea of these toppings on fries, but you REALLY need to use fresh cut shoestring or thinner fries, not frozen steak fries.
The pita was just ok. The chicken was juicy (an upgrade from Athenian Express' dry chicken) but the flavor wasn't fantastic. It was amply filled, pita was fine. (might just be bagged and warmed though, didn't taste house-made) I will give them credit for the tzasiki sauce. It did taste authentic and homemade and I enjoyed it.
My husband ordered the chicken souvlaki (simply just chicken on skewers) and had the lentil soup side. The soup tasted canned. It was bland and the texre left much to be desired. The chicken skewers were literally just like, 8 chicken balls on a skewer with some greek seasoning sprinkled on and grilled. Hubby said they were not amazing. Just "sort of green tasting dry-ish chicken on a stick."
I should probably mention the soda/fountain issues. :/ The ice dispenser wasn't working, so you have to get ice from the counter. Whatever. I got a sprite, and the soda is coming out of the fountain warm or something.. It was very weird. Much of the ice given to me was melty immediately, rendering the soda watered down and less than carbonated. Thinking initially that maybe the syrup was low on that one I replaced it with the Dr. Pepper (after getting more ice from the counter), and nope. That soda had to have been warm too, it caused the same issue. This probably wouldn't bother everyone, but I'm a connoisseur of fountain soda, so this cost Mika's some love for sure.
The rundown: We won't be back. Mika's has been open several months now, and that seems like enough time to have streamlined the issues we experienced. Plus, the food just wasn't that great and the price point wasn't on par for the quality. Sorry Mika's, I'll be going to Athenian Express and treating myself to MBFGR.
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