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| - I am not sure where the high reviews come from. The shawarma dishes were bland, very little seasoning on the meat. I could have made a comparable dinner by simply pan frying a chicken breast with light oil, no seasoning, and then chopping it up into tiny pieces. The kebabs were not good either, especially the beef, it tasted like very low quality meat, very chewy and rubbery, and had no seasoning at all. The chicken kebab was okay but the meat was questionably soft and juicy, and made me wonder if it was pre-packaged. There was one kebab which was like ground meats formed into a hotdog-like shape I think it was the minced lamb, and this one was better tasting but the spices used are very overpowering and I only took one bite of that one. Perhaps that is what Mediterranean food is supposed to taste like, but I found it unpleasant, and I have a widely varied pallet. Also, one thing that really bothered me about the kebab was that the veggies on the kebab- onions, tomato, and peppers- were very underdone. They were barely charred by the grill at all, I ate only a few onions that seemed a little cooked but the rest of the veggies I left alone, and I enjoy veggies, I just don't think for a kebab they should be almost raw, I would have preferred them to be more cooked, and they could have used a marinate or something, so bland. I also tried something called Armenian spicy sausage, would not order again and did not even finish it, probably ate maybe 3 bites. It just tasted like an old dried out sausage. Nothing compelling about the flavor of that sausage whatsoever. The saffron rice on the side had hard pieces of rice mixed in, almost like new and old rice had been mixed together, and you can tell real saffron was not used as you couldn't even taste it in the rice. For all intents and purposes, the saffron rice was simply low quality rice with yellow coloring to it. In fact, most of the components of the meals selected seemed to use low quality ingredients, especially the meat. They even use olives with pits in them! Now that's low quality. It costs a fraction of a cent to get the container of olives without the pit. I was really upset when I threw the olive on the side into my mouth and bit down only to realize there was a pit, good thing I didn't break a tooth. French fries as a side were also terrible. How can you ruin french fries?? Yet they were, they were soggy from being underneath a pita and the warmth from the meat dishes causing water to condense on the plate. Side salads came with a Greek-style dressing, but it seemed like it was watered down, it was extremely clear and very liquidy, not thick like a salad dressing should be, and so did not coat the lettuce well. Tried the baklava also, it was flaky but left much to be desired, was not that sweet and had a thick layer of ghee which overpowered the pastry almost to the point where I felt like I was eating a hunk of clarified butter. And, it was pretty expensive for the small 3-ounce portion you get. Actually, everything was pretty expensive and it seemed like such low quality. I've had Meditteranean food before but haven't ever found a high quality Med restaurant yet, doesn't look like Zita's is it, either.
The gyro pita was good but was light on the tzaziki sauce I wish they would have added more, or given a side of it to dip the pita into. The gyro was really the best thing they offered, and if I ordered from here again I would definitely order the gyro plate or pita but probably won't order from here again, ever.
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