Stumbled across Sammy's this afternoon and was psyched when i first noticed their banner with what appeared to be several humongous burgers, What piqued my interest most however was their Gyro special. Lets start-off with drinks, As explained to me by the nice lady who took my order apparently their drinks are somewhat pricey-er starting at the $2.79+ range for lemonade however their 'small' cups are actually 24oz which i found pretty awesome despite being mostly ice; That being said after trying their 'Mango Lemonade' i almost wanted to chug a gallon of water, The lemonade was overly sweet with an almost concentrated texture and the quality of the lemons used, tasted more like Key-Limes to me also it didn't appear to have any actual mango presence.
Being from the East-Coast we're used to always having fries with our Gyro's, Its unethical to have it any other way. Needless to say today i was really dissapointed by Sammy's, I'm still trying to figure out what Gyro or Burger place actually sells Gyros without fries? Its simply unorthodox specially when pricing seems to be less-frugal. I paid $15 ($22 total) for a Gyro that didn't even come with fries or tzatziki sauce honestly i'm all about supporting our local joints but this one really let me down big-time, Instead of tzatziki sauce i received what appeared to be some odd thick white cream/paste which wasn't very good and had somewhat of an off putting flavor.
Needless to say after today's experience i was left with a bitter taste in my mouth [no pun intended], When it comes to GOOD food i certainly have an open wallet but in this case the price simply DOES NOT justify the food received; I feel that for anyone to pay $15 for a plain gyro is almost insulting specially when a 10lb sack of potatoes is only $1.99; As a business-owner myself i refuse to see how adding fries to the meals hinders this restaurants profit margins in any way.