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| - Our usual Greek place we go to in Henderson is closed on Sundays. We got a craving for Greek food that day and decided to try Stephano's based on Yelp reviews.
Sadly, it did not compare to the reviews on Yelp. Maybe it was a bad night. Maybe it was at the end of a holiday weekend and the food was just running thin (two items we ordered turned out to be unavailable and substitutions and refunds needed to be made). Or maybe we have just had better food and our expectations have been raised.
We ordered the whole chicken, the beef and lamb gyro plate, a side of baba ganoush, a rice pudding and a grilled tomato.
After ordering and paying for the meal, I was told that they were out of the grilled tomato and that they were out of the dark meat parts of the whole chicken. They credited my account for the tomato and offered all white meat for the whole chicken . . . in other words 4 breasts with wing and no leg/thighs.
Well . . .the chickens breasts while seasoned nicely, they were terribly dry. The beef lamb gyro meat was also dry and the edges were burnt. The tzaziki was runny and tasted more like a ranch dip. And the rice pudding while it tasted OK, was a super small portion for $2.49.
On the rice pudding. The usual Greek place we go to charges $3.49 for their version . . .but it is 4 to 6 times as large. It also does taste better.
So . . .here is the summary of Pros and Cons
Pros:
Hummus is quite tasty
baba ganoush is also quite tasty
large amount of pitas included
Cons:
Slow service - took 30 minutes to get food after order
Chicken dry
Beef/Lamb dry, burnt and too much pepper
Israeli salad is horrible and over seasoned / marinated
Rice pudding while tasting ok, it is a VERY small portion
Food overall salty requiring water during the night
We still taste the food 12 hours after eating it (NOT GOOD)
In conclusion, I think we will keep our urges for Greek food away from Sundays and stick to our usual place also here in Henderson. We really wanted to like you and were sad. In fact, all three of us stated that if this was our 1st experience of Greek food, we would never order it again.
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