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| - A suggestion from a Yelp friend when I said was looking for some local cheap non-Asian food. I'd never even heard of this place which surprised me because it's less than 5 minutes from my house and when I pulled up I could see why. It's in a trashy nondescript strip plaza with a worn out fading blue on white sign. The kind of place that's easy to miss. The interior is just as uninspiring: dark, old wood furniture mixed with plastic (wood pattern! Haha) panelled furniture and walls, kitschy oil paintings and old battered menus.
That menu is pretty expansive with a mix of diner food staples, pizza, and Greek food. Don't expect anything too expansive in the Greek direction: they have souvlaki and a couple other dishes, but it's not a full on Greek restaurant. Or as the lady beside us said: "Do y'all have that cheese you set on fire?" Haha. No they don't have saganaki.
I had the Chicken Souvlaki on a Pita lunch special and it was at this point that I learned how this place has stayed open for so long: the food! It was great for the price, the chicken, onions, tzatziki and tomato, were creamy messy awesome on the pita, and the salad was plentiful with a lot of feta (the best part!) tzatziki wasn't the best I've had, but it was pretty strong. Chicken was well spiced and cooked perfectly. The rice I stole from my lunch dates plate was pretty great too.
I'll definitely have to come back again some evening to try the Pizza and some other dishes.
Service was friendly, familial and warm. The kind of place that when they say goodbye as you leave they're saying it because they actually appreciate the business not because they've been told to.
Hunter's seems to be one of those quiet places that get by on the strength of the food and a steady repeat crowd. There's a reason all the furniture signs and menus are so worn out...
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