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| - I was greatly excited when I received a menu in the Pennysaver for Ephesus -- a new delivery place that might offer something besides just pizza? Yes please! I picked up the phone post-haste and ordered... well, OK, I ordered a pizza. But it was the Moroccan Chicken Pizza, so that has to count for something, right? Phone service was good and delivery reasonably quick, although more on the latter anon.
The pizza itself was kind of awesome; spiced chicken, blue cheese, mixed greens, almost like CPK but better. Next time I'll skip the red sauce, but that's just my own peculiarity. The crust was tasty and the toppings were awesome. I've since tried several other of their offerings, and been happy with pretty much all of them. Reviews of individual items below.
About the delivery: I live about... oh... a mile? from their Bellevue location, and I've ordered delivery at least five times. But every single time I call, they ask me where exactly it is I live. Including yesterday, when I got a delivery order and the driver forgot the 2L; I called right back and they wanted me to give them directions again. Really? Your driver was just here. Bust out the Google Maps, guise. Still, once that's all sorted, they're usually here within 45 minutes, so it's all good in the end.
Food:
Moroccan Chicken Pizza - 4/5 - I loved this. It's definitely not a pizza-traditionalist-pizza, but it's delicious and more "gourmet" than most of the specialty pizzas you can get locally.
Seafood Calzone - 2.5/5 - Meh. Bog-standard, really. Not good, not bad.
Ephesus Pide - 5/5 - The Turkish menu is where Ephesus really shines, IMO. This pide was delicious, generously sized, and served with salad and a house dressing redolent of mint and olive oil. Absolutely top notch.
Gyro and Chicken Gyro - 4/5 - Tasty, and the gyro meat had good flavor. Their tzatziki is pretty great as well, I just wish there were more of it (this is always true, though). The chicken was actually grilled, and tasted like actual chicken that had been actually grilled, as opposed to "we put a bunch of black pepper on this so you might think it was grilled har har." Sadly the pita was somehow a little dried out around the edges, and the greens were a little sad, but that was probably just a one-day kind of thing.
Fries - 2/5 - eh, they're fries. Steak fries. You know.
Mixed Grill Platter - 5/5 - Seriously, the fact that I can get this delivered to my house makes me swoon a little. You get two kinds of kofte, grilled chicken and grilled lamb, all of which were delicious and not overcooked. The spicy kofte in particular was kind of amazing. Now, what they didn't say on the menu was that this is all served on some pizza dough with black and white sesame seeds, which is somehow one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten. Also, fries, but they're unremarkable in context.
Hummus - 4/5 - not bad at all, served with one pita, and with a healthy amount of garlic.
Babaghannoush - 3/5 - a little slimy, as babaghannoush sometimes can be, but quite tasty all the same.
Baklava - 3.5/5 - A little bit unsubtle, and I don't love the walnut version, but the pistachio is pretty excellent.
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