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| - My Big Fat Greek Restaurant is an Arizona chain restaurant with plans to expand outside the state.
I must say this upfront---this isn't truly authentic Greek food. Sure, some of the expected dishes were there such as the flaming saganaki, spanakopita, baklava, galacktobouriko, avgolemono soup, etc. but there were also some Italian entrees, club sandwiches and burgers. The latter are not things found in a more authentic Greek restaurant but the advantage of them being on the menu is that those who don't like or want Greek food can find something to eat.
We were quite pleased to see avgolemono soup on the menu. So three of us ordered it and were very disappointed. It would be a perfectly fine soup if it was called chicken soup but that wasn't what we were expecting. The soup only had a very faint lemony flavor. One in our party said that by adding some ground pepper it seemed to bring out more lemon flavor. It did---to a small extent.
Three of us ordered marinated chicken breast (which is considered a "heart healthy" dish). It consists of a grilled boneless, skinless chicken breast which we all found to be overcooked and dried out. The sauce, which was lemony (unlike the soup) helped in that regard. Also, it came with roasted lemon potatoes which were flavorful (why couldn't they do that with the soup?), sauteed vegetables and what appeared to be a saffron rice. Surprisingly, the rice wasn't all dried out!
One person ordered the stuffed peppers. After he gave his order, the waitress came back to tell him that there was only one stuffed pepper left. (I can understand that if we came near closing time but we were here for an early dinner!). He was given the option of adding part of another entree to his dinner. Instead, he said to just give him the one stuffed pepper. The restaurant gladly accomodated him and charged him less for the dinner. He did like the stuffed pepper and said it was flavorful. Also, he thought that two of them would have been way too much!
For dessert, two of us decided to share a piece of baklava. The filling tasted like baklava filling should taste but the phyllo crust---not so. A good baklava should have a crispy, flaky crust and be drizzled with honey. This crust was not flaky or crispy. Plus there was no drizzled honey.
On the plus side, service was excellent and the place was kid-friendly.
In conclusion, if you go, don't expect a truly authentic Greek dining experience. Go with reasonable expectations and you will do fine.
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