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| - Hubby and I always love finding new Greek restaurants, especially when they're nearby. I love gyros, and was quite excited to read the other reviews about how good it was.
I will admit, the place was quite clean...but, that's where our experience changed course. We arrived about an hour before closing, and were the only ones there. My mouth was watering thinking about having my gyro, so I ordered the combo with fries and drink. Hubby ordered the beef shwarma combo. We also got an order of hummus to start.
I have a lot of pet peeves, one of them is not getting a starter before my meal. We sat for a while before all our food was brought out at once. We should've had our hummus within a few minutes of ordering it. Anyway, when we tried it, there was something quite bland about it. I kept thinking it lacked any acidity, hubby just thought it lacked seasoning...whatever, it wasn't great.
My gyro looked good, and the fries were definitely crispy, so I shoved the "meh" hummus out of my mind and went for it. When I picked up my gyro, it was cool...not warm, not sorta warm...cold. And, another pet peeve of mine, the pita felt like it had been shoved in a microwave to warm it up, but by the time it cools down, the edges get all hard and chewy. Well, that's where my pita was. Oh well, hopefully the gyro meat and tzatziki will save the day...nope! The meat tasted quite bland, as well, and had no seasoning or crispy outer layer, it tasted like it had been sitting around. I was hungry, so I ate most of it, but decided to never have it again. I will admit, the fries were really good...they were crispy and actually tasted like they were just made...at least something was.
Hubby ate all his shwarma, but also commented that it didn't have a lot of flavor, either.
We were both very disappointed, especially knowing it's only a few minutes away. We would've been frequenting this place a lot, instead, we'll just keep on the lookout for another place, hopefully nearby.
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