Order:
First time: Chicken Gyro
Second time: Chicken dinner, which includes: rice, 4 potatoes, coleslaw with no dressing, a lettuce based salad with minimal balsamic and minimal feta, lemon wedge, 1 pita quartered, tzatziki, and chicken shaved from the split.
My background in Greek food: I have had Greek for a very long time in many restaurants...
Ambiance: Great. Seems clean. Well lit. Seating available. The music makes making calls difficult.
Staff: Thought the staff were friendly and informative, especially when I enquired what a piata is. HOWEVER, there was no one out front the both times I came.
Cutlery: Plastic fork and knife. Served in a silver tray, with paper (waxed?) at the bottom.
General comment: No lamb from the split. Only available as a patty I think. The souvlaki is made to order, which means the wait time will be longer.
Best Greek in Toronto? No - that title still belongs to Messini's.
Chicken Gyro (~$9):
Pros: Yummy in general. Extra tzatziki on the house for gyros.
Cons: Occasionally pieces of dry chicken or fat. Very little onion was given. Overpriced - almost $9 after taxes.
Chicken dinner (~$20, with extra tzatziki): (equivalent to the price of almost two lamb dinners at Jimmy the Greek!)
Contrary to other reviews, as a fit GUY weighing 160lbs, I thought the serving was just appropriate, albeit I could have ate more. For $20, I thought they would give more food...Feel this is overpriced for what it gave (see chicken portion details below)
Rice: Plentiful and easy to eat (not dry). Grain is smaller compared to Jimmy the Greek. Score.
4 potato pieces: definitely on the small portion side. You'll know what I mean if you've been to Messini's.
Coleslaw: just a wee bit dry. Would be inedible without the lemon.
Lettuce Salad: Not the traditional greek salad that has peppers and stuff. Skimped out on the feta and I was given no onion (really? how much could a wee bit of onion cost...). The amount of balsamic vinegar was so little it did not affect the taste of the salad.
Lemon: I don't know if it's just me, but I thought the lemon was a little hard to squeeze, probably due to how they cut it. But essential if you want to down the coleslaw..
1 pita, quartered: The pita was absolutely wonderful - trumping the ones they serve at Messini's. It was warm & soft. Perfect texture. Score.
Chicken, shaved from the split: I compared my portion of chicken to another reviewer's portion. My portion was HALF the size. They skimped out on the chicken big time. Like the gyro, had dry pieces and the occasional piece of fat. Meat was on the dry side.
Extra tzatziki (+$1.25): I personally feel an extra side is necessary to pair with the measly portion of chicken and the pita....But excellent tzatziki nonetheless.