Just 2 Dudes

#ThePlace
Where: Shawarma Gyro Xpress
When: 9/8/2017
Who Picked: Eric

This week we had to check out the buzz around the corner from the office. The choice was made purely based on it opening recently and it being owned by the same people that own the kabob places near by.

 

 

#TheFood
Eric got the Falafel platter with pickled turnips, pickled cucumber (aka pickles), fattush salad, and a side of fries. This also came with a Tahini sauce and pita. The falafels were tasty but had a super crispy exterior, which made it very challenging to cut through with the plastic cutlery. Eric likes super crunchy so he enjoyed it, Nick tried one and it was too crunchy for his liking. They had good flavor but were a little dry, which kinda comes with the territory of falafels, nothing the tahini sauce couldn’t help with though. The pickled vegtables were fine as was the fattush salad. The pita and tahini were great as were the crispy french fries.  This ended up being a little too much food for Eric since he is a lightweight. Overall the food was good, homemade though…

 

Nick got the chicken shawarma sandwich with french fries and a bit of pickled vegetables. The chicken was wrapped up with lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles in a pita bread and toasted on a panini press. The seasoning on the chicken was nice and the fries were fresh and crispy. The side of garlic sauce was great for dipping both the wrap and fries in. The bottom line here is that the food was pretty good, but the service was pretty bad.

 

#Regrets
As mentioned, the service here was terrible.  Our orders took over 20 minutes even though there was no one in the restaurant when we arrived, not a great start for a restaurant going for fast-casual.  We watched two people who came in after us get their orders before us. The people working here brought us the wrong food in a to go bag even though we both had buzzers. They seemed very confused when we told them it was not ours. They also forgot Eric’s fries and were also confused when he told them this. On our way out, someone who appeared to work there asked us how it was. He offered up an excuse for the bad service which he seemed to be aware of.

#Decor
The decor in this place was pretty awesome, nice and bright and lots of colors. It was a little confusing that there was a fro-yo in the back, we are not really sure how that works.

#TotalBill
Both orders were $11 after tax. The restaurant accepts credit cards.

#OurRating

Nick
Eric