Tzatziki

If you want a gyros that is exactly like Greece… This is the place to come to. It’s so perfect.

This was my absolute favorite place to get Greek food. The gyros actually tasted like they were from the islands. Unfortunately the food quality went to hell. The pita tastes days old, they only put half the amount of meat they used to put, and their tzatziki is watery. I used to travel all the way from Richmond hill just to have a gyro. Now I guess it’s back to Messini.

I have been to this restaurant several times over this past year. In the beginning, I really raved about this new fresh place so close to home. The food was really the best Old School Greek cuisine in the area. The owner was friendly and attentive and the coffee shop next door was an added bonus; they also make the best loukoumades. Alas, I can only give them 3 stars because the quality of their food is now inconsistent. The prices have gone up quite a bit but have not been updated on their website. Every time I have ordered a beer or glass of wine it has been warm. And the service is going downhill. Calling for take-​out is difficult because they don’t answer the phone. More recently, our server was rude. We were one of only 2 tables in the place when our order was taken but then others who arrived after us were being served before us. After waiting for 30 minutes with no food we asked what’s up and told our server we had tickets to an event and needed to be out in the next 2o minutes. The server was surly and we were borderline berated, being told that everything there was made from scratch (we could see the kitchen was only just putting our orders on the grill after we asked about our order). Walk-​ins for take out were getting their food before us. Slow service is one thing but when you get defensive and make your customers feel that they are to blame for your mistake, it doesn’t matter how good the food is. I’ll go elsewhere from now on. There are lots of other good choices in the area so no need to put up with that kind of treatment.

This place sucks. I have given them a lot of chances, but I’m just done. The people working there have generally been extremely rude to us, for example they used to have vegetables on the menu as a side dish option and when I ordered them they made me feel stupid for asking as though I should have known. They are not very clean, the cooks are sweaty and use their bare hands. The service is slow (upwards of 30 min) and on two occasions I have seen their Greek friends or family who ordered after us get their food first. You are made to feel like an outsider. The prices are very high ($ 12 for a village salad) and portions not very large, better to just go up the street to Folia or Greek Grill, or to Danforth for any of their places. Really, go anywhere but here.

Early on, this place was pretty good. The food was pretty decent and fresh.
A short time after, everything started going downhill.
The service is decent but nothing to give a 20% tip over. In fact, I feel like 15% is unjustified at times.
The food, well, it’s pretty crap.
The gyros are always dry and at times taste as if they’re days old.
Same with lemon potatoes. You can tell they’re not fresh because they have slime all over them, and are mushy — they definitely look and tasted days old. One bite, and you’ll spit it back out. A complete abomination.
And the rice, so far, the theme has been days old. Why should it change?
It’s tasteless, bland, dry and really nothing else to it. So easy, a 5 year old can make it. Hard not to guess the ingredients are rice, water, and a knor cube. No different than boiling down a package of Mr Noodle. What a scam.
The food and the prices are a reflection on the complete stupidity and idiocy of this operation.

My first visit ever in this cozy little restaurant. Great authentic Greek food and excellent service! It was worth the drive and would definitely come back!

Update to my last Review.
Toronto Public Health finds Ecoli Bacteria in Salad!
After all 3 of us ended up getting sick from this restaurant a call was placed to Toronto Public Health. I received a follow up call today and I was advised that an inspector was at the premise last week taking samples .
The samples were sent to the lab for testing.
The Salad came back positive with Ecoli Bacteria.
I don’t understand how Toronto Public Health can let them stay open after 3 reported illnesses and positive Ecoli bacteria found in the food.
I hope they cleanup their act for the safety of the local’s who dine at this establishment.

This review is based on multiple visits over the span of 6 months.
My first visit was in November 2014. Great service, delicious food & at a price point that was reasonable.
My second visit was for take out, similar to the first. Fast service, delicious food. Definitely no complaints.
Our third visit should have been a clear indication of how this place was losing its momentum. The service was slow, the food was lukewarm when we finally got it & then it took another 30 minutes just to get the bill.
Our last visit was the final straw. We decided to order online through their website. Got to the restaurant about 45 minutes after placing the order & the girl at the cash couldn’t find our order. She then called someone else over, who pointed at a printer with our order receipt clearly just sitting there with no intention on being processed.
They apologized & said it would be ready in 5 minutes.
20 minutes later, we notice the our take out order sitting on plates waiting to be served. It sat on the counter for another 10 minutes before the waiter said they accidentally plated it & then another 5 before it was even put in take out containers.
Long story short, I wouldn’t return here. The food was great months ago but it’s clearly gone downhill.

Would not eat here again!
I came here at the recommendation of a friend who said this place was better than Messini’s. Boy was she wrong!
This place does look much cleaner than Messini’s but the food was awful. I wouldn’t even eat here if I was completely wasted, starving, and nothing else was open.
The food was crap. The service was crap. The prices seemed higher than Messini’s as well.
The only reason why I give it a 1 star is because they have a little patio.
If you are hungry stick to Messini’s – although the customer service sucks at Messini’s, the food is reliable and good.

Ordered a chicken souvlaki pita wrap to go. The chef seemed angry and was yelling at everybody. I’m guessing he was the boss. Maybe that was his way of talking to the employees. Everyone seemed stressed out cause of this guy. There was a lot of confusion behind the counter, and the cashier looked lost when I ordered. So much that after I ordered, she handed me my receipt. Then I handed her the money cause she thought I had paid already. She was like ‘oops!’.
Finally the chef made my wrap. Almost forgot to add the fries to it. Overall, the wrap was tasty. For $ 8+tax, I’d rather go to other places around the Danforth. The portion here was much smaller. Not worth me ever returning again.
C.L.

Don’t waste your time w these rude people. Honestly. They treat you like crap and yell at people and their food isn’t handled well and has zero consistency you never know what you’re getting. You literally don’t get what you order most of the time for takeout. The owner yells at his servers in front of people. They’re disorganized. They forget to make your order in the cue.
Last time I went I was waiting in line and I saw the old guy owner on the grill reach his bare hand into a prep tub of tomatoes to pull out a hair and then use the tomatoes in a gyro right after. I walked out and I haven’t gone back since.
Tonight I went in to pick up an order giving them one last chance and same thing:
No hair nets. No gloves. No hat on cook. His bare hands fishing in food after touching sweaty forehead and face. Ew.
Food we got home, which I didn’t even feel like eating anymore, was inconsistent again and a new fun ingredient they add to skepasti and gyros now is
’Greek sauce’ which is thousand island dressing. What’s Greek about that guys? Gross. And the roasted potatoes I ordered were literally whole potatoes with some oil drizzled on them with hardly any spices. I wouldn’t have even known this had I not checked the containers in my car. When I went back and told them I ordered roasted potatoes like the lemon ones they used to serve they rudely said «Ya those are too labour intensive we don’t make those anymore! We have these now.» Doesn’t say so on the website at all. I wasn’t given any other options. I asked for tzatziki to go with them. They begrudgingly slapped some in a takeaway.
You’ve lost my biz guys. I don’t know who you think you are but you have to follow health codes and not be total jerks.
Good luck.

This noce and cozy restaurant with clean kitchen today dropped from a 5 to a 1 star.
I would go weekly with my dad because the food was a good serving size and they had the best lemon potatoes in town. Not to mention we used to go to messini but the service there has gone downhill so this little spot was perfect for us.
A few weeks ago though i ended up with these roasted potatoes. Terrible. Not even cut. I fgured they ran out. Today i went to order a bunch of gyros and was just told they dont have the lemon potatoes. They had the small potatoes. Lazy mans version and i didnt even want to try them again because they were horrible two weeks ago. Quality went down.
Did I mention their proces also went up by $ 2 each for gyros but the website still reflects old prices.
Not going there again. They het your business and now how cares. Wont go.

Cute little cozy restaurant just north of the Danforth with a decent size patio. Server was welcoming and friendly upon our arrival. Time between ordering and delivery of drinks plus food was reasonable. Server checked on us once, but readily refilled our glasses of water at appropriate times.
Menu was standard Greek fare and plenty of selection for everyone’s tastebuds. Prices were very reasonable, but perhaps it’ll be nice if they had a lunch menu to make ordering a little easier. Plus make the blackboard specials a little more visible or have the server inform us of the specials.
We both ordered the chicken souvlaki small platter for $ 12 and portions were good. Two skewers of chicken, roasted potatoes, salad and rice. Came with pita bread and small bowl of tzatziki sauce. For a restaurant named Tzatziki, it was fitting as the tzatziki was very delicious. You can definitely taste the garlic, but it wasn’t too overpowering and the consistency was nice and smooth. We practically finished the whole tzatziki bowl very easily.
I definitely will consider coming here again if I feel like having Greek cuisine and want to stray away from the busy Danforth area.

Usually my husband and I like to post only positive reviews but the experiences that we have had at Tzatziki have been the worst that we have ever encountered in all of years of frequently dining out.
It is a little neighbourhood place to stop and grab a bite. I am sure the food is fine, it is the service that is deplorable. We have given this spot three tries, because it is new and we are forgiving.
Tonight there were 5 servers on, they all stood at the counter and stared at us, muttered to each other. Not one of them smiled, said hi or told us they would right over. We sat for about 10 minutes with 5 servers buzzing around us acting as if we were invisible. Two men came in down behind us and their order was taken immediately. HUH!!!
That was the last straw for us. You blew it Tzatziki!

I have eaten here a few times due to the convenient location. Each time with regrets and I won’t make the mistake again. The food is decent if it served warm.
Most recent experience: ordered two chicken gyros and three sides (rice x 2 and fries). We had to wait over 35 minutes to get our food (no apologies for delay). We get the gyros (and had to ask for our sides after only being handed gyros), we are then handed bag that had obviously been sitting as the grease had soaked all around the brown bag.
We were too hungry to complain and took the cold fries. My first bite into my chicken gyro I was left with a delicious piercing pain in my mouth as a bone cut the roof of my mouth. The blood added a nice iron flavour to my gyro, maybe this was the intention.
My past experiences were similar. This place needs to understand better service and rethink their take-​out strategy. It doesn’t take 35 minutes to put pre-​cooked meat into a pita and drop pre-​fried fries (perfectly acceptable for crispy fries) for 2 minutes and scoop precooked rice into a container. Won’t be returning.

Been a few times and love the chicken souvlaki pitas. Good quality meat, good meat to sauce ratio, and great with hot sauce.
Always friendly when I pick up takeout.

So it was my first time eating here. I ordered delivery, 1 pork souvlaki and 1 chicken souvlaki dinner. For starters when I called I was placed on hold for about 5 minutes. The girl I spoke to was rude and clearly more occupied with somebody/​something else. She screwed up my phone # twice, my name and worst of all our orders (both of them). This was the saltiest thing I’ve eaten in a long time. I would not go again.

Just off the beaten path of the heart of Greektown, Tzatziki is as authentic as it gets. I had the Skepasti, which was essentially a Greek quesadilla and it was fantastic. I’ve never heard of this dish before at any of the Greek restaurants on the Danforth. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would eat there again. Hellas olè olè.

I ordered 2 pork souvlaki wraps and was happy with the size and quality. They add some fries on the top. Wish I knew that before ordering a side of greek fries as they were nothing more than the same fries (not too crisp) with a splattering of feta cheese and spice.
My issue with this restaurant was the service — even via take out on a slow Sunday evening. You must look at a menu rather than viewing a board. When I asked for pork souvlaki, the questions about how I wanted it served were very blunt. Even after stating I wished to have it in a wrap form via the menu, I still felt like an outsider. When I asked for garlic bread I was harshly told «I don’t have that» even though it WAS on the menu. There was no polite suggestion for another option.
Still, happy with the food quality. I ordered 2 wraps but 1 would have been enough. They appear to be open quite late most nights. However, I won’t be rushing back to this spot based on the poor customer service. Not everyone in Greektown is Greek but our money is the same. A smile would be a good start.

So I frequented this place because of a friend’s recommendation. The first time was amazing Greek food compared to many others. There was a large portion of food and the chicken souvlaki was juicy and well done. However the more I visited this place to eat, I noticed that my first visit was not a even close to consistent service they provide. My food and customer service experience had been getting worse and worse over time. The chicken is dry and burnt tasting. I no longer go to this place for Greek food any more unless I’m super hungry and want a big portion of food.
Overall I give this place two stars on food and service. If you want a nice portion, give this place a shot.
Also it is open late which is convenient. But like most places they run out of all the good food after 11 which leaves a 2 – 3 hour gap of really only one option to choose from.