Halal Gyro Express

New location is 2001 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19 103. Fast and friendly service. The food is delicious. They have some delicious wraps and you can add rice in it too, one word it’s so good.

My favorite stand. I travel from dc just to visit when the pregnancy craving hits. I wish the owner would let me in on the recipe! NOTE: they moved, new location is 20^th and Market.
Good prices, great portion, great flavor!

Special combo salad is what I usually order. Large salad with chicken and lamb, three falafel, white and red hot sauce, 12 oz. soda — $ 6. WHAT? That’s crazy. The food is amazing and the price is incredible. Best Halal-​style cart in the downtown.
They have moved to 2001 Market Street.

Edit: Now on 2001 Market
They are now on 18^th between JFK and Market. City made them move.

THE BEST Halal cart in Philadelphia! Fast, Friendly, Affordable and Consistently Delicious. This cart takes pride in serving the freshest halal food with a smile.
It is now January 5 2015 and this cart is not in the usual spot at 19^th and JFK. If they are on vacation, please hurry back. If they moved to another location, WHY!

Go easy on the hot sauce your first time ordering. Fast, efficient and typically $ 5. (a true bargain in Center City)

Easy and fast lunch!
I got the combo (lamb and chicken) over salad. Only $ 5 bucks and includes a drunk. Chunks of lamb and chicken over a small bed of iceberg lettuce with a few tomatoes.
This is nothing fancy, but a solid quick lunch!
I like the sauces they put in top. It’s tangy and lil spicey!

I’m always wary of bright flashing lights but the campiness of «need to spice up your day… magical white sauce would help» (something like that) totally sold me.
I’ve been here a couple times and ordered the falafel with pita. I was expecting a pita but was pleasantly surprised to learn how chewy (in a good way) and even a little seasoned the bread was and looking at another review, I don’t think it is pita.
Overall pretty good.

I lived in NY and used to frequent carts with this type of food. For the genre, this place is really average. I think the location and the flashing lights give it more star quality than it deserves. I get the falafel sometimes, and it is middling at best. Edible, but not amazing. If you want chicken and rice, the cart half a block up the street on 13^th between Market and Chestnut, in front of the Post Office entrance is VASTLY superior. No falafel there, but baller chicken and rice. That guy doesn’t have the blinged out cart, but I’ll take good food over bling any day

Got lunch here today after I treated myself to a new pair of shoes at Macy’s ;) …I wanted a falafel and this was gonna have to do it considering that I was already running late to get back to work! My expectations weren’t that high (flashing neon and all that) but I was pleasantly surprised! The falafel was served on gyro bread rather than a pita but I thought the sandwich was great and everything seemed (and tasted!) really fresh! $ 4 gets you a falafel sandwich and a drink — can’t beat that.
In addition to having great food, the guys in the cart were really nice so I wanted to take a second to give them a good review! Cheers, fellas! Keep up the good work!

This cart just started parking on 19^th and JFK outside of my building a couple of weeks ago what can I say about this place it is awesome food there is excellent. I suggest a chicken and rice or the fish and rice but try everything. not to mention the guys who run the cart are really really nice

My boyfriend and I where at I. Goldberg looking for camping/​bug out gear and as we were leaving, we were starving and looking for something quick to eat. The Halal Gyro Express cart was there on the corner calling us, and once we walked over and saw lamb, we were sold.
The staff is extremely friendly and open to offering suggestions and explanations of anything you’re unsure of. I choose the combo platter with the chicken and lamb over rice with white sauce and hot sauce with a bottle of water $ 5, and he choose the chicken platter over rice with white sauce and hot sauce with a bottle of water $ 5. I was not disappointed in my platter, the lamb and chicken were both tender and moist. The combination of the mild white sauce and hot sauce on top was not at all overwhelming but complimented and married all the flavors together. My boyfriends platter was just as good, except for the fact he only ordered chicken instead of the combo, which he later regretted.
We’ve been back multiple times since then and have tried the even spicer hot sauce they carry along with the white sauce. Although tasty, is mouth scorching, tear dripping, nose running spicy. I think I’ll stick with the hot sauce that is normally offered rather than being so adventurous. Overall, delicious and has me coming back for more.

Very solid falafel and chicken combination platter. The falafel really stands out and is cooked to order making it quite tasty. I will try the fish next time based on the other reviews. I opted for the «very spicy» hot sauce and it did not disappoint. I am normally skeptical about even what are supposedly very spicy sauces but this is the real item so order with caution.

Walking down 13^th Street, you might notice the flashing LED sign of the Halal Express Cart. The cart owners came from NYC less than 2 months ago bringing their street feed to Center City.
Combo plates are the way to go. Lamb, chicken, falafel, shrimp, and fish are available until they close at 6pm or until they run out. I had the lamb and fish over rice for $ 6. The platter comes with some lettuce and tomato. And if you say yes, a squirt of white sauce and hot sauce. You should say yes. The lamb was in small pieces rather than the strips I prefer, but they had a nice grilled flavor.
The fish (tilapia) was what really stood out. The quality of fish from a street cart could be questionable. But the meaty fillet (what she order? fish fillet?) did not taste the slightest bit funky. And I really liked the spicy tomato marinade.
Underneath, the brown-​yellow rice was not bland, but I talked to the cart guys and they hinted that if there was enough interest, they could serve biryani like the famous carts in NYC. So I suggest ordering that fish while making a biryani plea. Thanks.