Ali Baba Gyros

 

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Quetta L.

Santa Clara, CA

OMG!!  The tandoori chicken kabob is the best late night food ever (but you're going to have to wait for it!)

Those lemon-y potatoes are so tasty as well.

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Ruth F.

DeKalb, IL

I've been coming here for years, ever since George's Greek Gyro's moved down the street and I realized that, as a vegetarian, there was no longer anything I could get there but a salad on a pita.

I kind of like the Greek ranch sauce (I think of it as a tzatziki variant) and the Greek fries are awesome.

I usually get the falafel, which I've been happy with.  There's a big menu, carefully chalked in on a big chalkboard above the owner's head.

Credit cards OK but it costs extra to use one.

The place is a little dinged up (it's been a restaurant, without many changes, for about the last 25 years now; my dad started eating at George's in the early 80s) but that doesn't bother me.  The stupid TV they installed does.  I keep saying I'll stop coming here because of the TV but I still come by occasionally.

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Kim J.

Omaha, NE

I hate to give this place a bad review.  But the food was terrible.  

I had to go to Lincoln for a meeting.  I have searched Omaha for a good falafel sandwich but have yet to find one that I consider even mediocre.  

As I was driving in, I noticed this place and they had a sign that said "falafel".  On the way back I had to stop.

I will say that the guy that served me, that I assume was the owner was wonderful.  He was VERY VERY nice.  
I ordered the falafel sandwich with a side of hummus.  They make their own bread which was pretty good but it was a bit thick for me.  When he initially brought me the sandwich, there was no sauce.  I asked for yogurt-tahini sauce.  What I got was some disgusting sauce that was closer to a bad ranch dressing.  I was able to dip the falafel in the hummus, which had alot of poor quality oil, similar to motor oil, on top of it.  The sandwich did come with fries, which were the best part of the meal.  When I initially saw the fries, I thought--oh--i didn't want fries.  But they were good.

The owner had a conversation with another customer and told him the most popular thing is the gyro and that is what most people order the first time they were in.  He was impressed that I had ordered the falafel.  I should have told him how bad stuff was but he was so nice.

In their case under the cash register, were some delicious looking pastries.   I asked him where they were from because I recognized the boxes from a place that I used to frequent in Dearborn MI.  He was familiar with the place but reported that they made the pastries themselves.  I had to get some, so I ordered two to eat on my drive back.  They too, were a huge disappointment.  I think they were stale and had a rather rancid oil and honey quality to them.  

Maybe their gyros are better.....

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Daniel S.

New York, NY

It's curious that my first ever Greek food happened in Lincoln, Nebraska.  This was my favorite greek place in Lincoln.  Cheap gyros, and some tasty options that always come with Kim's aformentioned "bad ranch dressing".
The best item on the menu is when they do the gyros open face, with fries and everything heaped on their yummy homemade pita bread.  They do go a bit heavy on the greek ranch sauce, but I loved it.
A good place for grabbing a quick bite at lunch.

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