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Categories: Greek, Breakfast & Brunch, Fast Food, Mediterranean [Edit]
Neighborhoods: University City, Spruce Hill
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I started eating at The Greek Lady a few years ago because it is near my best friends work and we sometimes meet there for lunch.
The Lamb Gyros are good quality, and the meat is properly prepared, although I am NOT a fan of french fries being added to my sandwiches, and always order mine without the added potato. My only problem with the sandwich is that the Tsatsiki tastes like it's at least partially made from sour cream as opposed to fully being greek yoghurt. It may not be, but that's the flavor. The lettuce and tomato and onions always seem fresh, which is a huge plus.
One of the reasons I only give it three stars, is that there is nothing else on the menu I ever have any interest in ordering beyond the Lamb Gyro. The other reason is that the music is so loud, I often can't even hear the cashier as I'm placing my order.
More on the positive side, the place is clean, especially the restroom, and the staff has always been nice to me. The service is also quick, which is useful when you only have 45 total minutes for lunch. One odd thing, at least to me, you don't bus your own tables. I always feel embarassed, at a non-service establishment, having someone else throw out my trash.
All that said, any time I'm craving a Gyro, this is where you'll find me, and I definitely recommend that anyone else who has that particular hankering, join me. :)
Great lamb gyro platters! (I get them every time I go - I got about once a month) The lamb gyro itself has lettuce, tomato, tzaziki sauce, the lamb (doh!), fries, and pita. Great combination.
On Saturday my family got three lamb gyro platters with all different sides including:
string beans, broccoli, lemon potatoes, salad, and fries.
From that I was able to judge and compare which were the best. Hands down: string beans and lemon potatoes FTW! The string beans are made with a tomato-type sauce - they aren't the prettiest food, but they are very good.
One huge platter to feed two people comes to about $9. Not bad at all for real food.
Greek Lady - I used to enjoy going to Greek Lady. The delivery drivers, most of whom are North Africans, were always fun to converse with and they were always very polite and respectful. After my wife moved here in January we had frequented the spot as it was always decent food. And the portions were huge. But all that changed...
We had ordered a salad and a souvlaki - simple fair for this establishment, but the salad was just downright horrible. The oil tasted as if it had gone rancid - a possibility if they keep it out and near the hot stove. When I brought this to the attention of the manager, he chose to inform me that, "maybe you're just not used to how it tastes." I rebutted that we eat here frequently and know what it should taste like. His final reply was to shrug his shoulders.
So my wife and I shrugged ours, vowing to never return, and telling as many people as we know that Greek Lady doesn't care about the satisfaction of its customers.
Or maybe they just don't know how their salads should taste...
I have been to this place twice while on campus. It certainly has a nice selection of Greek food. I had the traditional gyro which was really good as well as the skewered pork or Souvlakia with a Greek salad with lemon-peppered potatoes. I saved the Greek salad for later which was heavenly- olives, feta cheese, olive oil and vinegar, tossed greens with tomatoes. Lemon-peppered potatoes were good as well and much better than just french fries. Overall, can't beat the quality and price for an on-campus take-out.
I came here for the first time last night, before a movie at the Bridge. It's a typical college dining experience, but in place of pizza and burgers, you have gyros and moussaka (I think they have burgers too actually). I got the lamb gyro, which is as good as they come. No fuss no muss. Order your gyro, pay for your gyro, get and eat your gyro, roll out. Good stuff.
All I have to say is:
They put FRIES in my lamb gyro without my request and without an extra charge.
A million calories of heaven.
It's LOVE.
O Greek Lady, you may be loud and fratty, but your gyros and other 3000-calorie items will forever win my heart.
Yeah, so your salads are monstrously big, but I don't mind; I've ordered one before and learned from my mistake.
I don't know what your current hours are (http://campusfood.com tells me you close before midnight every night, but I refuse to believe it), but remember the times I came to you in a drunken stupor at 2am to devour your delicious fries and/or gyros? Because I only have pictures to prove this ever happened.
You were definitely my favorite place to gain three pounds overnight and not remember a thing upon waking up the next afternoon. I miss you. Come to DC.
This is an affordable and delicious option for me right by work. My regulars would be the chicken salad (enough to feed two) or the grilled cheese. Both are fantastic. I'll echo what others have said about the fries too - just right. It's busy at lunchtime. However, they work fast and it is worth it.
I'm a man of habit. Each Friday I celebrate the end of the week by getting a lamb gyro, curly fries, and a side caesar salad from the Greek Lady. The food isn't spectacular but its good for a delivery gyro. If you order a salad as an entree, be warned, it is ridiculously large. Many heads of lettuce rolled to bring you your leafy meal. The salads come with warm pita slices which is a welcome addition. I've dabbled in a couple of their other menu items as well. The grape leaves are a tad too oily and the spanikopita is usually a little burnt and terrible. On the dessert side, the baklava is as sweet, nutty and filicious as it should be. The restaurant itself is full of students, so I prefer to order, and generally my order arrives quickly. Decent spot.
Ugh, every time someone says "I LOVE Greek Lady," I admit I cringe on the inside and the outside.
A lot of people are obsessed with its Greekiness and its gyros galore but for vegetarians, I think the options are somewhat limited. When I've ordered the Veggie Gyro, it's turned out to be crammed with either: an entire block of feta (no, not yummy crumbles--big, fat square blocks) OR five dollops of Tzatziki sauce. I always end up scooping out the excessive servings of these two things and eat a "gyro" that is just a pita, lettuce, and tomato. Definitely not worth $5-6.
I went yesterday and ordered a spinach pita, trying to save what little mental appetite I have for Greek Lady. The first few pieces were good-ish. But then I realized the insides were cold and chunky and...not so good. It was better than a Veggie Gyro, but again, not my favorite.
The one thing Greek Lady has going for it, in my opinion, are its amazing pita chips with a serving of Tzatziki sauce. AMAZING. And a large quantity too. Mmm, I'm tempted to bump up to 3-stars just for these tasty little chips. Maybe next time.
Greek Food. Fast Food. A little slice of the motherland, served up fast and greasy. Mmm-mm.
I go here when I'm craving a gyro. YOU should go here if you're having trouble sleeping, as I've found that consumption of their food makes me want a nap harder than I've ever wanted one in my life. Maybe it's the french fries inside the gyro that push me over the soporific edge...
You can haz cheezburga heah....and lam giro an moussaka (kindza like greek lasagnas) & greek salat. I onli eatz giros an greek salats and moussaka heah. Moussakas iz slow. If I getz the plattah, I likez TWO geek salats. Grilt chickin salats is gooood and biig tooo. Itz cheap, tasteh, and theyz open late on weekendz.
Brekfast samidges be betterz at the food truckz.
They yellz your name really lowd heah. It hurtz my eahs.
A great place for an overstuffed gyro (comes with fries inside which makes it overstuffed), but the rest of the food here is so-so. Desserts were better at the store than the truck. There's still a food truck at Locust & 38th, I think, too. They were doing some great business, students often worked here for a no-hassle (they have rules for the customers) experience and earned a bit of cash on the side while going to school.
And certainly not dressy! :P
Today i had the lamb gyro and it was great!! The ingredients were fresh and they dont skimp on meat or tzatziki sauce. The fries that are in the gyro were a welcome surprise. This will be my new gyro spot :)
Ive been a fan of The Greek Lady since it was a lunch cart.
The chicken salad, in your choice of format (hoagie, wrap, whatever) is amazing, and most of the other things I have tried are pretty good too.
As mentioned here the restaurant space can be loud and get a little messy when its going full swing, but if like me you arent in sync with the college kid schedule its a great spot to stop for a relatively peaceful late lunch or early dinner.
Oddly enough I have been disappointed on the rare occasions I actually order something Greek, but the rest of the menu is more than enough to keep me coming back.
i've been eating this kind of food for as long as i can remember. Toledo, my home town, is swarming with greek restaurants. so it's in my blood...probably literally....grease (and Greece) stays with you. (stop the pun madness!)
anyway, i haven't had anything but the lamb gyro, but why bother ordering anything else? it IS the GREEK lady. the tzatziki sauce (which makes a good gyro) is pretty good, although they could put more on it. they also use soft greek pita, which is always the better choice in gyro sandwichery business. and before you order one with a side of fries, you must know that they put fries IN the sandwich! IN!!!!! but i'll take mine with a side of fries, please.
For delivery, the Greek Lady is a fellow insomniac worker. I used to get gyros from her at 11 or 12 at night, and they were always welcomed distractions from the grind.
Gyros are hard to screw up, and The Greek Lady certainly put more flare in her craft than the Middle Eastern-run places of competition. Still, I remember waiting over 90 minutes on occasion for things to arrive, and I also remember being disappointed with the portions on occasion. I haven't yet found a quality, authentic gyro in Philadelphia, but this suffices [barely] thus far.
I had never tasted Greek food until I stopped at the Greek Lady. This restaurant used to be operated out of a food cart, but it was so popular that the owner decided to operate out of a restaurant.
Though I recommend their gyros, their "American" food is amazing as well. The salads are HUGE and are enough for 2 meals. I love the fries and the chicken finger hoagie. You have never tasted pita bread until you have had some from here. My mouth waters just thinking about this soft and chewy bread.
Because of its popularity, expect a wait around lunch time. During the school year, the Greek Lady stays busy through out the night. Good thing they have delivery! 
The Greek Lady actually began as a mere food truck and then expanded her business a few years ago into a full restaurant. The popular restaurant on 40th Street has a huge menu --- pretty much everything on there is worth a try --- but it still maintain the quick service philosophy that made it a successful as a food truck.
Stuff that's good: Well, lamb gyros for sure (a Greek tradition); salads (very popular with weight conscious college girls); and (for the rest of us) excellent fries. They also do a justice to a lot of Philly classics, like the hoagie and the steak sandwich.
Stuff that's bad: Loud, drunken patrons late at night, especially on weekends.
Stuff that's funny: The Greek Lady staff is predominantly Mexican and Guatemalan, whereas the Mexican joint two doors down, Qdoba, doesn't have a single Mexican on the payroll. Not that I've seen.
Not bad, not good. If your on Penn Campus & want to grab a quick Americanized Greek lunch, guess this is the spot. I've been there 3 times for lunch & all 3 times they've screwed up my order; always fun. Like the fries though, considering they are the frozen type you throw into the fryer. Hard to screw those up.
Greek Lady is one of the stock choices for delivery at work. Their lamb gyros are great and the pita chips are good munching during the night. We know that we can always rely on them for a cheap, quality, filling meal.
I'm a fan of Greek Lady for the big salads, the tasty grilled chicken, and the lamb gyro w/ feta. It's also close to home, quick & cheap eats, and open 'til 11:00 (wish it was later). They do have off days (for example: the meat is dry, too salty, or fries are cold) but most of the time they're on point. Don't come here expecting restaurant service and authentic greek cuisine. It's a quality fast food joint - better than most of the places in that area.
Freshman/sophomore year, I used to rock Greek Lady's truck for coffee in the morning and a gyro at lunch. Fries in my gyro. Nuff said.
Lamb gyros and greek lady salad with chicken are amazing. Plates are really huge but great for all those hung over jocks. Call ahead on weekends to pick up your food, it can get really crowded.
Like it for the humongous gyros, but certainly not the best. It's a big draw for students, I usually get takeout. The sauces that are fresh and great tasting. I enjoy the lamb gyro and end up getting that everytime.
College-y loud and kinda disorganized, it might take you a while to get your food if you go wait for it. Good for take out or delivery, though, and...they are open really late on the weekends. There aren't that many veggie options but i usually go for Hummos and Grapeleaves which is totally decent and enough for 2 people. The Tatziki that comes with the grapeleaves is yummalicious.
YOOO!!!! they put fries in my GYRO! And I loved it. I loved their Hummus platter too. Good for a quick greek bite. Its always crowded, but if you go in the summer you can just sit outside or across the street.
If i believed in a god, i would damn him for creating a being capable of making an establishment like Greek Lady.
This place makes me want to have sex with a chainsaw.
I came into this place thinking i was going to be served imitation greek food, but i was dead wrong..... i was served imitation greek food prepared by a UPENN kid! Usually when i goto a ethnic place to eat i expept someone of that ethnicity to me making the food.....my logic is obviously flawed in this respect.
One of the nightmarish creations i attempted to eat here was the "vegetarian gyro"......i should of ordered a priest to come with it because this abomination was something that i couldn't handle alone. from the outside it looked alright.... but on the inside learked something much fouler... this vegetarian thing was basically french fries....yes, french fries saturated in cucumber yogurt ( a hefty ice cream scoop worth) lettuce tomato onion inside a pita. it was revolting... and i had to toss it.
the pepsi i bought was delicious though... worth the trip.
Awesome lunch place on Penn campus. Any of the salads are huge and phenomenal. The gyros are also great - they add french fries to the gyro - yummy.
The place tends to get crowded during lunch.
tzatiki = amazing. the rest of it? decent. definitely not great. but they're quick and semi-healthy, in an area where decent food options definitely do not abound.
We ordered from Greek Lady after a movie at the Bridge one night. The chicken gyro platter was good, with the sides of garlicky potatoes and fries. I dint like the cheesecake that much...dont know bout the ambience though it looks crowded whenever we pass by.
iiiiiick. as if i didn't already hate west philly enough.
With the constant racket emanating from this place and the overwhelming COLLEGE vibe, it can't get more than 3 stars. But GL earns those 3 on the strength of the chicken sandwiches alone. My favorite is chicken with spinach & honey dijon. On a long roll, it's easily 2 meals if you can stop yourself halfway. It's the sort of thing where your stomach is going to explode but it's just so good....
i came here for lunch on a nice day and enjoyed eating at one of their outdoor tables. i really liked my meal, but you should probably know that i am extremely biased because i love places that allow you to get healthy veggies as your sides. the gyro was tasty, i got healthy sides, i sat outside -- what's not to love? this korean-american lady is liking the greek lady!
The food here is really great, prices are decent, and service is fast. My favorite is souvlaki platter with lemon potatoes and beans. The only reason it lost 1-star was the because the Greek food back in Astoria, Queens a little better quality plus they have a really odd practice of adding French Fries to their sandwiches .
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