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I LOVE Zorba's.
Awesome Greek food at reasonable prices. I am a regular although I recomend the lunch hour for best deal cause you get to pick 3 sides w/ your meal.
My whole family likes this place and everyone I've taken there.
Baklava is good although not sure I spelled that right ; )
Greek salad w/ feta is super good. Never had a bad meal yet!
I've been here a few times in the past year and it never fails to make me smile. I love this place!
The last time I went here, I got the gyro lunch special to go. You get a choice of a lot of sides. I got the falafel, hummus, spanakopita, and the salad to go with it.
The falafel was excellent...very flavorful and moist. The hummus was oh so garlicky...yumminess! And the spanakopita was decent....personally, I think I make better spanakopita at home....maybe they should hire this Irish girl to make it for them ;-). The tzatziki was also really good...I've run across some atrocious tzatziki at other places. And the gyro meat is really nice too...have a very nice flavoring to it and it was moist. And finally, the pita is nice and warm...not dried out like it's been sitting out all day.
I think you get your money's worth here!
Next time I go, I am going to give the baklava a try....I love that stuff! Hopefully it will be as good as I hope it will be.
It's good food, cheap, fast and delicious. That's the bottom line. I went in after work to get something to go, they were open until 9:30, which was kind of strange, but it worked to my advantage, so what the hell? Ordered the gyro plate. Came with so much food I didn't know what to do. All in all, it's a great place for Greek food.
In my opinion, the best and most consistent Gyro in central Texas. I typically go here for lunch during the week, and get the buffet lunch special, which is a greek salad, a Gyro (chicken or lamb) and a couple sides. Really tasty and huge lunch for a reasonable price. They also have a variety of other items available via menu service in the evening and on Sundays. No buffet on Sunday.
As we were reading the menu the waiter informed us that there were some things that were not on the menu like the gyro wraps. As were were planning on getting the gyros on the menu we said heck yes (much cheaper). Probably a mistake....the lamb was pretty good although a little greasier than what i'm used too. The assembly was the big problem. Waaayy to much feta and yougurt sauce made it a little overwhelming and slightly unappealing. I should have had the plate and made it myself. It did come with fries that were pretty good. Might try it again with the d.i.y. gyro
I can't believe no one has bothered to mention this place is BYOB. $3 cork fee for first bottle and $1 each after that.
I agree with most of what's being said here...but want to mention my fav: the chicken pasta with olives, mushrooms, feta, artichoke hearts....mmmm. It's 10.50 and huge. no way you can finish the whole thing. so split it, or take it home!
I'm reviewing this place for what I feel it is: a lunch place in a strip mall catering mostly to Dell employees that happens to also be open for dinner.
Very similar to Tino's - basically you get your choice of meats (lamb, chicken, veggie), select soup or salad (I go soup), and a couple sides (tabbouleh, hummus, and many others). Due to the traffic here, the bread is always fresh and the meat, juicy. I can't imagine what one expects from a place overlooking The Home Depot...and in the shadow of Twin Peaks.
Woke up around noon on Saturday, hangover mild but everpresent in the back of my head, when the boyfriend stumbles upon an ingenious statement: "let's go get gyros" he says.
So we head over to the place that he sometimes goes for lunch when he's at work, located among a strip of all kinds of ehtnic restaurants and march right in.
And there it is. The glorious, slowly spinning, spits of delicious meat. Hallelujah!
We both get lamb gyros with everything and the meat is juicy and wonderful, the yogurt sauce fresh and tasty, the pitas warm and freshly baked in house. He got tabbouli and hummus with his plate, I got tabbouli and spanikoppita with mine, and the whole meal was just great. The place was cute too, painted with Greek vistas all over the wall.
But the moral of the story: MEAT ON A STICK ROCKS!!!
Whoa, that was weird. I clicked on Zorba's, and then it posted a blank review for me. I suppose I better write something quickly then.
I went to this Zorba's because I was instructed to by the owner. I met the owner at Tino's several months ago as he was cleaning tables. I heart Greek food. I told the owner this. I did my obligatory Greek men spiel. "Do you have any young, single, good looking sons? I love Greek food so much, I want to marry into a Greek family." He said no, but that he was single. He asked if I liked to party. I'm um...... Hm.... I'll have to think that one over.
Zorba's and Tino's serve the same staple of Greek food, except that Zorba's has more seafood and is more date-worthy according to the owner. I met my friend, Sherri, here for lunch on a Sunday. This place was deserted, which is strange for a Greek place. One of the things that I love about Greek Restaurants (though something people hate) is that they are usually hustling and rich with activity and energy. It is kind of like an authentic Chinese restaurant except the people don't sound like they're cursing loudly when they are talking.
I had the sampler plate (11.50, though written as 12.50 on the menu), and Sherri had the salmon plate. The sampler plate was HUGE, I mean HUGE with loads of chicken and gyro meat. Very delicious. My keftedes was served in tomato sauce, not the norm that I had. And my olive had a pit in it. Hmph. The rest of it was very yummy and delightful. Chicken was finger licking good.
Sherri, however, was not pleased with her mashed potatoes. They were so dry that she hardly ate any of it. Also, the bread was good, but not as good as Turkish Cuisine in Chicago, IL. Waitstaff was pleasant and efficient.
I can't find anything really wrong with Zorba's, and I did like the food. It was just lacking something that I can't put my finger on. But it's not like my beloved Niko Niko's in Houston, thus only 4 stars. Maybe if I come here on a Saturday night (as I was instructed), and enjoyed the company of drunken Greek men, that might give the atmosphere the boost to 5 stars. It just might make me scream "OPA!"
Oh yes, and BYOB.
Just stopped in on Sunday, 7/19. My wife had picked up hummus and pita before for a snack for us and we enjoyed it, so today, as I was out alone shopping I thought I'd stop in for a quick bite.
I walked in to see that it was table service, but there was a cafeteria style line at the back with a cash register. So I proceeded to walk back to the cash register to order a gyro to go. A young woman stopped me about halfway back and asked if I wanted to eat in or get it to go. I told her I would like to just order something to go so she tells me to sit down.
I thought that was odd, why can't I just go to the back and order something at the cash register? So I comply, and she brings me a menu. After I see that there is a gyro on the menu, and that's all i would like, I look over and she is just hanging out at the cash register. A few other employees are just lounging around in the kitchen. Wanting to follow "Official Zorba Protocol", I just sit and wait for her to take my order. She never comes over so I walk up to the cash register and I ask her if I can place my order at the cash register and pay there. She looks at me like I just interrupted her wedding and says "WHAT do you want?" I've never been treated like that in a restaurant before, so I just silently turned around and walked out.
FYI, I'm not a hard to please person, I've never EVER walked out of a restaurant before. I just moved to Round Rock and will probably live here a long time, Zorba's could have had my business for years as well as my out of town guests. I will NEVER set foot in Zorba's again.
BTW, the place was absolutely FILTHY.
If I want Greek on a weekend, I will make the 20 mile trek to downtown to eat at Athenian Grill, they had wonderful service and the owner is usually working the line and is always helpful.
This place is awesome! I try and eat here for lunch once a week. Their lunch special is unbelievable. I always get the chicken, lemon chicken soup, hummus, tabouli, and spanakaptia. All of this for under $10. It is so good!
Greek Food in the parking lot of the Home Depot! Welcome to Round Rock....
I'm a Greek snob.
No, I'm not Greek.... I've never been to Greece.... but in my lifetime I've had some excellent Greek food.
None of it has been in Austin.
Zorba's is definitely the best Greek in Austin...well, Round Rock, but that's not saying much.
They do give you a LOT of food for the money. Unfortunately they have a strange way of doing things. If you order the Gyro you will get a pile of Gyro meat, a pile of sauce, three sides (your choice) and a peta bread. If you want an extra peta bread to eat the "lunch lady" glop of hummus on your plate it's gonna cost you an extra dollar.
When I go out to lunch I kind of prefer not to have to make my own food.... See, that's the idea, when I pay YOU to make my food I don't want to have to go back to the table and construct my Gyro. If I wanted to do that I would have gone grocery shopping this week and brought my own lunch to work.
Picky eaters will love this.... people who don't want to spend 20 minutes of their lunch break making their own food won't.
So, I made a trip to the Round Rock Premium Outlets this weekend and needed a place to eat in the area for dinner. I figure, it was time to take advantage of being so far north and decided to check this place out based on the reviews..I was in the mood for some mean Greek food.
Overall, this place is just OK..I usually judge by the standard items..gyro, pita, greek salad, the tzakiki sauce and hummus if ordered.
The Pros:
1. Huge portions
2. Nice waitstaff
3. Gyro meat was better than average
4. Tzaziki Sauce was good
5. When we asked for a take home box, the waitress, gave of some more fresh pita bread to take home..too bad it was kind of hard, see con #2 below
The Cons:
1. The house salad, wasn't quite what I was expecting..I was thinking greek salad w/ feta, kalamata olives, and the olive oil vinegarette.. I got romaine, with some feta and tzaiki sauce as the dressing..maybe I should have asked for the feta salad??
2. The pita bread, while nice and hot, was kind of tough. It was as if it was just reheated..not very soft and bendable to fashion a gyro wrap shape
3. The gyro itself comes all separated, you assemble it yourself. This is fine, but I am a veggie kind of gal. Where are the red onions, cucumber..tomatoes? (ok, I'll dismiss the tomatoes considering the salmonella breakout)..but I was missing the veggies :(
4. Prices a bit high, but maybe a better deal during lunch
Overall this place was just OK. I wouldn't make an effort to go here again, unless it was conveniently close to me and I really wanted some Greek. I am still searching for that awesome Greek place in Austin..so far the only ones I like are Kismet and Milto's,*sigh* the search continues..
i used to live near zorba. we went there all the time and one day all i wanted was a pizza. we were getting drinks, desserts, and spending plenty of money. the waitress said no, that i couldn't have a pizza because i'm not a child. i said that sure, i understand, but that i just wanted a pizza this time because i wasn't in the mood for greek food necessarily, but my wife really wanted it. i'm not typically a difficult person at restaurants as i've waited tables and worked in food service before and i know how tough it is. i do, however, have a problem with illogical decisions. i asked the waitress if i could please, just this once, get a pizza while my wife had something off the normal menu. she said no. then i asked for a manager. the manager eventually came over after about 10 minutes and asked what the problem was. i just simply stated that i would like to be able to have a pizza while my wife ate at her favorite greek place. she also said no. i told her that i fail to understand the logic behind not allowing me to order a pizza off the childrens menu if that's what i want and if together we are spending alot of money on food, drinks, and dessert. she said that it was simply the rule and she wasn't going to allow it. i said that if she didn't allow me to have a pizza that i would never set foot in their restaurant again. she said that would be fine, so we left. i lived in plflugerville just down the road from zorba for 3 years and have never and will never go back. very poor service, very bad management, and no critical thinking whatsoever. and the food wasn't great to begin with, but the baklava was worth it before this occurrence. that was several years back, but judging by other stories, they haven't changed much.
Zorba is a great lil' Greek restaurant hidden in a plaza that my husband and I frequent quite often. Before he deployed to Iraq, we had our last meal there because he wanted to have the choclava one last time!
Service has always been great here and the waitstaff is always knowledgeable about the entrees on their menu. My favorite has to be the pasticio, I order it every time I come here now. We also really like the appetizer samplers, too.
Portions are very generous so we always have a doggie bag to take home leftovers so we can make room for the warm, delicious choclava!
We've been going here for years. LOVE Zorba. We've never made it over for lunch, but it's in regular rotation for dinner. The Spinach Chicken is NOT to be missed. In fact, everything there is wonderful. It's a whole in the wall in a strip center, yes, but the food is amazingly good with great prices. Their hummus is to die for. The waitstaff is touch and go, we sometimes have a great server and sometimes not, but we keep going back for the food. Definitely try this one out. Yum.
I like Zorba. I like it so much that I try to avoid coming here too often because I am not a very mindful eater when it comes to a full plate of good food in front of me.
The lunch menu is a very good deal, me and my coworkers always order the lunch combo that came with choices of 3 sides and meat (gyro/Chic) and a salad. This place is always packed during lunch time but the service is rather fast.
Zorba's is a hidden gem in Round Rock. Like many others I found this place by accident. Food quality is always top notch, and the lunch special are always very good.
The service at Zorbas is always outstanding. The waitstaff is so attentive and regardless of how busy they are, you'll never wait more than 10 minutes for that delicious food. All the dishes are great, but I love the sampler and vegetarian plates!
I found Zorba's by accident, and I'm so glad because I've been there several times now and have always had a enjoyable experience. It's a relatively small place located across from Home Depot in Round Rock. Don't expect any lavished ambience or dark carpet, it's just a small operation with 3-4 rows of tables. I ordered a combination meat dish that had chicken, lamb and beef. It came with hummus, rice, and tabbouli as well. It was extremely tasty and the chicken was robust and full of taste.
The waiter mentioned that they have a lunch buffet that is pretty popular, although I have yet to try it, but if you're looking for a reasonably priced Greek / Mediterranean food, give Zorba's a try!
I had a hankering for Greek food all day at work so I checked out some yelp reviews & headed over to Zorba. First thought as I'm pulling up "Whaat?!?! There's an Indian restaurant right next to it!! mmm I haven't had samosas in a while....". It was a tough choice but I decided to go with my original plan. Walking in I started to get the feeling that it might have not been a good choice. The place was completely empty, usually not a good sign. Oh well, I figured I would try to eat a little bit of everything to get a good idea of whether to add this restaurant into the regular rotation. I got the sampler platter which included hummus, rice, spanokopita, keftethes, gyro meat, chicken and came with a house salad. They let me know of stuff they had that was not on the menu and they were also very accommodating when I asked if I could order just two dolmathes (1.50 each) even though that appetizer on the menu included 6 pieces. First, the salad was lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, tzadzikik sauce & crumbled feta. It would have been much better with some kalamata olives thrown in but still very good. The sampler platter though, was awesome! It was definitely a huge portion with lots of food stacked on the plate. Someone like me could easily split it up into three good sized meals. The platter comes in two sizes with a larger option for two people, but I bet the old man and I could share the regular platter and still be really full. All the meats: chicken, gyro meat & keftethe (1 huge meatball) were excellent. The spanokopita which is a spinach/feta filling in filo was also yummy. The hummus was good too though maybe next time I'll ask for the hummus and tzadzikik sauce on the side because shoving so much food on one plate made the tomato sauce from the meatball run into the hummus too much. The pita bead was nice & soft though I like mine warm but that's just me. The rice seemed like regular boring white rice but that's the least important thing on the platter for me. Finally the dolmathes were good as well, next time I'll try the vegetarian kind. I ate less than a 3rd of the plate and was full. I also ordered their choclava which is baklava with chocolate sauce. That was a little disappointing as it seemed to just be a little piece of baklava with some generic chocolate syrup on top. I've had better baklava from whole foods. Maybe next time I'll try their non-chocolate version and see if I like it better. Overall very satisfied with Zorba, I left there satisfied, stuffed, with enough food for two more meals and it only set me back $20 including the extra dolmathes, drink, tax & tip. If Chola Indian restaurant next door ends up being just as good I'll be in food heaven.
You may get a flashback to grade school when you had to go through the lunch line and pick your lunch items. It is the same concept here (without the grumpy lunch ladies), but now you are an adult and you may not be familiar with the foods.
Get the "make your own plate" for lunch which has a choice of gyro meat or chicken and goes for about seven dollars. Then comes the tricky part - ordering your three side dishes. In case you are a non-Greek person like myself, here is how they describe all the choices for sides on the menu:
Tabouli: Delightful mix of fresh parsley, cracked wheat, onions, and tomatoes tossed in olive oil and lemon juice.
Dolmathes: A Greek delicacy of grape leaves stuffed with meat (or not), rice, and secret mix of spices.
Tzadziki: A flavorful cucumber sauce that will surely keep you asking for more.
Hummus: A creamy puree of chick peas and Tahini sauce topped with olive oil.
Baba Ghanouj: Carefully baked eggplant blended with garlic, Tahini, and lemon juice.
Steamed Vegetables: A medley of broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots.
Kefthetes: Baked beef meat balls immersed in tomato sauce.
Mashed Potatoes: Made with fresh potatoes and milk.
Rice Pilaf: Seasoned rice with peas, carrots and almonds.
Spanakopita: Sauteed spinach and moist feta wrapped in light layers of filo dough and baked until krispy.
Vegetarian Moussaka: Eggplant, onions, garlic, bell peppers and tomatoes simmered with Greek herbs.
Iron Pot Roast: Savory morsels of beef roast, carrots and potatoes served over rice.
Class is dismissed, but we will have a pronunciation session after recess is over. Now go outside and play some tetherball.
mmm i LOVE zorba's! wonderful service, delicious food, works great as leftovers too.
i always order the gyro plate. their rice pilaf is stellar. i've had the moussaka and kefthetes--both are delicious, but i keep coming back for the hummus. yummm!
I go to Zorba's at least once a week, and I never tire of it. The Zorba's chicken (10.99, I think) is my entree of choice, and is a lot of food. It's not the most upscale establishment, which doesn't bother me, but my crazy grandma didn't appreciate it (I gladly ate her portion). It's usually inundated with Dell employees around lunchtime, but you can always get a table at dinner.
Zorba's is so yummy. Their Zorba's chicken is actually my favorite if I'm going for a gyro, otherwise, I'm a big fan of their pasticcio, the meat is nicely spiced and the big layer of macaroni and dry cheese on top is always golden and yummy. If you're looking to give them a try go during lunch, that's when they have a choose your own adventure plate. You pick out your main course, soup or salad, and your choice of 2 sides. I highly recommend their hummus be one of them, they could compete with Tom's Tabouli for best hummus in Austin. After that the moussaka ( eggplant, tomato, onion dish ) is wonderful. And yes, you can actually do vegetarian Greek here, all their vegetarian dishes are clearly marked on their wallboard with a big V next to them. The only downer to the whole event is their baklava, it used to be tender and dripping with honey and dates, now it's dry and rather chewy. Overall a very tasty place to go eat either for a fast lunch or a hearty dinner.
Sadly, while I do love my ONLY Greek restaurant in RR, Zorba's is going down hill. The hummus used to be well balanced and thick, now it's thin and too lemony, the tzadziki (which is the staple at any Greek restaurant) sadly now lacks cucumbers of all things, and finally, the mousaka which used to be my favorite dish there, is now just a pile of mushy somewhat discernable veggies. 4 to a 3 for me.
I frequent this place for lunch as I work in that area and I give this place a 5 star for its Lentil soup. very tasty and flavorful. I usually order the vegetarian plate with Lentil Soup, Hummus, tabouleh, falafal and rice. I like their other vegetarian options which are plenty in number. It definitely is a no nonsense place.
Really sticks out from the rest of the cookie cutter ethnic food options near Dell due to the authentic Greek dishes and excellent service. The tender gyros meat and delicious lentil soup always do me right.
I really like this place.. Great spot for lunch in Round Rock. You get the variety of a buffet without feeling obliged to stuff yourself. The line moves fast and you can pick from a bunch of Greek food varieties.. I picked a Gyro plate with dolmathes (stuffed grape leaves), Kefthetes (meatballs with tomato sauce), pita bread and a salad. Everything was good and it was around 7 bucks. It is packed every time I go there for a good reason.
It was just OK. The price was quite high for Greek food. The place was casual for table service (which you pay a bit of a premium for). I found them quite abrupt and pushy, The service wasnot even that great. I would rather go elsewhere, instead of paying $15 for a gyro.
Great greek food. Lovely decor. Prices are reasonable here. Located near the Dell HQ campus.
this place has been excellent every time i've been here. the best lentil soup i've ever had! very good grape leaves and hummus. i definitely recommend the drive to this place even though it's a tad far.
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