Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Anyone Try Arby's Greek Gyro?

It looked real good in the commercials, and I'm a gyro fanatic, so I just had to give it a try. There isn't one as close as I'd like, but I'm often in the area where there is, so today, being in the general vicinity, I stopped in and tried it. It was fantastic.

I've been eating gyros since the 1970s, and I don't know that I've had one any better.

I've had the Greek style and the turkey style gyros at Arby's. They were OK, but not worth going out of your way for me.

Around Omaha the best gyros are at a place called King Kong.

www.kingkongfastfood.com

I had one last week. Mediocre at best.

I'm a fan of the gyro as well and often make them at home in the summer.

This place has the best gyros in town.
http://www.itsgreektomerestaurant.com/

Being of unsophisticated taste and having no preconceived notion of what they should taste like, I really enjoyed it.

I'll put away 2 roast beef classics after the gym, but I ain't getting an Arby's gyro when there's a great place for gyros locally: https://www.gyros2go.net/

#1, about $7 after tax and it weighs like 1lb+.

I grew up where there were lots of authentic Greek restaurants nearby. Around where I live now there are none. There's one Muslim Middle Eastern style restaurant that has pretty good gyros, and I stop by there every once in a while for one. Otherwise, there's a very good authentic Greek restaurant on the east coast of Florida, near where my father lives, that's pretty good. Whenever I'm visiting, I stop by in there.

I will definitely settle for the Arby's gyros, though. Again, taste-wise, I don't believe I've had better. I guess that can vary from location to location, though.

Close to any of these?

TRH, gyros and middle eastern food are similar, but different. Meat cooked on vertical spit? Check. Onions and garlic? Check. The similarities end there. I'm betting the middle eastern place you're referring to is a shawarama place?

They go out of their way to make actual, Greek style, gyros at this Middle Easter restaurant. I guess they figure people have heard of them.

Fair to middling - some local shops have a lot better but also more expensive. 2/$6 special makes them not bad at all. There sauce is very bland.

I've eaten shawarma many times in the various sidewalk stalls in Old Jerusalem, Israel. It was always spectacularly good.

Also, the Druze folks up in a small community in the Golan Heights made something similar in Druze Bread. That and a few local beers made my day.

Blessings,

Steve

As long as there's tons of garlic and onions I am G2G!

A "gyro" without lamb is just a beef sandwich. And the Arby's "gyro" has no lamb. Is it a tasty beef sandwich? Maybe; I haven't tried one and don't really plan to.

I got a tough fugking time believing Arby's makes the beat gyro but I'll be trying one regardless.




Dave

Just had one (or really two) yesterday. Excellent.

Had not known Arbys carried them, and was shocked at how good they were. I don't think I could tell the difference between them and superb ones I have had from a Greek restaurant that is now hours away from me. Now if they only start to carry Lemon soup....

When I was traveling a lot and I was staying in Athens for a couple weeks and I lived on Souvlaki. Various types of seasoned meat roasted vertically served just like a gyro. I think they were around a buck and loaded with meat. I had a lot of late night "kebabs" in England which is a gyro. They'd soak up the whiskey as good as fish, chips and curry.

LOL, or souvlaki, or spinach pie, or Greek salad, or hummus.

Souvlaki is one of my favorites to order in a good Greek restaurant. The place near my father uses marinated pork. The ones I remember from New York used marinated veal.

Now I'm trying to find the closest Arby's. 😆

Just tell Siri, "Where's the closest Arby's restaurant?" That's what I did.