ANF Gyros and Grill — Restaurant in Gainesville

My wife and I went this afternoon. We'd never tried their food and wanted something different. (Technically, I have been once , over a year ago, when i was going to Taco Bell, until I realized they were gone and had been replaced by ANF Gyros. . Anyhow, that visit doesn't count since all I ordered was onion rings.). Anyhow, we each order a Lamb Gyro and we both loved it. It was very loaded with meat and seasoned to perfection. It didn't have that gameyness typical of lamb, but still has good flavor. I mixed their cayenne pepper hot sauce with their Tzaziki and loved it. The only negative I would say is that we ordered it with lettuce added. Both our receipts clearly say "Add Lettuce" but neither had any lettuce. I would expect orders be prepared as ordered. But the service was excellent. We went inside to order, but got them to go. We were in the car driving down University Ave 7 minutes after we were getting out of the car to go inside.

We have added a new place to our rotation of dining...

The food was maybe better than it could be expected to be, for a sort of fast casual southern seafood place. And yeah, that's what it is, despite the name -- far more fried fish and Cajun food than Greek-inspired.

I had the oyster po boy, which was risky since the last time I had one of those it was at a restaurant in the French Quarter in New Orleans. Was this as good as that one? Well, no, of course not. But was it tasty and well cooked? Absolutely. Plenty of nicely fried oysters, decent remoulade sauce. Definitely worth getting again, especially for the price.

The French fries were particularly good, super crispy and tasty, not overly salty.

They also have a little dessert case with cheesecake and similar things by the slice.

The only real downside is that there's NO ambiance at all, even by fast food standards.

I'll...

My review is strictly on service for somebody walking in. I live behind them and eat there three four times a week. I will never go there again. I realize most of their business is drive-thru, but when I walk in there and it takes them awhile to even know I'm in the restaurant and then answer a call and start taking an order when I've been standing there waiting patiently. The only reason she saw me is because they had a phone call . So if you want to enjoy the food from this restaurant, get in your car and sit in the line burning fuel. I like their food and I'm sure if you're in a car you're treated promptly. 4th or 5th time this has happened. Perhaps they need a special Bell that Chimes when somebody's in the restaurant. No love for walk-in...