King Gyros — Restaurant in Indianapolis

Typically I don't frequent this part of town just because I never really found anything over here that I needed in my life.

Well today that changed!

My other half kept going on and on about how great of a place this was. I was skeptical but decided to eventually give in and give them a shot. I for one am not a huge fan of Gyros, but they aren't the worst thing in the world either. When we arrived I found the building itself to be anything but amazing. It looks like maybe an old Burger King, Wendy's or maybe even a Hardees. They've painted it obviously to make it their own but it still reminds me of a chain fast food building.

Walking, in that feeling of a very old, outdated fast food joint is all that I could think of. They've modified it a little on the inside to meet their needs but overall the place is just down right old. The flooring I believe is the original which makes it look very dirty (idk why but food places always pick bad colors for flooring which makes them look dirty).

The girl behind the counter, smiled and said hi almost as soon as we walked in. We stood towards the back as to figure out what we wanted, and allow other people to jump ahead if they needed. Since I am not a huge fan of the Gyro, I went with the double bacon cheeseburger and onion rings. What I was expecting was a low-grade beef that was fried on both sides and overwhelmingly greasy. None of that was actually the case.

It didn't take long for our order to come out. I was surprised to see that the burger was actually not the bottom of the barrel that I was expecting. Now don't; get me wrong, it is in no way top of the line beef - but it wasn't bad. When I bit into it...another surprise. It tastes like it was grilled over an open flame. Just like when we would grill out when I was a kid. The burger had good flavor and I overall was very impressed with my selection. I was not, however, impressed with the onion rings. Remember when Burger King tried to give us onion rings? Well that's what they use. Those same small, onion chunk, onion rings that Burger King tried in the late 90s.

Besides the very outdated look the place seemed to be clean. I saw the girl come out from behind the counter and wipe down some tables, as well as vacuum the floor around them.

Overall I was very impressed with the place. You just have to get past the physical appearance of the place - and you'll be happy as the food is great. Service was great too - we weren't super needy but when we did interact with the staff I wasn't...

I have visited this location one other time, that visit is what led us back this visit. I have tried a few Gyros since I've been living in Indianapolis area and I have been impressed with very few. I believe there is one in the fashion Mall area that is okay but no one gives great options in this area unfortunately. Today we got two gyro plates, one have an extra meat, one with a Greek salad the other with fries, also a cheeseburger with fries, all came with drinks. Not pictured is the cheese sticks that ultimately we were not charged for. We were greeted by a nice young lady who kind of talked us through options for ordering like gyroa combo versus a gyros plate etc. She wasn't rushing and she wasn't stressed out or tired of the questions. The food came out rather quickly, and I noticed the absence of the cheese sticks that I ordered, she probably just honestly did not hear me and she told me not to worry about it, I told her that I could pay she repeated not to worry about it and they were ready within a few minutes. She was far too kind. Keep in mind King gyros is a nice little drive from where I live, how about 40 minutes, and we went during rush hour, but the experience was wonderful. The food was hot and fresh including the fries which were seasoned nicely with salt. The only downside to that is that the only companion brand name is hunt and not Heinz and I'm partial to Heinz ketchup 😂. The sandwich was loaded with enough meat and it already came with enough tzatziki sauce which was not watery and filled with chunks of cucumbers. It was perfectly flavored, nice and thick and though I ordered extra it wasn't really needed. Today we sat down indoors and ate. Now during the downtime a little cleaning could take place as some of the tables needed attention but I was too emerged in the delightfulness of my meal to make that a concern of mine. I was 100% happy with our visit today, as was my husband...

FOOD POISONING for both me and my daughter...

I was holding her hair at the toilet, while she's throwing up and I had about 5 trips of diarrhea ... Rehydrating her with 50% pedialyte. …

Ordered our food about 48 hours ago,.. We watched a movie and ate our food.. I awaken at 4 AM with diarrhea and make another trip at 7 AM and another at about 8:30... I had/have a dull headache... But when my daughter got up to go to sports practice, she said her vision was a little blurry and her stomach was cramping... And in the blink of the eye, she shouted that she had to vomit and I told her to get to it, and I would hold her hair..

And what came up was a lot and it was the dinner that we ordered.. I didn't even have to say anything to her, before she was saying, through gagging and watery eyes, "I think I have food poisoning from the gyro last night. " That connected the dots for me and my diarrhea. Not sure what's going on over there at King Gyro, but it is not what it used to be and I will not be going back at all.

I used to live over by University of Indianapolis and used to love this place.. Daughter wanted a gyro and I didn't want to drive to my favorite place downtown, so I decided to go here.. Should have made the drive to The Greek Islands restaurant, or Mama Fofo's, in the Garage on Mass Ave. Shame on me.

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