Garlic Crush — Restaurant in Issaquah

Ordered delivery through Caviar an hour before closing on a weekday. Got the Gyro Plate, the Beef & Lamb Shawarma, and the Cauliflower appetizer/side. The food was no where consistent with the majority of positive reviews I read.

The cauliflower was a meager portion, like 7 or so small pieces but laid on top of a thick bed of lettuce in one of those small square containers. Considering cauliflower is a cheap vegetable we were expecting the container to be filled. What a disappointment it was.

The meat for both the Gyro plate and the Shawarma was so dry, if it was any drier it would be bordering on being jerky. The Shawarma was not "sliced" pieces of meat but thin slivers of meet a little bit bigger than a matchstick. It was salty with not a lot of flavor. I got the feeling this meat was prepared like the day before even, pre-sliced and then put in like one of those cafeteria containers where they just scoop it out to assemble the meal and this meat had been sitting in the warming container all day drying out.

I have a feeling this place is a much better for dine in and getting a classic Gyro sandwich (maybe lunchtime is fresher?) Even though the delivery was lightening fast. We live 8-10 minutes away and the food came within 20 minutes of ordering. Another indication it was quickly thrown together - although that type of "assembly" is expected - they need to work on keeping the...

I would have given this a five but recently I’ve noticed some problems. The steak can sometimes taste like lamb. It’s not the taste you want when ordering beef kabobs. Also, if you come in the evening, the staff tries to close down early and tells you many things on the menu are not available. Don’t have a menu if you are going to deny paying customers what is on the menu? Who does that?? The other night I was told I couldn’t sit where I wanted to sit because they closed half the restaurants seating down. Nothing is more frustrating then to have the staff pressuring you to leave when you have just been seated. They also don’t give you the sauces they used to give you with your meals. Now they charge you. Seriously, after years of eating with the sauce you are accustomed to, now they want to charge you???? They are trying to nickel and dime you for stuff that used to be considered part of the recipe/meal. Now, the evening staff shuts the restaurant down early. I may not eat...

super cute restaurant. Love the atmosphere and great vibe. all the employees were super nice. my daughter got a chicken gyro this was the main reason i gave a lower star on food. there was quite a bit of chicken that tasted dry and lots of hard pieces. it wasn’t bad but the chicken could have been better. I ordered the shawarma sandwich it was pretty good my main complaint is that I found a bone in my food. I understand bones in your food when you’re eating dead animals so I don’t knock them a whole lot, but it was decent size i’m just glad i didn’t swallow it. overall, their food wasn’t terrible. we will be back to try different things. I’d like to try their lamb and beef to see if it’s better than the chicken. after I try a few more things, I will come back and update my rating.

One thing that threw me off was the photos that are On Google showing it more like a buffet and that is not how it is actually set up so for a minute I actually thought I was in the...