Pita Pitaki — Restaurant in Long Beach

I was searching for a place that serves authentic Greek food for a while in the Southern California area specifically in the long beach area. When I ask people if they knew of any good Greek places to eat, many people mentioned a place on 2nd Street in Long Beach / Belmont Shore but I am not going to plug there name in this review. I took my Greek family there for dinner on a Friday and the food was not bad but not good. plus way to expensive. A week later I was driving on the 405 FWY and exited on to Cherry AVE. cause I was going to a Mercedes dealership, after leaving I was hungry and I was driving on Cherry Ave and notice a Greek Café in a very small shopping plaza located on Cherry and Wardlow. so I thought I would try it out. The place was not fancy at all and quite small, it had only 2 table booths and maybe 6 tables but the lady working in the front counter was very polite . I found out that her husband is the chef and they are the owners who also get help from her parents. So I ordered a Lamb chop plate that came with roasted potatoes salad with dressing, pitta bread, tzatziki and a skewer of mushroom and vegetables. I also ordered Lamb Gyro sandwich and a side plate of grilled octopus. FINALLY I HAVE FOUND A PLACE WITH AUTHENTIC GREEK FOOD THAT WAS DELICIOUS. The price of the food was not cheep but you get what you paid for . I brought my family the following week and they all loved it. My advise to these owners would be IT IS TIME TO OPEN A RESTAURANT BY THE BEACH AREAS. This place would do very well and people will pay the premium for this kind of Authentic Greek good.. Very happy I found this place. I will be spreading the word about this place. Keep up the good work and don't...

Here is my opinion about my experience on March 22, 2023.

Let’s start off by saying that Mediterranean food is one of the most OPINIONATED foods for some reason. Either you really like it or you say, “it’s not like back home” or, “ it’s not authentic”. Whatever man, if it tastes great, just admit it.

Taste - my fiancé had the 1/2 chicken w/ rice and she loved it. That is her go to plate and she liked the texture and taste of the chicken as well as the calamari app that we ordered. I had the keftedes and also orders the honey feta (we always order the honey feta), the honey feta is nothing too special but we like the sweet/salty start to our meal. The calamari was tender and evenly seasoned. My keftedes were a bit too rich in flavor, kind of salty but I liked it. Also the tszaziki was a bit salty too somehow? I wish that the veggie kabob that accompanies the plates were freshly grilled when it comes out, kissed by the fire. The pita was great, soft and not chewy. The rice on the plate wasn’t hot enough for me and slightly under flavored.

Customer Service - today, customer service was on point, more so than other bigger, famous restaurants tend to offer. Christina made us feel welcomed and kept checking in on us to see if we were ok.

Price - prices are a bit inflated just like everywhere else but the serving size was big enough.

In conclusion, I come here from time to time when I can or get the urge to eat Mediterranean. I say try it out and find which meal you like instead of acting like Armando Cruz who negatively spoke about this place while recommending his opinion of a “better” Mediterranean spot. Make your own review, try all sorts of...

This review is all about the gyro. Everything else is just background noise.

I’m in LA for work, and on the rare occasion I get a day off, I go on the noble quest for an amazing gyro sandwich. So far, it’s been a tragic tale of disappointment—dry meat, limp pita, tzatziki that tastes like regret. But today… today was different.

I walked into this place, ordered a traditional pork gyro (not the typical lamb you see everywhere), and my life got at least 17% better. The meat? Generous and juicy. Onions and tomatoes? Fresh. A sprinkle of paprika? Haven’t seen that level of culinary confidence in years. And the tzatziki sauce? Absolute perfection—creamy, garlicky, and exactly what Zeus himself would drizzle over ambrosia.

Now, these gyros come with French fries inside them. I don’t know what it is with Californians shoving fries into perfectly fine sandwiches, but I’m a purist. I told them “no fries inside,” because I like my carbs like I like my friends—close by, but not smothering me. Don’t get me wrong, I had fries on the side (and they were great), but they don’t belong in the gyro. I’m not starting a war here, I’m just saying your ancestors didn’t fight off empires so you could put potatoes in everything.

The place itself is small—eight tables inside, a few outside—but it’s cozy. The staff? Top notch. They clearly care that you’re happy and fed, which is becoming rarer than a parking spot in LA.

If you’re looking for a dang good gyro, this is the place. I just hope I have time to come back before heading home, because my taste buds are already drafting...