To Steki — Restaurant in McHenry

We Thought It Would Be Better! We've tried to go there several times since they opened and they've been packed with people each time. The other problem has been that they only have 2 low tables indoors and my wife can't do the high tops. We went today at about 5:30 and we were the only ones there for a short time. Miller Lite tap beer and fountain Coke are $3.00 each. We ordered Horiatiki ($5.00), a traditional Greek salad, a Gyro Plate ($12.00) and a Gyro Sandwich($9.00). The salad came out on a plastic plate (like a paper plate) and we did share it. This was not the usual Horiatiki salad. Chopped romaine lettuce with 2 thick slices of cucumber, halved, 8-10 thin slices of tomato and some yellow or white onion tossed in a virtually flavorless oil with maybe some vinegar and a hunk of french bread on the side. No feta cheese, green pepper, olives or oregano. I guess you can say what do you want for $5.00? After looking at the menu again, we should have gone with the Greek Salad for $8.00 which had all the goodies. The Gyro Sandwich came out on a warm pita onto which the kitchen layered plenty of Tzatziki (cucumber sauce), sliced tomato and onions. The gyro meat is off the spit, soft and tender with just a little bit of a crisp edge and plenty of meat. The Gyro Plate came with a very generous portion of meat, a side cup of Tzatziki and a pile of tomato and onions topped with a warm pita. It also came with french fries which were disappointing. They are thinner cut fries and were lukewarm and were certainly not cooked for this order. No crunch and rather limp. I probably should have asked for a new order. As my wife and I are true gyro fans and have them often, we found the meat flavor to be better than some, but not as good as others. We like to taste the lamb and garlic a little more, but that is a personal preference. They do have a real nice looking patio area for outdoor dining. Go for the Gyros, grab a cold one and maybe sit...

I would like to preface this by saying we have eaten here on a few occasions and have thoroughly enjoyed it and have recommended it to others, however, today was a disappointment. We were unaware that they only serve pork gyros on Tuesdays rather than the beef & lamb, we opted to give them a try. We didn’t really care for them. We normally order the gyro double decker to split. She said they don’t do that on Tuesdays but recommended the Gyro Platter that said more meat and included fries and she added an extra pita. Well, we had far less meat and fries than we ever had with the double decker. They have also initiated window service if sitting outside. Which is fine, but found the service lacking and what service we did get seemed to be off-putting. She made unnecessary and intrusive comments. We love gyros too much to discount the place after one “off” visit, but we will make sure not to go on Tuesdays any more and hope they return to more generous portions, because this place has awesome potential and we like to support small businesses...

Wish I could say 5 stars but the gyro was kind of undercooked, seemingly, I ordered a beef with peppers on the side (because usually if I get them on the sandwich is a 1/8 cup of oil and a couple of mushy peppers), and the sandwich came wrong with peppers on it, can confirm, spicy oily mush on the beef.

Fries seemed recycled from Alex’s, and that isn’t a compliment. I’m glad they haven’t started using those artificially crisp fries yet, but the fries always kinda just seem stale/hard, yet somehow soggy? Idk.

Ate with my wife and dad. Wife said the hot dogs were OK, but just ok. Dad didn’t like the new gyro as he said the same, seemed a little on the mushy/undercooked side.

I’ll try them again in a couple of months, maybe they’ll get some more worked out.

Starting to think a lot of these 5 star reviews are simply just people stoked that the manager of Alex’s now has his old place and it’s not...