Taza Gyro & shawarma — Restaurant in Portland

First off, the TL; DR: --EAT THIS FOOD. THIS FOOD IS INCREDIBLE. BEST. --You know what you need to know, but read on because: read on!

Secondly: If you want to eat like a King, so to speak, for 4 days --OR feed 4 normal-sized folk if you have those around-- then order TWO entrees. I did. No regrets, just, my mind is blown. Also, serious shout out to the gal at Ubereats. Literally 15-25 minutes estimated TOA is no exaggeration.

Break down:

FALAFEL PLATE: Beyond expectations in portion, flavour, composition, just absolutely SO good: here I am, immediately after eating it, writing a detailed review. The tzatziki was brilliant, the perfect consistency and a luscious, tart smack in the taste-buds. The hummus. I see exactly why these are items on their own for prices that you might wrestle with reasoning as a treat to oneself --until you've tasted this food.

LAMB GYRO: So. You thought it was a gyro. No, it's a perfection of palate, meat-texture (if you're an omnivore, all love veg-crew), of sauce levels, of everything that makes up what you once thought you knew about this sandwich.

I estimate I ate 6-8 exploratory mouthfuls of each before I realized it was still a mountain of food. I, as an obviously single individual, will part it up into Tupperware and literally feast on what is now my favourite food.

I cannot stress enough:...

Gross and possibly hazardous food in a subpar food court. Ordered a lamb gyro which took a very long time, was cold (not even lukewarm), and came with what I can only assume were reheated fast food fries with extra salt added. I have gotten gyros from countless food carts in Portland and have had a good experience everytime except for now. The location wasn’t great either, people were rooting through the dumpsters and there was a lot of broken glass throughout the parking lot. The only thing that wasn’t terrible was the customer service (they were pretty nice), but that doesn’t begin to make up for the rest. I recommend finding literally...

Came at around 10pm on a Wednesday night and it was dead. We ordered a kebab wrap and a kebab gyro. Portion was extremely generous and flavor was great! Kebab tasted well-seasoned and was cooked well. Both orders came with fries which were good as well, albeit the oil tasted slightly old. Knocking off 1 star for service due to the food taking a while to be ready (we waited about 20 minutes) and 1 star off atmosphere due to the plaza feeling pretty sketchy at night. Definitely recommend dropping by during...