Zgara Greek Grill — Restaurant in San Diego

I had the pleasure of having Greek food today at Zgara Greek Grill. It was fresh. It was better than any Greek food I have ever had, ncludng in Athens and other locations n Greece. The food is prepared by an expert chef named Eric, who is also the owner. If you like Greek food. You will lve the foiod here. If yiu have never tried Greek food, this is the place to try it. The food is prepared fresh before you eyes. My favorite s the Grrek salad of fresh tomatoes, onions, peppers, feta and the besr dressing I have ever tasted. I also love the beef burger. It is served in pita with tsatsiki and all the trimmings. Also world class are the Gyros and souvlaki. Once you have eaten at this little place you will love to return for its great fresh food. The charm of this place is super, due in part to the owner’s friendly wife and polite helpful son who take orders and serve the outstanding world class food. The prices are reasonable given the top quality food. Five stars and more are right for this...

Read the reviews and was excited to try Zgara since it's local to me.. The previous reviews about the parking were correct it is very difficult, even on a weekend.

Placed the order on their app, it said a 20 minute wait which is fair, went in after 20 minutes parking across the street and dodging traffic.

Mentioned my name and order and was told it would be ready in 10 minutes. After watching the 3 staff members scramble to gather things I realized my order had not even been started.

After 40 minutes I received my to go order, no friendliness, apologies nothing. Maybe it's their online system I don't know but they weren't busy at all. ...

Can’t express how happy I was to run into a real Greek tavern! This is the real deal. None of that fake bologna style beef/lamb garbage. Gyro is pork or chicken..

Takes me back to eating in Greece.

Owner Nick comes from the Island of Rhodes and he definitely knows his stuff..

Had the pork skewers (souvlaki) and it was marinated 10000000% correctly.. it’s also about the cut of meat used to skewer a perfect skewer and he nailed it!

Don’t let Americanized “Greek” places fool you, if they make their souvlaki with beef or lamb chances are it’s not Greek.

Until next time adelfe...