What About Kabob & His Gyros — Restaurant in Tyler

You should eat here. If travelling on I-20, this place IS worth diverting off the highway and making your way down to the south side of the loop for lunch. You won't be disappointed. This place is very very good. They make Gyro sandwiches (pita with roasted meat) that are bigger than a baby's head. The fries and pita chips were overcooked for my taste and/or the oil is too old, but they were having trouble with their fryer the last time I was there, so I'll give 'em some slack. I'd eat lunch here three times a week, if it wasn't on the other side of Tyler from where I work. The decor is Spartan (hah, see what I did there?) but you get to graffiti the walls with markers. It's totally got a College-town hangout feel to it. I miss eating authentic Greek food (I lived in Greece as a kid) and this place helps satisfy my craving for gyro and falafel. Note of warning: The "Ghost Sauce" is deadly hot. My wife loves spicy foods, the hotter the better, uses Sriracha like ketchup. But the Ghost Sauce took the skin off her tongue. Be...

A true foodie treasure is back and as delicious as ever!!

For any local foodies in the Tyler area, you knew who What About Kabobs was. They were locally owned gyros of awesome! But the owners sadly had to move on and the business changed hands a time or two before what we all thought was closing for good.

Then low and behold, a new owner gave us new hope when he bought the rights and started a food truck! Loyal fans everywhere rejoiced and followed as best we could. But winter was brutal, cold, and abnormally wet that year.

Then Covid…

And it closed again. But the owner said to hang on and hope. He wasn’t done yet. Now they’re back open on South Broadway in another shop and the food is…AWESOME!!! Fresh cooked to order gyros, falafel, shawarma and more are awaiting you! The vibe is great inside and at 5:00 when they opened for dinner, folks were waiting to get in!

Make sure the next time they’re open, you’re in line too! This place is worthy of its resurrection so get over here and show some love! Your tastebuds...

Had lunch here 3/29.

First, this is not a traditional Greek/Mediterranean restaurant. This is a Mediterranean-southwest fusion restaurant. I did not expect that when I came in, but I was not disappointed.

I enjoy a good chicken shawarma, traditionally roasted. However, the chicken on my plate was done with heavy southwest influence, lots of Chipotle, in almost an adobo style.

There were several types of Tiki sauces, we tried the original, Chipotle, and jalapeño. All were good, I liked the Chipotle the best.

The gentleman at the counter was very patient with us as we ordered and allowed to try things, from the sauces to even throwing in a falafel for me to try (I've never had falafel before).

Overall I was quite pleased. Do not go in expecting traditionally greek or Mediterranean fare - you will not have that here. But for what it is, I...