Shawarma Gyro Xpress — Restaurant in Washington

This little row of eateries is basically a halal jackpot - kabobs, pizzas, burgers you name it. But I had a craving for shawarma, so I gave this spot a try. I ordered a single chicken shawarma wrap for dine-in. Just one. Nothing fancy. Yet it took 15–20 minutes as if they were harvesting the garlic themselves.

They did get my request for extra garlic and spicy sauce right, so I’ll give them that. But what really reeled me in wasn’t just the craving it was the pita bread. Coming from the Middle East, I know pita is supposed to be soft, fresh, and the perfect hug for a juicy shawarma. Instead, this one was dry enough to qualify as pita jerky. The wrap literally started falling apart mid-meal. Authentic? Not even close.

Now let’s talk about the chicken, because wow. Shawarma is supposed to be sliced off a spinning vertical rotisserie, not scorched like a burger on a forgotten grill. But somehow, they managed to overcook it to the point of no return. The outside was crusty, the inside barely hanging on, and most of it was dry enough to question whether it ever had any juices to begin with.

First visit & definitely the last. The parking? Pretty much a street-level game of Tetris. The one saving grace? The place was clean and had plenty of seating. So at least I had space to sit down and mourn my...

After work I made it a plan to come to this restaurant and order a gyro sandwich. It been a hot minute since I've eaten anything Greek or Italian so I figured I would give this place a try. I checked out the menu board, and then requested the gyro. The person rang up a gyro sandwich which had a lower price that what was posted on their menu. He told me that the higher prices gyro included fries. I thought about it for a second and figured why not get the platter. Changing my order in his system took a few minutes but soon my transaction completed and I took a seat close to the window. Just as I was about to take my first bite from the gyro, he Server came back with a second gyro. Apparently the first gyro had onions, and I had specifically requested without onions. He handed me the second gyro, and told me that I could just keep the first gyro. That was totally in my book, and now I will have a hearty lunch tomorrow as well. Removing onions from the gyro should be easy enough! The e gyro and fries were awesome, and the person behind the counter was even...

• I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE * This 1 star rating is more than they deserve. I gave ratings on 1 star only because there was not option to give 0 star. It has nothing to do if there was line waiting, customer service, staff cleanness, … I ordered two shawarma platter with rice and fries. The Meat is only reason of 1 star rating. we barely ate small portion of it and trashed the food right there and walk away. Meat was old and burned. After talking to some people in similar type of business I found the reason. When business is slow, the vertical burner overcook the meat and they trim the overcooked or burnt surface meat and store it in a warmer tray, when you ask for sandwich or platter, what they do is they use the old cooked kept in warmer tray. That's exactly what happened to us. You be lucky if you can convince them to cut you fresh cooked from burner stick. In my next review I will post more details about the place and people who work there. Do not order rice either. I will post pictures...