Messini Authentic Gyros - Danforth Ave. est un établissement convivial. Découvrez un menu proposant gyros et des souvlakis, aux prix de 11$ à 25$. L'ambiance de ce restaurant est familiale et décontractée. Ce restaurant vous reçoit sur sa terrasse aux beaux jours. Profitez d'un accès pour les fauteuils roulants. Messini Authentic Gyros - Danforth Ave. est ouvert tard tous les jours de la semaine.plus...Plus de texte
When we first got to the resturant there was confusion between the line for sitting down and the take out line. Both were popular, but i think the seating guy was new. Once this was sorted out, we were seated quickly, and menu's given. Water was delivered and orders taken. The food came out quickly, and the portions were really big. I weigh 210, and i'm generally a big guy, so i ordered a "double chicken gyro pita". It comes with a greek salad (most authentic, best greek salad i've ever had), 2 gyros and a choice of side (potatoes, rice or fries). I made a mistake. i should have just got one gyro. I couldn't get through all the food. Half of my side was left, one whole gyro was untouched, and yeah...i have lunch for tomorrow.
The meal was excellent, well beyond expectation.
Then came the greek dancer. She was amazing. Very pretty, and obviously well practiced at the dancing. She was interacting with the patrons and asked my wife to dance (she was holding her gyro at the time, so she said no). The music is a bit loud during this time, but it adds to the atmosphere, definatly doesn't take away from it.
Great choice overall, i highly recommend this place!
I've been here many a times and have always had a positive experience. Last night (Sunday), I took my parents here for their first time. It was busy but we were happy to wait for a table. Once seated, the music was turned up and we were treated with some live dancing. This didn't bother us at all, but when our server tried to take our order, I had a hard time communicating with him. Since he wasn't writing anything down and we kept yelling across the table, I even asked him at the end if he got everything. He nodded yes. I was a little skeptical, but gave him the benefit of the doubt.
The salads, pita with olive spread & fries started to come out not long afterwards but our appetizer plate of grilled calamari never arrived. Then our gyro dinner plates arrived and we somehow ended up with 6 gyros and we were missing our combination meat plate. When I asked about the mix-up and where our grilled calamari plate was, he said, "Oh, the calamari hasn't arrived yet?"
He came back later with fried calamari and I told him that I had ordered grilled calamari. He then proceeded to take it back to the grill area where he was told that they had no "grilled calamari" and asked if we wanted the fried version. Not wanting to make a bigger fuss, we just accepted the plate. Our combination meat platter still hadn't arrived yet and so 3 of us were halfway done our dinner, while one of was still waiting. When the meat platter did arrive, the comments were that the meat was just very dry and tasteless. And to top it all off, my chicken gyro had an olive PIT in it and I nearly chipped my tooth when I bit into it! Not very pleasant.
It's unfortunate that this had to happen when I went out with my parents, but I still do really enjoy their gyros as it totally brings me back to my trip to Greece. And I do love their salad and fries. I was disappointed with their service. I think I'll stick to takeout here.
In short: Great value for good amount and quality...
In short: Great value for good amount and quality of food!
The Greek Salad and the French Fries (coin fries) are unbelievable and just those two dishes alone that comes with the dinner could make you full already! By far the best gyro place that I've been to in the city!
