Lillian C.
Yelp
I was very surprised by what I got at Niko's Gyros. I did not expect this place to be as good as it did, considering the reviews on this page and the nature of Oshkosh. And at a 10 dollar minimum for delivery, it is attainable food on a tuesday night at home.
There were plenty of onion rings and fries. I didn't get many breaded mushrooms, but they were good. Oil didn't taste dirty or overused, which is common on this strip of businesses.
The Gyro plate I got for $8.00 was pretty generous, not just in salad sides but in in actual vegetables as well. It came with two large feta cubes as opposed to the traditionally dry, highly-oxidized feta crumbles. The amount of gyro meat that came in it was satisfactory.
Humorously enough, the double bacon cheeseburger eclipsed the gyro plate in overall quality. The bacon was plentiful and fresh, and it was topped neatly with fresh veggies.
There ARE two big fundamental problems with the dishes at Niko's Gyros that I ran into:
1: The meat for their gyros is warmed, but does not appear to have hit hard heat at any point in time, as there is a distinct lack of char, caramelization, or any hint that it is not prepackaged, preshaven gyro meat.
2: The cajun fries are simply not cajun. They are nowhere close to cajun. These fries are doused in paprika and oregano. They would need onion/garlic powder, old bay, celery salt, pepper, cumin, and various other spices before it would need to be considered cajun. I could not get through these.
Despite this, I'm pretty sure this is one of the only places in the tri-city area that is doing what it's doing as well as it is. Niko's Gyros isn't a place I'd recommend to tourists and it's doesn't speak of authenticity, but it's the best you'll get in this city. How you choose to interpret that is up to you.