Jeff T.
Yelp
Lots of 5 star reviews. The chicken is great. From the taste and texture, Looks like they use thigh meat which is much better suited for meat being cooked on a big flat top and sit around and not try out.
When I saw the chicken, has a red spice color to it. It love spicy got this for someone else that does not. But its not spicy and its very good.
Rice is acceptable. Its a brown basmati rice with not much flavor, a little nutty from it being brown rice. Its good. I liked it better that i thought I would, but Its overcooked bit sitting around for a while, which is why its overcooked, What a shame.
You can be fast casual and not cook too much food at once just to have it sit around. Thats L A Z Y . Not to mention, cook that much food, and not many customers, what a waste of food.
At this point for the chicken. I would leave a 3 and say its 3.5
If you are a lamb lover like I am. Let me just say I wish I would have read other reviews first.
Yes ladies and gentleman we have gyro meet that really does not taste ANYTHING like lamb... I have had GYRO meat from other places that are heads feet and tails over the lamb, errr excuse me, the gyro meat here,
Its like going into a store to grab a chocolate bar. You buy it, walk out, anxious to take a bite and you do and you groan. It does not taste like chocolate and you look at the fine print on the package and it says its a "Chocolatey" flavored bar.. With no Cocoa butter, only various oils to take the place of cocoa butter, other things may allow you to me a candy bar but nothing is gong to replace the taste and texture of cocoa butter.
I am so angry.
If your gong to sell lamb gyro meet, SAY WHAT IT IS.
Also, not trying to nit pick but to me, this is not kebab. Kebab is cooked over flames, if you want a REAL kebab or at least broiled to a chary crust not flat top cooked.
If you want Lamb... Yummy Kebab in Annandale is AMAZING. I wanted a lamb kebab really bad tonight and siting here kicking myself wishing I ordered from Yummy Kebab. Plus most "Kebab places" sell Naan bread. They only sell a small pita, for $2 if you want extra. The pita bread had been heated to a nice fluffy texture so its better than standard pita bread. But I knew I was getting Pita bread, I got what I ordered and it was good.
The potatoes are ok. You stab a fork in it, and it gives you some resistance and does not fall apart and not overcooked. But again, the texture, Cooked earlier in the day, been on a heat tray all day, which is okay not bad, but different texture. The taste... I think thats what makes the texture more apparent than it should be. The sauce, it's bland... It has a great texture, I love the texture of sauce, but the sauce flavor to me falls flat.
Now.. Halal Guys. they named their business honestly. "Gyro and chicken" They use beef Gyro meat and a few months ago they had lamb, and I think that maybe was gyro meat as well, cant remember because I LOVED IT. I loved it because it had a great lamb flavor and I was getting it from a GYRO PLACE. Not a LAMB KEBAB Place.
They should change the name to Tasty Gyro and Chicken.
Been such a long times since I have been this disappointed with food.
Now with all that said. I will admit I have never had Tasty Kebab before, I have seen the food trucks and always wanted to try it. Someone told me about Tasty Kebab opening in the Boro. With that said. If I ordered this from a food truck, the chicken is exactly what I would expect. The people I ordered chicken for, they thought it was okay, one was not too crazy about the spice, a little spicy for them. Did not taste spicy for me. Like I said. I liked the chicken.
But come on. DO NOT have on your menu that you have LAMB, when you really have LAMB GRYO Meat.