Astoria Shish Kebob House

Each time we have visited Astoria it has been packed, which is a great sign, but after two visits I give this greek restaurant as «okay» rating, not «great».
The first time we visited Astoria, we both got the chicken souvlaki dinner. The chicken was cooked perfectly, the tzatziki was really good, but we found the potatoes and rice to be very bland. I am a huge greek salad fan, and was very disappointed with their greek salad.
We visited Astoria again last night and had the same review about the chicken souvlaki dinner — chicken souvlaki was cooked well, tzatziki was fantastic but potatoes, rice and greek salad were okay at best.
The service has always been great and the atmosphere is nice. If I had friends going for dinner on the Danforth, I wouldn’t steer them away from Astoria, but I might recommend they try another place.

A-​so-​so-​storia: I’ve been coming to you for years upon years and you’ve been my go-​to. Was it because I could find no better souvlaki on the Danforth? Not necessarily… I simply haven’t had time to try, to be honest. But your portions are pretty decent, prices are so-​so (a little higher than one would like, but not outrageous), and your tzaziki is always delish. So I guess you’ll continue to be my go-​to until I have time to look around for another place to satisfy my Greek fix.

Fab food great prices hard to find parking. and close ro home ty

I was in here today November the 7^th we ordered few things I’m surprised how terrible it is the quality it’s not there like they used to be the best on the Danforth when some Greek American had purchased the place since he sold it n the knew guys picked it up its not the same terrible The management should wake up and smell the coffee and not to get greedy the most recent operator looks like a lost farmer !!!

Food is ok, but not worth the price tag. I don’t think I’ll be back as this place seems to be hit or miss and just not worth it for their prices. Also, we had had terrible service.

Up until our last visit to Astoria I couldn’t say I had a bad experience. The food was always above par and the Greek salad is the best in the city as far as I’m concerned. Well, the salad still stands as top notch, however this is where it goes off the rails.
The chicken for the small chicken dinner. What happened? Call me dramatic but my heart broke a little bit. At first I thought it was under cooked and rubbery, but after closer inspection I realized it was cooked properly, it was simply just fatty… or should say… FATTY???
Of all the large chicken chucks in my meal, all but one was bordering on gelatinous.
After 20+ years of awesome, I’m seriously contemplating whether I should return and chalk this as a one off?

I love Astoria! It’s definitely a go to of mine when visiting the Danforth and the fact that they brought a few locations north is awesome!
Every experience I’ve had there has been great, friendly and quick service.
I usually order the chicken souvlaki dinner or a chicken greek salad. Can’t go wrong. They have the best tzitziki though! It’s so garlicky and strong unlike others! I love it! Just don’t make plans to kiss anyone afterwards haha
Will definitely return, maybe I’ll check out the Vaughan location!

My favourite place for greek food! The décor is a bit dated and the staff can be hit or miss. It is right by the parking lot and subway station so very easy to get to.
Large restaurant with lots of seating and large tables. The grilled calamari is always soft and not chewy and got that nice charcoal grill taste. The saganaki comes flaming and it your standard fare, however the stopped giving out complimentary bread (not that it is needed anyways) The portions are huge — I always leave really really full and sometimes with leftovers for the next day.
Each meal comes with a greek salad covered in feta cheese. The lamb kebobs and beef kabobs are delicious especially if you are craving something meaty. The pork is also amazing really flavourful and never dry or chewy. All the meats are nice and charred and has that bbq taste you want. Comes with rice and potatoes which are also good (steamed veggies can be substituted for a cost) The tzatziki sauce is also really garlicly (bring gum for after!) but it makes it so good. My go to place and will always keep coming back.

I don’t typically give scathing reviews but this place deserves it. We show up ready for a good meal. The front greeter assumed we were part of some party so she ignored us while helping everyone else. Once we made it clear we were not part of a party she didn’t even apologize but just walked away to help the group of four she had set a table for. The older gentleman sat us at a table when we asked for a booth. We over looked that assuming no booths were available. Then we ordered dinner. I ordered the rare beef souvlaki with rice and potatoes. My fiancé had the well medium well beef souvlaki with rice and potatoes. Before the dinners were sent out we received big plates of Greek salad. With lots of yummy feta. The salad would have been lovely except for the Un-​washed lettuce that was like chewing on grit the entire plate.
The meals came out and my beef was so over cooked that I was chewing for what seemed like hours to get the meat to digest. My fiancé had his beef so bloody that he was gagging. So we just switched plates as I don’t mind really rare meat and he doesn’t hate over cooked sacrificed food.
The rice was over cooked. They potatoes were flavourless. The tzatziki was awesome. And they kept our water glasses filled. That’s about as good as I will give our experience. I hope to never eat at this location ever again.

My hummus appetizer was huge and delicious. I wanted to eat all of it but it really is better for sharing. I love lamb so I had the 8oz lamb chops. Really good I wish there had been more. My potatoes were good but nothing to write home about. The rice was nicely spiced. The lamb was served with tzatziki which really added to the flavour. Nice atmosphere and beautiful outdoor patio. Service was friendly and quick.

— Portions for items are huge (leftovers for days)
— The restaurant is SO spacious & accomodating
— You can park your car or bike on the street nearby or Chester Subway Station is literal steps away
— Flavour/​food itself was satisfactory, the meats were a bit chewy (could use some tenderizer or slow roasting tbh). I don’t eat Greek food too often nor am I a food snob when it comes to it, so I liked my meal just fine aside from the meat (pork souvlaki), all’s well
— Came here during Taste of Danforth (Sun), my friend who lived in the area recommended it
— The waiter was a friendly young man who patiently answered our questions; orders came in a timely fashion — good service, I would say
— Noise level: average
— Ambience/​dress code: casual
Wouldn’t necessarily come here again but it was a good stop and I enjoyed my time :)

Love me some greek food… but nothing really wowed me here. Its more of a family restaurant… lots of kids (or maybe the day i went) & service was slow. I would rather eat at Mr. Greek Express on eglington

Came here because my first and second choice were not opened.
I’m not surprised at the ratings and here’s why.
Cons:
Prices are steep for the portion and quality
Not exactly the cleanest restaurant
Service is really bad
No complimentary pita with greek paste or bread
Rice and roasted potatoes were average
Pros:
Vegetarian wrap was filled with really tasted grill vegetables
chicken was juicy
Overall… you can do better if you’re in Greek Town.

2.5
Everyone who frequents the Danforth knows about Astoria. It’s a decent place but if you ask the locals, you can do better
Pros:
Large place with ample seating
Lamb souvlaki was very good
Cons:
Prices don’t reflect quality
Air con is very weak at best
Not a place for a quick dinner
Came by here last Sunday after my soccer game. Even though we were a party of 12, we were seated rather quickly. Even though this place is right on the Danforth, it’s huge. There’s a ton of seats and only during the Taste of the Danforth will you find it hard to get seating. We were seated in the back where there’s a little sunroof. This is a good and bad thing as I will explain later on.
I ordered a Lamb souvlaki dinner and my GF had the chicken souvlaki dinner. Dinners come in small and large (you get more meat with large) and come with a greek salad and two sides. You can choose between fries, potatoes and rice. The Greek salad comes on a pretty big plate. It’s a pretty large salad considering it comes with the dinner. The souvlaki was hit or miss. My lamb was very good. It was medium rare goodness save for the end pieces which were closer to medium but that’s fine and part of the cooking process really. Still one of the better lamb I’ve had. My GF’s chicken was a little on the dry side. Our little one usually loves chicken but she had a hard time chewing through some of the pieces. The rice and potatoes were average at best.
Here’s the thing about this place, it pretty much runs on people knowing it’s name. When you think Danforth, you think Astoria. However, the experience just doesn’t match up to the popularity and hype. When you’re seated in the the back, there’s a sunroof that basically blinds anyone during a sunny day who’s seated underneath it. Half our table had to shade our eyes constantly because of it. They need to cover it up during a sunny day because it’s not comfortable to eat like that. Also, the air con is almost non existent. It was a very hot day when we went and we were sweating buckets inside. Again, not a comfortable feeling when eating.
Dinner for 2 here will run you about $ 60 if you don’t get a drink. Adding drinks will run you closer to $ 80 – 100 dollars. Is it worth it? I’m siding more with no. The souvlaki is OK, but everything is just average and when you’re paying that much, it just doesn’t feel right. I work with people from Greece and they tell me there are much better options than Astoria. You just have to do your research.

Great covered patio with tons of seating. And generous portions of souvlaki.
The best part about Astoria is their large chunks of meat for the souvlaki. Not only are you getting your fill, but the size of meat helps the meat from drying out. If you don’t like fat in your meat though, steer clear of the pork as it has its share of fat. Again, the fat does help keep it moist. The small size portion comes with 8 ounces of meat. So enough for most people. And the large size is 12 ounces. The portions for the Greek salad is also quite large and has lots of feta. Though it’s kind of silly there is only one kalamata olive…
As far as the sides go the roasted potatoes were good, the rice was fine, the side veggies are crisp and definitely fresh, and the fries are soft and fluffy, though not spectacular because the outside could be crispy but not bad. You can’t go wrong with of them, so pick what you are in the mood for.
Pretty solid Greek restaurant. You could do a lot worse on the Danforth for Greek food and I have.

Not the great Astoria it used to be.
Dry garlic bread ($ 1)
Burnt bland pork souvlaki ($ 17)
Salmon and shrimp ($ 21) served in a desolate plate that looked like jail food.
Salad that was depressingly stale.
But the worst part of this sad disappointment is that we were served left over food (some potatoes had bite marks!!) and the server dismissed the concerns saying some pieces were cut by hand and that the sauce gave it the bite off shape!
Overall, left over food or not the point is that for $ 60 I expected more. Quality and portions were worse than food court meals that you usually get for less than $ 20.
Don’t recommend the food. But most importantly can’t recommend a place where there is risk of left over food being re-​served.

This is a huge restaurant; it has 2 separate patios and a ton of indoor seating. I’ve come here on many separate occasions in the past, and while it hasn’t disappointed me, I can’t say I’ve ever been wow-​ed. I had the small pork souvlaki dinner with rice and roasted potatoes ($ 14.95). The portion sizes are good and the tzatziki is super garlicky (I do love garlic). The potatoes they gave me (3) were also huge! So, I left very full (and feeling like I undid my workout just before).

I usually come here for dinner as it is my favourite Greek restaurant to eat at on the Danforth. The service is quite good and there isn’t usually a long line up to deal with as the restaurant is fairly large and can fit quite a few people inside.
Most of the food is great and I usually order the pork or lamb souvlaki plate in large. The small plate is actually not that much smaller so you can always order that and still be quite full. The meat is always nicely cooked to perfection and if you have any issues they are quick to fix it. They also give you a generous portion of Greek salad along with your choice of sides with your order. I usually go with the rice and potatoes and that leaves me nicely stuffed by the end. I believe their portions are the largest out of any of the Greek restaurants in the GTA area and it keeps né coming back for more.
I’ll definitely drop by again if I am ever in the area.

Great Greek food! Definitely one of the highlights during my trip to Toronto.
My friend recommended the souvlaki, so we each got a different type. I shared the large lamb souvlaki with the boyfriend and the portioning was perfect– we left full and happy! The meat was juicy and tender and perfectly cooked (with just the right amount of burnt spots!) We got ours with a very healthy helping of potatoes and rice, but they have other sides as well, like fries or mixed veggies. Also came with a huge salad!
Astoria is a safe bet if you have guests or want a nice dinner with family (there were a lot of families dining there when I went). Fair price, great portions, fantastic service– what more could you want?

When you think of Greek and Taste of Danforth, one of the first places that comes to mind is ASTORIA!
Its hard to miss this restaurant since its the only one along this stretch of road that’s illuminated in bright Pink and Green lights!!!
I’ve been coming to this place for Years, and its one of the first authentic Greek resturants that I have ever been to.
The interior is clean, and the décor gives you the feeling that you’ve actually landed in Greece, sky blue ceilings, lighting, and garden-​esque décor, I felt like I was at one of Epcot Center’s Cultural Pavilions lol!
Summertime they’ve got a decent sized patio, and the servers are very personable! Iriana and I came here during the Krino Taste of Danforth based on my ummmm recommendation… so no pressure haha!
For Drinks:
Iriana had the Zinfandel, and I tried their Greek house wine… 6oz
For food: we both decided to order their Astoria Appetizer Platter since we wanted to try the food vendors as well. The platter consisted of Dolmades (stuffed grapvines with rice herbs & spices), Golden Fried Calamari, Spanakopita, humus and tzatziki DIP!
Drawbacks!: calamari was overcooked, too much breading, and the spanakopita didn’t have enough feta. The pita could have been warmer…
Overall, the appetizer was not the best! however I think we should have had their souvlaki dinner instead. With the street festival occurring, we had people lined up right against the patio so it felt a bit awkward trying to enjoy the outdoor dining experience as people were glaring at you lol… maybe next time Astoria!!!