Messini Authentic Gyros

Arguably the best place in Toronto (and probably Canada) for gyros. Huge, meaty (unless you order veggie) and tasty. The service can be uneven, but I think that is a function of it being a small place with a lot of patrons, fairly fast turnover and laissez-​faire management.

This was eh, I got the chicken gyro pita with fries In it, which was different. The chicken was good but the sauce was lacking flavor. This would be my last visit.

The food is good. The service is bad. It seemed like there were 8 people working behind the counter — some working hard others not so much…
We walked in off street for gyro to go. Took them 30 minutes to make 2 sandwiches — with other customers coming in and getting out ahead of us… Just poorly organized/​managed.
Sandwich was pretty good value though…

Love/​Hate relationship with this place.
The staff are extremely rude, even for Greektown. The gyro is usually dry, bland and mediocre. However they are open late on weekends making them the staple Danforth really-​late night option. However I would never, ever recommend them before 1am or a few drinks.

It was interesting… the addititon of french fries was kind of a neat twist… didn’t add to the taste or texture but was something to talk about. The meat itself was not the highest of quality but is pretty much expected for the price paid. Though not exactly unique or distinctive in taste (although, it can be a bit salty in big doses), the price and hours available are big selling points. I would like to try more of the dinner options, though it seems more pricy. Overall, from what i’ve tried it’s pretty average. Great for a cheap snack when it comes to their gyros.

gotta say after many years of meals and even catering i had a bad experience for the first time saturday december 19^th.
i ordered for my daughter and myself an octopus appetizer, a calamari dinner and coffee a bit later.
the octopus cam first and was rubber. i could hardly cut it with their knives and had i been able to find my waiter again i would have said something. being diabetic i had to eat something and i worked my way through it and still no waiter. at last we called another waiter who delivered the calamari dinner. when at last i did see our waiter i managed a coffee out of him but that was the last of him and i had to ask someone else for a refill and they let me down too. i called the manager over and he took the coffee off the bill because i was too fed up to wait for another and he tried to make a very lame excuse for the waiter.
anyhow it was my fault not to say anything about the octopus but then i did eat it but i really would have said something to the waiter if he ever cared to return in a timely manner.
be a while before i go back.

Everyone raves about this place, especially people who live outside The Danforth/​GreekTown, but it is pretty average compared to the overall quality of Greek Cuisine in Toronto and authentic Greek food (in Greece).
Kudos for their completely authentic Greek-​style gyros, with the pommes-​frittes inside the pita! However, the pita is too thick, and the meat inside is not much. The ambiance could be better. And their other food, except the gyros, is downright average. The price is right, but not super low.
There are plenty of places on the Danforth that are better than Messini’s, both as food quality and authenticity, and ambiance. IMHO (in my humble opinion) as someone whose roots hail from the region and who has lived in Athens (Kiffisia) for a little while.

Holy #$%&! $ 5 for a gyro! The mixed gyro (chicken and pork) is really delicious and packed with meat! I’ve gotta try other things there, as it stands I’ve only had their gyro, several times mind you. Based on their gyro and the value I highly recommend.
Funny story, my girlfriend was a little annoyed with the guy taking our order, she thought he was rude, I thought he was fine and I told her maybe you should know what you’re going to order when you get to the counter instead of humming and hawing after you’ve been waiting in line for 3 minutes. She did not appreciate that I took his side, but you could tell waiting in line that the guy doesn’t take any shit and expects you to know what you want. Sometimes you got to read the situation and go with the flow.

First time dining in here; usually we get take out. Service was atrocious. We were seated promptly, given our waters and made our orders. Only half of our appetizers came. Our server never checked up on us. We could see other tables who came after us getting their meals. Eventually someone else came and asked us what else we were waiting on. This was 40 minutes later, with still no sign from our original server. We did eventually get the rest of our food which honestly wasn’t very good. I know Messinis has a reputation of being one of the top Greek restaurants on the block but it seems to be losing it as of late. The gyros were on the bland and dry side. Could just be an off day, usually it’s pretty good. Wouldn’t dine in here again, despite the expansion.

Really amazing place! Food is really affordable and came out fast. We tried the Greek fries (absolute yum), spinach pie, chicken souvlaki and deep fried calamari.
The spinach pie was okay– it was a little bland for my taste. The chicken souvlakis were huge and they were pretty good. Their tatziki sauce is amazing and definitely made everything taste amazing. The deep fried calamari was terrible — really rubbery and didn’t smell great.
Overall — a good first time experience and pretty decent (not great) Greek food!

Very wallet friendly place, good food and excellent service, our waiter was very nice!
We went there randomly and we’ve been lucky! Kudos to the Greek fries with feta on it, only 5 $ I recommend

I heard they service the best gyros and fries in Toronto, tried and indeed that’s true. I’m on a business trip in Toronto, tried a few places, love Messini the most.
The veg items are all very tasty as well as fresh, the portions are generously sized and prices are good. The only downside is long queues outdoors and a definite wait, but the quality and taste of food compensates for it.

The good:
The hype. You want to think it’ll be the best ever.
The bad:
The hype makes it pretty pedestrian and average.
The ugly:
When you realize it wasn’t really that good.

So when I first got there it looked like it was just a long narrow room but once you get past the take out /​cash area you see it opens up into the building next door, so lots of seating.
I know people in their reviews were talking about how bad service was, but I had no problem. Everyone was nice, they were prompt, asked if we needed things, even when it was busy.
So we ordered a plate of Greek fries to share and we each got a chicken gyros.
The fries. Delicious. They are actually deep fried potatoes disks covered with feta cheese and a sprinkle or oregano served in a large plate, perfect for sharing! Simple but delicious.
The gyros were also really good. Thick chunks of dark meat chicken tazihki sauce, on a pillowy soft pita. With fries stuffed in. Yup fries.
Weirdly worked?!
The food came crazy fast, and was very in expensive

Today, I went here for lunch around 2pm with some friends and we were greeted and seated immediately. As soon as I looked at the menu, nothing was over $ 15! The lunch specials were pretty much under $ 10 and also included side dishes of mashed potatoes, rice or a salad AND soda! We ordered the Greek fries, chicken stick, pork gyro pita, and salad. The food took quite abit of time to come to our table.
The first item to come was the greek fries which were AMAZING! So much feta cheese came with the fries and it tasted like a poutine –drools-​! Then, one of our side dishes came by itself (potatoes). It took another 15 minutes for everyone’s food to come out and it turned out I ate my friends side dish and my chicken stick had my potatoes on it! The service was just okay, we would’ve had preferred the food all coming at the same time. We all enjoyed the food, other than the service.
Tl;Dr service is meh, food is amazing and cheap. Would come again for sure

Straight up, this is the best comfort/​drunk food you will ever have.
I’ve gone countless times and get the combo, which is at the back of the menu. You get 2 gyros, Greek fries and Greek salad for ~ $ 14.
They’re massive portions and the taste is just perfect.

Let me start with saying: the food was actually pretty good. And I also wanna thank the stuff for being so nice and friendly. I love Greek people!
Although I didn’t like the menu so much: gyros and sandwiches for the most part, and not as much choice as I expected. It’s okay I guess, but I expected it to be a little bit different I guess. Anyways we had a great time there!

You cannot go to Danforth and not go to Messini!
The service is here is quick. This place will satisfied all your Greek cravings without emptying your wallet!
CHICKEN GYRO PITA: This is loaded with chicken, tomatoes and with French fries topped tzaiuki sauce. The meat was not dry and this place did not skimp on the meat for all those meat lovers out there!
PORK GYRO PITA: I preferred this one more! There was generous portions of pork. The pork was so tender!
If you want, you can get both pork and chicken in your pita! This is a great place for cheap eats. This is easily one of the best Greek lunch option in the city.

The first thing we noticed about this place was how packed it was. It was a Thursday night at 11pm — about an hour ’til closing. You know a restaurant must be doing something right when it’s full of people and there’s still a good line waiting to be seated or waiting for their takeout. We ordered the chicken gyros and the pork gyros. I was expecting to pay at least $ 20 but, for the two, it cost $ 9.50. Definitely a great deal. The gyros themselves were okay — I was surprised and excited to find fries in them! The gyros are full and big but both gyros lacked sauce. Lots of meat but they were super dry. Which made me want to stop eating them before I got full. Also — the seasoning on the chicken is a lot better than on the pork.
That being said, I think I’ll have to give the place another chance and hope that their quality is better. If a lot of people eat here, I’m missing something. Plus — all the orders that came past me as I waited for my takeout looked delicious and worth the prices you’d pay for them. Their feta fries looked really good. Maybe our food wasn’t as great because we came later in the night and the place was packed? Although they should have better quality control by now… guess I’ll just have to go in and dine-​in sometime.

Best place for delicious cheap eats on the Danforth.
There are a lot of Greek restaurants on this strip and for me this is the best.
I recommend the Greek fries and the Chicken Souvlaki pita.
It had french fries inside. Delicious! I always ask for extra tzatziki because I love theirs.

Enfin un vrai grec, qui a vraiment le gout de mouton, il m’aura fallut faire 5000 km pour y gouter! Maintenant je me demande ce que je pouvais bien manger en France dans mes grecs!
Enfin bref, l’endroit est super, il y a toujours du monde donc patientez un peu pour vous voir attribuer une place, mais pas longtemps, maxi 30 min! mais vous né le regretterez pas!

A essayer si vous êtes en manqué de kebab. Ici sont servis sandwichs et assiettes kefta en tout genre. Attention la commande des assiettes prend 2 fois plus de temps que les sandwichs.
La bière grec alpha est à recommander.
Je trouve marrant «les arguments» marketing des 2 serveuses blondes comparable à la politique du Jack Astor ^^, ces messieurs sauront de quoi je parle.