Souvlaki Express

I’m giving this place two stars because the food was good and fed me well. My favourite was the tzatziki which was very flavourful.
I’m also only giving it two stars because I received bad customer service from ladies that were working there, including someone who looked like the manager or the owner. When I asked this lady very politely if I could get my meal without the paper bag because I already had a reusable bag with me (which I lifted up and showed her), she looked at me as if I was giving her a hard time and said «how about we just give you the bag» and proceeded to place the food in her own paper bag and handed it to me.
For the simple reason of this lady giving me dirty looks and refusing to cooperate in my effort to keep this city a little greener and cleaner, I will not be coming back.

Fresh. Delicious. Inexpensive. What more do you need for lunch?

More like a 3 ½. It’s a greasy spoon the food isn’t amazing, but it isn’t bad. The potatoes are swimming in oil and are a bit soggy. The salad is too shredded and comes with if you’re lucky one tomato with vinegar with a hint of oil for dressing.
The meat is quite nice, and I give them props for not being scared of garlic in their tzatziki.
It’s cheap and greasy. What else do you want? It’s Greek food.

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Souvlaki Express is fantastic for Greek grub. Mind you, the portions are massive. So if you are a small eater like me, or have to do a quick lunch, the appetizer portions are good enough. My go-​to is the pork, beef or chicken stick. It’s just $ 5 for a souvlaki stick that comes with tzatziki and a pita bread.
The restaurant does have a dine-​in area but it’s not too fancy. Not sure I’d come here for dinner. However, I’ve not been disappointed so far I’ve always taken to go. And from what I hear, they do a lot of delivery business too.
The guys behind the counter are super nice and friendly. I was squinting to see the menu because I didn’t have my glasses on. And they were happy to help. I’d totes go back again.

The price is great, the cooking is abobe standard. The only issue is… was that i found sometype of particle in the food which is problematic. However calling seemed to warn the restaurant hopefully resolved the issue. Overall i would recommend except of this situation which arose.

$ 10 for a Gyro and a plate of potatoes. Potatoes were doused in cayenne and Olive Oil and the oil just collected in the bottom of the plate. They were also super salty. Gyro was also nothing special.
I know there are not a lot of Greek options down here in this area., but really you can walk from here to the Danforth where there are lots of better options.

Got the dinner for 4, which was tons of food. Souvlaki was good, and everything was cooked fairly well, but very salty. Salads were lacklustre, a giant pile of shredded romaine with one cherry tomato sliced in half, some cucumber, and a light dusting of feta, I’d be happier with a smaller portion but more Greek-​like Greek salad (peppers, tomatoes, onions, feta).
Unfortunately they forgot our order of hummus, but still paid for it, so check your order before accepting.
All in all it was okay, but nothing remarkable.

Never ordering here again. They changed the fries from an amazing fresh cut fry with a portion that was huge to a brutal frozen version and half the portion for more $$. The guy who answers the phone didn’t tell us there was combos and instead rang in all of the items separately for more money. Over the past couple months the food has gone from consistent and amazing to something I would never order again. The food was cold and also took longer than expected to arrive. Added the bonus… The guy who answers the phone is extremely rude.

I’ve ordered from them about three times now and the results are consistent. Good food delivered on time. I normally only order from here when my Greek loving bf wants something so I don’t have issues with poor feta or tomato quantities. I tend to order wraps without those ingredients. I do recall though that he passed me his cherry tomatoes and yes, there were only two of them.
My review was inspired because I had a break out of hives recently and in addition to ordering something new from here I’d also stated a new med. My doctor didn’t think it was the meds but I did. So when I emailed them asking for a list of ingredients so I could figure it out they got back to me the next day. Great service. We’ll be ordering from them again.

This food is a staple in our house. The ordering process is so simple, smooth, and accurate every time. The our times quoted are always reasonably accurate and the food is comforting and delicious.
Definitely recommend. Can almost guarantee you’ll be calling again.

I moved into the area this year and was stoked to see a convenient Greek spot off of the Danforth… but after giving it multiple chances, I have to tell you this isn’t good food or good value. It isn’t even decent food or value. I feel bad because all of the staff are so friendly and fun, but they’re just so skimpy with everything other than the filler carbs like rice and potatoes which are cheap for them to produce. One cherry tomato and one olive per salad. an order that comes with tzatziki gets one of those teeny take out containers for dressing, the meat is generally dry, mediocre pita, etc. etc. and the bill is higher than their competitors across the river. MEH. disappointed.

Please note that my review is not for the ambience of this restaurant nor the atmosphere. It is just for the single chicken wrap that I had (take out). For 6 dollars you get a chicken wrap with onions, tzatziki, feta cheese, tomatoes and some very tender meat. The portion is just right: it filled me up but not too much. The bread was so flavourful and soft and I was in heaven while eating. It was a complete surprise since I walked into the place looking for a quick lunch and nothing else in the area appealed to me. The service is very good!

We have ordered the dinner for 2 delivered ay least 50 times since this establishment opened and have always had a good experience.
Always arrived hot and the food was fresh. Never had great luck with the baklava dessert, it’s been old, so hard and dry that it was next to impossible to cut. After about the third or forth time, we never ordered desserts with our meal. But the entrees and salads are always a hit.

I love how they call themselves «Souvlaki Express». Talk about false advertising!!!
We ordered food online at 7.25 and were given a delivery time of 8.30. At 8.30 exactly I received a voicemail saying they were «very busy», and we wouldn’t get our food until 9pm. The food didn’t actually show up until 9.25pm — exactly TWO HOURS later.
Called them at 9.15 and all she could say was «Who told you it would be an hour?» and then «Well unfortunately we have been very busy tonight.»
Yeah, except it’s not unfortunate for YOU, is it? Because you’re going to get your money, since you lied to us about your capacity to deliver the meal as promised. It is unfortunate for US, the schmucks that sat here waiting for food until 9.30pm.
As for the food: Naturally, it was cold. And very, very ordinary. The «greek salad» was a bowl of shredded lettuce, with TWO (literally two) cherry tomatoes and an almost imperceptible sprinkling of something that was supposed to be feta, but could have been sawdust. (At It’s All Grk, the new place on Queen West that we WANTED to order from tonight, they give you a whole slab of feta on a Greek salad — the way it is actually served in Greece). A «large“chicken dinner, which cost $ 15 before tax (!!!) was two dried out chicken skewers, tasteless rice, salty soggy potatoes and another bowl of lettuce. Oh my god. I mean I knew Greek food in Toronto is awful, but when it costs this much, and takes two hours to arrive… What the hell?!?

The food quality is pretty decent, and the potion sizes are quite generous. That said, I don’t go here anymore because they took the veggie moussaka off the menu — arguably the best vegetarian choice they had. I was pretty disappointed, also, when they merely said they were «out» each time I called for pick-​up — I had to take the initiative and ask if they were making it anymore. Bring back the veggie moussaka and I’ll change this review to 5 stars ;)

Love love, love this place, I used to live nearby the area so basically every Friday night I would come in and get take out. Its always cooked right and so filling. Def good food to have before going out clubbing. The owner of the store was really nice to me, had little conversations every time I came in.
I never dined inside but saw other customers get served, they seemed pretty happy?
Some of my favorite choices on their menu was the baklava (omg the best) beef burger, chicken burger, few wraps to choose from, nice salad option too and lastly I loved the fries from here. They beat McDonalds fries for me and that’s tough to say. Next time your in the queen east area, check this place out, have a burger with fries and finish with a slice of baklava :)

This review is based solely on take out. As noted in another review, this isn’t a restaurant I’d really want to hang out in. Although this stretch of Queen E is
improving, there is still an old school contingent of regulars here who are a little rough around the edges to put it diplomatically.
On to the food. When this place first opened and we ordered, I wasn’t wowed. BUT we gave them another few chances and I have to say, their food quality has improved. For just over $ 30 including tax and tip, you can get their dinner for two. That’s four sticks of your choice of meat, potatoes, rice, salad, tzatziki, pitas, and two pops. The portions are large enough to split into two meals. The souvlaki is always tender and tasty, and the rice and potatoes, though a little on the greasy side, are both flavorful. My only complaint is their tzatziki should be nominated for most raunchy after taste! No amount of brushing can conquer that garlic!

If I could give this place 10 stars I would! I recommend EVERYTHING on the menu. My fave appetizer is the Hummus and my favourite entrée is the Chicken souvlaki! My mouth is watering as I write this. If you are a vegetarian, my friend who is also a vegetarian LOVED the spanakopita and greek salad! I wish I had 4 hands… so I could give this place 4 thumbs up! lol

Yummy.
I had the veggie pita and the chicken wrap.
Both were delicious but not big enough.
Decently priced, friendly enough staff.
There’s nothing WOW about this place, though.
The environment isn’t one you would want to sit in and have a meal at with a group of friends, but it’s good for take-​out lunch.
There’s not all that many choices in the area so this is a good place when you just want something to bring back with you to work that you know you’ll like.

We have ordered food there twice for office team lunch.
The first time I had the Chicken Gyros on a Pita ($ 5.50). I didn’t like it at all. The chicken was in weird chunks and tasted meh…
The second time I had Chicken Souvlaki on a Stick ($ 3.95) which comes with pita bread and tzatziki. This choice was better, but for my taste the chicken was a bit too lemony. (I guess they were using some kind of marinade with lemon juice.)
If possible, I would like to stay away from this place from now on…