Plaka

The gyros are very delicious with fresh vegetables and the tziz. Sauce that is hard to beat. The service of the folks are very efficient and friendly.
Have to go back again sometime in the future.

Amazing food and fantastic service! The owner was very friendly and made great recommendations. Try the gyro and kebabs on a stick. Would return and recommend!

Hands down BEST beef in bay ridge! All the meat here is so delicious and clean tasting! I have been eating the gyros here for years but just recently starting getting the (steak) beef, as apposed to the chicken, and my taste buds were delighted! Also the feta fries or lemon potatoes, as a side are a must!
5 stars!

Love this place, easily the best gyro in Brooklyn been going here for years and they never disappoint, fries are abit small but the gyros are what u go there for if u haven’t been here yet u must go now

I’ve been coming here for years and they have yet to disappoint me. Their gyros are amazing and filling. Their tzatziki sauce is one of the best I’ve ever had. It’s a small spot, but boy do they make great food. LOVE U PLAKA

The horiatiki salad was a bit more action-​packed than usual, with anchovies and grape leaves, although the tomatoes weren’t notable enough to make this a first-​rate salad. The gyro was a strong point, with actual lamb flavor instead of just a generic meat feeling. The service was quick and friendly.

The place has been here for as long as I remember so I figured it must be OK. I entered and saw it was kind of dingy. That does not necessarily deter me. The gyro sandwich was unimpressive, the meat tasted stale, the lettuce was iceberg and the tomatoes were supermarket pink and were completely without taste. Service was fast and adequate.

Warm friendly gracious service. You immediately feel welcome. The food is generous, delicious, and satisfying. Whenever I visit Bay Ridge, I will enjoy a meal here with my family. Great experience.

That soup they have is the best soup around their spinach pie & cheese pie fantastic, roast chicken, gyros, shish kebabs pork, beef or chicken shish kebabs, French fries, BBQ pork chops, lamb chops
But remember
CASH OLNY
NO CREDIT CARDS

Amazing gyros, been going here for gyros for years. Probably the best in bay ridge, great little place, & quite for lunch or dinner.

Great Greek food, quick delivery, always lovely people. When you don’t feel like cooking, give them a call.

I was just recently initiated into this place by friends who are serial shoppers (4 – 5 hours at Century?!). I’ve passed by this place so many times while in the neighborhood. I’m sure you have too, stop in. The ladies that own or work here are nice in a way. The food is no frills and I like it that way. I’d say your best shopping re-​energizer is to get the chicken kebab platter with salad. If you’re a vegetarian have the spanakopita with salad side. The pita comes out nice and warm. Remember to hydrate or you’ll pass out in the fitting rooms. I’ve returned since that first visit and introduced Plaka to another friend who shops in the area. There are 4 and 2 seaters. Not a whole ton of room but enough to put all your Century/​GAP/​TJMaxx bags.

The inside and outside appearance are not that appealing however the food is amazing here! The Greek salads and white dressing, gyros and kababs are delicious! Always busy! And pretty fast

Great food. REALLY great. Only giving a three because I don’t dine out much and feel when I come here I get nickel and dimed. My last visit the waitress ohhed and ahhed about fries with feta cheese. It came and there were a few crumbles — you could hardly tell. If I want extra sauce it’s a charge. That just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Love their food… Ive been coming here for about 7 yrs. friendly staff. Love the white sauce wish they sold it by the bottle so I can bring it home w/​me.

I’ve always loved coming to Plaka. This is a small Greek Resturant but has some great traditional dishes on the menu. Always a favorite is the gyro or chicken kebob platter w/​extra crispy Fries and don’t forget extra extra homage Taziki. The cold antipasto w pita has a nice touch to sample. Always a pleasure to see the same hostess as she’s has one the best attitudes (very fun, attentive, personable). As for the Resturant itself. It’s an old classic place but could possibly use a little pick me up so it doesn’t look old but instead rustic. I will still visit as long as it’s family owned.

My bf and I finally decided to try this place out since we have past it a million times. The place was a bit small but cozy at the same time. Our waitress was okay, she was friendly but a little bit pushy at the same time. The food itself was not the best. The beans seemed like they were over salted canned beans and they gyro was not the best at all. Their white sauce and hot pita bread was good but the best was the chicken everything else you can pass on. I prob wont be coming back here again.

Go here whenever I shop at Century 21 with my wife and kids. Food is always fresh and the waitress is always attentive. Not expensive at all. Dammit!!! In the mood for a chicken and pork gyro platter right now…

Plaka looks like a dump from the outside, and it’s not much better inside BUT this was my go-​to Greek restaurant when I was living in Bay Ridge.
The beef and chicken gyro platters are great. The meats are always grilled perfectly. I’ve only had the beef and chicken gyro platters (numerous times) so I can’t comment on anything else. If you stick with the platters I think you will be satisfied.

On 86^th Street, you can walk by the trappings of McDonald’s and Burger King (Ugh– as a kid growing up here I remember when chain stores were forbidden by the Merchant Association, now there are McDonald’s bags littering the gutters) and you will stumble upon the unassuming Plaka restaurant. As a kid my dad used to treat us to gyros sometimes from there– and I still remember what a treat it was. Now I am more likely to go and sit down. It’s unassuming, filled with Greeks (always a good sign) and a no-​frills place to get great Greek food.
I have read the other reviews here and honestly– if you’re looking for fancy linens and high-​maintenance atmosphere, you will have to find someplace else. The sodas come in cans, they’re not offering you a $ 100 bottle of wine. Plaka hasn’t changed its interior since– I don’t know when, it’s always been the same.
So don’t come for the look of it. Come for the food: genuine Greek, prepared excellently– it is tasty and cheap. The waitress– the same every time– is funny and brassy, attentive and on top of her game, without suffocating you.
The Plaka is a hidden gem: people who have grown up here are always amazed when I recommend it, and they love it. It is unassuming, good food. These negative reviewers have it wrong: the place has been here 30+ years, it has survived a complete shift in the neighborhood. Clearly it is doing something right.
Definitely give the Plaka a try.

Came here because I was yearning for some Greek food, and was heavily disappointed.
The interior is cramped and the «staff» isn’t very attentive.
I had the grilled octopus (yes, I know, I had high hopes), the hummus wrap, and a gyro. Needless to say, the octopus dish was a huge disappointment, a few pieces scattered with some oil dip; «yum». The wrap looked like the cook just threw three spatulas worth of hummus on it, no effort present. The gyro was the best order, not that there was a medium standard present.
Not coming back here. Disappointing food quality for the price.

Plaka is as many a Unilocaler has denoted already, a typical neighborhood hole in the wall type of restaurant and this particular one focuses on Greek cuisine. It’s been located here for more years than I can remember, and while it does offer the visitor a sit down space, this is extremely limited.
I have not «sat down» and dined at Plaka for years and the last time I did this I only ordered gyro platters which really are my favorite from this place. They have changed a little bit and while some have noted that they felt the meat on their sandwich was a little dry, I think that depending on what time of the day you go this could be the case. Otherwise the gyro is a treat of treats from this location and a decently loaded one at that. Since I need to travel many blocks if I order a take out, I ask for the taziki sauce to be packaged seperately. This lets me not have a sopping wet dinner when I get home.
The grape leaves and spanokopita are great as well and each of these three items are very reasonably priced. French fries if you need them as ok at best and a little pricy so I recommend taking a pass. I did have the fresh octopus salad at one sitting, but it was too long ago to remember more than «I liked it». I cannot rave more or less based on the passage of time.
If you need a quick gyro fix or some hummus, grape leaves and spanokopita then this is the place to try it. If you want burgers and fries I say walk over to the Bridgeview Diner only a few short blocks away. They also have a couple of Greek beers on hand if you want to be exotic while you eat.