Gyro 2 Go

Went to NYC recently and the best thing we ate was Halal Guys. Came home and tried to find something similar… There are other places with similar food but this was the only place with a dish that looked close to what we had on our trip. Chicken over rice, with white sauce, optional spicy red sauce, AND LETTUCE. That was key. Surprisingly was very good… Enough to satisfy my Halal Guys craving until I can visit NYC again. Will definitely be back!

Very tasty food! They serve Basmati (I think that’s how you spell it) rice which is healthy rice and they top it with large amount of whatever you ordered. At the farmers market I think I like this food truck a lot more than the others.

Of all the long standing food vendors at the farmer’s markets, Gyro 2 Go is the best! It’s evident in the extremely long line to order, the longest of any food vendor at the markets. I love their halal gyro with rice, which comes with lettuce (a little side salad), white yogurt sauce, and sriracha. The meat is very tender and flavorful and goes really well with the basmati rice. It’s very filling, but if you are craving something a little smaller, you can order the same dish in sandwich form. And by sandwich, I mean the same ingredients wrapped in a delicious warmed pita bread. It’s really great for lunch! You can also choose tandoori chicken meat instead of gyro meat. I’ve been ordering lunch from this vendor for years and have not been disappointed.
I’ve seen Gyro 2 Go at the Wednesday farmer’s market at Cesar Chavez Plaza, the Thursday Capitol Mall farmer’s market, and Fridays at Concert in the Park. When it’s lunchtime, the lines are usually the longest at Gyro 2 Go, which says something good about their food. The only slightly negative part is having to wait in a long line to order on a hot summer day. Although once you order, the food is ready pretty quickly.
This year, the price of the gyro or chicken with rice is $ 7.75 and comes with a soda or water. The price of the sandwich is $ 7. The price keeps going up each year, but I still want my gyro from Gyro 2 Go as it is the best!
And on a side note, the workers there are not shabby on the eyes.

This place is amazing! I actually found it at the farmers market and the people were so friendly! They posed for a quick picture when they realized that I was taking a picture!
I spent two years in NYC so and have not seen anything like this sense I left! A gyro is the perfect item to put onto a food truck and everything was so hot and fresh! I will be back whenever I see them around!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this place! I wish that i could find it everywhere but, yes, i have to wait until the Farmer’s market comes around to get my fix. Tried to find the one at CSUS, but got lost! LOL! I have been eating their chicken sandwich for years and can’t seem to stray away from it. There is something different about these compared to a Greek gyro that you would get anywhere else. It’s kind of a tandoori spice with the cucumber flavor in the white sauce and the soft pita. OH! how i love. I went to New York about a year ago, had one on the streets, and this is the closest you can get to one of those so if you’re at the Fremont or Cesar Chavez Farmer’s markets, get one! You won’t be disapointed.

Great spicy gyro short on meat

This is for the CSUS location: $ 7 gets you a soda and falafel over rice with a small salad. Pretty decent tasting and good size. My new favorite place to eat on campus!

Found this place in Fremont Park during the Tuesday farmer’s market. The guys working this tiny food cart were awesome and you can’t beat the price. Plus you get a free drink!
There wasn’t a lot to the gyro, but it wasn’t bad. Would be better if it had some onions and a tastier tzatziki sauce, but I might try this place again some time.

I haven’t been to their little food cart, but I have had their food from the CSUS campus location.
All I can say is, this is what I get for my lunch everyday that I am at school! Chicken over rice, spicy, with Mountain Dew. I did try the lamb once, but that was the last time I would ever have it. It was too salty for me. Too bad they don’t have the beef here. :(
Great value because it comes to $ 6.50 even. There are many other places on campus but they aren’t as healthy or just don’t fill me up!

It’s the last gyro of the year-​o!
OK, I stole that from the guy in line next to me. But this is serious stuff, people. The Cesar Chavez Plaza farmers’ market is closing for the year, and taking my dear Gyro 2 Go with it.
I have a confession to make. I don’t know what good Mediterranean food is. I know what terrible Mediterranean food is, but distinguishing «good» from «passable» is really hard for me. Is it so bad that «passable» is still incredibly delicious to me? Can I help it that I am not totally high maintenance in every aspect of my life?
My gyro-​judging abilities are beyond how dedicated I am to Gyro 2 Go. And, apparently, I am not alone. Although it was a seasonably breezy day, people came out early today to get their gyro-​y goodness, including myself. You can tell these people are regulars because they know the protocol: step up to the window, order from the guy nearest the window (which is a tough contest, as all 3 – 4 guys crammed in there are pretty damn close,) hand over your cash, grab a drink from one of the coolers (water to the right, soda to the left) and stand aside, making sure not to crowd the neighboring vendors.
There are two basic options at Gyro 2 Go: the «sandwich» ($ 5) or «over rice» ($ 6.) You can get gyro, chicken, or falafel in either of these forms; all items come with a free canned soda or bottled water. The sandwich is basically a pita with onion, lettuce, tomato, and yogurt sauce. «Over rice» is the same vegetables served more like a salad on one side with the protein on the other, all on a bed of seasoned basmati. If you get it «spicy» they drizzle sriracha on the whole thing. By the time I get back to the office, it’s a withered horrible mess – a delicious, withered, horrible mess that I have been scarfing down nearly every Wednesday for the past three months.
I’m sure there are other places the Gyro guys will set up shop and efficiently dole out their delectable sodium-​laden goodies, but none so close to the office. Thus the season changes to make way for equally fattening fare. See you in May, Gyro 2 Go!

Very fresh, tasty food with great service!

Seen the Gyro trailer many times when running at McKinley or riding my bike past. Decided to walk over after a long ride today and try the gyro.
Was not disappointed, as I took a seat on a bench in the shade near the pond and wolfed it down in less than 5 minutes. For $ 5 including a can of soda, this is a deal!

I pass this place every day as I live nearby. I finally stopped in for lunch and got a huge gyro sandwich with halal gyro meat (lamb and beef with spices), tomatoes, lettuce, white sauce and sriracha. The sandwich and a can of cold pop cost me exactly $ 5 and it was completely worth it. The guy working heated the pita and the meat up on a griddle and then assembled the whole works and wrapped it up like a Chipotle burrito (and it was almost as big). He also had various chicken and falafal options and you could get it all over seasoned rice instead of in a pita. The gyro I got was really tasty. Hot, spicy meat, crunchy veg and cool white sauce, all wrapped up in a toasted pita: pretty hard to beat.
I find it mildly ironic that there’s never a line at this place which serves delicious and relatively healthy fare every day in a cool setting (McKinley Park, to the right of the library) yet people waited in line for hours to eat at the food trucks at SactoMofo. SUPPORT LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS. This place totally deserves your business.