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Daphne's
Greek To Go 5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego, CA
(619)
286-0097
Daphne's makes a real effort at serving up good, restaurant quality food
in a food court. I haven't been to all of the restaurants, so I don't
know if some are free standing buildings or not. Their prices are
good for the quality of food and they make some interesting stuff like Fire
Feta dip, feta cheese with some cayenne (I think) and other seasonings to
make it good and spicy. Besides the Fire Feta they have everything
else you'd want: Souvlakia, Gyros, Combination
Plates, etc. Free drink refills are a plus.
Greek
Island
Mykanos
2222 Michelson Dr #210, Irvine,
CA 92612
- 949.852.1883 - cross street is Bixby
Located in a food court with several other types of cuisine, Greek
Island Mykanos serves Greek food (including the obligatory American Gyro) and
non-traditional Greek food like Falafel. Decent prices for Orange
County California and the quality of food. Their Greek salad with
chicken breast, for example, is a whole white meat chicken breast trimmed
of all the fat and then flame broiled with feta, olives, lettuce, onion, etc.
Their tzatziki is a bit runny and their food
often prepared in a non-traditional manner but with a nice result.
The combination plates are served with rice and a couscous-like side dish,
showing the wider range of Mediterranean food available at Greek Island Mykanos.
Gyro King
488 Birch Street #E, Newport Beach, CA
92660 - 949.752.4976 - cross
street is Von Karmen
Located in a large dull building dedicated to a huge food court with all
types of food (from Chinese, Mexican, burgers to Cajun) Gyro King is a fast
stop for a great Gyro with French fries and a soda. The price is
right (sorry can't remember specifically) and you can ask for free soda
refills. I haven't tried anything else because I always end up
getting the American Gyro (as opposed to the traditional pork or chicken
Gyro served in Greece,
I'm referring to the meat/lamb Gyro found here in the US).
Greek
Islands
Cuisine
2540 Main Street,
Suite M, Irvine, CA 92614
- 949.474.1976 - cross street is Von Karmen
My expectations, when trying a new Greek fast food place, are set a
little lower than when I try a Greek restaurant with its own
building. My reasoning is that with such a small place, how much food
can you actually store/prepare/cook etc. Greek Islands Cuisine was a
pleasant surprise. They don't have a huge diversity of food, but what
they do prepare is excellent. Their basic foods are: the gyro,
chicken "cotopolo", souvlakia,
keftedes, domades, moussaka, spanakopita and paidakia "lamb chop". The souvlakia can be beef, chicken, lamb or shrimp.
Greek Islands Cuisine has taken this basic set of food, added as a side either french fries or rice and a greek salad or hummus & taboule
with pita, and put it into every possible combination to create
their menu. The key point here, however, is that everything is fresh
and very well prepared. Besides fresh food, the portions are more
than adequte and you'll leave happy. I had
a huge American Gyro with a side Greek salad, (lettuce, feta, olives, tomates and a peppercini) and
a large drink for under 5 dollars. Their
baklava is .93 cents bringing it, after tax, to 1 dollar even - smart
pricing. Their Gyro plate with rice or fries and a salad is
$4.75. Their most expensive dish is the lamb chop, served with rice,
hummus and taboule for $6.95. You can get
two souvlakia of beef, chicken or lamb with rice
and a salad for $4.35 or with rice, hummus & taboule
for $5.75. They have combination keftedes
& chicken cotopolo plate with rice and salad
for $4.35 or with hummus & taboule for
5.35. My only complaint is that there isn't enough parking. The
food court Greek Islands Cuisine is lcoated in is
in a strip center (Main Plaza)
off Main Street that
becomes a zoo around lunch time. Schedule your lunch so that you are
there in an off hour. Street access is difficult, there is a center
divider that limits your entry and exit to right turns while heading south
on main. PS - don't trust the directions you get from any online
source, for some reason their address comes back as being off Skypark - it isn't. The restaurant is lcoated between Von Karmen
and Jamboree.
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