The Simple Greek - East Providence

Great idea for a restaurant, but with a terrible execution. Basic Greek food lends itself well to a fast-service assembly line style (visit any Greek festival for proof), which is why it's such a shame that the Simple Greek is simply ghastly. The gyro meat is allegedly fresh cut off the rotisseries displayed in the back, but my sandwich was full of cold meat with no crispness at all. The pita itself was cold and borderline stale as it started to crack in the middle. The vegetables in the gyro are way too big so that they fall out of the sandwich and the tzatziki sauce has zero flavor. I can and do make a better gyros at home, so I just don't get how a restaurant screws it up. The hummus is probably some of the worst I've ever tasted in a restaurant. It has a clay-like consistency and an extremely unfresh flavor. They also give you an absurdly small amount of it as a side for the salad, which is probably a good thing all things considered. The dolmades (grape leaves) were also cold making me wonder if they serve anything hot at all. The leaves were undercooked and the meat inside was flavorless. I couldn't even bring myself to order the cold spanakopita (spinach pie) that sits in a plastic case next to the cash register like the cookies do at Subway sandwiches. I can't and wouldn't recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for good Greek food. I'm also very concerned that people who don't know any better might think that this is how Greek food tastes. It doesn't.

We've been here twice nowBoth times the service was polite, yet slow and horribly disorganized.

I was kind of bummed that they don't have gyro with French fries in it The toppings were fresh and thick cut.

Great idea for a restaurant, but with a terrible direction. basic Greek cuisine gives itself well to a fast service line style (every Greek festival for the proverb), which is why it is such a shame that the simple Greek simply ghast. the Gyro meat is supposedly freshly cut the redisseries appear on the back, but my sandwich was full of cold meat without cripple at all. the pita itself was cold and borderline when she cracked in the middle. the sweet in the gyroscope are much too big so they fall out of the sandwich and the tzatziki sauce has zero taste. I can and make a better circle home, so I don't understand how a restaurant it messes up. The...read more

Really, really great to-go Greek spot.