My friend Shannon and I wanted gyros, so we went to Holy Land. They had gyros, and about ten thousand other things, which is cool, but sometimes a menu can get so extensive it just gets ridiculous. They literally had so many options and selections, they had multiple menues all around the place. There was a big menu above the counter, menues to the right of the counter, menues behind you, then other menues if you walk around the corner past the register. Maybe it was all of the menues, but it also took us a few minutes to figure out where to order. The whole place was just overwhelming.
I ordered the Philly Style Gyro sandwich, and I know what you're thinking... that's your fault, and you're right. But the picture looked great, and since I love gyros and phillies, I thought it would be the perfect combo. It was not. Imagine a gyro on a bun instead of a pita, and smothered with cheeze wiz instead of tsatsiki sauce. Ugh. I don't think it was actually cheeze wiz, but it was some kind of weird, unappealing cheese type sauce, which covered the gyro meat, onions, and peppers. Anyway, I didn't care for it.
I also ordered a side of fries, which weren't very good either. They were clearly frozen fries, which is fine, but they were bad frozen fries, that were mostly coating with very little potato.
Shannon got some kind of gyro lunch box, that came with pitas, meat, veggies, and tahini sauce, much to her dismay. Who puts tahini sauce on a gyro? Give tsatsiki! Even worse, it was bad tahini sauce, that was dark brown and incredibly thick. It looked and tasted like mud. She also got fries, but hers were noticeably browner and crustier than mine.
Anyway... that was Holy Land. I realize I should have probably got something more authentic than a philly gyro, but I can't imagine I'll go back any time soon, if ever again.
Sorry.
