Spiros

Literally best Greek salad dressing and very good Greek salad with grilled chicken… if you can get past the grouchy owner (I’m guessing she is the owner because she is always sitting in there) dropping the f-​bomb or GD. Not classy. And I think it literally hurts her to smile. Place seems dirty to me, but lucky for them you can’t get that dressing anywhere else so we try to make it here 1 – 2 times a year.
Kinda a fan.

Seriously. I could have made the same pre-​packaged smoked turkey, bacon, cheese, mayo, iceberg lettuce and Pepperidge Farm sliced bread at home and paid way less than this place charged, for the same exact product. I wish I could open a restaurant and serve no-​bake, no-​cook junk that can be bought at the local Kroger and make a profit. The effort here equals zero.

This place is just so gross. Came for a work lunch and have never been so repulsed by a tuna salad sandwich. Way too sweet and sloppy. Their side salad is a joke — iceberg lettuce and a couple pieces of onion and a tomato. Mind you it was line $ 4. I barely touched it. Everyone else liked their gyros but my gyro eating days are over. Came back for brunch months later (not my suggestion tried to change to another place) had some eggs, bacon, and juice. $ 2 for the tiniest glass of juice. Just overpriced for such basics and nothing remotely creative on their menu. Their omelettes are massive thought and come with a ton of sides. Their bar is really pathetic. I’ve been to houses with better home built basement bars than the one here. Just not my cup of tea. At all.

Nice hometown diner kind of place with a bar on one side and restaurant on the other. Very friendly staff, excellent service. I had a very nice large Greek salad with Gyro meat on top, and my spouse had a burger. Both were excellent. Note that the burgers are ¹⁄₃ pound after cooking, so don’t order one if you’re not hungry and/​or prepared to take home leftovers. Fries served with the burger were also very nicely done. Located off the beaten path in a strip mall on the corner of W 5^th and McKinley, but very convenient to several apartment/​condo complexes in the area and the OSBA offices.

this is a very nice, quiet restaurant that serves great food at a reasonable price. Breakfasts are the best, but lunch is good too. Big portions and although frequented by the elderly, food is not bland, actually very tasty. The Greek specialties are the best, recommend sticking with them. Very nice restaurant indeed!

Boring atmosphere, polite wait staff, and average-​at-​best food combine to make a forgettable dining experience. I had the Greek burger which consisted of a large beef patty with olives, lettuce, tomatoes, and feta cheese (tzatziki sauce on the side at my request.) Had I not added the sauce I would have been very disappointed instead of only slightly disappointed. The hamburger had very little flavor. My co-​worker had the roast beef and mashed potatoes slathered in gravy. He said it was good, but I think he was just being polite since we were there on someone else’s dime.

I love this place but they close early all the time and it’s really irritating when it says 9 and I go at 730 and they’re closed so angry my craving could not be met

Spiros is an excellent place to get breakfast. Though I haven’t eaten there at any other time, if the food is half as good as the breakfast sandwich you can’t go wrong. I could not be more pleased with the service either. Will be back soon!

The owner and the waitress are very friendly. They are very helpful with what to order on the menu. I ordered a gyro which was just average. My wife ordered the greek salad which she liked quite a bit. Would definitely come back, however the overall experience was just average.

I’m struggling to write a truly honest review, because I patronize Spiros enough to know faces and names and have come to know the owner from going there. I want to be fair to them, but also to the readers, so I will try to be honest and objective.
The restaurant moved into this building about 6 years ago from a location off Traebue Road, bringing many of their regular customers with them. There are a lot of odd things about the place: it’s general location off busy route 33; its mixed breakfast/​lunch/​dinner Greek– American menu; and its «non-​ambiance».
I never really warmed up to the «antiseptic» atmosphere, but I have always enjoyed my experiences here for some reason, probably because of the people we were with and also, because the food is pretty good. The big screen TVs are new and the staff has always been accommodating. So far, nothing extraordinary to speak of.
The menu consists of traditional Greek dishes mixed in with some American bar food. The owner’s Greek husband is the chef, so the Greek specialties — espeically the Pastitsia and gyros– are my recommendations. The atmosphere is a lot cleaner than it used to be when it was Riverside Café, but I almost prefer the old, gritty pool hall with the ancient jukebox. There was, at least, some character.
The patio is enough to gets you outdoors– if you don’t mind the smell of exhaust and noise from the traffic along route 33, but we still sit outside for some reason!
I must admit, I am strangely endeared to Saturday nights here, which bring about a rowdy karaōke night to which people of all ages flock. The Karaōke master is a 50-​something year-​old man who wears garish Hawaiian shirts, but has a tremendous voice. He does most of the legitimate singing and has been spinning tunes at Spiros for a very long time. It’s just weird and fun.
I guess it’s hard to sum this place up. Some people like it. Some don’t. I have to be in the mood for Greek food to come here, but when I do, I have usually had fun and enjoy my meal.

First timer here! I heard rumors that the aged frequent, but also that the food is a cozy mix of Greek and American home-​cooking. Both were proven to be true. Fortunately though, the restaurant is split in two: a cafeteria-​like side and the florescent lit bar/​restaurant side. The later is where my friend an I choose to sit… obviously.
Spiro’s is interesting. There are a handful of tv’s broadcasting the popular sporting event of the night, but there was no music. I’m grateful that my conversation was pretty in depth. I would not recommend Spiro’s for a first date.
Kate was our server on Thursday night. She’s actually a friend of mine, but I’m not going to complement her for that reason. But she is very attentive and detailed with her specials and menu descriptions. Good at recommendations too!
I’ve read the the hummus is the best in the city, sorry, but I disagree. It was good, yes, but not the best. It’s a roasted red pepper hummus, which makes it unique to other Greek restaurants, but I will always rank Jimmy’s V’s #1 in my book.

I actually like this bar. The crowd isn’t typical for my age bracket but I appreciate this location as a nice break from the i-can-see-your-lips-moving-but-can’t-hear-what-you’re-saying type of bar. You can ACTUALLY carry on a nice conversation here! The crowd is a mix of the who’s who of Upper Arlington and of people who just stumbled upon it. The patrons are always friendly and up for a chat, the staff is well trained and pleasant. A nice place if you want to catch up with an old friend or if your parents are in town and you want to take them to a nice, classy (ish) meal without having to pull out your 401K.
As a bonus, they have karaōke on Saturday nights and while still obnoxious as every karaōke night should be, it is much, much more toned down than say the karaōke night at Mickey’s on Fifth.

This place is… weird. I’ve never eaten anywhere with such a complete and utter absence of atmosphere/​ambience. We sat in the dining room, and were the youngest people there by about twenty years. It was pretty busy for 6.30 on a Friday but there were absolutely no young people/​families at all, just a roomful of Seniors quietly muttering into their food, and shuffling around. There were no tvs, just a terrible 80s soundtrack featuring, among others, Elton John, the Beach Boys, Crowded House, The Bangles etc. This was punctuated by the loud and obtrusive «DING DING DING!!» of the bell in the kitchen when orders were ready. I can’t really explain it, but it was all so so strange. And the décor was beyond boring. Anyway, the food.
They serve really nice pita bread but there are no complementary dips/​spreads. My Greek salad was big, fresh and filling, and the dressing was nicely tart and tangy. His chicken lemon soup was decent — nice big chunks of dark and white meat, subtle lemony flavor, but the orzo thingies were really mushy. The entrees were disappointing. The meat in my gyro was bland and not authentically Greek in any way. The fries were from a bag. The coleslaw was so thin and watery it was like it had been pureed. He ordered the Greek Style Grouper with a side of green beans. The fish was decent but VERY greasy, and for $ 17 it should have been plated much more attractively.
It was seriously below average. And to add insult to injury, it was $ 35 after tip and tax! Imo, save your moneys, and go to the Big Fat Greek down the road.

Ah, Spiro’s. Does anyone else remember when Spiro’s was a little hole in the wall in San Margherita before it was a hole in the wall on Riverside Dr? The old place had more character, and more characters in it, but the food has remained every bit as good. I really like their gyros and fries and the hummus here is not bad either. Prices are reasonable. I have never had their «real» food but the bar food is great, the service is brisk and friendly and the beer is cold. This makes for an awesome place in my book!

Just ate at Spiros for lunch today… What a treat!
The atmosphere is excellent and the food is superb. I had the chicken gyro and it was superb. Not only that, but there was rice pudding for desert. Simple food, prepared quickly, and served by friendly staff. Very reasonable prices.