Cafe Flamingo Internationale

I wanted to like this place. I really did. But the food was very average or below. The owner Alex was extremely hospitable as many people have stated. But my Greek salad with lamb was a travesty. It was basically a few little morsels of lamb dropped on top of some greens that look like they came from a box and some Kalamata olives and a few pieces of feta and a little drizzle of dressing and cost ten dollars. It really was not tasty. My dining companion had a gyro sandwich, And he liked it, but admitted there were at least two other places in town that made better gyros. We will not be back when we can have excellent middle eastern food at similar prices at other places in town. We may come in on the weekend where we can experience the live music and belly dancing, but wll likely eat elsewhere.

I am from a town with a large Greek population. Therefore I have had many a good gyros. I went to the interestingly named café flamingo international the other day and payed 7 bucks for a flimsy pita with two or three slices of meat. In my town you can get a gyro literally twice the size as here, with fries and a drink for a few dollars less than the cost of just this sandwich.
That’s all I’ll be having here.
I love falafel too, but when I asked about it the lady working she told me that they were prefried and that they just put it into a pita. It was 8 30 at the time and completely empty so who knows how old it was. A good falafel has to be freshly cooked in my opinion.
One star cause I have to, and one for the character of the place and trying to be different.

New to town and saw an ad in The Advocate. As a vegetarian, I really appreciate the many choices! The owner, Alex?, made me feel like a superstar on my lunch break the other day. He too hooked me up with a coupon, extra hummus and a lot of attention!
Décor is original and I’ve listened to some excellent piano there.

Excellent food and extraordinarily friendly service! Good ethnic food is hard to come by in this town. I am looking forward to visiting this place often and taking the kids!

The vegetarian food was great and the owner was super welcoming. Treated us like valued guests! We will be back for sure.

Extremely tasty place to grab a gyro and a pomegranate iced tea. The owner has a great story as to how he came to open this fabulous place

This place and its menu and presentation need work, but we’ll give it a try sometime again to see if he’s worked out the kinks. I believe we landed there the first day they had their soft opening and the food was mediocre. Have to say the okra stew was pretty bland and awful. That dish needs lots and lots of attention. The tzatziki sauce needs to be pepped up, too, but we won’t levy too much criticism until we go back again and try other things. The owner was enthusiastic and friendly, that’s for sure, and he was very welcoming, which will bring us back for another try. Nice to have another Mediterranean/​Middle Eastern place in town. Sounds like they have good ideas, they just need to execute them better.

Visiting from out of town, and I hopped in here for a chicken shawarma sandwich… Which was totally solid, and gone in like under 3 minutes: Fresh, soft, warm pita, chicken was juicy and tasty, veggies fresh and well-​proportioned, and a bit of zippy sauce holding it together. And then, a friendly dude behind the counter. I’ll highly vouch for them!

I had been eagerly awaiting the opening of this restaurant since I like foods from all over the world. I had the special advertised on the door of an Indian «style» Tandoori pita platter with salad, chips, and soft drink. It was good.

After hearing my coworkers rave about this place opening I decided I’d try it out for lunch. They gave me a coupon that they’d received for a couple dollars off of a platter, so I decided to give this place a shot. The owner was incredibly friendly, shook my hand, and walked me through the menu, explaining what each item was and even offering a sample of his [great] sweet tea!
I ended up ordering a gyro platter (came with salad, chips, and a soft drink — I chose the sweet tea), but when I pulled out my card the owner told me that they only took cash and that I could just pay tomorrow when I had some cash on me. Even better, he gave me back my coupon and told me to «keep using the coupon until it wears out… then I’ll give you another one».This guy is awesome.
Anyway, the gyro was great, and I’ve never had better customer service. I’ll be back tomorrow to pay him back and order a few things so that my girlfriend can try this guy’s food… it’s that good. Moral of the story: the owner is cool, the food is good, and they just opened. You have no excuse not to eat here.