Caspian Mediterranean Cafe

Extraordinary! Such amazing kabob at reasonable prices. Service is excellent and dining experience is good. I wish they served beer/​wine. Definitely a favorite spot in town.

I feel like the quality of food here goes up and down. Sometimes it’s great other times it’s not the best. It’s a great place to go if it’s late and no other place is open, but if other restaurants are open, skip out on Caspian’s because the quality is never consistent and you won’t always get what you ordered.

I used to like this place a lot when my only other option was dorm food. But as I and my taste buds mature it just gets crappier and crappier. The burritos really suck. If it americanized-​burritos you’re craving, just walk across the street to Qdoba. I mean they are really bad.

Amidst a sea of crappy student food on 13^th, I thought this was one of the bright spots. The falafel wrap was consistently fresh, hot, and satisfying. I decided to order one of their lamb wraps one day and got one of those meals you wish you could just vomit up and start over. Typically, in a gyro or mediterranean wrap your expect a fair amount of lettuce and cucumber, maybe some tomato, with yogurt sauce and hummus. This thing was filled with pressed lamb product, onions, french fires, and mayonnaise. IT WAS ESSENTIALLY POUTINE IN A BURRITO. French fries in a Mediterranean wrap? Seriously? If you are going to serve this thing, please place it in the menu (or don’t put it on the menu at all) in the appropriate category, «3am garbage food for drunk teenagers» and not under «Mediterranean Wraps.»

My go to spot on 13^th near campus. Only place that is open late on the strip. A good falafel and ask for their special milk tea which is similar to a chai, really good.

burnt inedible home fries. cold lifeless burn pucks. whoever made these didn’t give a ****. the breakfast burrito was good though. everything else… meh.

Caspians has never disappointed me and with their close location to the University of Oregon campus, it’s a very tempting option for a place to eat! I usually order the cheeseburger special, but I decided to try the Chicken Schwarma plate with curried rice. I was more than surprised at how good it was and it was a very large portion. It came with a generous amount of pita bread, hummus, and chicken. It’s not everyday that I get to eat some Mediterranean food, so Caspians is a great place to get an array of food that you want to eat.

It’s great middle eastern food for a college campus. Get the shawarma special with lamb and fries, you won’t be disappointed by the price or the good!

Left something to be desired.
Cashier was very «awkward valley girl» who has been in eugene too long.
Ever get that feeling like you want to smack someone? Just a slightly passive agressive, I don’t want to be working vibe.
Bus your own table, cheap college style here. I like it this way so I don’t get bothered. Yes, I don’t mind grabbing my own silverware and drinks and saving a couple dollars in tips. Especially saving the awkwardness dealing with the «I hate my job» cashier.
Ordered the gyro dinner plate for 7.95, fairly cheap right?
The gyro shows up as 5 «strips» basically this is super shitty frozen gyro meat they just unfreeze on the flat top grill. This shiz was the most frozen processed perfect rectangles I have seen in a while at a «Mediterranean» restaurant that basically serves 1 thing with minor variations.
Comes with 3 pitas halfs that were kind of hard.
The ends of the pitas were soggy sitting next to a salad with balsamic vinegar leaching onto them and when you get to the bottom of the 3, it was a pile of mush.
Side salad was fairly good, had a little tang to it with the vinegar.
Meal could have been greatly improved by putting the salad into a seperate bowl.
Not sure I’ll be back for frozen processed gyro meat I could probably go buy at cash n’ carry. But never the less, I’d say it is a decent campus option if you order a plain gyro or schwarma with fries.

This is the second awful overall experience I’ve had here. The first time, I ordered the fried zucchini and got mushy, frozen, greasy sticks of what seemed to maybe be zucchini inside breading. This time I ordered walnut french toast and got slabs of soggy, completely egg covered, and swimming in syrup pieces of bread covered in chunks of half cooked bacon… really? And their bathroom was destroyed on top of all that. I cannot stand this place or its customers. Stay away.

Amazing Persian barley soup. The place is small and cozy with outdoor eating. Falafel wrap is great. I would recommend coming

I love this food. Whether drunk or sober, the food is so good and there are lots of options. Their breakfast foods are great and anything with tofu is delicious.

Vegans don’t be fooled. They claim to have vegan options but employees are poorly trained on what is vegan. After getting burned by eating the definitely not vegan tahini after I was told it was I tried this place twice more. Each time I requested no tahini. Both times they included it. They’re not getting any more chances from me.

The cheeseburger special here: The. Best. I swear that’s their most popular dish on the menu even though they’re a Mediterranean café. You can pick either a single or a double cheeseburger and it comes with a side of fries and soda. And everything is: So. Cheap.
Most of the week, Caspian is opened until 3 a.m. – perfect «late night food» if you catch my drift, college town. ;)

Skeeter and I had been drinking the night before. When I awoke I felt as though I was coming to in the hospital after a failed suicide attempt with a 12 gauge. My eyes peeled open to an ass cheek protruding from soiled linens. Was I dead? Had that bastard of a god finally decided to punish me for the decades of violent masturbation and binge drinking? Figures, I never liked that piece of shit.
«Skeeter»
“What?!”
“Food“
With that I rolled onto the floor, placed one foot under me and with great strength lifted my decrepit body off the rug. Noticing that I was still wearing my clothes from the night before, the next step was the walk to Caspian.
There is no worse sight then that of a entitled whore in full running gear reminding you that you have a drinking problem. So what if it is 10:30 on a Tuesday. I wanted to grab her, to exhale my evil into her mouth. Have her taste the addiction that plagued me and have her never forget. But I was hungry.
In a moment of self-​reflection, I realized I was going to vomit. With the desperation of a man buried alive in the pioneer cemetery, the indulgence from the evening before clawed for the light. Though I tried with all my might to keep the angulating mass down, a geyser of foul liquid spewed from my mouth and came to rest in a puddle of foamy red at Skeeter’s feet. I wiped the remained of the sick off my beard with my sleeve and pressed on towards Caspian.
Caspian is a lovely establishment of 13^th that serves Greek fusion food. We entered Caspian and were hit with a line of other hungry patrons. This was good because I needed a moment to examine the menu. After staring for what seemed like an eternity it was our time to order, and I had no idea what I wanted. In addition is quickly became clear that I had lost the ability to read, thus I asked the server for a suggestion.
She mouthed something at me, but I refused to acknowledge. I hold her to give me a burger and fries with a Dr. P on the side. I handed her a wad of damp money, told her to keep the change and collapsed in a chair next to the mirror. That is when I noticed that my attempt to wipe away the puke had failed. I looked like a Douglas fir the week after Christmas, still with ornaments on it because my mom was to drunk and depressed to take them down.
My food arrived, I ate, it was great. I gave it 4 out of five stars because it met my expectation. I was satisfied with the meal, but it was not amazing. As for me, I’ll give my morning no stars… I hope that one day I’ll get my shit together!

After a long day in the salt mines of academia, DLW wanted a night off from cooking, so we had a weekday dinner here. She had been for lunch previously, but it was my first time. Not terribly impressed by my visit.
It’s prime real estate on 13^th a block from the UO campus, so they do great business I’m sure. They open early and close late to soak up biz from early risers and partiers alike. They offer breakfast dishes anytime. Mediterranean food is generally quick to prepare, inexpensive and vegetarian-​friendly. All of these pluses don’t add up to a good restaurant, however.
DLW got a lamb shawarma, and was happy with the result, a little classier than the garden variety gyro (or yiro if you prefer), with a Greek salad on the side. I had a daily special of lamb kebab and Persian soup. The portion was rather small, and the meat was rather tough and underseasoned. The soup was bland, also lacking salt, but made better with a dash of hot pepper sauce.
Maybe I just ordered the wrong thing, but nothing else I saw people getting looked like it was good enough to elevate this place beyond three stars. I wouldn’t make this a regular stop.

I love this place because it has good options for pretty much anything your looking for (in the Mediterrain realm of foods).
Its got low priced foods (breakfast pita for $ 3) and they make a big burrito if you’re going for the meat lovers burrito. Tahini is a must. I put it on everything. Even my burritos. I really like how the menu continues to add new fun dishes. Sometimes its hard to know what to order because there are so many options.
Really clean place and good atmosphere. Free Wifi. If you need sauce, just ask and they will help out with it. Really relaxed place, I love coming there to do work. They bring your food to you also. Don’t forget to ask for the tahini, your tastebuds will thank me later.
I would have given a 5, however their coffee sucks. I am a self-​proclaimed coffee snob and I was disappointed that such a great breakfast place would miss out on such an easy win. With that said, breakfast is not their only meal of the day so they do have a lot else to focus on, but when I go in i stop at Roma’s beforehand if I am about to do work.
Prime location, easy to stop by, open late (drunk gyros beat drunk nachos when you carpe noctum) and cool people working here.

Caspian may not look like the cleanest place, but it is my favorite place to eat on campus. Their prices are really fair, great and affordable for college students. I always get either the gyros or shwarma, but I did go ahead and try the burrito once and their lamb scramble as well.
My go-​to item will definitely be the gyros, and I ate a countless amount during my time in Eugene. The lamb meat is thick and juicy, complemented with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and tzatziki sauce. It’s a simple gyros, nothing fantastic, but it gets the job done. I find the caspian gyros better than the gyros cart on campus.
The scramble was very good as well. I’m a big fan of lamb, and the combination of the scrambled eggs with olives, lamb and feta cheese was very interesting.
The burrito itself wasn’t very memorable.
Overall a great place for college students. Affordable prices, and tastes great.

I usually frequent Caspian Mediterranean Café when I am in a rush and want a quick a fairly simple meal to go. Nothing fancy.
It’s a prime spot for University of Oregon students seeing that it’s on the popular stretch of 13^th street just outside of campus grounds.
I am a lover of Greek/​Mediterranean food so Caspian is a nice spot to grab a simple salad for sure.
While the location, quick service, and minimal wait time is a plus, I tend to avoid eating in since I’m not too keen on the indoor odor of the establishment. It’s nothing harsh but it’s usually warm and ventilation is poor, so the various combination of aromas is a bit unpleasant for my taste.
Caspian offers a variety of seating. Indoors you can sit downstairs, which can be a bit crowded, or upstairs. A small patio and bar is also available right beside the entryway which seems to be the most popular place to sit since it is a prime spot for overlooking the rest of 13^th street. Seats outside tend to always be full so be sure to arrive on the early side.
Caspian serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, offering more traditional breakfast and lunch foods such as eggs and toast, sandwiches, and salads, along with more classic Mediterranean dishes such as gyros, shawarmas, falafels, and kabobs.
They have quite a variety to their menu and usually add new items to their menu which can be fun for frequent customers.
I have always ordered their simple chicken salad (shredded chicken breast, lettuce, diced tomato, cucumber, black olives, and feta with a side of vinaigrette dressing and pita bread) For those who appreciate flavor packed salads, this may not be the one for you, the chicken is rather bland and the dressing is extremely light. I tend to use my own dressing since I find their vinaigrette to be too acidic for my taste. I was a little underwhelmed with the accompanying veggies, the tomatoes are never really that ripe or fresh and the cucumbers tend to be a bit watery. Several times I have opened my to go box to find the pita slightly soggy after carrying my salad for a short distance.
The salad is nothing special and decently portioned which is nice seeing that it is rather inexpensive in comparison to some of the other neighboring campus restaurants.
As a result, I put Caspian in my list of last resort restaurants, open at late hours, and has speedy service which works for a quick break in-​between classes or work hours.

My family was in the area and we wanted to eat something different that wasn’t a chain restaurant.
My wife had a vegetarian wrap and she absolutely loved it! My son had a sandwich and he said it was good, but he is 16 years old and everything taste good to him.
I had a gyro and while it was good it wasn’t a mind blowing experience. The meat wasn’t as flavorful as some of the other gyros I’ve had and it seemed like I could’ve used more sauce.
There was good value cause the food was inexpensive and they gave us a decent amount of food.