Teraza’s Not Just Gyros

Seriously?
My husband ordered a gyro, which arrived DRENCHED in sauce/​grease. He had to eat the guts with a fork, as the pita was already a soggy mess by the time he unwrapped it. There was no way that the gyro could be picked up and eaten by hand, unless your clothes were already a mess.
The gyro meat itself was limp and greasy. I was able to watch his order being assembled from my seat. The gyro meat was not freshly cut off a rotating spit — instead, it was removed from a bin and microwaved somewhere in the back. This is disappointing… even the gyro guys on the streets in Fort Collins manage to slice it to order! I did see a spit of gyro meat in the front area, but none of the workers went near it while we were in the restaurant.
I ordered the gyro salad with chicken, hummus on the side. The salad greens were limp, and consisted of romaine cut very small (1 cm wide) and very large spinach leaves. This awkward combination was dressed in a ridiculous amount of oily balsamic vinaigrette, and as a whole, it was tough to eat with the provided small plastic forks. Also on the salad were a few bell pepper strips and tomato quarters, along with feta crumbles. No gripes with those, but the cup of hummus was very bitter, cold, and thick, almost as though it was a commercial product straight from the fridge.
My real gripe is the «chicken» I was served. While we were waiting for the food, I observed one of the workers taking SOMETHING from yet another bin and going to the back. A minute later, there was a dinging noise, like a microwave timer going off, and the substance was brought back to the front and put next to my salad. What I was served was a stack of six beige, precisely uniform «chicken» slices that smelled like saltwater. This may have been chicken once, but it was something more like incredibly cheap, processed «chicken roll» product. Cheap deli meat would have been an improvement. This was spongy, salty, and completely inedible. I couldn’t eat more than a few bites. Nowhere did I see anything that resembled freshly cooked real chicken.
An incredibly disappointing experience, and we won’t be back.

A couple of co-​workers took me here one day, good greek gyros. I will need to go back again and try some more.

I’m always wary when a restaurant self-​claims they have «the best» of something on their menu. Many of us take pride in the products and services we offer to the community and we’d like to think we’re the best at something. But more often than not — it’s just a marketing gimmick and not really the truth. The signs in restaurant windows advertising these claims are pretty comical. The Husband and I were talking about it last night and he said it reminded him of a scene in Elf where Buddy The Elf walks in to a coffee shop in New York City, congratulating them with Elf-​like exuberance on serving the best coffee in the world (I love this movie!).
Terazas Not Just Gyros in Loveland is a quirky small deli-​like gyro shop on the corner of 4^th Street. With art adorned walls, funky fun colors, and unique seating arrangements with a few tables placed directly in window displays, it’s a nifty place to grab a quick lunch or dinner. However, don’t believe the claims of them having «the best gyros» as advertised on all of their signs and window displays.
My first visit to Not Just Gyros was on the night of the Liquid Arts Festival and the Snow Sculpture In The Dark Festival. We had an absolutely fabulous night tasting all of the craft spirits there and walking around watching the sculptures come to life in the middle of the night. We needed something quick to eat before we headed home to Fort Collins. Not Just Gyros was in the right spot at the right time for us.
It seemed as though we weren’t the only ones craving some meaty sustenance, because after we ordered, there was a line out the door. They ran out of gyro meat before we placed our order, and as a result, people started walking out.
In our group of four, some of us had chicken gyros and others had falafel gyros. They are comprised of pre-​sliced and packaged gyro meats, not freshly cut from a rotating spit. It’s very similar to the quality of gyro you’d find at the gyro cart on the corner of Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins. A decent flavor that will do in a pinch, but certainly not «best of» worthy.
The most disappointing dish was the falafel gyro. While it was filled to the brim with slices of vegetables like cucumber, tomato, and orange bell pepper, the falafel was mushy. So mushy, in fact, that it didn’t have any kind of solid consistency. It crumbled to bits upon each bite. I thought it was a mistake during a busy night, so I knew to try this again on my next visit. Overall, our dinner there was good enough.
I know there aren’t very many exciting dining options in Loveland, but that’s all beginning to change. Loveland is in the very first stages of a restaurant revolution. Terazas Not Just Gyros claims they have «the best» gyros in the city, and this may have been true in the past, but it’s not going to stay that way for long. If you’re OK with a retro-​artsy laid-​back atmosphere with mediocre gyro’s — Terazas Not Just Gyros might appeal to you. Just don’t order the falafel. That’s not the best of anything.

I love their chicken salad pita. It comes with fresh lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. They serve olives and pickles on the side. Perfect sweet yet vinegary combo. Pita is huge, comes with a bag of chips all for around $ 7. I would recommend to anyone that likes chicken salad.

After moving to Northern Colorado I have been a bit disappointed with the turnout of good Greek restaurants or Mediterranean restaurants in the area. There is one that I find exceptional in Fort Collins and not including the chains which to my experience sometimes tasted better than the independently owned places and that is very sad.
That brings me to Teraza’s. I am always on the lookout for a good gyro so I jumped at the chance to go try this place in Loveland. Technically I am giving Teraza’s three and a half stars. They are heading in the right direction with making a good gyro. Their veggies that accompany with the sandwich are good and fresh and the meat of the gyro is good and tasty. My only complaint is that it seemed moderately spiced to what I usually scrutinize as a good gyro but as I have said already, Teraza’s is indeed heading in the right direction.

Small portions, bad tzatzika (basically sour cream), expensive and unimaginative.
My friends and I were passing through town and stopped at this place. I ordered the chicken salad, which was served with a pickle. It was $ 8 + tax for counter service. The menu said it came with pita, which they forgot. When I asked for the pita the woman brought me half a pita, I asked for a little more and she insisted on charging me for the other half of my pita!
Frankly, I don’t think gyros or chicken salads are that difficult to make. They could’ve done a MUCH better job.

I was passing through Loveland, hoping for love, but willing to settle for some non-​franchised food. My GF spotted this place as we headed South to 287. We would have missed it going the other way because the route is split into two one-​ways. Seeing there were Gyros, I began to hunger for NYC street Gyros which are awesome and come right off a spit of lamb, fresh as can be. They’re not _​that_​good here, but they’re better than anything else I’ve had in these parts. My GF was being extra fussy and had soup. Her soup was delicious, and was available in an «endless» format. Good thing, once my GF started eating she discovered she was hungry (what a surprise!)
The environment was wonderfully quirky as observed by other reviewers. The bathroom hadn’t been upgraded from what the slumlord had provided — functional but basically ugly. There had been a superficial effort to brighten it up, which was much appreciated.
The help was very friendly and open in a way that reminded me of the early 70’s when life was much more innocent, and places like this were new. Nowadays, places like this are gone, or closed for National Security reasons, so folks in Loveland are fortunate At least until Homeland Security shows up to shut it down for being too peaceful.

I have been to this place a few times. They have one of the best chicken salad pitas ever! They serve it with a pickle, olives, pepperoni and chips. I thought the service was good… very kind people! The prices range from about $ 6 — $ 8… actually my mouth is watering just thinking about it. I recommend giving this place a try at least once to try a pita or gyro. Everything seems fresh and crisp. Right in the heart of downtown Loveland.

After reading the other reviews, I was excited to visit Teraza’s — I ended up disappointed.
The Gyros was some standard Sysco gyros product, kinda mealy, salty and just not very interesting. Hummus was OK if you like the very thick variety. the gyros salad plates came lacking much in the way of pita, two little triangles with the big nice plate of greens.
I find the offering of pickles and chips with everything to disappointing and certainly not very authentic with real Greek or Israeli sort of place.
I really did want to find a great place in Loveland and for Loveland this is OK but not great.
Finally don’t go if you’re in a hurry. They were not very crowded and were surprisingly slow.

Teraza’s is obviously a good location, ’cause just a week or so ago a sign was posted in the window «sold out of gyros.» Bad supply and demand? Who knows, but I think it’s because they are simply delicious. In her previous location (just across the street — recently she moved into the old Angelo’s Italian Deli, rest his soul, that Angelo) she seemed understaffed and often people would walk out if there was a line because it would take too long to get served. I haven’t run into those problems here. With the gyros the bread is soft and tasty, you get plenty of meat and veggies, and you always get a pickle and olives.
Many of my co-​peeps are addicted to their salads (to the tune of 2 – 3 times a week). Gyros run about $ 6, chips included, salads are a little more, and there is a selection of bottled drinks to choose from, even the fizzy froo-​froo energy drinks.
Get one of their «frequent flyer» cards — buy 10 get one free. Believe me — it won’t take you that long to rack it up!