Pita’s Mediterranean Wraps

I have eaten here a couple times in the past month because it came highly recommended. I would say you must want a wrap because everything is made this way. The grilled chicken is really good and so are the breaded fries. Both served hot and fresh. The gyro not so much. It would be something I would expect from a food kiosk at a busy airport. I thought it was a bit pricey for the quality. The staff is friendly and the service is quick.

The food at Pita’s is nothing short of savory. The owner is delightful and takes pride and joy in her delicacies. I am eagerly anticipating my next visit!

The food was good, came in large portion and it was reasonably priced. I will be visiting again.

Visiting a friend in Peoria, of course I Unilocaled trying to look for a good place to eat and when I saw this place with almost full 5 stars I had to try it! I mean the pictures provided by previous Unilocalers were too appealing but I say what the heck? I find hole in the wall in Jersey/​NY that turned out delicious all the time.
Boy, do I regret my decision:
Walking in, it looked like a run down pizza joint. You would never have known that it’s a Mediterranean restaurant. I just thought that’s how the Midwest was so I didn’t think too much of it. I was the only one there so I picked up a menu to browse which btw was printed from a printer running out of ink because I couldn’t see half the stuff on the menu. Smh.
While I was waiting a lady came in to pick up her order, I kept looking because I didn’t know what I wanted. So she chatted with the lady working behind the counter. After about good 5−10minutes waiting for them to finish their conversation, I ordered a spicy beef gyro and some falafels then before she swiped my card I added some baklavas. The food was ready pretty quickly and the lady was friendly so no complaints there.
My problem was the food. I mean I’m no Mediterranean food expert but I have been to a few Mediterranean restaurant to know what’s good or not. So I got home with my food all excited. I opened the brown bag and took out what looks like a footlong. In my opinion, it looked more like a wrap than a gyro. It tasted ok; nothing special. I suspect frozen meat but I digress. The falafel was even worse. They wear hard as a rock. When I bit into them, they crumbled like a ball of dried mud. I only ate half of the «gyro» and ²⁄₃ of the falafels. I finished them the next day and they actually tasted better after some microwaving. Also, I need to mention the baklava tasted weird. It was dry and crumbly not the sticky, moist that I’m used to.
All in all, I was really disappointed especially because I’m still confused where the 4.5stars rating came from? Is it because people from Midwest never had Mediterranean food? Are their palate just different from mine? Seeing that I won’t be back in the Midwest anytime soon, I don’t think I’ll be returning to this place ever. Sorry. I gave 1 extra star because the service was pretty quick and friendly.

Always impressed with the service. Extremely nice. Reasonable price and good food. Love this place.

The spicy chicken wrap and spinach pie are excellent. Their grape leaves are excellent.

We visited Pitas wanting Mediterranean food. I order the large gyro. To start the bread is made fresh to order. The gyro meat is not your standard gyro meat from the run of the mill gyro shop. It was a much more delicious flavor. My wife ordered falafel with hummus. We were not disappointed. The hummus was the best I’ve had. The only reason I gave it 4 instead of five was that it was greasy food otherwise the flavor was great.

Love this place. Good value for money. All the food is fresh and home made! I recommend the shawarma, and instead of fries, I get the 3 piece falafel.

This is still my favorite Mediterranean restaurant.
They have a great meat and wrap selection (including vegetarian), great hummus and baba! The bread is homemade in their brick oven, can’t get any better.
Since they took over ownership, the prices have stabilized and the entrées and sandwiches are consistently delicious.

Tried Pita’s for the first time today. Ordered spicy Gyro and Lamb Pie.
Summary:
I probably wouldn’t get the lamb pie again.
Spicy Gyro was superb.
I’m not acquainted well enough with the Mediterranean cuisine to know if what I enjoyed was true to the culture — I just know it was very enjoyable.
The restaurant seems pretty simple and orderly, no frills but nice, the owner took and brought out my order and she was very pleasant.
Details on the food:
The lamb pie was just too dry and simple for my tastes and not a lot there for the price.
Spicy Gyro was noticeably different (and better) from the typical Gyros I’ve had. My typical memory of a Gyro is a fairly chewy flatbread loaded with lots of Gyro meat and topped with some onions and tahini sauce. Usually decent but overwhelming with the meat and bread.
This was different. It resembles a burrito, and the lightweight bread was a welcome change. The amount of meat was ample but not overdone. There was a decent amount of tahini and the pickled jalepenos and other vegetables had a very balanced texture and flavor combination with a decent kick.

Up front confession: I’m addicted to Pita’s. I used to go to Qdoba on a very regular basis. No more. Now it’s Pita’s for me. Rose and the ladies who work there are wonderful. The magic that happens in the kitchen is fantastic. The fries are addicting. I’ve loved everything I’ve ordered there. Peorians, in a world of chain restaurants and cookie cutter wannabes, support your local restaurants! The hummus rocks, the pitas are hot out of the oven. Huge selection, great food.

I love the falafel and homemade pita. The kibbe was also great. The owner was experimenting with a new pita recipe with flax and bran. She brought one hot from the oven to sample. Excellent!

The food here is wonderful. The gals who run the place are friendly. I love the baked kibby. The cabbage rolls are great too and the shawarma and the gyros. The pitas are made at the restaurant. Lebanese women make pitas not tortillas.

Pretty disappointed in the Unilocal reviews. No way this place is 4 stars.
I am a big Gyro fan and have had Gyro’s all over the country. I’ve had good and bad. This place is less than average. The portion size isn’t bad however the wrap is thin and dry. The Gyro meat is really bland without any spice at all. The fries were not bad, I don’t recommend the humus either.
I wanted to love this place since I’m new to the area but have to be honest. 2 stars!

I have been here twice and I have not been disappointed either time. I ordered the veggie shawarma and the Greek salad, and both were fresh and delicious. It is true that the sandwich pita is more like a tortilla, but this doesn’t bother me at all. The pitas are delicious and fresh-​tasting. You can tell they were made in house that day. I also ordered the falafel on one occasion, and it was delicious as well. This place has a wide assortment of vegetarian options, which I greatly appreciate. I will come here again and again. The price is a bit higher than what you might expect, but the pitas are large and I always have enough for leftovers the next day. Recommended!

I have to admit I’m no connoisseur of Mediterranean food and I’ve only visited one time, but I fail to see what the rave reviews are about. I ordered the spicy Gyro, and it was tasty, but unlike any other Gyro I’ve ever had Was it better? Can’t say it was, just different.
I’m accustomed to having Gyros with the Gyro meat — a mixture of spiced lamb and beef I believe being shaved off a rotating spit. Didn’t see that here. And the pita bread is usually about 6 – 7 inches in diameter and warmed on the grill, before being slathered with cucumber/​yogurt sauce, the aforementioned meat, and a few slices of tomato and lots of onions.
These Gyros weren’t like that at all, I have to agree with Kate F that that the pita seemed more like a tortilla wrap, although I didn’t find that really offensive, just not what I expected. And I don’t know — perhaps this is really authentic and my idea of Gyros is Americanized, I don’t know enough to say who’s right.
Anyway, it was good, but different and not exactly what I was craving. I also had the lamb pie and wasn’t very impressed — it’s fairly small but I wasn’t expecting much for 2 bucks, kind of like a stuffed baked crescent roll with some ground lamb inside. I guess I’ll have to try those other items folks are raving about if I ever make it back.

As a previous rating said — the chicken shawarma is actually just cut up grilled chicken. The portion is sooo small and apparently the lettuce and pickles are supposed to make up for it… but they don’t. I spent $ 12.65 and didn’t even get a drink. Good thing I ordered a side of hummus as the 3 oz of chicken wouldn’t have held me over til dinner. Quite disappointing.
I added a picture of my food before I ate any so you can see what I’m talking about.

My inner pessimist is kicking me for awarding five stars to a place I’ve only visited once, but I can’t help it. I can’t believe my husband has known about this place for years and JUST TOOK ME THERE TODAY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
What the hell, husband?
ANYWAY. So good! Fluffy, warm, delicious fresh-​made pita. Crispy, flavorful falafel. Creamy, pungent hummus. I didn’t taste the gyro, but my husband loved his. The prices aren’t crazy cheap, but the portions are HUGE, so it’s a great value. The only thing that sucks about this place is that it’s, like, practically in Chillicothe. But worth it. I will be back.

I’ve only been here previously for lunch. This time we stopped in for dinner and the lady working was very nice and helpful.
We ordered pita with hummus, and the soft bread was delivered steaming hot to our table with one of them puffed up like a balloon. Yum-​o! We had enough for leftovers the next morning.
The tomato basil pizza was fine, but I do need to venture in to trying more of the ethic dishes next time.

La la la! This place made me want to sing. So cute, quaint, homey with first-​rate food. I actually made a point of going up to the woman working the register before we left to tell her that her baba ganoush was — no question — the best I have EVER had. … I’m not sure that actually impressed her (or whether it should), but I meant it wholeheartedly.
On that note, the pita was equally incredible. This is going to start to sound disingenuous, but seriously. Best. Ever. So good warm that I wanted to gobble it up in two seconds, but our leftovers (wrapped only in a brown bag) still tasted pretty good the next day.
I’m usually hesitant to order felafel as it’s liable to be over-​salted, over-parsley’d, etc, but here, I was totally satisfied with my choice. The outside is very, very crunchy, so you have to be prepared to really bite into it. The inside was a little bit more gooey or bready than what I’m used to, but ultimately, I decided I quite liked the blend and the texture it produced.
The hummus was solid but plain, save some paprika, so don’t expect anything crazy that you find in the grocery store these days, you know, the sun-​dried tomato bit and all that.
The only so-​so was the gyro — or at least I think that’s what my husband had. I think he just was so blown away by the baba that he didn’t want to eat his. :)