Halal Gyro Express

Consistent with the other halal carts scattered throughout the city, you can get a combo for $ 5 or the trifecta for $ 6. I tried went with the chicken and falafel salad and it was on par with my other go to carts. There’s a wider selection of sodas than I’ve see. Definitely worth a try if you’re up for something new.

My favorite stand. I travel from dc just to visit when the pregnancy craving hits. I wish the owner would let me in on the recipe! NOTE: they moved, new location is 20^th and Market.
Good prices, great portion, great flavor!

Great food and extremely reasonable.

I’ve been to a lot of these green food trucks scattered all over Philly, even the one on 38^th and Walnut, and have to say that this one is the best I have experienced.
I’d recommend the chicken (or lamb) over rice platter with white and hot sauce. Ask the guys to add some more veggies (like chickpeas) in your platter, and you will not regret your decision.
For $ 5, you get a platter of this and a can of soda — you really can’t beat that in center city.
There are a lot of these trucks on the intersection of 20^th and Market, so make sure you go to the one on the southeast corner of the intersection — by the Starbucks.

Special combo salad is what I usually order. Large salad with chicken and lamb, three falafel, white and red hot sauce, 12 oz. soda — $ 6. WHAT? That’s crazy. The food is amazing and the price is incredible. Best Halal-​style cart in the downtown.
They have moved to 2001 Market Street.

Edit: Now on 2001 Market
They are now on 18^th between JFK and Market. City made them move.

THE BEST Halal cart in Philadelphia! Fast, Friendly, Affordable and Consistently Delicious. This cart takes pride in serving the freshest halal food with a smile.
It is now January 5 2015 and this cart is not in the usual spot at 19^th and JFK. If they are on vacation, please hurry back. If they moved to another location, WHY!

Go easy on the hot sauce your first time ordering. Fast, efficient and typically $ 5. (a true bargain in Center City)

Easy and fast lunch!
I got the combo (lamb and chicken) over salad. Only $ 5 bucks and includes a drunk. Chunks of lamb and chicken over a small bed of iceberg lettuce with a few tomatoes.
This is nothing fancy, but a solid quick lunch!
I like the sauces they put in top. It’s tangy and lil spicey!

I’m always wary of bright flashing lights but the campiness of «need to spice up your day… magical white sauce would help» (something like that) totally sold me.
I’ve been here a couple times and ordered the falafel with pita. I was expecting a pita but was pleasantly surprised to learn how chewy (in a good way) and even a little seasoned the bread was and looking at another review, I don’t think it is pita.
Overall pretty good.

I lived in NY and used to frequent carts with this type of food. For the genre, this place is really average. I think the location and the flashing lights give it more star quality than it deserves. I get the falafel sometimes, and it is middling at best. Edible, but not amazing. If you want chicken and rice, the cart half a block up the street on 13^th between Market and Chestnut, in front of the Post Office entrance is VASTLY superior. No falafel there, but baller chicken and rice. That guy doesn’t have the blinged out cart, but I’ll take good food over bling any day

Surprisingly good and what a value — $ 5.00 gets you a whopping big portion of rice (mostly), salad (iceberg and 2 tomato slices), chicken or «lamb» or both and white and/​or hot sauce.
AND you get a can of soda and a bottle of water.
Whata value — and it’s pretty tasty, too.
Nice guys running the show.
$ 5!
FIVE!
Wow.

Got lunch here today after I treated myself to a new pair of shoes at Macy’s ;) …I wanted a falafel and this was gonna have to do it considering that I was already running late to get back to work! My expectations weren’t that high (flashing neon and all that) but I was pleasantly surprised! The falafel was served on gyro bread rather than a pita but I thought the sandwich was great and everything seemed (and tasted!) really fresh! $ 4 gets you a falafel sandwich and a drink — can’t beat that.
In addition to having great food, the guys in the cart were really nice so I wanted to take a second to give them a good review! Cheers, fellas! Keep up the good work!

My boyfriend and I where at I. Goldberg looking for camping/​bug out gear and as we were leaving, we were starving and looking for something quick to eat. The Halal Gyro Express cart was there on the corner calling us, and once we walked over and saw lamb, we were sold.
The staff is extremely friendly and open to offering suggestions and explanations of anything you’re unsure of. I choose the combo platter with the chicken and lamb over rice with white sauce and hot sauce with a bottle of water $ 5, and he choose the chicken platter over rice with white sauce and hot sauce with a bottle of water $ 5. I was not disappointed in my platter, the lamb and chicken were both tender and moist. The combination of the mild white sauce and hot sauce on top was not at all overwhelming but complimented and married all the flavors together. My boyfriends platter was just as good, except for the fact he only ordered chicken instead of the combo, which he later regretted.
We’ve been back multiple times since then and have tried the even spicer hot sauce they carry along with the white sauce. Although tasty, is mouth scorching, tear dripping, nose running spicy. I think I’ll stick with the hot sauce that is normally offered rather than being so adventurous. Overall, delicious and has me coming back for more.

Walking down 13^th Street, you might notice the flashing LED sign of the Halal Express Cart. The cart owners came from NYC less than 2 months ago bringing their street feed to Center City.
Combo plates are the way to go. Lamb, chicken, falafel, shrimp, and fish are available until they close at 6pm or until they run out. I had the lamb and fish over rice for $ 6. The platter comes with some lettuce and tomato. And if you say yes, a squirt of white sauce and hot sauce. You should say yes. The lamb was in small pieces rather than the strips I prefer, but they had a nice grilled flavor.
The fish (tilapia) was what really stood out. The quality of fish from a street cart could be questionable. But the meaty fillet (what she order? fish fillet?) did not taste the slightest bit funky. And I really liked the spicy tomato marinade.
Underneath, the brown-​yellow rice was not bland, but I talked to the cart guys and they hinted that if there was enough interest, they could serve biryani like the famous carts in NYC. So I suggest ordering that fish while making a biryani plea. Thanks.

A full lunch in Center City for $ 5? You can’t beat that. Aside from the great price, the food happens to be fresh, clean and surprisingly delicious.
Their chicken was perfectly seasoned with a balance of spices such as cumin, sumac and curry, without being overpowering. The rice was also nicely seasoned and the white and orange sauces they drizzle on the food makes the whole platter come together.
The guys who run the cart are warm and welcoming and don’t make you feel like a jackass when you ask a simple question about the food. They offer falafel, chicken, beef and gyros so the next time your debating on which cart to go to at the corner of 20^th and market, skip the $ 13 felafel nazi and go with this cart.

Ahh Chicken and Rice, how you have eluded me in Philly. After popping my chicken and rice cherry on 53^rd street in NYC one drunken night I’ve been getting the occasional cravings for some halal chicken and rice here at home. I finally found one in the city worth writing over.
There wasn’t much of a line since it was after lunch on a rainy day, but the guys working there were nice and had a clean cart. For 5 bucks I got myself a solid sized plate with a can of Sunkist, THE BEST ORANGE SODA. none of that Orange Crush, Fanta bullshit.
The rice itself tasted like the generic kind of halal cart rice served everywhere but where this cart has a noticeable difference is the chicken. Even more juicy and tender than the famed cart in Midtown NYC with tangy creamy white sauce and hot sauce mixed on.
This chicken and rice is better than the one in NY. Yeah I said it
Notes:
Unlike the one in NYC, these guys mixed the hotsauce for me. Wasn’t sure if I could do it myself, didn’t try, didn’t care, hungry
The hotsauce they used wasn’t nearly as hot as the one in NYC, slightly disappointed
No 30+ ppl wait = Bonus.

$ 3 for a lamb gyro for lunch? Are you kidding me? NY Gyro kids you not.
This truck is centrally located across the street from my office building which could be bad news, but I’ve been able to control myself lately. I usually go here once every few weeks or so. The truck is clean, the workers are friendly, the food is delicious and you can’t beat the price.
I’d recommend this truck to anyone, especially people who are afraid of eating from trucks because this one is definitely a clean, delicious, refreshing experience.
I never thought I’d use the adjective «refreshing» when reviewing a truck, but it’s so nice to see a clean food truck.

Um… what? Lamb gryos for $ 3? I’m there.
Officially the best gyros I’ve ever had!
Right next to the Starbucks, you can’t miss this cart.
And it’s Halal.
You’re so lucky you Philly people!

I like my gyros like I like my women:
quick, cheap, & delicious
Awful joke (on my part), great sandwiches (on their part).