Mike & Tony’s Gyros

Best Gyro salad in town. I have been to many places and gyro salads usually leave something to be desired, but this one is excellent. I think it’s what under the gyro that makes it work. They use a lettuce blend, good feta, olives, a few french fries, and some tomato. They also give you a decent amount of meat where other places really skip on the salad. highly recommend!

I don’t know if this is the same owners as the one in south side. But I got really sick after getting their gyro. I was sick for 3 days. N when I say sick I mean stuff from both ends. My stomach felt like a rock. Never again.

This place is cheap and you get what you pay for food wise. It’s not bad but nothing outstanding on the menu. The inside is a little dark and dingy so it doesn’t make for the most appealing atmosphere. They take cash only.

Best gyro and grilled chicken salad in downtown Pittsburgh! Always very quick and friendly service with good quality freshly made food.

BEST Gyros in the city! Lots of meat, the best sauce, great employees. My favorite stop in downtown for a bite to eat.

If you read my Lesvo’s review then you would of read that I said they don’t compare to the downtown Mike and Tony’s, this is the mother load.
This place is Food Network material. Everything any gyro shop does, these guys do it better, even more so than there own other locations! Get the Spinach Pie, Get a Gyro, Get the FRIES! Make it an adventure.
People say it’s gross in some of their reviews, they must come from humble beginnings ;-)
Eat here before any other location…
Tell them HITTofMCM sent you.

I got the chicken sandwich, which was basically a gyro, but with chicken instead of lamb. I really enjoyed the sauce they used. I feel like the chicken could have been left on the grill just a little longer. It was kind of pinkish and rubbery feeling, maybe next time I will get the shaved steak. I also got a side of fries that were just nothing to write home about. I feel like they were frozen and needed seasonings.

Walking down liberty ave and saw the sign and figured. What the heck how bad could a five dollar Gyro be. Well let me tell you one bite got me hooked. It was the best Gyro that I ever had. I’ve lived in many cities in my life and hands down this was the best. Highly, highly recommend. Don’t really appreciate the sign that charges u an extra $ 4.00 if you sit down after ordering it to go for an inconvenient charge. I probably would have ordered another, but I was gone already. Besides that… GREAT GYRO!!!

A gross establishment but a decent gyro.
The place is absolutely gross. I watched the kid who took my order clean his (wet?) hands with the front of his t-​shirt so that he could write the order down. I then watched him pass the order to the gyro maker, then proceed to take out a pile of pitas with his nasty hands and place them on the grill. Once he was finished, he once again cleaned his hands on the front of his t-​shirt.

I’ve done worse myself, so I ate the gyro anyway. Not the best ever, but certainly not bad.
The restaurant itself is pretty nasty. Try not to touch anything.
Oh, and they pronounce gyro as GYE-​row. I guess that is a Pittsburgh thing? Definitely not a Greek thing.

I’ve had both their Gyro and Grilled Chix Salad — both really good and definitely recommend.

Everyone thinks Mike & Tony’s has the best gyros and I really think this is because they have been around forever. Their gyros are ok but they are just ok.
The lamb is very good, but then they PILE the lettuce on and then drown it in gyro sauce (tzatki sp?).
I’d like this place more but I dont like the customer experience there.
If you are on your phone or talking to someone they wont take your order, but I get that.
there is a sign that says, «Prices will be going up soon, =the Mgmt» taped to the side of their register that has been there so long, its fading.
Cash only
If you want your order to go and you dont say to go, they charge you for it which again I understand, but that’s crappy
You are nickle and dimed for everything
Their hummus is GROSS and the pita just comes out of a bag its not heated or anything
The restaurant is a total hole in the wall and does not appear clean, and this is largely because customers are expected to bus their own tables, and this rarely happens bc most people aren’t aware of this.
There is a very sweet older gentleman who works behind the counter and I always like making small talk with him when I stop in there, but it’s not often that I do.
My Big Fat Greek Gyro is just a few blocks away, and it’s much cleaner and the gyros are much tastier.
2 stars because I really freaking love gyros.

Gotta write an update now.
Getting a couple of sandwiches to go and then taking them to a nearby plaza for some alfresco dining. Is there any better way to spend your lunch hour on a beautiful spring day?
Well a colleague and I did just that, getting a couple of gyros to go. Yeah, Mike & Tony’s is still a great hole-​in-​the-​wall dive, but really! Where else can you get good cheap gyros this good?

The gyro was pretty good.
Cash only.
The place could be a little cleaner.
The staff was pretty friendly.
Would go back for more gyros. I did have it during the middle of the day, I’m sure drunken gyros might be even better.

A whole-​in-​the-​wall in every possible positive sense of the term. Bring cash, get one of the specials, sit dahn and eat yer food. The gyro is not fancy gourmet but it’s just done well. Good portions, juicy meat, large plate of fries.
I work all the way on the other side of downtown but it’s rare that a M&T’s suggestion meets with a No from my coworkers.

My lunch gyro (Hee-​Ro!)
Not sure what else can be said about Mike and Tony’s. It’s drab, greasy, and almost non-​existent décor is what made me want to try it the most. A place that can draw the lines it gets with that atmosphere, a ban on plastic payment, and snide directions on how to order taped to the counter must have good food.
The gyros are great, 4.50 for a lamb gyro stuffed with juicy lamb, fresh tomatoes and lettuce, and a very good yogurt sour cream. I opt for some banana peppers to be thrown into the mix and it’s all good. If you have a Lincoln in your pocket and need lunch skip Wendy’s and get to Mike and Tony’s.

Great $ 7 lunch special (gyro, fries and drink). They do charge for drink refills. and only take cash. You don’t go for the atmosphere; looks like a dump! I recommend carryout only. The gyros are pretty good. Greek Gyro in Market square gives you more to eat but you are comparing $ 11 versus the $ 7 here.

CASH ONLY!
Eh, «cheap?» By all means call it so. «Nasty?» That’s a strong and strongly inaccurate word for M&T’s. It’s certainly not Cure or Trilogy, but I also saw no vagrants present. I finally stopped into the Downtown locale last week and was treated to a batch of scrumptious, canary yellow wands of starch they call «french fries» that had the outer crunch and inner softness I look for in such a thing as well as that gyro…
The gyro, served up by a spunky, wiry, older fellow with an animated accent, was not able to surpass Brookline’s It’s Greek To Me in terms of quality but did impress with its moist, seasoned proteins, fresh vegetables, simple, creamy, mild sauce, and a gently toasted pita pocket that was as downy as a comforter yet was as palatably charred as the Indian bread known as nan.
These places have a charm to me that goes beyond food and service, and I found both to be more than adequate. Hell, the aforementioned gent minding the store asked me how everything was as I left and even bid me adieu.
If this place is «disgusting» (and the dining room in the back was anything but) to you, I think you’ve been mighty sheltered. Then again, as long as a restaurant is clean, and M&T’s was to my eyes (I’m no health inspector, mind you), I couldn’t care less. Décor’s a petty thing to bag on, especially for an eatery like this (there’s tables, chairs… walls…oookayyy…anything else is just frosting on the cupcake). Being a man of the people and all, I’d eat in here daily if possible (and if there weren’t so many other joints for me to try) and likely make friends in the process.
P. S. I’ve noticed a strain of ugly, subtle classism in at least one review of Mike & Tony’s. Get over it. Being a «professional» doesn’t necessarily equate with decency. I hate to break that to some people.

Okay so yes Mike and Tony’s has arguably the best Gyro in the Burgh, but the love affair for me ends there. Oh and just a gyro is less than $ 5.00 dollars which makes for a very affordable lunch. The downtown location is gross, there was bum piss in the door way. It should be some ones job to wash away the bum piss before they open their doors for business. The mural on the wall is very outdated and looks cheesy and the plaster is chipping away inside. If anything just take your gyro to go.
I have never eaten anything besides a gyro from Mike and Tonys but my boyfriend likes the grilled chicken salads.

After a three day stay in Pittsburgh I took the bus downtown to get on the Megabus and go home (Cincinnati). I have nothing bad to say about Pittsburgh, except that I haven’t found any food that I truly loved here. This was no exception.
The gyros were very standard. The fries were pretty good. The decorations were really boring. The staff was nice, but having some strange conversations in front of customers that wasn’t exactly appropriate for employees of a restaurant (not that I really cared much, but I could easily see it bothering others a lot).
I ordered a gyro with no tomatoes. I got a gyro with tomatoes.
Refills cost extra. This will bring down a restaurant regardless how amazing the place is. So if the owner would allow guests to get free refills, this would deserve three stars as an average gyro joint. It’s unfortunate that the owner can’t part with those three pennies and give customers free refills to make them feel more welcome.
I wouldn’t avoid this place, but there have got to be better restaurants downtown.

A hidden gem for downtown lunchers. Mike & Tony’s is located downtown on Liberty Ave. If you are traveling inbound towards town from the strip district it’s in the same block as Tonic on the right hand side. I believe there’s another location. because this location appears to only be open during the week. If you’re not paying attention you’ll probably miss it. Mike and Tony’s is probably best known for their Gyros.
My favorite menu item has and always will be the sampler. You get lamb, rice, pita bread, olives with feta, and rolled grape leaves.