Zorba’s Gyros

The Gyro’s are great and on Mondays you get free fries with them. It’s a great deal for a downtown lunch.

Disappointing experience after almost a year since the last time I was here. Ingredients weren’t fresh and the gyro was heavy on the spices.

I’ve visited Zorba’s a few times recently, after not working downtown for the past several years. This place used to have, hands down, the best salads in town. I loved in particular the Euro Salad with either chicken or salmon. I was disappointed to find that Zorba’s has really gone downhill!!!
During one recent visit, I got one of my old favorites — the Euro Salad with salmon. The salmon was overcooked, greasy, and looked dirty (like it was cooked on a grill that hadn’t been scraped all day). While the salad contained my preferred mixed greens, the other toppings were a little skimpy. But overall, the real problem was the salmon.
During my most recent visit, I tried the steak salad. The salad was supposed to be made with romaine, but it was iceberg lettuce. Blah. The steak was a «steak-​um» patty with rubbery melted provolone cheese on top. The French fries were dark in color, but undercooked (hard) and limp and cold.
And $ 1.25 for a can of Pepsi?
I’m sad that the food has degraded so significantly at Zorba’s. I was looking forward to making it a regular lunch spot again, but I don’t think I’ll be going back there. It appears I’m not the only one who has fallen out of love with Zorba’s — it used to be that there was a line out the door every single day and hard to get a seat, and on my recent trips there’s not been more than several people in line and plenty of empty chairs.

The best gyro that I’ve had in Pittsburgh. The amount of meat on the sandwich varies quite a bit. All depends on who’s making the sandwich. The younger gentleman makes a small gyro consistently while the lady who does the majority of the cooking makes a huge gyro. This really affects the taste and consistency of the gyro. The more meat the merrier… stay hungry my friend!

Best EVER!!! Been eating Zorbas since i was a child & they were next to tower records

Best chicken salad downtown. Zorbas never fails. One of my favorite lunch spots. Try to get there at either 12:30 or 1:30. If you go at noon or 1:00, the line is usually literally out the door — it’s a popular place.
Prices lean towards the high side, but worth it considering the portions.

I’ve been to Zorba’s numerous times and I’ve never once been disappointed by their food. I can never decide what I want to get. The tuna melt pita and buffalo chicken salad are amazing! Their ranch is delicious also. FYI, it’s cash only. The prices are reasonable for lunch!

This place is delicious! They have the best chicken salads and amazing salad dressing. The only downfall are the high prices that continue to go up but besides that this place is great!!!

Zorba’s is just «okay» in my opinion. Some people love it and I just don’t understand. The salads are good, but the chicken gyro was unimpressive… kind of bland and the chicken was really dry. I haven’t gone back since I found Madonna’s right down the street — which in my opinion is money better spent.

Very reasonable daily specials, and large portions, of tasty fresh prepared food. Not the most gourmet experience out there, but a fantastic value, and reliable consistent experience without a long wait. I particularly recommend the grilled chicken salad (Bangin’ homemade greek and ranch dressing) and gyro’s.

The food is decent most of the time, but freshness is unpredictable. A little pricey if you don’t go with the daily special. Salads are usually good but cost around $ 9. The regular gyros are okay, but certainly not my favorite among the restaurants that serve them dowtown. I found the chicken gyro to be mediocre, but gave it a second chance thinking it may have just been a bad batch, only to be displeased the second time as well. Also, be warned it is cash only.

We ran into here after trying to find this sandwich shop called Sammies. Unilocal said it was on smithfield near 4^th but It must have closed because all we found was a ⁷⁄₁₁ and subway. We found Zorba’s on the corner and considering how cold it was neither of us felt like walking to search for food.
We stumbled in here after reading the outdoor menu mentioning specials. The hubby ordered the buffalo chicken salad which is the special on Wednesdays. I went with the gyro salad which came with a side of pita bread. The hubby’s salad was huge, topped with fries and plenty of chicken, not to mention lettuce. He choose balsamic dressing which I thought was weird but he enjoyed it. The fries were great, nice and hot while the chicken was mildly spicy but a little bit dry.
My salad was just as big but it was mostly lettuce. At first I thought they were a little scant on the lamb meat but almost like the loaves of bread that Jesus fed to the hungry, it just kept showing up. I was a little disappointed at the quality of lettuce. I hate those big crunchy chunks that you find close the root, they are so bitter no matter how much dressing you use.
So the reason I give this place only 3 stars is because of my salad. Crunchy bitter lettuce, gyro meat was a luke warm instead of hot which after 5 minutes made it cold because of the chilled dressing. Not to mention the dressing was rather bland and they didn’t add enough to my huge salad so i ended up ordering more which cost 75 cents. The fact that I had to order more dressing even though it had little to no flavor was disappointing.
There is enough seating in here but just some simple tables and chairs spread out, nothing fancy or worth taking pictures for. It’s almost like a cheap cafeteria which I don’t mind if the foods good but I wasn’t impressed with my gyro meat or with the chicken on the salad. Sometimes places have an off day so I won’t count this place out just yet.
P.S bring cash only!

Usually only order their Grilled Chix Salad which is good. They make home made ranch dressing and their salads have no cheese which I prefer. And of course, since this is PGH, fries are included. Definitely recommend.

I always enjoy coming here for lunch.
I love that Zorba’s has specials everyday– I usually come on Thursdays for the Gyro Special. The gyro is good and they are very, very generous on the yummy fresh cut fries.
I’ve also had the buffalo chicken salad and it’s piled high. The handbreaded fish is huuuuge.(way larger than the roll that it’s on) and handbreaded. so winner winner, fish dinner (or lunch!)
If I were rating Zorba’s homemade ranch, it’d be an easy 5 stars. sometimes I pack my lunch (a quick sandwhich and some crackers) then head over to Zorba’s just for some fries and ranch, hahaha!

I absolutely love this place! They have some of the greatest gyros I have ever had. However, that is not the only thing they have that is good. All of their salads and sandwiches are outstanding! I would recommend this place to anyone. Also, the employees are extremely nice and work hard to make sure everyone is served as quickly as possible.

I decided to try this place after reading on Unilocal how good it is. This is no Mike and Tony’s or big greek gyro in Market square. I won’t be back. They only take cash. The workers are not Greek chefs and are very condescending. The gyro sandwich for $ 5 was OK at best. They threw some tomatoes on it. The sauce could be better. The fries for $ 2.50 were undercooked. I asked for ketchup and was told to find a table with a bottle. We are talking a plain bottle with mystery ketchup. It was definitely not Heinz which is a sin in Pittsburgh! I had to hunt silverware and straws. You would think they would give them to you with the meal.
They charge about $ 2 for a drink with no free refills. They put a sign that said refills are 50 cents and if you take one without paying you are stealing and subject to prosecution. You can also get a drink from their cooler for $ 1. They are no-​name juices or water like you might find in a dollar store for 25 cents or less.
Tables were not very clean. I was surprised at the number of patrons. This place is definitely regularly visited. They have daily specials, but the #1 item on my list is quality and taste of food. They get a C from me.

Great place for lunch!
The reviews on Unilocal don’t do this place justice. The food coming out of the kitchen looked great — especially the gyro’s and french fries.
I opted for the Quad-​S (my term not theirs) Summer Sensation Salad with Salmon. Big salad, not skimping on the ingredients, and nice piece of fish on top.
I’ll definitely be back. (once I finish my tour of lunch spots in Pittsburgh, I’m on about #45 without repeating)
Plenty of seating, and they move you through quick despite the lines…

Great for a lunch gyro or salad. I go here all the time for a quick salad. The vegetarian salads are basically roasted red peppers and fries (a few tomatos and cucumbers) so nothing fancy.
The lines are typically long, but you never wait more than ten or 15 minutes. Or you can order ahead of time and pick it up.

Best grilled salmon salad in the burgh! With a price tag of less than $ 10.00
Even better then what you would pay twice as much for in fancier resturants.
I like to think of myself as some what of a salmon salad connoisseur lol
But really I have gone to places where the size of the salmon is more of a small nugget than a fillet of fish.
I always order the grilled salmon salad here and the only time I am dissappointed is when they are sold out.
They grill the salmon with skin on it’s so flavor and a little charred in the best way.
I always have mine made with extra feta cheese. Zorba’s does salmon right.
The resturant is bright and light and fun to hang out at for lunch.

Hands down the best Gyros in Pittsburgh! There are four types of gyros to choose from: Lamb & beef, chicken, steak and vegetarian.
There are long lines at lunch time but, they move quick. Seating is hard to come by as well. You best bet is to get it to go.
They offer all types of different things like burgers, wings, shrimp, salads, tuna melts, steak hoagies and much more.
They offer Daily Specials as well.
Monday — Free Fries with any sandwich
Tuesday — Chicken Gyro with fries
Wednesday — Shish Ka Bob Salad
Thursday — Gyro and fries
Friday — Fish Sandwich and fries
The only things that I don’t like is that they close at 3pm daily and they’re not open on the weekend.
If God made gyros this is what they would taste like!