Yanni’s Grille

Excellent meatball sandwiches, pizza was loaded with my chosen toppings and lots of cheese, great crust. Slightly off the main road, but then so is the city of Sparta! Will be returning for more.

Great pizza. Great gyro. Perfect sized side salad with tasty Greek style Italian dressing. Good service. Fair prices. This is a winner.

We moved here in Sparta on April 2014. Each time we go to the post office we would pass Yanni’s Grille. The parking lot is always full. My husband and I decided to give it a try. We ordered the Prime Rib and the side items. The waitress was extremely friendly. When she presented us with our dinner plates. He and I looked at one another. The prime rib was extremely thin and looked like a ribeye instead. The meat was extremely good. The only down fall was the portions are tiny and if I am paying for prime rib, I want some meat! The meat wasn’t even a half inch thick, but it was extremely tender. Will we go there again? No, don’t get me wrong the meat tasted wonderful. Giving $ 40.00 plus for such a tiny portion of prime rib just doesn’t cut it.

Sparta is not filled with an abundance of restaurants. However, for a town of its size and number of restaurants it has some good pizza. Yanni’s is the top of the heap in that department.
The owners are Greek and this is good Grecian pizza. It is generally thin with a nice rolled outer ring that crisps up nicely in cooking. There is a dusting of cornstarch on the outside, leaving everything (including your fingers) a bit powdery. The first thing you will notice is the cheese. I believe the mozzarella is late on in small sheets, giving a very nice even distribution as it melts. The toppings are tucked in under the pizza, the largest of them poking through in cooking.
My mouth is kind of watering as I’m describing the pizza — and I ate there a few hours ago. Here’s the thing: unlike other locations the ideal pizza at Yanni’s is the simple pepperoni. Don’t get me wrong; other toppings are nice and the combinations taste excellent. Nonetheless, the pepperoni is the perfect form when it comes to Yanni’s pizza.
The other food here is good — my wife loves the catfish; we both love the gyro. Still, as I’ve said elsewhere, if you are dining here and the meal doesn’t at least include pepperoni pizza you are doing it wrong. :)