Greek Lady Reviews Summary

Category: Greek restaurant

Address: 222 S 40th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Phone: +12153822600

Rating: 4.2
based on 167 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "They use good cheese for the cheese fries, and in general stick to quality ingredients."
  • "The Greek Lady restaurant's lemon roasted potatoes instantly took me back to my YaYa's kitchen forty plus years ago."
  • "Gyro sandwiches are THE thing to get here but everything else is also delicious (salads, chicken, soups, etc)."
  • "Absolutely delicious and fresh! My husband and I stopped in today, we had the House Gyro, Lamb Gyro and split the Greek Lady salad."
  • "The food was great as always. More food for your buck."
  • "The gyro's are incredible. They taste so clean."
  • "Enjoy this very authentic Greek cuisine."

Cons:

  • "Gyro is also a bland and sloppy mess. The pork is dry and tasteless, tzatziki is just plain yogurt."
  • "WATERY CAESAR DRESSING, The lettuce was soggy, the onions weren't fresh, the tomatoes weren't fresh."
  • "Spent $20 for the worst gyro and worst spanakopita I’ve ever had."
  • "Worst roasted eggplant dip ever. Did not taste fresh at all."
  • "Worst gyro ever. Meat was dry and very bland."
  • "Goodness the souvlaki was super dry."
  • "I've never had such a dry gyro, and their tzatziki sauce tasted more like pickle juice than anything."

Service

Pros:

  • "The people were really nice (mostly) and the atmosphere was good."
  • "Service was friendly, the space is bright and cheerful, and seating was clean and comfortable."
  • "The service is also good, friendly and helpful employees alone makes it good to go inside."
  • "Excellent customer service too!"
  • "The employees are friendly enough."
  • "Staff can get overwhelmed but overall remain polite."
  • "They are great about fast delivery and the price is always right!"

Cons:

  • "Good food and good delivery and takeout. However, we dined in and the 'cashier' Cassandra is by far the WORST customer service rep I've ever met in my life."
  • "When I called to discuss problems with the order, the staff was very rude and did not do anything to correct their mistakes."
  • "It would be nice if the staff could be bothered to get your order correct."
  • "Management should teach the staff about being nice to customers."
  • "Every since they been under new management the food and service been HORRIBLE."
  • "Customer service sucks here, they got my food order wrong then I get home call them ask them to refund the one item that they incorrectly made and they refused to unless I came back to the store."
  • "If you don't have change they not giving you any and they have a nasty personality for deliveries."

Value

Pros:

  • "Everything here has a large portion the price for most meal are below 10 USD."
  • "Great quality food, reasonable prices."
  • "The food is always good and fresh."
  • "All in all it was an excellent meal, with large portions and very reasonable prices."
  • "Great portions and lots of varieties of food."
  • "Very good portions. Nice big and clean place."
  • "Whether you’re in the mood for a burger, a salad, breakfast (all day), traditional Greek fare, or the delicious grilled chicken pita sandwich pictured below, everyone is sure to find something they love."

Cons:

  • "A gyro cost $8.45 but add fries and it becomes $14.25. So, French fries cost almost $6?"
  • "Food is unnecessarily expensive."
  • "They also raised the prices on everything and unlike most eateries Greek Lady are still stuck on pandemic prices."
  • "Ordered Greek salad. Got, essentially, a McDonald's salad... $17. BOO!"
  • "Expensive lesson learned! And the search for a good Greek restaurant continues..."
  • "We paid over $ 30.00 for delivery of 2 gyro platters, which were delivered cold to the Sheraton Hotel and we ended up just tossing in the trash."
  • "Received Lamb Gyro with 3 (large undercooked) French Fries buried inside the lettuce."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "Right next to UPenn. Could not be more convenient."
  • "Don’t let the hoards of students deter you—The Greek Lady is a University City staple that boasts a huge menu and plenty of seating."
  • "The atmosphere was good as well!"
  • "Awesome outdoor dining area, very spacious and clean interior."
  • "Nice place in University City area, parking is a challenge but worth finding a space."
  • "Food is good, clean. Can sit inside or outside."
  • "Clean place for the heavy traffic."

Cons:

  • "There is no intimacy in here you'll be eating back to back with the next person by this isn't a spot where your going to hang out."
  • "But avoid this place if you don't want coronavirus. Very unsafe."
  • "Service was uncharacteristically bad. Table was dirty had to ask for it to be cleaned."
  • "You lucky to find some parking in the area due to the surrounding traffic."
  • "If you're ordering takeout, order online or by phone before coming in."

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