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Souvlaki Express
Categories: Restaurants Greek Restaurants Mediterranean Greek, Mediterranean [Edit]
745 Mount Pleasant RdToronto, ON M4S 2N4
Neighbourhoods: Mount Pleasant and Davisville, Yonge and Eglinton
(416) 907-6703
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
3 reviews for Souvlaki Express
3 reviews in English
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Review from Monica B.
Toronto, ON
9/4/2010 1 photo
Souvlaki Express is my favourite place for takeout. They have all my favourite Greek dishes and desserts that I love. My favourites here are the gyros, souvlaki dinners, calamari, taramosalata (caviar dip), French fries (soooooo crispy) and all the side orders except the Greek salad. Their salad isn't horrible, it needs more feta, tomatoes and cucumbers and it would be perfect!
The service is great, food is fresh, very very tasty, the potions are generous (I always have leftovers) and the prices are low which makes it even better. Just one warning though, the food can be slightly on the oily side.Listed in: Mt Pleasant & Eglinton Area
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Review from Aaron P.
8/18/2011
So I was craving greek food before my volleyball game and hence checking out reviews I decided to check this place out. The place is a small hidden restaurant tucked right next to Shoppers Drug Mart. The interior is nothing special but they have LCD TV's as menus (makes no sense they should've spent the money on the interior). However, it makes sense since the majority of orders here are takeout.
First things first, the price is incredibly CHEAP. I ordered the chicken souvlaki dinner for only $10 and it came with a free pop, bargain right there! The service was very friendly and the food was prepared pretty fast (within 10 minutes or so unlike Imbiss down the street which takes like 20 minutes).
The chicken soulvkai dinner came with a pita cut in half, a greek salad with feta cheese, olives and greek dressing jam packed into a plastic container, a chicken skewer stuffed with tons of rice and tons of potatoes, and tzatziki sauce. There is a TON of food for only $10, it's a great deal! However, you are really paying for the quantity of the food rather than the quality. The food is not horribly BAD, it's just nothing exceptional.
The salad with dressing was standard, pita was standard, rice was sort of soggy, potatoes were quite soggy as well not roasted and the chicken skewer was alright. I must add that the portions are overwhelming and they give you A LOT for $10, it really is a bargain... Until I noticed one thing, the whole thing was DREDGED in OIL.
The instant i reached into the bag to grab my food my fingers were actually oily. When I was eating the potatoes and rice I could see oil at the bottom of the container. When I ate the pita I saw the oil make the white paper that it was wrapped in see through. This meal is absolutely smothered in OIL. There is so much oil that when I threw out my container and leftovers there was a pool of oil on the table.
Souvlaki Express is a prime example of quantity over quality. The price is a steal for $10, and the food is quite tasty. However, the incredible amount of oil used and the somewhat alright tasting food makes this place 3 stars instead of 4. There are much better greek places with better quality food and does not dredge their dinners in oil, only come here if you are cheap and are craving LOTS of greek food. -
Review from Lee D.
Toronto, ON
7/22/2009
Best Humus in the city! But their Greek Salad is dull.
