The other night we went over to The Fat Greek on Waialae Ave since we heard good reviews on it from our coworkers.  Turns out we really like Greek food, so this was a perfect opportunity to eat there!  And, we live pretty close to the restaurant, so it only took us about 5 minutes to get there.

The first thing I have to gripe about was the parking.  It’s awful…at the beginning.  The restaurant is located between City Mill and Saab on Waialae Ave.  The best way to park is to go down Waialae Ave towards Ewa side.  This way, you can make a right and get right into the parking lot…which can hold about 5 cars maximum.  What we DIDN’T know was that if it’s after 5pm, you can park at the City Mill parking lot and walk across the street.  We didn’t know that, but next time we’ll park there…it’s just more convenient than the crowded and impossibly hard to park area.

The restaurant is actually pretty nice.  It’s reminds me of Kakaako Kitchen at Ward.  Why?  It turns out people don’t actually serve you.  You just purchase the dish at the counter, then when your order is ready, your beeper will vibrate and you just go and pick up the dishes yourself.  They even have a fountain drink machine if you order soda.

I ended up ordering the gyro and my girlfriend got the falafels.  We also ordered babaganoush (sp?) for our appetizer.  The babaganoush was actually very tasty.  The eggplant was grounded up pretty well into a nice paste, and it tasty really good with their pita bread.  And let me tell you, this was probably the best pita bread I’ve ever had.  It was very soft on the inside and not overly cooked on the outside.  And the pita came out fresh and warm.  Can’t beat that!

My gyro was equally as delicious, with cuts of beef and lamb.  Their cucumber sauce in the gyro was reaaaaaaaally tasty too.  Not too overbearing, and just right.  I was able to taste the falafels as well, and they were really good.  What I was kind of disappointed with was the salad that came with the entrees.  It wasn’t really greek.  It was basically salad with onions and dressing.  Gone were the feta cheese and olives.  That’s what makes a Greek salad, and both those things were missing.

We also got dessert which was a raspberry pyramid chocolate cake.  It was very good, looked cool, and wasn’t too rich.  I kind of wished there was more raspberry since there was only a little layer in the center, but nevertheless, it was enjoyable.

Both my gyro and her falafel plates were $7, and the appetizer was $5.  The dessert was $4.50.  All in all, it was a pretty cheap dinner with tasty food.  Would I go back?  Definitely!

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