Yummy Gyros: Niro's Gyros

Niro’s Gyros: Home of the Triple Gyro Plate

Review: Restaurant

Location: Bourbonnais, IL

Service: Hot Dogs, Gyros, Italian Beef, Burgers, Steak, Chicken, Salads, etc

Price: ** ($0-15)

Rank: ****

     Upon entering the small restaurant, I saw a large board that displayed the many food options and was greeted by the one cashier.  I was surrounded by Greek decorations, mostly posters, and a few tables.  Cookies and pound cake lined the wall that stood behind the cashier.  It was obvious where one would order and pay.

Prices

            Extras aside, the cheapest items on the list are the drinks: 1.59 for a 20 oz drink and 1.79 for a 32 oz.  As far as food, the side items French Fries ($1.79) and onion rings ($1.99) are the next cheapest, followed by a Chicago hot dog ($2.49), baklava ($2.49) a chili dog ($2.69), and then a ¼ lb burger ($2.69).  The most expensive item they offer is another side, 20 chicken wings with fries ($13.99).  The triple gyro follows close behind at $12.99.

            Looking across the menu, however, most of the food lies between $3 and $5.

Options

            Niro’s Gyros offers a variety of gyros, Italian beef, chicken, burgers, steak, salads, and hot dogs.  It also has multiple extras including hot or sweet peppers, feta cheese, gyro sauce, and extra pita.  There are also many sides to choose from: mozzarella sticks, gyro cheese friends, poppers, pizza puffs, breaded mushrooms, and chicken strips.

Location

            This particular restaurant is located off of a busy street by Olivet Nazarene University.

Family Friendly

            There is not much room for people to eat in here since it is a small restaurant.  One can order their food and take it to go or eat at one of the 10 or so tables. 

            There are two tvs that are on, which at the time of my visit, were playing the news.  

            There were no kid’s meals, but that is not to say that there are no kid-sized foods.

Quality

            I order a single gyro ($5) and baklava ($2.50), and I enjoyed both very much. 

            The gyro was messy, especially due to the cucumber sauce.  It was also hard to eat since they jam-packed the warm pita bread with the seasoned lamb meat, uncooked onions, and tomato slices.  In order to fold the gyro, I had to take about half of the food out of it.  However, all of the ingredients tasted very well together.

            The baklava was also very flavorful, to say the least, and I was given a filling portion for my $2.50 charge.  The top layer was somewhat crisp and the rest was almost juicy.

Conclusion

            The food I got was at a price comparable to other restaurants, and it tasted exceptionally well.  However, the restaurant was small and not as fun and exciting as other locations.  I recommend the food, but eating there is up for debate.