Food was absolutely amazing. Homemade with love and I enjoyed every bite. Spanakopita w/ Greek potatoes and pistachio lasagna with rice and spinach
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pistachio Greek Lasagna
Donald Bussey
Absolutely. Love everything about this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
B A Buckland
Outstanding food. Locally owned. It was packed for lunch. Love the gyro and evening special.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Philly Cheese Steak
Matthew Kohler
Old school good food low key place.
Food: 4
Will McDaniel ıı
Been eating here since I was 10 years old. I'm 34 now but the food has always been amazing Mr Greg and his wife make a great team.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Trish Chisling
I visited the McMullen Booth location on 11/25/23. Since I have food allergies, I contacted someone through email asking if I could eat at this location safely having both gluten and shellfish allergies. I was told yes and since I was visiting from out of state, I was very excited. Upon arriving at the restaurant that excitement disappeared quickly! There was absolutely NO ONE in the restaurant, yet I wasn't greeted AT ALL and had to yell for someone to recognize I had walked in -- Even though there was an employee at the grill. Finally an older man came out and while I tried to advise him of the emails exchanged and my food allergies before placing my order, he continuously dismissed what I was saying, speaking louder and louder to talk over me, encouraging me to place my order TO GO (as he did with a lady that came in about 10 minutes after I got there). I ordered a LARGE TRADITIONAL Greek Salad, he rang it up, quickly and then recapped, "Ok, a large CHOPPED salad no seafood", again I reminded him of my order. After I paid for my order, he tried to put bread in my bag, I reminded him sternly that I was allergic to bread!! I never once saw him put any gloves on. He acted as if he were doing me a favor. My salad was not what I had been dreaming off. Wilted shredded lettuce, mealy tomatoes, cucumbers that were mostly seed... my potato salad tasted like old mayo. It was not worth the $22 I paid for it. Even as I type this, the whole experience is just SAD. I expected better from the Pappas brand.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Kris Ellis
Over all the food was good, the only thing I did not like was the pita was fried not the normal way I had it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Gottfried Kibelka
Nice little diner with solid Greek cuisine. Yes, they are living in the States long enough to have adjusted the style and flavors, but the Spanokopita was the best (commercially available) that I ever had in Birmingham.The entrees come with one side, a Greek salad, and a roll making it a bit more food than a sensible person that is not doing manual labor should eat.The Greek salad did not resemble any horiatiki I ever had in Greece and the Greek potatoes came in a sauce, which was a disappointment since I clearly remember this vegetarian default dish to be crisp, citrussy, and herbal. Still a good, affordable meal but I cannot give more than 4 stars since everything came on disposable plates.Vegetarian options: There is no vegetarian section on the menu, dishes are not labeled vegetarian, and when I asked there was some hesitation. I thoroughly enjoyed my Spanokopita.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Pastichio
Dana Waldrop
Very nice couple owns and operates the restaurant. Good food. Very busy. Obviously has a loyal following.
I loved this authentic Greek food so much. I'm gonna go every week. I am a person not impressed by fancy atmosphere. What I despise are servers who say HI Guys. Thanks guys. We're not "guys". I loved the service and the food was amazing. I was full and I didn't feel gross after eating like some restsurants. This was like home cooking. Can't say enough about the Greek salad...perfection plus those potato chunks. I can't wait to go back
The food in the “hole-in-wall” restaurant located in a strip mall is excellent. The service was also great.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Breast
Billy Focia
Enjoyed the Greek style food, delicious! Will come back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andrea R.
Pappas is a hidden gem in Vestavia! It is locally operated and is very casual. The service was also quick and efficient. The pita bread was so good that we forgot to take a picture of it. However, the chicken platter was also great! Overall, I enjoyed my meal and will be back for some more Greek food.
Lisa T.
I went for the lamb. It's a little spot in a strip of other businesses that you can tell has been there a long time. Local owned and operated. Food was decent. It was hard to eat inside because there was so much smoke. It's fast casual so order, pay, then sit and wait for your food to be made. The lamb was good but not great, the green beans were good as well. We've had the pastichio in a catering order and it was fantastic. I would probably order catering again but not sure we would dine in. Overall I'd give it a 3.5
Bryan Lobue
This is definitely a gold star hole in the wall. Great food run by a father and 2 sons. The spinach rice is awesome. The Greek tomato sauce had just the right amount of cinnamon and clove as to not over power. I had the Moussaka. Salad was a little over dressed but not bad.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spinach and Rice and Chicken, Grilled Chicken Breast, Fresh Pita and Tzatziki Sauce
Food was absolutely amazing. Homemade with love and I enjoyed every bite. Spanakopita w/ Greek potatoes and pistachio lasagna with rice and spinach
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pistachio Greek Lasagna
Absolutely. Love everything about this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Outstanding food. Locally owned. It was packed for lunch. Love the gyro and evening special.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Philly Cheese Steak
Old school good food low key place.
Food: 4
Been eating here since I was 10 years old. I'm 34 now but the food has always been amazing Mr Greg and his wife make a great team.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I visited the McMullen Booth location on 11/25/23. Since I have food allergies, I contacted someone through email asking if I could eat at this location safely having both gluten and shellfish allergies. I was told yes and since I was visiting from out of state, I was very excited. Upon arriving at the restaurant that excitement disappeared quickly! There was absolutely NO ONE in the restaurant, yet I wasn't greeted AT ALL and had to yell for someone to recognize I had walked in -- Even though there was an employee at the grill. Finally an older man came out and while I tried to advise him of the emails exchanged and my food allergies before placing my order, he continuously dismissed what I was saying, speaking louder and louder to talk over me, encouraging me to place my order TO GO (as he did with a lady that came in about 10 minutes after I got there). I ordered a LARGE TRADITIONAL Greek Salad, he rang it up, quickly and then recapped, "Ok, a large CHOPPED salad no seafood", again I reminded him of my order. After I paid for my order, he tried to put bread in my bag, I reminded him sternly that I was allergic to bread!! I never once saw him put any gloves on. He acted as if he were doing me a favor. My salad was not what I had been dreaming off. Wilted shredded lettuce, mealy tomatoes, cucumbers that were mostly seed... my potato salad tasted like old mayo. It was not worth the $22 I paid for it. Even as I type this, the whole experience is just SAD. I expected better from the Pappas brand.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Over all the food was good, the only thing I did not like was the pita was fried not the normal way I had it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Nice little diner with solid Greek cuisine. Yes, they are living in the States long enough to have adjusted the style and flavors, but the Spanokopita was the best (commercially available) that I ever had in Birmingham.The entrees come with one side, a Greek salad, and a roll making it a bit more food than a sensible person that is not doing manual labor should eat.The Greek salad did not resemble any horiatiki I ever had in Greece and the Greek potatoes came in a sauce, which was a disappointment since I clearly remember this vegetarian default dish to be crisp, citrussy, and herbal. Still a good, affordable meal but I cannot give more than 4 stars since everything came on disposable plates.Vegetarian options: There is no vegetarian section on the menu, dishes are not labeled vegetarian, and when I asked there was some hesitation. I thoroughly enjoyed my Spanokopita.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Pastichio
Very nice couple owns and operates the restaurant. Good food. Very busy. Obviously has a loyal following.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Breast, Pastichio
I loved this authentic Greek food so much. I'm gonna go every week. I am a person not impressed by fancy atmosphere. What I despise are servers who say HI Guys. Thanks guys. We're not "guys". I loved the service and the food was amazing. I was full and I didn't feel gross after eating like some restsurants. This was like home cooking. Can't say enough about the Greek salad...perfection plus those potato chunks. I can't wait to go back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Breast
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The food in the “hole-in-wall” restaurant located in a strip mall is excellent. The service was also great.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Breast
Enjoyed the Greek style food, delicious! Will come back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pappas is a hidden gem in Vestavia! It is locally operated and is very casual. The service was also quick and efficient. The pita bread was so good that we forgot to take a picture of it. However, the chicken platter was also great! Overall, I enjoyed my meal and will be back for some more Greek food.
I went for the lamb. It's a little spot in a strip of other businesses that you can tell has been there a long time. Local owned and operated. Food was decent. It was hard to eat inside because there was so much smoke. It's fast casual so order, pay, then sit and wait for your food to be made. The lamb was good but not great, the green beans were good as well. We've had the pastichio in a catering order and it was fantastic. I would probably order catering again but not sure we would dine in. Overall I'd give it a 3.5
This is definitely a gold star hole in the wall. Great food run by a father and 2 sons. The spinach rice is awesome. The Greek tomato sauce had just the right amount of cinnamon and clove as to not over power. I had the Moussaka. Salad was a little over dressed but not bad.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spinach and Rice and Chicken, Grilled Chicken Breast, Fresh Pita and Tzatziki Sauce