Falafel's Drive In

The best!! The special is amazing. Who knew how well a banana milkshake pairs with a falafel?

Love this place! It's not fancy but the food, service and consistency is perfect!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

PLEASE READ BEFORE GOING; I hope this restaurant doesn't pay Google to remove this review. Especially if you're someone who maximizes where to go out to eat. It was TOTALLY MID! Save your money.
My family and I came here with high expectations bc it was on Diners drive ins and dives and I read other reviews, and it was a huge disappointment.

The gyros had gritty parts and there weren't any sauces aside from a weird spicy sauce. The only thing inside the gyros was sad lettuce and what seemed like a conglomeration of ten different kinds of meat mixed together.
The fries were about 3/10 and we're underwhelming. The gyros fell apart in our hands and was really messy. We wanted to like this place, but I think most people must be riding the high of the nostalgia of eating here and just don't realize that its actually just not good. I'm not a food connosseur by any means, and this still was straight up lame. But I bet the owners are great!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Service, fries and falafel are great.
Red sauce is way too sweet. And pita bread is stale. And barely any vegetables on pita, just iceberg. Made for the American palate, not eastern Mediterranean.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fries

Everything was really good! The service was quick, the staff were friendly, and the food came out fresh and flavorful. The falafel was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, exactly how it should be. Portion sizes were great for the price, and the sauces were delicious. Overall, a smooth, convenient experience and definitely a place I’d return to!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was delicious. I highly recommend 👌

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

I really don’t know what the hype is about !!!
I tried the vegetarian items, the falafel is decent but the good things stop there.

The falafel salad is bland. It’s a bunch of lettuce, tomato and falafels - That’s it. No flavor no tahini, no hummus nothing.
Same with the falafel pita - It’s so bland - just a little lettuce and some falafels. So disappointed - the pita just falls off as ur eating since it’s not toasted and there is nothing to hold it. For similar price - I have had better Mediterranean in the bay.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

We ordered their daily special, a large falafel with a banana smoothie for $14 and it was so good!!! I honestly did not know what a falafel was till I tried it here, its on their muir lol its a popular question lol and I was amazed on how good it was the flavor and the crunchines yum will definitely come back! And not to mention the banana smoothie! Yes yes yes I love bananas will come back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The best falafels around the Bay Area

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Large Falafel Sandwich with a Banana Shake, French Fries

Best falafel anywhere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

As someone who does not possess any nostalgia about Falafel’s Drive-In, I came away from the experience of their Falafel Pita and Banana Shake very underwhelmed. The pita was so thin that it broke apart from the first bite. The falafel is loaded with green herbs inside but the texture was not crispy per se. The red sauce and tahini made for a big mess by the time I took a few more bites. There was nothing to hold because the pita had disintegrated.

The famous Banana Shake had the flavor and texture of a powder-based mix, on par with McDonald’s shakes. Based on the hype, I was expecting something more exceptional. It’s comical to me that people claim Falafel’s Drive-In has the best falafel that they’ve ever had, or that it’s the best falafel in the country. It’s not even the best falafel in town.

Falafel Stop in Cupertino serves chicken and beef grilled on skewers and shawarma from a vertical rotisserie with perfectly fried and seasoned falafel served on a plate with options of hummus, baba ganoush and majadra with thick fluffy pita bread. I’d recommend going to Falafel Stop instead if you value quality instead of nostalgia.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

This is my favorite falafel/gyro spot. I love the way they season and prepare the falafel balls and gyro meat, IMO better than anywhere else in the area. The milk shakes, particularly the featured banana flavor, are excellent. They also have some of my favorite French fries and the pita chips are good too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place has stayed true to their motto of providing fantastic falafels at a very affordable price over at least 25 years now!

Best Falafels in California.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best falafel in town! Can’t come here without getting a root beer freeze! It’s a must.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5