Great location. On a nice busy road all that got wasted by them producing yucky food. it is very disappointing place. Serves terrible yucky food for very expensive prices with terrible non friendly service from a dirty kitchen.
Their Hygiene every where especially behind counter , and in cooking area,and displays is highly questionable.
Service is at the very minimum. Do not expect good customer service especially from the female server who wares black robe with a white scarf. Or other clothing but still wares the white scarf.
She is unfriendly, unwelcoming, has no manners, will give the impression that she is resentful because a customer came in , who is going to make her do some work.
I would almost say she is very rude, But not quite.
Food has alot of flavor, But yucky flavor and Over priced by at least 30%.
And if you are looking for good presentation of food , you are not going to find it here
The lamb kebob does not taste like lamb kebob. It is boiled lamb meat , cut into pieces and called lamb kebob.
The kabob supposed to be grilled not boiled. So if meat get boiled then it becomes part of a stew. Plus you could taste that it was boiled in pressure cooker. It does not have that deep flavor. Plus it had lost that natural oil flavor . It is just tender meat fiber pieces,But I guess that's the way they are marketing their kebob. Not real kebob.
Exactly similar to a steak . Steaks are not boiled in high pressure cooker , then put on the grill. No . Or it will be called something else.
To them it is Whatever as long it sells, and it is tender and has flavor but not a good flavor.
Just like the saying: if it doesn't look like a duck, doesn't sound like a duck, doesn't walk like a duck; then it is not a duck.
Same here : if it doesn't look like kebob, doesn't smell like kebob, and doesn't taste like kebob, then it is not kebob. Whom they are fooling?
But it is too late. By the time you realized all this, you already paid. And already eating this whatever yucky flavor food.
But if you really want to try the real lamb kebob, then please try it at Gyro time on greenwood ave n, or Garlic Crush in Issaquah location only. You will see & taste the difference in meat flavor & the quality
The food here is served in a big pile. All different food is piled on top of each other.
It looks like a big, huge mess, sloppy, no separation of different food,or different sauces.No class.
Looks like food you serve when volunteering at homeless shelters or missions. Not food you paid almost $25.00 for.
No Etiquette. Even when you eat the food, all the flavor is mixed , and lost in this big giant mess, and sloppiness.
The food presentation is so embarrassing that it does not look good enough to take to a gathering.
They have been there for a long time, they should be better at what they do. But no . It is the opposite.
They should know what customers like,and what customers prefer, and what style is popular, while maintaining, and respecting the integrity and the authenticity, and the heritage of the dish they are serving.
But looks like the messy style , plus whatever made up & cooked up food that is given a real good name coupled with rudness , and no class is served here
Diffinetly I would not recommend this place for a really good upper class middle eastern food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Charles Paul
Awesome gyros, friendly staff, fresh ingredients. Delicious desserts too! Do it.
Delicious, prices have gone up as with everything but still worth it.
Israel Ramos
Good taste, great people serving, all style, nice place
Suzie Casino
This place is expensive for what you receive. I ordered three items, and it cost over $40: a gyro sandwich with a combo (fries and a drink), one spanakopita, and one honey cake. The honey cake was superb—very delicious. However, the spanakopita was definitely not worth over $8. I was craving it so at least it hit the spot. The spanakopita was a little soggy It's supposed to be crusty and flaky on the outside and ooey gooey spinach and feta on the inside. Oh well! The gyro sandwich was not to my liking but I did like their harrisa hot sauce on it. On a positive note, the service was very friendly, and the atmosphere was nice for sitting outside during the hot summer months.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
BoomHaupt Home
I got the chicken shawarma plate and it was delicious - especially with the homemade hummus. They gave me a falafel to try for free and that will absolutely be my next buy here. Soooo yummy!!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Charles Frank
I was craving a solid gyro and discovered this place by accident. I've passed by it a few times and I always thought it was just a coffee shop. The gyro was pretty good though. I just wish they put onions in it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jacob Rolfes
Amazing. Best gyros I've had in a while.
Sean Sherman
Zaina used to be one of the best places in Seattle to get a shawarma. That is not the case anymore. I can no longer recommend this place. Go to Man'oushe Express on Lake City Way instead.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Trillè Galli
This has been hands down one of my favorite gyro spots for years.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Reade Whitwell
A great falafel sandwich! Reminiscent of Mamouns in the Village. It's nice that they're open kind of late too.
I have been wanting to try this place for years. Finally stepped in to learn that they don’t offer what their neon signage says they do — no souvlaki. (They didn’t even recognize what souvlaki is.) The gyros we ordered instead were not gyros. Gyros meat is lamb and/or pork, thinly shaved. Tzatziki is typically startlingly white and creamy, with cucumber (may or may not be strained out) and garlic. A gyro should be packed with fresh lettuce, tomato, and onion. What we received featured a soupy, low-quality beef or beef-hybrid, cubed and seasoned heavily with saffron and cardamom, no evident tzatziki, no onion, OLD tomatoes, and neglible lettuce. Neither of us could finish. The word “nasty” feels appropriate. For what it costs nowadays to eat out, this was a huge waste of money.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Andria Bieber Designs
Food is so delicious! Very good desert and good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Curtis Traveling
The shawarma plate at Zaina Food Drinks & Friends was packed and filling.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michelle F
The food and service here are amazing. I really love their gyro salad. Yum.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lorenia Valdez Soto
Make sure to double check your orders and ensure they know if you’re ordering something specific. Like vegetarian food, they messed up our order and didn’t want to give us a new gyro
Great location. On a nice busy road all that got wasted by them producing yucky food.
it is very disappointing place. Serves terrible yucky food for very expensive prices with terrible non friendly service from a dirty kitchen.
Their Hygiene every where especially behind counter , and in cooking area,and displays is highly questionable.
Service is at the very minimum. Do not expect good customer service especially from the female server who wares black robe with a white scarf. Or other clothing but still wares the white scarf.
She is unfriendly, unwelcoming, has no manners, will give the impression that she is resentful because a customer came in , who is going to make her do some work.
I would almost say she is very rude, But not quite.
Food has alot of flavor, But yucky flavor and Over priced by at least 30%.
And if you are looking for good presentation of food , you are not going to find it here
The lamb kebob does not taste like lamb kebob. It is boiled lamb meat , cut into pieces and called lamb kebob.
The kabob supposed to be grilled not boiled. So if meat get boiled then it becomes part of a stew. Plus you could taste that it was boiled in pressure cooker. It does not have that deep flavor. Plus it had lost that natural oil flavor . It is just tender meat fiber pieces,But I guess that's the way they are marketing their kebob. Not real kebob.
Exactly similar to a steak . Steaks are not boiled in high pressure cooker , then put on the grill. No . Or it will be called something else.
To them it is Whatever as long it sells, and it is tender and has flavor but not a good flavor.
Just like the saying: if it doesn't look like a duck, doesn't sound like a duck, doesn't walk like a duck; then it is not a duck.
Same here : if it doesn't look like kebob, doesn't smell like kebob, and doesn't taste like kebob, then it is not kebob. Whom they are fooling?
But it is too late. By the time you realized all this, you already paid. And already eating this whatever yucky flavor food.
But if you really want to try the real lamb kebob, then please try it at Gyro time on greenwood ave n, or Garlic Crush in Issaquah location only. You will see & taste the difference in meat flavor & the quality
The food here is served in a big pile. All different food is piled on top of each other.
It looks like a big, huge mess, sloppy, no separation of different food,or different sauces.No class.
Looks like food you serve when volunteering at homeless shelters or missions. Not food you paid almost $25.00 for.
No Etiquette. Even when you eat the food, all the flavor is mixed , and lost in this big giant mess, and sloppiness.
The food presentation is so embarrassing that it does not look good enough to take to a gathering.
They have been there for a long time, they should be better at what they do. But no . It is the opposite.
They should know what customers like,and what customers prefer, and what style is popular, while maintaining, and respecting the integrity and the authenticity, and the heritage of the dish they are serving.
But looks like the messy style , plus whatever made up & cooked up food that is given a real good name coupled with rudness , and no class is served here
Diffinetly I would not recommend this place for a really good upper class middle eastern food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Awesome gyros, friendly staff, fresh ingredients. Delicious desserts too! Do it.
Delicious, prices have gone up as with everything but still worth it.
Good taste, great people serving, all style, nice place
This place is expensive for what you receive. I ordered three items, and it cost over $40: a gyro sandwich with a combo (fries and a drink), one spanakopita, and one honey cake. The honey cake was superb—very delicious. However, the spanakopita was definitely not worth over $8. I was craving it so at least it hit the spot. The spanakopita was a little soggy It's supposed to be crusty and flaky on the outside and ooey gooey spinach and feta on the inside. Oh well! The gyro sandwich was not to my liking but I did like their harrisa hot sauce on it. On a positive note, the service was very friendly, and the atmosphere was nice for sitting outside during the hot summer months.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
I got the chicken shawarma plate and it was delicious - especially with the homemade hummus. They gave me a falafel to try for free and that will absolutely be my next buy here. Soooo yummy!!
Food: 5
Service: 5
I was craving a solid gyro and discovered this place by accident. I've passed by it a few times and I always thought it was just a coffee shop. The gyro was pretty good though. I just wish they put onions in it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing. Best gyros I've had in a while.
Zaina used to be one of the best places in Seattle to get a shawarma. That is not the case anymore. I can no longer recommend this place. Go to Man'oushe Express on Lake City Way instead.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This has been hands down one of my favorite gyro spots for years.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
A great falafel sandwich! Reminiscent of Mamouns in the Village. It's nice that they're open kind of late too.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lamb Shawarma Plate with Bread, Shawarma Sandwich, Shawarma, Gyros Plate, Falafel Pita, Baklavs
Restaurantji Recommends
I have been wanting to try this place for years. Finally stepped in to learn that they don’t offer what their neon signage says they do — no souvlaki. (They didn’t even recognize what souvlaki is.) The gyros we ordered instead were not gyros. Gyros meat is lamb and/or pork, thinly shaved. Tzatziki is typically startlingly white and creamy, with cucumber (may or may not be strained out) and garlic. A gyro should be packed with fresh lettuce, tomato, and onion. What we received featured a soupy, low-quality beef or beef-hybrid, cubed and seasoned heavily with saffron and cardamom, no evident tzatziki, no onion, OLD tomatoes, and neglible lettuce. Neither of us could finish. The word “nasty” feels appropriate. For what it costs nowadays to eat out, this was a huge waste of money.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Food is so delicious! Very good desert and good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The shawarma plate at Zaina Food Drinks & Friends was packed and filling.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food and service here are amazing. I really love their gyro salad. Yum.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Make sure to double check your orders and ensure they know if you’re ordering something specific. Like vegetarian food, they messed up our order and didn’t want to give us a new gyro
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
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