Greek Corner Restaurant II

This place just closed! I am truly sad. Let me tell you why.
Souvlaki. Gyro. Greek dressing (better than Greek Corner original). TZATZIKI. Damn, that stuff is like crack. Now I have to go all the way down Mass Ave for Greek, and it’s not even as good.

I’m grading this place up because it is cheap and it is in the square directly across from the 86 bus stop. The falafel is all right. Oddly crunchy but good flavor. You can get lunch for under $ 5.50 and it won’t upset your stomach. I wouldn’t recommend the veggie gyro – too few veggies. Next time I think I’ll get a hummus gyro. It’s a take out place and you’ll need cash.

I live near Harvard square, so eat here on a regular basis. After years of using Unilocal,this place finally inspired me to get off the couch and start writing some Unilocal reviews of my own.
Greek Corner provides quality, delicious, & relatively inexpensive food. Service is also friendly and fast. It is more of a fast food type joint so if you are looking for more of an atmosphere/​sit down type place try elsewhere.
I didn’t fully appreciate the beauty of Greek Corner until a recent 2-​week trip through Turkey. The food (minus the lamb) was definitely on-​par if not better than most of the Turkish fast food type restaurants we tried in Istanbul (ok, ok so it wasn’t Greece but hey just a brief hop over the Mediterranean Sea we’re getting pretty close…)
I’d also like to give a special shout out to the Rice Pudding. I’m not a big pudding/​dessert fan if it doesn’t have chocolate but my fiancé convinced me to try this stuff and it is AMAZING! Hands down the best rice-​pudding I’ve ever had and I had lots of rice pudding in Turkey — who knew that this part of world was so crazy about rice pudding?

A solid take-​out option for wraps. I don’t find their falafel to be that good, but I’ve always enjoyed the chicken and lamb options. The portion size is quite nice, prices are reasonable for Harvard Square, and they’re quick. Can’t ask for anything more in a take out wrap place.

This place gets only three stars, because their gyros is… only so-​so. It’s well-​seasoned, but I like my gyros better if it’s less greasy.
That being said, this is a good place to fulfill a sudden craving for Greek food during lunch time, and it’s not the most expensive, either.
I’ve had the gyros sandwich and the gyros salad so far, and both were ok. The falafel is on my list of things to try.
I did not like the baklava — the phyllo dough tasted old, rubbery, and rancid, and the consistency was just not right. I had to pick the different layers apart with my hands and rip it in little pieces to eat it!!!
Note that you should bring cash; they don’t accept cards but there is a Bank of America ATM around the corner.
Also, seating inside is limited, so be prepared to just get your food to go.

Solid lunch spot. It’s hole in the wall but they do have limited seating.
I’ll admit to having zero simpatico with the dudes that work here but it’s a great get-​in-​get-​out gyro-​souvlaki-​falafel kind of spot. Would I walk or train it to Moody’s instead? Depends on the weather and the time crunch factor.
* sandwiches are generously portioned
* plates are too much for one sitting
* better quality than some sit down Greek places in MA.
* prices are a tad high but it is Harvard Sq.
* fairly quick service

5 star as takeout, but eat in is a bit run down. Food is exactly what you want and expect from this kind of place. Will be stopping by regularly.

I’ve heard people knock this place, but WOW, it tastes pretty darn good! I’ve been several times and can’t stay away from the gyro. It is a simple item, but so easily messed up here in the States. You need the perfect combo of beef, lamb, and spices to create the meat that goes into the gyro and then a zesty but not overwhelming yogurt sauce to top it off. Greek Corner nails the gyro and I can honestly say that this is the best gyro I’ve had since spending a month in Greece. Tasty… ohhhh so tasty.

I’ve been on a falafel kick lately, and I was hell bent on getting a good falafel sandwich without having to venture to Central for my favorite standby, Moody’s. Alright, GCII it was. The verdict: the sandwich was ehhh. The service was good, and my food was made quickly right in front of me. I really liked that the sandwich was made with red onions, hummus, and feta, but I’m not crazy about GC’s falafel itself. Flavor wise, I enjoyed it, but the falafel was a little too crumbly and hard, texture-​wise, for me to truly enjoy it. The crumbliness also made for more difficult/​messy eating. I missed tahini :(Where are you, tahini? Apparently, not at GCII.
In the Moody’s vs. GCII debate, it’s Moody’s every time, for me.

OH YEA.
Tasty, delicious gyros. Unlike most Greek sub shops, Greek Corner does not use pre-​formed stips of «gyro meat». They make their own, and damn is it good. Cover it with thick, rich, delicious tzatziki, and fresh veggies, and I’m in heaven.
The one odd thing is that the pita is fried and crunchy. (Think chalupa from Taco Bell.) It was still delicious, but not what I normally expect when I order a gyro.

This is essentially just a take-​out joint (there are some seats downstairs, but I wouldn’t recommend it — quite dreary) and these kids know what they’re doing. Even when there’s a line out the door you’ll be in and out pretty quick — good call by Matthew B down there about the change-​free prices — just hand over your fiver and go on with your day.
The two guys who take and prepare orders are efficient and friendly. And they seem to be perpetually watching soccer matches even when there is no tournament known to be playing anywhere on the planet, which lends the place a certain old world charm (ok, sometimes they’re watching telenovelas).
But of course, the five stars are for the food! Oh, the food. I love it. The pitas are warm, the chicken tender, the falafel piquant. They also carry some sodas and Nantucket Nectars. The simple and perfected menu of tasty greek fast food served up efficiently by jovial soccer fans make this a perfect lunch stop.

$ 5 for a sandwich (not a burrito) in Harvard Square is almost unheard of…$ 5 for a falafel sandwich on a warm pita and no extra charge if you want hummus on it too (Sabra will charge you a dollar).
Extra shout out for round number pricing. You hand over five dollars say thanks and walk away with a sandwich! No oddball change or take a penny — leave a penny… I like!

When I think of Greek dining I think of a warm afternoon on the Mediterranean, the salty breeze ruffling my lustrous hair… yeeeehhhhh right. American corner restaurant Greek food is one of my favorite quick bites. This is also one of the more no-​frills in an out types of dining you will find. You really can’t go wrong with grilled chicken, vegetables, thick flat breads, goat cheese and olives. These guys do a pretty OK and standard job of combing all of those ingredients into their standard dishes. Any combination will really do, salad, wrap, plate — whatever, same stuff. The house sauce is great, and I particularly find their lamb to be ‘more than acceptable’. This is a cash shop and for $ 6 you can walk away with a solid hand full of not-​so-​bad ‘food items’. Still, a solid lunch that doesn’t fight back at you later on, and that happens to taste good is A-​OK with me.

I used to go to Sabra exclusively for falafel in Harvard Square. However, I’ve recently started going to GCR2 for my falafel fix.
Why? You can get a wrap with everything (falafel, hummus, lettuce, tomatoes, feta, cucumbers) for $ 5. Plus, the falafel seems to have a little more flavor, if perhaps a little less crunch here.

So much worse than the original one on Mass ave you’d think they have nothing to do with each other. They don’t know how to put together a gyro and they clump the biggest ice cream scoop of terrible cheese on what would otherwise be a halfway decent salad.
stay away
or go to the real greek corner on mass ave, which is awesome

The lemon chicken soup at this location is just as divine as it is at the larger spot on Mass. Ave. It’s all I ever get, that and the Greek fries.

I go there at least twice a week for lunch and their gyro is the shit. They use the right amount of dressing for their salads, the fries are awesome, and the second you walk in and tell them what you want-it’s ready within seconds.
They aren’t pricey, and you get a ton of food in your order :)

First off, no pickles in the establishment (I was told they have cucumber. Not the same thing.) Humus was yummy and garlicy, but flavor was drowned by insane amount of red onion.
Falafel was a multicultural experience:
— served in tortilla rather than pita
— hot sauce was sriracha
— iceberg lettuce from cali (speculation)
Falafel itself was strangely familiar — on third bite or so I recognized it from the boxed Fantastic brand I make at home + parsley and deep fryer. The guy was nice and service was super quick, but he put an entire red onion’s worth of bad breath on the sandwich. Ugh.

excellent &v superb, if you stick with:
gyro = ridiculously delicious spiced meat in creamy yogurt with tomato, red onions, & lettuce, hugged tightly by a fried pita…
avgolemono = lemon chicken rice soup = healing liquid that will soothe any upset stomach
all’s good if you avoid the following:
regular fries = cold, burnt, non-​tasty
lamb souvlaki = cubes of non-​tasty toughness, enrobed in the yummy clothes of a gyro [tzaziki yogurt, fried pita…]
baklava = big, and okay
rice pudding = non-​exciting, but okay.
I will return for über-​large portions of the avgolemono [sounds like a harry potter incantation, doesn’t it?] & double gyros… yummmmm.
this place is the little brother of the larger place down in allston-​area, still on mass ave, techinically still in cambridge, past davis square.

For a quick stop, this place is pretty good. I love to get their gyros or lamb souvlaki. Tasty, cheap, and fast. If you’re looking for a more serious meal, try somewhere else.