Hellas Cafe

This spot has excellent food like what I get up in Greek town in Chicago. The grilled calamari has an amazing scent and charged marks. These juicy appetizer is a must along with the saganaki. The pita bread is always fresh. The many times I’ve been here the pita has been on point.
I got the grilled salmon. It was juicy and not overdone. This is important with a big party of 10. The rice and the potatoes are excellent side dishes. Everything looked perfect and tasted even better. The night was topped off with Greek coffee (a double of course) along with a serving of baklava. It’s a staple dessert.

The food here is wonderful. we’ve been coming here for years and love the small intimate vibe and appreciate the family that owns it. Unfortunately over the years the garlic bread has gone away, portions (salads) have gotten a bit smaller, sometimes the wine pour is very skimpy and it’s gotten expensive. My family of 4 with two adults having wine is easily $ 125+. However we keep coming back cause it’s super tasty!

One of the best gyros sandwiches in town. Also love the taramasalata & the mezze plate. I’d give it a higher rating based on the food alone, but the prices have slowly gotten a bit too high & the service is just OK. Recently, they forgot to prepare a carryout order I called in. Instead of being graceful & apologetic, they were a bit rude about it. I could overhear the staff arguing about it as a walked out the door telling them to forget it. Had they offered to prepare it for free, they would have won a lifetime of loyalty, but no… Still love the food, but I don’t go in much anymore

BEST HUMMUS EVER!!!
Now with that said, the rest of the food I had was very good. I went with the lamb skewer which was good (a little overcooked but good), the rice, green beans, potatoes were all very good.
Greek salad is amazing. The hostess recommended the salad and I probably gave her a, huh? look but she was right. Their greek salad and hummus were both the best I have ever had. If I came in again I would stick with a huge portion of both
I also got a square of baklava — another standout It was fresh and crisp and sweet but not overly sweet. Perfect.

Over the last couple years, I believe they’ve upped their game. The food seems more fresh (not that it was bad before), the service better, and more attentive to detail. Bumping from 3 to 4 stars.

nice staff, gyro platter good, little $$, second to Santorini’s in Fountain Square which is a 5 star Greek Restaurant

My first time here! It was really good and the service was great as well. I usually get an gyro platter when I order Greek food but it’s always too much so our server suggested just ordering it as a side. Perfect!

Just moved back to the Indy area & had to hit Hellas! It was as good as I remembered it. I had the spanokopita with potatoes and veg. It would be a 5 star, but the salad was kinda lame. Always get the potatoes (not the rice option) because they are great! The spanokopita was perfect — just the right balance of filling to phyllo. If you have kids, I highly recommend the flaming cheese! Service was great.

Love me some great Greek food and Hellas really delivers. The restaurant is lovely inside with a cozy, intimate atmosphere. The menu is loaded with Greek favorites and some lesser known, very authentic, old-​world choices. They have a great wine menu featuring many Greek wines. I tried the Assyrtiko which was a delicious, bone-​dry white; loved it! For dinner I chose the lamb kabob. The meat was so fresh and tender and came with rice, Greek green beans, and Hellas own version of Greek potatoes. Also a small Greek salad accompanied the dinner. Simply divine. My friends all ordered the pastichio and were happy with their choices. We were, sadly, too full to sample the dessert menu but the choices looked amazing and all house-​made. Hellas has been on the northside of Indy for years and has always been a solid restaurant. Since the new owner took over in the past couple of years, however, it has become a top-​notch Greek eatery.

As far as Greek food on the Northside goes, I don’t think you can get much better than Hella’s. This unassuming little building just south of 86^th Street has been serving up deliciousness for close to 30 years and is definitely worth a visit.
Some have indicated the price point is high — are you blind? The amount of food you can get for $ 16 or $ 17 is out of this world. All entrees come with a Greek salad, rice or potatoes and green beans. I went with the chicken gyro platter, and my only complaint is that I was picturing the chicken meat stuffed in the pita with the tzatziki sauce, instead of having to put it together myself.
Also, I need to apologize for my garlic breath more than 24 hours later and after multiple swishes of mouthwash — so maybe they could cut down on the amount of spices in the sauce?
Other than those minor things, an overall fantastic experience. I’ll definitely be back to Hella’s.

Expected a little more. Food took forever to get to our table and it wasn’t all that spectacular. Décor was a bit over done as well. I’m not sure I’d recommend this place to friends.

Disappointed in my gyro sandwich!
A pile, 20or so, of «chips» of lamb, I think,
chips the size of a fingernail and same thickness,
not shaved, dumped on a pita, not rolled or folded
Needed a magnifiying glass to find the onion.
thin slice of tomato size of a quarter.

My 2 year old son ordered chicken fingers tonight and I thought, «really? With all of this good Greek food and he orders chicken fingers?!?» Luckily, Hellas doesn’t do what a lot of restaurants do for the kids menu — they actually make their own chicken fingers!!! They were just another delicious (and delightfully unexpected) favorite for our family.

I am so excited about this place. If you’re vegetarian order the combo plate with the intent of leftovers. It was all amazing.

Like many of our favorite restaurants, Hella’s is decreasing its portion sizes and offering less to its patrons (esp. during Northside Nights specials).
During the last Northside Nights, we noticed that they only offered a meatless pastitsio but were still charging the same price.
On our last carry-​out order, we ordered a Sampler Platter. The amount of gyros meat we were given was pitiful and the slices of pastitsio and moussaka were only the size of a traditional baklava triangle.
They have never lived up to our first dining experience there. Disappointing.

I tried Hellas for the first time and it was pretty good! I ordered the gyros (pronounced «yeeros») platter and for about $ 11 it came a/​a small Greek salad, pita triangles, gyro meat, tzatziki sauce, seasoned green beans, and your choice of potato or rice. Sounds like a lot of food but it was very well portioned — it was truly a platter.
The food was good, but I’ve had gyros before and they tasted the same so there wasn’t anything special.
It’s kind of a hole in the wall place — it wasn’t busy and there was only one waitress working. I would venture to guess there are other Greek restaurants in the area w/​better Greek food + a more modern ambiance — it felt like I was on the «Big Fat Greek wedding» set. A bit hokey in my opinion!

It is so nice to find some variety in food around this area. It is one of our favorite places to go with a group from work. We always leave feeling delightfully full from the delicious Gyro plate! From the feta to the hummus, all makes me feel like I am back in Santorini. The staff is always friendly and welcoming as well!

Came here with my girlfriend because we were in the mood for Greek food. Our local place was closed so we decided to drive a bit further out to Hellas.
I gotta say, I was impressed with the quality. We ordered the Saganaki and it was fantastic, although on the smaller side. I ordered the Gyro Sandwich which wasn’t really a sandwich but more of a heap of gyro meat on top of pita with some veggies and Tzatziki sauce. My girlfriend got the Calamari which was in a red sauce and she said it was very good.
My only complaint and negative star for this place would be the price. I understand that Hella’s is trying to bring itself into a different elevated level from other Greek places, but it doesn’t quite achieve that. The place at prime time dinner time had 3 tables out of the 20 in there filled. My guess is that if they chopped the prices down by 30−40% (yes, it is that overpriced), the tables will fill up.
You have a good product, just bring the price down a bit to create a value.

This place is an old standard when it comes to Indianapolis Greek food. It has been around a long time and has provided consistently good food for a long time.
The food isn’t terribly creative, but they have all the Greek classics. My only gripe would be that the food is a bit pricey, but if you’re in Indy and you have a craving for Greek food – this place should be your go-​to.

Hellas has come a LONG way over the years. I ate here many, many years ago and swore I’d never go back. But my husband wanted to try it, so I agreed to return after a long hiatus — and I’m glad I did!
We generally go at lunch, since it’s right around the corner from where I work — which is good, because their lunch prices are a bit more reasonable than their dinner prices. I always get the pork souvlaki, and have never been disappointed. Their tzatziki is high on the garlic scale, which I love! I’m not a big fan of the greek style green beans, so I try to substitute for something else when I can. The greek style potatoes are consistently good.