Pita Jungle

Love love love Pita Jungle and was waiting a long time for this one to open up (very close to the house). Food is awesome (like in the other locations) and it has all of the regular Pita Jungle menu items. Love the décor and how it is arranged. Even though we expected some hiccups with them being new, the service and food were flawless.

I actually live down the street from the Downtown Pita Jungle, but have had more than one bad experience there. So, I decided to try this new location and Wow, what a difference. Huge space, awesome patio, great service and most importantly, great food. They pay attention to detail here…

I’m a long-​time, die-​hard Pita-​lover and am extremely disappointed by this location. Pita has always hit the mark in terms of consistency at every one of the many locations I’ve visited, except this one. What I’ve always loved: incredibly fresh, healthy, delicious food, generous portions, extremely proficient and efficient service… they wholly fall short at this new 7^th street site. The first time we dined in on a busy weeknight and the service was nice, but very slow and inept. I understand new places always need a few weeks to iron out the kinks, but the employees were bumping into each other not knowing where to turn or what to do. The hummus appetizer took 35 minutes, which is so unlike Pita normally! The subsequent entrees took another 30 minutes. The chicken pasta salad, an all-​time favorite, was one half the portion size at other locations, the chicken dry, and the tomatoes mushy and mealy (they get a pass on the tomatoes since it’s so hard to source good ones in Phoenix.) The chicken glazed lavosh pizza was ok, similar to its sister venues, but again, 30% smaller size and dry chicken. The kid’s meal arrived wrong. The Gyro was a regular size portion and very good indeed. Our second experience was take-​out last night, and what a disappointment. The small greek salad was absolutely 50% smaller than usual, more mealy tomatoes, the lettuce was one day too old and was not only wet but starting to brown (!), barely any feta, and no olives or cucumbers. Wow. The hummus with grilled chicken was teeny-​weeny and the chicken was again, sigh, dry. The turkey lavosh was done fairly right. Pita my love, what happened??? I’m not a fan of huge portions nor a heavy eater by any means, but these portions are ridiculous for anyone who knows Pita Jungle. Please, please tell me you just need more time… I’ll wait. But if this is as good as it gets, I won’t be coming back. Have they started to franchise? New ownership? Very disappointed, very.

Staff is great, interior is awesome & food is consistent. Thank god they placed a bomb pita jungle here.
Bartender w/​dreads is super rad too!

Been twice now to the new location. Food is delicious and the drinks are great. My side of potatoes (delicious nonetheless) came cold, and even after sending them back, they hit the table cold again. But my service was excellent! Great happy hour for anyone looking for a small bite and drinks.

Love me some Pita Jungle and have been waiting, waiting, waiting for this location to open. My chicken combo plate was great as always, staff and décor are both wins and the happy hour tapas were a nice pre-​meal bite (two bites each, really). I second the other reviewer’s mention on no place to put my purse at the high top tables. Also the location of their computers and the servers lined up creates a bottle neck trying to get to the front door/​bathroom areas. A little design flaw in an otherwise spacious and stylish space.

Okay so Pita Jungle opened Jan. 18^th and I’ve been twice in one week. The first time my husband and I went for lunch. The place was packed! The décor is very nice and modern. I only have one issue regarding the décor. No one factored in where a lady would place her purse while dining. The chairs don’t have a typical back where a purse can hang on the side and there are no wall hooks so I was forced to place my purse on the floor. Please fix this problem. Thank you:)
Husband and I each ordered a cup of coconut curry soup. While tasty it was warm not hot. We were disappointed with the soup. For my entrée I went with the salmon burger. FANTASTIC!!! The patty was well seasoned, moist and delicious. It took quite a while for our food to arrive, to make up for the long wait they gave us a complimentary dessert. The carrot cake is so good. I’ve had it before and it never disappoints me.
Today’s visit was again at lunch time. The Friday crowd is different from the Tuesday crowd. LOTS of mommies with babies and little kids. I’m not a kid person so I tend to notice things like that. I ordered the entrée red quinoa salad with mixed greens and jalapeño cilantro hummus. The salad was delicious. Since it was listed under entrees I thought the portion would have been bigger. Also, since red quinoa is the name of the salad you would think there would be a lot of quinoa, not the case. Surprisingly little quinoa in this salad. My girlfriend ordered the same salad, but she got chicken with hers so her meal was more substantial then mine. I would get that salad again and soup to go with it so long as it’s hot.
All in all a pleasant experience each time. There are some kinks that still need to be worked out with a new staff. I have no doubt in a short time they will be running like a well oiled machine. I have to give a special shout out to Kayla who was my waitress both times and both times she was outstanding. I love forward to returning.

As soon as the sign went up for a Pita Jungle in the neighborhood I started to salivate. The new place is nicely designed and very comfortable inside. They’ve assembled a friendly, efficient staff and the food, as always for Pita Jungle is yummy and affordably priced. They have my favorite hummus in town. And now that I have Pita Jungle within walking distance I know it’ll be a new regular spot for lunch and dinner! And they make it so easy to place a to go order! Tia at the register was working her tail off and smiling and providing awesome service to what seemed like a never ending line of customers — but that line moved so fast! 5 stars for food. 5 Stars for service!

After a horrible experience attempting to place a catering order at the downtown location, I called this location hoping to have a better experience. From the minute they answered the phone, the experience was 1000 times better! Scott took my order and was fast, friendly and reassured me that the experience I had previously had was not how they do business. When I came to pick up my order, it had never been rang through however the staff was eager to help and went out of their way to make up for the mistake. LOVE this location! Best staff and AMAZING customer service!

The new location looks great! It was nice to see all the seasonal specials on their regular menu (which is HUGE compared to the other locations). They were super busy-​looks like this will probably be a very busy location during the lunch rush. Staff was all very friendly and knowledgeable :) Off to a good start!

I love all Pita Jungles. This one is brand new and looks great inside. Cool vibe, great food. A little noisy but it’s not too bad.

I’m excited that Pita Jungle has arrived in the uptown neighborhood and given us a extra shot of flavor from the olé spice weasel. The green tea with kiwi is a great, refreshing drink option and goes great with the hummus and chicken OR the wood-​fired chicken breast. The caramelized cauliflower and tahini can also be a fun treat, but is quite rich. YMMV