West of Edens

We’ve gone here before, but not in awhile. Previous times were good. This time, ugh.
Went for dinner and the place was dead. One other family there. Wanted the gyros, but figured it probably has been sitting there for awhile without being touched, so I had a combo sandwich. How can I go wrong with that? Beef was just ok. Sausage was sitting around for awhile and saw the guy throw it into the beef juice and on the grill. Came out burned and dry. Close to sawdust. Fries were also cold and barely cooked. Wife had the chicken gyros and not impressed. No real taste to it. Kids got away with hot dogs and said they were just ok.
Not sure if we’ll go back. A lot of other options in our area.

Love their cheese fries and gyros. I love supporting local businesses, nice fast food environment and very friendly.

Great cheap food

One the most reliable restaurants in the Skokie. What makes it even better are the folks
behind the counter. Just good food and service. That’s a fer sure!

This place has great food, sweet employees, a great location, and a nice neighborhood. My only complaint and concern would be that the tables are a bit wobbly and sticky. I would recommend they clean the tables and chairs after every use. But other than that, the food is great and the service is as well.

I agree with Joani, Jacob and Gerry, this place is a solid 4 stars. Convenient for the Skokie 5 – 0 (their HQ is right next door) and for anyone wanting to take a break from McDonald’s (which is also right next door). Note: they are no longer related to East of Edens (which is also good but let’s stay focused). I’ve had just about everything from their menu, I’ve catered from them for a birthday party as well. My personal favorites — the hot dogs, gyros, cheeseburgers, baklava, French fries, Greek chicken, Polish and Italian sausages, etc. Great service and greetings, clean and neat with a flat screen or two. After your meal, you can take a walk across the street at Laramie Park.

Awesome food and GREAT service!
Everything I have is always good. The chicken dinner is a deal. Great lemon rice soup.

I love their Greek Chicken Breast, potato & rice lunch special they have. It also comes with pita they are very punctual when it comes to delivery and the staff is awesome as well. The amount of food you get for that price is unbeatable!

This is one of our favorite local places for hotdogs, hamburgers, salads, gyros, chicken, etc! Always friendly service and we love their outdoor patio when the weather’s nice. We get coupons from them, too!

Great, consistent, reliable. always fresh. owners are good genuine people. if you order in Greek you’ll get an extra packet of ketchup. the Owners are always there and happy to serve you as well as give fashion advice.

I love West of Edens !! I have been coming to this place FOREVER and I can’t believe it skipped my mind to write it a review.
I always get one of three things for an entrée:
The Tuna Sandwich
The Pepper and Egg Sandwich
or
The Grilled Chicken Sandwich
So, you’d think that it would be hard to mess any of these up, but it is very much possible. They have hit the nail on the head every time I’ve ever been there.
On the rare occasion, I will indulge in the lemon rice soup and it is absolutely amazing! Love this place!

Food is average, at best. You could drive down Touhy and find the same at a number of other places.
Employee at the register argued with me about some restaurant certificates that I wanted to use. Customer service could be better.

Great grill with great food. Just as good as East of Edens, I’m assuming there’s a relation…

I like this place it has never let me down, fast service good food always clean. On top of all that it’s near my kids favorite movie theatre!

Can never go wrong with getting the chicken special. Never had a bad experience with the service either.

I ordered shish ke babs from their low-​carb menu. I was served miniature ke babs that wouldn’t suffice as an appetizer. Small squares of meat on each of 4 skewers, with wood skewers cut down to mask how tiny they were. My husband’s gyros plate (also low carb) was pathetic as well. I felt like Tom Hanks eating the baby corn in Big.
If I ordered there again, I’d order the regular version of each plate to potentially get a fairer portion of meat, and I’d take off what I couldn’t eat. But I won’t have to worry about tzatziki sauce on my fingers because we won’t be eating there again. Too bad, since we shop in that district all the time.
I’m also pretty sure that the low carb plates were at least as much as their full-​carb-​loaded equivalents. Shame on my optimism and time crunch for not noticing.

I recently visited this joint because it was close to the Holiday Inn I was staying at. Food in Chicago, especially in the suburbia, seems to be both consistent in variety, and repetitive one way or another. With in miles radius, one can probably find a joint serving a mix of gyros, a variety of hot dogs, and maybe a mix of Greek and Mediterranean type food.
West of Edens is one of those joints. Haven’t been back in town for a few years, I was desirous of dining in at one of these local joints. I have missed a decent gyro in which there is no appeal for in Los Angeles.
The friendly service and the relatively tasty gyro brought me to satisfaction. Simple as that. I’d come back here again if I’m ever within that area, especially if I don’t have any form of convenient transportation accessible to me.

I could not be happier! I hosted a party for 25 family members and had it catered by West of Edens. The ordering was really easy, the price was fantastic, and we had enough food for leftovers. It was perfect! Our guests were commenting left and right about the quality of the food and the great flavor.
We had gyros, pita, greek salad, rice, chicken legs/​thighs, and potatoes. All of it was fantastic. My 2 year old couldn’t eat enough of the rice =). Everything was fresh, tasty, and well prepared. There were only 2 pitas left, because people ate so many gyros. I was so pleased.
If you are planning a party, cater from West of Edens!

You get to see some of the Skokie’s/Niles’ finest in here, grubbing during lunch. I thought their gyros were pretty solid (kind of salty, well-​cooked, generous with the tzatziki sauce); they have a lot in your car, and it’s right off of Niles Center Rd. The service is great, efficient, and a lot of people do carry-​outs.
+salty gyros
+generous tzatziki sauce

This char restaurant has served the area for well over a decade and some change. I believe it’s Greek owned and operated, for a time in Chicago much of the char types of restaurants were Greek owned and you could expect a quality from their burgers, gyros and more. I first tried them more than a decade ago, I had a gyro combo and haaated it. So I never returned. Years went by and about a year ago I went back to try it again. I kept hearing good reviews from locals that always spoke about their chicken. If you stop in during the afternoon lull when their employees take their lunches you can see that every plate has the chicken and rice. There are people that come in daily for this combo.
Anyway, since that first time last year I’ve been stopping by and giving them a bit of my business. Salads, chicken and rice and their fish sandwich combo which is just in time for lent. Their fish sandwich is mostly breading and a small amount of fish but the combo is served with a ton of fries and it feeds the hunger. The restaurant shares a parking lot with a body shop but ample parking is always available. If ordering delivery, there is a separate charge whether they travel a block or a few miles.