Hooligan’s American & Mediterranean Restaurant

Great little stop to have something quick to eat. Tasty and worth the money spent. Music level is just right and it seems quite personable with counter ordering and bussing to your table. Recommend the gyro wrap combo.

Hooligans. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but it’s legit! Great food, great meal combos, nice people. The atmosphere is «hole in the wall» for sure. It looks tiny at first but goes back pretty far past the counter, so you can go here with a pretty decent sized group. The patio really elevates the experience from «average hole in the wall» to «hole in the wall with plenty of fresh air.» There is a wall around the patio that mostly blocks your view so that you can pretend as if you aren’t actually sitting in a parking lot.
Lots of vegetarian options. I last ordered the falafel. Omg so yummy! I love that the combo platter comes with all my favs. Salad, tzaziki or hummus (or in my case, for 60 cents extra, tzaziki AND hummus), rice, and a pita. I have tasted the gyro before, quite good, as well as the grape leaves — diddo. Don’t let appearances deceive you… give this place a try.

I’m from up north (Detroit specifically) and we have a lot of authentic Greek restaurants up there with authentic gyros. Hooligans makes a pretty good gyro and is serving up some pretty legit Greek food. If you want a classic mash up between American and Greek food this is the place! The cheeseburgers are off the chain as well! I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a solid gyro. Also, don’t forget to get a piece of that amazing baklava they have sitting on the counter!

Great food! We got the gyro plate and the deep fried wing basket.
The gyro meat was delicious, hot off the wheel.
Reasonably priced and good portions.
It’s a simple small whole in the wall style restaurant.

Great mix of American and other traditional food. I love the owner, the guy always hooks me up with fries and a drink. Their sweet mint tea is exceptional. Philly wrap is to die for.

One of my absolute favorite restaurants in T-​town! Family owned and are usually working there cooking the food and are always pleasant. Everything I’ve eaten here has been great. No complaints. I love their falafel plate, wraps, tabbouleh, fries, hummus, and of course their mint tea.

Some things never change and this is one of them. The food is unbelievable and the service has always been great. From first dinner date to just craving the goodness this is a slice of heaven!

Good food and great prices. Best Cheeseburger in town. I know that sounds weird but it really is. It has caramelized onions and add some bacon (yes it’s turkey bacon) you won’t be sorry you did. The Gyros are good to if you want some good spit roasted meat and a cool refreshing tahini sauce with crunchy onions and tomatoes.

The food here was so great! My husband had the Turbo Gyro… He ate every bite! Their Lentil soup was so yummy and Vegan! Their hummus was wonderful and they accommodated my request of veggies instead of pita! Definitely a place to try!

For a little hole-​in-​the-​wall Greek place, it was delicious! The gyro wrap was great. And the stuffed grape leaves appetizer was amazing! The tzaziki was one of the best I’ve had. Would go back.

We had falafel and gyro wraps. His with fries, mine with baklava. Fries were crisp. Baklava was crisp with a nice amount of honey. Yummy, fresh, reasonable prices.

You won’t regret it! Burgers with no ketchup and it tastes grand! Fried Okra! Delicious!

One of my faves in Ttown. The wraps are great and the price isn’t too high. I recommend this.

Four stars because Hooligans is more than a great diner-​type joint (love red formica booths) serving great burgers and crispy crinkle-​cut fries. They also serve tasty Mediterranean fare including gyros, baba ganough, dolmades, felafel, and more. The service is friendly, the prices are right, and the food comes out quickly. What’s not to love? Oh, don’t judge its size by the front room. There’s seating in the long corridor that leads to a large dining room at the back. Looking forward to a return visit soon.

Dirty restaurant with gross food. I don’t understand the hype over this place. I’ve gone a few times and ended up hugging the toilet the rest of the night.

Grabbed a quick double bacon cheeseburger and fries here on a Monday night. Quick, easy, and a decent burger. Good fries too. Nothing special but an easy diner stop in Tuscaloosa.

Pretty good Mediterranean place. They have a lot of variety, going far beyond your standard gyro or cheese burger with seasoned fries. Overall I like their food a lot, and if you like places like Purple Onion, or Al’s in Birmingham, this place is very similar.
Only issue is that most Mediterranean places (or at least the majority of ones I’ve been to) are open late or even 24 hours. This would be a perfect late night munchies/​drunk food place. But then again, considering all the s**t-shows that stumble down the streets of Tuscaloosa after closing down their respective bars (guilty as charged) I wouldn’t want to run a 24 hour business either.
If I could give it 3.5 stars I would. Good food, good service, nice people. Try ‘em out.

I worked at this place from about 2005 – 2008 while I was at Bama, so let me say I’ve eaten a bit of food from this place.
As much of the food as can be is made on site — the baba ghanoush, hummus, chicken marinades, falafel, and so on are all made right on premises by the same people serving you. They go through a ton of food, so absolutely nothing has any time to get old. As far as kitchen cleanliness goes, the place is washed off with bleach every single night, and by the time the staff leaves, everything is sparkling.
For those who have been to the mediterranean claiming they’ve had better… no shit, huh? It’s an awesome joint to grab a bite to eat before hitting the bars or taking a final, not an exploration of Mediterranean culture and cuisine. If you want something fancier, be prepared to pay fancier prices.
The whole goal of this place is to be a straightforward place to grab some food. They’re open all day and well into the night, the staff work hard to make food that’s tasty and reasonably priced, and get it to you fast. It’s a bit of a dive, but every time I go back to T-​town, I absolutely have to swing by.

I had a bf that loved this place which is why I went to it more than once… I remember they over season their fries and the food is blah. Nothing special. I was unable to find a satisfactory mediterranean place in the state of Alabama. I was looked but never found anything.

I had an enjoyable lunch at Hooligan’s. I ordered the Kafta Kabob Plate which comes with Greek Salad, Hummus/​Pita Bread, rice and Kafta. The Kafta was very salty, the rice seemed a bit tough and maybe undercooked, the salad was mostly iceburg lettuce, the Hummus was good.
That being said, I really like the atmosphere and attitude of the restaurant. It seems like almost everybody else was ordering burgers… So, I am totally going back for a burger… who knows I might just bump up to 4 stars