Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe

Always fresh, great flavors, always packed. If you come here at lunch time every day of the week there will be a line halfway to the door, rest assured there’s plenty of seating. The salads are decadent and with 6 choices of proteins you can have it your way. Excellent Mediterranean foods!

A lot of people seem to enjoy this place, but I always found the food to be a little bland and lack seasoning. It is okay as a Greek-​inspired fast food place, but if you’re craving authentic gyros, I would go somewhere else.

Walk up to the counter, place your order and pay. You will be given a number and your drinks. We got fountain sodas, beer and wine. Pick out a table and the food will be brought to you when ready. There is a small seating area outside in front of the restaurant. No alcohol is allowed in the outdoor seating area. The tables have a place to display your number and silverware wrapped in napkins.
Our first appetizer was the taziki sauce and pita chips. We got a mix of baked and plain pita chips. I like the texture of the baked for dipping, but the plain are warmed up and very tasty. We just used a fork to top the pita with taziki. We also tried the dolmades which is spicy rice wrapped in grape leaves, served on a bed of lettuce sprinkled with feta and a side of taziki sauce and pita chips. Not everyone enjoyed this dish: some found it to be sour, I enjoyed the spiciness of the rice and the taziki sauce was a nice counter taste and texture.
There are both vegetarian and non-​vegetarian foods here and we tried a few. I ordered the grilled veggie gyro which came with chips. I had filled up on appetizers so I ate the chips and took the gyro home. I ate it for breakfast next morning and it was so tasty!
The ambiance is very relaxed here with high ceiling and a wall of windows to let in the sun. We sat in a booth which we had to ‘step up’ into. The staff were all very nice. The food came out in good time and everyone enjoyed their meal. We would definitely come back!

Fast food feel with a fast food taste. Wasn’t impressed with their lamb gyro. Service was very friendly and knowledgable. Recommend searching around for other options if you’re in the mood for a gyro.

I grabbed a chicken gyro to go and it came out rather quickly, unfortunately it was cold, the bread stale and the tomatoes old.
The tomato and cucumber salad is good, but has far too many onions and the basil can be a bit overwhelming.
The staff is friendly though, but the food is rather not!

Delicious food! The dishes went fairly well with my whole food plant-​based lifestyle. I asked for minimal oil to be used when preparing my veggie plate with rice and it was absolutely delicious. The veggies were fresh and cooked to perfection, still a little crispy. My husband and I ordered the gluten-​free hummus appetizer that was very tasty and healthy. We were pleasantly surprised to see the hummus came with fresh veggies including carrots, celery, tomato and yellow squash instead of bread. My husband said his lamb gyro «was great and the baklava wasn’t bad either». The staff was pleasant, upbeat and provided prompt service. We will definitely be back! Great restaurant for those looking for healthy, tasty food!

It’s like fast food. You order, get your drink and find a seat. Servers are suppose to bring your food and refill but they don’t seem really eager. The food is good and fresh. Not bad prices. If I go again I’ll do drive through.
Oh they also have a take out meal for 4 which seems like a really cool idea on a night your pressed for time!

Current incentive by management to get reviews is inappropriate and resulted in an uncomfortable experience (following very poor service).
I’ve been to Taziki’s several times for lunch, and I’ve had great experiences. Their food is fresh & well-​prepared (yummy grilled veggies and the lamb is delicious).
However, I visited yesterday for dinner and had a very uncomfortable experience. While ordering, I was handed off to several other servers (without explanations). My order was combined with my friend who was behind me in line, and then it had to be separated for payment. The ordeal took long enough that we had 2 appetizer baskets, wine, beer, and 2 glasses of water, which took me a couple trips to deliver to my table.
When my salad arrived, it was wrong. It seems my Caesar salad with lamb was translated into a Greek salad when it was re-​entered into the system. This was corrected, but not handled very politely.
Then, after our meals were finished, the most awkward part of the visit began. A waitress stopped by our table to ask if we would review Taziki’s on a review website and mention her name. She explained her manager was offering a deal where she got $ 10 for a positive review including her name. I was stunned and SO uncomfortable. Seems like a poorly planned incentive – I don’t fault the server for this part. She smiled and asked if there was anything else she could do for us.
I was thinking, «Now? No. But earlier you could have (1) taken my order without so many delays, (2) gotten my order correct, (3) helped me carry any of the 6 items you gave me to my table, or (4) avoided the horribly awkward and rude request to publicly compliment you.»
I’ll be back for lunch, though. Taziki’s service is much better at lunch.

Great Mediterranean cuisine, healthy and at an affordable price. Lamb Gyros, salmon dinner and vegetarian gyros are my favorite. Never let down by their great service and food is usually ready in less than 10 minutes. Call in for even faster service for dine in/​takeout.

Wow! We are from Wisconsin and stopped in for a quick dinner and were blown away! Everything was so great

I came here this past week with my family for dinner. I’ve been wanting to try this place for a little while now since I drive past it a lot.
WAIT/​PARKING:
We came on a Thursday around 6pm. It is casual dining, where you order at the front, they give you a number, then you go find your seat and they bring your food to you.
This place is in a shopping center with a decent amount of parking. It was kinda of busy though when we went, but we were able to find parking fast. There are a few other places to eat and things to do around there, so it is definitely not an empty parking lot.
FOOD:
Now let us get to the food stuff. I am no expert in Greek food, though I have cooked it a few times in the past for myself and have eaten at multiple Greek places. Here is what we ordered:
* Dolmades: hand rolled grape leaves stuffed with seasoned rice, grilled onions, and Taziki’s special herbs.
* Beef Tenderloin Sandwich: grilled onions, melted swiss, and horseradish on a kaiser bun.
*Kids Plate of Chicken, Rice, and Fruit
*Grilled Veggie Gyro: Pesto Aioli (I substituted for Taziki Sauce), tomatoes, zuchinni, squash, grilled red peppers, grilled onions, and feta.
I had the stuffed grape leaves and grilled veggie gyro and loved both. They were yummy. My husband liked his beef sandwich and the chicken lemon soup on the side. My daughter also enjoyed her food as well. Overall, I was very pleased with the food.
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
The man at the cashier and who brought out our food had good customer service. Very friendly and helpful.

Walked in for a quick business lunch with 4 colleagues. Super fast friendly service by Becky! I went for grilled chicken on a Mediterranean salad. Chicken was perfect! I ate the plate clean :)
Would love to come back and try other things. My colleagues liked the Turkey and egg sandwich. And the free refills.

Lang is slow but the food is good, a two thumbs up. The sarves is good to.

Stopped for lunch at 1130 and it was packed, not totally full but almost. Food was good and fresh. Disappointed by the soup (lemon rice) but maybe just because it was different from what I am use to being from Detroit; theirs came across as a doctored version of chicken noodle.

Chicken is marinaded in something yummy! Lamb is perfectly done, fresh! Fresh! Fresh! Dine in, or call ahead or drive up… highly recommended! Thick balsamic dressing is a favorite!

Fantastic, fresh, reasonably priced and friendly service. I stumbled on this place while looking for a quick, but healthy bite. I had a Mediterranean salad with grilled chicken which was excellent.

Great place to go for a quick fresh lunch. Fast service. Friendly staff. Stopped in for a bite heading in from out of town on a Walmart project.

I’ve had Taziki’s three times now (2 dine in, 1 cater). My first dine-​in experience was very mediocre and if that was my final impression of Taiziki it would definitely be a middle of the pack, 3 star, not really worth going out of the way for, restaurant. I ordered a lamb gyro for around $ 9. The portion sizing was mediocre and didn’t come with any sides. Flavor is what you’d expect, but meh not great. My colleague had a salmon salad and the salmon was probably around 8 oz, which is quite impressive.
I went in again today for lunch and left quite impressed with the quality of food. I ordered the beef tenderloin feast ($ 12). The beef was cooked to a great medium rare and was seasoned well. It would have been perfect if they gave a little more rice. As many people have said before, ambiance is great, and service isn’t anything to complain about.

This was one of the worst lunch experience in NWA I have ever had.
I ordered a gyro (steak) for lunch a couple weeks ago. I got a plate that looked nice, but was a shocking experience when I bit into it. Instead of a traditional Greek yogurt and cucumber sauce you normally get at a place named «Taziki», there was this brown sauce that looked more like a steak sauce? It was SO salty I almost spit my bite out. I told my server about the issue, and she goes, «Yep, that’s what we serve». No offer to redo it, no refund, just a «YEP».
I ate the $ 13 steak pieces that were not drowned in their «Taziki» sauce and left in disgust.
Haven’t been back since.

I’ve had lunch at this place 3 times now, and have yet to find a dish that rocks my world. Why can’t you get a traditional Greek gyro here? The lamb gyro was just ok, and I’m sad to say the best one I’ve had is the chicken. The fish tacos were also just ok, and made from (yuck) tilapia. Why has this mediocre fish become the go-​to for quick serve restaurants? Mahi, Cod or Rockfish are all much better. I guess it’s a cost thing.
The atmosphere and service are better than the food, but I think I’ll stick with Acropolis on North Walton the next time I need to get my Greek Jones on. It’s always been solid, though certainly with less atmosphere.