Pita Grill
“This place is delicious & the staff is always friendly and accommodating to my modifications!”
“Upstairs seating area is cozy to sit in.”
“Many complain delivery takes forever but this order came in exactly a half hour (Seamless gave me a timeframe of 20-35min).”
Pita Grill
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Should have checked yelp. Sure enough, apathetic teenage cashiers, long wait, high prices and only OK food. I had a lamb gyro and a zucchini salad from the cooler. $16. Fudge that. The salad was pretty good, I must admit, but I think I'd rather try to make it on my own.
The Lunch Special and Smoothies signs outside caught my eye. Along with the sign indicating seating upstairs. Customer service is alright. I initially placed an order with one of the guys at the register but we were both confused about the Lunch Special menu. The girl with the glasses and small nose piercing took over. I don't think she was the one mentioned in the reviews here because this girl knew what she was doing and seemed to be keeping the whole business running smoothly. There's also a sign outside the window to hire new cashiers. Maybe their customer service will improve?
My "Anil Gupta Tandoori Chicken Wrap" was $8.95 pre-tax and came with the options of french fries or salad (I picked side salad) and a can of soda or bottled water (I picked water). The seats upstairs were clean, spacious, and modern with a pretty neat view over 57th Street & 2nd Ave. So far, so good. I checked in on Yelp and was surprised at the low ratings. My chicken wrap with mango chutney and basmati rice looked pretty good too. So I bite into it…
Dry. Dry grilled chicken with a smoky aftertaste. Where are all the spices for my TANDOORI chicken!? The thick pita wrap seemed to be whole wheat but it likewise, it was DRY. Thank goodness for the free cold bottled water. Rice had no flavors. I could only taste the small mango chunks and onions. Heck, the side salad with the tomato slices and lettuce pieces was the best part. At least that had some spices tossed on top.
"Somewhat healthy eats"
This a nice middle eastern type place that serves food in HUGE amounts, which may be a bad thing if you are trying to cut calories. I have never been able to eat an entire platter. The place is a little small and relatively clean but there is seating available upstairs.
The gyro and other menu options can be "upgraded" to a plater, which includes 2 sides for about 10 bucks. I would recommend getting the mashed sweet potatoes. On my last visit, I ordered the lamb gyro platter and it was just ok because I found the lamb to be kind of fatty. I have better better food here before, like the fish tacos and the various rice bowls. So maybe my last visit was an off day.
Also, various types of humus are sold here. I would highly recommend the California humus
After grabbing a few groceries from Whole Foods down the block, I decided to grab a pita from Pita Grill. It looks rather innocuous enough, with a couple of bar seats downstairs and more seating upstairs. That said, you're really paying a lot for what pretty much tastes like an average pita at best. For $10, I got a chicken shwarma pita with tahini. While the chicken was decent, the pita doesn't hold together very well, and the tahini is nowhere near as thick as it should be – it definitely resembled salad dressing more than anything else. It was also strange to have to wait nearly 10 minutes for it to be made, and the people at the counter really don't seem to give much of a hoot about customer service.
I suppose if you're hungry, this is a passable, if overpriced, bite in the neighborhood…but you can definitely do better elsewhere if you're in the mood for a pita.
Okay I'm going to be very honest here, I was extremely skeptical ordering delivery from here because of how poor the reviews are, but all I have to say is…WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
Many complain delivery takes forever but this order came in exactly a half hour (Seamless gave me a timeframe of 20-35min). The food was very good too!
I ordered the mushroom hummus, which was good and a pretty large portion, though I think it could've benefitted from just a drop of lemon juice. I had two falafel balls which were good as well, but falafel is best when fresh and not being transported through 20 degree weather. I also had the Grilled Vegetable Athena Platter which was loaded with eggplant like I asked, and not overly drenched in dressing.
All this came with pita bread and two types of tahini sauces! Lots of food, great prices, y'all Pita Grill party poopers should give this place a second chance.
Agree entirely with Jackie S: I can't understand why the reviews are so negative. And there aren't a lot of inexpensive places in this area other than a dismal Chinese I passed on 1st and a lot of slice places. Moonstruck Diner I will try.
I ended up here by accident because apparently I can't read and was going to try Maya on 64th and 1st. But I thought it was 54th and it would have been closed by the time I arrived. But I am excited about that place because as a girl formerly in New York 3 months a year and now more like 7, I have to get a local Mexican fix that isn't Rosa Mexicano pricing. And now in search of good cheap places because Lenny's is too far and Bread Factory went out of business on Lex and 61st.
During my 3 month a year years in the city, I spent literally double on food my three months in New York as my six months in CA because three months with parents as caretaker and the rest in SB where I had no social life. (This is why you should trust my Yelp reviews: I am brutally honest.) I never buy clothes or other accessories here and I just don't shop very much in general anymore. ALL my money in New York is spent at restaurants. But being here now over half the year I have to be good since rent is higher here (and I used to stay at a friend's place in what is now going to be my apartment.
The guy working there tonight was SO nice. Charged my vape will I waited. I got the Mexican corn, the grilled veggies and one tilapia taco. Big and fresh and yummy. Three things 16 bucks and it's a lot of food. Plus a free soda when you check in on Yelp.
They deliver. Also great is my little tour of 2nd. I rarely walk around there and on 58th there are two Indian, one Chinese, and an Irish pub of the Pig and Whistle variety that looks decent.
They have a low-fat rice pudding for 3 which is really two 4-ounce servings, babaganoush, quinoa salad, also beet and carrot salads. I wouldn't get a burger there but the pita dishes (with platter you get sides) all look good.
After the usual binge fest-around the Holidays, I have been going to Pita Grill most of January (well, the days I've been in town) in my attempts at self-deception of healthy eating. The first thing I tried was the fish tacos, which they advertise on their store-front. They were pretty good, but didn't really stand out as anything to go out of my way for; blackened tilapia in a whole wheat tortilla. The tandoori chicken platter, the chicken schnitzel sandwich, and the Hawaiian chicken platter are all good; nothing that I would go running back for, but I wouldn't mind eating here again if I happened to be nearby and felt hungry. The falafel sounded healthy because it was baked rather than fried, but like most healthy substitutes for traditionally unhealthy, delicious food, it did not deliver on the taste front; meh. Overall, the food is not bad, the service is courteous (as far as self-service goes, that is, for there's no waiter service), and the dining area upstairs is clean and peaceful; the 57th St traffic rushes by as you watch from the window up above, nibbling on your food and commending yourself for the noble sacrifice of tasty, exciting dining at the altar of healthy eating.
I'm really surprised at the low ratings here… but they do seem to be all for poor delivery service. I usually walk in and grab something to go. I'm a big fan or the rice bowls and their babaganoush is Fantastic! Not sure what is going on with the staff, but they've been fine with me.