Yia Yias Diner Reviews

Orderd pork Gyro plate . Pork was fried on the grill after being cut off the spinner then they served it to me as dry shredded bits of greasy pork.like pork jerky Fries were old and hard just nasty tasting food . Second time here just as bad . Greek food does not taste or Look like this.
STOMACH ACHE IN A BOX and you can t even throw it because it s expensive.

Worst Greek experience. Street cart cold store falafels are cooked and taste better.

Great food. Come here for lunch a couple of times a month. Gyro s and souvlaki plates are delicious. Staff are always kind and helpful. No side with the gyros though, hence the 4 stars. The prices are moderate and reasonable for the area. Ingredients are always fresh!

Great food bug portions and decent price. People working there are always polite with a welcome smile!

The vegetable souvlaki sandwich had lots of lettuce and tomato but hardly any vegetables. What a disappointment! Not worth the price for sure.

Average food, prices not all that terrible for manhatten. But not really anything all that special.

Wonderful food, great atmosphere, relaxing place to take a load off and enjoy some authentic Greek cuisine. The falafels are amazing, I had the pork souvlaki and my husband had the lamb, all of it was great! Plates run $9-14 a plate just depending on what your looking for, not too bad for NYC and soo worth it!

Food establishment that serve raw chicken to customers should not be allowed to operate.

It's a grab-and-go kind of place, but I'm a huge fan of their beet salad with gyro meat upon it. It makes for two meals, is healthy, and incredibly tasty.

Discovered this place and I can eat there every day nice service price right

Clean looking kitchen; chicken platter was pretty good. The vegetarian platter, not so great.

To expensive for this food. Save good you get at the truck for$5 but you pay double here.

I had the chicken gyro. I devoured it in seconds. It's sooooo delicious.

Good price for a big amount of good food. Next time I only need to remember to ask for less onions

Happened upon this place as it s close to Weil Cornel. The service was great and from the looks of the food that was being grilled in the back, i thought It would be just what we wanted. Be ware!!! I ordered 3 dishes, chicken kabob, More

Had the chicken souvlaki sandwich and baklava takeout . Sandwich as ok as a quick lunch, the chicken was flavorful but the lettuce tomato and sauce were super bland. Baklava was horrible, huge portion, but it was a soggy mess!

Delicious homemade food. 100% Greek food.
Very clean and friendly place. Definitely I will come back.

They don't have a fire grill, their kabobs are made on a stove top griddle. So no grill marks & no flavor. Lamb / Beef gyro was terrible.

Delicious and reasonably priced. Definitely check it out for some good Greek food. Spanicopita was a little bland, but the gyros, souvlaki and tsazaki were delish

I order here at least once a week. The staff are friendly and the food is consistently good. There usually is a lunch rush but with how good the food is I'm surprised there isn't an all day rush. Until I'm able to afford and operate one of those meat spinning machines, I will definitely returning.

Great Greek food delivered super quick. I've ordered multiple times and have yet to be disappointed.

Had their chicken gyro plate and got horrible food poisoning. I was throwing up and sick all night. It was the only thing I ate the day I got food poisoning so was definitely from their chicken gyro plate. :(

greek food and service at this place is super good. Visited Sat afternoon. Nothing but great experiences here.

I was surprised they carved gyro meat & heated on stove. Food was decent, would have preferred it hotter.

generally, good food but I just bought a salad (to go) that was frozen and unedible.

Ordered delivery. Amazing food and very quick delivery. Will be my go-to Greek spot on the upper east now.

Decent quick service Greek food. Great place if your in a hurry a need a quick bite

My favorite plate to eat here is The Lemon chicken sandwich combo. It comes with a side of greek fries and salad. The feta cheese always tastes fresh.

BEWARE!!! They will STEAL from your change, taking a dollar or two. Make sure you check your change in front of them before leaving.

The food alone is great- fresh tasting and good portion sizes. Also love the tzatziki sauce! But the customer service is what sets it apart. Ms Nelly is personable and caring and makes you feel like you are coming home to a family dinner - but without the drama. I ll be back!

obssesed with this place the staff is super nice i messed up my order they were nice enough to switch to what i really wanted and it was yummy.... the lemon potatoes are to die for !

I attended a meeting at the HSS and this was widely recommended by the doctors. We also ordered in and the food and service was fast and delicious.

The salad was dry and the women who serves you is pretty not polite. The sauce which cames with the salad is pretty oily.

Great food. Portions are huge. Pita bread is delicious!

Shockingly bad service. I asked the woman at the register how many falafel balls I get for the "starter" for $5.95. She replied "six". I paid and said it was to go. Ten minutes later she handed me a bag and I walked out. I opened up the bag and inside were cut up pieces of pita bread. Not one falafel ball in sight. I turned around, went back inside, and presented the woman with the container with pita bread. She did not say a word to me, turned around, and after some shuffling of bags on a counter, handed me one (you would think this was a busy mix up of sorts, this was on Sunday, with two people sitting down in the whole store). She handed me another bag. I decided to open it in front of her, and I looked at five falafel balls. I said to her "you said there were six?". Her response "I said five or six" (which she did not). I looked at her and said "first you don't even say you're sorry for handing me the wrong bag, and now you say something which you know you never said"? She looked away and ignored me. I said it again, this time much louder. She looked my way, stared and said "I apologize", thinking if she ignored me again, I might go nuts (it was a bluff, and it worked). Well, any place that hires THIS LOW QUALITY OF A WORKER does not deserve to be in business. Really disgusting, even for NYC.

Soup (chicken and lemon with orzo - Ovgolemono) is delicious though would have been even better hot rather then only warm. Fantastic FRESH pita that went beautifully with the well balenced/seasoned trio of spreads (Spreads: Taramosalata, tzatziki and tirokafteri). I'd go back for lunch again anytime.

Due to the pandemic I had to eat outside of the restaurant and I sure am glad I did. The food was delicious! I had the chicken platter with brown rice. Totally worth the 15 dollars. It felt great to eat healthy and have the options of adding/taking away the sauce. Will come again very soon! God bless!

First time going for lunch today and it was awesome!!

Frequently at NY Presbyterian hospital. Always eat lunch here, good homemade Greek food.

I had a beef and lamb gyro. It was okay. The veggies were fresh. The protein was just average.

Been going here for a little over a year for lunch and the quality has been going downhill. The last time I ordered the pork gyro plate the meat was very dry and very chewy.

My gyro had raw meat in it. No apologies from manager.

The chicken gyro was blunt and undercooked. The pita bread was raw and cold. Food lacked substance. Small portions. Will not return

Value add, so worth the money you spend... with quality food at just the right price .... totally on point.

Owner should open book how to cook or visite Greek before calling greek restaurant.
They said is lamb should be real lamb not ground lamb.
Greek salad should have olive.
Pita should be hot.
A lot of should.
But no greek food.
Someone try to cut corners
They should call restart G food
Untill they understand how cook Greek food
My suggestion
Wait!
until they actually read book How to cook Greek food and start use it properly.

I'm greek. I know greek food. Went simple with the lamb Gyro and lemon potatoes. Gyro was perfect. Good tzatziki sauce. Lemon potatoes was awesome. Fresh and hot. Tasted amazing. Service was great. Fast and efficient. Kind people and everyone looked to be working hard to get through the long line that formed.

This is a great place for fast Greek food. The souvlaki and potatoes are really good and I do not think you can beat the price, especially in NYC. You can get a huge meal for around 14 dollars.

Food was delicious. Sorry should have taken pic before eating. But..I was hungry.

absolutely love this place is fast and the food is delicious !

Falafel is the best , customer service is great , price is good ,

Pricey for a walk up and eat kinda place but it's an authentic and hip little place.

Absolutely incredible. Amazing service and fantastic food. Do not be fooled by any empty dining room- they have just recently opened :)

Addicted! Moussaka plate is perfect every time. Quick and easy service. Not sure why there are any low star ratings

Had Lemon chicken soup, a first for me, delish! Spacious fast food.

Excellent food, fresh, perfect. Delivery was on time, great menu. Highly recommend

They give a good amount of food for the price. Delicious.

Good food for a decent price. Nothing outstanding and limited seating. It is convenient for anything at the NYP med center.

The owner and his team are lovely people and the food is wonderful. The avgolemeno soup is liquid happiness, definitely a recipe concocted by a yia yia (grandmother in Greek). The decor is modern, but gives a distinct air of a taverna on a Greek island.