Zankou Chicken

04/17/2008 Posted by dthstar

i'm not into middle eastern food, but i always get 3 of their beef schwarma sandwiches at a time from here and pay extra for their large garlic paste! the pickled peppers and beets really add to the flavor of the hummus spread inside the sandwich. i've had the chicken too but don't care for it.

Pros: awesome beef schwarmas

Cons: you can't place large orders over the phone- you have to wait for your order outside the line

01/13/2008 Posted by vsusa

The chicken is good, the food is cheap, but it's really all about the GARLIC SAUCE!!! Make sure not to go here before you go out for the evening or you will reek! It so good you want to keep eating it, and you do. And then your tongue hurts later. But it's worth it!

Pros: Garlic sauce

Cons: Not the best area

10/27/2007 Posted by famousblueraincoat

I used to love eating here, but in the last couple of years, the quality has really gone down. The food is either too greasy (literally dripping out the bottom) or super dry on the tarna sandwiches. Don't even get me started on falafels (also very dry). Considering there are so many other locations now (particularly the West LA one and the Burbank one), I just don't bother anymore. Plus, the parking lot is small and frustrating. You could do worse, but you could also do a lot better.

Pros: still a decent value

Cons: sandwiches either dry or greasy, parking lot small

07/25/2007 Posted by addola

I lived in Saudi Arabia and thought this would give a reasonable Flafil and Shawarma. They both sucked. The Flafil was yellow from the inside (not rich) and the Shawarma was dry and not juciy and served with only tomatoes: No I don't recall ever putting tomatoes with Shawarmas. Shawarma should contain: pickeled cucmber, garlic paste, French fries and sometimes addition if greet salad or hot sauce. This is not the case here. I don't recommend it.

Pros: Opens relatively late. Good for large groups.

Cons: Bad quality food. Small portions.

05/05/2007 Posted by moseschef

Armenian Fast food and its good stuff. The pita roll sandwiches are the geat with the chicken tarna (chx shwarma) is terrific, the garlic spread makes it so uniquely yummy. Good food and good value. Try not to take the seemingly unpleasant nature of the cashiers personnaly, they are really not so bad just overworked. Note that there are others Zankou's around, the new one on Splvd. and Olympic was perfect if a little more expensive than I remember the menu being.

Pros: Price, quantity and flavor

Cons: Too busy some times, inconsistant sometimes

03/20/2007 Posted by annmarie014

I enjoyed the food at this establishment very much. It is a very realxing environment. I also liked the variety of the menu and the different options i had. I liked the quality of the food very much and the price is also very reasonable for the amount of food that you are receiving. The one thing that i liked the most is their garlic sauce that they have. It is a very unique flavor and very tasty.

Pros: Tasty food

Cons: Parking

11/05/2006 Posted by coreysjunk

Just OK. Rather small menu and food was average. If you want good mediterranean, get Gyros and grape leaves from El Greco Cafe.

Cons: Average, pricy

11/03/2006 Posted by aira177

i've been eating zankou since i was younger. the food's good here and it's cheap. i like the wraps and the chicken meals. they're famous for ther yummy garlic sauce. i highly recommend this place :)

Pros: good, cheap food.

Cons: nothing

10/11/2006 Posted by tenkuken

It's all about the chiken and garlic butter! those suculent pieces of roasted heaven mixed with that oh so creamy garlic butter on a piece of pita. Oh man! I think I just had a food gasm! The service and food is always great. Oh and those yellow t-shirts are so awesome that I had to get one of my own.

01/16/2006 Posted by vorrumba

Bar none, THE BEST shawerma in town! Great sauce, fantastic chicken, incredible value, and highly addictive. The equations is simple: IF: (1) you find yourself undecided about where to eat your next meal and (2) you don't mind garlic THEN: GO TO ZANKOU You will NOT be disappointed

Pros: FOOD!, Value, FOOD!!

Cons: SoupNazi service