Yia Yia's- Homemade Greek Food

Yia yia's Greek Cafe East 69th Street. If you're in the neighborhood, give yia yia's a try. Fresh salads are available daily, with fresh ingredients and a nice size feta. The pork gyro was disappointing it was dry. Today was a miss. If you're in the neighborhood, give yia a try.

Found this place on a snowy evening at 10:45pm. The very Greek owner was sitting at a table enjoying some souvlaki. When we came he greeted us like we were stopping in for dinner at his house. Food was fantastic. The chicken gyros were made in house and cut off the spit. Im a sucker for the beef lamb American style gyro. It was great. On a platter paired with lemon potatoes. My son went for the chicken gyro. It was homemade in house cut of the spit. Delicious. Flavorful. My daughter wanted avagolemeno. When she mentioned it was her favorite soup he yelled back to kitchen to give everyone soups to try. It was such og Greek reataurant move-again like you were over his house for dinner. It was the best we've had. The best part was the prices-very fair for manahatten. I mentioned how goo

The falafel sandwich was very bland and dry. Large slices of lettuce just fall right out of the tasteless pita. The hot sauce I received was for tacos. The spanakopita was soggy and also lacking flavor. The staff was very nice though. I wanted to change my order after we paid and they swapped out an item happily. The dinning room is really nice with big windows. I’d love to come back and eat here if the food made the trip worth it. Sadly it doesn’t.

The place was clean and the service was immediate and quick. The food tastes extremely fresh but the grape leaves were bland and the Greek salad was mostly leaves. Hardly any tomatoes, onions or cucumbers. The feta cheese was only four small pieces. However, the falafel and hummus were delicious!

Love this place, great food and amazing customer service. Highly recommend.