The food was great and good quality, but the female employee with the curly/wavy hair and nose ring had a horrible attitude with customers and she also said the phone number listed doesn't work at all. Lord I miss the Gilbert location. This is far back from what we had there. read more

I never got to try this place when I lived near NYC, so I thought why not. The food was all really fresh and flavorful. Their hot sauce definitely had a kick to them! I appreciated the customization options, as I got mine with all salad. Despite being super busy, all the staff were super friendly. Had a nice first experience! read more

The Halal Guys - Small Chicken platter - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Halal Guys was decent. This chain sells basically fast food Middle Eastern dishes. The menu is limited to chicken, gyro and falafel as your base to go in either sandwich or platter form. I went with the small size falafel platter. Half of it was filled with iceberg lettuce salad, and the other half was filled with seasoned rice. 4 small falafel pieces were placed on top along with a few pieces of pita triangle. You have your choice of add ins (I added onion, jalapeno, and olive) and you will also have your choice of white, hot, or BBQ sauce. I went with white and hot sauce. Overall, I wasn't too impressed. For $8 I would have liked something additional to go with the pita triangles, such as a scoop of hummus or baba ganoush. The falafel pieces were pretty small, rock hard on the outside, with a slightly moist filling. The falafel looked mass-produced as if they came from a mold since they had more of a gumdrop rather than spherical shape. For a platter filled only with inexpensive salad+rice with tiny falafel and few pita triangles I think it was definitely overpriced. My husband had the gyro sandwich which he said was pretty good. The gyro meat didn't look like your typical thinly sliced meat from a spit. It was more like small chunks of meat, and he said it was well seasoned and tender. As for the sauces, I liked the white sauce with its mild creamy flavor and the red hot sauce packed quite a punch! If I go here again I'll skip on getting the falafel and will probably try one of the sandwiches. read more

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Placed on online order on 9/6/21 using their website. It said the store was open on Google and on their website. Order was confirmed and was given a pick-up time. Show up to pick up food and there is a paper taped on the door stating that they are closed. Why would they not freeze their online ordering if they are closed? I'm all for giving your employees Labor Day off, but communicate that you are closed. So extremely frustrating. Now on 9/7/21 I'm trying to call so I can have my money refunded for the order I never received and the phone line is down. I live about 25 minutes away and driving down just to be refunded is also extremely frustrating. I would like to be able to speak to someone about being refunded. Customer service is seriously lacking. read more

I give The Halal Guys a lot of credit for opening directly across the street from ASU. Smart! AND, they're open until 4 in the morning, on Thursday thru Saturday's. Real smart! When I worked in the WTC in New York, there were a bunch of Middle Eastern food trucks on Broadway, near the old Merrill building at One Liberty. There was always a Kabob truck, a Falafel truck and Gyro truck. Oh yeah, and a Sabrett's Hot Dog stand. LOL The Halal Guys were a midtown operation, but very similar. "Halal meats that are seasoned to perfection and a melting pot of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors that are sure to delight." You should know, that Halal, Halaal, or food is not the same as Greek food. It's middle eastern in origins, but tastes subtly different. You'll find no Kronos lamb spinning here either. They serve their food steamed (photos), not fried -- on a plate with chicken or beef type gyro meat(photo), over rice and bed of iceberg lettuce, covered in their proprietary (creamy mayo) White Sauce. We really liked our food. We ordered the combo plater of beef and chicken; with a sides four falafel balls with tahini sauce and a small bowl of humus. We also grabbed a beef gyro to go. LOL The rice was very tasty and we found the meat to be slightly bland, but their sauce made up for it. If you enjoy heat, you'll have to try their chili paste based Hot Sauce. I loved it, a 8/10 alarm'er. So Three Stars, "A-Okay". read more

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Thought this place was just called "Halal Guys", sans the article. I digress already. Came with a friend of mine who was also excited about their opening; she tried them in NYC and it was my first time. I arrived around noon and it was busy with a short line outside to regulate traffic inside the restaurant. Lots of employees working, making food preparation quick and efficient. I got the small falafel platter ($7.95) with white sauce and tahini and a packet of hot sauce on the side. I snagged a table outside for us to sit and waited a few minutes as my friend got her food. The platter has your choice of protein and rice, lettuce, tomatoes and pita bread. My portion was a good size for me as I finished it in one sitting. After all the hype, it's hard not to get my expectations up but there they were, hanging out with the clouds. After trying them out, they were humbly lowered back down to earth. I didn't find my food to be anything spectacular; it was lacking sauce and the hot sauce was pure heat, no flavor. I'm glad I got tipped off to get it on the side. The bowl seemed like something I could easily replicate at home. Food wasn't bad, but wasn't amazing either. I wouldn't not go again, but it isn't at the top of my list to go back soon. Good effort guys, and nice customer service! read more

The Halal Guys - Falafel platter - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

I'm originally from NY so I was pretty excited to hear that Halal guys were opening a store close to where I lived. I went the day after it opened (around 5:30pm) and the lines were still out the door. It took abt ~20min to get from where we stood in line to ordering our food. An employee was handing out stickers. There are apparently 2 sizes you can order if you get the platter. I ordered the large [~$9] combo platter, which is the equivalent to the NY one size only platter. Half of the platter consisted of iceberg lettuce and tomatoes and the other half was rice and meat, but more rice than meat. So, it was pretty disappointing for them to skimp out on food. Usually, lettuce is only supposed to fill 1/4 of the container. I heard from several friends that it seemed healthier (not in a good way) bc there wasn't a nice layer of oil covering the bottom once you ate the whole thing. The meat wasn't as flavorful - maybe the taste will improve in some weeks or so~ There were about 7 or 8 two-seater tables inside and ~2 four-seater tables outside. It was a battle to grab a table and then keep it - employees and customers alike gave us so much heat it felt pretty uncomfortable. There's a parking lot! However, Dutch bros is right next to this food plaza and they currently have a one way drive through that some cars actually confused as another entrance into the halal guys' parking lot and you can imagine there were a lot of angry drivers and loud honking. So be careful that the parking lot entrance you're entering is the right one! Overall, I'm glad I can indulge in halal food whnever I crave it, so I can't complain too much. read more

FINALLY able to try this place! I thought they were only in NYC and LA, so I was shocked to see one in Tempe! I drove past it one day and came right back for lunch the next day to finally have it. Service on a Tuesday afternoon was great and I was taken care of immediately. I got a small combo bowl with chicken and beef gyro and it was delicious!! The meat tasted fresh and the white sauce is famous for a reason. Can't wait to come back! read more

Anticipated their opening since I found out they were opening here in Tempe, AZ. Started following The Halal Guys on Instagram, won a contest they held, winning a free platter way before they even opened here. The Grand Opening was great. Busy, but definitely worth the wait. Owners outside greeting and talking to the crowd. But now on to the most important part of all... THE FOOD! Let's just speak in emojis The Chicken and Gyro... so moist, deliciousness bursting in your mouth. Not to mention their special white sauce . The falafel was being given out as samples, super yummy as well. With our order we also tried the hummus and fries. The Halal Guys did not disappoint! #1 read more

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I rate all restaurants on the same consistent fair standards of food taste/quality, service, cleanliness and value. However I weight my reviews based on the measure of how much effort the owner puts into their work ... hence a mom & pop one-location place that is struggling and not yet quite on point may get a higher rating from me to encourage them and others to give them a chance than a pretentious trendy corporate conglomerate that thinks high prices equate to high quality but they are lazy, sloppy and serve sub-par food. Here is why this place didn't cut it for me. SERVICE Pitiful. With the lone exception of the inadequately trained and overwhelmed greeter who starts your order, who valiantly struggled to work under incredibly negative conditions with co-workers who were rude, indifferent and lazy. He deserves better than to work here. FOOD TASTE/QUALITY I had a Gyro platter which was supposed to be chicken and gyro meat. Except they ran out of chicken and said it would be at least 20 minutes to make some. Despite having a vertical rotisserie in plain sight I never saw them use it. The meat was scooped from a huge food service steam tray. The words that come to mind to describe it are fake bac'n bits, low-grade jerky or puppy treats - it was dry, chewy and tasteless. This was served over the driest bright yellow rice I've ever had (I seriously thought it was old dried out shredded American cheese). Optionally you can add lettuce that's poured pre-chopped from humongous vats that look like a case of e-coli waiting to happen and some thin dry slices of pita. It's all drenched in a tasteless "white sauce". CLEANLINESS This place reminds me of an army mess hall. The benches are bare concrete and the tables are never cleaned. It's typical fast-food fare. VALUE At ten bucks my combo plate was a poor value by any standard. read more

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My go-to place. I'm eating here weekly. Perfect if you can get over the college students. Get the white sauce!!!!

Food is so amazing like actually so good but the problem is that I went at 7pm today and they were closed. They're always randomly closed or they'll be out of something crucial. Inconsistent experience, however, amazing amazing food when they have everything. Sometimes the workers are not nice too read more

Food was mid, service was mid, baklava was honestly the worst I've had unfortunately super disappointed also no tzatziki so food was dry.

Food was pretty good. Friendly and fast service. I got the beef gyro sandwich and my gf had the chicken platter with rice. Good stuff

It's advertised for seeking Middle Eastern Sándwiches and platters and they don't even carry tzatziki sauce or a real yogurt base, it's basically mayonnaise. Service was okay, not super friendly but not rude and and ambience just had another average Tempe restaurant vibe to it. The meat actually was cooked earlier in the day too and super dry pita bread and sad vegetables. I know a lot better places and won't be going back to this knock off Mediterranean, Arab, Halal don't even know what's it's supposed to be spot. read more

Ordered a gyro tonight and this has to be the worse gyro I ever received!! Where is the meat?? See photo..... I spoke with Alexa the manager and she said there was nothing she could do.... Absolute Bull*hi*!!! read more

The Halal Guys - Gyro I received from Halal guy - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Why is there no ordering via your app right now? Has this location been closed? I would like to go here today, so please answer real soon ... read more

Finally had the opportunity to eat at Halal Guys. Ordered the Beef Gyro and Chicken Platter, Chicken Gyro Sandwich and Beef Gyro Sandwich along with the Falafel. Both the Beef and Chicken are pretty good and we selected the white sauce over the meats. I am more a beef gyro person, but the chicken was also good and juicy considering it was mainly white meat and I prefer dark meat. The combo platter comes in two sizes and includes a salad with slices of pita. Could really do without the Falafel which is a deep fried ball of peas. The menu is simple and the counter is quick with prices geared more for lunch style prices. This restaurant was very hiped up coming to Tempe next to ASU and is in a nice small strip mall just North of the Dutch Bros. The good thing is the strip mall has not only Halal Guys but Even Stevens Sandwich Shop and Ahipoki getting ready to open soon. Will definitely be back when I am around ASU. read more

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Was really excited to try this place as I've always passed by or picked up orders from there driving Uber eats. Decided to stop in 7/13/22 around noon and ordered the chicken platter with extra pita. Service was quick and food was hot but halfway into the meal took a bite only to pull a string of black hair from mouth. Food was really good until that point. Too far to drive back so I will just take the Loss. I highly recommend you advised the ladies working to use either a hairnet or ensure their hair is in a position to reduce it possibly ending up in someone's food. read more

I will start with the Ambiance, there wasn't anyone in the store, thus no ambiance. The two guys were standing at the counter ready and wiling to make my order. One was making the order and the other was checking me out. I asked the check-out person for a lamb gyro, with tomato and Tzatziki sauce (one of my favorites) with extra cucumber. I did not have any lettuce. The check-out person looked at me like he didn't hear me or I was talking a foreign language. The check-out person kept yelling to his partner, with white sauce, with white sauce. I said no with Tzatziki sauce and cucumber, do you have it. Again, absolutely now answer. Just looked straight at me and said nothing. I took my sandwich and hoped for the best. It was a large sandwich, a little tomato, lots of chunky lamb and smothered in a creamy "SWEET" white sauce. It was terrible. If you are going to sell gyros, you need Tzatziki sauce. The parking was great, I parked on the side of the building. read more

I've come to this place for awhile and never had a problem but today I went in and they had given my order to the wrong person which typically I can be understanding if they were willing to remake to it and fix the problem, but after going and them given us a hard time at first saying they couldn't do anything they then said they would remake our meal the three girls upfront thought it was funny that we were upset about our order being taken and also making fun of my name. Never have I ever felt more disrespected. read more

why is a 7 dollar item in new york worth 25 dollars here ... The prices are insane. The service is horrible. The staff is rude. If you ask questions they immediately get annoyed. The food is good but the experience is not worth it. read more

I was introduced to Halal Guys in its place of origin, New York City. A little unassuming cart on the side of the street with some of the best food I've ever had. I will never understand how this brick and mortar location could serve such a disgusting version of Halal Guys. The rice is dry, with little pieces that could literally crack your teeth. The chicken is not only dry, but also scarce - you get about one scoop, which might be a blessing considering how underwhelming and questionable it is. You also only get about half a bowl. The carts in NY give you so much food they can barely put the lid on. Whoever owns or runs this location should be ashamed of themselves. Honestly, don't come here. Especially if you're from NY and looking for some nostalgic food, it will just piss you off. read more

Masha Allah food was very good, we enjoyed with my parents which came to visit us from overseas. They liked halal guys too, thank you read more

I accompanied my friend to this place. Ordered chicken-beef gyro platter. Chicken tasted healthy and yummy. Beef was well seasoned. We got some rice and greens as well as a pack of hidden surprises. Feeling healthy and fulfilling after eating the platter. Yay, i am gonna visit this place again read more

The Halal Guys - Chicken beef gyro platter - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Today I ordered the small beef/falafel combo, hummus with pita for lunch. The beef looks like beef jerky, smelt different. Usually go to pita bistro or pita jungle. Thought I'd give this place a try. I couldn't finish the combo or the hummus. I absolutely love hummus and falafels. The taste was just off. 2hours later, I started getting horrible sharp stomach pain and feel i nauseous. Food poisoning, idk! I really wanted to like this place. Sadly I'll be sticking with my normal go-tos. read more

The Halal Guys - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

You don't come to Halal Guys for amazing food in Arizona. You come here for consistency. You are going to get the same food, same quality, and same taste every single time. You know what to expect and Halal Guys will never go above your expectations. You know what you're going to order to and how much you will pay at every visit. You come here for a consistent experience or maybe because your only dining options at 3 am are limited to Denny's, IHOB, Whataburger, and this consistent establishment. read more

The Halal Guys - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

A+ for terrible service. Came tonight around 6 pm. No one was in line but walked up and was informed the beef wouldn't be done for about 3 minutes and the chicken 10 minutes. Not a big deal. We waited for the beef to be ready and continued ordering. The girl was rude and was annoyed at any question we had about ordering. Was hard to hear her when she did answer. Sorry you're a college student and have to work. We all did and all missed things. No reason to be mean to other about it. This location also sucks due to poor parking. Sad part is the food isn't bad but will likely be avoiding because of bad experience not bad food. read more

The Halal Guys - Gyros small plate - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Jesus Christ where do I even start. Definitely one of the biggest L's I've taken in 2019. Decided to hit up halal guys for my late night munchies last night. Normally I'd go for the platter but the homie infront of me convinced me to try the sandwich, so I did. I got half chicken/ half gyro with everything on it but olives and that hot sauce. Although the sandwich looked appealing enough to chow down on, moments later I felt nauseous. I could feel my throat starting to swell and my face getting hives (not gonna go any further on this). I've never had a food poisoning experience this bad and I hope even my worst enemy doesn't go through this. Halal guys if you're reading this, please clean that tiny habachi up once every blue moon at the bare minimum. If you're fiending for a dank ass gyro or some shawarma hit up munchies cafe or hummus xpress. God bless. read more

This pace sucks!!!! The employees don't care about the food quality and just treat guest like they are doing a favor to serve you. The general manager looks acts like "I know it all" she shouldn't be a manager maybe at best a porter so that she doesn't interact with guest. My girlfriend and I gave a lot of business to them and we own a student housing property in the area. We gave a lot of business and it will not happen again Good luck in this pandemic staying open and doing business. I rather support local then a franchise that doesn't care about PR and quality. read more

I ordered food from here through Postmates - I love some good Mediterranean food so I was looking forward to trying this place! I got their Gyro plate.... and oh boy. My stomach did NOT like the food here for about 48 hours. I'm not sure if it was food poisoning... but it was bad news. I'd give it a shot again as it could have been a one-off time. But beware. read more

Chicken gyro was tAsty. Simple with chicken lettuce tomatoes and sauce. Limited menu. No salad dishes but they did have platters food was fresh and restaurant clean. Personnel was pleasant and expedient with preparation. read more

I have heard a lot about this place from many people and we wanted to give it a try. After evening show at the movies, we landed up going to this place for dinner around 10:30. The place looks like any fast food chain, we ordered chicken platter. The rice they add is really good and thats the only thing which i liked. The chicken was too bland and didn't find it fresh. My bowl was filled with lettuce . The sauce was good but its like any other Mediterranean sauce. I was not impressed and did not like the food, does not look like any picture or video that ran on television in the restaurant. Price is reasonable read more

The girl that was attending us was so rude and she made us feel bad for asking her for stuff. We have never been to the place before and we were exploring the menu and what we got from her was annoying. Never going to this place again because of the service. Horrible!!!! read more

SHITTY Customer service and they were complaining that I had a big order and I should've used a delivery app or called ahead before coming in, I thought it's good that I chose them and placed a big order.very very rude it's was my first time there and definitely the last! read more

I love The Halal Guys ever since meeting the carts first in NY. When a location came in South Bay, I was excited at the prospect of not having to travel so far for this comfort stable. Imagine my anticipation when I learned there was a location at home in the Valley! But for me, this location felt like a Pass/Fail assignment in college. The components were all there - the meat, sauces, rice, veggies, pita. Chicken and beef tasted as I expected, as did the classic white sauce and spicy red sauce. Eating here is the classic Halal Guys flavor. Yet with that solid foundation, it never goes further than that. Literally everywhere I've seen more fun iterations, such as a loaded fries instead of a platter. Or for the gluttons, there are more sub-upgrades within platters such as extra meat or rice that didn't break the bank. Here, what you see is what you get. I think if I lived on campus, this might be a solid stop. But I feel like something's wrong if at dinner time Dutch Bros. is full but this place is nearly empty. I think I can better understand the lukewarm reaction Tempe has for this spot. read more

There's only so much rice and chicken that I can actually eat, until I get sick of it. I was super excited about going to Halal Guys! I've heard about this chain based off in New York and how people were raving about how good the chicken and rice combo is. When I got there, it was clean and kinda set up like a fusion between Chipotle and Five Guys. I got the Large chicken and gyro combo and they definitely give you pretty reasonable portions here! You are able to choose some additional condiments to add to your rice plate, as well as if you want to add a sauce to it. Of course they recommended to add the white sauce, which is a fusion between a plain yogurt and ranch dressing. The plate I got was good. There wasn't anything to "rave" about when it came to their chicken though. You can seriously get some more flavorful chicken at places like let's say Panda Express of Yogi Grill. The basmati rice was good, however by itself is a little bland. That's what the sauce is for. Overall, I'm most likely not gonna come back here for awhile. Service was excellent, however the kind of Mediterranean/Greek influenced style food was alright. I feel I can get better tastes of gyros and stuff at actual Greek restaurants etc. But then again, maybe I just don't crave this kind of food! Tips 1) Dont get too much of that red hot sauce!!!! It's super spicy! You will suffer if you put too much on your rice 2) get a normal rice plate, should definitely be enough to fill you up read more

The Halal Guys - Rice combo with chicken and gyro. Layered with the white sauce - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Inflation. I totally get it but being a customer of the ORIGINAL HALAL GUYS CART IN NY, this place is cheap AF. The original platters were filled with a layer of rice, a layer of meat and lettuce on top. This store now has everything measured down to a grain of rice. More than half the "platter" is stuffed with lettuce and they literally measure a half cup of rice. I asked for a side of rice which was an additional $2. I also asked for a packet of white sauce on the side. $1. So this pitiful platter essentially came to $14. read more

I came here for the first time with my husband when I was pregnant and we've been going back at least once a month ever since! I started out with trying their combo plate of chicken and gyro but the chicken was a bit too dry for me. It tasted great with EXTRA EXTRA white sauce, but I can't begin to imagine how many calories are in it, so I choose to stick with just 1 Extra White sauce and all gyro. Granted the calories in the whole meal is going to be astronomical, I got to find a way to cut small corners, right? The staff is always great but can be a bit slow at times. However I can't complain because I can only imagine what the wait is for the original halal guys in NYC. read more

The Halal Guys - Halal Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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I am a member of their rewards program so I got a free platter. I've only had them twice in my lifetime on the recommendation of a family member. I was not disappointed. I ordered from the app. My food was ready on time, they gave me plenty of white sauce and the taste was fantastic. You get lots of food for what you pay. Will surely be going back. read more