Mom's Kitchen

I was having a deep craving for gyros one Sunday evening (as I tend to do). Unfortunately, I've found many mediterranean restaurants in Fort Worth are closed Sunday nights. We live near Arlington so we drove out to go to a restaurant only to find their hours were incorrect. We were about to head home when I saw Mom's Kitchen on Yelp and decided to give it a try. I do not turn my nose up to gas station food, honestly it's right up my alley. Tasty, cheap, convenient: my favorite food qualities. However, I can't say I'd ever come here again. It's not that the experience was terrible, mostly that it was "meh."It was late when we arrived but they were still set to be open for a few hours. We looked over the menu, but when we tried to order they were out of several items... no biggie. It happens. So we settle on a gyro and some samosas. We wait at the counter only to see every single item used is premade. Gyro meat.. premade. Somosas: frozen. Even the tzatziki sauce came from a big commercial tub. I didn't necessarily expect everything to be made from scratch and to order, but it was just a bit disappointing for a place called "Mom's Kitchen" to not have anything homemade.Taste wise, the somosas were terrible. Mostly because it was still cold in the middle and drenched in oil (taken straight from the fryer and plopped into a paper bag). The gyro was decent for what it was. It's hard to mess up meat and bread. If I was limited geographically (as in living or staying nearby without a car), this place could do in a pinch. But honestly, this area of Arlington has a lot of restaurants both cheap and nicer right across the street. I hate to recommend chain restaurants over a small business but there is literally a McDonalds right next door. If you're going to eat cheap processed food, it at least has to be fully cooked. In the end I didn't find that the food here was cheap enough to justify the quality. I still paid about the same as I would at most fast/casual mediterranean places, but with little menu options and undercooked food.

Good one. Tuesday's 2.99 chicken biryani good quantity, good taste.Good appetizers as well.

Hard to beat. It doesn't matter if I'm hungry when I walk in or not, the great smells coming from the grill will stir the beast that is my belly. I'm slowly working my way through the menu and I couldn't be happier. The red curry was fantastic, the shawarma is well cooked, but I wouldn't add jalapeños again. The samosas are delicious, although I wish some kind of dipping sauce was included. The people are very nice and we're happy to walk me through the menu. Great food at an even better price.