Cross-Rhodes

Cross-Rhodes is one of my favorite places to get a burger. I've come here for many, many years and have eaten countless burgers. I get the Charburger with feta, and it's served with all the fixins on a sesame bun. It's always perfectly grilled and juicy and is served with Greek fries (crispy cottage with vinegar and oregano) which are just amazing. My friend has always ordered the vegetarian salad with slices of gyro with a cup of avgolemono soup. The tzatziki sauce is thick and garlicky and so good. Portions are very generous. Cross-Rhodes is nothing fancy but if you want simple and hearty Greek food, you'll find it here. Staff has been here for ages. Cash only but there's an ATM in the vestibule. Once long ago, we considered living around the corner from Cross-Rhodes, which would have been a disaster for my hips. As it is we make a regular pilgrimage and I'm always happy and excited to get a burger and look forward to the next visit.

9. 9. 6Cash only! And they have a cash machine inside the door if needed! Large portions and all sauces house made. Large steak fries come a couple ways.

My boyfriend has been wanting to take me to Cross-Rhodes forever as they have one is his favorite burgers; The Rhodes Burger, which is a half pound burger patty with cheese, topped with gyros meat on a sesame seed bun. It sits on a bed of steak cut Greek fries, which are equally loved. It's a big burger and will keep you full for most of the day. He asked for it to be cooked medium, and it was perfectly medium. I took a couple of bites, and the meat was so soft and juicy and the gyros was perfectly crispy. They don't skimp on the gyros. I ordered chicken souvlaki with grilled vegetables and tzatziki sauce. Chicken kabob in general is pretty similar from restaurant to restaurant, but their chicken kabob was one that I especially enjoyed. It had great flavor, wasn't dry, but also wasn't swimming in juice and had a beautiful char. I love a char on my meats, so it was pretty hard to not finish my plate. The tzatziki was very good - thick, with good flavor and not overly garlicky. The service was wonderful. We were greeted upon arrival and as we left by who I assume was the owner. Our waitress was very sweet and personable and made you feel right at home. Very cozy place. If you're in the area, be sure to give it a try.

We had the charburger (not flame broiled... grilled on a floor flat top) with cheese and fries plus a Greek salad and side of tzatziki.The burger was great. No frills, good flavor, all the fixin's, medium rare as requested. Steak fries are good. They come with some kind of "lemon sauce" which I expected to be thicker but is really very watery so the bottom fries are kind of wet, but that's okay. Portions are generous.The salad was a good size too. 3 nice sides of quite flavorful feta and a red wine vinegar dressing that I really liked. I like vinegary things quite a bit. It was a nice Greek salad. The tzatziki didn't have a ton of flavor except for some raw garlic flavor, it could have used dill IMO. I won't get it again.Last time we were here we got the Lemon Rice Soup. It was cold outside and the soup was so good.Great value for what you get. Food is so expensive these days. Service was fine, she was nice. Ambience is diner. Big ol' flat top grill you can see basically right there in the dining area. Everybody is nice. They do a good takeout business.

Cross rhodes was there first place I ate at when moving to Evanston. It will always have a special place in my heart. The restaurant is cash only which makes it really difficult for me to visit without making a separate trip to an ATM first. If it's your first time here, definitely get the gryo dinner plate with tzatziki sauce. This plate will feed you twice and you will be dreaming of the sauce.

Delicious. My grandma is 99 and has me pick up their lemon soup- her comfort food. also has the freshest Greek salads!

I found the portions huge but the product over cooked and dry. I read other reviews but I do not agree and I will never return.

I used to come here a lot way back when, it's good to see they survived the Pandemic. I've liked everything on the menu, always been treated well, and the prices are very reasonable. Nothing much has changed since I was in graduate school last century, and I do love a place that has stayed the course. Consistency makes a good restaurant great.

My wife wanted some vegetarian mousaka for mothers day so I called in and placed a pick up order. I was told 15-20 minutes for the food to be ready, and it took me over 25 minutes to get there. Upon arriving I was told my order wasnt ready, and one of the guys at the counter was bothering me trying to get me to buy one of their over priced $6 macro brews while I waited. I paid for my order and waited at the counter. Ultimately my order wouldn't be ready until 45 minutes after I placed it.While standing at the counter I had the displeasure to watch my wife's mousaka be prepared. It was from a frozen tray of food not even prepared there, but rather at Athenian Foods in Melrose Park. And it was re-heated on the same grill they were using to cook burgers, meaning this previously vegetarian dish was no longer vegetarian. I think it is safe to assume any even minorly complex dish which is more involved than heating something on a griddle, is purchased from a food service company like Sysco and is just re-heated to order.When I got home I began unpack the char-burger I ordered. Neither the burger nor bun was charred, nor do I think they have an actual grill to do so. And it was the saddest burger i've ever seen, worse than even McDonalds fare, just a thin patty of beef in a crushed bun. The bottom bun was also sopping wet due to the white wine they coat their "greek" fries in.Most curious of all is that I was forced to pay $44 and some change for this Sysco-tier slop. I have no clue how they arrived at this total, as according to their menu prices the Mousaka was $15, the burger was $14, a half order of fries was $4.50 and the minestrone soup was $4, or $37.50 in total. With tax I should have only been charged $41.34 assuming 10.25% sales tax. This business is cash only, and I can only assume it is because they have been kicked off their payment processor due to excessive chargebacks for habitually over billing customers.So in summary if you want poorly re-heated frozen food or the saddest burgers imaginable, that take twice as long as quoted to be ready, from a restaurant who lies about whether or not dishes conform to your dietary restrictions, go to Cross-Rhodes, if not i'm sure Yelp can help you find a far better Greek diner that wont steal your money.

Don't go for the ambience. Go for good food at a more than fair price! (Cash or check only.) Dinners include soup or salad and potatoes or grilled veggies on a skewer. Good veggies, not the usual broccoli and carrots that many restaurants offer. The Greek chicken is delicious and juicy. When I asked if the Greek chicken took a while to cook because we were in a hurry, I was told. "No problem. It's already slow cooked for 2 hours." Fast and friendly service so it's a great place to go before a Space concert which is nearby. Plenty of street parking. What's not to like?