Taki's Mad Greek

Beautiful restaurant, food, quick service - authentic Greek food.Great Greek food - Chicken Souvlaki , rice pilaf, pita bread and Tsaziki; amazing food, inviting atmosphere, quick service. Highly recommend trying it.

I've been a patron of Taki's since they first opened on 15th Ave. They are great people serving great food. Their falafel, when it is fresh at the restaurant, is the thing to get. After that it's the housemade Taki's fries! Since covid, and the peak of delivery apps, I feel like I have to be a little more patient with the order but it's always worth the wait. The best time was bringing my parents here for dinner during a live music show- there was music and belly-dancing and we drank sooooo much Sambucca! The house was on their feet dancing by the end of the night--and so were we! Whether we were good at dancing or not, the night was so memorable!.

The most comically horrible restaurant experience I've probably ever had. As someone who grew up in a family restaurant myself, I feel bad leaving this review. I almost never leave negative reviews, because I know how much work the restaurant business is and I give a lot of leeway for small business proprietors.A friend of mine recommended the place and so I took an out-of-town guest there. Within five minutes, we were being threatened with lawsuit by the older blonde lady waitress (the mother of the manager, I believe). She told us how Taki, her husband, had successfully sued someone over music rights and how she was going to sue us for taking social media videos without financially compensating them. She said we needed to pay the muralist too who painted the wall behind us. I thought it was a joke at first, but there was zero hint of irony and she returned multiple times to the table to repeat herself and threaten us. I looked at the wall closer and realized it was a wallpaper sticker and not a mural... We got up to leave, but her son came out and told us it was fine and that we could take pictures. The food (chicken wrap; falafel; avgolemono soup) was fine, but frankly I could not enjoy it at all. She would return to our area of the restaurant for no reason, to fiddle with silverware on nearby tables. I really regret taking a guest there. Of course, we did not end up taking any social media pics/vids after feeling like we were being punished and scrutinized. Truly, thinking about the experience embarrasses me, because I regret not immediately leaving and I regret staying as polite as I did throughout the whole affair.Bottom line: Go to Yanni's in Phinney Ridge or Olive & Grape in Greenwood instead for Mediterranean cuisine in the area.

I was visiting Seattle and wanted to try some Greek food. After looking at many places all I could find was Mediterranean places not any straight Greek places. This place was about 35m from my hotel but it did not disappoint! I came in on a Thursday around 7pm. There was no wait. I like the place inside it has a nice atmosphere to it and they have live music on Saturday's! The server seemed a bit like he didn't want to be there (hence the minus one star). I opted for the gyro platter and man they load it up!! I had a lot of left overs lol. I ended up getting a Greek coffee as well. I wanted it to go but they do not have to go cups. They had those yummy Greek candies that I haven't seen anywhere else here in the us.

Came in for the first time (for take-out) and the place smells amazing! And Kiki was SO helpful, she recommended the dessert "Galaktoboureko" and I'm so glad we got that it was HEAVENLY. Our falafel wrap, fries and salad was also top notch and a generous portion. Wish we had time to sit and enjoy, there was a really nice atmosphere, felt like home. We will be back again this month, with friends. Thanks Taki! Excited to explore more of the menu.

The food is fantastic. My favorite soup is avgolemono, and they make the best I've ever had!!!

This is my favorite Greek restaurant in all of Seattle. I've made it a personal mission to try all gyros in Seattle, and Taki's is at the top of my list among everywhere I've tried ( ~15 restaurants)! The portions are massive, and flavors are great. The restaurant is family-owned and I believe the parents are from Greece (they have their backstory written on the menu). The son that usually works in the front is SO nice, one of the most genuine people I've ever met. Unfortunately he moved to a different state, so I believe it's just his parents and brother that work there now. Full transparency, the mom's customer service is pretty poor (very slow service, odd/abrasive communication, lack of professionalism and friendliness), however I don't mind nor take it personally because the food is great! I would recommend ordering takeout as they can get busy with orders and take awhile to attend to you.

They used to be as good as Yannis. I guess we haven't been there in a while, and perhaps they changed cooks. We got takeout, so the infamous blonde wasn't much of an issue, although she got the order slightly wrong. We ordered the lemon rice soup, moussaka with rice and horiatiki salad, and the calamari dinner with Greek potatoes and horiatiki. They make up for quality, with quantity. It makes for some heavy garbage when the bulk of it gets thrown away. I hate wasting food, but not as much as I hate eating food that's so greasy and salty that we both needed to take Pepto afterwards. The Pepto was the tastiest thing I ate that night.

This is the best Greek restaurant I've eaten at in Seattle. The interior is nicely decorated and large windows allowing in natural light. The server offered suggestions that turned out to be spot on. I had the Souvlaki sandwich (Greek style per the server), and my wife had the Moussaka with the Greek potatoes. The potatoes had a nice mild lemon flavor with a mixture of herbs. I have to say they were the best potatoes I've ever eaten and if that was all I had for dinner I would be totally satisfied. The Moussaka was to die for and perfectly layered with seasoned ground beef, eggplant and a crusted top layer. It was a really amazing. The souvlaki sandwich the best I ever had and seasoned to perfection. Even the salads were excellent. Try this restaurant and you will be happy you did. Unbelievable!

At first I thought the prices were a bit high, but then realized it was justified by the amount of food there is in each dish. I ordered take out and the weight of the bag was noticeable ha. I was intrigued by the fried feta sticks and they were really good. The breading was very crisp and crunchy and the feta had a nice tangy taste. The included tomato basil salad was nicely balanced with it.The falafel platter is enormous. The Greek potatoes are delicious with a buttery lemon flavor. The Greek salad was also fresh and great. The falafel, even though there was so much of it, was lackluster. It was too dense and needed more flavor. They dribble a sauce on it (tahini I'm assuming) but it just made it undesirable in look and texture.