Went again yesterday for lunch; packed again. Sat next to an older couple who'd been going for years and highly recommended the soup, so one cup of chicken rice and another cup of bean: both excellent!! Two orders of chicken gyros this time ( yum yum yum!) and Greek fries. Melissa again our server, busy hustling. Looking like my ( and hubby's!) post skate go to !! read more

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Picked up lunch there. Gyro was full of meat and a good deal. Tzadziki sauce was a little bland. One quirk: they're a little hostile to pickup orders during lunch. It's a small place so they don't want you waiting around. Staff was friendly. Will go back. read more

We were looking for a place to fill the void from Greek Isles that closed in West Chester. Everything was delicious! We got a gyro and chicken gyro with fries read more

Athenian Restaurant - Gyro with fries - American Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

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Food is ok Everything overpriced! A cheeseburger fries and coke! $15 + tip for lunch! read more

Small place with good food and great service. Chicken gyro was fresh and matched well with the tzatziki sauce. read more

Athenian Restaurant - Greek Chicken Gyro + Fries - American Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

Great food, friendly service, in a charming family feel restaurant. We truly enjoyed our meal and time at the restaurant. Highly recommend the gyro! read more

Excellent family vibe with great food and an awesome staff. Service with a smile and one of the best Greek diners in Cincinnati. I always look forward to visiting. read more

Great place to eat. Service was excellent in the beginning, okay in the middle and excellent at the end. Ambiance is an old time old school place. Gyro was on point, great flavors. Baklava was good as well. Couple of things to note limited parking bathrooms, you have to go outside the building to get to. Look forward to returning soon. read more

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Ate here for lunch today. Had a bowl of chicken with rice soup and a double decker BLT. Both were great. Also got a Greek salad with gyro meat to go. Server Jamie was one of the friendliest, most efficient and attentive servers I have ever seen--she's quite a jewel in this down-home restaurant--one of Sharonville's gems. Good food and service at reasonable prices. read more

Delicious food for an amazing price! Highly recommend the Mediterranean gyro. Our waitress was also super kind and upbeat, which is always a plus! read more

The typical small, greasy diner. The Mediterranean Gyro was pretty good. My daughter said the Turkey Sandwich was good. It's not fancy and it gets super busy. The food was good and the service was friendly. read more

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Busy diner style restaurant, definitely a lunch staple in the area. Service was quick and food was good--as expected. read more

Athenian Restaurant - Gyro and fries - American Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

Food was excellent. Service above and beyond. The restaurant was packed after 1:00 and stayed crowded the whole time we were there.

Ate here for lunch amongst coworkers. Small restaurant with limited seating and parking. Food is hot and prepared to order. Menu options are of many. Service if friendly and fast. If you like gyros this is a place to try. read more

We've driven past this restaurant for years, but never stopped in to eat. What a mistake we've been making. Smallish, compact and full of life. The server (Christina) was great. Attentive, funny, engaging. Food was fantastic, We had a classic gyro, and a black and white gyro (gyro & chicken) combo. Everything was homemade. Not the prefabricated gyro meat you sometimes get in other place. Will be back to try the burgers, they looked yummy read more

Had the gyro combo. Great food and awesome service. If you like old school diners, stop in. You'll be glad you did. Will be back to try the double deckers. read more

Great food, wonderful service! Always a good experience when I come for lunch! And they also don't skimp on the serving size so the value is great also! read more

What a super cute little restaurant! I walked in around 11 o'clock right before the lunch rush. This restaurant gives an old diner vibe with booths against the windows, a few tables in the middle section and some barstools near the cashier. I had no idea how busy this little restaurant was going to get during the lunch hour. When I walked in, I was about the only person inside. I asked to wait for my friend to arrive in a booth, and the waitress asked me how long it would be until my friend arrived... In hindsight, I think she realized how crazy busy it was going to get and did not want me to occupy a booth alone. She was right! In the hour and 15 minutes that I was there, they had a great turnover! I feel like many locals come here on their lunch break. When I hesitated to order once my friend arrived, I told her that we are talkers and wanted to catch up with each other. She said we could only sit in the booth for an hour. She did say she'd be willing to move us to another table if we wanted to chat. I did appreciate the honesty. The food was great! I got a double Dekker sandwich filled with turkey and my friend got a gyro salad that was huge. If you're looking for a place to catch up and talk or sip a Coke and enjoy a long lunch... This place is not it. It was crazy busy and packed. We felt the pressure to quickly eat and go chat in the parking lot--BUT if you want great food for a quick pitstop during your lunch break, check this place out. It is in the heart of Sharonville off of Reading Road and the food is delicious! read more

Great Greek diner. Super friendly fast service. Perfect place for a tasty quick lunch

Always great food. Even better service Great variety, something for everyone. Never had a bad meal. Been here many many times.

Gyros are absolutely amazing! Service is top notch and they are very friendly. It could be your first time there and they will make you feel like you've been a customer for 50 yrs. Love everything about the place. read more

2 1/2 stars Place is dirty, dated and really not very inviting. (I know this place has a following and people overlook the ambiance) It's just not a place for me. I am on a zero carb diet. Gyro salads are my go to. Salad and meat were very good. Loved the dressing! However, I am disappointed with portion size. I feel not nearly enough meat. I had to order a side of meat to feel like I had a satisfying portion. I didn't go to a Greek Restaurant to order a salad with meat to have more salad than meat. I'm a value guy and I didn't feel like I got my monies worth here. read more

Athenian Restaurant - Greek Salad with Gyro meat 8.95 - American Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

the customer service ruined the whole thing. I called to place an order and i went to pull up the menu on my phone (i knew what i wanted, just forgot what it was called) and the lady asked me to hold so i said sure, however i could hear them talking still. someone asked her if there was someone on the phone and she responded with "yeah, she had to look at the menu so i said f**k that" just hung up, with an attitude that bad I don't want to know how bad the food would be. I get food service sucks, but you shouldn't talk about customers like that. especially when the customer can hear read more

Customer service very good. Super busy on a friday during lunch. Ambiance that of a typical diner where they cook behind the counter kinda like Waffle House. Ordered a philly gyro mainly because in california I used to frequent this meditteranean spot for philly gyros amongst other things & it amazing. Saw they had it on their menu so I had to give it a try. It was decent, kinda dry. Sauce comes on the side, but they only gave me only cup. They also don't have the red sauce. I'm used to meditteranean places having the tzatziki sauce & red sauce for gyros or shawarmas. They gave me hot sauce packets. I ended up going to another place just for more sauce. Overall it was okay. I would try some new things next time. read more

The staff is always welcoming. I've gone here for years. My favorite Greek joint around for sure!

Great Gyros. NOT Fancy. Very small. Seating and an open kitchen. The owner is always present. I like it here! Great for dine in or carry out. Plenty of free parking next door. Conveniently located. read more

My daughters and I stopped here this week for a late lunch. I had always wanted to try it out and finally did. First of all the service was exceptional. The ladies were extremely friendly. We each had a gyro. Basically, we got two Gyro platters and one classic gyro. The gyros were very good and the fries were decent. This is a no frills place and clearly has been negatively impacted by Covid and the need to remove tables from a very small space. While I feel you can get excellent gyros for less elsewhere I thought this was a quaint place and am glad we tried it out. read more

Looks (and smells) like a greasy diner, but their food is good. I go there for lunch sometimes. It gets pretty busy (thou there are usually seats). Love their buffalo chicken! read more

Athenian Restaurant - Buffalo chicken sandwich- yum - American Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

This place is legit. Just tried it for the first time, service was excellent, gyros were AWESOME. A lot of times when you are looking for places to eat around where you work, the choices aren't all that exciting - it's like, "yes, so and so SELLS pizza, and what they sell qualifies as pizza in the textbook definition," but it's not like, GREAT pizza. BUT THIS WAS ACTUALLY GREAT FOOD ALSO, AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. read more

In our quest to find new local places around the office rather than the usual Mexican, we hit this place today for lunch. First impression is a diner-type feel, with the grill right behind the counter in open view & 2-top tables & booths. We were sat immediately and drinks came right out. After looking at the menu, I went with the Super Gyro with onion rings. Within 10 minutes, the food was out and piping hot. Super gyro was super big! The flavor was spot-on & not greasy at all. I got the tzatziki sauce on the side (tip - sprinkle the Greek seasoning they have on the table in the sauce). The onion rings were crisp & breaded in a cornmeal batter - good. First impression of this place was good - honest diner food with a Greek touch. Now that it is on my list, it's a return trip for me. read more

First time here. Very good gyro. Reasonable meal with fries, drink and baklaca for 9.99. Extra neet was 2.25. They also make double decker sandwiches and variations of gyro. Short staffed but server was great. read more

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I was headed toward Cincinnati Asia Mart when I saw this place again. It seems a postage stamp of a Greek restaurant on a road dotted with small restaurants but almost no chains. When I returned, I made a quick turn into the parking lot. There is parking on both the south and north sides of the building, thankfully, because it looked quite full. As I walked to the door, it looked clean but a little worn. I think that describes me as well. I don't think the place is wheelchair accessible, although the door on the south side was more direct, instead of being at an angle. I kind of wanted to sit at the counter but it was a bit full, as the counter runs only partway across the restaurant. As I sat down to a booth, Jamie came over to ask me what I wanted to drink. She went quickly to take care of my request and in true diner fashion, there were laminated menus at the table. Mine even had some lettuce on it but no gravy stains. I wanted to yell "good gravy!" but now, that makes no sense. They've got about 20 gyros options, as any Greek place should. I somewhat expected some noodle dishes, stuffed grape leaves, souvlaki, etc. since it is the Athenian Restaurant, with Greek food. The previous time I'd been at a Greek restaurant with a full menu was at Tarpon Springs, Florida and they had almost anything you could imagine. What really gave this place the extra star was that it felt like I belonged. The people there were friendly and the atmosphere was homey. It reminded me a lot of going to Olympia Diner on Baltimore Pike in Landsdowne, PA (outside West Philadelphia) in the middle of the night. It was quiet but people were chatting, and they were just busy enough to get things done without delay, and with a smile. They had a rather large menu and a meat loaf special. I was thinking about the breaded veal or their house salad, but there were so many selections, I took a very long time. I ended up with the Super Gyros combo, which was a typical gyros with feta cheese ($6.50 by itself) or $9.50, I believe, with fries and a drink. It came to $9.99, all said and done. The gyros was good, though it seemed I missed the grease from other places, probably because the meat isn't actively roasting and rotating. The fries were good, with just that good balance of crispy on the outside with fluffy on the inside, and my iced tea was good, as well. read more

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This is a great gyro place. Not fancy at all so do t expect ambiance but it is Always busy for lunch. Good portion sizes. A tad pricy, their lunch gyro with fries is $13.99, but everything is getting more expensive in the current administration. Did I mention the fries are great? They are those old style crinkle cut fries, I love those. read more

Went here today with customer. They raved about it. The best I have had is gyro palace in Dayton. This place is just as good if not better. In a small diner style place. Very busy for lunch. I like that you are waited on as opposed to gyro palace. I had the Mediterranean gyro and fries. Everything was delicious. Portion size was good. The homemade tatziki sauce was great. Service wasn't bad despite it being so easy. Parking is limited so get there early. I highly recommend. I will be back read more

You guys.....go here and get yourself a classic Gyro. It is spot on and the baklava is to die for. It's a small diner type place with an extremely friendly family vibe. We go every time we visit Cincy. read more

Amazing place down the street from my work. The food is so great! I highly recommend them!

Wonderful place and option for breakfast and lunch! Good portions, the Service is great, everything comes to your table very fast and it is very good! read more

This place has been here forever. The food is just as good today as in was 40 years ago. If you enjoy a good Gyros the Athenian has the beat Gyros in Cincinnati. It is definitely on my do over list. read more

Fantastic food. Gyros are perfect, with several options for toppings. The burgers are fantastic and you might need help with a double decker. If you want the lighter side, have a Greek salad, add gyro meat if you want. It's a salad that's really a meal. The staff is fantastic, always on the hop. Yes, it is a small place, but it is part of the charm. Love it! read more

They are a small restaurant that I would highly recommend to anyone. It's a drive from our home but it's totally worth it