Tried Melina's Grill twice already this month in Baden and I had very high hopes and was extremely excited to have it in the neighborhood. It is a new establishment and we are always happy for new business' to open up in the area, especially restaurants.
On the first visit, we tried the gyro and chicken souvlaki on a pita. I must say, the gyro itself was delicious that visit and the chicken souvlaki was on the okay, but the pita was on the tough side. The yogurt sauce needed a kick of garlic and the filling itself, needed more onions. It just lacked flavour for the most part.
Decided to give it another try a week later. This time had papusas, gyro souvlaki dinner, calamari and chicken fingers with fries. This time around, it was definitely a bust, sad to say.
The papusas were definitely not freshly made to order. It was dense, oily and I just did not have that experience that I was eating an authentic papusa and I have had many in the past from several restaurants and homemade by my El Salvadorian's friend's mom. The pickled cabbage that traditionally comes with papusas were good though! As for the gyro souvlaki dinner, the portion was very small for its price point which is almost $14. The gyro was too salty that day, salad was just a small handful, but the rice was tasty but not on the generous side. The calamari was soggy and the chicken fingers and fries were definitely just store bought which is fine I guess.
If improvements are made, then maybe my family and I will give it another chance in the near future.
Just as an added note, on both visits, the place wasn't at all busy, as we avoid the lunch and dinner crowd. read more