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4.4 (609 reviews)

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Ada C.

Deliciousness- the gyro meat, the white sauce and the baklava! The flavorful meat and the creamy yogurt-dip-like white sauce were such a perfect match. Paid 69 cents for an extra packet of white sauce so that there would be enough sauce on every spoon of food scooped out of the combo platter and also for dipping the pita bread in. So Yummy, and well worth it! To end a good meal on a sweet note, the Baklava would do the job right. Even though the baklava that I had was a tad overly sweet, and soggy and even a little chewy on the bottom, the upper part was still crispy and flaky and the middle layer loaded with nuts was tender.

Rashad W.

I love this place . Will be back soon . The staff was great and the food was good . Thank you

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The food is delicious, as always. Alaa provided EXCELLENT customer service. She is very welcoming and polite. Thank you!!

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Fox E.

If you say goodbye, I say halal. Halal, halal. I don't know why you say goodbye, I say Halal. I grew up on Sammy's, so everything else is a step down. Okay, no, I didn't grow up on it at all, but I may as well have, since I eat it seventeen times every time I'm in New York. What to get: Combo with all the sauces. What else: Right now he's probably up behind her with a pool stick showing her how to shoot a Combo. This is the place that we used to go to all the time back in the old days of New York City. It's not the same anymore. It's not even close to being the same, and they put one of these in every damn town on every damn street and the quality went down, but I have to say it's still nice to have these here, and it's still a different twist on the usual fast-food, and in some regards it's really good. Thanks Jackson have a good night. Oh sorry I was talking to my little friend Jackson. You say goodbye, and I say Halal. Halal, Halal. I don't know why you say goodbye, I say Halal. OK, I do know why you say goodbye. Because you have to run to the bathroom because you just ordered from Halal Cart.

Emily K.

I can already tell this is going to be one of our go to spots in Houston. The Halal Guys serves consistently delicious, filling food at an affordable price. My usual order is the combo platter, which comes with both the chicken & beef gyro over rice. I'd recommend getting both the white and hot sauce on top! If you are worried about the hot sauce, they usually ask for exactly how much to put which is very helpful.

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Jasmine S.

Halal Guys never fails to disappoint! They closed down during the storm and I been to other locations but nothing compares to this location. The service is always impeccable they immediately welcome you when you enter I love it! I definitely recommend this location over any other halal guys in my opinion.

Sophie Y.

We first tried the Halal guys in NYC in early 2000 and loved it. We discovered Jones Fried Chicken when we moved to Houston and thought the taste and portion size were similar to Halal guys. I was in the neighborhood and decided to give this a try. I was greeted as soon as I entered and saw 4 employees working on a Friday at 2:30 pm. I was the only customer and got 2 regular platters: 1 chicken and 1 gyro beef. Half of the container was filled with lettuce and some tomatoes, then 3 scoops of rice in orange color, 2 scoops of protein and 4 pieces of triangular pita. She drizzed white sauce and added some onions. I didn't add any hummus when the lady asked if I wanted some. It was $9.69 for regular and $8.69 for a small platter. It was a quick transaction, in and out in less than 10 minutes. Pretty efficient! We had high expectation of the food as we had fond memories. Rice were a bit too hard and meat were too salty. My husband was still hungry after finishing his portion as he said he would like more rice. We actually weighed the container before we ate. My husband wasn't satisfied and decided to order Jones Fried chicken for dinner. Yes, he can eat the same thing again. Based on this experience, we concluded we got a better value (whole 5 oz more food) and quality of food at Jones than Halal guys. If we were ever in the neighborhood, we might give it a 2nd try...

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Alaa (I believe that's her name) was the absolute sweetest to me and my friends! Definitely recommen. Best halal guys in Houston:)))

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This store service is bad. I just want to go hot sauce and BBQ sauce, they just want to charge me 1 dollar. Make me feel so uncomfortable.

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Alaa everything was great !!! I really enjoyed the food . Sam customer service was incredible! Thanks for everything !! I'll be back !

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Service is great, food is great i love every food here have tried all and i recommend it to customers

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Food was really good didn't see the restaurant but got food delivered I like that white sauce

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Ala was great! Superb service. Food is always delicious and well seasoned. Haven't had a bad experience yet

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Always the best place great service and great customer care team always friendly people are so helpful and

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Sheina was great. Great service. my order was fulfilled quickly and left happy can't gave asked for anything else tbh

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Amazing food. Great service from Alla, very sweet and made sure our visit was worth it.

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The food is so good and the serving size is abundant but I can't get enough!!!the Westheimer location is the one I go to

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