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The Original Christo's

3.7 (274 reviews)
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Moderate noise
Dogs allowed
Good for groups

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Stephanie E.

French onion soup was amazing. Burger was okay, comes with chips. It's an extra $6 if you want fries with it which we felt was a tad high, went with the chips instead. Our waitress was night, answered all of questions. We ate outside on the patio which was clean and very pretty.

Custom made calzone with homemade sauce
Ginnie R.

Should you ever walk about downtown Sanford this hole-in-the wall is worth a pit stop. The pizza and calzones are where it is at. I'm not an expert with bread but I will say you can just taste how much better than Sbarro's it is. It can't even be compared honestly. I've had the pizza before so this time I decided to try the calzone. I do enjoy theirs but my number one will still be Prato (because rats just kidding). For me, the calzone was amazing. Piping hot and fresh from the oven. The bread was wonderful. They custom made my calzone for me with eggplant and ricotta cheese. The marinara sauce was home made. I asked for a second serving of the marinara because I don't skimp on sauce, especially anything tomato based. My friend raved about their pecan pie which is home made. I was out of the caloric space to try some. The service is excellent. Very caring and personable. Please stop in and support this local business. Their food is excellent, the service is excellent. It is a more casual dining establishment but you can sit outside on the patio and watch people walk the cobblestones streets and eat a baclava.

Hope M.

This place had wonderful service and a cute atmosphere. I unfortunately didn't enjoy my gyro as the gyro meat wasn't the typical shaved and flavorful meat. It seemed to resemble deli slices like another reviewer mentioned, and lacked flavor and the tender bite you'd expect. The meals also come with chips and to replace with fries or another side it's an upcharge. The same deli type meat came on the gyro nachos which I was excited for. I'd have preferred if there were more toppings on the pita with a little less sauce Overall everything tasted freshly made but the food was a bit average to me.

Lasagna
Klaudia W.

I love this place so much I bring anyone that visits here. As soon as you walk in it feels so cozy and homey. The service feels like family and the menu has lots of choices and you really can't go wrong with anything. I love the friend mac and cheese omg it's sooo good make sure you get that to start! I got the penne alla vodka I put the sausage and mushrooms on the side. My boyfriend got the lasagna and both were delicious. We got the chocolate cake to finish off. All their cakes and pies are always delicious, def get a cheesecake if they have it!

FRESH BAKED PEPPERONI BREAD
Vikki B.

Cute place! We sat outside during the love your mother festival. Our service was attentive, even though we were outside and they were pretty busy inside. Burger was delicious and some really good fries. We had the pepperoni roll as an appetizer, and it was good as well. Decently priced. Didn't get to try the cookies, but there was an entire case of them so we definitely will be back.

Gyro and fish and chips

First time here - service was great but food not so much - had the fish and chips and the fish tasted old and almost metallic- not sure type of fish it was - the fries were great though!! Also had the traditional gyro which was ok but didn't have any lettuce???! Also got a personal margarita pizza that was undercooked but sent it back to be cooked a bit longer and it was better but still not a good margarita pizza - pretty sure we won't be back unfortunately - service was a 4 and food was a 2

Christi's Chicago Beef

Just can't say enough about how positive this experience was. From the greeting at the door to the service at the table and the food was very very good and I must say reasonably priced. If you are hungry, Greeks Gone Wild Calzone will fit the bill and the Blueberry pie was a great take home dessert. No way I could eat after lunch.

Ultimate ULTIMATE TRADITIONAL GYRO
Amy K.

Before visiting Christo's, we had stopped at Zorba's down the street. After being informed that we could not have lemon in our water due to "Covid restrictions" and also finding out we would have to order from the expensive dinner menu (no lunch menu on weekends), and not being able to find a gyro on the menu we left the almost empty establishment. What a difference at Christo's!!! We were immediately rewarded with water that had real lemon wedges and a nice cold beer, draft. We easily found the Ultimate Gyro on the lunch menu and were promptly served with it. We got one "Fat Boy Style" and one as the default. The default is ruffled potato chips and garlic pickles, not as pictured with fries on the menu. The with fries option is almost as the Fat Boy option, so we got that. It includes fries, an onion ring and a cheese ball. The gyros were good. They did not have much oregano in the meat or elsewhere and the Kalamata olives were not brined. The toppings were not well distributed. But the sandwiches arrived very promptly and with the right sides. Our very attentive and efficient waitress had recommended trying the cheese balls as being "popular and very unique". The one that came with Fat Boy Style was not something I've had elsewhere. It was like those big cheese balls you can make for a party with a core ingredient of cream cheese with grated cheeses mixed in. Then it was coated in panko and fried. I was glad we only got one, it was about 5 rich bites. The firecracker sauce was mild and kept the ball from tasting overly dry. It was a little like Thousand Island dressing. The reason for the 4 stars instead of 3 was that the place had a very positive vibe, the staff were so good, and I wanted to go back and try more. I saw Greek pastries freshly baked, many Italian favorites, including very popular pizza and the place was warm and welcoming on a chilly morning. If I lived in Sanford, I would go back for sure. We were there for the Porchfest, and so we did not linger but joined in the festival after that.

Cheese pizza.
Dan J.

Stopped in and had a salad and pizza. Excellent pizza. Quick and friendly service. Nicely decorated restaurant.

The one and only Christos famous Firecracker chicken sandwich, big fat onion rings, and firecracker  sauce.

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Super good food and very reasonable pricing, a lot of really really good choices on the menu and the staff is very very prompt.

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Pizzas and gyros are very good at this place. I would recommend this place to my friends and family.

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Great food. Great pizza! Authentic cuisine. The place was packed, yet customer service was on point.

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