Loui's Kouzina

My friends and I randomly decided to go for Greek food, something different i guess. Of the many times I've been to this plaza, I actually never even noticed this restaurant's existence. I actually looked forward to my visit after seeing the good reviews and likes on urbanspoon.

They have a few platters, which is good for sharing and trying a variety of foods. I personally wanted to order one, but my friends all wanted to order separately. I suppose I'll try next time.
For starters they serve garlic bread using hot dog bun bread. lol Isn't that a cheap option.

When I was looking at the menu, I was pretty confused. They had "gyro on a pita or bun for $5.45 in the sandwiches section", but also "gyro plate served with grilled pita for $8.95 in the appetizer section". Is it just me, or both options sound like they serve the same thing? I tried asking the waitress but I have no idea what she said. I think she thought i was referring to the gyro small plate. Anyhow, so I just let that pass and went with ordering the gyro small plate ($10.95). But my Gyro plate didn`t come with a pita, which i was kinda disappointed. I would have ordered one of the other 2 in terms of price and food preference.

For those who don`t know, gyro is a mix of beef and lamb thinly sliced. It was pretty good. I would have preferred having it in a pita though. But most importantly, the humus was good and went well with the meat. The salad was a typical greek salad with a strong sour-y vinegar greek dressing taste to it. I did not like the potatoes at all. I thought the potatoes would have been grilled or roasted (it does say roasted, but this wasn`t the kind of roasted I had in mind). The potatoes were skinless, very soft, and dunked into some I don`t know what or how to describe sauce. I personally don`t like soft potatoes to begin with, and with the sauce just made me dislike it.

One of my friend ordered the chicken soulaki small plate. ($10.95)

Look at the size of the chicken. If you ask me, I don`t think the chicken is a reasonable size. I mean, just look at the sides. The sides are almost quadruple the size. My friend said the chicken was good, juicy and not dry. However, the piece my friend gave me was quite miniature to actually taste it, but based on that small piece, I thought it was a bit dry.
Note: For large plates, only the sides (potatoes, fries, rice, etc.) are bigger in portion, you still get the same amount of meat. So don't be expecting more meat if you order a large plate.

I didn't take a picture, but my other friend ordered the lamb shanks ($15.95). I tried a small piece and damn, the lamb is good! The meat was really tender, not dry at all. It is literally fall off the bone lamb meat. I would actually recommend trying the lamb!

Food: Pretty Good
Service: When we got there, the waitress kept asking us if we were ready to order even after telling her many times we are still waiting on some people to arrive. I don`t understand why she was rushing us the whole time. Even when we were finished our meal, she was rushing to give us our bill. It wasn`t even packed. If you ask me, I don`t like the service at all. One, considering she couldn`t even explain or make an effort to explain to me about the gyro pita, Second, annoying us to order food.
Price: Average. In my opinion, I don't think the plates are worth it. Being that I dont eat much of the carbs.
Atmosphere: Nothing special.
Overall: I'm not gonna lie, the food is pretty good. But then again, I don't eat greek food enough to be the best judge. I would pay another visit to try their other foods on the menu though. I want to try their Moussaka (layers of potato, ground beef, zucchini and eggplant topped with bechamel sauce) - sounds like a Greek style lasagna to me. One cool thing I witness was some kind of cheese  that they were serving another table. I believe it was a grilled piece of cheese? They lit it on fire and had to say a word in greek language while burning it or else the cheese wont taste good or something. I found that pretty interesting.

Loui's Kouzina
9255 Woodbine Avenue (in the TNT plaza at Woodbine & 16th Avenue)