Reviews for Athena Grill in 4720 14th St NW, WA

Try the gyro special. Great price and plenty of food. Try it authentic way without lettuce, one of best gyros in DC. Staff is... very friendly. Read more

I cannot in good faith recommend Athena Grill to anyone with food intolerances/allergies. We have two Celiac employees in our... office and when we ordered our food today, specified no pita due to Celiac, and all of the food arrived with pita right on top. I called to ask how we can fix the situation and was told by a woman who had never heard of Celiac disease that she was the onlyone in the store and we should "just take it off." I asked to speak to someone ServSafe ceritified - a requirement for any foodestablishment to have someone certified present while in operation - and she hadn't heard of that either. Very worrisome forthose of us with severe food allergies. Read more

I figured I'd give this neighborhood place a try. I walked in (no one else was there) and the cashier (on the phone) didn't so... much as look up to acknowledge my presence. I waited a few seconds, turned around, and walked back out. I just walked by and seeshe's eating there alone. Read more

Just ordered food from this place. They didn’t even give me all my items I’ve paid for. Plus the food I did get looked like... something they serve at a school cafeteria. $60 dollars down the toilet. Not eating there again! Proceed with caution, maybe youwill catch them on a better day. Read more

I normally wouldn’t post or comment on my experience eating somewhere unless there was a legitimate issue. I ordered my food... and after I had done so I read more recent reviews criticizing how the food quality has decreased over the years and how forwhat your paying it is not worth. Regardless of all of that I figure I’d still give the place a chance since they have kebabsand could be a new local spot I order from consistently. Unfortunately while eating my meal I discovered a long piece of hair.Even if I did not find the hair in my meal, I’d still give this place 2/3 stars if that. Just walking into the restaurant youcan tell it doesn’t appear clean and smelled poorly. Also more so it’s a Greek restaurant and coming from a Mediterraneanbackground and eating at other similar type places you can tell the menu doesn’t make much sense since they have items likepork skewers, shrimp, and spinach dip. Long story short there were a bunch of red flags prior to getting my food that I ignoredsince I’d figure I give them the benefit of doubt. It’s one thing if the chickens dry, the menu doesn’t make sense and thepricing is on the higher end. The fact that their was hair in my meal and the place smelled poorly once you walk is really thedisrespectful part and not acceptable at all. I won’t be eating from here ever again. Oh and it was obviously it wasn’t myhair since I have short hair and the hair was found closer at the bottom of my meal so you can imagine my frustration oncenoticing it. Read more

I ordered some food at 10:10 pm. The food came at 11:30 pm.The worst thing is they don't even have the courtesy to say we are... sorry for being late. They stopped picking their phone and after 1 hour and 20 minutes, the driver finally came and I asked whyit took that long, he just said that he is busy. Nasty staff all in all and the food wasn't good at all. Read more

So my girlfriend and I have both ordered for pick up and delivery several times. The last handful of times were so disappointing... that we won't be coming back. Their food is good, but they are getting sloppy. We absolutely loved the salads. The issue isthat they are NEVER consistent. And the order never seems to be right anymore. The last 3 times we ordered the shrimp salad,the shrimp was still raw inside. The last time we ordered the chicken, it was literally 1/4 of the chicken portion we had thetime before. The portion was the size of a child's fist. Not worth the price we paid, plus delivery fee. The gyro meat isconsistent in terms of taste, but again portion seems to be an issue. We always order an extra tatziki and have to pay for it,but half the time they forget to add it in. We have given up on Athena. Back to our usual Greek spots! Read more

We have ordered from Athena Grill pre-pandemic and have always thought their food was good. But during the pandemic, we've been... ordering from them even more and I can say that their quality of food has only gotten better. My family orders the gyrosandwich, chicken souvlaki sandwich, appetizer platter, hamburger, fries, and baklava. It is so DELICIOUS! I crave this place onthe weekly. I hope this restaurant is around for a long time!! Read more