“New sauce I had delivered today is some completely bland white, mayo with no texture and full of corn syrup.”
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“New sauce I had delivered today is some completely bland white, mayo with no texture and full of corn syrup.”
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“Halal guys has been ass since 2012 or so when they blew up and replaced their lamb with the cheapest beef they could find and their yogurt sauce with vegetable oil based substitute.”
H3
“I can confirm the original 53rd & 6th cart is finally back to cooking up the gyro meat properly (chopping & browning), and the salad is fresh as can be!”
H3
“The shawarma rotisserie is way tastier with much more flavor and spices and is fresher because it’s still cooking when it’s sliced.”
H3
“They branded themselves as Halal Guys and cut down on quality and quantity. Then it went to complete shit when they started opening brick and mortar shops. The white sauce packets should be removed from existence. Their original cart is okay but there are definitely better places to go.”
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“That chicken is straight up grey, it's terrible. There's no seasoning, it's just a vehicle for white sauce”
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“As a born New Yorker I must insist you avoid, like the plague, The Halal Guys. It is tourist trash. The chicken is beaten into paste and the flavors are one dimensional.”
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“Now it's like half salad, I don't think they even use lamb anymore, and 1 triangle of pita.”
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“It's around, and it's awful. Even if it didn't have a ridiculous line, I wouldn't eat there. Their chicken is always dry and really bland. Decent white sauce, but horrible everything else.”
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“I ended up with a platter of dry, tasteless scraps they called chicken and a hot sauce that's just hot with no other discernable flavor. So I never went back.”
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“Nah, it is bad. Dry ass meat and disgusting soybean-oil-based pre-packaged sauce. Literally any random corner halal cart is gonna be way better.”
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“Halal Guys sells you white sauce in these little packets, which means it's not freshly made. But also, I strongly believe Halal Guys uses seed oils instead of real yogurt as the sauce just tastes like eating plastic. Bleh!”
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“Of all the Halal carts, the fact that you chose Halal Guys is beyond me. It's like cat flood. Plain white chicken and low quality lettuce and rice, with store brand sauces.”
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“What remains is processed gyro meat, an overhyped mayo-based garlicky white sauce, and a cartoonishly spicy red sauce that does more to upset your stomach than add any real flavor.”
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“The issue with halal guys is that the meat can be fairly dry and cold if it's been cut bit back. That and the sauce allocation isn't as generous. The flavors are all still good, it's just the presentation/serving of the food that's gone downhill.”
H3
“They died when they switched from lamb to beef gyro”
H2
“to me this was absolute win. Great seasoned food, rich and cozy, cheap and huge lol”
H2
“Nowadays, the meat I get is dry anytime I go to the original location on 53rd.”
H2
“after franchising, things haven’t been the same, specifically their sauce. Still hot and fresh food and love the gyro here.”
H2
“The super dried out meat and heavy sauce coalesced into a lead ball in my stomach that downed me for days”
H2
“Ever since The Halal Guys’ ownership changed, it isn’t good anymore”
H2
“Halal Guys/Adel's are overrated.”
H2
“halal guys took a nose dive in quality since the pandemic”
H2
“You deserve better than Halal Guys -- it's crap.”
H2
“They have 3+ carts in a 4 block radius in Midtown and they skimp on meat that’s not as high quality as it used to be”
H2
“I love the white sauce from Halal Guys”
H2
“they have been bad since the mid 10s”
H2
“Yeah I left it out for 15 minutes and it starts smelling weird, that’s ultra processed”
H2
“Went downhill when HG stopped serving lamb.”
H2
“Since halal guys franchised it went downhill dramatically. The food at the cart has to be consistent with the foot at the franchise in Phoenix, AZ…”
H2
“Adels is 100x better than Halal Guys but it's pretty overrated at this point.”
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“Literally anything is better than halal guys and their unseasoned chicken/“beef” gyro”
H2
“it was some of the driest, blandest tasting chicken I ever had in my life.”
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“They had their moment and really put halal carts on the map but it’s just bland and oily to me now.”
H2
“Post change of ownership and the franchise model, the quality has tanked and it’s no longer a must get, it’s a nostalgia get if anything as there’s much better elsewhere.”
H2
“Almost any halal cart is better than Halal Guys.”
H2
“Better than Halal guys. Also fk Halal guys.”
H2
“Halal Guys is legitimate trash. Their chicken is an insult to all mankind.”
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“At this point in time, Adels is probably worth the trip more than halal guys.”
H2
“Terrible since they went corpo. Most random carts will be better nowadays”
H2
“You can do *much* better than Halal Guys fyi lol.”
H2
“having only eaten it since their PE buyout, it's kinda bad imo”
H2
“I used to love Halal Guys, but now it's all crap and cheap artificial fillers. Even the meat is cheap and rancid!”
H2
“it’s better than halal guys”
H2
“Halal guys chicken is just mush and the hot sauce is one note.”
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“Combo rice platter at Halal Guys”
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“Halal Guys is a chain and overrated.”
H2
“OG halal guys was absolutely worth waiting for”
H2
“I’m going to recommend not *not* going to the Halal Guys, just because.”
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“White and red sauce tasted like shit. We had a brief timeframe when the OG cart still had the squeeze bottles outside before they gave out packets instead of the good stuff…..”
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