Alforat Restaurant

Least authentic middle eastern food I have had. Lamb Shwarma was a few slices of lamb, some garlic sauce and a few pieces of lettuce wrapped in a very thin tortilla like thing. Took 15 minutes to come out and I was the only one there. The staff looks and acts like they absolutely hate their job - would absolutely not recommend. Surprised this place is still in business.

Tasty chicken shawarma and hummus plate with fries, at a decent price. The chicken was a bit fatty, but had a good flavor. Alforat has a great location right on the hill, and the ambience is nice - brick walls and a tin ceiling. Nobody was around for an early dinner on a Friday (5:30-6:30 pm). Would eat here again.

The food used to be good when I first found this place but it changed since. I supported them for 2 years until a few weeks ago. From last year, the price went up a bit, no change into the portions (same and small), the one guy who is always there at the cashier is very moody, unfriendly, lacks customer service, never formally greets or welcomes customers. He is also stingy, god forbid someone asked for the extra garlic sauce, they get charged instead of offering it complementary. They don't have deals, don't offer meal with any extra sides even in the form of promotion. The sandwich and wraps are never offered with french fries when other places offer it with that certain meal option. Either way, I'm done supporting this place, they are stingy, the food is overpriced compared to the meal you are getting, it isn't filling and flavorful as it used to be and I'm looking to find somewhere else where returning customers and loyalty matter.

I fount this restaurant to be ok but nothing exceptional. I had the gyro meat on salad. It was perfectly acceptable when I stopped in while I was heading to a concert at Macky. I'd consider doing the same thing if I was headed to a concert at the Fox. But really, the food on the Hill just isn't near as tasty as it is in other parts of Boulder. I think it is the captive college audience they serve. Unlike other reviewers, I found the service to be just fine for an order at the counter we'll bring it out to you kind of place.

So I just had this place for the first and LAST time.. Probably the weakest, saddest excuse for a gyro I have ever had. Upon entering I noticed immediately they didn't have any meat cooking on any of the traditional stand up grills used to properly cook gyro meat. I asked the guy about it and he said "Oh we just grill it bro". I should have realized why NO ONE else was in there and left at that point. So I foolishly proceeded to buy a $9 gyro with barely any ultra thin shaved sub-par meat on it, stuffed into a TORTILLA (not a pita) and wrapped up like a kid sized burrito. Luckily I was able to fill up on crappy freezer burnt fries. This place sucks. Walk like 10 more feet and get a real gyro from the Smelly Deli if you want something good.