Now I realize Pita Jungle is a Phoenix-area institution, but seriously, it really isn't that good. I just don't think there are many places here that serve good mediterranean style food for people to compare. And on the flip side, people I know who love good pitas/shwarma avoid PJ like the plague. Considering my review won't dent their rating one bit amidst all of the "rave" reviews this place gets, I'm only going to highlight a few thoughts I have. Hummus isn't hard to make, and while theirs is good, it's not absolutely amazing. Plus, the amount of tahini they put in it makes it very tasty. But also really high in fat and calories, and unnecessary to put that much in. Their pitas are borderline unacceptable. Perhaps people eating here have never had good fresh pita, but theirs is dry, almost stale tasting, and cold. Their shwarma (chicken) is not shwarma. It's just grilled chicken. How is this shwarma? Because it's in a pita? It is also completely absent of any flavor whatsoever. Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting the most authentic mediterranean food. But this is so far from the real thing they should strongly reconsider naming it "Pita-like Jungle". Or Pita-esque. Pseudo-pita? The possibilities are endless. One of these days (maybe, but who knows until how long) a real mediterranean restaurant will open that serves real mediterranean food. Until that happens though, I guess PJ will still be around jacking people for cash and laughing in the back room about it.
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