Mr. Gyros serves gyros, shawarma and falafel from neighborhood shops in Seattle and Lynnwood, and its catering menu covers plates, salads, sandwiches and trays for an office lunch. Read that menu line by line and one habit stands out. Falafel does not sit in a separate vegetarian section. It sits on the same line as the gyro meat and the chicken, as one of three choices.
That habit makes a mixed room easy to plan. You pick one format, then split the count by protein, and the guests who skip meat get the same lunch as everyone else. This guide shows where the falafel sits, which two lines also drop the dairy, and how to order for a Seattle office.
In this guide
- Falafel on the same line as the gyro meat
- What each of the three proteins is
- The two lines built without dairy
- The kitchen’s own buffet menu
- One order for a mixed room, and how to place it
A Seattle gyro kitchen that started in 2003
The Mr. Gyros website says the business started in 2003 with a simple aim: serve its neighbors and friends. It has since grown into shops in Greenwood, Ballard, Wallingford and Lynnwood, plus a food truck that brings the menu to events and stops around town.
The menu mixes Greek and Levantine cooking. The gyros, tzatziki, Greek salad, dolmades and baklava come from the Greek side. The shawarma, falafel, hummus, babaganoush, fattoush and tabouli come from the eastern Mediterranean. The Greenwood shop adds a morning brunch menu with shakshuka and za’atar toast, and that menu stays at Greenwood.
Falafel shares the line with the gyro meat
Start with the Mr. Gyros menu on Zerocater. It lists fourteen entrees, and five of them are falafel. They are spread through the menu instead of grouped in a vegetarian box. On the Zerocater menu, every format comes in the same three proteins: lamb and beef gyros, chicken shawarma and falafel.
| Format | Lamb and beef gyros | Chicken shawarma | Falafel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plate | Gyros Plate | Chicken Shawarma Plate | Falafel Plate |
| Mr. Gyros Salad | Mr. Gyros Salad with Lamb and Beef Gyros | Mr. Gyros Salad with Chicken Shawarma | Mr. Gyros Salad with Falafel |
| Sandwich Combo | Gyros Sandwich Combo | Chicken Shawarma Sandwich Combo | Falafel Sandwich Combo |
| Protein on its own | Lamb and Beef Gyros | Chicken Shawarma | Falafel |
The shop menus follow the same habit. The Mr. Gyros salad reads lamb/beef, chicken or falafel, and at Greenwood the Mediterranean chopped salad reads the same way. The combo plate asks you to choose two of the same three, so a guest can take gyro meat and falafel on one plate. On the food truck, both the salad line and the gyro line list falafel as the third choice.
One line breaks the pattern. On the shop menus, the gyro sandwich comes with lamb and beef or chicken, and falafel has its own sandwich line right below it. On the Zerocater menu the sandwich combo comes in all three, so a catering order through Zerocater does not hit that gap.
What each of the three proteins is
The menu on Zerocater describes all three in plain terms. The gyro meat is ground lamb and beef mixed with seasoning. The chicken shawarma is marinated chicken thigh with caramelized onions, shaved off the rotisserie. The falafel is ground garbanzo beans with garlic, onion, parsley, jalapeno and the kitchen’s own spices.
The rest of the plate stays the same whichever protein you pick. Each plate comes with Mediterranean rice, which the kitchen makes with vermicelli and spices, plus Greek salad and hummus. Each sandwich combo comes with Greek salad. The three Mr. Gyros salads start from the same base of Greek salad, kalamata olives and pepperoncini. A falafel plate and a gyro plate arrive as the same meal with a different protein.
The two lines built without dairy
Two lines on the Zerocater menu put the diet in the name. The Vegan Falafel Plate is the falafel plate with the tzatziki left off and tahini on top, served with a Greek salad that skips the feta. The Dairy Free Greek Salad with Chicken Shawarma does the same job for a guest who eats meat but skips dairy.
The tzatziki is the item to watch. Tzatziki is made with yogurt, cucumber, garlic, mint and jalapeno, and the menu lists it on five lines, including the gyro plate and the regular falafel plate. The Greek salad carries feta too. For a guest who skips meat, any falafel line works. For a guest who also skips dairy, order the Vegan Falafel Plate by name.
Confirm the current detail with the kitchen before you order for anyone with a dietary requirement. Our dairy-free office catering guide covers the questions to ask any kitchen. Nothing here is dietary or medical advice.
The kitchen’s own buffet menu
Mr. Gyros also caters events directly, from weddings to housewarming parties, and its website lists two buffet options. The smaller one is a spread of cold appetizers: hummus, babaganoush, tzatziki, dolmades, pita pockets and pita bread. It carries no meat at all, which makes it an easy pick for an afternoon meeting.
The larger option keeps that spread and adds four items: Greek salads, falafel, gyro meat and Mediterranean-style rice. The same habit shows up again. The kitchen puts the falafel and the gyro meat on the table side by side, as the two proteins of the meal, and lets each guest choose. For an outdoor event, the kitchen also offers its food truck. The site notes that the truck works regular stops for companies during the week, so ask about a date well ahead.
One order for a mixed room
Because the falafel sits on the same line as the meat, the planning comes down to one decision and one split. First pick the format that suits the meeting: plates for a sit-down lunch, sandwich combos for a working session, salads for a lighter meal, or the proteins on their own with rice, salad and pita for a spread people serve themselves. Then split the count by protein.
Say twenty people are coming, five skip meat and one of those five also skips dairy. Order twenty plates: fourteen gyro or chicken, five falafel and one Vegan Falafel Plate. The fifth falafel plate is for the meat eaters who will want to try it. Everyone gets the same rice, salad and hummus, and nobody eats from a separate tray.
Our vegetarian office catering guide covers how big that meat-free share should be, and the guide to ordering for mixed dietary needs covers how to collect the requests before you order.
How to order Mr. Gyros catering for a Seattle office
Direct, the Mr. Gyros website takes catering requests through a form. You give the date, the number of guests, pickup or delivery, the event time and the option you want, and the kitchen follows up. For a smaller lunch, the site also links each shop’s listings on the delivery apps.
Through Zerocater, the Mr. Gyros page carries the current menu and a live quote, and the order sits alongside every other kitchen your office already uses, on one invoice. How it works covers the mechanics, and our Seattle office catering cost guide covers budgets across the city.
Whichever route you take, the ordering advice is short. Pick the format, split the count by protein, and name the Vegan Falafel Plate for anyone who skips dairy as well as meat. Add hummus, dolmades and extra pita if the meeting runs long.
Mr. Gyros and Zerocater
A kitchen that treats falafel as a full protein saves a step on every mixed order. You do not need a second order for the vegetarians, and the guests who skip meat do not end up with a side dish for lunch. That makes Mr. Gyros a useful kitchen to keep in a Seattle lunch rotation.
CaterAi builds the rotation, keeps track of what the office has already eaten, and brings a kitchen like this one in when the week needs a Greek day. The Greek catering directory for Seattle and the Mediterranean catering directory for Seattle show the rest of the lane, and Mirch Masala is another Seattle kitchen on the blog.
Menus, packages and prices change. This guide describes how the Mr. Gyros catering menu is built rather than what it costs this week. For the current menu and a live quote, use the Mr. Gyros page on Zerocater, and confirm the current detail with the kitchen before you order for anyone with a dietary requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of food does Mr. Gyros cater?
Greek and Mediterranean food from Seattle: gyros, chicken shawarma and falafel served as plates, salads, sandwiches or by the tray, with Mediterranean rice, Greek salad, hummus, dolmades, tzatziki, pita and baklava. The kitchen also runs its own buffet menu built around dips, salads and pita.
Does Mr. Gyros have vegetarian catering options?
Yes. Falafel sits on the same line as the gyro meat and the chicken in every format on the Mr. Gyros menu on Zerocater: the plate, the salad, the sandwich combo and the protein on its own. The smaller option on the kitchen’s own buffet menu has no meat at all. Our vegetarian office catering guide covers how to size that share of an order.
Does Mr. Gyros have dairy-free options?
Two lines on the Mr. Gyros menu on Zerocater name it in the title: the Vegan Falafel Plate and the Dairy Free Greek Salad with Chicken Shawarma. Both leave off the feta, and the plate swaps the tzatziki for tahini. Tzatziki is made with yogurt, so check the other plates for it. Confirm the current detail with the kitchen before you order for anyone with a dietary requirement. Nothing here is dietary or medical advice.
What is in a Mr. Gyros gyro?
The menu describes the gyro meat as ground lamb and beef mixed with seasoning. The chicken shawarma is marinated chicken thigh with caramelized onions, shaved off the rotisserie. The falafel is ground garbanzo beans with garlic, onion, parsley, jalapeno and the kitchen’s own spices.
How do you order Mr. Gyros for a group with mixed diets?
Pick one line, such as the sandwich combo or the plate, and split the count by protein. Mark the falafel orders for the guests who skip meat, and use the Vegan Falafel Plate for anyone who also skips dairy. One order covers the room.
How do you order Mr. Gyros catering?
Two routes. Direct, through the catering request form on the Mr. Gyros website, where you give the date, the number of guests and pickup or delivery, or through the delivery apps the site links. Or through Zerocater, where the Mr. Gyros page carries the current menu and a live quote, and the order sits alongside every other kitchen your office uses.
