Comments on: Eagle Rock’s Spitz: Doner Kebab Shack

By: farid

farid — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:27:38 +0000

Well I ate here twice. The meat is disgusting. It’s that mass produced extruded meat produce commonly known as “gyro”. They don’t make it in house like the menu claims.

The falafels are the strangest falafels I’ve ever tasted or seen. They added way too much flour as a binder and filler. It was mealy, heavy and salty.

They’re not really cooking anything here. They buy stuff and reheat it or fry it.

By: Joellyn

Joellyn — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:41:32 +0000

Oh dear, dear, dear…………I just tried Spitz tonight after wanting to go for many months. Big mistake. I talked my husband who is from Turkey into going with me…….bigger mistake. The main problem was that EVERYTHING was so over-salted that it was almost inedible. My husband, who knows about doner, had the classic doner plate and it was so salty that he could only eat a few bites. I had the chicken doner sandwich, which was better, but also salty. I really wanted to eat my sweet potato fries, but same problem with them too. Ditto the hummous and the bread sticks. I don’t know if this was just a fluke, or if this is status quo for this restaurant, but I don’t think we’ll be going back. I was hoping for so much more.
For those of you who want really authentic Turkish doner, there IS a downtown L.A. restaurant off of 7th street called St. Vincent Deli which has the best doner anywhere outside of Istanbul. It’s actually in the alley behind the St. Vincent’s Jewelry Mart. All homemade, huge portions, just perfectly delicious. Try that one, much better choice.

By: David

David — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:17:30 +0000

I just tried Spitz today after finding out about it on citysearch. I had the classic wrap on lavash bread. It was extremely tasty. I especially like how the ingredients are sliced thing. All this makes for an extremely tasty sandwich. I will definitely be going back. Next time I am going to try the chicken on foccacia bread.

By: berlindoner

berlindoner — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:44:54 +0000

hey all. I’ve heard of spitz from about half a year and am making my way toward eagle rock today to try it out.

i have very (very) fond memories of doner in berlin: stumbling out of clubs, sweaty and hungry, at 4.30 in the morning and thinking, ‘wonder what time that doner place opens?’ doner is a staple food in berlin, and there were so many great places in my neighborhood (of kreuzberg) that there was a distinct culinary absence for me when i returned to southern california. sigh.

anywho. today i travel from oc to modesto and plan to roll through eagle rock (my ole stompin’ grounds) to get a taste of doner and to be reminded of my second home. cheers all.

(ps. thanks for the lavash bread option alexm, i’ll definately go with that. who ever heard of a doner kebap in foccaccia?)

By: lospup

lospup — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:58:53 +0000

Turkey boy can call it what he wants, but, as an ignorant American, I totally enjoyed the food and staff at Spitz. Keep up the good work.

By: Bedri

Bedri — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:14:59 +0000

I am from Turkey, where kebabs were created, I’ve tried this thing that these boys are making and it is just not kebab. Here in America where nobody knows the real thing,it is as would be expected, to be called great. Spanish style or no Spanish style It is a smelly lamb greasy kebab. Which is what it is not supposed to be.

By: alexm

alexm — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:34:29 +0000

I like the bread they use, but i recently tried their lavash bread wrap, which uses the same ingredients (they even panini grill it after they wrap it in foil), and I fell in love. If you’re not too into the regular bread, definitely be sure to give the wrap a try.

By: mommycat

mommycat — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:15:51 +0000

i just ate at spitz yesterday for lunch.
i got the falafel sandwich combo for 8.99. it came with the lightly fried pita–and boy are those pitas EEvil. they go perfect with the hummus–soft and crunchy at the same time. the sandwich itself was tasty but they squish the crunch right out of it.

at zankou’s they leave the falafel fully intact so you get a real treat biting into its crunchy texture. next time i try the meat stuff.

By: Ben Hardy

Ben Hardy — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:57:27 +0000

Went there for lunch today and it was indeed very tasty. I got the classic, and recommend a mix of chili and hummus sauces. My only concern was the bread, didn’t really love it that much, but I’m from Sydney and I’m used to my doner kebabs coming wrapped up in lebanese bread (which is kinda like a really big, really thin pita) - which would work better than the foccaccia bread these guys use in my opinion. Or even turkish bread would be better. Still, it’s worth a look and I can’t complain about the taste or service. Their sweet potato fries were very nice too. Service was very good.

By: Brooke Wickham

Brooke Wickham — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:06:30 +0000

I live in Olympia WA, and ate at Spitz while visiting my daughter, an Occidental student in Eagle Rock. Spitz is fantastic - -absolutely delicious food served in a fun and festive environment. And the staff are great and friendly. Be sure to try the gelato (heavenly) after a tasty donor kebab. Kudos to Spitz and thanks.