Panorama Grill

The upside:

-Some of the best darn falafel I've ever had - to boot, the sandwich was only $5.95. Moist, flavorful balls of chickpeas rocking my world.

-Glad to see this space on Pennsylvania boasting something with a wee bit of pizzazz

The downside:

-It's quite possible I could have ran home and made the falafel myself in the amount of time it took for this to-go order to happen. Unfortunately, there were only three tables being occupied during my entire wait. I know you can't rush a good thing, but it just seemed like they had a few kinks to get out in their system (understaffed in the kitchen? hmm - not sure)

-Tabouli salad: cannot be ordered as a side, only in a ginormous salad-as-a-meal portion, which, I don't know about you but I'm not very likely to run out to the garden and wipe out the entire parsley crop in one sitting.

**The falafel was good enough that I'll be back - I'll just have to make sure I have plenty of time to spare when I do return.

A friend and I were at the central library with our two little ones. It was freezing & we wanted to grab lunch. We had noticed this place *that we thought was called Mediterranean Grill* on the way in and thought, "Hey, why not give it a try". Enter some amount of regret. Not wild regret, just some regret.

When we walked in, it felt like we were walking into one of those weird dreams you have after you drink too much and nothing makes sense.

Our waitress was super super nice and super sweet but it seemed like she may have been new to the service industry. The TV's were on there was no music. They also didn't have any high chairs or booster seats. I can understand if you have only one, but none is kind of outrageous. Luckily the chairs they do have are big so we could both hold our babies and eat.

We both ordered Falafel and it was fine. Nothing striking but it tasted fine and was warm. The menu has dichotomy but 'm sure that will eventually work itself out.

While we were there a few other people came in & one table of 2 gentlemen ordered a pot of tea. They mentioned to the waitress at her second table visit that they had a meeting to go so they would just have the tea. She came back a 3 rd time without the tea asking if they wanted any coffee cake or any other menu item and they did not. After about 10 minutes had gone by without the tea, they had to leave.

I think the place has potential, after all people want to eat lunch and that area is dying for more food options. They could use a highchair or two, some nice ambient music and a service trainer. Again, all of the staff was very nice, I feel a little guilty giving it only two stars but I have to be honest!

The name on the window says Mediterranean Grill so this might throw you for a loop.  It did me when trying to add this Yelp Review!
Anyway, we stopped by here Saturday between workshops at the Central Library and were delighted with the food and the service.  Our waitress Connie was the best - since we were the only ones there, we had a lovely chat with her after our meal.  And our meal was fantastic.
We started with the Falafel which came with a wonderful tahini sauce with onion, cucumber and tomato.  Crispy little balls of wonderful flavor!!
My husband had the Gyro while I had the Gyro salad.  The meat was delicious - perfectly spiced!  I asked my husband how the gyro rated compared to others he had and he said it was very good.  My salad was described with a few vegetable ingredients on the menu but when it came, I was happy to see it also had feta and olives which I don't believe were listed.  It was perfectly crisp romaine with green pepper, sweet red onion and a wonderful dressing.  The side of  tzatziki perfectly complemented the meat.  The only problem I had was with the larger pieces of vegetable which had to be cut down for me to eat them (and I have a big mouth!)
I loved the layout which included a large booth, several small tables with low comfortable chairs (where we sat) as well as bar style and regular tables.  Clean with beautiful photos of Tunisia.
We'll definitely go back to try the kabobs next time.
I saw another review which said they were overpriced but my salad was quite large for under $6; a good price for the food we received.  If you got an entree, I believe they were $12-16 and if you wanted a sandwich and salad, you'd spend ~$15 but you'd be STUFFED to the gills on your way out...