Faros Restaurant

I ordered a Mexican burrito with a side of spinach salad. The spinach salad came with blue cheese and dried raspberries and it wasn’t bad. I mean you can’t really mess up a simple spinach salad. The burrito, on the other hand, had no flavor what so ever. Also, they use brown pinto beans instead of black beans in their burritos just so you know. I was expecting a Mexican burrito to have some type of flavor but this one was dry and bland. After asking for some hot sauce, I was able to eat it but it was still pretty bad. But here’s what made it worse. I dug my fork into the burrito to pull out a piece of chicken and there was a piece of hair on the chicken. After really looking at it I was able to confirm it was a piece of hair. So I started to give them the benefit of the doubt and was like maybe it’s my hair because I did have long hair down on my shoulder. But the way the hair was embedded into the chicken it was impossible. Remember, I pulled the chicken out of the wrapped burrito with my fork. Anyways I showed the manager the hair and they charged me for half the price. Honestly I shouldn’t have paid them at all but I wasn’t in the mood to argue, just really disgusted. I paid half the bill and left never to come back again. If u like tasteless food with hair, by all means, but I wouldn’t recommend this place if there was no other choice.

There vanilla milk shakes and banana pancakes are the reason why I come back. Also the customer service is great & when i order for delivery my food is still hot and ready to eat.

When you think of Greek food and the fresh fare from the Mediterranean, don’t expect any here!
Faros seems like a cute neighborhood joint at first, but don’t be fooled. Immediately the maitre d’ was snippy and that set the tone for a really awful meal. I ordered a salad, the lettuce looked old-​nothing, special to it. The spanakopita (spinach pie) was really dry. My friend’s lamb looked like worn down shoe-​leather. Even the desert was nasty and inedible. A Greek standard desert, yogurt with sour cherries, had not an iota of creaminess to it. It honestly it had a musty smell. My stomach blew up with gas before I could leave the restaurant…
The saving grace was the zucchini boat and the one kind waiter, he’s the youngish blond one, as well as the kind man busing tables. The others are arrogant.

I used to come here regularly with my dad on Sunday’s for brunch, until the service got so bad we stopped coming. One time, my dad got so angry he called out the waitstaff for purposely messing things up. One of the waiters brought us a large boxed orange juice, instead of the special small orange juices that are complimentary with breakfast, and didn’t come around for coffee refills. Another regular customer told us that ‘business is getting real bad’. We would always order breakfast platters, and I always mixed it up, fries or hash browns, ham or bacon. The food was always in my opinion pretty good, but got more and more mediocre as the years went by. I started noticing how runny the eggs were, the stale toast, the watery orange juice. I would always leave with a disgusting fried food smell clinging to my clothes, and we started going to the Greek restaurant that is now Moondos Grill. Don’t come here, period. If you do, you can expect less than decent food, slow service, and smelly clothing. I give it two stars for sticking out for so long, I thought they would’ve shut down by now.

Cool Greek based spot to drop in and grab food. Never crowded but there is a steady stream of customers since it is in close proximity to a bus stop. The food is simple and serves it’s purpose. They always have a grade A health rating. The black and white uniformed staff is welcoming and are not pushy. The utensils are clean and the coffee is bottomless. My only gripe is that they use margarine instead of butter.
I tend to come here alone, grab a seat facing the window and people watch. They serve a variety of muffins, bagels, French toast, and eggs etc for breakfast, everything is always good and I only leave something back if I’m full. It is typical diner food in a busy intersection of the Fort Hamilton neighborhood.

These people make great food. This place has been here for years. Don’t go here and order rice and beans as previous users have complained about. This is a diner owned by Greeks, not a cuchifritos place. They’re trying to appeal to the masses and I guess people will shoot down whoever for whatever. Get an omelette. Get a burger… But for heavens sakes do not order a rice and beans. They’re not known for that, that’s not what it’s for. They have tasty breakfasts and sandwiches. But when you’re Puerto Rican and you go into a Greek diner ordering rice and beans do not expect it to taste like Abuela made it. Seriously they’re great. And their twin cheeseburger always hits the spot ;)

Boyfriend had the corned beef hash and eggs, I had eggs, bacon, toast. We both had home fries, which were hands down the most delicious, flavorful home fries I’ve ever tasted. And we split pancakes. Everything was cooked to perfection. Waitress was attentive, friendly, and we got our food super quick, and this was even on the 4^th of July.
Great prices, great food. Highly recommend!

Lost a customer of over 10 years of ordering at least 3 times a week for a family of four today. It should be a no brainier to make sure the lady taking delivery calls speaks English!!! Just saying. Then when I go to see what happened she has the nastiest attitude and tells me she won’t be serving my calls anymore. The service has went down so bad since the owner isn’t there as much anymore. Too bad bc the place was very good

Coming to Faros means two things: you will get to choose from a wide variety of delicious menu items and as a result, eat well but just understand that you will also be receiving below average service. On some days, the service is pretty decent but on most, it is just ok.
PS: It is also a Cash-​only establishment which can be extremely annoying if you’re like me and never carry cash.

Faros… ugh…
Church Avenue restaurants really need to step up their game. This Diner completely choked my desire to support local businesses in the neighborhood.
You will walk in and it will be packed and you will feel confident that you’ve made a good decision, picked a good diner, but don’t be fooled.
This place fails because it does too many things wrong that are so easy to get right.
First, once your customers are seated, immediately bring the menus. We sat for 15 minutes, wondering if anyone knew that we were there. The waitress that takes your order should not also be organizing the glassware and bussing her own tables. Obviously, you are understaffed.
We sat for almost an hour before we received any food and were entertained by watching all of the people that walked in after us eat their meals.
Who runs this kitchen? Shouldn’t the ticket orders be fired in order?
It seems like the grill cooks were picking and choosing the meals that they wanted to prepare by what they thought would be fun? Pancakes and eggs should not take 50 minutes. How do you run out of coffee?
I ordered two sunny side up eggs with a side of rice and beans, thinking that Spanish owners would not dare put rice and beans on the menu if they could not do them right. Bland, flavorless fail.
Do not put rice and beans on the menu and then serve beans that were canned, rinsed, warmed, and then thrown on my plate. No tomato sauce, no herbs, no onions, no garlic, no oil, no salt, no flavor at all. The gravy of the beans was the leftover preservative syrup from the can… I kid you not. Needless to say, as a self-​respecting Puerto Rican, I did not eat them.
You will see the waiters and waitresses running around in a chaotic whirlwind and think, wow, they hustle!
But…
It’s just part of the systemic disorganization in this restaurant.
They are running passed you, not noticing that you have no coffee, have no food, have been trying to get their attention for 35 minutes.
We left angry and hungry, never to return.

love going here for weekend breakfasts. my best friend and i always get the same thing and it never disappoints!

Came here on a Tuesday @6pm we figured they have pretty good reviews and we were in the mood for pancakes. Welllllll allow me to tell you… this place is absolutely disgusting! Where do I begin…
The pancakes came out burnt. They were yellow inside, cooked, but yellow. Which only leads me to believe the batter was very very old. They had an egg taste to them and they gave us cold syrup straight out of the fridge.
Secondly. My husband ordered a bacon and cheese omelet. The bacon was raw! From the package to the omelet. No kidding. We mentioned it to the waitress who told the cook he has to cook the bacon first. It’s a shame when your waitress is telling the cook how to cook.
As for the service. Mediocre. She was on her cell most of the time. Needless to say we will not be back here ever again.

It’s a diner, but it really should be self serve because the waitress was so not waiting.
Walked in to an empty diner. Not empty as in one or two people, but empty until we walked in.
We had to ask for menus, we had to ask for drinks, we had to ask to place our order. I mean, we’re really sorry we interrupted your texting so you could work. We’re so simple, we apologize.
I wouldn’t go back here if they were giving food away for free. It was common diner fare that you can find on any corner. My suggestion would be to go there instead.
Ugh, terrible.

Food is good, i asked for 2 eggs platter, with pork sausage. The home fries is superb, one of the best I’ve had. The atmosphere was nice, clean, organized. Then why 3 stars you may wonder.
Who the eff charges 1 dollar for boiled tap water? Faros does -.- so was I charged for the (approx) 8 ounce of tap water (but u get it for free if it was cold)?? Or the couple of second of electricity/​gas bill (which would have been running anyhow)??
Just seemed a little too money hungry to me…

One of my favorite hidden places for breakfast. The food is fresh and delicious. They are always busy but the staff always keeps a good attitude which makes me keep coming back to this place.

Food is great, i come here for breakfast & i love the Banana pancakes ! Really good ! Staff are friendly

Me and my boyfriend are regulars here and we come in about once a week for breakfast and/​or lunch. To put it simply I always have cravings for one of their dishes. Their plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, home fries with spicy sausage on the side are one of my favorites. Another one of my favorites is their burger (medium well) with curly fries. The employees here are super sweet and always ready to take care of anything you need. Trust me it is so worth trying this place out. It has now turned into tradition.

I was really excited to finally find a plain old diner like Faro’s in the Windsor Terrace/​Kensington area. I’ve been dying for a good old fashioned plate of home fries, eggs, and toast since moving to Brooklyn– and Faro’s delivered!
It’s a bit hard to find amongst the numerous Indian restaurants and bakeries, but when you walk in, you know right away this is a Greek diner.
The food wasn’t anything extraordinary, but the prices are fantastic. My breakfast platter with two eggs, corned beef hash, hash browns, toast, coffee, AND a small glass of OJ came under $ 10.
The service is always friendly too. It’s a great place to sit and chat. I will most definitely be making Faro’s a classic go-​to.
Warning: CASH ONLY establishment

I live in kensington and there’s not much to eat in this neighborhood. I do however like to eat at faros for breakfast because they are quick, cheap, and good for what it is. The service is quick and they are pretty friendly. Also i like to order delivery from them which is pretty quick. And they are pretty clean.

I was so happy just to find something by the time I got to Faros that I was already prepared to throw them three stars just for existing. Once the gloom of the cold, rainy day and the fact that I was aimlessly wandering around looking for my landlord’s shady leasing office wore off, I began to see that Faros was actually a very cozy, inviting spot. Its a city diner without the grit, it has a very family feel to it and you can tell the place is well-​maintained and loved by the owner (s). There were a few customers, most of whom seemed to be regulars, when I arrived and the waitress at the counter –Jackie– was extremely nice and attentive. She chatted with the regulars and was polite to me, she also extended extra patience to a regular you could tell everyone else thought was a total weirdo.
I ordered the turkey burger, but somehow they were out. Instead of just saying «tough what else do ya want» they offered to make me a chicken burger. My impromptu chicken burger was delicious, as were the fries that I attempted but failed to avoid (fries are bad for you ya’ll, public service announcement!). The prices are a little high for a diner, most sandwiches are around $ 4 but any kind of meal (aka getting lettuce, tomato on your burger and a side) is $ 6.50 and up. Its worth the extra dollar or two for the great service and welcoming atmosphere.