Pita Pit Menu Items Ranked Worst To Best

Fast food has become a staple in so many diets around the world. It's cheap, it's prepared quickly, and it does the job of supplying you with gut fill until hunger strikes again. However, we all know it's not an ideal way of getting nutrition into our bodies. In moderation, a bacon cheeseburger definitely hits the spot, but once you find yourself gazing at fast-food menus several times a week, your health risks increase dramatically.

This is exactly what Nelson Lang, the founder of Pita Pit, wanted to combat. His goal was to offer a much healthier and more affordable alternative to the overly unhealthy food most fast food chains dished out. And he succeeded.

The very first Pita Pit opened in 1995 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and it only took two years before the chain started franchising all across the country. Four years later, it entered America and received the same warm welcome from customers. There are now over 210 locations throughout 43 states, and this growth shows no signs of slowing. 

Pita Pit serves up delicious pita wraps and bowls stuffed with ingredients that flood your body with the nutrition it deserves. But, you'll need to know which options are worth your money and which are deserving of a pass when you go to Pita Pit to ensure the very best dining experience. 

Quesadillas are one of those foods that are super easy to make. You can put pretty much any ingredient you want in between those two disks of flour tortilla. But, thanks to Pita Pit, you realize you don't only have to use flour or corn tortillas to hold the fixings securely inside. 

Pita Pit offers an item it calls the Quesopita, which is, you guessed it, a quesadilla that uses pita as the bread. You can either have it with just cheese or mix and match it with cheese and a protein. As much as you want this to win your appetite over, it falls short of the mark.

The issue here isn't the protein you have the option to add or the pita itself, which is grilled quite nicely. The cheese that fills the inside doesn't stay warm for long, and once that cooling process begins, the texture becomes rubbery and tough, which totally detracts from the other two ingredients. 

If you get one that's right out of the pan and eat it quickly, you can maintain the level of gooey cheese the quesopita should have, but leave for even a minute or two too long, and you'll wish you ordered something else.

Pesto is a great sauce for almost any kind of meat or pasta. The thick green sauce does a wonderful job of attaching itself to whatever food it's on, and it carries with it wonderful flavors of garlic and basil while also offering a salty richness from the cheese and pine nuts. A good pesto makes a dish scream, "Presto!" At Pita Pit, you can snag yourself the Chicken Pesto pita if pesto sauce is your thing. Unfortunately, this is one item that won't scream, "Presto!" once you bite into it.

The pita comes with chunks of chicken that were grilled in pesto sauce, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, crumbled feta, and Greek seasoning. The completely dry texture of the chicken makes this a dish to avoid. The pesto sauce the pieces were grilled is tasty, but none of those rich flavors seep into the meat at all. Every bite requires a sip of a drink to get down smoothly, which is a shame since the pesto is packed with flavors.

If you absolutely adore all things Greek, especially the cuisine, then there's only one way to truly pay respect to the country when you make the trip to Pita Pit. You gotta go with the Ode to Athens Bowl. This is a tub 'o Greek ingredients that'll scratch that food-from-Athens fix you have. 

The bowl comes with a base of quinoa and brown rice topped with your choice of gyro, souvlaki, or falafel, all grilled in a secret sauce, spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, black olives, and crumbled feta drizzled with both schug, and tzatziki sauce. It's the taste of Athens packed into a bowl.

The protein here is the star of the show, and no matter which option you choose out of the three, rest assured it's seasoned really well and packed with flavor. The crumbled feta gives each bite that pungent kick of tang feta always does, and both sauces combine in just the right amounts, so you don't feel like the ingredients are drowning in them. The schug does pack a powerful punch of cilantro, but the powerful flavor is subdued thanks to the tzatziki.

Brisket is one of those meats that carnivores everywhere put high on a pedestal. It's known for tasting ridiculously rich, juicy, and fall-apart tender. There's really no other meat quite like it. Well, if you happen to bring your full-blown brisket enthusiasm to Pita Pit, look no further than the Smokehouse Smoked Brisket pita. You'll get a pita full of hardwood smoked brisket meat, flame-roasted corn, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and cilantro, all drizzled with barbecue sauce.

Listen, the brisket here might fall short of the kind of quality you get with authentic Texas barbecue, but it's still seasoned really well, super juicy, and very tender. The barbecue sauce does a good job of adding a sweet tanginess that helps bring out the flavor of the meat. The onions give some sweetness, as well, and the flame-roasted corn offers a great smoky flavor that permeates through the whole pita. For the brisket-obsessed customer, this option holds up well.

You can't think of the word "hula" without your mind immediately traveling to the astoundingly scenic island state of Hawaii. The bright sun, beautiful sandy beaches, and delicious tropical flavors of the food make you wish you could travel there every weekend. Well, you might not be able to make the trip out there, but if you're at Pita Pit, you can order up the Hula Teriyaki Bowl for a meal that will whisk your appetite away to the Aloha State and bask in its culinary glory.

This bowl, as with every bowl, starts with a base of quinoa and brown rice. You get a choice of either chicken or steak as your protein, and that's combined with green peppers, onions, roasted red peppers, carrots, cilantro, and pineapple, all coated in an incredibly flavor-packed teriyaki glaze. 

The glaze is thick but not to the point of overwhelming. It has an incredibly addicting and intense umami aspect to it that's nearly impossible to resist. The chinks of pineapple erupt with a sweet flavor that offsets the rich, salty glaze, and both the chicken and steak options soak up the sweet pineapple juice and rich tanginess of the glaze to perfection. This is an absolute go-to option.