Here's the origin story that made me fall in love with Oh My Gyro, because it's the most relatable Muslim-family story in recent halal-food history: the Kermali family moved from New York City to Orlando and immediately missed the halal carts. You know the feeling. Chicken-and-rice combo with white sauce. Lamb gyro drenched in hot sauce. The aluminum clamshell. The whole NYC Muslim cultural experience captured in one foil-wrapped platter. And Central Florida — home to plenty of halal food, but not NYC halal-cart halal food — didn't have it.
So in 2016, brothers Husein and Abbas Kermali, along with their wives Rukhsana and Tanaz, opened Oh My Gyro on SR 434 in Longwood. The name is perfect. The concept is perfect. And the menu is exactly what a New York transplant dreams about. Lamb gyro platters with basmati rice and iceberg-tomato salad and that white sauce. Chicken over rice combo. Falafel wraps. Shawarma. Beef ribs. And because the family is also of Indian Muslim heritage, a menu side-quest: Beef Mishkaki (an East African / South Asian skewer dish), Indo-Chinese items, and a few family-recipe specials that don't exist at generic halal spots.
All of it halal. All of it family-owned. And the service, by every review I've read, is warmth from the moment you walk in — the Kermalis treat customers the way you treat people who showed up to your home for dinner.
The restaurant is in a strip center at 1150 West SR 434 in Longwood, which is a few minutes north of Orlando proper. Hours are 11 AM to 8 PM most days, 11 AM to 8:30 PM Friday and Saturday. Pricing is fast-casual: a combo over rice runs around $12–$14, and it is genuinely a filling meal. Delivery is available through the usual platforms. Parking is easy.
Reviewers mention a few specific things. The white sauce actually tastes like NYC halal-cart white sauce (harder to replicate than you'd think; a lot of imitators get it wrong). The hot sauce has real heat — the Kermalis don't nerf it down. The lamb gyro is seasoned properly and sliced generously. And the non-NYC parts of the menu — the mishkaki, the Indian touches — are where the family's personality shines. You can order the Americanized halal-cart experience, or you can order the family's deeper repertoire. Both are worth the drive.
What I love about Oh My Gyro is the reason it exists. A Muslim family moved, missed a specific food culture, and instead of complaining about it they built the solution — and then generously shared it with an entire metro area. That's entrepreneurship as community service. Every New York Muslim transplant in Central Florida now has a place to go. Every Orlando Muslim family has one more reliable halal dinner option. And every non-Muslim customer who walks in and learns what a proper halal-cart platter tastes like is a small win for the community.
The Amara take: NYC halal-cart food, run by a family who moved from NYC and missed it. The most Muslim-American story in Orlando food right now.
Amara's Verdict
A New York halal-cart menu reborn in Central Florida by a family who missed it. Order the combo over rice. Obviously.
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