Is the lamb meat found in gyros sandwiches fatty?

Question

One of my favorite mediteranian dishes is gyros. Is it really fatty?

Answer 1

Not particularly.

It depends on who makes the gyro, though.

Answer 2

Lamb meat in general is fattier than beef.

Yes it's fatty.

Answer 3

Yeah they are awesome!  I think most places make it into like a meatloaf type thing with 'lamb-burger' So you just can't really tell its there but there is a good amount of fat in it.

Answer 4

Hi there, being someone that has worked in Yiros shops ,i can tell you that most if not all lamb Yiros has a verry high fat content, as much and at times more then what you would find in a hamburger ,  there is a way to tell if a yiros has allot of fat before you order it , and that is the colour of the meat on the spit (rotisserie) . the darker the colour is  the more meat and less fat it has in it .