Jimmy John’s

Prepare yourself for another sandwich review. I love these subs. The bread, the Hellmann’s Real Mayo, the perfect sliced roma tomatoes, fresh deli meats and cheeses… Commence mouth watering. Kinda drives me nuts how when you walk in, every employee YELLS over each other «Heywelcometojimmyjohns!!», but I think this is a franchise thing. Also, turn down the freaking music. Some of us are trying to eat in here! Still, love these subs. #9 no onions forever!

Every sub taste bland, although the Italian Night Club is the only sub that I can detect flavor in. I’ve been to plenty of delis that serve much better subs!
I also don’t like the fact that Jimmy John’s doesn’t offer the option of toasted bread, toasted bread changes the entire flavor and texture of a sub – melted cheese is just the beginning of why toasted bread is awesome! So why don’t they toast bread? Idk, I’m baffled. I order from Jimmy Johns only when I have to.
Here’s the good news: their delivery is ULTRA FAST, that’s for certain – and the workers there are friendly people.

If a Jimmy John’s employee is sick, he or she has to find someone to cover their shift. If they can’t, they have to come in. Think about this the next time you go into a JJs – the person making the sandwich that you are going to put in your mouth might be sick and could very well pass it on to you.

I work at the hospital across the street from this particular JJ’s. The delivery is incredibly fast. It amazes me every time! I have never had any problems with my order and the food always tastes fresh.

I preorderd my sub before 11a.m. (soo hungry.) and it got here at 10:59a.m. they’re not even open yet.
Dedication.

Pros:
The delivery service is fast; the drivers are professional; the employees correct errors promtly.
Cons:
In the past six months, Jimmy Johns has raised the prices of their sandwiches about 33%. Sure, you can talk about inflation and rising food prices generally, but I work in the food service industry and this is price increase is unusually great. You can’t justify $ 8 for one of their sandwiches – not with ingredient or labor cost, nor with the quality of the final product.
Still, for the delivery convenience, that price might be worth it to me… IF the sandwiches had any meat on them. The JJ’s near campus, which I patronized before moving further north, was excellent about using the perfect amount of meat – it was the dominant ingredient. At this JJ’s, however, I’m extremely lucky to get more than two slices on the whole sandwich. They skimp on the good vegetables too. Why would I pay $ 8 for mostly shredded lettuce on fast-​food-​quality bread?
As a matter of fact, the last time I ordered a sandwich they forgot the meat altogether. Apparently, my customized order «resembled their vegetarian sandwich, so the guy making it got confused.» And on an earlier occasion, the driver forgot my drink. Both times, they were apologetic and did a fast job of bringing me the correct items once I made them aware of the mistakes, but did nothing further to rectify the situation.
All-​in-​all, I no longer have the same high opinion of JJ’s I did two years ago when I was living in West Campus and paying $ 5 for an well-​made product.

So I was trying to enjoy a late lunch here. The meat and the bread are both ordinary. Nothing special, a step below Thundercloud and a step above Subway. But I was stunned when they began mopping the floor beneath my feet at 1:45 pm. The odor of the institutional floor cleaner sloshing around in a dirty bucket was simply disgusting and I wondered whether I was about to REALLY give the lady mopping something to clean up. Don’t think I’ll be back but if I were planning a visit I would totally try to bring a nose clip and perhaps a barf bag with me.

The commercials are right, these guys are super fast! Delicious too.

They are FAST! Fast to hang up on you! They don’t deliver in my area, which is ok, but as I was saying «Ok Thank You» I got hung up on. I Got as far as «ok Th.» and they were gone! Now I am glad I didn’t support the business! shhesh!

I ordered again from this location for lunch today and it literally took the delivery guy 10 minutes from the moment I submitted my order to the time he delivered my sandwich to my job. It was just like the commercial, super fast service!
As for my sandwich it was just like I ordered it.
I would recommend this location, especially if you tend to forget your lunch at home and don’t realize until lunch time, they always come to my rescue.

OK. When these guys first came to my work place and gave out free samples, I was off!!! Everyone raved about them. I ordered a sandwich one day. The delivery person came. That person had more grease in their hair than a pan full of fried bacon!!! It was nasty!!! To add to that, they rode a bike in sweltering temperatures to get to me!!! Ewwwwww! I actually could «smell» this person! Wasn’t pleasant!!! Won’t go there!!! My sandwich was horrible. I think because I couldn’t get over the disgust of the delivery person. Today, I gave it another try. I ordered the tuna unwich. Hmmmm. The delivery person was freakin model quality! I couldn’t stop staring at this person. I was like checking out the hair, the clothes etc… WOW! What an improvement! Best damn tuna unwich I have ever had!!! I think that if you’re a business and you want your staff to deliver on bicycles, hire nice looking ones. They will get better tips, and the business will get more delivery orders!!! I know I sound like a perv, but I don’t care. If you’ve got it, flaunt it so pervs like me can enjoy it!!!

The only thing good about my meal today was the music piped through the speakers. It was such a waste of money that it inspired me to start this Unilocal account so that others might not make the same mistake I made today.
They should change their name to «Jimmy John Thought About Opening a Gourmet Sandwich Shop But Then Decided That He Could Save and Make More Money Skimping on Ingredients and Quality and Decided to Just Serve This Crap»
There is absolutely nothing ‘gourmet’ about this place. Hands down to most bland, skimpiest sandwich I’ve ever eaten. I had the veggie that consisted of provolone cheese, a thin layer of thinly shredded iceberg lettuce, four cucumber slices, 4 tomato slices, a slathering of mayo on both sides and a layer of their ‘avocado paste’ that was so scarce that I almost went up to the counter to tell them they had forgotten it. But then I saw it. Never tasted it. I added peppers to my sandwich so that was and extra .25 charge. Really??? Even with the added peppers, it was so thin that when the sandwich was in it’s ‘closed and ready to eat’ position the outer edges of the top and bottom bun were touching so you couldn’t even see what was on the inside.
They ‘hide’ (according to one employee) their napkins and don’t provide them when pick up your sandwich, so by the time you realize you don’t have a napkin you have to get up to go find them. They are not with the straws, so you have to ask where they are and then reach behind the counter to get them yourself.
And don’t bother looking or asking for a lemon to put in your ice tea. They don’t have those-​not even for an extra .25.
Anyway, needless to say, I won’t be back.
Sad I wasted my money and my lunchtime there today.

Dear Jimmy John’s,
I think we need to take a break. I love you, I just need some space. Your delicious french bread is making the gap between my thighs disappear and my jeans fit tighter.
Please don’t be mad, we’ve been seeing each other every other day at lunch for the last month, and I know that someday we can be friends, I just can’t go on like this. You are too delicious and convenient. You don’t even leave anything to my imagination when you show up 5 minutes after I place my online order.
Yours truly,
Amanda

Very suspicious incident today. I’m in this store for lunch all the time, and had a really bad experience today.
At 2 pm today my wife and I had lunch in the North Lamar store in Austin, Texas.
I realized after a few minutes that I left my sunglasses at a booth in the store. My wife went back to Jimmy John’s (we were next door at Central Market) and asked the employee at the register if anyone had turned in a pair of sunglasses — He acted suspicious and had an exaggerated sense of innocence. There was virtually no one in the store at this time.
About 20 minutes later, I called the store to leave my name and number in the event someone turned in the glasses. I asked for the manager. A man answered the phone «hello,» and at first refused to give me his name. After I asked him three times, he identified himself as Dean, and said he was the manager.
I said I wished to leave my name and number in the event someone turned the glasses in. He at first refused, saying «I helped your wife look around the booth, they’re not here. I doubt anyone will turn them in.»
I remained polite, but he kept refusing to take my information.
I then asked the name of the store’s general manager. He refused to identify the GM. After I pressed for the GM’s name twice more, he agreed to take my information. He kept repeating «Well, I’m the assistant manager.»
He begrudgingly then identified the store’s general manager as «Megan Rivera.»
At worst, I feel this guy took the sunglasses. At best, he offered extremely poor customer service to both me and my wife while we politely asked him to take our information.
Refusing to identify himself or to identify the GM, you’ll admit, is highly suspicious.
I worked for two different Jimmy Johns stores under Jim Liautaud in Urbana, Illinois in the 1990s. This is not the way Jim would want his employees, or his brand, treating regular customers.
I’ll post any updates in the event anyone contacts me.

How happy can you really be with a chain sandwich shop? Pretty damn happy.
Gotta say, I’ve never been a big JJ’s fan until someone turned me onto their Vegetarian sandwich this year and I have had a hard time looking back… pair that with the SPEEDY delivery (those annoying commercials weren’t kidding, those suckers are fast), and you have a recipe for a successful lunch or easy dinner option. And the online ordering is AMAZING! It wasn’t until I ordered online that I realized how much I can customize my sandwich!
Employees are friendly, the store is clean, service is fast, and the food is fresh — who could ask for more?

Vito arrived fast
and got the job done without
personality.
Ingredients were fresh and the Vito was complete and in my hand in under 2 minutes. It’s a good deal at less than $ 5.00. But I couldn’t see where the «gourmet» was. Maybe I should have brought my reading glasses, or added the hot peppers.

This review may not be fair, because I’ve never eaten here. But their staff is just above and beyond.
I got a flat tire in the Central Market parking lot, and discovered that the lugnuts on my fancy, after-​market wheels needed an allen wrench in order to get them off. I, of course, don’t carry an allen wrench on my person at all times. (What was I thinking??) Central Market didn’t have an allen wrench handy, so I started asking around at other businesses. One of the guys behind the counter at Jimmy John’s gave me a ring of allen wrenches from his own personal bicycle repair kit, and just trusted me to bring it back. He didn’t have the right size after all, but that was so classy.
If you guys are reading this, you made a terrible day a little bit better by being so trusting and helpful. You need a raise! That was amazing customer service, and now that I have four tires in good repair, I can’t wait to come try a sandwich.

Ordered the Beach Club and upon examination I realized it came with ONE piece of turkey on it. Seriously? I’m not a meat hog, but what kind of sandwich place serves a turkey sandwich with one measly slice of turkey?
Also, while I totally appreciate the fast delivery, why not serve the sodas in cans? Instead I got a sandwich wet from Diet Coke and a ridiculously saran-​wrapped cup with a lid on it that was a big mess to get out of the wrapping, and it had spilled all in the wrapping. It was just a gross way to serve a drink, and I’m pretty sure cans were designed for that reason…

I rarely say, «I have a hankering for a sandwich today,» and then head out the door with the intent to find a delicious sandwich. My brother makes sandwiches that are out of this world, so I just don’t seek out the best sandwiches from anywhere other than his kitchen.
Usually when I go to a sandwich shop it is because I am out running around and I need to eat something that isn’t messy or unhealthy. I ordered a turkey with cucumber and mustard, but didn’t realize I could’ve asked for wheat instead of white, which I will do next time. I know people who swear the white bread is great at JJ, but there is a fine line between crusty and stale and it was more stale to me. The inside was soft. I am really picky about bread, especially from sandwich shops. Most of the time, I take the top off and fold up the sandwich, so take my critique of the bread with a grain of salt. The contents were fresh and delicious; much better than Subway by a long shot.
All in all, it was tasty and handed to me quicker than one from Wich Wich but not by much. Speed isn’t a priority though; I am a patient person.
If I am in the area, I will definitely choose JJ.

I feel like I am missing out on the party here. It’s a sandwich place. I used to initially avoid this place because of the cheesy commercials.
I was in a hurry one day and needed to eat before I fainted and decided to give into my silly annoyances with their advertising choices.
The sandwich was decent but it didn’t stand out as the best roast beef sandwich in the world. It was in line with the other sub shops in the area, nothing spectacular but not bad either.
I have to give it 4 stars because overall my experience in ordering & waiting (or lack there of) was more than OK although I cannot say I am a «wooo hoo fan» 3 stars just seems mean.
Pro’s: I ordered, paid, went and washed my hands, and my sandwich apparently had been sitting there for a ½ minute already … The guys behind the counter love what they do or really good actors.
Con’s: nothing really… it’s just a a sub place