Chris’ Deli

Very good hot dog. Good chips and good salami and ham Sandwhich
Excellent chicken and rice soup my granddaughter didn’t finish.
Boston cream pie very good and I don’t eat dessert often.
Need fountain drinks as most sit down places have.

This place is great! The wait staff is so nice and the food is excellent. Try the chicken and rice soup, the grilled chicken sub and the Chris’ special which is roast beef and turkey on an onion roll. The sides are good as well. I like the macaroni salad the best. My friends love the Greek salad with chicken. Even with construction on Independence, the place gets packed at lunch, so I try to get there early to get a table.

I’ve been eating at Chris’ Deli for 20 years and they never disappoint me. I always get the roast beef sub with potato salad and trust me, it’s not wimpy sandwich. I love their potato salad too and so I always have to get that. The place looks like a hole in the wall from the outside, but trust me, good food is being made inside.

I was seeking a ‘real’ pastrami sandwich… not prefab, out of the package faux stuff. This appears to be a deli, but my sandwich was disappointing.
The people are nice enough, the place clean. It is difficult to get to unless you’re headed TO Uptown Charlotte. I probably won’t return.

Wanted: soup. Why: because I can’t handle this cold weather. I’m a wuss. Yes, I know I’m from Nebraska, but I think I’ve been in the South for too long now and lost my thick skin for chilly temps. Thanks to Unilocal,I found this little old school deli and Charlotte gem tucked away in a strip mall on Independence.
The front of the menu has the tagline– you get your money’s worth. That’s all you need to know. End of review. I popped into Chris’ at 8:30pm on a Monday. I was greeted warmly by one of the waitresses. Then it was decision time: vegetable, chicken noodle, or chicken and rice soup. I went chicken and rice. It was the perfect warm bowl of soup that I needed on a cold night. I also got a turkey reuben. So good. Note: they do their reubens with mustard. If you want thousand island, just make sure to ask. Soup, reuben, macaroni salad… all for about $ 10. I actually saved half my sandwich and side for lunch the next day. Two perfect Nikki-​sized meals.
Chris himself was in the kitchen. He made my meal for me. He also took the time to come out, talk to me, and tell me about the place. (I walked in around closing time, so I was the only person there at the time) Such a sweet man. He even sent me home with a bag of apples. Why? Because he said they were so delicious.
I live in Elizabeth, so my GPS took me through a neighborhood on the backside of the strip mall. I didn’t have to touch Independence at all. Just a heads up, in case you think your GPS is drunk.
Signs of a solid spot? The construction and bat ish craziness of Independence Blvd couldn’t even slow down this place. It has a ton of regulars who pop in for lunch every week. You can add my name to that list.

There is something comforting about knowing when I’m just not feeling too good at work that I have this place right around the corner. They have an amazing chicken noodle soup its always served so hot in can drive 30 mins and it still burns my mouth. Decent sandwich selection but I have to recommend the soup. All my coworkers rave about the pastrami sandwiches well. Friendly owner and staff

Awesome little deli run by attentive and friendly staff! Great cheese steak sandwich. Very good macaroni salad and you have to try the ranch dip that comes with the potato chips! Great prices and good portion sizes! Feels like a little piece of New Jersey in the middle of NC!

First off let me start by saying I am a sandwich fan. Morning, noon and night, 24÷7÷365 if you ask me if I’d like a sandwich the answer will be a resounding YES. That being said, while they had plenty of sandwich options, with breads to choose from, the food was mediocre at best. The service was terrible, I actually had to get up to find my server to order dessert, an éclair; such was still frozen in there center and my server did not wash her hands before grabbing. The one redeeming quality of this run down. hole in the wall was the potato salad. It was heavenly. Not worth going back to the dirty table, hair on my soda can, and horrible service, but noteworthy regardless. If you are in need of a quick sandwich to go maybe you will have better luck than I did.
FAIR WARNING UnilocalERS:
Please be careful with your reviews of this place! I received a very nasty email from the «owner» of this place about my review. After ignoring my comments on bad service he flew into accusing my I must have been paid to write a bad review. Then was told I should pursue a career in law based on the fact I couldn’t tell the truth and telling me if I wouldn’t talk to him he had the right to refuse me service on future visits. After explaining my review wad based only on my visit, and offering an apology for my harsh review, he gave me his number to call and «fix the problem». Ewwww, no. You cant call me a liar and then lets fix it? No thanks. Key points, I have never returned since my original visit, and wasnt ever planning to. Maybe with a more customer friendly attitude, I would have been happy to give this place another shot and change my review. If a customer complains, maybe try to fix the problem? Just thought I should warn other Unilocalers before your message box is harassed with nasty messages. I’d post the screenshot, of the messages; but I figured the way he chose to respond was embarassing for him enough the first time. I wish I could have liked the place, but pigs will fly before I subject myself to such bad service again, at least now I know why my server was so horrible; you are your establishment it seems.

Crazy good sandwiches for the same price as subway or jimmy johns. The Reuben was insane, & I loved my pastrami. Soups were good too! If you’re craving a quality sandwich, come here!

Like most say, it’s a hole in the wall that survives on word of mouth since it’s in an old shopping center but don’t ever let that stop you. It’s an old school deli where you can tell the owners take alot of pride in their food. Any sandwich is great but I love the potato salad and make sure you ask for a side of their extra spicy mustard. Wow

Great food and huge sandwiches for the price! Chicken salad was great and definitely will return here again!

I used to eat here a lot there sub used to have more meat and the bread used to be always fresh. Things have been change during the years. Still a local family own business were I will be going.

I drove past this place for almost 8 years. Which is very odd since it was within walking distance of my house. When I finally went in and had the corned beef I felt like a complete idiot.
The food here is so good. They use boar head meat, vegetable taste fresh and the bread is on point. Never been disappoint by a sandwich from here.
Their soup is a little bland but I don’t mind it that way.

I’m a fan. Chris’ is another Charlotte staple mostly frequented by locals. Chris himself still works in the kitchen during lunch. I’m willing to bet he’s there all day.
It’s an old fashioned menu, layout, and staff. Their subs and Greek salads are what keep me coming back. My only gripe is their selection of sides. I don’t know how they’ve gotten away with that potato salad, macaroni salad, and cole slaw for all these years. None of them are very good.
Go after 1:00 to miss the rush. Get a sub and a cream soda. You’ll be happy. Do not expect any frills.

Old school deli is pretty good but not the best I’ve ever had or anything. I still don’t think anybody can beat Harris Teeter as far as subs go… the chips & «dip» we ordered were just chips from a bag with a side of ranch lol

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Chris’ Deli :-) Their Thursday special of baked chicken with potatoes and carrots is simply delicious! It’s like your grandma used to make… really, it’s super yummy! It’s so good in fact that they regularly run out, so you have to get there after 5pm but before 8pm or you’ll miss out!
They also make the best greek salads, complete with super tasty, high quality feta cheese, tasty olives and spices with a very good house greek dressing. If you’re more of a chef salad fan, they do a mean chef salad as well! The reuben is fantastic and like a reuben should be done on quality rye bread. They offer a marinated chicken breast plate with a salad that just can’t be beat if you’re trying to eat healthy. Of course they do all sorts of delicious deli sandwiches, made to order and served quickly. My personal favorite side dish is their potato salad… it’s really really good :-) Oh yea– and they seem to have some sort of secret hookup with an amazing tomato guy– their tomatoes are delicious– they never go into the refrigerator either so they taste just like they came off the vine!
We moved away from the Independence area and we miss Chris’ Deli. We now try to plan our trips to that side of town to include a stop at Chris’ for dinner :-)

I have been here many times and I must say I have always had a good experience. Now I often get my favorite, the BLT on white toast with a side of potato salad. I have had it so many times I even tried to recreate t at home myself, even down to the type of bread and the way the lettuce is shredded. Yes I shredded the lettuce by hand. It came out pretty good but this place has something secret going on.
I’ve also had the turkey sub (hot), pastrami no mustard (don’t judge me), I even added pastrami to my turkey and that was the bomb. I have a lot of friends that love this place and for the most part they have nothing negative to say. I really don’t either. It really is just a small simple place with simple food. It’s just darn good.
It’s also nice it is still thriving in an area that is currently struggling, with Independence construction and all. I will say they are in a pretty good little shopping center. Where else can you get great food, go next door and get your worship on, buy an e-​cig a few more doors down, drop your kids off at day care, then zumba off that food. There s also a catering place too but that’s another review.
This place is pretty much awesomeness. Oh and did I mention I am walking distance now. Yeah Im lucky.

This is only convenient for me if I remember to stop in on my way to work as you can only access from Independence heading into the Uptown area.
That being said, I had a really flavorful chicken noodle soup. The only negatives were, only little flecks of chicken and tiny bits of vegetables. It’s not really a cream soup, but it’s creamy. I’m not sure how they achieve that, but it was loaded with noodles.
The BLT I had was well made with a good amount of bacon and perfectly toasted white bread.
I posted photos of both as I got take out.
I look forward to trying more items there.

A deli, but not a New York style deli. Great sandwiches with a good variety of quality meats and cheeses — ham, turkey, roast beef and such. On sub rolls or a bread (including rye, white and whole wheat).
The sandwiches run between $ 5.50 and $ 7.00, so it’s all pretty inexpensive. Sodas include canned Dr. Browns and they do have some wine and beer available.
We enjoyed what we ate, but I was hoping for bagels and smoked fish. Oh well.
Convenient location on East Independence if you’re headed into the city. If you’re heading out, you’ll have to exit and go through a neighborhood, or continue onwards and make a u-​turn.

If you haven’t eaten here I HIGHLY suggest you give it a try! This place has the best potato salad, egg salad, sandwiches, soups… pretty much you order it and it’s going to be awesome! Chris’ Deli has been a staple in Charlotte for as long as I can remember. It will blow any other deli out of the water in taste, quality, and cost. Seriously I can’t rave about it enough. I love that you can by everything by the pint/​quart as well. Seriously I’m going to have to go this weekend now lol.
The only downside is it’s hard to get to since Independence underwent all the changes it has over the years. Many many businesses have had to close up shop along that strip but Chris’ Deli prevails! *thank goodness* You seem to be doing A-​okay as their parking lot is always pretty full. This is a hole in the wall, local kind of spot so don’t expect a lot in the décor department etc. However if you are looking for amazing food this is the place to go… I mean it’s a deli who cares about the décor :-)