Subway

Internet is a big deal for me. I will gladly pay extra so that I can get online and work on a side project during my lunch break.
However, this subway’s offering of «free wifi» is false. It does not work.
Do not come here, instead go next door to Café Venue, where they will take care of you.

This review is in comparison to other subways. The prices are higher than normal because of location, there is normally a line, and because of that, you get no customer service and your sandwich is just thrown together with no care.
I thought it was interesting that none of the employees ever smiled from the moment I walked in. I mean, I get it, they’re working very hard during the lunch rush, but they aren’t even putting full effort into making the food better. It’s not too much to ask for a little eye contact.

I don’t know why people hate on subway. It’s a sandwich and if you want a gourmet sandwich, then you’re in the wrong spot. This a a place where you go for a good filling sandwich without all the hoopla. The workers here was always super friendly and fast. The place is kept clean and I’m always in and out with in 10 minutes (I go during off hours). My favorites sandwich is the Itallian BMT on honey oat with everything on it and smothered in sweet onion sauce. I’m addicted to sweet onion sauce. The produce is always fresh and never under ripened.

The staff at this subway location is quick and friendly.
Located at the foot of the 50 Fremont building, this Subway can get pretty busy during lunch. The line isn’t so bad, as they do a good job of staffing the place well to handle the lunch time rush.
The staff handles the orders quickly and efficiently, moving less complicated request through the line more quickly.

Nothing really special here since its pretty much your average Subway. Good for a quick and cheap lunch.

My experience here is consistently disappointing to me.
Today, I ordered my usual. Tuna 6″ on honey oat. I asked the sandwich maker to put lettuce tomatoes, spinach, jalapenos and honey mustard on my sandwich.
First, my nice sandwich maker started making my sandwich, put my in the oven and then starting making other people’s sandwiches. No problem, let’s be efficient here. However, the lady who took over for her was really really stingy. I asked for spinach, she gave me literally 5 baby spinach leaves. I asked for more and she begrudingly pile a few more on, giving me a glare. Tomatoes and pickles are pretty standard, so no problem there. Jalapenos and olives. She gave me 3 olives. Not three whole ones, three measly little slices of black olives. I didn’t know you had an olive shortage, cause it didn’t look like the bucket was empty. I didn’t want to be stressed out and get the «glare» again so I just said fine, and paid at the cashier.
I don’t want a hard glare with my sandwich. If I asked you for olives, it means stuff my sandwich with some olives.
I like the Subway on Market and Front better.

Line moves quickly at lunchtime. Their daily specials are a pretty good deal. I also like the fact that I can refill my drink since the drink fountain is accessible. Their chip selection is a bit limited, though. The place is a bit small so you might have people crowding around you as they’re in line to place their order. Or if the weather is nice enough, you can take your meal to one of the outside tables.

This subway is conveniently located between office buildings in SoMa.
By 11am, this location employs 4 or more employees to handle the lunchtime crowd. They’re fast, efficient and remain courteous through out the busy lunch hours. I don’t think I’ve stood in line longer than 5 minutes here… that’s great if you’re in a hurry back to the office.
Since the company promotion of any $ 5 regular footlongs, they have increased their clientele. You know everything they serve is fresh since they have a stream of customers all day long. Btw– unlike the competing sandwich shops down the street (Lee’s, Togo’s and Noah’s), they don’t skimp or charge extra if you want more veggies in your sandwich.
This location get stars for tasty and fresh, convenient and clean and friendly service.

No more $ 2.99 daily special, huh? Ok then, I’ll take that star away from you now. Without that, Subway will be facing some serious competition against the nearby Vietnamese sandwich places if they want my money.

Subway isnt special or gourmet or anything like that, but it’s cheap. When I don’t have time to go to the grocery store for sandwich stuff, I have to buy my lunch. Who wants to spend tons of $ on lunch when you just have to go back to work? Plus, I only have 30 min. Right behind work is a little food courtish thing and part of it is subway. Subway has $ 5 footlongs. $ 5 is already cheap for a sandwich, because most of them around here are almost $ 7 and up. But then, I can’t eat the whole footlong, I can only eat half a foot. So really, I get 2 sandwiches! $ 2.50 each! Now, that’s cheap! I always get the chicken sandwich with everything (except mayo and olives, yuk). You get tons of veggies, cheese, and you can choose whole wheat breads. My coworker tells me that if you go often, you can get a frequent buyer card and get a free one when they’re punched (though that may be on the pricer six inch sandwiches). So I will keep coming back when I have nothing to eat!

3 years ago I would have given my current «meal rating» as one or two stars, but I’ve been in the Fidi for a couple years now, and what I once knew as food to avoid, is now basically gourmet.
My bread was stale and old, my portions were really small, and the lady moved my sub along to the cashier before I had a chance to ask her to please put oil and vinegar on my sub.
I had asked the guy at the starting of the line where the list of «foot-​long subs for 5 dollars were» were, but he couldn’t understand what I was saying. I asked again and he pointed to a sub, so I just told them I’d have that one (turns out he thought I was asking what the sub of the day was… or he just didn’t understand my English and just pointed somewhere hoping I’d move on). So I get the sub, and they charge me $ 5.99. (That’s when I find out the younger man was more confused then I thought. Oh well…) I felt really rushed, but that’s to be understood in the area. The cashier was asking me something, but I, like the young man before me, had no idea what he was saying. Deductive reasoning makes me think he was asking me if I wanted chips or something. I hand over a $ 10 and am on my way. I seam to remember a time when $ 5 got you food, drink and a side… I miss those days so much… I never understand inflation on food, isn’t the population growing enough to generate more revenue for production?
So I give this place 4 stars. Why? Well, they didn’t drop my food and still give it to me, nor did they spit in it, nor did they ignore me forever and then give me attitude when I ask if I could please order now. In the Fidi, hell that’s a 5-​start restaurant… but like I said the bread was really stale. If it was only slightly stale and not as crunchy I’d give the extra star… why not???

Oh god. Oh no. I’m that customer, the one who gives the employees «trouble.» But can you blame me?
Subway is having their $ 5 foot-​long sub sale, and I sometimes like to order a foot-​long sub and have half one day for lunch, half the next day. I have a love affair with avocado, so I also like to get half with avocado (only half, because if I got the whole thing with avocado it would spoil by day number two’s lunch).
But when I order my turkey sub with half avocado, and the sandwich artist helping me starts to fret and fidget. I say «yes, I know avocado costs more” – but that’s not the problem. They tell me I need to get the same thing on both sides to get the $ 5 special. Otherwise, it’ll be almost $ 7 bucks. I explain that they add avocado and give me the $ 5 special all the time at other stores – it’s not like I’m getting half tuna and half turkey. I just want to add avocado to half for $ 5.50 total, which is the price of the sub plus the added fee for avocado. They say they’ll give it to me this ONE time, but that’s it. This makes no sense to me because I’m already paying more for the avocado anyway.
I go back a week later and mournfully get my avocado-​less sub, then realize back at my office that the wrapper wasn’t tight enough and the sub had spilled its guts into the bag. Picking peppers and olives out of the bottom of a bag isn’t my ideal way to spend lunch.
I write Subway a letter to complain about the avocado issue and the poorly wrapped sub, and the manager replies with a nice letter back to apologize and sends a free coupon, explaining that the staff should have given me the avocado for the $ 5 deal and that they’re sorry about the sub that exploded. I take the coupon in, order my turkey sub with half avocado, and again the sandwich artists give me a hard time about it – even though it’s free anyway! The manager comes over and says «It’s OK – we’ll do it for her.» Then all the employees look at me disapprovingly.
Yup, that’s me – THAT customer. It’s not like I’m going back anytime soon though, so I guess it all evens out in the end.

I love this Subway and I guess I’m the only one. :(
Great sammies and SUPER DUPER fast service. Just had lunch there today and remarked (several times to the guy sitting next to me back at the office) how tasty it was.
:)

In the Subway Sandwich world I’d like to say I am their ideal customer. When I walk in I know what I want. My usual for years has been a 6 inch hot pastrami on wheat with everything on it. I’m picky in what I eat but I figured once I get my sandwich I can pick off the olives and onions and bell peppers.
So I walk into this particular Subway during my lunch hour. I order my usual. I watch my sandwich get passed through at least 3 different people before actually wrapping it up in paper and sticking it in a plastic bag and purchasing. I get back to my office, unwrap my sandwich to find it in a messy state!
I don’t know if this Subway is one of those places that likes to skimp on the meat or if their workers just work the sandwich line too fast (to accommodate the other 2 customers behind me) but I sure did get cheated on the meat.
Not only was there a lack of meat but my entire 6 inch sandwich was messy! My lettuce and tomatoes were barely hanging on and they put so much mustard and mayo that it oozed out of the sandwich and had spread on top of the bread.
Needless to say, I still patron this place. But I’ve learned from my lesson. I still order my usual and when I get back to the office my sandwich is still messy but this time I eat my sandwich with a fork.
By the way, I make it known to them not to skimp on the meat. I’m sure the workers there think I’m a bitch.

Really, when you go to a Subway, are you expecting something better? I know it sucks, but one day we were having sushi and I didn’t want sushi and I heard that our assistant was going here for other people, so I asked her to get me something too. It was a moment of weakness that I regretted the rest of the day.
These sandwiches are terrible, tasteless, and practically meatless. Additionally, my assistant told me that when the guy was ringing her up, he looked at her and said «Did I put turkey on that sandwich?» What the fuck? Lay off the bong until your shift is over, ok?

With all the Subways downtown, what is there to distinguish this one?
I know! Here, as in other stores, you are in a line and the sandwiches are in a line. You follow yours down the counter, specifying everything that goes into it. Everything here does not include jalapenos. Then, as you get to the cash register, they sell your sandwich to someone else! Surprise!
While you’re letting them figure out they don’t have your sandwich and you don’t particularly want to buy the other person’s, the other person returns with your sandwich, opened, saying, «This isn’t mine!» They smile, re-​close the wrapper on your sandwich, and hand it to you! Surprise!
There’s a nice, sunny plaza in this block where you can enjoy your prize. You’ll also catch an extemporaneous speech on what it’s like to be mentally ill. By someone who’s living it.
Dinner and a show! That’s entertainment!

I go here WAY too much. It’s right outside where I work and since I’m a workaholic, I just grab a sandwich and sit at my desk while I cry about being a workaholic.
Service is fast. Selections are the same as every other Subway. They never remember you even if you go every day of the week and get the same goddamn thing every mother-​effin’ day.

You know those «defining moments» literature are positively littered with? I had one recently. I was forced to eat at Subway and I actually asked my companion, «so, what’s good here?». Like I’m eating at the freaking Ritz-​Carlton. Any specials today? Are the tomatoes Heirloom or Roma? Where is that cheese from and is it goat, sheep, or cow? When did I become completely pretentious?
Forget the Four Horsemen, the fact that Subway built an empire fucking up the sacred sandwich is definitely a sign of the impending Apocalypse.

Two Star!
The Subways in Las Vegas have Horseradish. None of the San Francisco subways have Horseradishes. Horseradish will go well with any of the daily $ 2.49 specials.
strange, but true
Couple of the subway employees has never heard of Horseradish.
go figure!

Okay, most Subways deserve one star but this one does the best with what they’ve been given. They are polite, the place is clean, I’ve never «seen» anyone pull-​off a «sneezer» but the best culprits are never caught red-​handed.
Plus they are open early so if you think the boss isn’t going to let you out of the office for lunch, or you just plan on logging some overtime at your desk, you can pick up a sandwich at 8 am.