Jason’s Deli

Have come here on and off for many years. They do a decent representation of a New York style delicatessen. They give you a nice sized sandwich for your money. The staff is friendly and on point. They do a good lunch business and seem to always have fresh breads, meats and sides.

Well, we gave it two more chances. The first one, mid December, was a little better. Staffing seemed to have improved and our sandwiches came out faster. However still no au jus with my sandwich until I asked for it. We decided to give it another try in the hopes that they had read the review and we’re trying to improve.
Went back last Saturday, January 2^nd. Regrettable decision. We waited to order as no one was at the cash register for a few minutes. Finally ordered. Even though we both know the routine, asking for our «managers special» with side salad, regular chips and water to drink. The order taker asked each of us to repeat everything after what type of sandwich we wanted. He obviously wasn’t paying attention to our order even though no one was in line behind us. It was unusual, but he gave us a take out cup for our water. Went to the salad bar or what was left of it, remember we are always there around the same time 6:15 or so. I again had to find someone to fill the mixed greens and a couple of other items that were out that I wanted. Another customer then asked them to fill a few more items. We sat down after searching for a clean table. There were about 10 of the more popular booths that were unoccupied but had dirty dishes and leftover food items on them. Sat down next to another customer that I recognized as being a Saturday regular. While waiting for my wife I made the comment to her that the service at this location had really gone downhill in the past few months. She heartily agreed and pointed out that she had gotten take out cups for her water the last two weeks and didn’t like it. She had asked the manager why and he told her that he didn’t have enough staff to keep up with the dishwasher for the cups. She was wondering herself what else they were letting go.
Needless to say we’re done with this place and will go to Wildflower or the new Panera in Gainey Village. It’s interesting to me that no manager from this location or from corporate has ever responded to this posting. Maybe none of them care about customer service?

I Went to Jason’s to pick up some of their delicious homemade potato salad. I had the nicest and most pleasant Manager wait on me.
Great customer service. Fresh food and huge sandwiches. All soups are homemade and yummy.
I am and will continue to be a loyal customer.
It is always better to talk to a manager, rather then write a negative review.

Our office ordered a catering order at 8AM to be delivered at 12PM for a meeting and it is now 1PM. Very disappointed and very unprofessional to be late for another company. Sadly it was expensive and we will not be utilizing them again.

It was just OK.
Nothing special.
Only gave it 3 stars because they gave my son a job.
Maybe I got the wrong sandwich. I suppose I can try it again and see what happens.

So, yes your topical salad bar that has not changed much in oooosay 20 years. If anything they could punch it up a little and take a page from the flower child.
All in all, the food is still the same as it was 20 years ago when they opened and good I might add. But could be better considering all the rabbit restaurants opening up and taking huge margins from a dinosaur that should be the king of lettuce buffet.
Get your brightest and best and come up with something unusual or different that makes you stand out. Add other foods for example. If you stay in the mud motionless, people and ideas will wall right buy you.
3 stars food was what I expected blah but ok. Service was in the middle of lunch and dinner shift so plates were everywhere with the staff on their usual breaks. Go here only because you will know exactly what to expect every time.

This is a great little café-​like place to eat. I’ve tried just about everything on the menu and never had any complaints. Their new items (like the Banh Mi and quinoa shrimp salad) seem a little far fetched to what they usually serve but hey, if it’s good what does it matter right?
I’ve had many lunches with long distance friends, spending hours refilling our soda/​tea and cooling down with the free ice cream. It’s a very relaxing spot.
Get the California Club or Plain Jane potato!

Always good food and consistent!!! I love the soup and deserts! The service is quick and friendly.

Good Food, Great Friendly Service
I just stopped in at the store at Scottsdale Rd and Shea. I had never been to a Jason’s deli before and was completely baffled and overwhelmed when I walked in and saw that it wasn’t strictly a deli. Karen, who I learned as I was leaving is the GM there, immediately came over to me and explained how everything worked, including pointing out some favorites in case I found the menu overwhelming. She explained the workings of the salad bar, the specials, etc. at the moment that I was tempted to get back in my car and go someplace that I understood. She was VERY friendly and accommodating.
So, I stayed and had a wonderful experience. My muffaletta sandwich was wonderful, I enjoyed the salad bar, and the iced tea was delicious (which is not true of many places). Of course, Karen kept checking back with me, bringing me containers and a bag for the remainder of my huge sandwich, my salad, and my iced tea, and reminding me that the ice cream and the dry end of the salad bar were complimentary.
Thanks to Karen, as much as to the food, I know that I will be returning. She personally brought such warmth and welcome to my visit. There is nothing like great customer service.

Having recently relocated to the area safe to say I won’t be returning to this place. Terrible sandwich — poorly constructed dry bread and overpriced. Ugh.

I have been coming here for years. I absolutely love their food and their recent renovations are 5 star alone.
It’s fast, with a wide variety of food and FREE ICE CREAM. Can’t beat that.
The only downside is it gets PACKED so try to get their before the rush.

I admit it… I had a bad attitude about Jason’s Deli. When I worked in Tucson, box lunches from Jason’s were a common option at ‘in house’ lunch meetings where the company provided lunch, and those box lunches were no bueno.
So, a friend wanted to go have lunch at Jason’s — I fought it off for a few weeks… finally gave in. Got there and ordered the Reuben. Wow. Really good! Piled high with corned beef, good tasting kraut. Even the plain potato chips were good. What?
Definitely a good place to grab a sandwich — give it a try!

My experience here was meh at best haha. Would’ve given two stars but there was free ice cream so I had to add one on. I went here for a Junior Achievement fundraiser, and was excited to try it out because there were a few tasty sounding vegetarian sandwiches and soups. However, I wasn’t all that impressed.
There were some positives. As I mentioned before: free ice cream. A downside is the ice cream kind of sucks though haha. Also it was clean, people working there did a good job of getting us our food in a timely matter!
I ordered half a veggie wrap with a cup of tomato basil soup. If it weren’t for the fact that a percentage of the money was going to charity, I would say it was kind of a waste of money. I could have made a significantly better wrap at home for cheaper. The soup was too chunky. It was just ok. Portions were tiny. The fruit they gave me was really good though, nice and fresh!
I don’t think I’ll be back to Jason’s Deli unless someone really wanted me to go ha. But it was just mediocre for me!

I’ve got a history at JD’s… like the remodel. Good deli, decent people and fairly quick service. Lots of seating. My visits have decreased over the years due to the decline in the meat quality of my steady ordering of thier Reuben the Great. Salad was great this visit. I’ll be taking the Reuben out of the line up and go after the lean meats and wraps for future visits. I’ve enjoyed this place enough in the past to keep it at a 4.

A good chain with decent intentions. Everyone gets the free soft serve and it might take you an extra few minutes to decide what to eat due to a large menu. I have gone for the salad bar before, but went with the ½ muffalata and cup o soup for about 8 bucks. The turkey is average quality, but the toasted sesame bread was nice and although the olive mix that came with the sandwich wasn’t quite authentic, it still was good. The veggie soup was also a fairly standard version. It was already crowded around noon, but not overflowing. Fill out the survey for a free cookie.

First of all let me give kudos to the staff who helped us. It’s rare to find such great service nowadays so when I do I like to point out the places that do.
My girlfriend and I decided to eat more salad on our New Year’s resolution quest.
She told me about Jason’s Deli and how good of deal their salad bar is. You can literally stuff as much salad in a containter which both people can share. We did just that while adding toppings.
We had plenty for both of us and she still had some leftover for lunch.
Thanks for the great experience — we’ll definitely be back.

Went to Jason’s Deli to try out their salad bar yesterday. It was my first experience with their salad bar and I’m sorry to say it will be my last. I was very disappointed with their offerings. On their website they said they have added organic options but there were no signs saying what was organic so who knows if anything was. Their toppings weren’t salad topping as much as they were veggies. Example: whole baby carrots are not what I would consider a salad topping unless I want to cut up the carrots myself. I will say I managed to put a little more than lettuce on my plate, so fine. I also tried one of the pasta salads — yuck. It had almost a sour flavor to it. And I tried some of the fruit salad — tasted chemically — they probably spray their fruit so it doesn’t brown.
Their «famous» mini muffins were also a major disappointment. The cornbread one was dry, the gingerbread one was just okay. Again, kinda fake tasting.
And really, for the price I would expect some kind of meat offering — chicken or turkey would be nice.
But the worst part came later that afternoon when I got a horrible stomach ache.
Never again.

Don’t get me wrong I love me some Jason’s Deli but I was hoping they got their act together since our last visit (dirty restrooms & dining area) to our surprise it is very clean/​remodeled now! Yay!
The salad bar is always awesome, fresh and a wide variety of veggies.
Pro tip: use the self serve checkout thingy — soup and salad bar kiosk, skip the line of people getting sandwiches and such.
Don’t forget your free soft serve cone on your way out!

Great salad bar with the option to self pay. They probably lose money with hungry salad bar patrons and the quality of items they have available. Cajun mix, hummus, fruit salad are some of the notable items.
I always get the salad bar, but I also like getting the excellent southwest chicken chili. The club is great too!
Never had anything I didn’t love here.

Been coming to Jason’s since they had a location across the street from PV Mall back in the early 90’s. Their restaurants are always pretty decent and the food is tasty good. This location on Shea appears to have had a remodel since we were here last time and the inside looks really nice.
The menu has changed a bit over the years and is smaller than I remember. They used to have a larger selection of stuffed potatoes and now only have a few. My favorite was a smokey BBQ Beef stuffed potato with tons of other goodies. I think you could even build your own at one time.
The wife and I usually go with the famous New Orleans 9″ FULL size Ham and Salami Muffaletta. It is hard to resist some additional Olive spread on the side and a little hot sauce to kick things up a notch. The sandwich is giant and we normally have a good portion to bring home for a snack later.
There are plenty of other options that are also fresh and tasty. Cool all you can eat Salad Bar to indulge yourself. Yummy Soups, maybe a bowl of Chili, as well as Wraps and Pasta if you desire. They also have a nice Kid’s menu with the typical favorites for the little ones.
Friendly service and a casually comfortable eating area. Catering and Delivery also available. Don’t forget to enjoy some FREE soft serve Ice Cream with a squirt of dark chocolate syrup before you leave. SCORE!