City Bites

Great little local sandwich shop with flavorful bread and fresh fillings. I had the tuna salad on all wheat and it was delicious. Local food served to locals and visitors who have local friends to guide them to this great little place downtown Bethany. The ice tea was flavorful as well and not the least bit bitter. The premises were exceptionally clean and the one way mirror in the ladies room was fun.

City Bites isn’t pulling your chain when they talk about being local before being local was cool. They’ve been around since three brothers started the business after they all lost their jobs during the oil bust in the 1980s. They all needed to find a way to make a living, and decided selling delicious sandwiches would be a more secure future than the whims of the oil industry. Methinks 30 years later, that’s sounding pretty good to quite a few people in this particular moment in our city’s economy.
But a cool story is just a cool story unless you have the sandwich to back it up. Fresh baked bread, fresh ingredients, high quality meats and cheeses. It’s all good, and they are reliably, consistently good across all locations. Please do not get me started on how good the cookies are. Pumpkin cookie was the OG Pumpkin Spice in my life, and Sooner Doodle is pretty amazing. There is absolutely no telling how many City Bites cookies I’ve had in my life.
They have a cool commemorative cup out right now, that shows a list of their people who have been with them for 5, 10, 15, 20 years. So that tells you they must be taking pretty good care of their people to keep them around for that long.
Number one city bites life hack: Call ahead and order you sandwiches. It is a huge timesaver, and then you can wait until you get there to pick out your chips, cookies, etc. The employees are fast, but this prevents any hold up you risk by getting behind an indecisive orderer, or someone ordering multiple sandwiches. Just call it in a few minutes before you leave the house and you’ll be for sure good to go.

First time here, it Wasn’t bad. Had taco wrap. The meat was a little cold. But still doesn’t have a bad flavor. Maybe next time we’ll try a different location. Customer service wasn’t as friendly as I normally would like, But wasn’t rude either, The cashier seemed shy maybe new to the job. Wasn’t busy when we came in. Rush picked up 10 minutes after and even then still wasn’t super buy. It did however take forever to order just one cookie. If we try a different location. Then maybe I’ll up my review.

The guy who made my sandwich didn’t wear any gloves. After bagging my sandwich he went back to sweeping the floor. Other than the broom, I wonder else his hands touched before he made my sandwich. Gross :(

Still a great sandwich place. I had the Philly cheesesteak and a rocky road brownie. Best brownie ever.

As a visitor from outside of the state, City Bites, was disappointing on all aspects. The service was not friendly, as they lacked smiles and personality. The food was just «OK»… The sandwiches were lacking any real protein (meat) and the veggies were not as fresh as we would have liked them to be. And lastly, the atmosphere was cold and all over the place. Thus, should you find yourself by Warr Acres, I would consider other options for a restaurant or your meal stop!

This has been one of my favorite places for years! Something at City Bites always hits the spot! Whether it’s a cold day and one of their huge, loaded spuds its the perfect thing to warm you up. Or if its a sandwich day for you they’ve got great subs too!
I’ve been here several times recently with my parents and I got a chicken, bacon, ranch spud one of these occasions, and one of the subs another time. I really like the potato, the ranch was a little overpowering and reminded me I probably picked the most unhealthy item on the menu! The sizes of the baked potatoes are really big, I could easily split one with someone who eats about the same portion size as I do.
Service here is usually good, not that service at a walk up and order place is a big factor. I’ve been here before during a busy time and they cleared our table once me and my friend were done and still chatting. Another time with my parents at a late lunch they did check on us a few times to make sure everyone was good.
They have locations all over OKC/​Bethany, and I’d recommend any of them!