Ever had a good sub at Subway?
 

What is it about "a little mustard" that Subway workers don't understand? Or mayonaise? I know they understand "little" - look at the meat and cheese - you can see through a slice of ham there.

I much prefer Quiznos or independent shops, but there's this Jared weight loss vibe and I really need to lose another 20 pounds.

Seriously, I'm sick of telling them to start over when they finish pouring a half cup of mustard on my 6" sub!

I've had experiences with Subway that are good and bad. It all really depends on your request. As for the weight loss bit Subway has been pitching (great marketing BTW), what they don't tell you is that when Jared was on the "subway diet", he would walk from his apartment and take a roundabout route (30 min to an hour) to the subway, eat there, and walk the same route back. Eating a reduced calorie meal alone isn't going to help you loose weight. Another suggestion that I've been using for almost my entire life is drink a glass (16 oz) of iced water before the meal and eat until full (obviously not junk food). The water has a filling effect on the stomach.

Togo's (west coast based chain) has excellent subs also.

Good luck on the 20 lbs.

Yeah, I read the fine print and know that 290 calories doesn't include cheese or high-calorie condiments either. Actually, I could lose weight eating 3 six inch subs a day without exercising. The general rule of 15 calories a day per pound of body weight to maintain gives me a lot of calories. I walk my 30 minutes before lunch. Myth or not, I've been told that you burn calories faster within an hour after exercise.

I've dropped from 209 in October to 189 this week, but the reality is that I weighed under 140 as a young man. So, another 20 is imperative. Unfortunately, Subway is the closest restaurant to work and a lower calorie option than most.

I know Togos. There was one in the local mall when I lived on the west coast. I'd order a sub and watch the Hot Dog on a Stick girl next door jiggle a fresh vat of lemonade. Dinner and a show!

I've also had good and bad experiences with Subway. Some stores are horrible and other stores are great. Seems paradoxical when they are all supposed to be using the same ingredients.

When you do lose your weight, make sure you are doing the work to keep it off. Losing weight is one thing, but keeping it off is another. (I can't say this from personal experience, only the experience of people around me)

It really depends on two things:

1. The attitude of the franchise owner; and
2. How frequent of a customer you become.

When I lived in my apartment, I would frequent one particular Subway on average of once/week, often for Sunday "brunch." The service was great, they didn't mince on the veggies, they kept the place very clean. About six months before I moved, a Subway opened less than a block away. I went in that place a couple of times, and the attitude/service was atrocious. So I started going back to the other place, even though it was a two mile drive.

Now, I have a Subway four blocks from me, but I've never been there. I have better food options, including a Mexican place in the same plaza. But I do have three BOGO coupons from my Entertainment book, so maybe I'll try them this weekend.

the meatball sub, not much else if anything at Subway I like.

Occasionally, I am able to get a good sub at Subway. It is true, it varies from store to store. It also helps not to go crazy with a variety of toppings!!

My pet peeve too! Six inch BMT, just meat and cheese and a little mustard. No veggies, no oil, nothing else. Not a very difficult order.

The sweet onion chicken teriyaki is always good, assuming they dont' skimp on the meat. The only one I ever go to is in the hospital, which means they have a massive throughput at lunch. Where there used to be the order line conveyor belt style like other subways, there are now three computers that handle everything but ordering cookies. Toppings, condiments, etc are ordered there. Given the number of illegals, kids, elderly, and just plain stupid people trying to order, the whole thing is chaos. And one can no longer get 'a little more spinach' or a 'bit of pepper' withought fighting to get up to the front. But then they have no idea which sandwich is yours.
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and the chicken parmesian sucks
long story short, i don't like subway anymore

Just came from a subway, person in front of me orders hers with "a little mustard and a little mayo", sandwich artist puts in two strings of mustard and mayo and person goes "a little more mayo" :rolleyes: so it's hard to gauge what some people consider a little or a lot after making a bunch of sandwiches in a day. What I can't stand is having to repeat my order multiple times.

When I use to eat there, I always got a tuna with pickles, olives, and cheese. Don't know why, but I totally loved that sub.

Be very specific when ordering. When i'm getting a sub, I say things like "one short line of mayo" or "only two shakes of pepper", not "a little" or "some".

Oh, and I wish they'd offer a less-thick bread (not a wrap)

Wasn't Subway the original home of the Wish sandwich.....

A wish sandwich is the kind of a sandwich where you have twooooo slices of bread and you, hee, hee, hee, wish you had some meat! Bow bow bow. :D




(From the song Rubber Biscuit as featured in The Blues Brothers)

After starting a diet earlier this month, I went to Subway since their turkey sandwhich is pretty low in calories, even with added cheese. However, I was pretty dissapointed when that 6 inch sub had just 3 thin slices of turkey.

and don't take a good look at the meats that Subway uses. :eek:

I used to sell deli meat and can assure anyone that what Subway uses is JUST BARELY considered meat, most of it is water.

Certainly not the quality that I'm going to purchase when buying a deli sandwich.

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Too true! My husband won't eat at Subway. Says they have "rainbow" on their meats.

Give me a Quizno's sub anyday over a Subway sub too I say. Agree that the service and quality of Subway is incredibly variable as well - have one across the road from my office that I won't touch, terrible service and they somehow manage to butcher even the simplest orders. Whereas the one near my house is consistently friendly and provides tasty subs (well as tasty as a Subway sub can be - and at midnight in my area, it's either that, McDonald's, or a 'quality' kebab :p ).

My local subway is happy to make my sub just how I like it.

Italian BMT with double meat, double Old English cheese, and the only salads I want are Olives and Jalepenos. I want Olive Oil and lots of salt - that's it.

mmmm salt.

I like the tuna as well, but I've noticed that it varies from location to location. When it's good, it's really good.

I also like the meatball, but I don't consider it very healthy.

I haven't had a sub at Quizno's yet that I like.

Steve

As a native Philadelphian, I remain incredulous that Subway sells any sandwiches to anyone.I need an even smaller font to continue...

ditto schwarm. How they do any business here just boggles the mind.

Kind of like going to Arby's for a beeflike sandwich.

Tuna is the only thing I eat there.

mmmm...*drool*...a beef-like sandwich (a la Homer Simpson)

Here in Australia, we have both Subway and Quiznos in sydney.i have never had a sub at quiznos as they are priced quite expensive compared to subway. Generally i find that subway sandwiches are ok. I have had friends who tried quiznos and they have felt that quiznos sandwiches are sometimes smaller than subways so in terms of vaue, here in aussie, we do have an opinion that subway is better.

Im not sure about the comments made in the posts so far but it seems that quality of the sandwiches are quite variable in the USA. Subs are healthy depending on what you order to put in them. If you order one with lots of mustard or fatty sauces and meats, obviously its not very healthy?

Subway Club Sub, everything but jalapenos (and, now, cucumber). Salt, pepper, mayo, oil and vinegar.

Only do it about 5 times a year, but they actually have known what I wanted when I walk in the door (same owner, 12+ years!).

Maybe not the best, but my other local joints are McD's and Taco Bell.

Yeah, not a lot of meat, but filling and good (IMO).

Not quite as good when on the road.

Havn't had a great sub but Subway is edible and makes up a few lunches per month for me.

Quiznos I didn't really like, but they are fairly new in Australia and will have to try them again one day.

I think subs are generally healthy. Subway keeps their stores clean, and the food is fresh. I've always been impressed with the hygiene shown by Subway staff (even down to them changing gloves between subs, and having seperate cashiers).

Much better than a pie or burger or similar health wise methinks.

OMG !!!! :eek:

I used to work at Arbys a LONG time ago. Back then the stores still all cooked off their own meat (I don't know if they still do).

The raw "meat" product back then was a bag filled with mostly filler (meat slop and meat byproducts) with a few real chunks of beef floating in this mess of filler, as it cooked the whole thing became a lump of cooked beef.


As Arbys has tried to cut costs since I used to work there, one can only imagine that there are fewer of those real meat chunks than before. SCARY !!!!

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All the meats on the cold cut are turkey based (I forget what specific meats those are), so basically your cold cut is a turkey sandwich.

As for the rainbow colors, I've seen this on other lunch meats before. In one case, I called Boar's Head about this and they said the rainbow color was normal and safe to eat.

I can't blame your husband, however, for being grossed out.

I am always sometime went out eat for lunch at Subway. I am always ate with roast beef or ham sub. Sometime they will cut with the sub for me. I will able get some time for lunch outside PV Mall or inside at the mall. Does anyone about Subway will given them out new sub. I don't mind that I will get more times goes out for lunch.

I'm a big fan of Quiznos: They don't scrimp on the meat and cheese, like Subway does, and something about they way they toast their subs versus the way Subway does it seems to make a huge difference.

That said, there are two Subway shops right on my campus strategically placed near my classrooms and office, and at $2.49 for the daily 6-inch special it's hard to resist when I'm on the run (which is like every freaking minute).

As for Subway's claim about being part of a diet regime they are awfully good at portion control. Nothing wrong with a little squiggle of mayo, and mustard has almost no calories. Subway is good about piling on the veggies, pickles, peppers, etc. I will give them that.

Too true. My son, who normally gets the warm chicken breast sandwich, misordered the other night and got roast turkey instead. When we got home I had to convince him that there was any meat in there at all. It was almost invisible and definitely tasteless.

I think the "oven-roasted" chicken breast, no cheese, all veggies, and a little mustard or ranch is the only way to go. I can never taste the paltry amount of cheese they put on there, so there's no point in eating it. And the cold cuts (roast beef, ham, turkey) all taste the same to me. The "sweet onion chicken teriyaki" or "Tuscan chicken" come out gloppy and soggy, especially if they stay in the bag for awhile. The Subway chicken Parmesan is terrible. I agree that Quiznos sandwiches come in more varieties and many taste better, but I find most of them too big, complex, soggy/moist and expensive.

Subway service quality is all about the individual franchisee. The store nearest to our house (about a mile) is always a mess: they're out of half the breads and some veggies, there is waste food littered everywhere, the soda machine is broken, one surly teenager behind the counter screwing the orders up, etc. We drive an extra 1.5 miles to a store run by a better owner.

I love Subway. Sure, it's not haute cuisine, but it does the trick for me at least once a week when I'm in a hurry and don't want meal-o-grease. I don't think I've had a *bad* experience there (knock wood).

"Good" is relative. The greatest Subway sub I've ever had was in Seoul, after living on Korean food for weeks.

yes, "a little" does not work
 

I'll have to try being more specific. In general, subway makes a good sub, IMHO.

Just goes to show that tastes are truly different. I love Korean food and look forward to working in Korea. On the other hand, there isn't enough money in the world to entice me to try another Subway. Bleh!

To each their own! I'm with a couple of the original posters, I like Quiznos, Togos and a couple others, but fail to see where there is any taste in a Subway store.

I guess tastes - and franchisees - must differ ... my one try at Quizno's
yielded a sandwich that I'd have been inclined to send back if I got it
on an airplane -

One of my biggest problems with Subway is the bread. It's soft, it's mushy, it's not bread. A "Sub" should be made with a good Italian bread, not some Wonder Bread clone. Give me a good Bread with Oil and Vinegar dressing, no mustard, no mayo (that's like putting ketchup on a hot dog). I'm lucky that I have a small family owned Italian Deli - Tony's - just a few blocks from my house. Ironically, there is a Subway just a half a block away that seems to be making money :confused: Best sub in Chicago? The subshop just across the street from Lane Technical High School.

I'm with the "Subway? Yuck!" crowd. I haven't eaten at Subway in many, many years, because I found their bread tasteless, their portions of meat and cheese too skimpy and also tasteless (and yeah, I know you can pay extra and get more of that tasteless "meat" :rolleyes: ), and I tried more than one shop before coming to the conclusion that they're a place that I want to avoid.

On the other hand, I have had lots of good experiences with Quizno's. They use higher-quality ingredients and more generous portions. You get what you pay for.

I used to frequent Togo's as well, but job changes have made it now several years since I was in one. Their bread isn't spectacular (big starchy tasteless rolls), but otherwise they are OK. However, they were acquired by a large food company some years back, so I don't know if they've maintained the same standards.

One dark horse candidate that hasn't been mentioned is Safeway. My local branch (one block from my house) has a deli that makes truly excellent subs; their combos are especially good, though of course you can just order a sandwich with your own preferred ingredients. My only complaints there are 1) although the sandwich-makers are friendly enough, they are the slowest sandwich-makers in the universe; and 2) if you get there too late (say midafternoon or later), they have run out of the good breads and only have boring ones left. So, go early, and be patient. ;)

I am not a sub-snob, I actually enjoy them :)

I like the steak and cheese, with mustard, lettuce , tomatoes, pickles with pepper jack cheese and chipotle sauce on honey oat bread.

Toasted.

Hey, I am mexican, and I enjoy taco bell once in a while ;)

Tony's on Northwest Highway, probably 6600 north? Yes, they make a very good sub. I keep on forgetting that I can stop in there to pick up something when I get a 4pm flight out of ORD.