Old School Subs & Deli — Restaurant in Asheville

I went in with pretty high expectations. Folks said they had a killer philly and I love a philly. I got the 12" which is a large portion, but I was going to make two meals out of it. When I lifted it to take it home, I could tell it was gonna be a bummer. It was way too light.

The bread to meat ratio was about 2:1 in favor of bread. And I love bread. But by nearly 3pm when I was there, the freshness had worn off.

So I had a loaf of dry bread with dry meat and some melted cheese that had long since evaporated into the bread and meat.

I ended up scraping the meat off half the bread and had a solid, if dry, 6" philly. It was underseasoned and truly forgettable, and that bums me out.

The little side potato salad was also underwhelming. If there was anything in it beside potato, mayo, salt and pepper, I missed it.

The lady working there was super friendly, the dude a little gruff in a Bob's Burgers kinda way, and the inside was sparse. Parking is a little funky, you have to pull into the gravel out front. The lots on either end...

I work for Doordash part time and have been working in and managing restaurants for 20 years and as I entered this location today to pick up an order for a customer the order unfortunately was accidentally picked up by the wrong dasher. The older gentleman at the counter told me it was already picked up and I explained to him then the last dasher picked up the wrong one and before I could complete my sentence he told me to be quiet and sit down while he went over and complained to another employee that the wrong order went out. I then tried to ask about how long it would take to remake the order and he AGAIN told me to be quiet cause they were slammed. There were zero customers inside at this time... maybe slammed with online orders? Either way he was incredibly rude and the fact that he told me to be quiet TWICE was a huge turn off. I will DEFINITELY NOT be supporting this business and they need to teach their staff how to treat their customers regardless if they're a paying customer or a good service company picking up...

This is one of those places where when I discovered it I had to really hold myself back from eating there every day of the week. Just thinking about it makes me need my Old-School Subs fix! I always try to sop up the coleslaw sauce left in the cup or even drink it if nobody’s looking. I sometimes underestimate the importance of the bread when craving a sub and that’s what sets this place apart, the bread being pillowy soft and fresh made and very unique. And then sometimes if you eat somewhere, give it a couple or even a few chances and you might find you really like it and if you went here and didn’t have a good experience, I feel like you just need to give it another shot because I loved it first time I went and...