Knuckle Sandwich — Restaurant in Austin

For those who don't want to read much, I got the Turkey Sandwich and I definitely enjoyed it, but it is just too darn expensive to make any sort of regular thing , with tax and very small tip ($1.50) a (as in ONE) sandwich is $20.

For those that want more details:

I did think the Turkey Sandwich was very tasty. The bread is nice and crusty, although I wonder if this bread may have been slightly old, because even though I truly appreciate a good piece of bread (good bread should be crusty) this was even a bit hard for my taste. The flavors of the sandwich were good, it tasted like the Mozz and Parm they used was high quality. The sandwich was slightly "vinegary" for lack of a better term. I really like olives, I enjoy olive tapenade. I am not sure if it was the tapenade that gave it the slightly too sour/acidic flavor. Granted, both of these critiques are slightly nit-picky, but when you charge $17 for a sandwich, it better be damn near perfect.

That brings me to my real point of contention with this place. If I could give a 3.5 star rating I would, again not because the sandwich wasn't good, but I find it to be somewhat audacious to charge $17 for a sandwich. This wasn't some huge sandwich, it didn't have any expensive prosciutto or cured meats or home made in house pastrami on it or anything. The ingredients were good, as far as I could tell, but at the end of the day, The Turkey Sandwich at Home Slice is on Par with this sandwich, a bit bigger than this sandwich (for the half size at Home Slice), and $5 less than this sandwich costs. The next step down from this or Home Slice would be Tucci's or Snarf's, and again, a sandwich at least the same size, the bread will not be as good as the bread here, but otherwise a similar quality sandwich, and again, about $5-$7 less than this sandwich (I don't know why you go to Snarf's or Tucci's when you can go to home slice for the same price, but if that is your thing...) Of course there is always the $6.99 Foot Long at Subway. The quality is of course no where near on par with this Sandwich, but you will get a whole lot more bang for your buck and you get the sandwich just how you want it basically.

I was also still hungry after I ate the sandwich. Not starving or anything but not satiated either. I will say, I am not a small person, but I am also not huge, etc. Just a slightly bigger than average guy with a good appetite (like a lot of guys out there) So, just keep that in mind that in theory you aren't getting away from there with only ordering a sandwich and that being enough, especially if you've worked up an appetite playing pickle ball. They have some sides, but again, you are looking at spending between $5-$9 on a side, so a sandwich and a side on the low end is going to cost you about $23 plus tax and tip. I don't know about you, but that feels like a lot of money for a sandwich and a side to me.

I like that I can order ahead through square, so that is a nice perk. If you are playing pickle ball down here or at one of the bars, this food truck is certainly a good one with a quality product, just be prepared to spend a good bit of money. I like the sandwich, and I imagine I will be back at some point, but it isn't one I will get often due...

I stopped at Knuckle Sandwich to pick up a couple of sammies for my friend and I. We decided to go with the OG Knuckle Sandwich and the Mushroom Reuben. I also got a side of the pickled beets.

The beets had a great pickled flavor, but they were much more crunchy than I expected. I think my only recommendation for that would be to cook them a tad longer so they're a hair softer. But otherwise, I would order them again.

The Mushroom Reuben was good. I think I prefer classic Reubens haha, but this is a great option for all you vegetarians out there.

The Knuckle Sandwich is absolutely where it's at though. Think an Italian sandwich with a Middle Eastern spin. The za'atar vinaigrette added such an amazing flavor to a sandwich with fantastic bread, tasty meat, and a healthy amount of veggies.

I look forward to trying their other sandwiches as well as eating another...

This place is all around disappointing and not worth the money. We went on Sunday as they opened around 11am. Got 2 sandwiches and the guy working there was annoyed that we asked what he liked on the menu. He also said no substitutions for any sandwich and was offended that we even asked for modifications. Very rude and horrible service overall. Payed, around $40 for 1 half and 1 whole sandwich with a bag of chips. Food was very underwhelming. We heard great things about this place but the food was not good at all. Bread was not fresh and crumbled and fell apart like a saltine cracker as you ate it. Meat was not good and had a weird metallic taste to it. Veggies were okay. Id honestly say I would rather eat a Jimmy Johns sandwich than go here again. Save your money and go somewhere else. Not worth the crazy prices and horrible service, avoid it and pick...