Big Belly Deli — Restaurant in Davis

So to start, I have to say that my first visit here was a year ago and was the complete opposite of my more recent visit (yesterday). Last year we met the owner’s daughter, who was absolutely lovely. The food was delicious, though a bit pricey.

My mother-in-law and her sister are in town from Ireland and I wanted to take them to see Blackwater Falls, figuring we’d stop here for a bite.

We walked in the door. No one said hello. I asked the man behind the deli if the owner was in, with a big smile on my face. He was incredibly rude. He said the owner wasn’t in, and heard me mention something to my husband about how it was a shame “she” wasn’t here to say hello to. He then told us that they hadn’t had a “she” owner for over 20 years, and made us feel very uncomfortable as if we were lying (for what?!?). I said to him maybe it was the owners daughter, and he just continued to grouch, acting as though we had no clue what we were talking about. FINALLY he realized we were asking about the owner’s daughter. But he continued to be extremely rude. He literally argued back and forth with me and my husband before finally understanding what we were saying. My husband had said something about the woman we had met going to or being from Ireland and he very quickly straightened us out by saying that there was no one from Ireland who owned the deli and that the woman we were talking about had never been to Ireland (or never goes to Ireland). That was when he mentioned one of the owners parents were from Ireland. Well there you go! If you knew that all along, why not mention that previously? It was absolutely absurd, choosing to argue with us instead.

My mother-in-law and her sister asked what the soup of the day was (which is what it tells you to do on the menu). The girl at the register didn’t know, so she asked him. He ignored her, so my aunt asked him. He kept slicing away with the meat slicer and harshly told her either her voice was too soft or her accent too difficult to understand (his words). She asked again and he was again very rude to her, and said something about how the soup is like soup in Philadelphia, as if she would know, being from Ireland. (To be fair, “soup” is very different in much of Ireland.)

We asked if there was any wine. There is. In a can. We asked if there was any tea. There is. But it’s bottled iced tea, not the kind of tea they were looking for. We began to order our lunches. One of us ordered a chicken sandwich and then a Reuben, and then my husband ordered a chicken sandwich only to be told by the guy behind the deli counter that there was only enough chicken for one sandwich (rudely, as appears to be his M.O.).

At that point we decided to leave. Between being out of chicken and the absolutely disgraceful attitudes of the two people working, we’d had enough. We were all starving, but drove back the hour and a half to Morgantown to have a much friendlier experience. It is highly unlikely that my husband and I and our cohort of friends here will ever go back. I hope the owner(s) find better help. People who know how to smile at...

It pains me to leave this review, as I have had nothing but positive experiences at numerous other restaurants in the area. The 1 star is for the one sandwich out of four that was acceptable.

The chef, the first point of contact, is incredibly rude. We had three interactions with him that were increasingly negative.

1. we walk in and there is no menu to be seen. I walk up to the counter, and he rudely and aggressively points down, wordless, over and over. I look down to a blank counter, confused. He then irritated, tells me to look behind me for the take out menu. Not intuitive.
2. after we order, he asks the other employee if they want to take a bet on if the other customers will clean up after themselves, as if implying what was expected of us as patrons (we would have anyway, although it has a sit down restaurant).

We got our food, which was so greasy it seeped through the paper. I got a black bean burger, which was literally black beans smashed into a paste and slapped on crappy and tiny white bun. It was goey and messy. The waitress told us to head to the front for condiments, which I did since my "burger" had nothing on it.

3. I walk up to ask for condiments, as we were instructed, and the chef rudely responds "perfect to cover up the taste of the food." I was so floored that I couldn't even respond.

Not only was the food (except my sons BLT) super greasy, salty, bland and altogether terrible, but the dining room is dark and awkward. No sounds, no music, nothing.

Save your money and go to ANY of the other restaurants in Davis-they are all fantastic with kind and caring employees. I will never go there again. I'm floored at the positive...

I don't know who is bribing the people that are giving this place 5 stars but its barely worthy of 1. The man that makes the sandwiches behind the counter openly makes rude and condescending remarks to customers in an attempt to be "sarcastically funny" but he is anything but funny. He openly insulted my boyfriend when my boyfriend politely asked him about WiFi and brated the poor, under aged 14 year old boy who was operating the register. Not to mention, the kitchen grill is grimed with dirt. The same man behind the counter prepared all the food with his bare hands. No gloves whatsoever, he just put his whole hand in the pickle jar. Who runs this place? And why does that man keep working here? The food was not impressive either. It looked like someone sat on the pepperoni roll and it tasted stale. $7 for this is outrageous. These sandwiches are $12 each and the sandwiches are so small that they are barely the size of a Whopper Jr at Burger King. And given the rude staff and terrible prices, I would have rather gone there or anywhere else rather than here. The other patrons that witnessed this agreed with me as well. Save yourself time and money and...