Firehouse Subs Pacific Commons — Restaurant in Fremont

My wife and I were excited to try a new sandwich shop. For about 12 bucks we got the Engineer sandwich. Upon receiving the 8-in sub, we think the sub engineers must have used a micrometer to make sure they didn't give us an extra micro-millimeter. Extra tight tolerance for sure. I was surprised at how light it was, almost anti-gravity. the sandwich virtually floated. It reminded me of the first time I picked up a Nerf ball and how airy and light it was! The pre-packaged, bag lettuce obtained from some chopshop wasn't brown. That was a plus. It looked like we had a decent amount of meat but we found it was the paper-thin, pre-cut, probably pressed turkey. It was very similar to the cheapest micro-sliced, nearly tasteless turkey found on the grocery store shelf. It was like a soft, easily dissolved, unidentified material soaked in a thin, weak broth of turkey parts. The wheat bun (I checked the color of the bun to make sure it was wheat because the flavor was white.) held together but the bun was incredibly fluffy. I'm confident that without the contents of the sandwich, I could have stuffed the entire bun in my mouth with a little bit of room to spare. We won't be...

Update: The last two times I've been here, I placed orders online for multiple sandwiches and my sandwich keeps being wrong. It's either missing an ingredient or has something I asked be removed. My coworkers will keep choosing it for lunch, so I'll just have to pass on those days.

Original: The service is good. The line moves pretty quickly. Self serve beverages. I love the cherry limeade and refills! I've done catering orders a few times and they've been perfect and on time, including all the condiments and pickle spears on the side. I like that you can get your sandwich in different sizes depending on how hungry you are. I just haven't found my go to order yet. There are tables and umbrellas outside for a sunny day lunch break. Parking can be tight during lunch and dinner because there are quite a few restaurants packed into that small corner of the...

I am so conflicted about the meatball sub here. There's nothing wrong with them, the ingredients are good, and I support the franchise's support for first responders, but I always find it hard for them to compete with Subways.

Had a craving for a meatball sub after eating a disappointing one at work. Ordered one here, picked it up, ate it at home, and it did not fill that hole of disappointment.

It's a very basic sub, meatballs, bread, cheese, maybe some garnish, but I still found myself thinking that Subways had a better tasting (albeit lower-quality) sandwich.

I'm gonna stick with the smokehouse beef sandwich, it's never disappointed me when I'm looking for that heavy savory...