Philly Steak & Subs — Restaurant in Hesperia

When I was 18 years old the Navy sent me to a specialty school right after bootcamp in Great Lakes Illinois. A friend of mine was going home to see his girl one weekend and asked me to go with to meet his girls best friend. We had a huge meal that night at his folks place. We were getting ready to split to p/u the girls. As went downstairs and walked thru the living room his Dad just out of the blue belted out "Cheese Steak" and my friend and I were sent to retrieve a cheese steak sandwich for all in the home. I was still packed full grom the dinner and really couldn't imagine eating anything else that early. Wr walked around the corner of his house to a street vendor whose only main item was the soon to be discovered delicacy I had never known before this. The smell in the air alone had me forget about dinner. Nefer before had I had any sandwich or even a main course taste so fantastic. After finishing the courses I was sent to take and being transfered away from what became mu weekend staple, I was never able to find a "Cheesesteak" ever again, for years I craved that taste no one could reproduce. That is until the early 90's a contractor named Bruno Marcinelli built a strip mall on Main St around 8th Ave. One of the original tenants in the strip mall was "Philly Steak & Subs. I remember seeing the sign and thinking it was to be yet another disappointing let down to my sense of smell and taste. So much so I hesitated for over a month even trying the place. One day I overheard a co-worker raving about the place at lunchtime in a rather convincing manner about the place. It was his day to fly and pick up the phone order. I declined the offer opting out of stubbornness for something I would call in and pick up from the Chinese place next to Chief Auto. Upon my return to A&A Carpet with my meal, my sense of smell immediately produced a nasal quiver not as intense since Chicago. I couldn't even touch the Chinese food. Immediately I ran to Philly Steak and Subs for what ended up being the end of my search for the taste of that first Cheese steak in Chicago. I have enjoyed "Philly Cheese Steak And Subs" for 20 some years now. The owners and staff are very friendly and your order is always made hot and fresh. They have a great assortment of other delicious entree's and sides to choose from. All freshly made to order and all offered for a very reasonable price. Philly Steak and Subs makes THE BEST Cheese Steak, not just in the High Desert but anywhere in Southern California. Be warned however when eating there, Your taste buds are gonna quiver and shake and around the third or fourth bite into this wonderful delicacy, Your taste buds will take You to a MouthGasm so intense you will return over abd over again. Best Place For A hot Sandwhich in the desert. Only drag about the place is they are...

I took no pictures, but mine looked as good as all the pictures I see in other reviews.

The Philly Steak Sub had plenty of meat, and was BURSTING with FLAVOR. The meat was cooked in with the onions and bell peppers (& mushrooms), imparting the wonderful flavor into the meat. (Some places cook the vegetables & meat separately, which IMO makes a bland-tasting sandwich.)

The Zucchini Fries were among the best I've ever tasted. Lightly breaded, not thick with batter, and with nice "meaty" pieces of Zucchini, not the little "strings" of Zucchini that some places put. I've only had Zucchini I liked this much at one other place.

Things I'd like to see added/improved: Use some red bell pepper as well. It adds an additional taste that green bell pepper can't match, as well as adding more color to the product. Switching out half the green peppers for red ones should not increase cost more than a few pennies.

8" IS STILL TOO MUCH FOOD If the 14" is $14.99, and the 8" is $10.99, I would REALLY HAVE LIKED TO SEE a 4" offered for $5.99. And a 3-piece Zucchini for maybe $1.99. Food-cost % would be better to the company on those sizes/prices, and it would allow someone like me to buy just what I can eat, without throwing away money.

As it is, I probably won't be able to come back here; because my body's health simply does not tolerate the amount of food that an 8" and 6-piece zucchini is. And if I buy that and eat half, the other half would make a nasty leftover, and end up in the trash, which is a waste of money.

A lot of health-minded people would like to be able to order a smaller portion and pay a commensurate price.

If you ALREADY OFFER THIS as a "secret" menu, I was not aware of the "secret"!!! If I knew you DID do this, you'd see a...

Was out in Hesperia for work and was looking for some good grub. Maps brought this place up and it had 4.5 stars. Other reviews said Philly Cheesesteak was the way to go, so I thought I'd check it out.

At first glance this place sure didnt seem like much, but WOW! 4th person in line when I got there, all the booths were full. I'd say thats a good sign!

Large Philly with everything, small homemade onion rings, small drink $11. Not bad for a large sub and the homemade side with a drink. I found the prices very fair.

They bring the food out to you, which I actually enjoyed. No "number 32!" shouting is a plus for me. Onion rings were delicious. Obviously done in hoyse. Came with ranch (again a nice plus) still so hot that I had to wait a couple minutes for them to cool down and thats just the way I like them. They were so good I didnt wanna wait and burned my toungue!

Philly came out big and hearty. Nice soft roll, melted cheese, onions, peppers, filled with enough meat it was spilling out. Love at first bite. Holey smokes I thought immediately, I'm gonna have to come back someday. Only finished half a sandwich still had onion rings left over.

I love little independant places lile this when they knock their food out of the park. Atmosphere was a strip mall burger joint, but who cares? Burgers looked great, chili cheese fries looked great, subs looked great, this place has it all, and all the emplyees were very nice. I got a smile and hello when I walked in, and thank you's from the staff while I was walking out.

I would 100% recommend this place and I will be returning. I'd like to try other menu items but why deviate to other stuff when you can get one of the best Philly Cheesesteaks around?

Well done Philly...