Mosher's Gourmet Cornbeef — Restaurant in Long Beach

Lately, I have had mostly positive outcomes with my food from here, especially the Reuben sandwich, which is typically a nice amount of pastrami on nicely toasted rye bread, just the right balance of flavors including sauce, cheese, and sauerkraut, a kosher pickle on the side, and a load of hot fries, and all for approximately $15 with tax. Today, however, it was quite a different story and a big let down. I went in and placed my order with a nice guy. I paid and waited just outside for my food to cook, and he said he'd bring it out to me. It took longer than ususal, but, I got over that. At any rate, I went in to see if it was ready and he was packing it up at the same time. I took it home, which was just one of the next buildings over. I opened my bag and noticed that the pickle was directly on top of my fries without any separate packaging. Therefore, it made the fries soggy in that spot. I proceeded and started eating the fries. Great flavor, but they were warm and not hot. Of course, I managed to get through the few that were soggy, but the rest were mostly crisp. Unfortunately, there were very few fries. I was tired and had a long day, so I was like, okay that's a bummer. But, I didn't feel like going back out and thought I would just make due instead of calling to complain or walking back over there at that moment.. Next, after I just got really comfortable and began eating one half of the Reuben sandwich, I noticed that while the sandwich looked good, it was lacking flavor and I could barely taste any Reuben sauce / thousand island dressing type sauce. Usually, there's a nice juxtaposition with a little sweetness coming through with a salty and the sour of the sauerkraut. Not today. It was extremely bland so I couldn't move forward at home because I don't have any thousand Island in my refrigerator and it should have already come with everything the way a Reuben sandwich should have. Therefore I proceeded to put my food down, put my clothes back on, and head back over to Mosher's Deli to let the guy know that I need some sauce.🙄🤨 He was surprised, but did apologize. I received one small packet of sauce from him and he thought it should suffice, but actually after I started leaving out, I thought he probably would have been better off giving me two, just in case, and so I won't have to return again. Nevertheless, I also informed him that the fries were warm instead of hot after I had waited there for my food while it was cooking. This led me to ask myself whether they had it sitting when it was finished rather than bringing it out to me when these other customers came in and didn't tell me that it was ready. He seemed surprised. At any rate, he said he would let the cook know about the quality of the food, I said okay and left. I was tired. I probably should have done more and if anything they should have refunded me. I believe that the cook may be new. At least I hope so. Because there was no excuse for any of that to have happened. It's a very straightforward and simple classic sandwich. Also, when I added the sauce, the flavors just weren't there at all. The pastrami itself had no seasoning and the little thousand Island type sauce, was bland on its own. Very One Note! Heck, even the pickle was old tasting. So, I'm not sure if I'll be going back there anytime soon. Definitely wasn't worth $13 to $15. $5 with fries, maybe. More training is needed, clearly. Big...

Ah yes, the corned-beef sandwich — a classic. A deli staple. A monument to meat, mustard & mildly questionable heart health. But this one? This one was less "New York deli" & more "gas station adjacent." First off, the mustard. My God, the mustard. It was so yellow I needed sunglasses to stop it from burning my retina! Now the rye bread. Or should I say, "white bread in disguise"? I’ve seen more rye at an Irish wedding. Not a single seed. Not even the ghost of a caraway. It was the rye equivalent of wearing a Metallica shirt & not knowing any of the songs. The corned beef? Listen, I know grocery store meat when I taste it. This was steamed, sure, which is like putting a tuxedo on a raccoon. Fancy, but still a raccoon. I swear I saw the Safeway logo branded into one slice. And the final insult? No pickles. NONE! What am I supposed to do, bring my own? Is this BYOP now? The sandwich felt incomplete, like a movie that ends mid-sentence or a date where they just get up and leave after the appetizers. Anyway, two stars because I didn't die. Would I eat it again? Only if I lost a bet. Or the will to live. Bon...

Well, Not really impressed with this place. The place would quickly go out of business in Manhattan.

I ordered a pastrami sandwich, paid for the upgrade to chili cheese fries. On the order, I asked for a fork. I am guessing that they didn't really want me to eat the fries. Oh well. Very disappointing. Good food, no way to eat it....and no, I'm not eating chili cheese fries with my fingers.

I have given these folks three ties.....The first was chicken soup that was made with rancid chicken. Gross....and the cashier didn't care. The second time was in person, and it took forever to get my food and the food was cold or luke warm. The third time I tried the delivery.

Sorry, but when you are at work and don't have utensils at the office, I ask for a fork because we don't have it. I guess this is a place that I can only eat at in person. Sorry they don't care about their...