Davey Jones Deli — Restaurant in Marin City

Please do not come here for the sandwiches. My partner and I made a special detour in order to try this spot (the deli nestled inside the bait shop was touted as being creative, incredibly delicious, and worth even a "4th meal").

The staff are not properly trained (efficiency, understanding/familiarity with menu, sanitation etc. - no gloves and frequent cross-contamination) and the amount of meat given is embarrassing. The turkey is not deli meat but rather chunks of actual meat -- which under the right circumstance, should theoretically be better, but because it's not stored properly and it's also aggressively dried under the oven -- absolutely inedible :(. Thankfully, the owner accepted responsibility and allowed me to return my uneaten sandwich for a refund. (I took a single bite and promptly spat it out - just to be clear I'm not making up my review and I did have a chance to taste the food.)

Davey's is trying hard to be exciting and innovative, but they don't have the basics down, so the result is an overpriced disappointment. A Subway sandwich would literally taste better even though it's much simpler with more basic and "cheap" ingredients.

I feel bad for them because they might be understaffed, but from observing them work, part of it also is not having a streamlined process in place. It's why corporations like Starbucks can churn out fifty drinks in 10 mins with almost no error, but their place struggles to keep five orders straight, with people sometimes running into each other, forgetting orders entirely, not knowing what has already been pre-prepared, etc.

Better top-down training and storage of ingredients would easily solve these issues. Sometimes less is more, too - a sandwich can be amazing with simply meat, some veg, a pickle, and cheese. Not everything has...

I’m a bit dumbfounded. This is where expectations and reality don’t align. Came in yesterday for a sandwich after seeing the rating. The guy working the counter wasn’t very friendly. When asked for suggestions he didn’t know the menu well enough to give one out. His response was it’s whatever you like. I don’t know what that even means or how that response helps in deciding. The menu itself is pretty busy adding to the confusion. And some of the sandwiches seemed slightly redundant. And various options/upgrades that don’t make a whole difference for a sandwich. Cut the options out. Focus on fewer but higher quality ingredients. Keep it simple all around. And maybe they need a clearer menu.

In terms of sandwich-the amount of turkey in the sandwich was minuscule and perhaps a bit old. The veggies seemed mushy/wilted. The whole sandwich seemed mushy. Flavor was just ok. I didn’t eat the second half but was still hungry. Just unacceptable especially for the price they are charging.

Sandwiches here don’t come cheap, which I don’t mind if it doesn’t seem cheaply made. Also having an Italian sandwich option would be good. It’s probably among the most popular type of sandwich, so for a shop not to have one is an interesting choice. Retraining the employee would be another place to...

They carve their own meats! So when you're ordering that beef brisket, or turkey, don't be surprised that it appears to have just been cooked not too long ago, and hand cut into thick slices onto your sandwich. They also don't use that much salt, if you're into that, too.

Their vegetables are so plenty and so fresh. This is how serious they are. A few months ago, when summer started, I was here and I heard a guy come in and ask if they had anything like a quinoa salad they coudl make for his vegetarian wife, and the sandwich maker responds and says "Sorry, quinoa is not in season right now ... we have some baby collards coming in though for the summer. It'll be so good, we're brainstorming ideas with what to do with it!"

I was like.. WHAT? They just take what the farmers have. Also, this place has my favorite brand of chips ZAPPS. So points...