Ggiata Delicatessen — Restaurant in West Hollywood

Wanting a sandwich, we headed to Ggiata in West Hollywood. Found parking right across the street, but I am sure you might have to drive around to find a spot at certain times. As we were there early-ish, there was no line and all but 1 place was available for seating. There are 2 tables outside and I think there are 2 inside. Went with a special, The California Club, and one sandwich off of the normal menu, The Turk. It took a few minutes for the food to get ready, so we took a table outside to enjoy our drinks while we waited. When our food was ready, we decided to stay and eat there.

The sandwiches were wonderful. The Club was a mess. Dressing everywhere when I was done. And it was so worth it. Sesame roll, full of sesame flavor from the first bite. The pastrami was a nice touch and really complimented the sandwich. The Russian dressing really made it. The avocado was nice to help with the richness of the sandwich. The Turk was large and packed with flavor as well. Great bread and the aioli was a nice touch. Everything is so fresh. The staff is friendly, the shop is clean, the food is wonderful. Need to go back and try all of the menu here. The cookies, muffins and...

Alright, listen- almost every restaurant on that Boulevard has a '5 star review' with "ooh, the sandwich was soo yum, wow!" But those reviewers don't know what a real sandwich should be. It's the BREAD!!! Ggiata's got the bread; when you hear the outside crunch but the inside is still soft, you've hit the jackpot and then it deserves the 5 stars. The Italian sandwich was on frickin' point: the bread is seeded, a little more 'earthy' than a seeded semolina from back home but a very interesting take nonetheless- filled with good meat and cheese, and topped with some lettuce and dried peppers. I gotta come back and try the parmasagn sandwich; feels like I could wear my Italian horn here. Good...

I really want to love this restaurant. Is a small business that I'd really love to support, and the flavors are actually really good. The latest order that I got though made it a little bit challenging. The chicken, parm sandwich, and any sandwich containing a chicken filet is really skimpy with actual chicken. For $16 -- a chicken sandwich should have chicken as it's centerpiece. They're fillets are smashed so thin, that it's really a breaded essence of chicken sandwich. I understand that margins are tight for restaurants, but this is kind of unacceptable. Hoping the restaurant picks this up and changes the quantity so I can give it a full five star...