Flancer’s

Flancers is great! My husband and I go here anytime we are having a craving for a delicious sandwich. We have 2 favorites and give each other the other half of our sandwiches. My favorite is the «its about thyme» chicken sandwich. Chicken, sauteed mushrooms and yummy yummy yummy basil mayo. It will blow your mind. My husbands favorite is the prickly pear sandwich. It has flavor unlike any other. A true AZ original. Its a smaller space so probably not great for large crowds but great for a dinner or lunch date with your friends or family.

Yum! I get the same thing every time. The «Prickly pear sandwich» and sweet potato fries. It’s so good I never tried anything else! Definitely recommend both locations.

Had this really great sandwich but don’t remember what it was called. Customer service was excellent they were just really friendly and liked that there were lots of families there. Will definitely be bringing the grandkids here.

i’m trying to be very fair here with 3 stars. The food overall is good, good presentation, decent service, but this is where i have a problem. My husband and i went here a few days ago to have one of their Philly subs which are among the best i’ve had. The server was sweating profusely on his forehead and his head. He either had a fever or something else was going on. IDK, but sweating and then WIPING YOUR HAND FROM YOUR EYEBROWS STRAIGHT BACK TO THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD WAS DISGUSTING! He did this 3 x. This is unsanitary, and he needs to go home and sweat it out.

Greasiest pizza I have had in a long time, see the picture. I was told by manager that all their pizzas are like that. He said all the oil pooled up in the middle of my pizza was due to my asking for it to be crispy, he claimed the extended time caused more oil to be released from the cheese. Um, yaaaaa. Service was good. I have given this place two chances, both times not impressed. Will not be back.

We were delighted with the whole experience. …the food is awesome! Started with the broccoli-​cheddar soup and it was so creamy and good. Hubby had the Thyme chicken and I tried the Cubano with a side of green chile Mac& Cheese
The pork was perfect and we both just drooled over the Baguettes! He loved his sandwich and fries, even allowed me a taste. No complaints about the service either. Our server was Ray, and he was excellent.
All things considered, we would recommend this for a great sandwich and Pizza place
We love it! And will try it again

One of the original restaurants along Gilbert Rd. Always have quick service and great food when we go there. The bread and pizza dough is insane!

Love everything about this place!!! My grandpa and I go here just every time I’m at his house, and it is better every time. I usually get the Ace of clubs turkey, and their green chili mayonnaise is something special. I have tried to copy it numerous times, I may have to ask for their secret. The pizza is good too, and I love their prickly pear marinated chicken. Keep up the good work Jeff!!!

Yes it sort of feels like a poor man’s frat house with a menu that appeals to the same crowd but that’s alright because these sandwiches are top notch. Probably the best cheesesteak in the Valley and what puts it over the top is the fresh toasted roll that holds it all together. Factor in the very personable service and you have one more place in the East Valley worth visiting.

Came for lunch, the service and food were excellent. Wife had a salad, I had the club and you could tell the ingredients were high quality and the food was well prepared.

Just amazing! The stuffed mushroom appetizer is last meal material. Great food, great staff. They let a nonprofit display info outside, classy!

Pasta is great and the chicken with the cactus pear sandwich is great also. The service is good if you dine in, when ever I order food to go (I work really long days) it’s always missed up and when I call the best they can offer me is driving back.
I give food and dining inside 5 stars.
Take out 2 stars.

I have always heard good things about this place! I have directed other people here, though I have only driven by it for past 9 years. Well I found myself in their parking lot today so I wandered in for a bite.
I got the salmon salad and it was very very good!
Many other. items on the menu that I want to try so, I will be stopping by more often!

so — my girlfriend works for a doctor in Mesa, and a Big Pharma rep had lunch catered in from Flancers for the whole office, and Bae raved about the food — said everything was just amazing — soup, salads, bread, sandwiches, and dessert.
I was out in east valley thursday, and stopped at the Flancers in Gilbert — I had a Philly cheese-​steak and fries. And I swear, it was the second-​best Cheese-​steak I ever had, just behind one from this joynt in Chicago by the Merchandise Mart that made theirs with thin-​sliced ribeye steak — at about twice the price of Flancers.
The fries were crisp and well-​done just like I asked for, and the coffee was fresh and excellent. Great service, happy and friendly waitrons, and I loved the album cover art on the walls
As Ahnuld said — «I’ll be back»

Initially quite skeptical, and fearing another notch on the link of trendy family owned restaurants that disappoint, I found this to be the best meal I have had in a long time.
Environment was very pleasing, with bright colors, easy to navigate, and appropriate noise level. Listening to «looking out my back door» by ccr was a plus one.
Onto the main course: I had the prickly pear chicken sandwich with a side of green chili Mac and cheese.
Sammich: I will stop short of calling this the best sandwich ever created, but will say it is the sandwich that has everything you have ever needed. The chicken is slightly opaque and vibrantly pink in color (poached? Baked?) with a subtle sweet and sour flavor and a unique tang I can only think to be the flavor of prickly pear. This, coupled with a slightly spicy yet creamy green chili spread was the perfect balance of sweet, sour, heat, and salty. Topped with well shredded lettuce that was enough to play on cold and hot (and not too much that the sandwich imploded on it self like a collapsing star), made this sandwich second to none.
*quick note in the baguette, hands down the best I have had. Most French baguettes used for sandwich are hard and crusty for an overbearing amount of flaky texture that it just feels like biting into a giangtic non sugary piece of captain crunch that destroys the roof of your mouth. This, however, is incredibly soft in the middle and lends itself well to the filling. With a crunchy and cheery crust that makes it incredible.
Mac and cheese: I am typically a purist for Mac and cheese and don’t like any additional inherited (from the school of thought of «stopped putting tomatoes, broccoli, or chicken on Mac and cheese, it isn’t meant to be healthy»). This however was perfectly cooked pasta, lightly dressed in a spicy green chili cheese sauce. Could eat this forever.
As far as price, it isn’t that expensive. We walked out for 20 on a Friday night. Unilocalers that don’t have cash, don’t go out. This place is well worth twice the price.

The service was outstanding BUT The menu is new, prices are high,
for a mediocre, turkey lunchmeat sandwich with a salad and a green chili burger with a green salad. We added sweet potato fries and ice teas, almost $ 40 bucks… It’s a frigging sandwich shop. What gives here?
For quite sometime, I have not been willing to go through the obstacle course of «cones» on Gilbert Rd. But I braved it tonight because I missed «Spinach Wheel Got To Go Round» salad!!! The salad has been changed and it was missing the spicy chili pecans and the hot bacon dressing, SO a half salad and half sandwich is $ 12.50, are you serious???
I will not be returning. it’s just not special anymore, baguettes are blah, the salad missing ingredients, lunchmeat and a tiny burger? The fries were good but extra.
An exorbitant bill… and extreme disappointment! You lost a faithful customer

Simple little Gilbert, AZ joint but it delivers some solid food options.
I dig their Prickly Pear chicken sandwich. Has a nice, sweet taste to whatever it is that they marinate it in (that turns the chicken purple). Spread some of their green chile mayo over the soft, tasty baguettes they use and, boom!
The green chile mac n’ cheese ain’t bad either.

I’m going to give them a 4, even though I waffle around on this a little bit. 3…3.5…Some things Flancer’s does very well, like their fresh bread… amazing…and that BLT. Holy moley that was good! Love the fresh avocado on that. And awhile back I had a soup called beef poblano or something like that, and it was exceptional as well. The Do You Feel Like I Fondue app was really tasty and rich, with green chiles, tender chicken, and lots of cheese, but I’m not sure how they call that fondue. See the pic. It’s just a dip.
But then, there are the things that are not so good. The baked potato soup we had last night was not good at all. OK on the consistency of the soup, but it tasted like it was almost scorched and only had 3 small potatoes. I don’t know if the intention was to be more like a bisque, but usually when I have potato soup it has chucks of potato in it. And I think the temp was too high, and/​or ours came from the bottom of the pot, because it had a hint of a scorched flavor. My husband ordered the veggie side with the BLT and it was over half onions. We’ve had a soggy pizza from them before too.
I think they could improve their beer selection a little for marketing the fact that they have a good beer selection. Usually it’s a couple of local stand-​bys and then they get something else on a rotating selection. Last night it was New Belgium’s Ranger IPA which we tried and was ok, but there are usually a limited number of choices. To me if you’re going to promote that you have a good beer selection you have a lot of choices. You don’t have to be Boulders on Broadway or Papago Brewing, but I don’t know, maybe 8 or 10 would be nice instead of 4 or 5. Shock Top is not a craft beer, and the choices of Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Lite, and Michelob Ultra remind me of an old joke about what do having sex in a canoe and light beer have in common? There’s a prickly pear lemonade that’s pretty good, but really, the only reason we went last night was to burn up a Groupon.
I don’t know how often I’d go back. Right now the construction around Gilbert and Guadalupe is very annoying, but I don’t hold that against the restaurant. They just seem to be a little inconsistent and I don’t like the claustrophobic feel of this location. There also have always been a lot of loud kids when we have been there. Maybe in the future I’ll just get a BLT to go and be extremely happy with that.

Overall, I was pretty impressed with Flancer’s. There are a lot of interesting dishes on the menu and the restaurant has a cool vibe that makes you want to hang out for a while. I tried the hatch chile burger, which is served on a long roll and includes a very tasty brown mustard (which you can request they leave off if you are not a mustard fan). The burgers and a lot of the other things are on the pricey side. this one was $ 10 and I can’t say the quality of beef was quite up to par with what I’d expect at that price point.
I was on vacation when I visited, and when I’m on vacation I like to drink beer, and when I see a «beer» sign in the window of a restaurant, I look forward to beer. No, the selection of beer at Flancer’s is lame, lame, lame. Pale and tasteless American lagers, with the exception of bottles of Kiltlifter. Mr. Flancer, diners have moved on, and these days are looking for interesting and tasty craft beers. Kiltlifter is a good, if very safe, start. Chuck the rest of them and make some deals to serve Four Peaks, Santan, Arizona Wilderness, and other local brewery’s stuff on tap.

I had heard a lot about Flancer’s from the «Mouth by Southwest» blog and was interested to try it. I had heard of multiple tap takeovers and other events so I was excited to see what beers they had on tap. All that stuff must have been at the other Flancer’s location, because this location didn’t look like it even had taps or a bar. My husband ordered an imperial IPA from New Belgium that he thought was pretty good (in a bottle) and I ordered the prickly pear spiked lemonade. There was not much prickly pear flavor, but you could tell the lemonade itself was fresh squeezed.
The sandwiches were the real highlight of our visit. I got a sandwich with pork, arugula, tomato relish and onions. It was amazing! The bread was incredibly soft, but it still had a chewy outer coating so the sandwich didn’t fall apart. My husband got the Philly and he really liked it. He is very hard to please when it comes to Philly sandwiches. He was a huge fan of the bread. I really liked the green chili mac and cheese too. The jalapeño mashed potatoes were insanely hot, but if you’re into that, they are right up your alley. I would love to try more of Flancer’s sandwiches!