Jimmy John’s

These Jimmy Johns are run like fine tuned machines. I’ve been to many JJ’s and they all seem to have great customer service, the same menu, high-​quality ingredients and the most wonderful tasting fresh baked sub rolls. By the time you pay for your sandwich is ready for the most part.
Pretty simple, they offer sandwiches, chips, pickles and cookies.
My favorite is the #9 «The Italian Night Club». It is made of Real genoa salami, Italian capicola, smoked ham, and provolone cheese all topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and our homemade Italian vinaigrette. You can add hot peppers also if you want to give it a zing.
The chips and cookies here are really good. The Big kosher dill pickles are kind of old fashioned and yummy and they will slice one in quarters for you.
We have used their catering lots of times for lunches. They do a great job for a decent price.
You can’t beat their fast delivery either!
2016 – 2

I do enjoy a nice Jimmy John’s sandwich now and again and this is one of two of my favorite spots to get one. Always friendly, I don’t need to say fast, and super tasty. I mix it up between the hunter and the lulu, bag of chips and a water. Change and lunch are handed to me almost at the same time (and sometimes has been).
Plus, this place is clean. And you cannot say that about any Subway.
Great sandwich.

Bread is bland and papery, other sandwich ingredients don’t have much flavor. Like eating tastelessness with different textures. Subway is better in terms of taste, however Jimmy John’s does offer 5 min delivery for free, for a single sandwich. Writing this mainly to remind myself why I haven’t come here in 3 years.

This joint is like one of the first Ford Motor company assembly lines altered into a sandwich making assembly line. When you walk in you will have about 8 people looking your way from behind the counter and saying welcome. In a bit of an overly welcoming way if you know what I mean. I think the reason they all seem so eager to make you a sandwich and get the order going is because they each have about one simple job to do. How many people does it take to make a sandwich? Apparently Jimmy John’s thinks it takes about 4. Bread and spread, meat and cheese, toppings, and bag it!
I literally had my sandwich handed to me before the guy even handed me my receipt. Bizzare. Very Bizzare. Some type of Jimmy voodoo I must say.
The sandwich was less than I expected. Nothing to write home about. I had the #1 with ham and provolone because the turkey didn’t have cheese and they wanted 75 cents extra for it? Hmmm. No. Just no.
The sammy was pretty thin with not a lot of meat. The bread was thin and had a buttery flavor to it. Weird.
I think they need to spend more time crafting a quality sandwich and not worry so incessantly on sandwich making time. It is waaaaay overboard. I would check out Jersey Mike’s just down the street instead.

I’m sad it’s taken me this long to give Jimmy John’s a try. I thought it was going to be expensive but seriously. It’s a little more than subway but the quality doesn’t even compare. And they are extremely fast with delivery just like the commercial says but I work just a few blocks away. I love that I can order the sandwich and everything I want on the website and they just show up on their bicycles. Definitely an awesome substitution for the boring old subway. You can taste the difference in quality. 4 stars because A, Im always annoyed that they never bring napkins and the delivery people I would think would be a little friendlier considering they get tips but maybe thats just me. I have yet to check out the actual location but I would like to if there was only one closer to my house.

Quick and delicious! The food is consistent and always taste the same, doesn’t disappoint. Price is just right for the quality of food they offer, I mean subway is the bottom of the sandwich food chain and JJ’s is like the Nordy’s…you get better when you spend better.

Used to order Dominos and wait most of my lunch for my lunch to arrive! Once I found JJ I have been a faithful customer since! SPEEDY delivery Great friendly people Great food! highly recommended!

Ordered delivery at 8:40 Thanksgiving Eve. Arrived at 8:52. They close at 9.
Freaky fast, friendly, and order was perfect. Love having them in the neighborhood.

First Jimmy John’s I ate at was in Boise, Idaho and I was delighted at how good the turkey sandwich was. I had it on the 7-​grain bread and really enjoyed it.
Then I tried the Jimmy John’s here in Portland on Broadway. «Ambience» wasn’t quite the same (Boise store is newer, bigger), but I ordered the turkey sandwich again. Didn’t get it on the 7-​grain bread this time, and wasn’t quite as thrilled with the sandwich. To me, the sub bread is a 2 or 3 — not bad/​nasty, and yes, better than Subway, but not great.
If you like 7-​grain bread, I definitely recommend it over the sub. It makes for a very tasty sandwich.
I wish this chain would begin to do hot sandwiches — a hot turkey on 7-​grain bread? Mm-​mm, now that would really float my boat here in drizzle town in the winter!

Eeehh… My opinion this is a company with a clever marketing /​busniess plan and very average food. First time visit today, food was not bad but not great either. Its ranks right with Subway just this place is more expensive. I would go to JJ’s again but it would be out of convenience not desire.

Fast procedures but poor service. When I walked in I was not greeted, which should be a simple thing for any service business. They were really good at making my order quick, it was ready by the time I paid! The entire time I was there all the employees (7, I believe) were talking really loud and yelling at each other across the kitchen and dining room. And they weren’t business-​like conversations, but instead personal conversations. It felt like I was Ina frat house. Now I understand having personal conversations, but loudly is not acceptable, especially when customers can hear. I do have to give props to them for their quick service and delicious sandwich-​making. And their delivery on bicycles is really awesome and very Portland-​like. But this location needs some more customer service training.

I use to work at Safeway across the street from this Jimmy Johns and would always come in and order a sandwich for lunch and one to go for dinner every shift I worked at safeway. Im only giving it 3 stars because I havent been to this JJ’s in over a year so not so sure how the staff has changed but when I was having all my lunch’s and dinners here the staff was amazing and the food was great

I ordered two vegetarian subs and one cup of water. I asked if it was possible to use the cheese from one and just put it on the other. «Uuuuhhh we don’t do that.» So I asked if it was possible to have the cheese on the side. «Uuuhmmm no we can’t.» I ask if they can just put it on top of the bread. «Ok I can’t do this bit I’ll only do it this one time.» Apparently the problem was that he wanted to charge me for extra cheese. The bread was stale and from what my friend who ate the sandwich with the cheese the cheese was stale, the sandwich as a whole tastes boring and a little on the gross side, and the water tasted like chlorine. I will not be going back there. If I wanted to be treated like that and receive crap food I’d go to Arby’s bathroom and lick their toilet after a hipster squeezes off a huge loaf and shows me Instagram pictures of what that turd once was, while letting me know that I just don’t understand food as he does.

This is Portland so, yes, opting for more local fare is popular and common. But in comparison with other sandwich chains — Subway, Quiznos, etc. — Jimmy John’s really stands out. Their service is outstanding; oftentimes the employees are young teenagers, but they’re always friendly and dependable, and better behaved than some adults I know! If you are lucky enough to be in the delivery area, you’ll be blown away with how fast they are! I love that they offer 7-​grain bread as well as the standard sub bread. My favorite is the #12, Beach Club: Turkey, provolone, avocado, cucumber, and tomato. TIP: Get ALL of the freebies! Onions, hot peppers, Dijon, oil & vinegar, oregano, and sprouts.

It makes me sad to see national chains entering Portland. We have better in almost every category from home-​grown businesses.
This may be «gourmet» in the middle part of the country. The word «gourmet» itself passed out of the lexicon here quite some time ago.
I have fond memories of monster deli sandwiches from tiny mom and pops where the deli was connected to the family living room, or in an industrial area with hungry factory workers, like myself, from a real old school butcher shop, or from many a self respecting NY deli. This is not that.
The bread is soft, sweet, Midwest. Uninspired spreads. Very finely shredded lettuce rather than whole. No attempt at ingredient locality, Uninspired menu.
We have food carts, sit down and carry out options from local businesses on better bread — stiff Italian-​style or French style, with more imaginative ingredients, which, bottom line, taste better.
I understand delivery, but curious if at the price point of a sandwich, as opposed to a pizza, if this is a viable, or desirable business model.
I have a chance to eat sometimes when I’m in a hurry at a corporate cafeteria supplied by Sysco. It’s better at a better price. Subway is better, and that is saying a lot.

This was my first time to Jimmy John’s Sandwiches. What a great place for a great sandwich and good service to.

I hadn’t tried one of these before. I thought another sandwich place, I might want to check it out.
The bread is tasty but if you want they will make your sandwich wrapped in lettuce. I opted for the bread with turkey. It comes with cucumbers, tomatoes, and mustard. They will wrap it up and you can bag it yourself to go. Bags and napkins are at the end of the counter.
They offer a variety of chips and soda and water. All in all a tasty place. I would try it again next time.

Being the benighted savage that I inescapably am, I only learned of Jimmy John’s in the past year or so. Exploring their corporate website, they have been in business, apparently, since the early 80s. They can’t possibly have been in the Portland Metro during much of that prodigious length of time, can they? How could even a crashing bore, an insufferable ape, a poor benighted savage have this dandy litte franchise under his nose and within reach for any length of time, unawares, one can only wonder…
5 stars isn’t given b/​c they’re the absolute best sandwiches in town — - that distinction still goes, in my book, straight to the visionary wizards @ Shut up and Eat, with East Side Deli in the ‘Top 3 or 4′ mix as well. 5 stars is b/​c JJs are not only so much better than Subway, they dispatch large group orders so much FASTER, and in some cases will actually deliver ‘em to your party! So there!
What is it about JJ’s that makes such basics like turkey and bacon, Italian, even the plain veggie come alive and make your soul sing for about an hour afterwards? Added to that, Jimmy John’s, indirectly at least, helped me realize a very big goal of sorts. A personal milestone, if you will. Segue…
I was on the tail end of a particularly frustrating relationship w/​an unbelievable ingrate who I am now embarrassed to admit how much time and effort and yes, moolah I invested in, long after it became apparent that this would always be a woefully under-​reciprocating relationship. I’m not exactly sure from what dimension such ingrates spring forth, but I’ve come to realize they are by no means a rare phemenon in our culture — - so that must mean systematic bad parenting, and the schools! Yes, let’s not forget to recognize the schools’ role in unleashing this present darkness! Being of a bookish turn (although of the admittedly, painfully amateurish variety), a couple of salient quotes come to mind, concerning the armies of the self-​absorbed, the clueless and the selfish, in our midst…
«…“It’s not much fun to be in love w/​a girl who has no
imagination and no sense of humour,» he thought, as
he listened (to her drone on about herself)…”
–Maugham, «Of Human Bondage»
«Hell is full of Ingrates.» — Cervantes, ‘Don Quixote’
«…Well all you want is a whole lotta money,
all the rest is just JIVIN’, honey…”
–S. Hagar/​R. Springfield,“I’ve done everything for you (you’ve done nothing for me»)
Each of us of course has our unique breaking points, and I like to think that one of the few, verifiable benefits of getting older is that we become more efficient and hopefully, quicker to recognize and respond appropriately, when we are being mistreated by others. After months of fruitless praying for wisdom and discernment and guidance during that drawn out, torturous relationship, it came to me suddenly one day: That I would be better off using the same amount of resources (actually, far less) on random strangers, that I would get more out of it, in terms of appreciation and satisfaction and actual fellowship, than I ever had with Ms. Snooty Patootie.
You know what? I was right!
Randomly (and attempted anonymously) springing for Jimmy John’s for co-​workers, on insanely busy evenings in my line of work, where 12+ hour shifts are the norm, and missing breaks/​lunches is routine, produced some pretty spectacular results. The looks of stunned amazement and bewilderment and, catch this: GRATITUDE on everyone’s beleagured countenances made the little investment more than worth every penny. Let’s review: Jimmy John’s for everyone lit up these people’s faces and their souls, it built esprit d’cor, it was humbly received and devoured in earnest by one and all. Nobody tried to pick a dumb fight with me, no bad attitudes, no spoiled whining. Everyone was simply too busy gettin’ DOWN on that Jimmy John’s for all of that drama.
I have since duplicated this experiment, as it were, with eateries other than JJ’s, but JJ’s was one of the first, and the palpable excitement evinced was quite a sight for sore eyes. Thanks for everything, Jimmy John’s! Not only did you conquer our hunger in the hours of our most desperate need; You helped answer a personal prayer, you restored a little faith in humanity — and you also made me personally feel a little more human, which is way more than any benighted savage could ever think he actually deserved… *snapping fingers* oh yeah: thanks also for helping free me – albeit inadvertently– from a really dumb relationship. I’ll take a nice, prolonged helping of singledom over that, every time, guaranteed.

We have given Jimmy John’s more tries since I wrote my last review. The staff has been treating us better lately, the sandwiches are better, but it’s still a very unpleasant experience if you’re going to eat in the restaurant. Same complaint about the music, but the temperature is to suit the employees, not the customers. If the air conditioning wasn’t on today, I don’t know what the strong breeze of frigid air was from. I’m not avoiding them anymore, but I don’t have the only say when it comes to lunchtime choices, and due to the music, others I would go to lunch with are avoiding this location.
If I am eating here, my experience is usually a 2 star. If I’m taking it to go, the experience would be 3 – 4 star.

Decent sandwich. I had the veggie sandwich, and it was ok. Even though it said on the menu that there were going to be sprouts on my sandwich, I didn’t get any. Also, there was way too much mayo on mine. I like mayo, but I don’t want my sandwich to be drenched with it.
I like their bread better than Subway though, so that’s a plus. The staff at this location are really friendly too, so another plus.