Mike’s Taste of Philly

West Reading, United States

3.4

Closed now

14 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards
Free Wi-Fi

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Telephone:
+1 610-898-1331
Website:
www.mikestasteofphilly.com
Address:
449 Penn Ave, West Reading, PA, 19611
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Bike Parking
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
No
Attire
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
Yes
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (West Reading) 5:34 AM Saturday, June 21, 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Description

Specialties

We specialize in TRUE Philadelphia cheesesteaks, smoked wings, thick and meaty TRUE Italian hoagies (Sharp Prov or Prov with Soppresatta, Prociutto, Genoa Salami, and Capicola) and many other great hoagies! We serve hot sandwiches like Broccoli Rabe and Pork, Hot Roast Beef with mushrooms or even a Just like everyone else steak but better cheesesteak (Chopped and made Berks County Style!) You can have a great thin crust Pizza after 4 pm that is made with the best tasting mozzarella! Maybe you can even just grab a huge basket of our fresh cut fries for under 3 bucks or our Mikes Bay fries for $ 3.33! We serve Philadelphia Water Ice that is smooth and just a great way to finish up your visit. For a full menu go to Mikestas​te​of​philly​.com or check out what facebook says! We have over 530 likes in just one year! Hey almost 2,000 Philly cheesesteaks sold in a little over a year cant be wrong… See you soon at Mike’s!

History

Established in 2012.

A passion for Sports in Philadelphia and more important a study of the best types of foods that we all enjoy wrapped into one place! After growing up in the Philly area and devouring many many sandwichesI decided to embark on an adventure to add all of our original products to beautiful Berks County! This place isn’t just your ordinary Cheese steak place! We serve the top quality eye round that is only sliced fresh right here! This meat is never frozen so all its natural flavors go from the slicer to the griddle in the same day… Our rolls were chosen from the #1 bakery (voted on) in 2012 and delivered from Conshy everyday, we use real whiz (not our only cheese), we mix it all together on the griddle (all ingredients), and people love it! We haveadded more meat and tweaked the recipe because we heard from people saying that they loved the Philly but we want everyone to reallllly love it! Check out mikestas​te​of​philly​.com for our better ask brad review ! See you soon at Mike’s!

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14 reviews of Mike’s Taste of Philly

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Place rating: 5
Blue Jay, CA
Was in Reading, pa for a business trip last week, and of course I had to find a spot with a cheesesteak. I found this place a couple miles from my hotel, and actually went there twice during my stay. Perfect philly cheesesteak both times, and the «mikes fries» with old bay seasoning were great. I’m coming back in a few months, and I know this place will be on my list to hit again!
Place rating: 5
Philadelphia, PA
The place is off the hook. Awesome food awesome people! You want a real Philly cheesesteak then go to Mike’s! I never have to go down to South Philly again. I don’t know why this says they are closed when they’re open every single day
Place rating: 1
Reading, PA
On 3÷19÷2015 I had absolutely the worst cheese steak I have ever eaten, check that, I couldn’t eat it, most of it at least. Every piece of meat in it was complete gristle and totaly unchewable. There were 1″ long strips of leathery connective tissue attached to some of it. This meat must have been scraped off the shin of a 50 year of steer, that is if it was actually beef. Unfortunately I got the sub takeout and didn’t have time to drive it back there, dump it off, and get my money back. The roll, sauce and cheese were all decent, it’s a shame that the main event was so disgusting. 0 stars for this sandwich
Place rating: 5
Reading, PA
The closet thing I have to Philly! I order all the time and to be honest May in my opinion be better that a bunch of Philly steaks. I’m born and raise from Philly
Place rating: 5
Reading, PA
We had Mike and his crew come out to our house and cater our party. He set up his grill in our yard and cooking cheesesteaks and chicken cheesesteaks to order. He also had our pizza delivered and it was fantastic! I can’t even tell you how impressed I was with the food, service and price. All of our 80+ guests were impressed and stuffed by the time they left. Our Philly family isn’t that easy to impress, but Mike made it look easy. Thanks again to Mike’s Taste of Philly and Mike’s crew for making our party one for the books!
Place rating: 4
Reading, PA
Personally I think they are some of the best subs in Reading, however their service is very hit or miss depending on who is working which is sad. I know one time I called and the girl taking my order said they were no longer taking orders despite being open for another hour. As long as ya get the right employee it’s a great place to go, if not it isn’t.
Place rating: 4
Reading, PA
I can say that I am a cheesesteak aficionado. I tried Pat’s and Gino’s, in Philly, as well as a few of the not so known steak places. My favorite of which is Sonny’s on Market. When I am not traveling to Philly and I’m home in West Reading I go to Mike’s because they make a Philly Cheesesteak the right way, a wiz with. Being a resident of Berks county it is hard to find a Philly Cheesesteak. All the places around here make what I call a pizza steak, with sauce and melted provolone or an American cheese like product. Mike’s however isn’t like the other places around here. The steak isn’t pre packages frozen steak slices, instead they use a sliced rib eye and don’t chop it up on the grill (unless you ask for it that way) then it is cooked with the onions and when done the Cheez Wiz is spread on the roll and the mixed steak and onions put in top. The meat is well seasoned and the rolls are awesome. They have the right crust and a soft center. For a local place the food is just as good as most places in Philly. Unless you’re really hunger go for the small it’s 9″ the large is 18″ and even my fat ass couldn’t finish it. Mike make mine a small wiz with extra wiz!!!
Place rating: 5
Reading, PA
They make a great Chicken Caesar salad! The croutons melt in your mouth, plenty of chicken and dressing included. Yumm
Place rating: 1
Reading, PA
HORRIBLE
I ordered the fried eggplant w/​broccoli rabe sandwich. Sounded really good. They took the eggplant out of the frier and put it on the grill. Added the broccoli rabe and tomato and proceeded to bash the crap out of it with the spatula until it was a grey color paste. Then they put the cheese on it and bashed it up some more. Then to make it worse, they covered it and steamed the whole mess so it was congealed paste. They scooped this baby food into a roll. Not only did it look horrible, and had a nasty consistency, it tasted like crap. It was horrible. I will say horrible again! If I had eaten it there and not taken it to go, I would have insisted on my money back. As it was I threw it away after a few bites. Ordered the fries too. Natural cut or whatever they called them. They were so unbelievably greasy that they soaked thought the fry bag and 2 brown paper bags. They joined the sandwich in the trash.
Never again.
Place rating: 2
Riverdale, NY
Well, they definitely aren’t the same after the redo from Yellow Submarine to Mike’s. They’ve expanded their menu to include Pizzas and Wings, and they still have cheesesteaks (although I’m not sure what the taste of Philly refers to… seems only to refer to the décor of the place).
As a vegetarian, I used to love Yellow Submarine because they had a few very good vegetarian sandwich options. Mike’s still has a few options, but the veggie grinder is poorly executed.
First, when we ordered it, they acted very surprised that anyone would order this sandwich… not a good sign. Then they asked us if we wanted mayo on it… on a sandwich with eggplant, broccoli rabe and grilled onions? Strange. We did not go for the mayo… it would have been 10 times better with a little provalone and some tomato sauce.
The boyfriend was not impressed with the «philly» cheesesteak.
All– in-​all, I might give them another shot, after all they did just open, but I’m not rushing back or recommending to friends!
Place rating: 4
Reading, PA
People just don’t get the traditional flat steak around here. Stick to the chopped steak and you will be happy. Rolls are exceptional — ATV is like a big hamburger roll — authentic, ample meat & cheese — wiz or deli cheese which is important! Pizza is awesome — not traditional puffy crust with cheese on top. More like brick oven, crispy with cheese and sauce swirled. Like Grotto in DE. Really good. Sweet chili wings are tip top. Also the boardwalk style fries and eggplant fries are great.
Place rating: 4
Reading, PA
I’ve only ordered the cheesesteak (with whiz and onions of course), and it was awesome! The last time I was here with my boyfriend, the guy working gave us a free order of fries. These were great too… nice and crispy and with some type of seasoning. I’ve been in about 4 or 5 times, and each time the people working have been incredibly friendly. The owner is talkative and seems to enjoy getting to know the customers. He even introduced my boyfriend and I to his family who had been eating there at the same time we ordered. I’ve heard the Italian sandwiches are amazing, but I just can’t seem to bring myself to order anything but the cheese steak-​my bf and I crave them!
I’m sure I can give it 5 stars once I bring myself to order something else off of this menu. :)
Place rating: 1
Cape May, NJ
That was awful. Stay away.
Place rating: 1
Reading, PA
Very disappointed! I was hoping we would be lucky enough to have a decent Philly cheesesteak place close by… again just a cheap imitation… (literally) I have no idea what they’re using as meat claiming it to be steak. It is near white in color like lamb meat and it is completely flavorless. The worst part they charge prices like Pat’s and Geno’s. Almost $ 9.00 for a 9 inch steak… I would pay that in Philly. I won’t be back unless they change the meat they use. My stomach even felt off after eating it.