We have been coming here for years and love this place. Best corn beef specials and the sandwich is huge . The quality of the food is top-notch. The restaurant is always spotless. It's so nice coming in for all these years and seeing so many familiar faces. Great family restaurant! Thank you for being so hospitable Micheal, Eric, Joe and Debra . Thank you so much for such great service and quality. read more

from start to finish this has been the worst meal and experience I've had in a restaurant in a very long time besides the fact that we had to stand there for about a good 10 minutes and wait to be seated( everybody ignored us this was the first problem) we had a very rude waitress give us a nasty look when we asked if we should just seat ourselves. When we sat down and ordered I ordered a Coke which the waitress said she had only to get Pepsi which I can't drink then I ordered scrambled eggs white toast and a side of corn beef hash (didn't mind that the corn beef hash was eight dollars because I thought it was a Jewish deli and it would be wonderful) but when I got it I found out it was out of the can and it tasted like a can! I got Rye toast instead of white toast, my husband ordered a half a tuna sandwich and chicken noodle soup, the tuna was not very good at all and the chicken noodle soup did not have one piece of chicken or any vegetables it was literally just noodles and broth and that meal cost $17.99 and then $.75 for tomato and lettuce which I couldn't believe! He actually didn't eat any of the soup and about two bites of the sandwich the check ended up costing $32 for basically a couple bites of eggs and two bites of a tunafish sandwich. when I went to the front to check out and I said that the service and everything was terrible she literally ignored me ( she was on the phone) didn't say a word to me took my credit card and said have a nice day! I will never go back to this place again normal will I ever order takeout or anything else from there. Buyer beware' read more

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This place they have gluten-free stuff and it's not safe for anybody who has gluten-free sensitivity or celiac . Someone should send her health department read more

My family and I have been coming to this deli for decades. There were many other delis in my area in Elkins Park, PA but most closed. Ben & Irv's prices have gone up but the quality, environment and courtesy/efficiency of many of the help has disintegrated. Staff brought out a wrong takeout order for me and I was told I was ignorant because I had to keep correcting the order and was charged for a bag I didn't need. Very rude; the mgr. Joe allowed this and said I was the problem. I warn people to be careful; very unprofessional, insulting and not worth the money. Go to other places where at least it's clean and people are grateful for their customers, not only good deli food. read more

I had a NY pastrami sandwich and it was so dry and cold it was tough to eat. The menu looked more like a diner menu.

****Cabbage Borscht - WOW!!! ****Grilled Chicken, Portabello Mushroom and Blue Cheese on a toasted English Muffin, WOW!!! Best Sweet Potato Fries we've ever had and, Super friendly service from our server Miriam. This was our 1st. visit to Ben & Irv's , and we will be back again soon. Also, Lots of Soups, Breads and prepared foods to take home. Thank you Michael for the great recommendation. **** read more

Ben & Irv's - F13. GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST WITH GRILLED PORTABELLA MUSHROOM - Delis Near Me - Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

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The Reuben/corned beef special is second to none. Old school dining ambiance. I recommend the deli

Ben and Irvs is my favorite restaurant of all time. Favorite restaurant. Period. I grew up with this small place-- the community is incredible and the food is even better. (I'm a sucker for whitefish salad). The waiters know the locals (even as they've aged) and the whole place is warm in that old person way. The deli counter is awesome. Considering I ALSO grew up with Canters Deli in Los Angeles, I'm very particular about my Jewish deli. I've also started a series where I film my whitefish salad every time I get it when I fly back to visit. Love Ben and Irvs read more

Amazing open face Rueben, classic corned beef and matzah ball soup! Ordered through door dash, but still warm and outstanding when it showed up read more

Fathers Day. They were on top of their game. Great fresh food. Highly recommended. Who are these assholes who can't give them a 5 star review? read more

Ordered a turkey burger. It was loaded with garlic. Not edible. I told the waitress I can't eat this. Met instantly with attitude about knowing what I want to order before I order it. I asked for a tuna sandwich as a replacement. They took 1 minute to prepare it. Lump of bland tuna, one piece of iceberg lettuce on soggy bread. It's not my first bad experience there. It's a Jewish deli. I don't like to leave jewish anything bad reviews but they went out of their way to ruin my time with my elderly mother so that energy is returned. Anytime this place is brought up I will relay my experience. read more

We decided to go to this restaurant on a Sunday. My son is a foodie and likes to try different foods and restaurants. This was our first time at this restaurant. There was a line before being seated. Our wait was like 20 minutes. Not long at all. We were seated and menus given. Our waitress was very nice. This restaurant is busy with patrons. I ordered a mushroom barley soup, it tasted good. Soon after our food arrived. My son ordered Ruben Rachel , and I ordered BLT. My son enjoyed his meal and so did I. On my way out to pay I noticed the other patrons had pickles. I approached our waitress and I said I didn't know we could ask for pickles. Our waitress, I'm sorry. I said next time. Soon after we were leaving , the kind waitress gave me a jar of pickled tomatoes and she said it was on her. That was so kind of her. She made my visit to Ben and Irv so much more memorable. read more

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This Jewish deli and restaurant has a very expansive menu. About 13 pages of menu that ranges from breakfast, lunch, and dinner options. It was crowded on a Sunday morning. At the entrance, you find the cashier register, display of rugelach, dessert, smoked fish. The dining area is on the left, mostly booths. Our waitress was attentive and kept on checking our table. A small plate of pickles was served on the table right away. The pickles consisted of two different kinds of small cucumbers. One kind is more pickled, the other kind that I tried looked more of a cucumber, very crunchy and juicy. I picked salmon with plum and sesame entree that came with 2 veggies and a soup or salad. The waitress told me a long list of veggie choices that I couldn't remember all of them. I chose broccoli and carrot. Salmon was decent, the sauce was a bit sweeter than I expected with about 3 slices of canned mandarin. I barely tasted the sesame. The baby carrots also had sweet sauce on it. We asked for challah bread. The waitress gave us a couple thin slices of challah and rye bread. Challah was very soft and fresh. French fries was crispy and seemed like it was not frozen. read more

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Recently enjoyed a brunch here after a funeral. Matzos ball soup, excellent. The Reuben stack, out of this world. I took home beef borscht. Grim. The beef was dry and miserable. The broth? I think the chef had mistaken sugar for salt, so sweet-disgusting. Keep away from borscht. read more

The food and service is good. The wings is excellent the portion side is good.I recommend the cheese cake and wings

The chopped liver, once so tasty, is now so sweet that it obscures the true chopped liver taste. I've tried it twice since noticing the change, but no more. They must have changed the recipe. Bummer! read more

Good food! Service was timely and courteous. Bill was more expensive than expected. The ambiance was ok. A little bit tight.

Everything I've had had been delicious either breakfast or a deli sandwich at lunch. Service with a smile and also excellent

imo the basics only are very good here like lox and bagels, got the hot brisket sandwich and it was more than disappointing and seemed like it was heated in a microwave, and the same for the chicken soup. Very disappointing meal. read more

Pains me to not give 5 stars and was generous with 3 stars. I mean Ben and Irv's has been our go to place for trays, deli, brunch, breakfast, lunch, etc. forever, and ever. Over the holidays we ordered 2 trays for two different occasions. They are pricy and look nice but both trays were not as good as we remember. Too much mayo on the potato salad, bread was not fresh, forget the pastrami altogether as it was more fat than meat.. quite disgusting. Our first tray was the salad trio...that was better than the deli tray. However, the salads were bland in flavor...and the breads did not taste fresh with that either. I was sorry I ordered the deli tray as it was not a "wow" for our new years eve party. Several guest suggested we call Ben and Irv's to let them know the pastrami was a pile of fat. Pretty sad to hear that from your guest...especially since we paid attention to every detail making a perfect night for our party. We called the next day and we did get to swap out for corn beef. Didn't help us for the party but appreciated the swap. We now need a new place to get our trays as we don't want underwhelming food and bread that tasted like day old bread anymore. After all the bread can make or break a sandwich. read more

Ben & Irv's - Deli tray (pastrami on top looked OK but the rest was extremely fatty) - Delis Near Me - Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

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This deli is a favorite dinner stop wherever I'm in Philadelphia. Tonight I tried a variation on a ruebin sandwich. Besides the corned beef, sauerkraut and Russian dressing this one included beef brisket too. It was quite good and filling. Our server was very efficient in checking on me throughout the meal. If you didn't have room for dessert there is plenty to take out by the registers when you pay your che read more

Hey, Ben & Irv's is the classic Jewish deli. I've been eating here for years. Their food is wonderful. Their waitstaff are the old fashioned kind that go out of their way to make sure you leave happy. read more

I needed food for thirty people for a surprise birthday party for my husband. I wanted to make it as easy as possible on myself due to a busy work schedule and travel plans. I decided to order deli and fish trays as well as fruit and pastries from Ben & Irv's. Delivery was on time, the price was reasonable, the portions were generous and the quality was outstanding. I highly recommend Ben & Irv's if you need any easy and informal party catering solution. read more

I've been hearing about Ben & Irv's for many years and finally had the opportunity to stop by for lunch. Along with the sticker shock over the price for grabbing a quick sandwich for my lunch to-go, the negatives are: I ordered a turkey and cheese, but there was no cheese on my sandwich, the lettuce had some withered, brown edges and I had to throw some of it away, and last but not least, I found a hair in the sandwich, unfortunately. The positive is that there was enough turkey for two sandwiches, so at least the $17.05 that it cost makes it more affordable if you get two lunches from the purchase. I just didn't want to eat anymore of it after finding the hair. I don't know if I will ever go back there, as I was really disappointed after all the hype. read more

All good the food and the servers was amazing prices was great food was delicious. We'll recommend to anyone who's looking for a great deli.Restaurant read more

When I was a kid my parents jokingly told me "Never eat anything bigger than your head" - well glad we didn't come here when I was young! This is a typical New York City-type deli where one sandwich is bigger than the next. Looking around at other tables it was almost funny to see the size of all the different offerings. The menu is also gigantic running from Breakfast thru Lunch items. The Corned Beef Special was very large as well as very good. The Reuben, served open faced, was gigantic (although not very photogenic!) and delicious. There was enough to bring home half of each. Delicious Pickles were served along side the sandwiches. We got one of the last tables on a Monday at around 12:30. If you want to take home additional items, when you're seated there is a 1 page checkoff list to give to your server so that when you go to the cashier your take home order is ready to go. Fun - lively place. read more

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Longstanding Jewish Deli Staple. One of the few places that have been around since my childhood and still has some great quality Jewish fixings. Some of my favorite items from here are the Matzo Ball Soup with noodles, Jumbo whitefish on a bagel, Lox on a bagel, and of course Smoked Salmon on a Bagel (If you have not tried Smoked Salmon on a bagel you have truly never lived). Came here with the Girlfriend Saturday morning and ordered an omelet with sausage, bacon, mushrooms, onions, peppers. This dish comes with fried hash browns and choice of bread, highly recommend rye bread as I believe it is a very overlooked bread to make egg sandwiches in the morning and other great deli meats to build your sandwich on. Do not expect a five star upscale dining experience but rather a diner that knows how to make a dam fine breakfast and has quality Jewish pickles. They also have desserts to go that are nothing to balk at. I can recommend the chocolate chip muffins, they been making them for decades and still haven't gone downhill in flavor or yumminess. As always people SYOY!!! read more

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My wife and I conducted a blind rye bread tasting. Five ryes competed for bragging rights. How does one conduct a "blind" tasting. My wife took a slice of bread from each deli and numbered them 1-5. Only my wife was aware of the mapping of the deli to the numbers. I then returned to the room and my wife stepped away. I made the sandwiches and then converted the numbers to letters. #1 becomes letter C, #2 becomes letter A, etc. The mapping of numbers to letters was only known by me. Below are the results in order of worst to best. #5 Original South Philly Jewish Rye (available at Giant Food Markets) cost $6 for a full loaf. This was our least favorite. No flavor and the texture was completely off. The bread was very dry, almost stale. If you are short on time (and money), this will work but my recommendation is head to a deli and get some real NY Jewish Rye. #4 Ben & Irv's Deli in Southamptom cost $5.50 for a half loaf. The texture gets us closer to a true deli rye bread but still dry and light on flavor. #3 Moish and Itzy's in Newtown cost $6.00 for a half loaf. The crust is chewy as it should be and tasted great. The inside is a bit on the dry side. This was just a hair behind the #2 spot. Candidly I would rank this higher but my wife found the dryness unacceptable and I never win an argument with her. #2 Borscht Belt in Newtown cost $10 for a half loaf. This is a softer texture if that is your thing. My wife liked the texture but I like a chewier crust and heartier bread. I don't know that this bread will hold up to a mound of meat or wet toppings. The flavor was terrific. If you don't mind spending $10 for a half loaf of bread, then give it a try. I'm saving for retirement so probably won't return anytime soon. #1 [Top Spot] Manny's Famous Deli in Holland cost $4.50 for a half loaf. Winner winner chicken dinner. This is the fan favorite and a must try for anyone that values a good bread. Manny's offers the gold standard of ryes and at a price that leaves enough money to also buy a deli pickle. Let us know if you would like us to assess another favorite food. Even better, are you convinced you have a favorite? Put your conviction to the test and conduct a blind tasting of your own. read more

Ben & Irv's - a kitchen counter with bread wrapped in plastic - Delis Near Me - Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

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I ordered chicken noodle soup , which was not cheap and there is not one piece of chicken absolute disgrace

4.5 stars. This was our first time out here and it was great. I ordered a massive pastrami and Swiss, which was delicious. Bonus points for including a second layer of cheese in the middle. My wife got the stack-- corned beef and pastrami piled high with cole slaw, Russian dressing and served on latkes. Also a huge dish-- we both have healthy appetites and we brought him more than enough for dinner. Service was fantastic. Everyone was so friendly. Minus half a star for some pretty bland matzoh ball soup that was rather oddly served with noodles. read more

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Let me start by saying, I have contributed to this food business for many years and WAS satisfied. Past owners until most recent, we're dedicated to their business and food preparation. Now I know their will be critics and disagreement. But, remember this is my experiences. I have ordered and eaten in at times. However, I have lessened my time. The food is not as good as it used to be. The prep part of an order, has skimmed on toppings. The cases where the food is and desserts, need to be cleaned. Plus, I would think the deli area would have covers on the food. What made me go back is because I was given a credit approx 2 weeks ago on a takeout order that was wrong. When I got to my destination and opened up the bag, I got an order that I have not ordered. Now, I had waited awhile for the order to be done. The girl (dark hair) at the register who has been with this company for a long time, cashed me out and apologized for the wait. Plus, the worker brought the order up and apologized. Fine, things happen! While at my destination, I called back to say my order was incorrect. She apologized and said she could give me a credit. Went in to pick up my order and told the girl (I presume one of the owners), white blonde hair (usually there), serious look all the time, that i have a credit. Asked me what the credit was for. There was nothing stating about this credit when she looked. I described briefly the girl whom I spoke to and even said, their was a man with dark hair and glasses, she said she did not know. Hmm, You don't know your employees? It was like In somewhat of a nice way, she did not believe me, but, did not say it. Customer service etiquette needs to be practiced. With all this being said, what i ordered from the credit, the food purchased had little to almost nothing of toppings. Prices go up and quality goes down. read more

Overall, we were pretty impressed with this deli. The menu is very daunting, and my biggest drawback to visiting over other delis. The veggie omelette was very good, and the pumpernickel bagel was a great addition. Friendly service and could see returning to try lunch or dinner while I'm visiting the area. read more

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When I think of a deli meal, I think of this establishment. The food is great and the service is very good. It is one of my "go to's".

Delicious food in a large menu. Friendly staff that's very helpful. Don't forget to ask for their free pickles. read more

Ben & Irv's - Special Club Sandwich - Delis Near Me - Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

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One of the best places where we order breakfast to go! The service is always top notch and the food is great! If you live in the area and looking for a great diner to get a meal - definitely don't pass by. PS. They have amazing baked goods on display. Hard to leave without one.. read more

Absolutely hands down amazing Jewish Deli. They even include a deli menu to have your sliced meats ready to go after you eat in the restaurant. So very clean and attentive by all staff down to the host, the check out lady and my service. Be aware that Rueben's are served open face to tell the server you want it as a sandwich. Phenomenal food 100%. read more

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Holy wide selection, Batman! This place truly has something for everyone: vegetarian, low carb, high carb, carnivore--they've got you covered! No part of the menu embodies this better than the omelette selection. If you're craving a particular kind of omelette, you will probably find it here. Additional shout-out to the coleslaw, which is truly delicious: the right blend of crisp, creamy, and acidic tempered with a hint of sweetness all come together to make an absolutely delicious bite. You'll want at least a double order. All of the veggies in my dinner were fresh, from the peppers, onions, and mushrooms in the omelette to the lettuce (SO crisp) and tomatoes that came with it. read more

What's a Saturday without an amazing bagel & absolutely insane homemade whitefish salad w cream cheese veg and all the Best ! Service perfect ambiance as always deli style breakfast lunch & dinner never disappoint Lovin on Ben's home made delicasies ! Big Crave read more

We have a new winner. Receiving the award for the worst cup of coffee Ben & Irv's. This is the epitome of recycling. I think our coffee is old dishwater. So sad! Great sandwiches however. read more

Great food Love their soups Always dependable Great friendly staff Good service! Like that their is a discount if yu sign up read more