Hometown Heroes is the F***ing most underrated lunch joint West of the Mississippi River. All the food here hits the SPOT!!! Any item on the menu is a guaranteed WIN! The food is high quality, reasonably priced, and satisfies your childhood dreams. The energy here is so friendly and relaxing. It's a place for everyone, rich and poor, young and old, black and white. The peak of American culture and society. The workers are always so friendly to both new or returning customers. You know what... just F***ing eat here. It's amazing, I love it. You'll love it. And I'll love that you love it. read more

We have been using them for years and the sandwiches and specials are always great. Quick delivery always with a smile. Mat C. read more

Well, starting with the negative - the ambience isn't great - it's probably more of a take out place, but, to be honest, I'm fine with it because everything else was (is?) wonderful. The food is great - reasonably priced and tasty. Their potato salad and cole slawis exceptional (didn't like the pasta salad but I don't like peppers). The staff are extremely accomodating - we traveled a long distance to check them out and want to return frequently, it's only the time factor that prevents us from doing so. Good people, good food, good experience all around. Thanks! read more

Ordered lunch from here to go. Had the italian sub which was average. It was long and well worth your money. It was packed mostly with ham and felt it was too salty overall. I made 3 meals out of 1 big sub. Good to try at least once. If we order here again, I'd get something else. read more

Food was stupendously fresh & best tasting ! Entire Staff treated us like family too! Amazing ! read more

I live on Long Island Ny and for the last 14 yrs. Every time I'm in New Jersey , I make it a point to stop at Hometown Hero's in South Plainfield. The food is very good, the owner and workers treat you like family. read more

I called in an order earlier today for 4 of us. There were 4 separate sandwiches so I wrote everything down to make sure it was accurate on my end. The person on the other end repeated everything to me so I assumed they recorded it correctly...they didn't. I arrived 20 minutes later and was told I'd have to wait another 15 minutes. While I was waiting 3 people in front of me ordered and got served. I got back home and 3 out of the 4 sandwiches were wrong. I called to voice my concerns and was hung up on in the middle of speaking. I get that it was a busy day during lunchtime, but the rudeness and inaccuracy of a simply task is what irks me the most. Not only did they incorrectly take my order but they made me wait as if my business wasn't important to them. Please stay away from this inconsiderate business. read more

Food here is neither great nor bad. Fairly priced, comes out in good time. When I went I had the italian chicken cutlet hero which based on the description made me think it would be much tastier with the garlic bread, vinegar, and capicola, but it only ended up tasting more like a regular ol' chicken cutlet sandwich. I recall I also tried the french dip, which similarly was kinda plain. Nothing was inedible or terrible but like mentioned earlier, not great either. May have to try other items if I happen to drop by again. Additionally, wish it was easier to get in and out of the parking lot. read more

I want to like this place so bad. It's been In SP forever and people in town say how good it is. To us, every single thing is microwaved....why?! It xould be great if they got rid of the microwaved cooking process. Bacon is not meant to be microwaved!! I gave 2 stars bc the chicken salad and the mac and potato salad are actually pretty darn good. Staff is cranky but the owner is super sweet. read more

The coleslaw is amazing here. My sandwhich was good also. I want to come back so bad, however, my friend alsp purchased a sandwhich and found a long string hair in her sandwhich. Since we worked 30 mins away, we could not go back. The parking is parking lot which is good. This place seems to be a local favorite with a great staff. read more

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Always good services when you go there specially When you eat inside very comfortable place And the food is very good Thank you to( Joanna ) very nice service Keep it up read more

Poor portions, ordered their Hamilton, costs the same as their subs, but when it arrived it was the size of my palm and had about a single piece of deli, cold roast beef on each side. Should have cost half or come with more. Poor quality and portions, but the horseradish sauce was nice at least... too bad it came on less than half a sandwich that costs as much as an 8 inch sub... read more

This place has some of the best hand made sandwiches I've ever tasted. They are a huge part of the South Plainfield community too. If your having a craving for something delicious to eat, I recommend stopping in for a whole Turkey Sub, Provolone, Lettuce, Mayo, Onions, Oil, Vinegar, Salt, Pepper, and Oregano. Haha just my personal favorite. read more

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Their potato salad is amazingly delicious and their macaroni & coleslaw are great too.

All I can do is shake my head at the amount of Starthis place has. When you go in all u hear is the sound of microwave buttons being pressed. Anything you get that is hot is microwaved. Microwaved bacon egg and cheese, yum. Can't believe it's still open. Come on people at least BC and firehouse grill have flat tops and stuff is actual cooked. **** PS, you can always tell the requested family 5 star review when the people that are giving you five stars have only done 2 reviews their entire yelp existence. Place is terrible. Oh and by the way I tried it AGAIN so I wouldn't be bias, another opportunity, another chance for the big surprise of freshness. Yea didn't happen. Microwaved gator tots, try them one time. Like a mushy nugget of dirty mashed potato. I will give you one better, get a side of their wrinkled breakfast sausage and the fake bacon. Not only does it look like Plastic, it tastes like hell. Take pride in your work. Stop sticking things in the microwave. Oh wait I just remembered, a catering tray of scrambled eggs with water to the top of the rim. I love a little pool of cloudy water with my eggs. Take some damn pride. Go to cabelas or order online from bass pro. Grind your own meat and stuff the breakfast sausage yourself, oh and by the way it goes on a grill not in a micro wave. For the bacon we have plenty of butchers that will but the bacon right off the stomach for you. Square yourselves away and stop having people put false reviews on yelp read more

We received a sandwich tray as a condolences from a friend. These were the absolute BEST sandwiches we have ever had. From the variety, to the bread, to the amount of oil and vinegar, all was perfect. We hadn't planned on what to do for lunch and then this was delivered. Thank you for the most delicious sandwiches ever. read more

As far as a local deli goes, this one is up there. The check list: Sports on TV...check....pissed off woman behind the counter...check...smells like bacon and mayo...check...dizzying selection of sandwiches...check. Everything comes with a pickle and a side salad (pasta, potato, etc...). I had the Chicken salad wrap the other day and could not stop eating it. You know the old adage you don't stop eating when you are full, you stop when you hate yourself? Yeah, that was me. Food is great. Atmosphere is Jersey Deli. Come get a sammich. read more

I love this place. The breakfast wrap is awesome. The prices are decent for breakfast or lunch.

Charlie is in charge of their catering. He did an Awesome job recommending food for the 30 people I was catering for. The food was very good and the presentation was excellent. My company will definitely use them again for our catering needs. Thanks Charlie!! read more

Best sandwich shop in South Plainfield. The south Plainfield sandwich is a must try along with the cucumber salad. read more

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Hot pastrami and Roast beef heroes are super delicious. Owner is very helpful and generous. Very good price, too. We have a lovely Father's day lunch. read more

Large variety of sandwiches for only $6.99, which comes with a choice of side salad and pickle, makes it hard to decide which to taste. They are stuffed, so it was very fulling to finish one. Efficient staff behind the counter making orders to go. Casual indoor seating was also available. Would come back again to try some of their specialty sandwiches. read more

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Long wait times, even for pickup orders. The sandwiches are disappointing, the service is familiar to the point of being very rude. I've had multiple orders screwed up over there and have never had a hot sandwich there that was actually hot. The potential to improve is there, however I don't see them making the effort. read more

A friend bought me some of the chicken salad and coleslaw salad both where amazing but i Had the chicken salad, literally the best chicken salad I've ever had amazing keep up the great . read more

Consistently great subs & wraps! Deb"s potato salad is my favorite side. (Off menu fave - ask if they have Fish Tacos - delicious when they do!) read more

I went here twice. The sandwiches aren't special. They taste like your typical hot sandwhichs/heros. The wait was pretty long the last time I went as well. There was only one lady working and I was the only customer. The sandwhichs aren't memorable. I haven't gone back in a while. read more

My reuben came right out of the microwave. Tasted like a microwaved reuben. I do not recommend that to anyone. I ordered what I thought was an italian sandwich,a #3, but all the meat tasted like boiled ham. The bread was too soft. I'm only going to 2 stars for the side salads, but feel free to skip this place. I'll never go back. read more

foods decent. But every single time i have to remind them that a pickle is supposed to come with my meal or the side salad is wrong. every single time. pretty frustrating when you're that consistent with mistakes. Wake Up! read more

I think this place just stays open due to the fact they have some "pull" in town. They gotta know somebody. They are rarely ever open so I can't give a true review. The sandwich I did have was pretty good. Nothing to really write home about. Not sure if the blonde woman still works their, but she was pretty nasty. I'll just go to Mr. Subs. read more

Their sandwiches are good but just normal. Their macaroni salad on the other hand is AMAZING and my co workers say that the cole slaw is amazing too. read more

Great place for take out lunch and breakfast sandwiches, too. Salads are fresh and always perfect. Great sides and always a free side sample of your choice! Service is good, fast and on point. If they make a mistake then they try to fix it. By the way, good subs, both hot and cold and some creative sandwiches round out the menu. If a local or nearby, I encourage you to give it a try and I know you will return! read more

I tried this place the other day. I had a coupon and ordered two subs. First sub was an italian sub w everything and mayo second was cheesesteak. They gave me the Italian sub first. I bit into it and thought it was very bland. I took a closer look and there was no mayo, no salami, no capicolla, and no cheese. It seems the guy making the subs was a little preoccupied and not paying attention. I complained and they gave me the meets to put on the sub and a side of mayo. With everything on it the sub was good. Cheesesteak was really good. I took off 2 stars because they messed up my sub and the place looked dirty. Would i go back???? maybe read more

I really don't understand some of these negative reviews. My kid picked up a few sandwiches for us and they really were very tasty. The reuben was particularly moist and flavor filled. The roast beef dip (name?) was also very fresh. I will try some of their other items to raise or lower my review. read more

My favorite place to order lunch. The daily specials list is great. I can order of that list every day. My favorite is the ozie onion burger. They make a bunch of chicken cutlet sandwiches which are very tasty. I also like the mac salad they supply with the sandwich. read more

Fast friendly service. My new go-to deli for my corned beef sandwich. The red skin potato salad is delicious!

The food is absolutely delicious! Usually when I order from somewhere, there is at least one item I wish I hadn't ordered. Everyone was satisfied with their various heroes and the shared side dishes and sauce were exceptional! The staff was extremely courteous and friendly. I would highly recommend them! read more

Today I went into hometown heroes around 3:00 I was standing at the counter and I was ordering while ordering I look over to a woman that just came out of the back. And on the counter was food. Because it looked like one of the other workers was cleaning the deli case. So all the food was on the counter. So I saw this lady walk out from the back without any gloves on stick her fingers right into the potato salad at first I'm like ok just once. And also she wiped her hands on her pants couldn't even use a napkin so then she came back and stood infront of the food and just kept sticking her fingers in it and kept eating. I was so disgusted I couldn't even finish my order. So I walked out and went to MR.SUBS. What that lady did was not sanitary. I worked in a deli for 7 to 10 years and I wouldn't do that who knows where her fingers were. Gross and I wish i could give 0 stars. It's so depressing when you go to a deli in the town you live in and try to keep the local business running and you have that. Thumbs down. Also I spoke to the owner and he didn't seem to care just said sorry and if I came back in he would take care of me. Sorry sir I will never step foot in there. read more

This is the kind of place working people love. Its very efficient, has excellent customer service. lots of seating, fairly cheap and very clean. The parking is not good and what I had was really not worth a second bite of the apple but this is the kind of place people who have an hour for lunch will always choose..in and out and no food poisoning. I had the roast beef with horseradish and a little gravy. The roast beef was very salty and commercial and had no beef flavor at all. The roll was fresh. Took out some chicken salad and potato salad. Chicken salad could possibly have have horseradish sauce in it...sweet....and the potato salad while fresh had no more taste than a containr of library paste. read more

If I could come here everyday for breakfast I would. The food is always delicious! The staff is extremely friendly as well!

Stopped in during a volleyball tournament nearby for a quick lunch. Place is very unassuming but so good! Everything is scratch made in house and you can really taste the difference it makes. We had the bacon cheddar chicken melt hero and a turkey BLT wrap, side of Fries. Highly recommend all Including the homemade macaroni salad! Great value too. Will come back again for sure. read more