Me and my friend are pissed. We were told to look at the menu, and so we picked up the menu and found something in our budget to eat. They made the food, and then when we got to the register, I was charged 40% more than what was on the menu. I was annoyed because no one said it would be more than what was on the menu. But at the end of the day, I couldn't care less about a couple bucks. But then my friend went up to pay for his lox sandwich, which was $8. And they charged him $16!!! They said it was because of the meat prices going up. Absolute bullshit. They said "We're going to replace the menus soon." I seriously doubt that, I'm sure they will just keep scamming customers. Last thing I'm gonna say, is that this place is advertised as one of the "last Jewish delis." As a Jew, I can say that this is the type of shit that reinforces the stereotype. I've been had! read more

I came to JB's for the first time today. I ordered the Reuben sandwich. I like trying Reuben's at different places. It was the best Reuben I have ever had. The meat is perfectly cut and no fat. The sauerkraut is delicious. They had just the right amount of dressing. Very friendly staff. They have so many other good items I want to try. I will definitely be back. read more

Disorganized chaos. I didn't expect to spend 35minutes trying to order a sandwich, but here we are. My order was taken once by someone who forgot it and a second time it just got left sitting on the counter in a bag. When my items finally made it to the cashier, she just walked away... I'm sure this place was great once upon a time but there's zero direction or help from staff. I'd hate to try and put a sizable order in for anything more than a couple items. Service aside, once I finally made it home with my order I was very unimpressed with it all. There are many wonderful delis across this city and JB's is honestly just a waste of time and money. read more

In this odd mash-up if a Jewish deli and pharmacy, you will find some of the best classic deli sandwiches anywhere, and chicken soup that rivals my mother's -- with matzo balls of the perfect consistency and flavor. Twice a year during the two weeks surrounding the High Holidays in fall and Passover in spring, they make delectable gefilte fish that is every bit as delicious as the handmade wonders my mother-in-law would make. Better than anywhere else! And while you're there,!you can pick up some overpriced antacid to boot, just in case! As to the "service" issues, who cares! The food is just so good... and I always "give them the business" so it goes both ways. Irascibility endemic to every good deli staff! Although there are some very sweet people who work here, beneath the harried vibe. read more

Once in a while you take a chance and hit a home run. JB's Deli is just that, a home run. We ordered breakfast sandwiches on bagels which I heard they source from Famed NY bagel and bialy. Sandwiches were extremely satisfying and I ordered some chopped liver which came on a bed of greens, red onion and cucumbers. This place is definitely going into weekly rotation. They also deliver in a 8 mile radius. read more

Ok. So I just won't go in the back room for now. Went back here on a lovely Sunday afternoon stroll and well it was really good. I'll say again and again their customer service is top notch. Super friendly and personable service. I guess my disappointment lies with some previous choices and well that back room needs work. So just sit in the front for now or take it to go.We enjoyed a turkey pastrami on rye and a bagel with lox. Both were awesome, stacked, yummy and fresh! Thank you! read more

JB's Deli - Now that's a Samwich! - Delis Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Good food amazing service nice ambiance. Really is a good place would go back again thanks

Years ago, one of the servers was really rude, but I cut him some slack because he was that way with everyone; guess he was fired because people complained. After a year, I go back and the new server was worse. I told the nice lady who works the register that if it is an inconvenience for people to come in and order, just tell us. At this point, the owner/manager is to blame. Never going back. read more

What at this place to order just a sandwich and got overlooked while standing in line his response to the person standing behind me was how can I help you sir. oh sorry did I overlook you, I wasn't just standing there for fun, Customer service sucks read more

OK, first off, this place is WAY too small to be such a clusterfuck. It's like "well, what are we? Deli? Ice cream parlour? Pharmacy? Oh hell, just ram it all in there - it'll fit!" And judging by the schizophrenic signage out front, I'd say that's a pretty good guess of how it all went down. The BLT I ordered came on hamburger buns that are the same as the ones you can buy at the Jewel across the street, one slice of tomato, a heaping helping of shredded iceberg lettuce, and 3 microwaved slices of bacon (yep, saw them microwaving it!) - all this and a 1/4 cup of coleslaw for $6. Oh and a pickle. But really - where are these other reviewers getting the idea that these sandwiches are huge? Pre-packaged buns and too much lettuce do not a large sandwich make, my friend. I guess I was just irritated by the whole set up and how there was too, too much stuff in that joint. Oh, that, and the guy that kept interrupting my purchase of the sandwich by continually asking the girl for "potato pan-cockys. Could I get a pancocky? Come on, just one pancocky." Was he flirting in a bizarrely childlike fashion, or just having trouble enunciating? We shall never know. read more

JB's Deli - Delis Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Incredible. As close as Chicago gets to New York. Which at JBs, you don't need ay closer

Definitely disappointed. Ordered a club, picked out some chips, asked for fruit. Waited. Started to pay, got talked out of the chips because "standard ruffles come with the sandwich". Got home, opened it up to a club sandwich made poorly pounds of turkey, at least an inch and a half of turkey and barely anything else. Way too big to even begin to bite into (had to fork it). No fruit. No chips. Just stale coleslaw. I love sandwiches and I love coleslaw because, to me, its hard to screw either of those things up. JB's is a corner shop that prides itself on its sandwiches. It shouldn't. read more

JB's Deli - Turkey attack! - Delis Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

DO NOT ORDER ONLINE. They took our order and it took over an hour and a half for them to acknowledge our order. and only because we called. They didn't give us an option to come pick it up, they just said they wouldn't send anyone with our and that the owner would offer a courtesy refund. I had to give a star even though customer service alone didn't even deserve that read more

I've been wanting to try JB's for awhile & today was the day! I got it delivered & it arrived sooner than the estimated time. I got the "i like it hot" minus the mustard & i got my guy the "my cardiologist needs a new car", both with pasta salad sides. My guy's eyes bugged out when he saw the sandwich & he rejoiced at the 4 big deli pickles on the side. Both of us could only eat half of our sammies, but the leftovers will be amazing! My brisket/turkey combo was juicy & delicious. His brisket/pastrami/corned beef combo was great-all i could get from him were grunts & mmm's as he tackled it. He really enjoyed the pasta salad & the sandwich. As you can see in the pics, he had already taken several bites and it was still gargantuan! Round 2 on the other halves of our food later. Presently we are in a happy & satisfied food coma. read more

JB's Deli - "My cardiologist needs a new car"... brisket, pastrami, corned beef w/coleslaw, spicy mustard, swiss cheese & horseradish on marbled rye. - Delis Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Bagels are mediocre. Black and white cookies are completely wrong like the baker has never eaten one in their life. Business sells face masks but employees are never wearing them over several weeks of stopping by looking for pharmaceutical products yet they sell face masks? Guess I'm done with them... read more

My husband and I came in here today and were greeting immediately by who I believe was one of the owners. She offered us some free coffee cake to try and ran through the menu on her best recommendations. The guy behind the counter, probably an owner as well made our sandwiches. A lot of Yelp reviews have said he is "rude"- he's not. He's sarcastic which apparently goes over a lot of people's heads sadly. Very nice people, cute deli and the food was great. We got sandwiches to go and re-heated them in the over and they were PERFECT. We will definitely be back. read more

JB's Deli - Delis Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Just had this place for the first time. So good! I had a corn beef sandwich on Challah bread. It was delicious! There coleslaw was a little spicy and also delicious! Try the celery soda with it! read more

JB'sDeli has delicious soups,sandwiches, prepared food ( love them latkes, chicken a la Raphael and stuffed cabbage! ditto the ribs, the meatballs-Swedish or Italian) . It's where I get my smoked fish, fish salads(try the whitefish) and great Nova. The staff are friendly and efficient. It's a GREAT place and a pleasant experience. read more

Drove 45 minutes to get a Ruben to find they close at 4pm when their online hours say 7pm... called twice before driving to place my order but they don't answer their phones. All this could have been prevented. read more

Wouldn't even know how the food tastes, place states closes at 8pm, I got there exactly at 7pm, there are still customers inside, went inside & owner rudely screamed WE'RE CLOSED!! - I guess u don't want our business then? Good! Never coming back! read more

This review is based solely for delivery on a severely hungover starving afternoon. My expectations were fairly low. I needed sustenance. It's a deli. How can they screw anything up?! Well it's like they just don't care. The food tastes like it. I ordered a rueben, BLT and potato pancakes. The rueben was the best of all the items but it was never heated thoroughly. The cheese wasn't melted ever. It was still in a slice form. It had nothing to do with the delivery. It was the person cooking and creating it. The BLT was blah. It was oddly smoky and all the bacon was on one half of the sandwich. Again, it's about how the sandwich was created and you can tell they don't care. Potato pancakes were cold. Not even room temperature, they were cold, tasted old or stale with possibly a freezer burn taste to them. They desperately needed salt and were almost gummy texture. Pickles and the potato chips were the best part of the meal. I'll skip this place in the future. read more

This afternoon our family thoroughly enjoyed the Salad Sampler, a Pastrami on eye, some chicken noodle soup and cinnamon knish . Oy vay!- what a scrumptious spread that was! A sweetie named Monica corralled our items, mustering her co-workers to pitch in and get our order out with all due speed, all the while wearing a beautiful smile! The cheerful banter she engaged in with me did not slow her down one little bit. Chatting later (with a gentleman I will assume is J.B. himself), was entertaining, warm and welcoming, as well as informative! Will we be back!? Just try and stop us! This place is a real gem - and they deliver farther than one might believe for such a small shop. (Caveat: watch for the occasional bone in the whitefish salad. Otherwise, savor it's smoky goodness!) Oh, and if you even just like cinnamon, the cinnamon-apple knish will ROCK your tastebuds! read more

JB's Deli - Deli counter - where it all begins! - Delis Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Just a delicious throwback of a deli . The pastrami sandwich is heaven on earth. A must try!

WOW AM I PISSED!!!! Just ordered JB's for dinner and am extremely sick. So I ordered for delivery, BAD BAD CHOICE. part of my order was missing and when I called to let them know, a worker said the driver probably left it in the car and that he was going to call and see if he could "catch the driver before they got too far." After waiting 5 minutes without any response I called the restaurant and ALL my calls were ignored. AWFUL!!!! Can't believe a business would be so okay with robbing money from their LOYAL CUSTOMERS!!!! Screw you too JB's!!!!! read more

My family and I have been going here for at least 15+ years. We go in and eat, get carry out and order in through Grubhub. Just got my delivery today (over a 50 dollar order), and amongst my order was a 32 ounce soup. They always include a few pieces of challah bread with their soups... when we go in, get carry out or delivery. This is fairly customary for a Jewish deli. Today no challah. So I call the store to let them know and they were fully of excuses and didn't even apologize once or try to smooth things over. Both ladies I spoke to were quite rude and one of them was the manager. She insisted they "never" do that which is a total lie. They lost a long time customer today. There is a way to handle things and they obviously have no clue about customer service or care about keeping their customers read more

Ordered delivery and everything was wonderful! Tuna salad, egg salad, soup, potato pancakes, knish - all amazing. Each dish was packaged well and packed neatly. We will definitely order again and look forward to stopping by in the future! read more

I don't know how this only has 3 stars. They have great sandwiches, a huge selection of soft drinks, and amazing soups! This place is also a pharmacy which sets a really unique Oldschool vibe. I've never used the pharmacy, but their chicken soups have nursed me and my family back to health many times! read more

Everything is spoiled do not eat here... bagels turn moldy after 1 day, cream cheese with no expiration... so gross

My wife and I had a sandwich, Matzo ball soup, pasta salad, challah loaf, and chocolate babka. Very good and we'll be back again.

So last night was my first and last time ordering from JB's. I placed an order @ 5pm and was told food would arrive by 6:45pm, the time came and left so I called and got a lady on the phone who told me the food was just bagged and leaving out and said sorry because they were down one driver, so 8pm came and I drove over to the location to only find them closed for the day and my CC charged and no food to be eaten. I do give McDonald's ***** as I was able to get food sense JB's failed to deliver, so hope this helps someone else from going thru this. read more

I have never been here but heard good things about the food. I couldn't figure out where to order and no one even acknowledged my presence. Someone came in after me and was immediately helped. I got in line behind the guy and after he was helped the man behind the counter looked me in the eyes and walked away. I was there 15 minutes without any acknowledgement so you obviously didn't want my service. read more

It is a real Jewish Deli. The sandwiches are huge even the ones that say they aren't. My only beef would be that it appears that they don't have a flattop grill. So the bread is toasted in a toaster the sandwich is constructed then heated in a microwave to melt the cheese on the reuben or the specialty sandwiches. For this time of covid and not being able to eat it in house and first time I ordered I got ordered pick up and was told 20 minutes....I arrived maybe 15 minutes was told they were behind and to walk around the block..... the second time I also ordered pick up and it was ready when I came in. Very generous with corned beef, pastrami and brisket. Very large sandwiches. I just didn't like that it was toaster bread then zapped in micro. read more

This place is so great! So hospitable and awesome food. Amazing deli, their knish is to die for!

Disrespectful owner! I walk in for the second time to get a sandwich (the bomb wrap) was handed a menu, said $10,95. When to pay its $14,95, questioned how come? Owner with an attitude says prices very, gave me a brochure menu (so another one that I was handed by server initially) which at the bottom he points out that pieces subject to change. After the rude tone "you want it or not?! " just walked out. Never going back again read more

Disappointing. Cons: People not friendly at all. Cobb salad wrap had really old refrigerated bacon, grocery store turkey, and a packet of blue cheese dressing. Grilled hot dogs just okay. The kids weren't thrilled. Pros: Cute exterior, must have been an old pharmacy. Chips were good. Maybe the bagels are better. read more

Attrocious service. I placed an order through their website for delivery. It gave an estimate of 1.5 hours which i was ok with. At 1.5 hour i called them to check on the order and they indicated it still has not gone out and that the driver is delivering 3 orders so they dont know when he will be back. I replied politely that id like to cancel the order and the mn said "you have to go through grubhub". I said "i cant as i placed the order directly from JBs website. At that point he hung up on me. I called back and was immediately hung up on. I called again and was out on hold. I now need to dispute the chatges for this order as im sure they sre not cancelling it. I get places are busy but this place clearly treats customers poorly. read more

I ordered from this restaurant to go and it was delicious! The potato knish was so savory and just what I was craving, and the sandwich I got, the "I only diet on Tuesday" was packed and the meats were quality. They were so kind and sent several extra things I didn't order - some kind of pastry - and it was delicious. So kind and sweet. read more

I saw the article in the Trib as this was a place you had to try for a corned beef sandwich. Sorry to say I did. Worst corned beef sandwich I ever had. It was basically fat with a little meat attached. Very disappointing. read more

This is one of the more interesting Chicago spots. It's a Jewish deli located inside a pharmacy. It's not the kind of place you would go with friends, but for to go food I find it's excellent. I've gotten the matzo ball soup many times and it's always been good. The pastrami and egg salad sandwich is also delicious. Obviously some people have had poor service, but it's been solid for me. read more

It's hard to find a REAL bagel in Chicago. So I'm glad this place is so close to me! I've had good sandwiches from here, too, nothing really fancy but good quality and fresh. Today I had the tuna (which is especially good) on a toasted bagel - might be my new usual. It's nice to have a "mom and pop" feel place in an age when so many chains are around. Every time I've been in the people working have been extremely nice and really willing to get you what you want. read more