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    Judy's Deli

    4.4 (84 reviews)
    InexpensiveDelis
    Closed 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids

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    Cheri W.

    #29 Salami and Pastrami. First time here and will definitely be back. Great sandwich and wonderful service!

    Club special
    Lindsey A.

    My oh my. Did this pregnant lady FEAST. Everything was soooo delicious, from the fresh fruit smoothie, to our sandwiches and the Mac salad. She even threw in a few chocolate chip cookies. We're here on vacation and sad we only have 1 more day, cause if we didn't we would probably eat here for lunch every day! I will be dreaming of this sandwich for quite some time. Thanks Judy!

    Monster burrito claiming potato,ham, cheese and EGG
    Joe N.

    In her menu she puts that are monster breakfast burritos are $3 and some change. I ordered it over the phone and once driving there She charged me 7.55 and het only response was that the menu is OLD. IT'S HER RESPONSIBILITY TO CHANGE IT. Otherwise she's luring in customers, falsely advertising and making a living. I could have went anywhere else and got a decent burrito with more ham and real cheese for the same pricing.

    Love this place. One of the best sandwich shops in Carlsbad & the nicest owner

    Love this place. One of the best sandwich shops in Carlsbad & the nicest owner. 10/10

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    Jay P.

    If you like to support small businesses, I recommend trying this place out! Judy is super sweet and very welcoming. Sandwiches are great for the price and there's tons of snacks and drinks to buy on the side. I'll be definitely be returning to this deli!

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    Lily W.

    What a treat!!! This hidden gem is off the main road, but wow, its fantastic!!! Great food and a super cheerful owner!!!!

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    Good selection of menu items. BIG problem when your advertised business line doesn't pick up after re-dialing for over 5 minutes??

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    Judy is the best! Very sweet lady who makes delicious food. Convenient to get to, lots of parking in the lot. She has specials every day.

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    Judy's was friendly with quick service and the BLT was fabulous! Highly recommend a stop here!

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    Stumbled on this small sandwich shop in Carlsbad. Very happy with the quality of the sandwiches and service. Will be back!

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    5 years ago

    Fabulous sandwich (The Club) and great menu. My only complaint is they wrapped the sandwich in paper that leaked all over the car.

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    5 years ago

    Great corner Deli - in Carlsbad Business park by the airport.. Really friendly people and always fresh.

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    SOO GOOD! The best local sandwich shop and they're so nice. Food is delicious and macaroni salad is incredible. 10/10 would recommend!

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    7 years ago

    This is a great place. Great selection, the bread is fresh and they even have sprouts... support your local businesses!

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    4.4(392 reviews)
    5.1 mi
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    This is my go to place to get a great sandwich! Always fresh always interesting choices and for me…read morethe chicken salad doesn't get any better and for my wife neither does the egg salad. My deal is to have a sandwich at the restaurant and then bring home a carton of chicken salad and egg salad and a dinner entrée, we went pot roast with vegetables and mashed potatoes. It was fantastic as always thank you pronto easy Parking nice outside patio and great service. Can't ask for anything more wish they were open on weekends.

    I used to frequent this place quite a bit in the past before the new owners took over…read more Speaking only from my experience, this place has changed a lot, prices have gone up but that's not a shock, everywhere you go nowadays and doesn't have to be even a decent deli, sandwiches are ridiculously expensive, $16 for a sandwich? Really? Or even more depending where you go. Frankly I don't know how anyone can afford it any longer but that's a different story. The new owners still don't even seem to know what they are doing after I would say 3yrs now, maybe even more since taking over this place. I used to love going here, now I go maybe once every 3 months if even that and I know why. The service is not the same, the owners are clueless and the food doesn't taste the same at all. The atmosphere of feeling like you are at home when most everyone but mostly the owner remembered you, would come talk to you, helped you and knew what she was taking about, is all gone. I was there yesterday for one of my favorite sandwiches, meatball sandwich. I like that the meatballs are small, not a size of a baseball or even larger, just perfect size, tasty etc. I go up to the register and instead of his clueless wife when you ask her a question and she looks at you as if you're from another planet then has to go and ask one of her employees which that in itself looks totally bad, this time was her husband who looks to me for now the 4th time through the year I visited, that should just stick to staying in the gym since he looks like someone that takes care of himself that way, quite fit, and although nothing at all with that, perhaps leave the deli part of it to someone else and go back to working out instead, it seems his forte. When I told him the sandwich I wanted, he clearly said to me "what would you like with the sandwich" a question I was never asked before because it simply came with a small bag of chips or pasta salad, so I asked what did the sandwich come with, "it comes" the word that he used "it comes with", not "extra charge" and he mentioned French fries, bag of chips while he pointed where the chips were, pasta salad. I said, "I'll try the French fries". Not ONE TIME he said to me that none of the items he mentioned to me were extra charge, I even told him, "oh they come with all that you just told me"? He said yes. When I paid the total came to $24 dollars, the sandwich itself was $13.65 and a coke that I ordered was $3, how did it get to $24? Well, the French fries were extra cost. Had I chosen a bag of chips, the once he pointed at were also extra charge just like if I ordered pasta salad, I found out about the extra charge from the lady that brought me the sandwich and I asked why my bill was $24 dollars, SHE, not the owner told me about the extra charges. After I said to her, "why didn't or doesn't the owner tell you so instead of saying that these extras come with the sandwich" she looked at me and said "I don't know". She didn't even know however any of the prices of the sandwich they sell. These are the new employees now. I know you are going to think why I didn't ask right away why my bill was $24 dollars. I didn't even think about it immediately, I was hungry at this point, the place was quite busy and I wanted to find a place to sit, no excuse, but didn't think about it right away. Not until I set down and then started thinking about why my bill was higher. That was my fault. I should have immediately asked and actually I should have gone to the owner afterwards and mentioned to him that he should tell the customers correctly, meaning do NOT SAY "IT COMES WITH" that means IS NOT EXTRA CHARGE. He needs to say that wherever we want with it, there is an extra, then up to the customer if he/she wants it or not. The sandwich did not taste like the way it used to taste, meatballs still small but they were very salty, and the fries although I will say cooked pretty nice, crispy and all, a very small portion and also very salty. Overall and sadly for me because I truly liked this place a lot with the previous owner, it's not a place I would go back to. The prices are as high and now higher than any other place nowadays, nothing spectacular, their bakery department is now very limited, used to be huge and very nice selections, they used to have a pastry chef in the back that made the best deserts, and I don't know if they also changed cook, but nothing tastes the same. The place is always very busy, so I am sure I won't be missed, I won't waste my money here again. The new owners should by now know what they sell, know how to interact with customers better, know the job they took over. The owners before were absolutely wonderful and great to talk to, they would interact with you ask you if everything was ok, great service from the staff. I miss them and the new owners really need to step up, it's time. The place also very dirty on floors, tables, trash cans totally disgusting and filthy.

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    4.4(253 reviews)
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    I am so in awe over this place. My partner heard about it over conversation from some really cool…read morecustomers at her work, and decided to suprise me! Wayde (I hope thats spelled correctly) was so sweet when we walked in and gave us the run down and made some great suggestions. If you plan on sitting down to eat, I highly recommend getting there early because seating is limited but also its a great spot to grab and go to the beach! We got the DBL (as first timers) with the beef fat fries. The flavor profile and portions are SOOO worth it. Be wise and come to The Wise Ox

    our DRY-AGED BURGERS (havarti, bacon, mustard, mayo, and house-made pickles) weren't just dry-aged,…read morethey were drier than old boot leather. I get that smash burgers are all the rage these days, but if a burger patty spends as much time on the second side as it did on the first, it's not crustified; it's as tough and juiceless as jerky. an abundance of aging primals are on display at the WISE OX. when they're cut into steaks, the trimmings are ground for burgers. a not-particularly-wise cow died for our sins (so said the family's vegan son who begged off lunch). honor that and cook the meat properly. to not do so is beyond sacrilegious. if I told the meat cutter (aka the "butcher") I was going to use the dry-aged Rib Eyes or New Yorks he'd just carved up to make jerky, he'd be horrified. so, why isn't he raging at the guy on the grill doing that to our burgers? the BEEF FAT FRIES (aka Tallow Fried Fries) still have great flavor, but are still way, way, way too salty. check the photo, and count the visible salt crystals if your cardiologist's on speed dial.

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