11/3/24 Still no rewards. Same person took our order as last Sunday. Not sure if they are training new employees. Anyway, dropping review to 3 stars, for now. read more

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It was okay. I'm not from down south and don't eat meat so maybe this just isn't a place for pescatarians. There were NO seafood topping options. The veggie baked potato was not that exciting. It was a lot of cold veggies on top of a hot potato, minus the sautéed peppers. The woman who took my order was nice. Offered my mother and I a deal. We opted out to get a fill spud, not a half spud. The ambiance is traditional restaurant seating. You place your order and they will bring it to your table with a number. We did take out. But the place seems cool for lunch while at work. read more

McAlister's Deli - Veggie Spud - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Horrible customer service from General Manager. Food is lack lustered, rushed and put together. Called today to let them know what was missing, and Mr. General Manger was so nasty, and never apologized. read more

Food was ok , My tortilla soup was nothing but liquid but hot... sandwich was good. Service was good. Nice folks . Kitchen personnel no hair net. Swinging hair. Made me remember the black hair in my potato the last time. The separating walls and baseboards dirty. Near the small curtains very dusty. The restaurant is dirty. Some cleaning and fresh paint will help and hairnets for the kitchen would be great... read more

This is the slowest service. Hire more people. No one should ever order ahead, and wait 35-40 minutes.

I first tried this restaurant in NC and so glad I get to have it around in SC ! The food is delicious something new I thought was brilliant was their spuds they offer man those things look delicious next time I definitely need to get me that. I had the sweet chipotle chicken sandwich with a side of Mac and cheese! And my friend had the pick 2 offer a spud and sandwich which if you're trying to have something gluten free they can accommodate! The ambiance here fits the place such a cute little spot plenty of space and the people here are helpful and courteous. Check this place out there's lots to try out read more

McAlister's Deli - a table with a number sign - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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McAllister's is just a reliable deli with a good selection of salads, sandwiches, and a variety of loaded potatoes. I do not recommend their chili or anything that sounds Mexican. They are not a Mexican restaurant. When I go, I usually get "choose two," which is half of one item and half of another. Oh, as they take pride in their tea. If you don't like it too sweet, better get half-and-half. Their app also works really well for order ahead. read more

Stopped here on a road trip and I wish we had one back home! I got the Sweet and Spicy Chicken sandwich with chips and a lemonade tea. My fiancé got the Spicy Southwest Chicken sandwich with potato salad. It has a calm atmosphere and the staff was polite while we ordered. I would absolutely recommend McAlister's! read more

McAlister's Deli - Sweet & Spicy Chicken sandwich, Spicy Southwest Chicken sandwich, potato salad, lemonade tea - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

I've been hear about half a dozen times and every time the food and service was good. The food has always been fresh and good portion size. The interior is clean. No complaints, not sure why this location has so many poor reviews. Highly recommend. read more

McAlister's Deli - Pecanberry salad - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Friendly service and efficient during busy lunch time. Recommend this location. Good food and fresh.

has to be the worst mcalisters in town. took 45 minutes to get a to go sandwich today.

Was catered to my office today and I must say the food was amazing, and STILL warm once it arrived. Definitely recommend. read more

McAlister's Deli - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

I usually get good service and the food looks good, but what I got on Tuesday evening looked like they saved some for themselves and threw mine in the to go container. very dis with my choose two nachos. read more

McAlister's Deli - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Ordered a pickup order. When I arrived the girl started they didnt even know what the sandwich was that I ordered. that it wasn't on the menu. Poor run restaurant! Girls were not taking anymore orders at 8:15 and they close at 9pm.... The food was awful and my Turkey club looked like a how mushy sandwich. Turkey club should be cold...over will not go back. Would give them zero stars if that was an option read more

I used to love McAlister's but it's gone so downhill. Orders always wrong or missing items. I was missing my side of Mac and cheese and my brookie. The Ruben, i requested a wrap and I got a messy thrown together sandwich on rye. I understand it's short staffed everywhere but it's ridiculous that it's messed up EVERY TIME I pick up my order. Id recommend checking your bag and what's inside of the boxes before leaving the store since clearly no one pays attention to the item details and they could care less about your order. Also I think their "chili" is Hormels hot dog chili lol read more

McAlister's Deli - I asked for a wrap. - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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I ordered this as a late-night meal for my hotel.I ordered through doordash and it was delivered within 20 minutes of the time that I ordered it. The macaroni and cheese was mediocre at best but the club sandwich was very good. My rating system consists of a 3-star being exactly what you expected and neither good nor bad. A 4 means something was extra special and a 5 means you were blown away. A 2 star rating was disappointing and a 1-star rating is terrible read more

McAlister's Deli - Club sandwich - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Not my favorite deli. Wife enjoys it. Me, just not a great deli. Typical American fare. I just go and enjoy time with her.

If I say no bacon I Mean no bacon. I have an allergy to bacon I order my food to go make it very clear no bacon or pork at all. And I get a whole lot of bacon on my plate once I open it when I got home. Starting breaking out in hives as soon as I opened the box. Smh I paid 35$ for 2 of these the same way and y'all literally added a whole pig on my sandwich. read more

McAlister's Deli - King Club - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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I placed a to-go order over the phone specifically with a representative because my order is always wrong. I ordered a Mcalister's CLUB with no tomatoes on WHITE because I'm allergic to wheat bread. She read my order back verbatim however I still received a Mcalister's KING club on WHEAT bread with Tomatoes! I'm a nurse that works night shift so when I opened my box to see what I had of course they were already closed. This is the 4th time this has happened at the Two Notch Rd location. I am completely over it! read more

I tried. I really did. Pros: The manager was nice. He was definitely trying. They let us move tables together for our group. The dining room was clean. Fast service. Cons: Just don't. Bathrooms were dirty and they were out of toilet paper. Several of the orders were heard wrong and/or entered incorrectly resulting in the wrong things coming to the table. The staff was not bright and really uncertain about their roles and what they were supposed to be doing. The food: I ordered the Black Angus spud. It is a potato, with deli style angus, cheese and au jus sauce poured over. Maybe it was all in the perspective but I was expecting a potato in au jus sauce. I was on whole 30 so I got it sans cheese but it was just gross. Cheese could not have saved this spud. The meat has zero flavor, there was just a tiny bit of au jus added to the potato and it also had no flavor. My fellow diner ordered a spicy southwest sandwich and said hers was also extremely bland. Several other people in our party mentioned that everything was sub par. The dining room wasn't comfortable and didn't encourage you to stay. We were out in about 30 mns flat. For the price you pay, none of what we ordered was worth it. We were hungry again in a couple of hours. If it's up to me, we won't be back. Note: I have eaten here before and it's been better. I don't know if it's because I was in the church crowd after service when they were slammed, or if I just ordered a paltry item. See for yourself what you think! read more

Food was amazing. Had the Savannah salad with parmesan cheese and pecans instead of almonds with the raspberry dressing. Friends had a baked loaded potato, mac n cheese, and steak sandwich. All were super tasty and out SUPER FAST... in less than 10 minutes, possibly 5. Highly recommend. Will definitely come back! read more

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Do not come here for lunch unless you have 1&1/2 - 2 hours to spend. I keep trying to give this place a chance but have never gotten in and out in under an hour for a simple single sandwich order read more

argh. I got wraps and fruit; the wraps were alright. although some were super sweet almost like sugar was in it? that wasn't my fav. the super downside was that some of the fruit was fuzzy n moldy. none if it tasted fresh. read more

Food here is very average and overly priced. Tons of better options in the immediate area. Avoid. Additionally, I witnessed an employee aggressively accuse a child of stealing a cookie, even though the boy's mother had just paid for said cookie. The parent was Caucasian and the child was African-American. You can do the math here. read more

I love the two for two and I always get their Nachos as my first item and then try different items as my second. Try it!

The employees at the store were great and trying their best. Unfortunately, I and all other customers were experiencing a 50 minute wait just to have our order taken because the location was receiving lots of online orders in addition to the brisk business with walk-in customers, and there was only one person working the front and two people working the kitchen. This was on a Saturday between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The management majorly miscalculated the staffing requirements resulting in poor customer service and frustrated work staff. The waitress in the front was close to tears, and I heard the people in the kitchen losing their minds and saying they needed to lock the doors. read more

Walked out. 2:45 in the afternoon. Waited more than 10 mins! to get my order taken and still was ignored by staff. Carefully not making eye contact even though we are at the counter waiting. No one in front of us when we walk in. 10 + mins later someone walked in the side door and was greeted immediately! we looked at the folks waiting behind us, All of us walked out. read more

Wonderful little place to have a quiet dinner! With an array of salads, soups, sandwiches, and "Spurs", McAlister's offers a menu that will please everyone! The chicken tortilla soup was tasty with a bit of a kick! And the baked potato was huge! Pretty much took up a whole plate! I'll be returning to try some differenf it's end from their wide variety! read more

McAlister's Deli - Baked spur - Delis Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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Never fails .. every single time I order pick up or delivery ... they charge extra for stuff and do not provide it!! You called to complain about it. You end up talking to some kid who doesn't really care and you get nowhere. When I go into eat, that is not the issue...but if you order delivery or pick up our you're wasting your money. read more

Amazing! Fast, friendly service! Food was out of this world! It had been years since I'd eaten at a McAlisters...will absolutely be a return customer now! read more

This place is definitely not worth more than 3 stars. Sandwiches and Salads are adequate. Nothing to brag about. Service is extremely slow. Waiting 24 minutes for a salad I'm sure they're just pouring out of a plastic bag is ridiculous. There's really no interaction with the staff. Nothing but ordering your food and somebody bringing it to the table. Nothing to write home about...... Revision: we gave them another chance this weekend. Service was so much better. Only one problem.... the soup I ordered wasn't available, so they took it upon themselves to pick one out for me. I had to return it and get a different one. I wish they had asked me first. Other than that.... lunch was good. Thanks! read more

i had ordered an italian sub and when i tell you that dis jawn bussed respectfully fr, i ain't cappin on my mom. sub went dummy no lie. it's like that. finna rizz up some more once more bread gets tossed my way. words i would use to describe my experience dope, lit, live, and hype. thank you mcallister for reminding me of gods goodness. read more

Order new Yorker with lettuce tomato and onion side of pickles and no pickle, as well as no tomato. My girlfriend ordered a spicy turkey melt that came with the wrong kind of cheese, making it essentially a provolone turkey melt. Great atmosphere but attention to detail, or ya know the actual ingredients that come on the sandwich, is greatly lacking. read more

Great food, great service. The sweet tea was good, not my #1 favorite but still good. I've gotten takeout from here multiple times and always has been 10/10. The Cinnabon cookies are the best thing ever. read more

My husband just waited 40 minutes for a kid's Mac n cheese order I had placed 30 minutes prior via automated service. There was apparently no one working. In the meantime his dinner got cold that I had cooked for him. We will never order from here again. Food has always been sub par but my kid likes their Mac n cheese. We will never order from here again. read more

Rudest staff. Sharon was so huffy and snarky. So disappointed. Food was good But the rudeness ruined the experience.

I have tried to like their iteration of the Reuben, three times. It was sloppy with meat mounded up to one section of the halved sandwich. The cheese was also placed off center and the whole thing is a mess. That was the first one so a second try was in order. Not much better so I went for a third try. Worse than the first one. It is really getting old to blame covid for every thing wrong when the workers do not give any attention to detail. Do not bother to try this place. read more

I really wish that I could give 0 as a rating. Picture this: * School night, after a hard days work, 2 hungry kids and waiting to receive my order. Once received, I set my children up with their plates and upon opening my salad, I realized that the avocado I'd paid extra for was completely brown. Disappointed, I placed it aside and decided to try the rest of the salad. Once I begin eating, I kept hearing a buzzing sound. It wasn't my phone; but before I could place the next fork full in my mouth, the sound seemed even louder as that fork full had just uncovered a fly in my salad. *I tell my kids to stop eating. Because again, I had already given McAlister's the benefit of the doubt, when I first uncovered my salad and saw that my avocado I paid extra for was COMPLETELY BROWN. *I called the restaurant and spoke to Ashley who presented herself as the new manager and apologized for the experience stating that she also has children and understood how hectic things can be on a school night and all with hungry children and in I stated to her that after spending $90.95 at her establishment I now still had to find a way to feed my kids before bed. I stated that under the circumstances I did not feel comfortable eating anything else or allowing my children to do so. I requested a refund and said I'd provide photos if needed. She kept apologizing and said she would contact her manager and BiteSquad in order to refund me because as a new manager she was not aware of the exact procedure. She then assured me SHE would call me back with any additional updates. *Next thing I know, I receive a call from a guy who speaks so fast I could barely keep up. I heard him say he was the manager. So, I figured he was probably the General Manager. First, he said that the food did not come from his establishment at: 4710-A Forest Dr Columbia, SC 29206 I then confirmed that I still had my screen up and verified that indeed, the food was prepared at the Forest Drive location as shown also on BiteSquad. He then began speaking like he was talking down to me as if to put me in my place assuring me that he'd been in the restaurant business for 30 Yrs and that he'd never had any issues at his establishments and that there are no records of any problems at the Health Department or anywhere else. He kept saying very authoritatively, "I can assure you." Then, after he went through his statements, I said: "Okay. How soon can you finalize your communications with BiteSquad in order for me to receive my refund?" I should say that it was my intention to make that statement because I did not get to finish. He raised his voice and began talking over me. Told me: "No maa'm we will not be calling BiteSquad. You will." I tried to talk, but couldn't. I managed to say: "Why are you yelling and talking over me?" He admitted it by saying: "I am because you're making accusations and we're not going to call anybody." *I then proceded as best I could to say to him that since he felt no responsibility in the matter, I would then proceed to contact the news channel and the Health Department with photos and receipts. Aside from the fact that I am a vlogger and I will ensure to spread the word. Owners/Managers/Employees need to be aware that in pretty much any situation in life one can with respect, empathy, and in this case, accountability resolve almost any situation. In some cases, there can be a 'turn around' if you wish. However, for him to call me with such an arrogant demeanor and tone and then proceed to yell at me, when my family was affected and we did not at any time proceed to yell or even make any rude statements, it's absolutely unacceptable. Up until he called, Ms. Ashley had thus far, handled the matter in a very professional manner and she can and should attest to the fact that when I called I proceeded to identify myself, provided the receipt number and total and calmly explained the matter without EVER being rude or unkind. Yet, she did not keep her word as it relates to being the one handling this throughout. Not happy. Will not EVER eat at this establishment and will proceed as stated to report the matter even further. To the male manager, whose name I believe began with an A, (because he spoke so fast I did not get it) I hope you feel it was worth it to behave and respond in such a fashion. read more

I have supported this place fir a few years and even when their business was way down during COVID-19. Today I walk in and there are several front staff all ignoring the growing line of customers. I ask who can take an order and we are told only at the to go counter so we all shuffle down there. It was a bit confusing that would have easily been handled by a simple sign at each register simply saying closed see next register. When picking up my order the manager asked if she could help and when I mentioned this she got a very condescending tone. Look I get that everyone is struggling but no need to be nasty about it. There are far too many places to get food and now I would just as soon go to gaupo's. read more

There's a Groucho's right across the street. I don't know why people go to Groucho's when this place exists. McAlister's has never slumped on meat for the past 2 years I've been regularly going there. It seems there are new menu items every month, and every single one has been decadent. Highly recommend the black cherry spinach salad. New favorite item. read more