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    Philly's Best

    3.9 (366 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    With mushrooms and cheese
    Laurel T.

    I'll be honest, I don't come here as much as I should. But whenever I'm craving a Philly, this is the only place I come to This place is located in a private parking lot with up close parking and As soon as we walked in we were greeted by Carli. She was extra helpful and incredibly friendly You walk in and order at the counter. We ordered two cheesesteaks and some fries. They do have a lot of different varieties of cheesesteaks here. Including chicken Philly, some salads, a vegetarian Philly and etc. Unfortunately, when we got there they were already out of onion rings (we even got there pretty early) they must be really good, because while I was sitting here a bunch of people came in trying to order them. The fries were delicious though! You take a seat and then wait for your food to be called and you pick it up yourself. It took maybe about 12-15 minutes for everything. In the meantime we helped ourselves to the soda fountain This place actually does remind me of a small run of the mill cheesesteak place you'd find in Philly. Of course it's decked out in sports memorabilia (such as the eagles flags and flyers signs) They also have TVs with the games playing. When I came In they had a football game on that some people were watching. Someone even asked if Carli would turn up the volume and she came out and did. The food is delicious The prices aren't bad Service is great I'm a ranch girl, but I did grab some ketchup packets. They were from a brand called red gold ketchup with a cause. And on the packet it has an American flag and says Folds of honor. Which is a non-profit providing educational scholarships for families of fallen or disabled service members. So I appreciate them supporting a cause when they could of just gotten any old brand I will always come back whenever I have a craving for a Philly

    Mushroom Cheesesteak (l) and Philly's Best Cheesesteak (r)
    Mandi T.

    I'm so happy that we live by a Philly's best. They're friendly and helpful with suggestions. Food is always served piping hot and fresh. We normally eat in and it's clean. The hubby loves their food, reminds him of Philly. He gets the mushroom cheesesteak and I get the Philly's best. But don't forget the ketchup and the side of pickles :) I get the fries and nomnomnom. Plenty of parking, right next to coffee bean.

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    Em M.

    great steaks fast service can be better but hay we are not in Philadelphia but the cheesesteak are decent and chicken steak is my favorite

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    Cross S.

    This was my first time trying it and oh boy was it so good and the sandwhich was huge. The service was kind and speedy which is great. And the ambiance is all Philadelphia themed whi ch bi thought was cool.

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    James A.

    Great place for an authentic philly cheese steak sandwich, eating in, surrounded by a mom'n'pop atmosphere, even though it is a chain. Didn't realize how many Philly's Best sandwich shops there are in Southern California, 19 now per their website (which has a nice writeup about their history), with the first one being founded in Fountain Blue, CA in 1992 . Its popularity must be more than customers that are just Philadelphia transplants. Plenty of parking at this strip mall location, and the place was empty when we came past the lunch rush on a Friday afternoon. It's menu does contain both hot and cold sandwiches. It's a fast food set-up where you stand in-line to peruse the menu sign, then placing and paying for your order. There is a self-serve soda fountain with Coke products, so got a fountain soda ($2.99). The sandwiches are made after your order, so it took about 10 minutes for my name to be called. Went up to grab the sandwiches, and was offered hot peppers and pickles. Was really glad that I said 'Yes'. The thing about regional sandwiches, is they usually grew from local, inexpensive ingredients that could be supplied year round. I've learnt that bread from Amoroso Bakery in Philadelphia is a must for an authentic cheesesteak, and that it's a steak sandwich not a beef sandwich. It's supposed to use quality beef cut meant for steak (like ribeye)...this is very different than our favorite regional Chicago Italian beef, which intentionally uses the toughest cuts of beef, braised very slowly. -- Classic Cheesesteak ($11.49) - beef, bread, cheese. That's all my wife will eat on her hot (never cold) sandwich, and this is exactly what they provide here. -- Philly's Best ($12.49) - always got to get the sandwich that's named after the restaurant itself, right? This also didn't disappoint. The white american cheese had been melted to produce that sticky goo that binds the meat to the bread, to make the eating of the sandwich relatively clean. The cheese is a must here. And the 'steak' meat is very good. Plus the vinegary peppers and pickles helped cut through the richness of the sandwich. I loved this sandwich. -- Cheese fries ($4.99) - really well fried french fries, topped with a generous amount of cheese whiz. I would bet you could ask to replace the cheese on the sandwich with cheese whiz instead (which is a perfectly acceptable version of a cheesesteak). We devoured these. The place is decorated not nearly as much with Philadelphia merch as I was expecting. Maybe the original sandwich shop in Fountain Blue is much more obnoxious with their pride....my personal experience is that Philadelphia sports fans are not shy about their favorite teams, no matter if they are in enemy territory or not. Of course, this is a franchise location...wonder if as a franchise owner, you are REQUIRED to show Philly sports memorabilia on the walls? Was impressed with the value, considering the ingredients and the need to import some pieces from far away. Pretty confident that a sandwich with these ingredients from a non-chain restaurant would be at least 50% more, or be a lot smaller in size/volume. Heck, it compares very well with the cheesesteak sandwich from Jersey Mike's in terms of value, and this is a much better sandwich.

    I was disgusted with my order my sub had no meat i had more bread then anything. Everyone i order from Long Beach this is the result

    Philly cheesesteak salad.  Really good!!
    Chris D.

    If you're avoiding carbs but craving a Philly Cheesesteak this is your place! They've got cheesesteak salads that totally satisfied my craving! It's off the traffic circle with plenty of parking. Staff were kind of grumpy but that seems to be the case for every Philly's Best so it's expected. Rest of my group got traditional Philly's with fries and were all happy. Definitely be back since the location closest to me went under few years ago.

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    The cheesesteaks & onion rings never miss!! Their staff are always friendly and have a smile on their face! Best sandwiches in Long Beach!

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    The closest to the real thing anywhere around. With amazing management who cares about quality!!!

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    Great service, friendly staff- good food. Great stop for lunch. Hoping they have Diet Coke soon

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    Great little shop! Definitely get your Philly Cheese steak from here. Cheese in every bite. Get the Philly best. Staff are great and helpful

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    Ask the Community - Philly's Best

    Do they have Wiz?? Not authentic otherwise hehe

    yeth

    Do they toast their rolls? Are they able to if not?

    yeah they can u just gotta ask

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    We just came into have drinks on the rooftop. A member to our party was on the Ada section. The…read morestaff member who all the staff claimed was the "GM" margarita walked up aggressively to him and said to get off. He immediately complied and proceeded to then antagonize him by telling him people eat there. He said yes I understand and got off. She proceeded to turn back MULTIPLE times to keep going. She then said you and your party can get out or I can call the cops. When I asked the clear manager in his outfit, requesting who the fake GM was, he along with the Bartender on shift played stupid as to supply her name. Margarita clearly was not a GM but felt that she needed to keep creating an unnecessary situation. The situation was already de escalated when he complied with what she asked. Do better with your staffing saint and second.

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    stopped by for breakfast and while the food was good/ok/decent, I don't think I'll be back for…read morequite some time. first, I asked if I could have a macchiato and the server said yes and confirmed to me that it was espresso with foam. Cool, they can make it. what I got was a cup of coffee in a to go cup (even though I was dining in) with milk and a foam, so really what I got was a flat white. the other coffee ordered was a latte which was pretty standard I ordered the chicken sandwich ($12) which comes on a biscuit and a side of fruit, to round it out I also ordered the yogurt bowl which is yogurt and granola. When the sandwich came out it looked rather disappointing. The biscuit itself is small, probably the size of a Pillsbury dough biscuit, and the chicken wasn't much bigger. nothing else on it like a green, coleslaw, sauce, etc. just these two items. However, it did come with a side of a honey butter. the side of fruit was about 8 pieces split between pineapple, melon, and grapes. the whole sandwich was dry, which can be expected from a biscuit, but this was just too dry for me. the yogurt bowl($8) came in a small bowl that had a large flaring, basically the entire dish was large but the bowl portion was small. I eat yogurt everyday and the amount you get is probably half the size of a standard serving of yogurt (170g) and it was sparsely sprinkled with granola. my partner ordered a chorizo burrito ($15) and while she raved about the flavor the size of it was laughable, especially considering there are plenty of spots in LB that serve double or even triple the size of this burrito at or near the same price lastly, and the most disappointing of all, was the cinnamon roll($8). they were on display at the register and figured yeah I want one of those and instead of giving it to me right then and there it was brought with the rest of the food but it was not warmed up, which made me question why I waited for it. It was rool temp, burnt, and hard. I do want to try other items but the price you pay for what you get, especially considering this experience I had, is off putting.

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