It's been 6-7 years since I've had Primo's, and now I remember why... Despite using Lisco's rolls, there's little enjoyable about their sandwiches. To wit...my friend ordered the Abruzzi, and all she could do was gasp for air and chug water, as without the broccoli raab, it was Saharan. No option to wet it like real Italian pork. My Supremo was hardly supremo with flavors competing but never melding. It's a shame because after all these years nothing has improved. There's a lot of better options for good hoagies and specialty sandwiches. read more

Tired of getting screwed.. Paid extra for long hots. They put one small one on the whole hoagie. Ordered the bada boom, which is a cutlet that comes with Long hots. And they just skipped the long hots all together. read more

Ordered here a few times over the past couple of years. Generally these people are pretty polite and on point. I usually order online and the order is ready in the allotted time. The bread is always very fresh. Parking here is a challenge so be advised that competes with the restaurant next-door and the park. read more

Enjoy Primo product, but I'm done trying to order from here. This was my third and final time. Excited to watch the NCAA bball tourney with some tasty primo sandwiches and went to order same on the app at 11am for a 3pm pickup. Order was going well until time to pay. The third party app they use would not process my card information, so I called. The store told me that actually they had received the order for 5 sandwiches to be picked up at 3, all set. I confirmed with my phone number and they agreed. Problem is, when I got there at 3pm, there was no record of my order. Then who in the he77 did I talk with who confirmed the 5 sandwich order associated with my phone number?? Similar to the prior two problems I've had there, there will not be a fourth opportunity to let me down. Wish I could post a picture of the sandwiches in all of their glory, but alas, I have none. read more

Hoagie not made to order. Smallest hoagie ever. More lettuce than there is meat. Way overpriced for what I got.

Every time I try they find a new way to fail . Placed my order, paid, then showed up to pick up at noon and the stores not open . Primos is fine just go to another store though, I am really done this time . read more

First time ordering from this location and probs won't be back. Walked in to pickup online order and girl at counter wasn't welcoming at all. Two guys in back looked miserable just standing there. Got home and my side of pickles was missing and the roll was rock hard. Have ordered from other locations with no issues. read more

Called and ordered hoagies for the family for lunch. Young man answered and was so pleasant! They were very busy but ready when I went to pick up. Clean and safe! Sandwiches delicious! Kids and adults cleaned their plates. Thanks for the great service! read more

I'm a rewards member. System didn't work so couldn't add my large hoagie to my account. No receipt given. And the worst part was they put Mayo on the hoagie, which was NOT requested, and is a major violation. Will not be going back to this location. read more

Awesome Hoagies tried it for the first time , and would definitely go again . Not too expensive , filling sandwiches and great varieties.

Our catering order for 40+ people was completely missing. Completely ruined our event. I would not do business here in the future nor recommend it to others. read more

Great space. Excellent service. Friendly staff. Legendary ownership. Go get a hoagie here NOW!

Basic sandwiches are OK, but do not bother to order extra anything, because you won't get it. I've ordered extra cheese in the past and not gotten it, in my opinion. Today I ordered x2 of cheese (paying an extra $2) in a bowl, and what I got was 4 slices of cheese. I am pretty sure, in my pre-gluten-free past 3 or 4 slices of cheese were standard. I definitely didn't get what paid for my cheese upgrade today. read more

2 stars because I thought the potato salad was really good. Hoagie could have used more oil & vinegar. I got the italian hoagie but mine didn't come with lettuce, tomato & onion which was disappointing. I think it would have been really good with more oil, vinegar & veggies. read more

Hoagies are awesomeness here and there is a new owner named George- the place pumps out really good food and is legit philly Style One of my friends I came with is gluten free and the made a Hoagie salad for him - that was a nice touch Overall I rated it 5 star for quick service, affordable and a really good Italian Hoagie!! Best in Downingtown read more

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Incredibly friendly staff, and fantastic hoagies! Was pleased with the overall experience. A bit busy during lunch rush but the staff managed it well. read more

Was disappointed in my meal. I got the Tuna Diablo. My favorite choice from Primos and it tasted like tuna straight out of the can. I usually go to the Ardmore location, but wanted to give this one a try. The lettuce was wet and stringy, and the tomatoes looked old. Doubt I'll go back to this location. read more

Primos is my favorite hoagie place, so why one star? I believe this location is under new management. Ordered tonight or staff not especially pleasant. Got home to hoagies on rock hard rolls. I'm guessing 3 - 4 days old. I'll drive out of my way to a different location but I won't be back to this one. read more

Well I'm done with this place. You know those reviews where they say the manager/owner were being rude after the patron had a bad experience? I always thought those were fake. I have to say the sandwiches are ok, while some are really good. But I just don't trust what goes on behind the scenes now to come here. read more

Simply the best Hoagie in Downingtown, Great food and Great service, I'm eating a Primo as we speak... Primos is the Cadillac of the sandwich game... I've been a customer from day 1 and absolutely nothing compares. I just got 4 hoagies in celebration of Hoagie Day and I'm telling you these are the best in Pennsylvania. 5 star all the way...... It's something special about those meats.... read more

We got a Buffalo chicken cheesesteak and the Soprano. Both were pretty good! The rolls were super fresh! Provolone cheese was delicious. Went in and ordered take out. Waited about 5-8 mins and we were on our way. I would for sure recommend! Thanks Primo's! read more

Been going to the primo franchise for years. Come up into town a few times a year. Ordered 2x old Italian Wholes to split. Either they forgot the oil and vinegar or they just didn't put enough on. Overall good but wish they got our order right or were more consistent. read more

For me it is the simple things in customer service that make or break an experience. Ordered 7 hoagies last night. They forgot one and were willing to fix the problem but had zero apologies for making me drive back. They made multiple Italian hoagies which had slight variations and failed to mark the differences on the wrapper. The hoagies were good but I'll likely drive the extra distance to find another franchise location next time. read more

Every time I come here I'm more satisfied then the last time I left. They do an exceptional job of providing me with great service and excellent cuisine. Very happy. read more

Stay away! Ordered and paid for a hot sandwich, waited 25 minutes and they a cold version of a hot sandwich. I handed it back and waited another 20 minutes for a hot sandwich not originally ordered. The receipt has a "feedback" contact...as a business owner I always see feedback as an aid to providing better services...I wrote feedback and the next day I got a response from a George Lombardo. He provided excuses and more excuses. I finally asked for a refund which he refused because I received a sandwich (albeit not the one I ordered). There are plenty of places to eat, stay away from this poorly run, cold and drafty spot. read more

What happened to this place? I ordered a small old Italian with a long hot. I got small old Italian with meat, cheese and a long hot. Nothing else. I've never been to a hoagie shop where had to tell them to add lettuce, tomato and onion. I was staying in KOP so didn't return it. It's my suspicion that the kid who took the order actually ordered it that way. Maybe they should do kiosk ordering instead. read more

My favorite place to get lunch. Clean, great staff... I love a good Primo's hoagie and they go above and beyond here

I occasionally purchase sandwiches from Primo. I like the their sandwiches. Problem is the service is poor. Today I stopped their and knew what I wanted. The person taking the order seemed totally out of it. I think I would had a more productive conversation with a Door Knob. I had to say what I wanted several times. I wanted swiss cheese on the sandwich and this person said they didn't carry swiss cheese. Looking up at the huge menu hanging above my head it listed several sandwiches with Swiss. The other person working their had to correct him. The sandwich took very long to make. The role was somewhat stale. I've had much better sandwiches there. On two other occasions I purchased a bag of chips and handed to the order taker. They never placed the chips in the bag, again this happened twice. I wish I can give a better revue, like I said the sandwiches are good, service not so good. read more

I love Primo I really do - but how do you order a Nonna's and get eggplant with onions only? Forgot quite a few items there......

This is my favorite hoagie place!!! The rolls are the freshest. The meats and cheeses are the best. I go to dialysis in the area. One of the techs told me to try a hoagie place in Exton well known. Well I did and no comparison to Primos, none !!!!! I would never go back. There is NO place as good as Primos!!!! read more

Im changing my mind on this because I realize corporate dictated so heavily that they cannot heat up sandwhiches. When I am not pregnant I really enjoy the food. read more

The cutlets are the best, lI've that parm. Mmmmmmmm

i ordered an audiablo hoagie with toppings on the side. i just got bread, meat and cheese. great job it was really "primo"

Hands down the WORST PrimoHoagies around, Downingtown, PA. Ordered 3 Hoagies (Big T Diablos) and got 3 (Big T Primos). None of the Hoagies had the correct toppings. Worst part was it was an in store order and they still couldn't get it right. I could maybe expect they get it wrong over the phone but would probably do that as well. All the other Primo Hoagie locations are by far way better. Hopefully its not the same franchise owner but just bad management and horrible training. read more

The service here is incompetent. I ordered 2 sandwiches at 11:58. They told me 20 mins. 12:58 and I'm still sitting here. 5 customers walked up, ordered, and walked out with their food. No sense of urgency and they certainly didn't lose the order. Manager was more incompetent than the college kids he hired. Never coming back. read more

A very disappointing super bowl Sunday - and not just talking about the Eagles loss. We placed an order online 4 days prior for 2 regular sized hoagies. Pick up time for 4pm - they called and said running behind and it would be more like 4:30pm. I get there at 4:30 and continue to wait an additional hour until I couldn 't wait any longer and had to cancel. There were a ton of additional unhappy customers that also were waiting over an hour. I did find out from a few that they were told they were working on tray orders first - even people that placed same day orders were being put first which of course was insane for me who ordered 2 plain 'ol hoagies 4 days prior. We we offered a free cookie and the owner did come up and apologize but it was literally insane. We had 2 other pre-ordered food orders from other places that we picked up at the designated time with no problem- which I had to call around and beg other family members to get since I didn't know I would be waiting almost 2 hours for this order. A woman I made friends with while waiting also had 2 hoagies for a 4pm pick up and she got her order and I continued to wait over a half hour longer before having to cancel. Just constructive criticism - for such a large (known) event, have a cut off for orders! The employees kept saying they have been there since 7am but it didn't look it for how behind they were. I always give businesses a second chance but just the way the one guy talked to me (not the owner) just rubbed me the wrong way. We will drive a little farther to a different Primo in the future. read more

GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!! This is not your standard Primos franchise. Stay 100% AWAY! Called-in an order. Placed on HOLD 4 minutes. I call back, placed on HOLD 5 minutes; never picked up to take my order. I tried a third time. I explained the two previous attempts; no apologies & no explanations. I should have ended it there and went elsewhere. But, I was craving a PRIMO! Often, I stop by this location 15-20 before closing to find locked-down and closed early. A $60+ order for a family of five. Three of the hoagies were not what I ordered. We learned this after we drove home 5 miles and they closed. Your franchise is a bait and switch to the real PRIMO standard!! I will NEVER order from here again, never support your store in a fundraiser and make sure my friends and family know of my experiences. read more

This primo might be the worst sub shop not even of all the primo hoagies, like the worst sub shop in general. Save yourself the time, energy and money with this one and take the extra two miles to go to exton. Every SINGLE time I've gone to this primo, and I've given them now five chances hoping that maybe just maybe you know, they'd get their sh!t together, they do soemthing wrong. And it's not even like oh they accidentally put something I specifically asked for, I'm talking about I called ahead, I placed an order, a very simple order. A chicken Diablo NO onions, but w everything else on it. I call it in, they say got it it'll be ready in ten come on down. I get there, I ask for my order and the dumbfounded look on their faces was unreal. "We... don't have an order for you" all of a sudden I'm sitting here like who tf did I talk to and what was the point of the call and telling me it'd be ready and they got it?! Anyways, finally one of the horrible tweens working there sees it on the screen (aka yall, its bene sitting on the screen needing to be made for what, 10 minutes at this point? Just sitting there doing absolutely nothing in the back instead of idk WORKING?!) whatever they finally realize they have the order. they said sorry for the inconvenience it's on the house so like yea that's cool thanks. Awesome. I would've taken like two dollars off and been satisfied. Bro. BROOOOO. I asked ONLY for onions to be removed. And for everything else to be on it. You would not believe the anger, the shock, the utter disbelief on my face when I get my a$$ home, open my sandwich, and guess what the ONLY thing on there was? Fkn onion bro. The one single thing I asked to be removed. And guess what WASNT on there?? Every single other topping there shouldve been. So not only did they take my phone order, not do it for over ten minutes, but when they made it they made it so far wrong this isn't even edible. Who the fk eats a Diablo with ONLY onion bro. Like yea cool they comped my price BECAUSE AS THEU SHOULD?? As they should for not making my food and sitting around lolligagging but I get home, the first thing I'm about to eat ALL day and I can't because they fully ruined the order. And this isn't the first time like I stated. Honestly, this shop should shut down. I love primo, but why on earth is this one run only by teen boys who don't give a flying f, who are sitting around doing nothing and then ruining orders? I simply don't understand. Fifth time. I really wanted to give the benefit of doubt but nope. This has happened everytime and it's sad af. How can you keep a place running when you have to keep giving people free food or messing up someone's food so bad you have to refund them. Fire the whole staff and get people who actually give atleast ONE single fk or shut the place down because tbh the owner should feel embarassed. Oh and if you peel any single other review, you'll know what I'm talking about. Anyways. Never again. This place sucks. It will only cost you an arm and a leg, leave you hungry and ANGRY. McDonald's would've been a better option. Fix this sh!t cause it's exhausting and annoying. Not that it matters to me because I will never be eating here again but good god you'd think the owner would care atleast a little to make HIS/HER store look good and run good but nah. Oh and also you can see a year ago, the last time I tried this one out, my experience was JUST as bad because my old review is right under this one. Avoid this shop at all costs. The owner literally only said "you deserve top notch blah blah blah" sir in the whole YEAR space I gave this place, you've not changed a single thing. Do better or just shut down because why run a shop you clearly don't care about even in the slightest. read more

Giving a BIG shout out to Primos! Our elementary school just ran a hoagie sale as a fundraiser and it was a huge success. We ordered 286 hoagies and there was not one mistake! The price was a good value and when I brought the hoagies home they were huge. I expected a junior version and got a full size delicious fresh meal. Tina was great to work with and we all appreciate your generosity in the community. Thanks! JenZ read more

I like primo hoagies for great tasting, chain hoagies. This location struggles with service and not sure I can come back. I say that each time I use this location. Currently waiting a long time since they had a large order and the employee told me they are understaffed. Probably okay if you call in the order an hour in advance read more