Carl's Steak Subs

After watching The Bear, we needed a steak sandwich. The steak special did not disappoint. The large is EASILY two meals. The small isn't small at all. It's perfect for lunch when you want to give yourself a little bit more. Not a ton of parking (street only). No dine in space.

Very solid place to grab a variety of options such as subs, nachos or a quesadilla like I did. I liked the Chipotle sub the most, the quesadilla was solid too and nachos. Will try more in future.

Hole in the wall restaurant with great food! 4 tables for outside seating. Super busy during lunch time, so you know it's a good food! Awesome customer service and fast! Cheesesteak was perfect, large portions too! Definitely highly recommended!

I haven't been here is many years but due to relocation had a chance to try it again. So mixed it up and got spicy chipotle mayo and pickles with extra cheese and it did not disappoint!! The food is prices but a large is more than enough food to make you feel like you overate. If you like steak and cheese this is a must try!

I've been in waltham for so many years and I often forget about some hidden gems in the city. The problem with Carl's is that they have no parking at all. Its a hole in the wall sub joint and one would easily missed it if not looking for it. There are some limited street parking outside, but its very hit or miss. I've been going here on and off for the better of 20 years and the food has remained consistently good. Great even. Tonight, after a long while since I've been there, I got the Carl's Special Steak sub with no onions (don't judge!). It was phenomenal! I'm glad to see they still offer arm-length large subs. They don't skimp on the meat and toppings either. There was cheese all over! I forget to get salt and pepper but really it was not needed. I really should've only ate half of it for my dinner but could not resist the other half. Its so damn good!This place is tiny and there are a couple of outdoor seats only, maybe 4 small tables tops. The inside of the place can fit no more than 5 customers, comfortably. The staff were very friendly. The sub prices have gone up in prices over the years, but its inline with other places that give you far less. My large sub was $16 all in. Do yourself a favor and find a way to get to Carls! They sell hot subs, cold subs, fries and many more things.

I made the mistake of getting a chicken based sub. I expected a fresh breaded chicken cutlet... but sadly it's a frozen tender. Not even a high quality one. A chicken cutlet would have made the sub a 5 star affair. This place probably makes a great steak and cheese. Unfortunately I went the chicken route. The ingredients were good, except the chicken. I have to go 3 stars because the chicken tender was really bad. However, I'll revisit for the steak and cheese which I think is their signature item. The staff is really nice. Parking is tough in that area because it's a road that sees alot of cars. Street parking is available though if you can find a spot

Listen! I don't even eat nor like steak! But this was fire!! My mother in law recommended them to me and I was extremely skeptical but I checked here and the reviews looked decent. I tried a small steak and cheese and it was plenty. The chicken fingers were for my niece and my daughter and they tore them up. Definitely recommend. We ordered ahead and they were ready upon arrival

This is a fast casual spot that's easy to miss if you don't pass by this area often. There's some seating outdoors there but it's mostly takeout. Portions are huge here. Definitely get one of the cheese steaks on the menu. One large sub was plenty to fill two people. We also ordered nachos for the heck of it and that was not worth it. They make their signature dish well and that it.

No flavor. Cheese "steak" has the texture of fine ground beef. Sub was not toasted as requested. Hardly any cheese or buffalo flavor. I asked for 2 kinds of cheese. Requested it be cut into 1/3 and it was not. Ordered online an hour prior to pickup and it was not ready when promised. People who walked in and ordered left with their food before they even started cooking mine.1 star for huge portions of inedible food. Can't understand why it was so busy. Just awful all around. Not worth $29 for a sub and quesadilla. Will never go back.

Large portions Amazing staffEric the owner super friendly we have had chicken finger subs . Greek chicken sub quesadillas can't wait to try something new