Philly's Best

Cheesesteak with whiz and grilled onions was a delicious, hot, gooey mess on a soft, fresh roll. My only knock, it was a little pricey. Sandwich, drink and tip cost over $18. So I can't get one on the regular, but def a solid spot for an authentic Philly cheesesteak in Long Beach.

A cheesesteak without cheese? That is what happened to tonight's takeout order. We ordered chicken cheesesteaks online, but substituted provolone for white American cheese, in addition to grilled onions. Once we began eating our sandwiches, we discovered they were completely devoid of grilled onions, and there were only minimal mushrooms, no bell peppers, and no cheese. A call was made, but there was no answer (a message was left). We were hungry, so we ate the dry, cheese-less cheesesteak sandwiches. We have always enjoyed what we received from here, so we hope this was just a bad night for someone there and not a reduction in their quality control.

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.

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 thought the Philly sandwich with cheese wiz would be good but the cheese wiz is funky. Tastes chalky. The cheese fries were fries and two small containers of that cheese wiz and that's when I noticed that chalky taste. The skinny girl with pigtails was useless and had no customer skills. The girl with glasses was perfect and knew how to interact with people. Probably wouldn't be back just because of the food.

I went to Philly's Best for a good cheesesteak and fries, and I have to say it was pretty good. They have a huge menu with lots of options, but unfortunately, they don't offer any combos, so my meal cost over $20. Despite that, I enjoyed it and thought it was tasty!The employee at the front was polite and very helpful. Although the cook was eating at a table on the side when I ordered, he washed his hands before preparing my food.Overall, for a Philly cheesesteak spot, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5! Fast, fun, and easy!

One of the worst sandwiches I've had in 20 years. This is truly worse than McDonald's and getting worse. The service today was great but the food just tastes awful. The Wiz was not Wiz.... but rather some mustard/cheese hybrid and the meat and onions/peppers were sparce to say the least. All for $17, with a drink. It had been around 10 years since I've been here last and needless to say, I will likely never come back again.

To the owner of Philly's Best. I don't think you pay attention to your establishment and or your employees. your server or and cashier Liana has a very bad disposition when it comes to customers or should I say at least towards me. Your grill man is very nasty when handling the food. Up under policies and procedures you shall not be handing on your cell phone when you have to touch the buns of the Philly cheese steaks or the Philly sandwiches in general. Your grill man spread germs vico fico matter on your products that you are serving to the general public. His little sidekick that's working in there does not watch his hands when he come out the bathroom. You have a very nasty restaurant or should I say employees. You need to be reported to the health department. I advise no one to eat there. Don't eat at this place!

My wife and I had lunch there today. I ordered the pepper steak sandwich, and as customary, the counter person asked if I wanted it with grilled onions. I told him no. The sandwiches arrive, and after taking a couple of bites I found it was filled with grilled onions. OK, not a big deal, my wife ordered something different and we traded. The counter guy asks how are our sandwiches, and I told him that they had put onions on mine. Again, no big deal, we had traded meals, but the counter guy offered nothing as a means of making the order right. Then he turns and tells the guy who prepared our sandwiches about the error. They sandwich maker looks in my direction and laughs. I asked him if there was something cute about my order not being right, which he had no response. I understand mistakes get made, but when you laugh off the concerns of your customers and don't even offer an apology, well let's just say Mark that you won't see one of your old RamHi classmates there again. Joe FootdaleLakewood, CA

Ok, I had the Phillys Best cheese n mushroom. I told him, easy onion. Not only was it Perfect, it's on my receipt! Hubby had the Philly BBQ Cheesesteak. Delicious! He finished it. Everytime we've gone, it's exactly the same, Delicious We ate there, again. Watched TV . It was clean and the restroom was as well. Can't wait to go back. Sorry, no pics of the food. We were hungry.