Downtown Deli & Coffee Company

Absolutely love their Turkey BLT! I moved to Irvine two years ago and when I visit my parents during the holidays I would often miss the location being open! Thankfully, I was able to get my cravings satisfied this past Saturday! Thanks to James for assisting me with my phone order- he was incredibly thorough.

Love their sandwiches!! I understand I came on a Saturday at lunch time(not too crowded), but the wait is ridiculous for a sandwich. Use to wait maybe 10 minutes for a sandwich to be made, but today it was 45 minutes. Won't be returning anytime soon unfortunately due to the slowness.

I came into the deli after work around 2:30. The place was not busy, there were maybe 4-6 customers in the dining area one customer ahead of me. When I ordered the guy taking orders said it would be 30-35 minutes I said ok I'll wait so he took my order for 2 six inch sandwiches. 30 mins into the wait other customers came up wondering when is there order coming out. 45 mins later I'm still the waiting for my two sandwiches finally I went up to the guy and asked us my order coming up soon he said yes they're working on it now. I'm like wow couldn't believe how long it took. All the make mainly is sandwiches how hard can that be. They really weren't making signature drinks to ge backed up. I was like are they high back there that there moving at glacial pace. At that point I was annoyed. The wait is bad for business. Don't get me wrong I love their sandwiches I think there the best in town. But I'll think twice before going there again.

My first time getting out in a long while and it was great to meet a couple of friends here at this place it's a hidden gem for me. Never been here before, never heard about it, but the food was a delight, the atmosphere was very welcoming. The service was a bit timely but we had time to kill before parting ways, it gave us more time to enjoy a lengthy conversation and check out the scenery from wall to wall aesthetically pleasing. The socal BLT with avocado I ordered was satisfying, along with the peppermint mocha blended, the Philly cheese steak and Our other friends had ordered what looked like toast with avocado... We will most definitely be coming back to try out more things on the menu. I will recommend this place to friends, family and acquaintances .

The food is fine but the wait really isn't worth it. When I order in person, I wait a minimum of 45 minutes yet they make smoothies to go within 10 minutes of waiting, leaving it to melt. When I've ordered by phone I've been made to wait in a line to pay that took 15 minutes while my food sat and got room temp. I've watched while the staff moved without much hustle at all, while multiple other customers asked about their orders continuously. Seems that if a store is busy on the weekend, an extra set of hands in the kitchen would be helpful. I really doubt I'll be returning at this point.

I stopped in to get a coffee, it is really cute inside. We stood there for five minutes waiting to be helped. I could hear people in the kitchen, we rang the bell for service and grumpily a man walked over and took my order. I ordered a hazelnut latte and was greatly disappointed. It was very acidic and I couldn't drink it. The service and drink were a great disappointment, will not ever be going back.

I'm giving this review purely on an experience this morning. I brought pan dulce from the bakery across the street and purchased a medium iced coffee and a large smoothie from the Coffee shop. Sat down and when we got our drink order we got told the owner was very strict about bringing food from other places. Fair enough. 30 mins later. A group of 3 women and their toddler walk in with bags of food, a large fountain drink, and ICED COFFEE FROM STARBUCKS! They sit down at a table and don't buy anything !!!? And not a single worker came by to say anything.

WAS THE BEST MEATBALL AROUND HANDS DOWN!!! But not any more! It was so burnt tasting and so so hard! The meatballs were so rock hard and dry! I always order either the Downtowner or Meatball! This is the CRAP THEY SERVED ME TODAY! It was absolutely disgusting I brought it back to be redone she refused saying I took a bite of it! Yes at the front you can see I bit the bread . I don't have tastebuds in my eyes so I took a nibble as you can see. The Gordita took it to the manager! The manager said this is the way they always make it! I told her she was full of it I've been eating that sandwich since the day they opened! She said I'm not getting you another because I ate the sandwich. I took a tiny bite as you can see in the picture. The short very heavy short dark haired emo looking girl said I ATE THE SANDWICH! This was a half of a sandwich! I told her wait until I write the review. She responded I DONT GIVE A DAM SHE REPLIED! We threw the sandwich in a plastic bag and left!! I WILL NEVER BE BACK!

Breakfast croissant with cheese and sausage was very plain. Was unable to order a cappuccino as I was told 'we had no steam working'. The overall appearance was somewhat rundown. Unfortunately I think they are the only coffee house option in Hemet besides SBUX.

Found this little gem of a coffee shop today and I'm so excited! I'm not into "retail" coffee and always get excited about the smaller shops! The service was great, the ambiance amazing layout and lots of space and I can see why people would want to come here and spend some quality time. The coffee hit the spot! Thanks for being in the area.