California Sandwiches

Holy Moly look at the size of this thing! I yelled to my hubby. Portions here are very large, we split a veal sandwich with an order of sweet potato fries. I couldn’t hold the sandwich in one hand, good thing they cut it in half. They were generous with the sauce but I’m not a fan of sour tomato sauce, either cook it longer or add a little bit of sugar to cut the acidity. The hot peppers aren’t sliced they’re mashed and looked like guacamole. I spread some pepper paste over the sandwich and it tasted a little better. I’m sure I could have doctored it up by adding more toppings but then I would have to shell out more money. A good veal sandwich doesn’t need more toppings to make it taste better. The sweet potato fries were decent. Comparing it to Primo Veal I couldn’t give it any higher rating.

This place is so delicious.
I love the veal with cheese and the steak sandwiches.
I noticed that they put a lot more sauce here compared to the location on Dufferin and that’s why I think the Scarborough location is the best! I haven’t been to the other ones though.

Grab a chicken sandwich. They are my favourite here. It’s a breaded chicken cutlet on a soft bun. You can get your tomatoes sauce sweet, mild, medium or hot. The regular sized sandwich is quite massive, however you can opt for the smaller one (mini)
Jalapeños are apparently free, however they changed me 0.44¢ These Jalapeños are mushy and add a great kick if you like things hot. You can also get mushrooms, sautéed onions, sweet pepper, and provolone cheese. You can get these toppings for an additional charge.

This place is amazing. The sandwiches are the best i’ve ever tasted, particularly the steak and chicken ones.

First time being here and only wanted to try it after I heard about it in a class, haha. I went with my boyfriend on the weekend and it was a little busy, but thats kind of expected. We ordered a chicken sandwich with onions, mushrooms and hot peppers and he got the steak and onions with the same toppings, we also got an order of fries, but we sure didn’t need it. It came to around $ 25 for everything, which we thought was a little steep for a sandwich, but when we saw the sheer size of them we were both wide eyed. It’s massive !
The amount of meat and toppings is incredibly filling and its delicious. Only downside is if you’re driving home, the bread gets soggy and its really messy to eat. I really appreciated the amount of napkins given to us in our bag haha. We will probably be back again to try the other sandwiches :)

Food is amazing !!! Highly recommend this. And huge portions for the size. The mini is only 5.49 and it is a filler! I used to drive by here and never went buy have been a fan after going there once.

Food is great, prices are great and you always have enough left-​over for the next day :) One of my favourite sandwich places.

Not bad not great, chicken sandwich was dry and covered it up by over doing the sauce. Taste was bland but ok and it was a bit expensive for what you get. I’m from London and there’s a place here called Hot Italian Sandwiches and is basically the same style restaurant which kills this places sandwiches. I would eat here again if it was close by, but would never go out of my way for it.

Great place for a veal or chicken sandwich! The sandwich portions are huge and I normally eat only half because it’s so filling. The standard sandwich comes with thin pieces of breaded chicken or veal (or eggplant if you prefer vegetarian) and tomato sauce. There is also a list of other toppings that you can add at various prices. Hot peppers are free though.
I called the place first just to make sure that it wasn’t too busy as I was driving a few km from work to grab lunch with a couple of coworkers. I was told that it wasn’t very busy. We got there at around 12:45pm on a Monday and most of the tables were empty and no lineup. We sat down for a few minutes before our orders were called (it takes a few minutes). Eventually more people started to trickle in and it got fairly busy by the time we left.
The sandwich is tasty, flavourful, and as I said, portions are huge. We got the onion rings (meh). They also now serve sweet potato fries.
The price for a standard sandwich is about $ 9 which is pretty good considering the portion size. If you end up ordering all the toppings, you may be paying about $ 14 – 15 for a sandwich, but it would include toppings like eggplant, cheese, peppers, onions, mushrooms, etc.).
I would definitely come back here again for a chicken or veal sandwich if I’m in the area! :)
Note: Beware, get lots of napkins as it can be quite messy with the tomato sauce!

I ordered a veal sandwich, with peppers, onion, mushrooms. I certainly can’t complain about the sheer volume of this thing; the taste however; is another thing. It had an «odd taste» to it; not pleasant; perhaps it may have been a bit better if they had mozzerella as an option to the provolone & piled on the extras a little less. I’ll pick quality over quantity everytime. … it certainly doesn’t rate with Bitondo’s, San Francesco’s; Commiso’s, or Longo’s in Markham. The only thing that really stands out, is the service — THAT; was very, very pleasant.

California sandwiches is a great place to eat in general. I’ve been to a number of locations including Richmond Hill, Vaughn, dufferein street, etc. This location doesn’t have the same quality food, the same good customer service and this location is not as clean as the others. I attempted to give some feedback to the owner as I have been eating at California sandwiches for years. He didn’t seem to care. I tried my best to be respectful but honest with him. All he could say was I shouldn’t come to his location since I wasn’t happy. He kept on bringing up that his daughters own the restaurant and was very proud of it.

+ great veal sandwiches
+ good menu variety
— service is a tad slow
Recommended:
Veal Sandwich

im usually a veal+ cheese+mushrooms+onions kind of guy but today i went for the MINI chicken+cheese+mushrooms+onions, a bottle of iced tea, and also sweet fries.
the emphasis on the mini was because im comparison to my friends regular sized sandwich, i think the accidently gave me a regular sized sandwich too.
the sweet fries were passable but i’d rather have the sweet potato fries that mcdonalds was testing out a few months ago.
sandwiches are delicious as always but for what i got, your looking at $ 15 and change. maybe a good thing because if it was cheaper, i’d probably eat here too much.

We had the chicken and the veal. Like the original California Sandwiches location (College and Bathurst), .the sandwiches are huge and filled with meat and sauce. Even though the sandwich looks the same, it doesn’t taste the same as the original location. Highly recommend going to the College street location for the authentic sandwich.

My first time at California Sandwich. The experience has left me wanting to go back for more. The mini sandwich that I ordered was really more than I could have asked for a lunch meal. The sandwich was spicy and messy which in my book can only mean DELICIOUS!

It’s been about 15 years since I have been to California Sandwiches. I was worried that like many restaurants it may have lost its edge over the years. I was happy to discover the great sandwich that I remember from years ago. The massive breaded chicken cutlet on a soft bun with the spicy tomato sauce was incredible. For $ 7.95 you can’t go wrong. Can’t wait to go back. Great job Cali San!!!

The veal sandwiches here are just amazing. I get it with cheese mushrooms and onions.
A few occasions the customer service was poor but when I eat that sandwich all is forgotten!

I ordered the meatball sandwich today for lunch and was sorry that I didn’t notice there was a smaller size available. It weighed a ton! I could only do half in one go; the other half is lunch tomorrow. It was hella messy, but pretty tasty. I’m not sure how I feel about paying for every single extra topping. Really, shouldn’t it come with at least one for the price of the sandwich? But I guess that is nitpicking. I tried a couple of my friend’s sweet potato fries and they were absolutely awesome! Totally worth the calories. Honestly, I don’t think my waistline will allow me to visit more than once in a very long while, but it was a pretty enjoyable lunch.

Awsome Sandwiches!
I feel as if its more restaurant quality.
The Veal sandwich is my personal favourite!
It can get expensive though if you start putting on to many toppings, so just be aware they charge for topping.
Overall great its the quality of a sit down dinner!

The Food:
The eggplant sandwich is a great meat alternative. Although I’m not a vegetarian, I’ve fallen in love with this sandwich. Add some mushrooms and peppers and it’s heaven. Maybe next time, I’ll add some cheese on it. It’s wonderful that they have the «mini» size version of the sandwich for under $ 5. I use quotes around mini because it is still such a generous size. My sister, who somehow had the idea that CS served deli sandwiches was pleasantly surprised. She couldn’t stop gushing about how good it was and even thanked me for suggesting to come here. She ordered the regular sized chicken sandwich, added cheese and peppers and shared it with her boyfriend. We also got an order of the sweet potato fries for only$ 3.50. They were very good. Sweet and crispy.
The Place:
I really liked this location because it is quite spacious and is really clean. The bathroom is also very clean and that’s a plus because you will definitely be using it to wash your hands after you eat the delicious, but messy sandwich.
The Service:
It’s a fast food joint, so we didn’t have a waitress, but the cashier was really friendly.
The Verdict:
I wish they would open one closer to where I live. I’d go there all the time!