Eddie D’s

Golfball size meatballs. I mean tiny. What’s this?!! No Italian I know makes these teeny meatballs. Almost $ 10 for 6 meat golf-​balls. Sad. And the flavor? Nothing remarkable. For anyone who was lucky enough to experience the huge $ 10 meatball-​and-​farm-​fresh-​ricotta appetizer (meal!) at Jr’s Place near Russell/​Durango (now closed, boo hoo!) there’s really absolutely no comparison.

The sandwich was good. I won’t deny it but it was painfully over priced. Two subs, two bottled waters and I was out nearly $ 24… just sandwiches, no fries or chips or salad…
Now for the real kicker the elderly couple running the place are either attention starved or have no, NO knowledge of the hospitality industry. My friend and I could not peacefully eat our dinner. They not only kept coming by every 3 minutes to ask us how we liked it they wanted to chat. The fellow even sat down at our table and chatted at us and, here is the kicker. HE. KEPT. TOUCHING. ME… yes you read that correctly he could not keep his hands to himself. This on top of the fact that he made fun of my friend for being disabled when we were seated at our table telling us, «the nights that he has midgets serving everything is half off.» 0_​o
Really you make fun of a woman walking with a cane and in the same breath rip on little people??? CLASSY
OH did I mention this was all to the background noise of two televisions blaring FOX news at a decibel which either implied that the cook wanted to hear it in the back, or the couple was hard of hearing.
Really stay the fuck away unless you like being pawed by an old east-​coaster and cannot eat with out constantly reassuring someone that the food you just bought isn’t shit. No sandwich is good enough to put up with that crap in my mind…

As Jay said, good sandwiches, a bit overpriced.
I had the Italian beef combo with a can of soda and standard frozen style fries for $ 10, and my lady had an Italian chicken sandwich with broccoli rabe for $ 9.
Beef was dry, as was the chicken, but the chicken was better and moistened with the rabe.
Staff was friendly and helpful and gave me some giardiniera for the beef which helped.
Overall I probably wont be going out of my way to eat here again, even tho I really wanted to try the meatballs which people say are amazing…

Very good sandwiches, but very overpriced.
The base of the sandwich here is Eddie D’s signature bread, which is easiest described as a ciabatta.
I’ve had two sandwiches here. The first was a daily special called the Sausage Diablo. It’s a hot Italian sausage, split and grilled, and topped with freshly sauteed peppers, onion and tomato sauce.
The second sandwich I ordered was a riff on the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Semi-​off-​menu, I ordered up a roast pork sub prepared the way they make their eggplant sandwich, the Meadow — topped with broccoli rabe, roasted red peppers and sharp provolone. Au jus on the side.
Since Eddie D’s names their sandwiches after Sopranos characters, and since my off-​menu creation is essentially a «Pork Meadow,» let’s refer to it as the Jackie Jr.
The one hesitation I have about this place is the price. $ 8 – 11 is too much to pay for a counter-​service sandwich, even a good one like this.

First of all the 80 year old lady, that THROWS herself on people in there hugging them and kissing them HAS GOT TO GO. 2^nd of all WHAT a DUMP, it looks like they spent under 1,000.00 dollars to put that place together.
When it comes to ordering the food WATCH OUT for HIDDEN FEES (cashier will not give you a reciept to show you), the so called philly cheesesteak was the WORST I ever had, it was DRY and tasted like you were chewing on a TIRE. If you want a better sandwich go to the FROZEN FOOD ISLE in the grocery store.
THE SERVICE was SLOW and UNORGANIZED (I think it was everybodys 1^st day on the job). WILL NOT BE BACK.

The advance buzz on Eddie D’s led me to believe two things: they’re known for their bread, and the vegetarian options are non-​existent.
I’m happy to report that the bread is, indeed, yummy — light but crusty is what I like — and while the main veggie options may be slim (two sandwiches plus pizza), what you can order is hot, tasty, and not the usual «salad + cheese» found elsewhere, so vegheads, don’t be shy.
I got The Meadow — «eggplant, sharp provolone, broccoli rabe, and roasted red peppers» — except I ordered mine without the broccoli rabe because I live with the irrational fear that I’ll accidentally be served broccoli instead of rapini, and I don’t like broccoli. (Unless you bread it, serve it in a curry, and call it pakora.) So, the other veg sandwich on the menu, the one with actual broccoli providing the sandwich’s bulk, was definitely right out for me.
The guy behind the counter had no problem tweaking the sandwich to my taste, though, and you can, actually, order sandwiches to order, although the ordering scheme is meat-​based. (But again, they’ll clearly work with you so you get what you want.)
And oh yum, what a sanger. Two hands to hold, lots of flavour, and a bit of a happy mess from the flour on the bread and the heap of food inside. You know how I felt? Like Joey on Friends. How often does a vegetarian get to say that?
I didn’t try the pizza, but it smelled great, and it looked like bang-​on New York style. (Pick it up and the tip points south.) I’m not a fan of this kind of pizza, but if it’s as good as the sandwich, you «fold to eat» pizza fans are probably in luck.
The interior is pleasant, airy, with a TV, plenty of tables of good size, and ample evidence that Eddie D’s is a neighbourhood kind of place. (Christmas cards from customers, local fundraiser information.)
I never knew there was a lack of hot eggplant sandwiches in my life until I tried Eddie D’s. I look forward to correcting this again soon.

Checked out Eddie D’s for lunch one day. Walking up, we couldn’t tell if it was an actual store, or if there was another entrance because the whole front side is plastered with this graphic window film that you couldn’t see through but, once you get inside, you can totally see the outside. I guess it’s to block the sun, but God forbid the store gets held up, you can’t see what’s going on and you innoncently walk in… sucks for you.
Usually when the s/​o and I hit up a new sandwich spot, we each order a sandwich and swap half for the other’s to get a good sampling.
I ordered their Pauly Walnuts and the s/​o ordered the Johnny Sack. Both sandwiches were piled high with meat but unfortunately, when we swapped halves, I had a hard time telling which was which as they tasted quite the same, until the Hot Capicola in the Johnny Sack woke my tastebuds. Speaking of the Johnny Sack, it did have quite a bit of flavor and I loved the Sharp Provolone that it was served with but, for some reason, the meat was really cold, almost frozen, then sure enough, when I pulled the tomato out, it was partially frozen, what the?
My Pauly Walnuts was good, it was like a tame version of the Johnny Sack. Funny how it was served with Sharp Provolone too but, I could barely taste it. And yes, the meat was also very cold and the tomato was partially frozen. Okay, I’m fine with the meat being almost frozen as it’s probably easier to cut, but the tomato, really? Also, the bread they use was kind of tough. IMO, if the sandwich was heated, it would’ve tasted so much better.
Overall, Eddie D’s serves up good sandwiches but, it’s nothing to write home about, well, Unilocal excluded.

Unilocal REVIEW UPDATE
I AM UBER BUMMED, but my review below was for the CHEYENNE location, not this Rainbow location. Apparently the CHEYENNE location went out of business. The last time I was there, the managers told me they were opening a second location (Rainbow).
It’s all good though, because you can get the original Bobbie from Capriottis just down the street on Cheyenne and Buffalo. It’s no knockoff like the Robert.
Also, beware of false advertising. These guys claim LV Weekly gave them the award for «Best Sandwich in Las Vegas» in 2010 and 2011. Not entirely true. In 2010, they were tied with Capriotti’s. And in 2011, the best sandwich went to The Johnny at Johnny McGuire’s. Google it for yourself.
Don’t buy into false advertising. This place off Cheyenne was damn good. But don’t let lies deceive you.
In any case, any Unilocal reviews you see, might be from the old location at Cheyenne. Not a knock on Eddie D’s because I used to love this place. I just don’t want my review of the Cheyenne location to transfer over to the Rainbow location. It’s not fair.

I had heard many great things about Eddie D’s from friends that frequented the other location, so I was excited to give it a try for lunch recently when I was running errands in the area. As other reviewers have mentioned, the staff is extremely friendly and will ask if you have been there before. Sadly I was not offered a free meatball to try like some of other Eddie D’s virgins…
I was unsure what I wanted and apparently my facial expression made this clear, because one of the employees suggested I try the Pauly Walnuts which they stated was their most popular sandwich. I also ordered lunch for a friend, the eggplant platter. I thought it was nice that the employee actually brought my to go order out to me rather then calling my name. Sadly, the eggplant platter was placed on it’s side in the bag, making a mess.
My sandwich was HUGE, with lots of prosciutto, capacola, genoa salami and provolone cheese. It was tasty but simply too much sandwich for me. Eddie D’s should consider selling half sandwiches for those of us that are watching our girlish figures! The bread was nice and hard without being stale, but there was too much Italian dressing on the sandwich for my liking.
My coworker enjoyed the taste of eggplant platter, but the serving size was pretty small for the price.
Overall I was a little disappointed… Perhaps my expectations were too high?

Pretty good sandwiches. The New Yorker ($ 7.99) was great. Roast beef and melted provolone on garlic bread and a side of jus for dipping.
Also tried the Robert on a separate occasion. The Robert is their version of the Bobbie — Thanksgiving on a bun. Wasn’t a fan of the sliced turkey (as opposed to the pulled turkey at Capriotti’s) and was surprised that they put melted cheese over it… not good. Capriotti’s still has the best turkey day sandwich, but I’d come back to try other ones.

finally got to sample the much talked about samichs here…
i like the idea of the bread, although a bit hard, if you like that kind of bread, then you’ll love this roll. I prefer a softer roll but with more sourdough or bite?
the meat is of good quality, I had the «pauly walnuts» prosciutto, sweet cap, genoa salumi… i ordered some cherry peppers on the side, yummmmmm, they use an italian dressing that makes the bread soggy n drips out the bottom. have to say i’m a bit disappointed, was really looking forward to this samich.
they have some HOT options that sound good so I can give em another chance, they have pizza also… and pasta
I didn’t get the meatball sample and didn’t get much conversation from anyone?
let’s give it another try and see what happens…
C

While searching for sandwiches one day on Unilocal,Eddie D’s popped up. I shared this with my fiancé who said that he NEEDED to go try this sandwich with french fries in it. After two weeks we finally made it down here on a Thursday night. It wasn’t busy at all, but it was fairly late (730ish). Eddie could see that we were newbies and offered us free meatballs to try! Free food? Why yes please and thank you. They even gave us a couple of slices of bread to dip the sauce in as we were waiting for our order. This definitely put me in a good mood and the meatballs were delicious as was the sauce.
The Elliott Ness, pastrami with french fries, is what the fiancé ordered. This sandwich was very flavorful and delicious. I had ordered the New Yorker I can’t remember what it was called? Slow cooked roast beef with melted provolone. I wasn’t too impressed with the slow cooked roast beef, because it wasn’t very flavorful to me, but tender and a decent sandwich.
I know we will be back. We met «Mama D» and she was really nice to us as well. Everyone was helpful and service was outstanding for the 5 minutes that we were there waiting for our sandwiches to go. Yay for Eddie’s D’s!

I agree with Holly, not sure what to think of this place. I went here after hearing friends rave about this place plus my roommate had gone the day before and had ordered the meatball sandwich and kept saying how awesome it was.
I mean all the hype about their sandwiches and yet they couldn’t meet the expectations I had. Perhaps I expected wayyy tooo much? I ordered the Elliottness along with the New Yorker with a side of potato side.
First the the Elliott Ness! I ordered this with pastrami and originally I just received a hot pastrami & cheese no fries! So when I told them my order was wrong, the two employees started yelling at each other for screwing up the order haha! So they threw fries on the sandwich and needless to say the sandwich has no flavor whatsoever, both the pastrami and fries were bland. Not even the dressing could save it!
So next I tried the New Yorker, which is hot roast beef sandwich on garlic bread and a side of au jus. Well you get to choose if you want sliced roast beef or shredded roast beef. On this trip we choose the shredded. The meat was nice and tender but again no flavor! Even the au jus was bland! The only semi-​saving grace was the garlic bread it was on and that taste was in my mouth all day. And the potato salad was actually pretty decent so that was a surprise.
Sadly I was disappointed by the sandwich after paying $ 20 for 2 people to eat. The sandwiches were pretty small and I still left hungry. Thank goodness for Drago Sisters Bakery next door! I’m willing to give them another shot and try their meatball or Pauly sandwich but I’ll stick to Cap’s or East Coast Eats for regular visits!

I’m not sure what to make of this place. I swung by to pick up lunch and ordered a meatball sub, Sinatra style. The Sinatra style option is on their paper menu but not on the menu on the wall for some reason. The cashier didn’t know what I was talking about until someone explained it to her. Sinatra-​style, according to the menu, is supposed to add broccoli rabe, sharp provolone and fried hot peppers for an extra $ 1.99.
The restaurant was pretty full but no one had food, which was kind of scary. The kitchen was pretty backed up for some reason. It took about 15 minutes to get my sub, which isn’t horrible, but longer than I am used to. The sub didn’t rock my world. The meatballs were ok and the bread was kind of soggy. And it was missing the sharp provolone and the fried hot peppers. But I liked the broccoli rabe.
They may have just been having a bad day. This restaurant isn’t particularly close to me so I don’t see myself giving it a second try. Just too many good restaurants in this town to go out of my way to try this again.

SO i’ve been keeping an eye out for the grand opening (or is it a re-​opening) — ever since Unilocaler Peter made mention of it what seems like a lifetime ago, when i drive by i keep looking for the «open» sign.
so i stop by on Saturday (was going to the bakery next door) and i see «now open» — it’s about 1:30 pm — open the door, «sorry, we don’t open until 4.» — D A M N !
So i’m in the area on Sunday… nope … CLOSED… damn !
It’s about 3 miles from my office — lunch today — OPEN and not too busy.
while waiting to order the owner /​manager offers a sample of meatballs… very good.
I order :
Italian sausage (add grilled onions)
The Robert (their version of the Bobbie)
The pulled pork (add monterey jack)
Total cost $ 23.50
While waiting i noticed they had other sammies with sharp provolone — it wasn’t On the cheese options portion of the menu — i would’ve ordered that with the pork … bummer
The verdict —
One constant — the bread — excellent — i give it tops for best sammie roll in the Valley — period.
the sausage was amazing — great flavor — liked that the skin was removed — all good.
The pork — decent but there wasn’t nearly as much cheese as needed and could’ve used a little more pork. But still, good flavor.
The Robert — sorry guys, I do like that you grill up the turkey but the ratio between turkey and stuffing does not compare to your competitor.
Overall, I dig this place and look forward to trying all their sammies !
crappy photos posted

Disappointed to say the very least. I live in the area and have driven by Eddie D’s several times. Finally decided to stop in on Saturday and give it a try. Have to say that the staff was very friendly. As we waited for our order «Eddie» made sure to make rounds and ask people to join Facebook and passed out meatball and deli meat slices to several customers in the restaurant… actually…to all except us… my friend’s son decided to ask for a sample of the meatballs. We tried them and were quite impressed… a bit disappointed we hadn’t tried them first and ordered some spaghetti or a meatball sub. We decided we would definitely have to come back another time even after being ignored.
On this visit we had ordered a pizza which was average. Paper paper thin… could eat a whole one to myself and I’m a small gal. Also ordered a turkey sub and hot wings. Again, all very average. Was also not given any ranch. Luckily I had some at home.
We ordered to go on the next visit. The order included a cheese pizza, small order of spaghetti and meatballs, and a meatball sub. Worst $ 34 I’ve ever spent. I truly feel ripped off.
The spaghetti barely had any sauce and the noodles tasted a day old. The meatball sub wasn’t very good either. She asked if I wanted cheese and I said yes. There was like a teeny tiny drop of cheese on the top. I live about 6 minutes from this joint. By the time I got home the sub was so soggy it fell apart and the nasty soggy bread was thrown out. So basically I just got to eat a handful of meatballs for dinner.
The pizza was very skimpy on cheese too. When I opened it I saw sauce poured on top sporadically. I thoguth this was extra sauce for flavor… nope…it was in place of cheese in these areas. Was really quite a rip off. So soggy from all the extra sauce to avoid giving me some damn cheese on my pizza and so paper thin it fell apart quickly. I will never visit again.
Photos of my crappy meal:

A real sandwich shop in The Northwest! We stopped by for lunch with high expectations — after reading all of the Unilocal.So the bar was set high — and I am happy to say Eddie D’s lived up to it’s rep!
They have a pretty good sized menu — We ordered a Pauly walnuts and a Chicago style roast beef. The bread was excellent. Had some body but it wasn’t too tough — just right. The roast beef was extra tender. The Aujus with the roast beef sandwich was excellent!
They definitely use high quality meats and ingredients here.
They brought out a birthday cake for someone that was eating there. I guess it was a friend or family member. They offered us a piece of cake — very convivial indeed!
2 sandwiches, 2 chips, 2 drinks was about $ 25 — a weee pricey… but it was quality food so I would say it was fair!

Stopped by for Lunch and had a Johnny Sack (Hot Capacola, Sharp Provolone, Prosciutto, Lettuce, and Tomatoes soaked in Balsamic Vinegar & Olive Oil) $ 8.49.
One thing you should know is that most of their Sandwiches are made with their signature «Hard Roll», which is hard Italian Bread. If you don’t like Hard Bread, you may not enjoy this place. I think they offer other Bread, but I’d call before you come down here.
This was my 2^nd time trying the Johnny Sack… damn, it was good! So good, I’m upping my rating for this joint to 5 Stars. The kicker for me was the Tomatoes soaked in Balsamic Vinegar & Olive Oil… wow, that Sweet/​Sour flavor brought out the flavors of the Meat & Sharp Provolone… what a great combination of ingredients! The Johnny Sack didn’t have that the last time I was here. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
Will I return? Don’t be silly… of course!

Love… Love. Love their meatball sandwich ! I think their sign for the tastiest balls in Vegas are right on the money! The sauce wasn’t salty it had just enough cheese and the meatballs… yummy. I also tried a Cannoli which I was hesitant about because I remember trying them a long time ago and it just left a bad taste in my mouth. This Cannoli changed my mind really fast! It had a deep fried shell with a cookie cream in them .they were heavenly!

Planned ahead to try this place on our latest Vegas vacation after reading the rave Unilocal reviews. So very, very good!!! Hubby had the Paulie Walnuts sub and I had a meatball sub… incredibly delish. Also shared some fries (they are the steak fry kind and are tasty) and some potato salad. As noted, the food is a bit pricey but you have to pay to get meats of this quality.
Hubby grew up in CT and he said he has not had meatballs this good (yeah, of course he had to have some of my sub :)) since he was a kid and ate in the Italian sub shops on Franklin Ave. His sub was packed with exceptionally good Italian cold cuts.
As other Unilocalers have noted, the owners are super friendly and very accommodating. You’ll probably have trouble choosing as there as so very many goodies but this is definitely a must go.
We stopped in here after spending some time at Mt. Charleston and it was a highlight of a wonderful day.