Uptown Market & Deli

Worst decision of my life late night. Subs are great but dont you dare walk in at 2am unless you’re cool with waiting an hour.

I have been to Uptown for takeout orders as well as delivery. The food is great! I will say the Abruzzo sub is freaking fantastic! How do you get that much flavor in a sandwich?! Thank. You.
I typically get a turkey sub anytime I want to try a places subs/​sandwiches. Theirs is done well, not the best, but well. Delivery is pretty fast minus one time they forgot to put in the order and didn’t know till the delivery person came with the wrong stuff. Mistakes happen so I’m not too worried about that as long as it doesn’t happen again.
Uptown, thank you for your awesome food and delivery!

The pastrami Reuben was OK, until I came across a hair in my sandwich. And then for over eight bucks it doesn’t even have cheese on it. Probably won’t be back.

Madison breakfast bagel was amazing and the chili is not your typical but very delicious

Literally this place never disappoints, whether it a pick me up from a night of drinking and or a quick lunch this is the spot to go to. Located in the fan this to go sandwich is always on the dot.
I always get the wild hokie with extra house all the way or the porchetta which is made in house. All of the bread is also house made you can smell it in the morning if you go early enough. They also have a nice beer cooler in the back with a good selection of craft beer as well as wine and drinks. When you go to uptown get the funky fusion «dirty» chips (try to guess whats it made of) or the buffalo blue, literally I cant find the anywhere. Also the brownies and cookies are always on point its usually hard for me to pick so I get both.
Heads up Uptown is open till 3 am on the weekends and man does it get busy with the after bar crowd. If you go expect a line and at times a very loud crowd. Its still a great sandwich eaither way just expect to wait. Lunch on a weekday is a different story I usually call my order in for pick which is usually really fast and they also deliver. Overall this spot is my go to, the staff is great and very nice. Another thing I love about this place is that I also find snacks I cant seem to find anywhere else i.e. the dirty brand chip and choco tacos.

Best sandwiches in RVA, hands down. The wild hokie with extra house dressing is my go-​to but everything else that I’ve tried is fantastic too! You really can’t go wrong here. They stay open after all of the bars close as well, so you can get your late night munch on. All the guys that work there are really friendly and they have a local craft beer fridge in the back! Awesome spot and I highly recommend it!

Great bagel sandwiches! I recommend the bacon egg and cheese bagel with provolone! It was absolutely delicious. Great environment and entertaining staff. Makes the wait for your food fly by!

Shockingly mediocre. It’s ok. A bit pricey but for this part of the city eh. Some of their unmarked drinks are really $ 3.50 so beware. I disliked their southern ham sandwich but I liked their calypso sandwich. Love their sweet tea.
If you are stumbling back from a bar and want some food this place is ok, but I will not go out of my way to go here.

I love uptown deli, I really do… one of my favorite spots to get a sandwich. Why the 3 stars then? Uptown Deli is inconsistent, understaffed and poorly trained. The quality of the product is spot on but EVERYTIME I go there my sandwich is made differently and tastes differently. Very inconsistent. It also takes an insanely long time to get your food, they need to schedule more people or train their staff better. To be honest it seems like they hand a menu to the employee, tell them where the ingredients are and tell them to have a good shift. Uptown Deli has the potential to be a very successful sandwich deli in Richmond I just think the management needs to step it up a bit.

Good food and nice staff especially the breakfast sandwich are good for the price but the wait is ridiculous the staff seem to in to talking to each other rather than making your food. I order 30 to 45 minites ahead of time because that’s how long it takes.

If you could give 0 stars I would. Walked in there were 2 people in line… Took over 1 hr to get 3 breakfast sandwiches, and there was no Airconditiong. Unless you plan to stay for breakfast, lunch and dinner, I would not recommend it

Consider it a 3.5. The sandwiches were quite good, no question. I had the turkey pesto and the lady got a Reuben. Mine was tasty but hers was exceptional. I’m a huge pastrami guy and her sandwich was one of the best Reubens I’ve had.
However, it’s overpriced and takes a long time. Would’ve expected a bigger sandwich for the price. After a sandwich and a bag of chips (Maui onion… oh yeah), I wasn’t really full.
The other gripe was how long it took. We went in the middle of the afternoon with no one in line and it still felt like it took forever.
I really liked the place and I’m all about local places like this, but there is some room for improvement. That said, you’ll get a tasty sandwich here for sure.

I’ve been here a dozen times or so for lunch. Food is delicious. I like their Cubano and Sailor. The staff is friendly, but service is slow. During my most recent visit an employee loudly burped, which was pretty gross.

Love the fresh baked bread, helpful staff, and the beer selection! Thankfully I pass by this spot pretty often during lunch, so it’s an easy decision to stop in. I would definitely go out of my way to eat here, though!

A few months ago I was on a mission to find a good lunch spot downtown. I wanted something besides Chinese, Pizza and Jimmy Johns. On that journey, I came across Uptown Market and Deli. How did my experience go? To find out, read below.
The Good:
Delivery Minimum– Most places that deliver downtown have a delivery minimum that is over $ 10. This place had a minimum that was exactly $ 10.
Taste of the Pastrami– To meet the delivery minimum, I ordered the Pastrami Ruben Sandwich with Dirty Chips and a Chocolate Chip Cookie. The Pastrami had a very good taste. No complaints there. The chips and cookie were likely pre-​made so I would not include that in the review.
The Bad:
Delivery– If I’m not mistaken, Quickness RVA was responsible for the delivery. On top of the delivery taking over an hour, the delivery person left my order at the front desk without telling security who the order was for. They described the delivery person as extremely rude.
Taste of Sandwich Bread– The bread was not terrible, but it was somewhat hard and overly crunchy. Every time I took a bite out of my sandwich, a bunch of crumbs from the bread would fall to the table.
Price/​Portion Size– The sandwich itself is $ 7.50. From a portion standpoint, you could get more food ordering a sub from Jimmy Johns, Subway and Quiznos. That $ 7.50 sandwich could fit in the palm of my hand
Overall– The food was decent, but the delivery and high prices hindered me from ordering from this place since this experience. Maybe I will give this place a second chance in the future. TWO STARS

I ordered the Wild Hokie sandwich and it was AMAZING!!! Nice amount of Turkey and bacon, the cheese was melted appropriately as well as the amount of dressing on the sandwich. Delivery was quick and prompt.
I would highly recommend this place to anyone :)

I consider myself sub obsessed — and this place didn’t let down! Everything about here I loved. The sandwiches are delicious, you can order food here after nine (sometimes I feel like only person in town who eats dinner after 9), the staff is super nice, the nine dollar wine bottle, interior with ambience. This is for sure my new favorite place in richmond!

great sandwiches but worst and slowest service. Expect employees to catch up with each other before they catch up to your sub

I’m guilty of eating late at night, right before bed, etc., but you only live once! I decided to try some new late night food and stumbled across this place. Actually, I stumbled across someone eating a Pizza Gyro across the street on F.W. Sullivan’s patio and it smelled so good, that I asked where I could get one myself. They pointed me across the street to Uptown Market & Deli.
It was after midnight and they had no customers so the staff was super friendly and explained some different subs to me since I had never been before. I stuck with my initial decision to get the Pizza Gyro (but I added roasted red peppers). Oh what a good decision it was!
The Pizza Grinder had a generous serving of pepperoni, marinara sauce and provolone cheese on it. Usually I don’t finish an entire sub or sandwich but this one was so delicious that I ate the entire thing without regret. My friend asked to taste the Chicken Salad before ordering and the employee gave him a sample to try. He really liked it and his Chicken Salad sub looked delicious too. They had a ton of unique drink options in the cooler and varieties of Dirty Potato chips that I haven’t even seen before.
The location is convenient when you are out with friends in the Fan and I’m grateful they were open so late. I’ll definitely be back!

This place is a paradox. It’s both wonderful, and awful. A delicious glimmer of light down a really dark tunnel.
Let’s start with the good. The sandwiches — I have yet to try one that’s bad. The Wild Hokie is definitely my favorite, but I’ve had nothing bad here at all.
Now, the bad. There’s usually only one person working here at a time, which means service is generally pretty slow. I understand the subs and sandwiches are all made to order, but it seems unnecessarily long sometimes.
But that’s assuming that one person is actually there.
The last two times I’ve gone by here, the hours (from Unilocal,because they aren’t posted on their doors or anything) have said they were open, but there’s no one inside. The signage on the outside doesn’t indicate whether they’re open or not. Fan parking sucks. I don’t want to drive around in circles to walk up to a locked door.
And not that they are a coffee shop, but they used to have an espresso machine. The espresso drinks are still on their menu, months later. The espresso machine is gone.
1 star off for the random closings and poor signage, and 1 star off for the slowish service. Otherwise, go here for sandwiches. The sandwiches may not be the very best ones you can get in Richmond, but they’re pretty close.