Central Sandwich

Great sandwich, best bread I've found in Humboldt county. Most of the other places were all bread. Here it was a nice ratio.

Carefully prepared sandwiches with fresh local ingredients. Very satisfying! I also learned a new and better way to cut sn avocado by watching them!

Super tasty sandwiches in the $10 range. Solid happy hour special from 2-5. If you're in a rush call ahead

Really good selection of fresh ingredients & breads. It's a little more expensive than some other sandwich shops, but we got a lot of tasty food for the money.

We stopped here on vacation for a quick lunch. The staff handled our family of five and our orders, with ease. They were friendly and helpful as well. Loved it!

Just split a sandwich, the Ruebenesque, with my BF. After the first bite I immediately regretted it. Don't make the same mistake I did! DO NOT SHARE! Get your own! You will be glad you did. Great quality and friendly, fast service. I highly recommend.

Sandwiches are good! And there was a tofu option which was actually quite delicious. The staff was very welcoming and helpful as well.

A Great place to eat - great food and great staff. The "Dinner Sandwich", and the "Bacon and the Beast" are so amazing. Their chipotle sauce is awesome - they need to bottle and sell it! They are so much better than "Hole in the Wall."

So many yummy ingredients to add to your sandwich! I love their roast beef with smoked gouda on sliced sourdough bread.

What a sandwich! Great service! fresh ingredients! Decent seating area or great for the go!

Raybies Flynn

So many yummy ingredients to add to your sandwich! I love their roast beef with smoked gouda on sliced sourdough bread.

Willie Ruiz

What a sandwich! Great service! fresh ingredients! Decent seating area or great for the go!

Bestest sandwiches! The Dinner & the Reubenesque are our faves. Meats & cheeses tasty; great bead choices (especially the dutch crunch roll!) The sandwich makers/artists are always chipper and fun, friendly & quick. Love love love Central Sandwich!

I asked the staff, I am the most frequent buyer of sandwiches from this shop, and I'm giving five stars so, you know, take that for what it's worth. I'm in several times a week and they have my order and name memorized. Go get a sandwich. Do it.

This place rocks! Good options for every ingredient in a sandwich. Nothing fancy, just a good old fashioned deli sandwich with fresh ingredients. I’ve come twice now and this place is immediately in the rotation for lunch stops.

support central sandwich because mrs masaki makes the best sandwiches and there’s lots of variety/acommidations

Traveling found this gem. Husband and I both got sandwiches. You get what you pay for. It’s no small sandwich. Fresh sliced meats and fresh made rolls. We would recommend. We liked them so much on the way back through the area we had to stop for another sandwich.

One of the best sandwiches I have ever had!!! After hiking Tall Tree Trail, we stopped in, it’s conveniently located off the highway and so GOOD!! If you are looking for a healthy sit down or take away this is the spot to go!

Good food, friendly service, and the last place to get an affordable sandwich around town. Highly recommend, I go here as much as I can for lunch

Great service, great sandwiches 😋

Awesome food. The workers are friendly and nice. I’ve never had a bad experience with them. I keep going back because of the service and how good the sandwiches are. Shoutout to the girl with the red hair, always pleasant and sweet whenever I come in to order. 10/10

Jeanette made an amazing sandwich! Absolutely nailed my order, totally a perfectionist and it reflected on my picture perfect sandwich. If I’m ever in the area I’m definitely coming back and hoping Jeanette is working.

Delicious! Fresh ingredients. We were helped right away. The place was really clean. I had the Cobbster on a spinach wrap and it was awesome. My one wrap was big enough for 2 meals. Great job guys!

I had the smoked stack sandwich and added onions and roast beef. All in the Dutch crunch roll. With Chipotle aioli sauce. Highly recommend it. This is not your typical Subway type. This is high end great taste awesomeness. Small Town great big flavor.

Discovered this place on a trip home from the coast and we love it. Planning on making a stop here tradition. Sandwiches were great quality.

Rhonda B

Great service, great sandwiches 😋

Sephi

I asked the staff, I am the most frequent buyer of sandwiches from this shop, and I'm giving five stars so, you know, take that for what it's worth. I'm in several times a week and they have my order and name memorized. Go get a sandwich. Do it.

Daron Achane

support central sandwich because mrs masaki makes the best sandwiches and there’s lots of variety/acommidations

Collin Silva

This place rocks! Good options for every ingredient in a sandwich. Nothing fancy, just a good old fashioned deli sandwich with fresh ingredients. I’ve come twice now and this place is immediately in the rotation for lunch stops.

CJ King

Good food, friendly service, and the last place to get an affordable sandwich around town. Highly recommend, I go here as much as I can for lunch

Joshua Klingbeil

Discovered this place on a trip home from the coast and we love it. Planning on making a stop here tradition. Sandwiches were great quality.

Jessica Berry

We stopped here on vacation for a quick lunch. The staff handled our family of five and our orders, with ease. They were friendly and helpful as well. Loved it!

Jesse J

Jeanette made an amazing sandwich! Absolutely nailed my order, totally a perfectionist and it reflected on my picture perfect sandwich. If I’m ever in the area I’m definitely coming back and hoping Jeanette is working.

Leslie Taylor

Traveling found this gem. Husband and I both got sandwiches. You get what you pay for. It’s no small sandwich. Fresh sliced meats and fresh made rolls. We would recommend. We liked them so much on the way back through the area we had to stop for another sandwich.

CP SHRL

One of the best sandwiches I have ever had!!! After hiking Tall Tree Trail, we stopped in, it’s conveniently located off the highway and so GOOD!! If you are looking for a healthy sit down or take away this is the spot to go!

Luis A. Gonzalez

I had the smoked stack sandwich and added onions and roast beef. All in the Dutch crunch roll. With Chipotle aioli sauce. Highly recommend it. This is not your typical Subway type. This is high end great taste awesomeness. Small Town great big flavor.

Max Miley

Awesome food. The workers are friendly and nice. I’ve never had a bad experience with them. I keep going back because of the service and how good the sandwiches are. Shoutout to the girl with the red hair, always pleasant and sweet whenever I come in to order. 10/10

Brittney Bodine

Delicious! Fresh ingredients. We were helped right away. The place was really clean. I had the Cobbster on a spinach wrap and it was awesome. My one wrap was big enough for 2 meals. Great job guys!

They have good sandwiches and seems like a good local joint. I dislike the prices though and wish they were cheaper. I usually get "The Cobster" and there's just no way the sandwich itself is worth $11.

Always a great sandwich. Maybe a bit overpriced, but always a big sandwich with quality ingredients.

This has been my go to sandwich shop for years. Made to order. Fresh.

*Edited on 10/1/24 to add: I’ve been back several times and they seem to have worked out the kinks! Staff is still friendly as ever, sandwiches are still the best in the area, but now things are running more efficiently and consistently. Thank you Central Sandwich for a delicious lunch every time! Best lunch place in McKinleyville, best sandwiches in Humboldt County for sure, but the staff has been struggling lately and things are inconsistent. After some recent staff changes, I’m now charged a different price for the same custom sandwich every single time I order it and twice I’ve ordered ahead only to receive the incorrect sandwich. Staff is apologetic, but it’s annoying to have this happen frequently and it seems maybe it should be made right with a sandwich on the house or a coupon for a bag of chips or something. The last time they messed up, they didn’t answer their phone, so I had to drive all the way back to get things fixed after I had already driven there once and waited in the long line just for them to give me the wrong sandwich. I love this place and appreciate the kind staff, but whoever is training them on logistics needs to step it up. Not sure what the point of ordering ahead is, if you then wait in a long line for your food anyway. Online ordering system only lets you select one “extra” so you can’t pick avocado and cheese on the same sandwich and it wants to charge you $1.75 to cut the salami portion in half, which makes no sense. This place used to run like a well-oiled machine. I’m hopeful they can get back to that.

Delicious sandwiches. Just understand it’s going to be over $20 for two people. We love they are open at 10:30am! Everyone else that serves lunch is open at 11:30. Fresh ingredients. Fresh bread. Great staff.

I got the smokestack and it was very good, very large; easily two meals. They've got plenty of drink options. The ingredients tasted very quality and fresh. One of the few downsides is the price, it is definitely more expensive than subway for example however it tastes much better. Prices are comparable to Hole in the Wall but I would choose Central Sandwich over Hole in the Wall any day.

Great sandwiches! I wish I knew what the actual hours of business were as they seem to close between 3:30 and 4:00 PM someday while Google still shows 5:00 PM. Could this get updated please?

Jon Ion

Great sandwiches! I wish I knew what the actual hours of business were as they seem to close between 3:30 and 4:00 PM someday while Google still shows 5:00 PM. Could this get updated please?

Jessi Merrill

*Edited on 10/1/24 to add: I’ve been back several times and they seem to have worked out the kinks! Staff is still friendly as ever, sandwiches are still the best in the area, but now things are running more efficiently and consistently. Thank you Central Sandwich for a delicious lunch every time! Best lunch place in McKinleyville, best sandwiches in Humboldt County for sure, but the staff has been struggling lately and things are inconsistent. After some recent staff changes, I’m now charged a different price for the same custom sandwich every single time I order it and twice I’ve ordered ahead only to receive the incorrect sandwich. Staff is apologetic, but it’s annoying to have this happen frequently and it seems maybe it should be made right with a sandwich on the house or a coupon for a bag of chips or something. The last time they messed up, they didn’t answer their phone, so I had to drive all the way back to get things fixed after I had already driven there once and waited in the long line just for them to give me the wrong sandwich. I love this place and appreciate the kind staff, but whoever is training them on logistics needs to step it up. Not sure what the point of ordering ahead is, if you then wait in a long line for your food anyway. Online ordering system only lets you select one “extra” so you can’t pick avocado and cheese on the same sandwich and it wants to charge you $1.75 to cut the salami portion in half, which makes no sense. This place used to run like a well-oiled machine. I’m hopeful they can get back to that.

Foxy

Delicious sandwiches. Just understand it’s going to be over $20 for two people. We love they are open at 10:30am! Everyone else that serves lunch is open at 11:30. Fresh ingredients. Fresh bread. Great staff.

Nick Wren

I got the smokestack and it was very good, very large; easily two meals. They've got plenty of drink options. The ingredients tasted very quality and fresh. One of the few downsides is the price, it is definitely more expensive than subway for example however it tastes much better. Prices are comparable to Hole in the Wall but I would choose Central Sandwich over Hole in the Wall any day.

I go here at least 2 days a week. They tase good but for the same price you can literally get twice as much sandwich for the same price at Hole in The Wall, down the street. A 6" sub costs around $11 at Central.

Awful service. Have to agree with the other guy who said "The food feels like they are trying to be hole in the wall but not quite there. Their prices are just as expensive as hole in the wall for a lesser sandwich." I ended up getting a wrap because they were all out of both dutch crunch and sourdough (during lunchtime..?). It was the smallest wrap I've ever seen for $7.50. Probably never going back, I don't think Hole in the wall ever disappointed me like C.S. :(

The sandwich was very good but not anything extraordinary. The cost for a basic sandwich is expensive and additional meats, cheeses and avocado are very overpriced, when I went there it was 3 dollars for additional meat and 1 dollar for cheese

I thought - oh, it's like Hole in the Wall but in McKinleyville. WRONG! It looked like they were closing up, but like for good. There were three or four employees there, but it looked like they haven't sold a sandwich in months, and were shocked to see me. The sandwich was ok, but nothing I couldn't have easily made myself. Just go to Hole in the Wall for bigger and better sandwiches.

I never review any small business... i love this community but this is the 3rd time in two weeks i’ve had terrible service at Central Sandwich in McKinleyville. Some* of the staff are flat out rude and rush you. this was my tofu sandwich today. Burnt. and when i asked for a new one i got so much attitude and completely soaked my sandwich in aioli. Soggy and burnt. So disappointed. I loved this place. 😣 (and no she didn’t make me a new one)

Kinda sad. I've been going here for years and the quality has gone down... $15 for a sad wrap. The tortilla wraps around twice. There's no substance to this wrap, just dry tortilla. Wish they filled it more, especially for their high prices. It's a sad wrap.

Mitt M

Kinda sad. I've been going here for years and the quality has gone down... $15 for a sad wrap. The tortilla wraps around twice. There's no substance to this wrap, just dry tortilla. Wish they filled it more, especially for their high prices. It's a sad wrap.

Honestly, I don't understand how this place gets such good reviews. I've eaten here twice (I had to give them a second chance) but I just can't bear to pay $10 for a sandwich I make FAR better at home for about $2.50! The fact that they handle cash between making sandwiches without washing their hands or using gloves is the final straw. I won't be eating here ever again. If I had noticed that little detail on my first visit, it would have been my last... The bread was the same Franz bread that I use at home (read: CHEAP), the roast beef was edible but sub-par, and the lettuce was shaved so hair-thin that it was actually mushy in texture. Has to be among the most overpriced and disappointing meals I've ever had. Really, if you're thinking of getting a sandwich here, I'd suggest trying Murphy's up in Trinidad, you'll pay about 1/3 less for a sandwich that's 3 times better.

It’s nasty they don’t wear gloves...they take money then go back to making sandwiches without washing their hands. They should take the order put gloves on then take them off to take the money then wash their hands and repeat. Or have one person take the money and the others make the sandwiches. One girl wore gloves to make a sandwich then went and took my money with gloves on...so who knows how long she had been wearing those gloves. So NASTY! WEAR GLOVES!

I literally just left there and I can't even believe the experience I just had. They are RIDICULOUSLY over priced first of all but I still continued to go there because their food is good. My fiancé and I were ordering and the lady at the counter ask my fiancé if he wanted a half or a whole. My fiancé is a quiet and reserved person but I can clearly hear him say that he wanted a whole but she continued to stand there for another minute and then threw her hands up as in if she is done with his behavior for whatever reason and said at him do you want a half or a whole. He said I would like a whole please. I then asked her to put a little lettuce on my sandwich very politely and she proceeded to pile about of mountain of lettuce and I asked her to take it off because I asked for a little lettuce and she then acted like I was requesting a huge in great thing. If she would have listened to me in the first place she would've known that I only wanted a little bit a lettuce. Then when we were paying at the counter I told my fiancé please do not to because that woman was incredibly rude with her behavior the gentleman at the counter overheard us and basically threw the receipt at my fiancé. They will not be getting my business EVER AGAIN!

Showed up with my family to get sandwiches, walked up to the door to find out they closed early. The door, itself has a sign saying their hours,10:30-5:30 I showed up at 5:00 . Central sandwich is always my go to sandwich shop, it’s good quality for the price you pay. However I’m an unhappy customers this time. It was a bummer to have it closed early and have the employees standing in there hiding behind the counter.9•23•22