McAlister's Deli

11:10 AM, 2 REGISTERS, A QUEUE 8 DEEP
with mostly burly blue color guys in uniforms. And why not? It's a cheap lunch, with large portions, a wide menu variety and better quality ingredients than fast food.

$11.97: DOUBLE CLUB WITH SIDE & REFILLABLE DRINK
as fast food goes that is substantially cheaper than Subway where a double meat footlong club totals $11.45 for just the sandwich, and it's less than a $12.70 lunch at BK.

SLOPPY UNPROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
The local elite comments are spot on. McAllisters could be a more viable lunch alternative if it didn't take so long to get the food, or if you didn't have to deal with the immature cashiers too busy hoo-hawing among themselves to do their jobs.

...I'll be back though, the burly blue collar guys are worth the agida

PROTIP: get the condiments on the side - they're pretty miserly with the spread there.

If you are in the hurry and are tempted for fast food, try out McAlisters.. I love all of their salads--every indegredient FRESH! This is a stop by while on a shopping or working break but go someplace better if you are on a date kind of place.

Extremely slow and understaffed. It took over 10 minutes just to get pickup order that I placed through the app. Also, order was made wrong. Ticket was correct, order was not.
Also, they were out of sweet tea during the lunch rush, with a nationwide special running. Poor planning on the managements part.

This is by far the worst eating out experience I have had in the last 6-10 months. The place was completely empty except for one couple when I walked in and I imagined this would mean I would receive my food quickly but I was wrong. The restaurant was not very clean either, I counted 4 pieces of trash just from the vantage point of my booth.

I waited about 15 minutes and at this point I was the only one in the restaurant. I had ordered a grilled horseradish roast beef and cheddar with NO ONIONS because, as I emphatically told the cashier (and she even said she didn't care for them either) I **hate** onions. I also ordered a side of mac and cheese.

I was facing the kitchen when I sat down and I could see at least one person working in the kitchen on their cell phone from the time I sat down to when I left which may explain the wait.

After 15 or so minutes, I received my order and immediately smelled onions. I opened the sandwich and I kid you not there was more onion than roast beef! It was an onion extravaganza.

I returned the sandwich and waited about 5-8 minutes for them to make me another one which they brought out with new mac and cheese. Unfortunately the mac and cheese tasted like it had been made a week before and was completely mush. Disgusting and tasteless.

The sandwich was on a nicely toasted bun but they were very stingy on the roast beef and the beef that was there was dry, boring, and tasteless. There was as much cheddar cheese as roast beef and hardly any horseradish.

After a fountain drink, I felt like I was eating a slightly less than medicare $11 grilled cheese with a few spoonfuls of whatever they were alleging to be roast beef.

This place was one disappointment after another and I did not even eat 1/2 of my food because it was terrible. I really dislike this place and will never EVER go back.

It's 3pm on a Monday. Haven't stopped for lunch and the king cake I had for breakfast is a distant memory. Don't want to invest a lot of time, but I hate chains, so thought about just skipping it altogether, but my growling stomach wins. With very low expectations, I enter and take in my surroundings, chuckling to myself that they're playing up the fact that they're in New Orleans by offering a "New Orleans inspired" menu. Yeah, right! I wanted something light, so went with small Savannah Chopped Salad and cup of Chicken Tortilla soup, at the recommendation of the counter help; and took my number to my table, of which I pretty much had my choice. After maybe a 6-8 minute wait, the same helper arrived at my table with a decent presentation. The soup and salad were both actually pretty good, as was the service. I wasn't expecting a five-star dining experience for $8, but I did walk out pleasantly surprised, and reasonably full.

McAllister's will never make my list of recommended NOLA restaurants, but you can do worse for a quick lunch at a decent price.

I literally downloaded yelp just now to warn people of this establishment.

A rude and inept employee, my order was wrong, food was mediocre at best, and when viewing my credit card statement, they charged me almost double what my order cost. Three strikes and you're out. I will never give them my business again.

I went in the following day and spoke with a manager about the credit card charge. She was polite and stated that she would call me when the GM arrived because she does not have access to the receipts. She never called me. That's four strikes now. I called back hours later and spoke with the GM myself, who knew nothing of my situation. He immediately resolved my problem, but stated that he didn't know where the difference came from on the receipt. That makes me suspicious.

Even though the GM was as helpful as anyone could be at resolving my problem, it doesn't negate the fact that it was some of the worst customer service I've ever experienced. Three strikes, you're out. Four strikes, I download yelp and write a scathing review.

Stay away. Pita pit is close, has much better food, and excellent customer service.

Food - 5 stars
Service - 3 stars
Price - 4 stars
Cleanliness - 3 stars

Overall, pretty good chain restaurant deli! Better than fast food for lunch! I've come here approximately 10 times for lunch by myself. Service is fairly consistent except when there are large catering orders which may lead to a slight delay. Tea is amazing in all forms! Cleanliness issue I've noticed is mild trash clutter, not wiped tables, cup rings of sweet tea residue... seems to be due to rush lunch crowd. I'm a satisfied repeat customer!

On the one hand, there were plenty of outlets, free wifi, and no animosity from the staff for parking my butt here for 8 hours while writing a final. (I did buy food, of course. I'm not a total weirdo!)

On the other hand, it was December 10; but the playlist was still "overplayed oldies." Not a Christmas tune within earshot, and I wanted to pull my hair out the third time in two hours I heard Yesterday.

Back on the first hand, the staff is really nice. They noticed I was working on my laptop, asked it if it was a final (affirmative), and left me alone. I appreciated being left to do my own thing. When someone noticed I'd been there forever, he brought me a free brownie to "cheer me on." Awww. And no one gave me side-eyes for drinking 8 bajillion glasses of tea.

But on that pesky other hand, the kitchen was sloppy with assembly; and my food was kinda hap-hazard. It makes me miss my local sandwich joint in Indiana. (Shout-out to Little Sheba's in Richmond!)

Don't go out of your way, but it can be useful. And the mac and cheese is pretty good most of the time.

Accessibility notes: Doors open out. No Braille signage or menus. High counters for ordering food. Can get loud at peak hours. Phone and online ordering is available.

This location is miles different than the one located within Harrah's Casino, which is the main reason I never stopped here until the other day. I ordered their Italian Chopped Salad, consisting of Black Forest ham, salami, olive salad, roasted red peppers, provolone, red onions, cucumbers and tomatoes with a simple Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinaigrette. Nothing tasted processed and was quite hearty. My very pregnant co-worker ordered a baked potato with chili & cheese so large, it made for two meals.

The service was efficient and fast and parking was a breeze. Yes, I'll add you to my lunchtime rotation!

My boyfriend and I got lunch here a few months ago, after a trip to the zoo, and we were both majorly underwhelmed.

First of all, I ordered a ham and cheese sandwich with a side of mac and cheese. When I got it, there was no cheese on my ham and cheese. I probably should have complained, but I was super hungry, so I just decided to eat it. It wasn't anything special. It was pretty much a ham sandwich that I could have made at home, yet it was 8 bucks.

My mac and cheese was watery and flavorless. I can't remember what my boyfriend got, but he wasn't overly impressed, either. I had never been there before, but he had and said that the quality of food had gone down considerably.