Reviews for Tommy Pastrami New York Delicatessen in Santa Ana, CA

I was looking to try a new pastrami place and this was it! The food was so delicious they make a lot of everything there.... Definitely coming back the staff was so nice and welcoming. I felt a little uncomfortable eatting it really has nothing to dowith the restaurant but there was a homeless man that sat a table next to me and stared at me while I was trying to eat. Ioffered him food and kept say he didn't want it and asked if I had an extra room for him. Just threw me off a bit. But otherthan that the food was sooo goood! Read more

I feel like I have never had real tomato soup before. I was just grabbing a quick bite today and didn't expect much. I was blown... away by the friendly and fast service. The food was stellar. Read more

One of the best pastrami sandwich I've ever had, it's equal if not better than Langer's

I?ve been on a New York in OC journey the past few weeks. You can?t crave NY and not have Pastrami. It?s not Katz Deli where... you can stroll in after a night of bar hopping and devour a whole sandwich on your own, but it?s a pretty darn good sandwich forlunch on a beautiful sunny day in SoCal. Really unassuming location. Quiet with lots of parking. Lots of seating indoors andoutdoors. Service was great. And the food was delicious. We got the Hot Pastrami, Matzoball in soup broth, knish, and a blackand white cookie. The pastrami sandwich hit the spot. Even the rye bread alone was tasty. The knish was flavorful. The matzoball needed a touch more flavor but it was still good because it felt like a warm hug. Read more

Dang, the Reubens are huge and honestly it was the best Reuben I ever had. A $20 Reuben fed both me and my husband and we eat a... LOT. Read more

There really isn?t anything quite like a Philly Cheesesteak. The food was awesome and the kitchen worked through the orders... quick. Service was a bit awkward at times but it isn?t a problem. Either way, I?d be back when I?m in the neighborhood. Read more

Whenever I'm in the Costa Mesa area, I make sure to visit this little gem of a New York Deli experience in California! The Pizza... Pastrami is my FAVORITE. True authentic NY tasting food. UPDATE! As usual, I visited Tommy's today.. bought a couple FULL PhillySteak sandwiches and performed my $1/$2 trick to the man himself (Tommy). I had to update my review with the placard history andinspiration behind this well run franchise! Enjoy! Read more

Love this place!! I always get a pastrami sandwich, I love the mustard and i like to stack at high. My wife gets the cheesesteak... sandwich every time we come, this place is great. In Southern California in my opinion there are a handful of delis that do areally good pastrami sandwich in this place is in the top five for me. The owner is a super cool guy, his ex-wife is super niceand the rest of the staff that?s been there a long time is very friendly. I wish they had a better selection of chips, I like toeat potato chips with my sandwich and they offer these really nasty potato chips, sometimes I?ll bring me a bag of Doritos oreven some Sour cream and onion. Bottom line this place is great if you?ve never been here I highly recommend you give it a try. Read more