We had lunch today at Chompie's and were fortunate enough to be serviced by "The Jey"! This young man is the absolute best in customer service. He was upbeat, friendly, professional and the best ever. He took time to talk and answer our questions, while serving many different areas in the restaurant. He is a hard worker and should be commended for his work ethics. Our only hope is that he is appreciated by his employer and will be taken care of. The food was excellent but his service was the best ever! We have every intention of returning and will definitely ask for "The Jey" again! read more

This place always has slow service. Most of the time they get our order wrong. Tried to give this place another shot, just to be disappointed. Would not recommend ! read more

service is slow.the rye was great but the meat of the sandwich was made with scraps off the slicer.,no full slices of pastrami

I've been to this location a few times. The first two were just ok. Nothing to write home about, so to speak. So, my boyfriend and I went there yesterday around 11am. There was a 20 minute wait which we were ok with. When we get seated, the waitress was doing her part. She grabbed us some waters, but she put lemon inside my water, which I still don't get because I did not ask for lemon. We just asked if we could get bottled water. That was not a problem, but waiting 35 minutes for our food when I ordered bacon and eggs and my BF ordered eggs Benedict was a little irritating. . The people who sat down next to us got their food before we did and they came in after we had already ordered. I heard them order and they had two omelettes. Why was our food taking so long? When we finally did get our order, my plate had black all around it and I could wipe it off with my napkin. My BF's food looked like a bagel with a runny mess poured all over it. I got up and walked out. I will never go back to a chompies location. read more

Just in for a simple breakfast but it was o so good. Wife's scrambled eggs soft like she likes them. Michael our server very friendly and informative as wife doesn't like bagels he explained the bagel versus bills to her. Heard him helping some kids in next booth.VERY PLEASED WITH FOOD, SERVICE AND MICHAEL read more

What is this world coming to? No salt bagels anymore? What will I put my pastrami and Swiss on? We've been coming to Chompies specifically for that sandwich since they opened their first deli at 32nd & Shea in the early '80s. Please say it ain't so. read more

good food and atmosphere (a bit too much a/c, though, when we dined). the down side was our waiter was creepy and made inappropriate comments to the hostess and us. read more

Jewish sliders are really good, will try the BBQ sliders next time. Good service, this dinning location is smaller than the one Tempe but nonetheless, great place to eat. read more

Good food.service not so good waiter sounded tired as if he wanted to go home instead of working

Just got a "jumbo half" turkey breast to-go that was not very jumbo at all and was just meat and bread except for the cheese I paid extra for. Definitely NOT worth $10.49 + extra for cheese. The baked goods looked amazing though so maybe I will go back for just dessert. read more

I love the food here, I only go for the breakfast so I don't know anything about their lunch or dinner. I eat here 2 times a week. The breakfast is a large portion of everything. I read some of the reviews about cockroaches. I have seen one cockroach one time. What I found out was the main sewer for the entire mall is right next to the restuarant, that's why they have a problem with these creatures, but it hasn't stopped me from going there. There is another location in Tempe to choose from. read more

Service was really bad today. The waitress at the bar counter ignored us for a good ten minutes before telling us she would be right back to take our order. We had to ask the hostess for drink refills and waited too long to pay our bill. read more

My visit to Chompies was time well spent. From the moment I walked into this Jewish deli, I was sure the food was going to be amazing. The smell alone told me as soon as I walked in. The atmosphere was interesting; murals of celebrity icons and the cityscape of New York stretched throughout the building set the mood for the customers. Though it was busy, the service was very prompt and organized, and we were seated right away. I ordered the traditional Jewish sliders and was served fairly quickly, considering the amount of customers already seated. The sliders were amazing; three brisket sandwiches with Swiss and a hashed potato topping, smothered in gravy. I have no complaints in the way the food was prepared, the service, or the atmosphere. Chompies is definitely money on a meal well spent. read more

We have been to this Chompie's several times, and I am always satisfied with my breakfast entree. I almost always order the French omelet which is delicious. It comes with home fries and toast and all portions are generous. I asked for some green Cholula sauce but they only had green tabasco which is not nearly as good. My husband's experience has been hit or miss. Today was not outstanding. He ordered his eggs "over medium" but they were served runny. The server did not stop by soon enough to ask if he was satisfied, so he ate the runny eggs. When she did stop by, she offered to have the cook remake the eggs, but he declined. Nevertheless, she did ask the chef to remake the eggs and the second attempt was even runnier. She then offered a free bagel for him to take home. His chicken fried steak looked pre-formed rather than hand breaded and the gravy on top was so-so. He really enjoyed the crispy hash browns and the jalapeno cheese bagel that accompanied his entree. Prices are a bit high, so when food is not perfectly prepared and/or served, it is frustrating. The server was adequate, but not especially accommodating or friendly. read more

Not impressed with food or service. My order contained eggs and asked the waiter if they were scrambled, he said yes. They came and not scrambled, it was like a flat hard boiled egg, no flavor. Waiter said that's the way they come. The potatoe pancakes, no flavor...NOTHING out of is world! Later manager came and said hello and asked how was their service...I told her and all she could say was oh, so sorry for your experience, waited to see other reaction, she said bye...I said you know I am going to post a review...she smiled. Not returning! read more

I have eaten at chompies at this location and have had great service. So to my surprise when I called to give them an order for CATERING I was placed on hold for 6 minutes because only a manager could tell me if I can get an order for tomorrow ??? Luckily I called the shea location was assisted and only put on hold for 30 seconds to check w catering manager and order submitted. They should takes notes from the Scottsdale location. read more

I am writing for this particular location, other Chompie's have been great. I have been to this location a few times and have never been impressed with the staff but this last time I had a server that was such a little s#$! with her bad attitude, I will never return. She was rude to the people at the table who ordered water, was awkwardly telling us it was "weird" that we liked our appetizer because others didn't, and explained that even though they advertise "rare" roast beef, it all depends on the cut...what??? Last straw! read more

Yum! Went here today and it was great. Had monte cristo. Very clean, service is great, food came quick. They have food for everyone the menus is big. Only con is it may be a little pricey but worth it, read more

Stopped in for lunch...1/2 order of mile high roast beef on a salted bagel -- was actually a full bagel with a good amount of beef. Coleslaw very tasty as were the fries. Loved, loved, loved the salted bagel. read more

I read that this Chompies was going down hill and we experienced this last night. The restaurant was not crowded on Mother's Day which was a sign. There were lots of employees standing around, picking each other up, chatting, etc. but not doing anything else. Our waiter forgot what my daughter ordered for her drink and ignored my son, who had just arrived and had not ordered yet. The food took forever to come, it was freezing in the restaurant and my husband needed more coffee but none was offered. We asked for a refill on my daughter's drink and for more coffee. There were only 2 place settings for our party of 4 and we had to ask for more. The mashed potatoes were awful. Neither one of my kids ate them. Two of us had omelets which were good. My son had a latke burger which was really good and my daughter had chicken and Matzo balls (dumplings) which she wasn't impressed with. One of the reasons we went to Chompies was for the Mother's Day gift of a slice of white cake with raspberry filling. Found out at the end of the meal that it only came with the Mother's Day dinner which was $19.95. Our waiter actually giggled when he said I couldn't have it. As we were paying he came out with a piece of the cake. Said they had lots of it so it redeemed him a little bit. Overall, a very disappointing outing. read more

My wife and I made our 1 and only stop at the Chompies at Chandler Mall because I had heard that it was a great "authentic" deli. I have read a lot of the other reviews on this site and I wonder if they ate at the same restaurant I did? In my opinion an "authentic" deli does not sell Boars head meats in their deli. They make their own meats, smoke their own etc. They don't buy it from a wholeseller out of the back of the truck behind the store. Strike one. Ordered the Pastrami and was beaming from ear to ear when it arrived as I have been looking for a huge stacked Pastrami since I moved to Arizona in 1980. Unfortunately the Pastrami had absolutely no taste. So disappointed. Strike 2. I then asked for some spicy mustard (hoping it would help with the taste) and was told they don't have that kind of mustard. Strike 3 we're outta here. I will give them a point for being as close to a real deli as I have found in Phoenix, but I will definately continue to look and I will definately not be back to Chompies. read more

Teresa, the manager, assisted us with a minor problem we encountered. Prior to this incident, we have always had outstanding service. She went well above and insisted on treating us to dessert, despite our protests. She genuinely worked to resolve the issue. thank you, and of course we will be back. read more

Always great food.great service top notch place everytime every plate!!! The bakery is the bomb fresh super tasty and priced right

If it was possible to give zero stars that would have been my option, no longer will be returning to this location....the service that we had received by our waitress Vera was unbelievable!! It was my sisters first time going there and worst experience her and I have ever had! We ordered our food and minutes after ordering our food our waitress Vera came and asked if we wanted boxes, we had only taken a few bites out of our food! She never came to refill our drinks...She already had our bill readily available and placed it at the table next to us, we felt as if we were being pushed out! When we looked at our bill she had over charged us. When we tried to get her attention to make the correction on our bill she ignored us and walked the other way. After losing our appetite and not wanting to be there anymore we asked for some boxes, she passed our table 3 times when she finally passed last time she told us she had forgotten our boxes. When it came to paying our bill she had seen I was placing my card in, when she quickly turned right around to come back to charge. Never have we ever felt so unwanted, and highly dissatisfied!! read more

Came here at 8:20 well before close and the front doors were locked. I called the number on their front door but they said the power was out even though I can clearly see all the lights on and all the stuff just standing around inside. Called them and they had enough power to pick up the call and tell me they were closing for the night. I asked if I could just buy cakes but they said no to that because their registers weren't up. The thing is I can see the registers have their screen powered on through the glass window and I'm also posting this using their WiFi so I don't understand how the power can be out. I just want to get some cakes. read more

Chompies not worth the NEW YORK Prices. My husband and I were the Chandler location. Coming from New York City I am always amazed by their high prices. New York Prices for not such good quality food. If you are going to be a "New York Deli" then act like one. Pickles should automatically be on the table when a customer arrives. You have to ask. When they arrive they are skinny little slices and only a few. $17.99 for a dried out corned beef sandwich that is far from a mile high on stale bread. Really? and I know you do not make that corned beef. You get it prepared and throw it in a steamer. $5.99 for a small square knish that should not be more than a few dollars. I can buy 4 for $6.00 at Fry's. Same thing. I can go on. I know I live in AZ now and things are not quite the same as back east but I think you need to go back to New York and work at a real deli and learn a few things before calling yourself a New York Deli. read more

I have been a patron of Chompies for 25 years. I have always had such amazing experiences here with customer service and food. Until today. We ordered Door Dash to have a relaxing Sunday while enjoying our favorite breakfast delivered from Chompies. How disappointed do you think we were when our driver arrived with just my order and not my husband's with the only excuse given to us was that the Chompies manager simply told the driver, "we don't have blintzes any longer". NO ONE EVEN THOUGHT TO CALL US!?! Once calling Door Dash to complain, they blamed Chompies, Adrian (the manager at Chompies) simply blamed Door Dash. Around and around the blame went. Once I asked Adrian how can she make this right before losing our business and me taking this to social media, she finally suggested she would send one of her extremely short staffed employees with whatever we wanted. No, thank you, after an hour of giving Chompies the chance to make things right, too little too late. We will NEVER eat here again. read more

My son's Bagel came burnt and it was obvious that they had tried to scraped off the burnt part with the knife, but it was still clearly black on most of the surface. When you go to a bagel place you expect a good bagel and it surprised me that they even survived it to him. Well mistakes happen and that is not the reason for the 1 star. the reason for 1 star was the response I received. It was near closing time when the food arrived and they said that all of the bagels had been put away so they could not replace it. The waitress offered a discount of $2 off the bagel part of my son's mean (his meal was $12 total). He did eat the rest, but that is because he was Hungary and the rest of us were started eating. It was not about the money, but I was not happy with them serving him a burnt bagel, being unwilling to get a new bagel for him in the back and only offering $2 off so I asked for the manager. The manager said she would comp the meal, but when the bill came it was only the $2 off. I paid the bill and give a less than normal tip, but its really disappointing that they would not either (a) give him the bagel that he wanted (meaning getting the put away bagels out for him), or (b) comp the whole meal. This really took away from what was a nice evening with the family. The food was actually pretty good, but with service like this we will not be back. read more

Super slow. I took my wife here for dinner one night and will never go back. In the hour and a half we were there our waitress came to our table once. We were offered one drink during the whole meal (appetizer and dinner). The food was cold and so was the service. Not really what I was expecting for the pricing. The onion rings weren't too bad... read more

We visited Chompie's on vacation in July. My husband just LOVED everything about this deli. He has traveled extensively throughout New York and other big cities and has strong opinions about various deli's in the United States. Chompie's is one of his favorites. We came back 4 times for breakfast after our first visit and we will definitely return when visiting Chandler in the future. We couldn't believe that we had never learned of this deli on other visits. His comments were that the staff were outstanding in the treatment of the customers, the food was of the highest standard and taste and the coffee was great. We will be back! Thank you for an amazing experience. read more

My husband's family is from New York and we went there for an anniversary. The food portions are huge! And my in-laws said the food was just like "home." It was delicious food with a varying menu for almost anyone to find a meal for themselves. My only complaint is the prices are expensive! I suppose it'd be expected with a New York restaurant and deli style with gigantic portion sizes. If you're on a budget I wouldn't go to Chompie's Deli. read more

It had been a little while since we've been to Chompie's for the simple fact we hadn't been in the area around meal time. We decided to make a specific trip out there for dinner this past weekend and to be honest I was a little underwhelmed. The food was just OK compared to being excellent like it always was before. I'm not sure if there was a change in how they do things but we weren't served a plate of pickles like we used to upon being seated. I looked around the restaurant and didn't see any other tables with them either so maybe they stopped doing it, which is a bummer. Probably the most disappointing thing about the visit was the fact that I had ordered a Black & White cookie to go from the bakery counter and instead of putting the cookie in a plastic container they guy out it in a bag. Normally a cookie in a bag wouldn't be a big deal but by the time I went to eat the cookie later that evening about half of the chocolate on top was stuck to the inside of the bag and I was left with having to scrape it off which kind of ruined what was otherwise a delicious cookie. Oh well...guess we just won't make any special trips out that was just for Chompie's. read more

We recently discovered Chompies In Chandler Az. Our first visit about two weeks ago went well and we very happy with the food and the service. We went back yesterday and have no idea what happened. Our food was terrible and service mediocure . When we arrived there was only one couple there. the soup special was Albondigas , a Mexican soup I have eaten and made many times in my life, so I was excited. I ordered the white fish salad half sandwich with soup and my son ordered the mile high Pastramie with fries. My meal: the fish salad was the worst I ever had. The consistency was like a cream cheese smear with no flavor just fishy and salty It was like they put every thing through a blender (Terrible). The bread was cold like it was prevously in a fridge. Worse than the sandwich was the soup. It had no semblance to Albondigas except it had a meatball in it. It had a thick tomato base broth with potatoes and carrots. I even called the server to see if they had made a mistake. She said no that it was the Albondigas. I realize a Jewish deli may not be the best place for Albondigas but if they don't know how to make it they should not make it a feature soup of the day. That was my meal now for my sons meal. His Pastrami sandwich liked like a pyramid. Meat was all in the middle only to make it tall and none on the sides, made it only a third sandwich at best. The Pastrami was cold and dry. Again the bread was cold. Even worse the fries looked like they were left over, kinda grey looking and again cold. In addition there was only one couple there, already eating and it took 25 minutes to get our meal. I would never go back nor would I recommend this restaurant to anyone. read more

I had a terrible experience at one of your locations yesterday. I took my 82 year old mother to her Dr appointment on Shea. She has not been eating well. Asked the Doctor for a recommendation as to where we could go for breakfast . He suggested Chompies. We had never been to a Chompies before so we decided to give it a try. When we walked in we saw a sign that says "order here" , so that's what we did. I figured it was one of those hybrid restaurants where one orders at the counter and then still eat in. Well, I didn't think we would be treated like Bonnie and Clyde. After I ordered and paid my mother was having trouble standing so I told her to find a booth to sit in, We were told we could not eat our food there. I was lectured about the differences between take out and dining in, ultimately we were told by the waitress we could eat there and were seated but then the manager came over and told us we would have to leave. He said I threatened him, I did not, I simple told him that this was absurd. Our money was refunded, at least I think it was.. Two separate customers came outside and spoke to me as I struggled to get my sobbing mother in the car and told us they would never eat at chompies again. So thanks Chompies, you lost a bunch of customers yesterday and made a sick old lady cry. What ever happened to customer service? read more

If I could give zero stars I would. Horrible service today! So bad, we had to walk out. Terrible from the moment we walked in. Was Not busy, yet hostess said would be a 15 minute wait, even though several tables were open. Was told that we came during "their" staff break time. Have never heard such an idiotic thing in my life. Close your damn doors and shut down if you can't handle customers at 2:30 in the afternoon. Asked for a booth for my family of 4 and told none available. There was one right behind us that was clean and available. Asked for the empty booth behind us and the hostess said that they don't have a server available for that table, due to current employee breaks. Totally serious...it was not 5 minutes later that this idiot hostess sat a couple of 2 at this same booth that we (family of 4) could not have. Finally, someone came to get our drink order and right away told us she is not our server but would get our drinnks. Eventually we meet our server and first thing out of her mouth was "ready to order?". We told of our booth incident. She said sorry but tables are on a rotation basis. What the hell this means, don't know or care. She offers a booth for us, which we take and she walks off with an attitude. We sit for close to another 10 minutes with no service. Apparently, this booth is not her table so now we are back to waiting AGAIN. We walk out obviously irritated over our terrible experience with Chompies and not one employee says anything to us. We will never be back. read more

i ordered it through door dash in the late afternoon and it as still awsome! i got a couple random bagles with different cream cheeses! homemade everything i can tell. best cream cheese ever! the only down fall is the price...lil expensive for sandwiches and breakfast. but overall this will be my new go-to bagle place from now on! read more

disclaimer: this review and the two stars are for the chandler location ONLY! i will post a review of the tempe location along with the extra star it deserves. i grew up around authentic kosher delis and was in love with chompie''s the first time i went to the tempe location. we went past the one in chandler and decided to give it a try. the restaurant was not busy yet it took quite a while for our sever, who seemed to hate her job, to even come get our drink orders. our drinks came and then it was another 15 minutes until we got our 1/2 sandwich and soup. our waitress then disappeared. the corned beef was lukewam and a little fattier than i'm used to. the matzo ball soup was good-no bagel chips, however. the service shocked me- i'm tempted to give this a one star review since our waitress, amy, was so rude and horrible. i will still be a chompie's fan but plan to avoid the chandler location at all costs! read more

Like with a chinese joint you check the fried rice and the egg roll to know if its legit, here you gotta try the pastrami for the legit check. Although the size is good and what every RAVES about, the quality just ain't there. I'm from Queens NY and eaten at the best NY places and it just doesn't stack up. First off, the Pastrami got the consistency of "rubber beef" like cheap Roast Beef from Subway, huge turn off. Roast beef kinda the same, like its a solution soaked piece of meat before cooking, hell, even Jersey Mikes does a better Roast Beef, its got FLAVOR. Epic fail on my two favs. No real Jewish deli would be caught dead serving that rubber meat garbage. . That was strike one. My sister in law was in town and took her here, she had the fish and had food poisoning for the next 3 days. That was strike 2. I called to inform the manager, they NEVER called back to offer an apology or like normal a coupon for free food etc. Strike 3, eat at your own risk. Faux NY Deli at its best read more