Wow, the food is delicious and the ingredients are whole and fresh, so it makes sense. The place is very affordable and the crew here is very friendly and welcoming. Definitely recommend the smash sliders, and the Armenian Scramble is to die for. read more

Came here today. It was a typical Sunday afternoon for lunch but these sliders are delicious. The employees were quick and friendly here. This might be my go to next I come here and the outdoor patio is great read more

Deli Nerds - Chicken Cali Caesar Salad - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

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Love this place! Delicious food and mimosas. Have been here multiple times for dinner and brunch...it's all good! Kids like it here too, lots of fun trinkets and pictures to interact with. read more

Kewl little spot in CM, plenty of parking at lunch time and lots of seating too. When I walked in I was greeted from multiple directions, friendly staff, looks like they had a few things going on. The sammys are slider version with 2 and 3 slider options. I went with the French dip. I grabbed the 3 but 2 was plenty and one for later. Tasty sandwich, good dip for the slider. I grabbed some chips and a tea and enjoyed the patio. Looks like they have some good happy hour specials, I think it was 3 to 5? Good drink prices and food deals too. Daily breakfast burrito caught my eye. 5 bucks between 8 and 9am. Our office does BB runs frequently and this will have to be in the line up. Looks like they have a trivia night and a food eating sword contest to check out too. Lots of fun they are creating. Go check them out. read more

If false advertisement was in the dictionary, this place would be it. I have been seeing $5 breakfast burritos all over my FYP, so I came in on Sat to get one. First off, they are only $5 on Mon- Fri from 8-9am. Regular price $9 and if you want any protein, an extra $5. I went ahead and paid full price because I was already bamboozled. This burrito was not worth $15 and was honestly the most mid tasting burrito I've had. The salsa had close to no flavor as well. Would not be back for this. read more

Deli Nerds - bacon breakfast burrito - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

Place has a lot of specials. Place is known virally for their food challenge where you have to eat a whole saber's worth of sliders along with pretzel balls. You order at the counter and they bring it out to you. They have both clean indoor and outdoor seating on the "patio" in the parking lot with a relaxed atmosphere. The sliders seem small but are filling with a combo and they have many fun flavors and styles. They also have plenty of grab and go options and a fairly cheap (by OC standards) breakfast menu. read more

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Me and my boys had the slider smash burgers, and they ate them with no complaints! It says a lot for two piggy eaters. Also looks like they have great weekly deals! Will be coming back for mimosas on the weekend! read more

Deli Nerds - Boys eating burgers - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

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Breakfast burritos were great. I love the vibes, service and the menu looks delicious. Will definitely try their sliders next.

If you want to wait 35 minutes for two basic breakfast burritos this is the place. The guy in front of us ate and left before we got our food. Too bad because it seemed like a cool place, will not return. read more

Ordered a chicken caesar wrap and received something resembling an unwrapped burrito. Basically impossible to pick up and eat. It also doesn't appear that any caesar dressing was used here. read more

Deli Nerds scores again! We took friends for sliders last week and they were very impressed with the service, food and how darling the restaurant is. Fern was terrific with great suggestions and overall awesome service!! Thank you, Leslie and family read more

Just did the sword challenge. It's not for the fain of heart. I fall but if you are going to try pick all smash burger sliders it's much easier to go down. Employees and owner are very supportive. read more

Deli Nerds - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

This place is a joke. Expect to wait. $15 for a Caesar wrap? A crap tortilla with 1oz of lettuce and 1.5 oz of chicken? When you get the sliders you are paying for 70% bun! And forget about getting any meat in your burrito. Extremely weak. I cannot express enough how much to avoid this robbery. read more

All the hype we seen on social media was 100% totally worth the trip over here. They have an amazing bacon breakfast burrito. Such delicious flavor. My wife says her French dip sliders were delicious as well. You gotta come check this place out. read more

Deli Nerds - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

OK granted the burritos are only five dollars between 8 and 9 AM but when I order a ham burrito, I expect there to be ham in it. These are progression pictures. The first picture I was two bites and three bites and five bites in finally came across a piece of ham. The cheese was practically nonexistent as well as as the hashbrowns so basically it was an egg burrito, mildly warmed And also they aren't made to order. They just scoop the premade mixture in a tortilla, wrap it up and throw it in paper. It literally took two minutes for three burritos and they weren't hot. Really it's not worth the hype. I'd rather pay double and get meat & cheese in my burrito. Also, we ordered three burritos. I asked before I walked out if there was salsa in the in individual burritos, they handed me and they said yes well lo and behold we get home and there's only one salsa so two of us didn't get salsa with our burritos read more

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I mean it's good the food is ok I wouldn't say it's the best because that is claros but it's fine they have a good variety of hot and cold sandwiches honestly go for the hot the flavors blend together better and you'll forget the fact the bread isn't fresh read more

Listen to the one star reviews!! We had lunch at this place after seeing all the cleverly enticing social media marketing. I am sad to report Deli Nerds is an Orange County eatery you should cross off your list. We had 5 sliders, 2 sides, a bag of chips, and two canned beers for $60.00!!!! The sliders are on very dry, borderline stale brioche buns. The French dip slider is dry, the onions are far from carmelized and the purported grass fed beef is almost indistinguishable from the braised pork in the Cubano slider both of which have very obviously been made way too far in advance and served from a hotel pan that's been sitting in the refer for who knows how long. The smash burger slider does have two patties although they're lucky to weigh in at an ounce apiece, and and a slice of flavorless tomato (likely GMO) that has no place on a smash burger. Let's talk about the sides that came out almost ten minutes after the lukewarm sliders...the chicken salad is made with poorly chopped chicken and black olives. It has some sort of curry like seasoning in it also which clashes horribly. Oh and the egg salad!!!! Now this was the real show stopper folks. It's more like an egg salad soup. It was so soupy and runny it slid through the tines on the fork. It did have a half decent flavor though. The absolute highlight of our lunch were the Pizza Port beers. Two cans out of the cooler that were nice and cold. I really had high hopes for this place!!! I'm so disappointed. read more

Came for breakfast burrito happy hour, we were not disappointed! Happy hour is only an hour but worth making it, the burritos are well worth it. read more

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We love love love this place. No matter how busy they are, the staff is always soooo kind and accommodating. I mean what's not to love and the fact they do a happy hour $5 burrito is truly amazing in this economy. Love the vibe. Will always continue to support !!!!! And heck yes for them prepping the burritos so we can get in and out I do wish there was an option for no cheese on the $5 burritos because cheese hurts my tummy but nothing a lactaid can't fix!!!! read more

Live music, dog friendly patio, great staff, and an awesome atmosphere! This place is a great hidden gem. The French toast is unlike any I've ever tasted before, definitely reccomend. Can't wait to come back and try the rest of the menu! read more

Deli Nerds - Live Music - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

We are so happy to have Deli Nerds in Mesa Verde Plaza! We just had our team party there and everyone asked to come back again! Tina was wonderful to work with. She was communicative, thoughtful and made sure to note food allergies and check on ingredient which was very helpful. Her honesty was very refreshing! The sliders and deviled eggs were a hit! In addition, they had a great selection for wine and non alcoholic beverages. The team was so kind, friendly and very helpful and quick to bring food, drinks and set up. The patio is beautiful with its lights, communal tables and plants. It is peaceful and the music is fitting the ambience and you can actually talk and hear other people. We highly recommend trying out deli nerds whether for a bite or catering an event! read more

My boyfriend heard about Deli Nerds on NPR so we decided to try it out for lunch and I wish we'd saved our money... I got 3 sliders: 2 of the Anthony Bourdain's (fried mortadella) and 1 French dip. The taste wasn't an issue but... 1. The price to food ratio is crazy. Completely not worth it. The mortadella especially probably had like 2 slices of mortadella on each slider. You're getting more bun than anything else. If you're going to market sliders being superior to a sandwich, it might be best to make them at least as filling as the average sandwich when it costs the same, if not more. 2. The buns were dry and too thick, again, especially considering the amount of food that's otherwise on the slider. It's like 4:1 bun to meat. 3. The mortadella one was kind of a texture nightmare. As if the dry bun wasn't enough, the mortadella was too thick and very dry, such that it more closely resembled something like Canadian bacon than it did a delicious hot paper-thin shaven fried mortadella. 4. I preferred the flavor of the French dip, but the au jus was a bit salty, and it's nothing I would come back for. Overall -- would not recommend and have no desire to return. * In response to owner's comment: No, I didn't bring it up to anyone because it was a to-go order. I was not going to drive back to your establishment to express disappointment and didn't think a phone call stating "I thought the food was a rip off and not worth my money" would warrant an over-the-phone refund. Regardless, there's nothing you or your staff could've done to change my opinion on the food and my money spent, warranting the 1 star. I'm sharing my review on Yelp so that people can get a sense of what the food and value is like. Considering the service was close to nonexistent for a to-go order, it's not mentioned in my review. That being said--nobody goes to a casual restaurant for the service. Maybe instead of being incredibly defensive and victimizing yourself in the comments, you should accept criticism and actually work to make changes that will help your business. Dissatisfied customers are not your enemy--your giant dry brioche buns and dry hard mortadella are. read more

The service was great and the food was amazing! I'll definitely be back. The chorizo and sausage burrito was particularly good, and the salsa that came with it was delicious. My girlfriend also really liked the vegetarian sausage option. read more

Yeah, I like this place. They have some pretty good food. I definitely enjoy the variety of sliders that they have. I also really appreciate when places do a seasonal or a monthly item that is unique to the rest of the menu because I'm a foodie and I'd like to have a variety and try new things unfortunately I went in there on the day that they did not have the sauce for this month seasonal item and unfortunately, I went in there just for that item and didn't really want anything else so I left empty-handed, but I'm gonna try back again. Hopefully they'll have it ready but definitely worth a try. I like the location as well. I wouldn't mind if they had a housemate suite item, but no complaints either way. read more

Food is amazing Team energy is on point always happy with a smile. Ambiance is just perfect read more

I've been here a few times now and everything I've tried it awesome. Their patio is also great for events. I highly recommend the breakfast burrito and the wraps. Everything's so flavorful. The staff is friendly, too, and the overall vibe is light and fun. read more

Clean eats, reasonably priced. Quick and friendly service. Bomb ass breaky burrito. Lots of options. Food was great. Portions were large. Consider splitting burrito unless u want food coma. I'll be sleeping until tomorrow now. read more

Deli Nerds - Plenty of seating. Decent music. Fast and quick service. Plenty of parking. - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

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Ok I need everyone to lock in and support the hell out of this business. From the moment I saw the menu I knew this place was woman owned/operated. Every sandwich is mini, every bowl is perfectly portioned and full of genuinely delicious ingredients in the most simple of ways. I feel like Deli nerds has proven that food quality, variety, and price CAN coexist in a restaurant and everyone needs to experience it. Please support this business so I won't ever have to live without it! read more

My wife and I each had the breakfast burrito. It was a 10/10. Their coffee was probably the best I ever had. Will be back.

We didn't try what they were known for (sliders), but if it's anything like their Mediterranean bowl then I'm sure it's delicious! read more

Deli Nerds - Mediterranean bowl - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

I came in on the errand to feed my construction worker boyfriend and I had to go pick him up something else. As a sandwich lover and seeing deli nerds, I thought there was going to be much more variety of sandwiches based off the name and there was maybe 5 to choose from... I was looking for tasty bread and a hot sandwich. Something filling that is worth at least the solid $10. I was told it wouldn't take that long so I moved out of the parking lot and onto my next errand. I come back and still had to wait. Seeing the to go box made me sad and I even ordered chips on the side for a total of $12/13. I could not give that to my guy. I kept it for my breakfast and spent the same on a torta 5 min away. This is definitely for catering and not a sandwich place. It did not taste bad, meat and cheese of good quality but for the wait, price and service. It was okay. read more

Deli Nerds - Caribbean sliders - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

I am honestly so unsure about this place. I have come 2x for the $5 Friday burritos and had vastly different experiences. The first time, 2 week ago I walked in, placed my order and had my food within 10-15 mins. This week I called ahead, the cashier quoted me 5- 10 mins wait time, and when I arrived I had to wait 30+ minutes for the 2 breakfast burritos. I arrived and paid at 8:40, and still had to wait until 9:02am. Not sure if I would come back. The time frame needs to improve and coach your staff to give accurate wait times. After I asked how much longer at 8:52, they promised me I was next- which was another lie. Still waited... If I knew it was 35 minutes I would have run another errand first. Unsure why it is such a huge difference, but delicious food none the less. read more

Deli Nerds is an absolute gem! The sliders are some of the best I've ever had. Perfectly cooked, bursting with flavor, and made with meats and cheeses sliced fresh in-house. Each bite is packed with quality ingredients you can truly taste. It's clear they take pride in sourcing the freshest produce and highest quality proteins, and it makes all the difference. All of the sauces are made in house and the flavors are balanced to perfection. You can taste the care and attention in every detail. They also have a cozy patio which is perfect for their happy hour and Wednesday wine & board night. If you're a fan of fresh, flavorful, and thoughtfully crafted food, Deli Nerds is a must visit! read more

Deli Nerds - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

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Great service. Great Location. Excellent staff and the food is delicious. Loved the outdoor seating. Perfect spot for lunch or dinner. Slider Bahn Mi was perfect. read more

Absolutely amazing on every level. Definitely going to be a regular here. Geeks who Drink Trivia on Thursdays as well. We got the Bahn Mi and French Dip sliders as well as the apple chicken salad and grilled tomato and peppers. read more

Deli Nerds - French Dip Sliders - New American Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

I really wanted to like this place. The service needs a lot of work. They had a ton of orders and what looked like one person making the food. Sandwiches shouldn't take over an hour to make. They definitely need more help. read more

Decent little slider shop. I ordered the 3 slider combo...one bahn mi , one Caribbean club and a smash burger. The bahn mi was great, club ok, and my burger so ok. It's worth another shot and it looks like they have some cool events and live music on their small patio.....services was good, counter order read more

Amazing choice of sliders! We tried 5 different types and all were fantastic!!! Highly recommended this little gem of a spot. Not much ambiance but there is outdoor seating with tables and chairs to enjoy your burgers. Service was excellent!! read more

Super delicious would recommend. The sandwich and the one with balsamic is super duper good. Super cool vibe too

Found this place through social media, was so excited to try . I ordered the chicken kabob bowl . It was good don't get me wrong but 1) it includes only one small baby bell pepper & 1/4 of a tomato & 2) took 30+ mins to come out. My main critic is the wait time . I wouldn't recommend coming on your lunch break because of how long it took to come out, there wasn't many customers waiting and I appreciate the fresh food but I did have to ask how much longer it was going to take and the lady said 5 more mins which turned into 15 more mins and ended up waiting more than 30'mins for my food . I really wished I was told by the cashier the expected wait time before ordering because I was on my break. Also wished it had a little more veggies for the price I paid. Overall I recommend for them just to notify about the wait time for those who order the kabob bowl , there's a sign in the front that says minimum 15 min wait time but mine ended up being double. I think if I come back again I would probably try to order over the phone before heading over so I don't spend my whole lunch waiting. read more