Bub and Pop's

We arrived at 1pm on a Saturday and were greeted, seated, and served our food quickly. We got the Italian and chicken parm subs. Both were fantastic!! Delicious complex flavors for a sandwich. We were very impressed and couldn’t stop talking about it. I’m surprised to see such low reviews. Three of us split two full subs and it was the perfect amount of food.

It’s insane how poor the service model is. You order at the screens by the entrance and when the food is ready, they call your number. You would think it’s straight forward, but the food takes a full hour to make (even on a Wednesday night). There are four service staff but they most of them seem under utilized and are unable to make themselves useful. The only things they are capable of doing is bussing the table, making drinks, and yelling out numbers. They are unable to troubleshoot any issues or proactively help their customers. Finally, what really made me mad was a poor experience I had picking up take out! I ordered via Toast at 6:35 for pick up at 7. I got there right at 7 and waited around for twenty minutes and over time asked each of the four service staff for status on my orde

Absolutely MASSIVE sandwiches, I got the Italian Grinder WITH extra provolone and it only came out to $20 or so after tax. Sandwich was super tasty! No wait for seats, lots of open bar space, and open pool tables as well. Staff was very friendly and made sure I was taken care of. I gotta come back for happy hour, as it’s $5 beers! Would absolutely recommend. Come hungry! (Review made 9/5/25 at 4:15 PM)

Still my favorite sandwich spot in DC! Just tried out the new location for the first time, and I will be a regular here. Truly the value you get with this enormous, fresh, delicious sandwich is unmatched. Got the Italian hoagie and it was as good as ever. The new space is also huge — inside and outside. Service was super friendly and quick! Not a lot of places doing it like Bub and Pop’s in DC, especially during a trying time for DC restaurants. Support local!

Typically, I hesitate to leave a negative review for a small business, as I respond to reviews for small businesses. Still, the leadership team at this establishment should be aware. I live in NoMa and have ordered cheesesteaks from here twice before, but the bread is not toasted, so the sandwich quickly gets soggy. There is no online option to request toasted bread, so I walked over (passing five sandwich shops) to B&P to place a takeout order. I inquired with the very polite hostess, and she thought that the option to have bread toasted was on the kiosk. But I told her it wasn’t. She looked and could not find it. Then she spoke to another hostess, who told me the chef would probably not do it, but she would ask. So she goes in the back and asks the chef, and he refused to toast the brea