Sandwich Box

I wish I could afford to eat this every day! Amazing choice. I wish they hadn’t closed the Yonge and Eglinton location.

This place is a main food group in my diet. I also visit their other locations when I’m not at home. I have put together so many weird combinations of ingredients, and legit — the sandwich always turns out yum. I guess when you have delicious fresh ingredients, any configuration will taste good. Recently, after being on a 5-​day-​processed-​food-​only diet with my BF, our bodies demanded some greens, so we got salads instead. And as an anti-​salad-​er, I was surprised to discover that my salad was yummy as fack. So now I’m all like — ohmigod, do I need to reevaluate my personal identity? Am I even an anti-​salad-​person? Should I stop picketing outside Salad King? Maybe my entire life, I have lied to myself and I have actually been Pro-​Salad all along. What does this mean? Does a head of lettuce become a head of lettuce as soon as the seed is planted? Or does the farmer have to pick it?
Basically, just major personal crisis over here. So yeah, that’s what’s new in my life.

I come here frequently. Sandwiches are above average. I can come in and expect the usual. It’s not cheap. Nothing grandiose to say. It’s a simple franchise that seems to have integral morality. The servers aren’t particularly friendly but the service is good. to be honest I don’t understand why I would be tipping for a cafeteria setup. I find that to be unjust, especially because there’s no cleanup and people just hand you food at the cash. If they want to pay the employs better they shouldn’t have a tipping option they should just include in their hourly or a bonus. Overall decent and will. come back by the food quality is good.

Looking for a Sandwich place that is different, cutting edge and makes your taste buds melt? Well this is not your place! I’m going to continue with my overtime take out review series with Sandwich Box. You would think making a sandwich is probably not the most complicated task out there, but this place seems to get it all wrong.
My order consisted of an egg salad sandwich on whole grain bread with a side salad. When I received it, I only got the sandwich and the restaurant failed to tell me the salad was no longer included in the combo (yet the price remained the same). That’s great that the online menu was not updated to include items no longer available, a simple update would address all these problems knowmsayin? Now on to the actual sandwich, the bread was thick. I mean so thick it looked like there was about a half an inch of eggs inside of two encyclopedias worth of bread. The eggs themselves, totally flavorless and bland. Kinda hard to mess up an egg salad sandwich right? Even Tim Horton’s can get that right!
To make things short and sweet, I’ll be looking over this option the next time I’m working late or considering a sandwich in the downtown area.

This place is a great sandwich shop if you don’t mind spending the extra dime. The healthy options are quite extensive and they offer a variety of proteins, Gluten-​free options, grain options and spreads. However, like I mentioned before, the price point may be an issue. Located adjacent to the bay subway station, this place conveniently offers some pre-​made sandwiches (the regular sliced bread kind) or more meal — type sandwiches ($ 9.50+tax). The meal-​type sandwiches comes with a larger bread and side salad. Don’t get me wrong, the heavy grain and breads that they have, can make the meal quite filling.
I have tried the breakfast bagel (zaatar, tomato and cream cheese on white bagel) as well as a avocado, brie and tomato sandwich. With a brownie cookie (Gluten-​free) as dessert. The total cost came out to about $ 15.
Overall, tasty, healthy option, pricy.

They serve fresh sandwiches with good quality ingredients. They have a variety choices for protein and vegetables and cheese. And also have wonderful coffee!!”

I have worked nearby for years and have never ventured here. I recently gave it a try about a month ago and have been back almost daily since. They really do make a delicious sandwich. I agree with a previous reviewer — contemplate your toppings!
I tried a roast beef sandwich on my first visit and it was TERRIBLE. the beef was practically raw. yuck.
My next visit — I tried the chicken breast. Real chicken, can’t go wrong. My favorite sandwich is Chicken breast on potato foccacia with garlic/​cumin mayo, provolone and arugula. It is delicious. Don’t bother with the soup at this place — it’s nothing more than an afterthought.

Had lunch here today, it was awesome! Lots of selection. Ingredients were very fresh and the staff were friendly. Apple and mango chutney is wonderful. Personally was not a fan of the green salad that came with the sandwich, too much dressing would definitely ask for it on the side next time. Biggest downfall is there is limited seating. Will definitely be going back.

Food is good and some of their employees are also good. Every time I go there is treated to the most condescending sandwich maker I’ve ever met, I came for a sandwich not to watch him be a dick to his coworkers and talk down to me.

I like the baguette with chili & lemon mayo, pepper-​crusted turkey, goat cheese, roasted red peppers and a little of their chili sauce. Stay away from their roast beef as it’s hard to chew.

i work next door and i’ve only been here once before today because it’s so bad. go to sandwich box if you want to pay $ 11 for what’s essentially airplane food.

My fiancé and I use to eat here religiously. We both we get extra meat and for two sandwiches it would always be over $ 30 dollars. We really enjoyed the gluten free wraps they offered. Until we went in to eat last week and there was multiple people working behind the counter. When he finished half of his sandwich he took a bite and was pulling out a long black hair out of his mouth coming from his sandwich. It was disgusting. I got up and brought it to the counter where a black haired male asked me if I would want him to remake it. We were so grossed out we threw it away and left. Obviously we will never be eating there again. Maybe if your employees have long hair it is very important to wear hair masks for sanitary purposes. We were very disappointed because we enjoyed eating there. I would be careful if you plan to order sandwiches until they fix this.
Sorry

I absolutely love this place. their sandwiches are delicious. I wish there were more places to sit other than the one giant picnic table they have but that still wont sway me from coming here.

Just had a sandwich! It was realllly good! I am impressed! Only thing is they could wipe the table more often. Other then that, fantastic food and fun place!

I love Sandwich Box. Most people have already spoke to how the system works, so I’ll explain why this place gets 4 stars instead of 5 (even though I LOVE their sandwiches at the 5 star level).
1. When they’re busy at lunch, they won’t nickel and dime you for every topping. There have been a few occasions where they’ve charged the regular price. On the flip side, if you come here at 3pm on a Saturday, every single item you pick is going to get charged and these can quickly add up. You have been warned.
2. The potential for a bad sandwich. It is high. You see all these delicious toppings that you love and they may not all go together. Today, you’re feeling giddy for Apple Curry spread but want eggplant and avocado and arugula. And then you get the sandwich and think, this sandwich I made? It sucks. And I have no one to blame but myself. Contemplate your toppings.
3. Sometimes, their salads have way too much dressing on them. There’s nothing like a soggy salad to compromise your glorious sandwich.
4. On 2 separate occasions, they have forgotten about my sandwich and burnt the living daylights out of it. They fixed it both times by providing me with new bread but it took way long. Word to the wise: watch your sandwich to ensure it is appropriately toasted and not left to crisp itself to oblivion on that grill.
Overall, I really like going to this place. I love my meal 90% of the time. And usually, when I don’t like it I screwed it up myself by getting too creative.

I can’t say I was too thrilled when my friend Stephanie told me that she was taking me to a place called the sandwich box, the place just didn’t sound very sophisticated.
I’ve never been too inclined towards food stuffed between slices of bread, the idea just seems too lazy. The menu was as foreign to me as the writings at Starbucks. Gourmet names for stuff in containers, I didn’t bother reading it. my pointing finger was good enough to direct the people behind the counter.
I got the smoked salmon with whatever bread I ordered, in some sauce I’ve never seen before. The whole thing was too fancy for a place that served sandwiches, and called itself ‘Box’.
There was a giant communal bench at the ‘dine in’ area with a giant bouquet of branches in the middle, so the anti-​socials can hide behind it. The idea is as dumb to me as having dividers split down a single toilet. A huge canvas hung from the north wall with what looked like a giant broccoli painted from the puke of a hundred vegans. What’s the big idea? First it’s a sandwich store, then it’s a trendy hipster diner, now it’s a vegetarian gallery? This place tries way too hard, I think they feel the pressure of setting up a location at Yorkville so they thought they’d pull out all the stops.
So let me make it loud and clear… IT’S A SANDWICH STORE CALLED BOX!!!
The bread I ordered almost broke my jaw, I was constantly in fear of cutting my lip on the sandwich. Stephanie was happy with her order because she didn’t get bricks for bread. There’s a salad station which sells packaged salad… and a cooler with plenty of drinks that most people who don’t drink garlic juice would have never heard of. It’s too much for sandwiches… too much.
I wonder what name they would have if they expanded their business?
Maybe; hotdog ball, salad cubicle, coffee bag… burger cup!

I have found my Sandwich Heaven on Bay Street!
It’s a fresh made to order sandwich and the combinations and possibilities here are mind blowingly delicious. This is how it works:
1. Pick you bread.
They got baguettes, loaves, rounds, boules, focaccia, whole wheat, multi grain, rye, rosemary, potato, olive… baked fresh and sliced to order from Fred’s Bakery
2. Pick your spread.
They have 7 options of homemade spreads (3 are vegan) varieties include Curried Apple, Avocado Cipotle Mayo and Sundried Tomato plus the standard mustards and mayos.
3.Pick any combo of the following 3: Meat, Cheese, Vegetables
Then they brush it with olive oil and toast it up in there panini press and serve it alongside there signature lightly dressed side salad all in a cute little box ready to go for $ 7.95 + tax ($ 1 more for additional toppings).
They have a selection of drinks, fresh fruit, cookies, puddings, and hot beverages as well as salads, daily soups, and ready to go sandwiches available too.
After a few minutes of staring in awe at my options I decided to go with the:
Rye and Caraway Seed Bread with the Roasted Garlic and Cumin Aioli spread. I couldn’t settle on just 3 toppings so I shelled out an extra buck for 4 toppings — Carmelized onions, Grilled Eggplant, Jalapeño Havarti and Roast Beef.
I loved every square inch of this sandwich! They toasted it perfectly, crunchy golden exterior, the creamy spread garlicy spread compliamented the flavour of the freshly sliced bread rye bread, the roast beef was REAL meat, you could see the variations of doneness in the meat, it was not that bland old brown packaged variety, the grilled eggplant and wonderful carmelized onions were draped perfectly in melted Jalapeño Havarti. It came with a lightly dressed fresh and crisp side salad.
To drink San Pellegrino Aranciata — sparkling Orange flavoured Italian Soda. Not too sweet with a balanced tartness,
All in all a delightfully delicious sandwich experience from start to finish! Some might argue that prices are a bit steep here but for such great fresh quality ingredients here I wouldn’t have expected any less.
FYI Limited seating, they have a giant picnic table which is the only available seating. Check there website/​twitter for daily soup listing as it changes daily!

Tania’s ROTD reminded me that I had a review to write for this place.
Overall the food is good, probably 4-​stars good. However, this place is a huge ripoff. The tiny amount of ingredients for the hugely inflated prices you pay really make this place not worth it. You get nickel and dimed for every little thing and they try to add extra enticement by including a «salad» with your meal.
I’ll stick to the places like Porta Via where I actually get value for my hard earned sandwich dollars.

Sometimes a man’s fate is inextricably linked to that of his favorite sandwich joint.
I’m partial to this location, which replaced a high-​end sneaker boutique just North of Bloor Street just as I started work in the area.
I’ve been a fan of Da Box since I worked further downtown, and made almost daily trips to the Royal Bank Centre for healthy sandwiches and hearty soups. I valued the walk as much as the lunch, chained as i was to a dismal job at an office I disliked.
When I saw that my favorite spot would be joining me in my new career, in my new life, I felt as though fate had smiled upon me at last.
So I eagerly waited, and waited, and waited for it to open. By the time the Sandwich Box did open, my contract was almost finished, so those first few precious bites of ham and swiss were tinged wit the bitterness of possible unemployment.
But then I found a new job nearby, where I work happily and nosh to my heart’s content, so it’s all good.
So, yeah, they serve sandwiches; deliciously fresh-​made on good, fresh bread; topped with your choice of spread, veg, and protein. If you like, you can get your sandwich grilled. Do it. Do it now. You could grill a shoe and it would taste better. For about $ 8 your sandwich comes with a fistful of simply dressed greens, and the ability to pretend that you’re eating healthy (though really, if you opt for salami and cheese, it doesn’t matter how much mesclun you scarf down).
Iconoclasts may opt for the salad bar. Salads are fresh, with ample variety, but it’s priced by weight, and sometimes arrive with a side of sticker shock. Soups are a better and more cost-​effective option. A rotating selection of mostly vegetable purees can be customized with corn, caramelized onions and/​or parmesan cheese, and generally include a vegan option. They’re almost uniformly good; not far off what you could make at home, but you don’t have to clean out your thermos after lunch.
They make an excellent and affordable lunch alongside one of the pre-​made sandwiches that occupy a cooler towards the front of the store. A $ 4 Ham and Swiss sandwich is a steal. More fresh bread (this time, multigrain), dijonnaise, good quality meat and cheese, lettuce and tomato. It’s actually better than what I would make for myself. Egg salad is adequate, but underflavored. Ditto for tuna, both of which could use some tomato as well. Variations with shrimp, egg and avocado score better, especially when the avocado is at it’s freshest (it does have a tendency to go unpleasant with age).
Packaged salads, desserts, and beverages including addictive peach iced tea round out the menu.
The latest Sandwich Box faces competition from exotic spots up and down Bloor and Yonge. Whether its phở, falafel, jerk or waffles. It’s all got a place, but sometimes it’s nice to just think inside the Box.

It is dangerous that this place is so close to my apartment. This, ladies and gents, is one delicious sandwich. The roast beef with caramelized onion and provolone on baguette was amazingly delicious — the beef was tender, and what bad could possibly be said about caramelized onions? NOTHING, that’s what! Caramelized onions are always good! And having it all toasted and melty-​tasty sent me over the moon. The sandwich was accompanied by a lightly dressed mixed green salad, which makes the somewhat spendy price a little bit less of a blow.
Not much room to eat inside this location, so you’re best getting your sammy to go.