John's Roast Pork Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff is friendly."
• "The staff were nice, too."
• "The workers were fast and friendly."
• "Service was quick and friendly."
• "The staff could not have been better."
• "Staff were polite and welcoming."
• "The service was incredible. Vicky was kind, patient and attentive."

Cons:

• "Most people that were waiting for their orders when I arrived were still waiting after I finished eating."
• "I called 14x in a 15 minute span. No answer at all."
• "They are fine with Me but if you are new to the place & don't know you way around they are very Rude to You."
• "Unfortunately, I was shorted 2 Roast Pork sandwiches so not too thrilled on the service end at the moment!!"
• "I tried calling for 30 min without any luck placing an order, nobody picks up."
• "Absolutely atrocious customer service. Apparently we interrupted the Vickie playing monopoly on her phone, so she got a nasty attitude."
• "No real customer service now. They push you through the line."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "But the quality of their food never changes."
• "Every item on the menu is 100% If you get there early enough they have a small breakfast menu."
• "Johns is one of the Best Philly places for Roast pork."
• "Their roast pork, in particular, is extremely tasty."
• "Both meats were amazingly and perfectly well-seasoned."
• "The cheese steak was delicious, plenty of wiz and chopped but not minced so the texture was really good."
• "The roast pork is crazy good! So much flavor for what seems like a simple sub."

Cons:

• "Decent food, but wasn’t what it was hyped up to be. Still worth a try."
• "The sandwiches are dry and bland."
• "Pork a little dry."
• "The bread was super tough and ruined the experience."
• "Unfortunately, the peppers were put on cold which ruined the sandwich."
• "The pork sandwich was cold and cheesesteak had mushrooms which wasn’t what we ordered."
• "The sandwich was dry and under seasoned."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "There are some tables in a tent outside and a few outside in the open too."
• "New walkup covered ordering area and outdoor covered seating updated."
• "They have a bunch of outdoor seating."
• "Great cheesesteak, even better roast pork, easy location to access from the highway or the sports complex."
• "There are outdoor tables, both covered and not, so there is seating."
• "Seating outside is great for a nice day."
• "They now accept credit cards, and there's a designated eating area with a tent, making it a great spot to visit even in rainy or snowy winter weather."

Cons:

• "The location isn't ideal for center City dwellers/tourists."
• "The place isn't fancy or nicely renovated at all."
• "Outsideish seating and where it is located I guess you say it has parking."
• "Cash only & no indoor seating, though the outside seating (only a few tables) were in the shade."
• "Just a note: they don’t have a restroom on the premises, and all seating are outside or semi-outside, meaning no heat in winter."
• "Then you have to eat outside next to a chemical plant."
• "Some of it is covered, but the other part isn't."

Value

Pros:

• "Waited about 20 minutes in line, but we'll worth it."
• "Definitely recommend going there, they are kind people and serve great food!!"
• "Reasonably priced as well."
• "For the amount of meat in the sandwiches, the price point was definitely a huge value."
• "Now here's the real kicker, they charge $2.50 for the long hots which is fine by me as a business owner myself, I understand the cost of everything has gone up so no biggie."
• "Highly recommended."
• "Nice folks, didn't wait long, under 10 minutes."

Cons:

• "$17.50, Really? I can get a nice chicken parm meal with pasta and salad for that price."
• "Very expensive for the quality."
• "The onion rings were very oily I do not recommend unless you want a stomachache."
• "Highly overrated. The enormous amount of meat in the sandwiches could not disguise the lack of flavor."
• "But for Philadelphia 5 outa ten for hype let dow."
• "So disappointed!! The bread was soggy. We could barely find the cheese and the steak was bland."
• "Now you got to order over the phone? And stand out in the cold?"