Little King - Trenton

Fast service despite the lunch crowd. These guys pump out quality sandwiches every minute. Amazing bread, meats, cheeses, and produce. Second time back in NJ, and I always told myself I'd come back to this place if I was in the area, so I brought my husband this time too.

Overall, the food here is still very good, but the service is sufficiently poor that I don't think I'll ever come back. Here are a few reasons: 1) If you order online, the estimate given for when the food will be ready is pretty much always completely inaccurate. At this point, I've learned to just come ~15 minutes late, and even then sometimes it's not ready. Lunch from a sandwich shop is supposed to be a quick pick up, so when you have to wait around for 15 or even 20 minutes, it can get pretty frustrating. 2) A couple months back, I ordered a sandwich online and the order never went through, even though I received a confirmation email. I think this happened because Little King was switching to a new website design or something. Anyway, I went to go pick it up and they didn't have the food ready, wanted me to pay for the sandwich again (because they couldn't see it on their system), and told me that the money taken from my bank account would be refunded automatically since the order didn't go through. Of course, the money was not automatically refunded, so I was billed for a sandwich I never received. I did eventually work this out with the owner, but it was a frustrating experience. 3) Today, I ordered a sandwich online (the owner told me when I ordered last time that they'd be switching back to the old website and the orders would work fine). I arrived 15 20 minutes late (see point 1 above) and went to the counter to see if my food was ready. They initially told me that they didn't see my order but eventually found it and started it AFTER I arrived. So I ended up having to wait another ~15 minutes for them to finish my order, even though I arrived 15 20 minutes after the estimated pickup time provided in the email! All of this would have been sort of forgivable if they had apologized, but they didn't even do that! It's not like I'm asking for free stuff or something I just want them to own that they messed up, especially since this sort of thing has happened multiple times in the past with my orders. Anyway, all that to say, I think I've finally learned my lesson and will not come back. The food is very tasty, but it's just not worth the hassle.

An update has been sorely overdue. I stray from here every once in awhile only to find I would have enjoyed my choices more from this shop. In fact the one fling I had was with a shop just slightly closer who also made a few of their own meats. They didn't have the staying power with almost half a dozen choices all within less than a mile. My two recent visits confirmed why this is still tops. The store made Turkey is my favorite, I almost got chicken salad but at the last second blurted out Turkey! Even the Swiss used is good. You have your choice of seeded or unseeded bread and rolls. I go with seeded as it's still very soft. Even with multiple orders the process runs very smoothly and a top wait time is usually around 5 min for me. Of note is the potato salad. It may be best in Mercer county and if you have another fav let me know. I just tried the Mac salad too and the same can be said about it. My big regret every time I come here is to not try something new. Their Jove could be the one I needed to see to venture away from Turkey. It's a spicy Italian style that sounds amazing. Also in the should have category was the lasagna soup. Customer service is friendly and efficient. Definitely worth a few extra minutes drive.

Sandwiches are good but make sure to call your order in. The wait will be at least 35 mins and even with that, go in around the 45 min mark for your sandwich...and even with that you may have to wait. I always feel bad for the people who work there because the 3 times I have been, it's always super warm in there. I could never comfortably eat lunch in there which is fine because I always get it to go. But I feel bad for the people working there because it must be so uncomfortable to make sandwiches while sweating.

Their sandwiches are really flavorful. I don't dislike any that I've tried....BUT sometimes the special sandwiches try to add too much flavors and they don't always hit the mark perfectly. Pains me to say it as I never want them to stop being creative, so take my opinion for a grain of salt. Only reason I couldn't give them 5 stars. But definitely go try them!