Shorty’s Deluxe

More like a 3.5. My wife and I ordered a hot coffee, an iced vanilla latte, and a few sandwiches. The food was solid—the sandwiches were expertly made, with flavors that blended perfectly without any single ingredient overpowering the others. I ordered the sausage egg and cheese sandwich but I preferred my wife’s egg and cheese only. However, I did have a mishap with my order, and I have to say, it likely wouldn’t have happened if the young lady at Shorty’s wasn’t wearing AirPods while taking orders and preparing food. In a food service setting, attention to detail must be the highest priority, and being fully present with customers should be the bare minimum. While the food was remade, the follow-through service wasn’t great. I won’t share exactly what happened, but after a mistake like that, I would’ve expected something overwhelmingly valuable to make up for the mishap. Instead, it felt like an afterthought. Customer service at the café needs to be a priority—there’s no excuse for distractions when handling people’s food. I’d love to give this place another shot, but they need to step up their service to match the quality of their food.

I really don't love giving this place a dismal review but we came on Sunday evening (opening weekend) at 5:30pm and they were out of sandwiches and coupons that were advertised in their announcement e-mail. All of that is totally fine though, I ended up ordering a salad for takeout. The salad was completely wrong thought--what I thought was bacon (for a California sun salad) ended up being beets, there was no avocado or egg, and no other ingredients except for a bitter iceberg lettuce and a few cherry tomatoes. It was not only the wrong salad but just an overall bad-tasting meal. I do have photos of the salad (and of the salad in the trash) so that the owners know I'm not just trying to get free food. I sent an extremely polite e-mail telling them I was rooting for them and that I love their sister restaurant Hi-Fi but that this was a pretty big mistake and I'd appreciate a refund. No response, so now I get to waste my time with the credit card company. Not my favorite intro to a restaurant.

The Joey is an absolutely delicious sandwich. The bread was great. I had to give a four star review overall because it’s a sandwich shop that doesn’t allow you to customize your sandwich. All I wanted to do was add peppers, a totally normal addition to an Italian sandwich. Making the sandwiches in batches that can’t be customized unless you order 4+ servings is a bizarre business model that seems likely to alienate customers.

We stopped in for lunch today. We had sandwiches, a salad, and one of the dipping sauce. Very good! Salema was so friendly and gave us the scoop on the menu and options. I loved that she offered to toast my sandwich on this cool December day. Ingredients and bread were so unique, fresh and delicious. Salad was exceptional! The Richie and Johnny were tasty sandwiches. Will be excited on the next visit to try the soups. Great addition to Del Ray!

Have taken advantage of this new cafe/child play option several times since opening. Sandwiches are *excellent* - bread is unique, meat/toppings taste high-quality, and multiple portion options are available. Staff is super friendly - excited to see this place thrive and grow as a new neighborhood focal point.

My girlfriend and I were in desperate need of a snack and decided to check out this fairly new sammich spot we heard about. This place is a gem. The service was great and the food was too. The star of the show is the focaccia style bread they make the sandwiches with. It was so soft you could chew it without teeth lol. My only complaint is that they don't sell the bread separately. I'm making this place a weekly meal!

I’m a sandwich person. If there’s a sandwich on the menu, I’m gonna order it. I’ve had sandwiches from Hawaii to New Orleans to DC to New York. And this place might be top 3 of all sandwiches I’ve ever had. The bread is the best part. It’s hard to describe but it is absolutely perfect. I don’t want to say which is my favorite sandwich, but I will because I shouldn’t gatekeep. It’s the DeeDee. I had an actual dream about it. It’s perfect, and I can’t help but worry that I’ll always compare sandwiches in the future to it—making all sandwiches from now on pale in comparison.

I knew Shorty’s was going to be delicious because I love essentially all NRG sandwich concepts. The bread and the sandwich filling ratio are the real stars here — perfectly balanced bites that make you immediately want another one. I’ve tried the Marky (delicious Turkey club vibes), Johnny (and I don’t even like gorgonzola, but this roast beef sandwich changed me), and Joey (their take on a muffuletta) and all I’d happily order again. They also have a great kids menu and fun little kid drinks like perfectly temp’d hot chocolate and babychinnos (sweetened foam latte milk). Can’t wait to dig into the salads and soups another time.

This new sandwich shop has just opened in the Delray section of Alexandria. The sandwich shop has muffuleta inspired sandwiches that are named after a punk rock band the Ramones. There are seven sandwiches and they have some that are vegetarian friendly. The sandwiches are available in 1/2, 1/8 and 1/4 inch sizes. You can also take home a whole round size sandwich. If sandwiches are not your thing, you can try one of their 7 salad options. Again they have vegetarian options. During my visit I tried the Marky sandwich and the Gabba Gabba salad. The sandwich was delicious and flavorful. I was not able to finish the salad but it was delicious as well! The dressing is already mixed in the salad. I will definitely be back to try out other sandwich options. I also saw on the menu that they have two soup options. The shop has a small seating area if you prefer to eat there.

Excellent sandwiches! They're like a muffaletta served on a focaccia - delicious! I had the ''Joey" which is like an Italian sub, and the chicken & rice soup, will definitely come back. The woman behind the counter, Salema, was awesome, too! Explained everything to me and was an overall bright spot in my day!

Can't wait to make this my new post-church lunch spot! Absolutely delicious sandwiches with perfect bread and some of the best soup I've ever had (seriously, I don't know WHAT they're putting in the chicken and rice soup but it's something special). Add in super friendly staff and this is a no brainer! Great addition to the Del Ray neighborhood. My only regret is that I couldn't try their cookies since they didn't have any available the day I went. Need to come back to see if they're on par with the rest of the menu!

Pricing is a bit of a sticker shock for a sandwich. Paid nearly $20 after tax for two extremely small sandwiches (added together equivalent in size to what I'd consider one normal portion.) They even raised prices by a dollar since opening judging by the signage? Maybe par for the course for Del Ray now a days, but I wouldn't opt for this over "cheaper" places.

The salad was fantastic ... 54and 3rd... but there was hardly any meat on sandwiches and slim toppings 90% bread. the bread was pretty tasty. he had muffaletta and turkey the soup was ok... service was good but slow!