Cafe 51 - Phoenix

Extremely nice folks working here- quality deli with great prices. I got a BLT, it was excellent. Nothing fancy but just exactly perfect. Tangy potato salad, lots of breakfast options. I'll be back for sure!

The good news is that the place is clean and the food okay as well however the customer services and attitude of the woman that is always there is awful. One example is they have punch cards whereby after 10 meals, the customer receives 5.00 off. So, after being a regular, she became visibly and audibly upset because she had to give the discount. The following week I started a new punch card and she became unglued saying, you can only do it one time ! Nowhere on the card or in the cafe does it state that. I decided that I 'm done with her attitude every time I go in there. A few weeks later one of my employees went in there, came back to the office and said to another in the office, I think the woman behind the counter at Cafe 51 didn 't like me very much. She needs to take a course in customer service or get someone else to deal with customers. Personally, I 'm done with them unless someone tells me there is a modicum of customer appreciation.

This really could have been a great pastrami sandwich, but they do not know, how to cut the pastrami. Pastrami comes from your brisket. You must cut it across the grain, not with the grain. Eggs was great, pastrami not edible because of the cut.

What a nice little find!! I was in the mood for a mom pop deli experience and came across Cafe 51 by accident… and now I feel like I’ve found a hidden gem that I can come back to whenever! Such a random location (within a business complex), but surprisingly high quality. There seemed to be just one woman operating the place on her own, but she was so friendly! Everything is super clean and the Cafe 51 Club was SOOOOO good! Will absolutely return again! I didn’t realize I should take photos for a review until after I ate half my sandwich… but I posted the other half before I devoured it

On the plus side the cafe is clean, well maintained, friendly and convenient. But no drip coffee, not even a pour over option, just Americanos. Barely toasted toast and hash browns. And the hashbrowns...something is very wrong. Is that racid fryer oil?