I recently visited this spot for the first time, and I’m afraid it might be my last. I was excited to try the Pastrami and garlic fries after being told by the counter staff that it was even better than Togos. However, my enthusiasm quickly faded when my order arrived.
The bread, despite being toasted, was disappointingly stale—chewing it felt more like wrestling with leather. The pastrami had some flavor, but the overwhelming heat made it hard to fully enjoy. I found myself wishing for more mustard to balance out the sandwich's heaviness.
As for the garlic fries, they were perfectly fried, but the flavor was completely dominated by an avalanche of garlic. We’re talking at least five cloves of finely minced garlic piled on top, which made it difficult to taste anything else. Not worth $30
All in all, it was not the experience I hoped for. Maybe next time, I'll stick to the classics!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Monty Holzworth
Severely disappointed in Ajays now. We had the worst experience there tonight and we will never be going back.
We ordered two buffalo chicken salads and a bowl of chili. The buffalo chicken salad has been a favorite of ours since they opened this location and now, the salad is terrible and not even what is described on the menu anymore.
The Buffalo Chicken salad is supposed to be crispy chicken coated in Buffalo sauce with Cheddar over a bed of romaine lettuce. It is way smaller than before with hard cold chicken with no sauce and they used iceberg lettuce, not romaine, which we did not notice until later when we started to eat.
We placed the order and we asked for extra ranch and cheese on the salad and the bowl of chili.
When we picked it up, we asked for extra ranch and the lady looked in the bag and threw in two ranches. We got home and opened up the salads and they were half full and there were only the two ranches in there that we saw her out in the bag. She knew there was none and only gave us the two. There was also no extra cheese.
We called back and let them know we didn't get the extra ranch nor extra cheese and they said sorry, you can come back and will will give you the extra or if you don't come back, then there's nothing we can do.
We thought that was a pretty crappy response and asked the guy if we can just get at least a free salad next time and he finally agreed. We asked him how do we get the free salad next time, do we tell them you said we were to get it or will they know some other way? He said: "OH, well there would be different people here, so they would not know, so I can't give you a free salad."
Frustrated, we just hung up with him and said forget it and of course it was at this time that we noticed the romaine lettuce wasn't used either, it was iceberg lettuce.
As I said at the beginning, we will NEVER come back here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
SRND
Hot chicken sandwich - Not good. The other items they're known for are much better. They gotta rework the hot chicken sandwich...the cayenne tasted sweet. Overcooked...and they were chicken tenders! Nah man
Atmosphere: 3
Christina Paredez
Love a good Philly Cheesetake and this place did not disappoint!!! Amazing food, great vibe, and the service was superb!! Definitely going back soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Manreet
The service was so good! The owner was so polite, The food was so good i will always go back when i’m in the town!
The burgers used to be so big and juicy from here! I read a comment that this place is under new ownership so it makes sense as to why my burger was small and dry! I placed a phone ordered and asked for the 1/2lb cheeseburger and the girl over the phone was completely confused, I picked up my food around 4 and the tables inside were dirty and needed to be wiped with no customers in the store and about 4 people working. Now that I’m aware of the new ownership and for almost $25 for a burger and fries, I doubt I’ll be back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Renjun Liu
We love this local Cheesesteak restaurant a lot. So delicious and authentic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Ogilvie
Garlic fries and pastrami melt are the OMG ?. Loved the atmosphere of this tiny joint. Everyone was super relaxed and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Pickels
Try the curly fries!!!! Cheesesteak was awesome too!
Recommended dishes: A-Jay's Burger, A-Jay's Cheese Steaks Fries, Gilroy Dog, South County
Brielle Duncan
The bread was amazing! I got the classic with no hot peppers and it was delicious. Garlic fries on point and the service was great. Welcoming and made you feel appreciated that you spent your hard earned money at their place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Beatriz Jaramillo
Delicious sandwiches and hamburgers. Fresh and good quality meat.
Food was super fresh and so yummy! I had the Tuna Melt on grilled sourdough and would definitely get it again. The guys working were also super friendly and did a great job. Can’t wait to come back next time I’m hankering for sandwiches.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Korey Lemos
I asked for hogie style and the cheese steaks came plain. (they must not have herd me?) Very small portions of meat, lots of extra bread. These things used to be packed. It's seemed like they put meat for one sandwich into two. Food was okay. Used to be much better.
I recently visited this spot for the first time, and I’m afraid it might be my last. I was excited to try the Pastrami and garlic fries after being told by the counter staff that it was even better than Togos. However, my enthusiasm quickly faded when my order arrived.
The bread, despite being toasted, was disappointingly stale—chewing it felt more like wrestling with leather. The pastrami had some flavor, but the overwhelming heat made it hard to fully enjoy. I found myself wishing for more mustard to balance out the sandwich's heaviness.
As for the garlic fries, they were perfectly fried, but the flavor was completely dominated by an avalanche of garlic. We’re talking at least five cloves of finely minced garlic piled on top, which made it difficult to taste anything else. Not worth $30
All in all, it was not the experience I hoped for. Maybe next time, I'll stick to the classics!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Severely disappointed in Ajays now. We had the worst experience there tonight and we will never be going back.
We ordered two buffalo chicken salads and a bowl of chili. The buffalo chicken salad has been a favorite of ours since they opened this location and now, the salad is terrible and not even what is described on the menu anymore.
The Buffalo Chicken salad is supposed to be crispy chicken coated in Buffalo sauce with Cheddar over a bed of romaine lettuce. It is way smaller than before with hard cold chicken with no sauce and they used iceberg lettuce, not romaine, which we did not notice until later when we started to eat.
We placed the order and we asked for extra ranch and cheese on the salad and the bowl of chili.
When we picked it up, we asked for extra ranch and the lady looked in the bag and threw in two ranches. We got home and opened up the salads and they were half full and there were only the two ranches in there that we saw her out in the bag. She knew there was none and only gave us the two. There was also no extra cheese.
We called back and let them know we didn't get the extra ranch nor extra cheese and they said sorry, you can come back and will will give you the extra or if you don't come back, then there's nothing we can do.
We thought that was a pretty crappy response and asked the guy if we can just get at least a free salad next time and he finally agreed. We asked him how do we get the free salad next time, do we tell them you said we were to get it or will they know some other way? He said: "OH, well there would be different people here, so they would not know, so I can't give you a free salad."
Frustrated, we just hung up with him and said forget it and of course it was at this time that we noticed the romaine lettuce wasn't used either, it was iceberg lettuce.
As I said at the beginning, we will NEVER come back here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Hot chicken sandwich - Not good. The other items they're known for are much better. They gotta rework the hot chicken sandwich...the cayenne tasted sweet. Overcooked...and they were chicken tenders! Nah man
Atmosphere: 3
Love a good Philly Cheesetake and this place did not disappoint!!! Amazing food, great vibe, and the service was superb!! Definitely going back soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The service was so good! The owner was so polite, The food was so good i will always go back when i’m in the town!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: A-Jay's Cheese Steaks Fries, Cheese Steak Sandwich, A-Jays Classic Cheesesteak
The burgers used to be so big and juicy from here! I read a comment that this place is under new ownership so it makes sense as to why my burger was small and dry! I placed a phone ordered and asked for the 1/2lb cheeseburger and the girl over the phone was completely confused, I picked up my food around 4 and the tables inside were dirty and needed to be wiped with no customers in the store and about 4 people working. Now that I’m aware of the new ownership and for almost $25 for a burger and fries, I doubt I’ll be back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
We love this local Cheesesteak restaurant a lot. So delicious and authentic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Garlic fries and pastrami melt are the OMG ?. Loved the atmosphere of this tiny joint. Everyone was super relaxed and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Try the curly fries!!!! Cheesesteak was awesome too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best cheesesteaks and best garlic
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Best service, big portions and great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: A-Jay's Burger, A-Jay's Cheese Steaks Fries, Gilroy Dog, South County
The bread was amazing! I got the classic with no hot peppers and it was delicious. Garlic fries on point and the service was great. Welcoming and made you feel appreciated that you spent your hard earned money at their place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious sandwiches and hamburgers. Fresh and good quality meat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: A-Jay's Burger, Burger, Cheese Steak Sandwich
Food was super fresh and so yummy! I had the Tuna Melt on grilled sourdough and would definitely get it again. The guys working were also super friendly and did a great job. Can’t wait to come back next time I’m hankering for sandwiches.
Food: 5
Service: 5
I asked for hogie style and the cheese steaks came plain. (they must not have herd me?) Very small portions of meat, lots of extra bread. These things used to be packed. It's seemed like they put meat for one sandwich into two. Food was okay. Used to be much better.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
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