Wagshal's - Washington DC

This restaurant is very expensive. I used to buy D'Artagnan Tasso ham from Wegmans, but it has been discontinued for at least 18 months. I called D'Artagnan and they told me the closest place to purchase it was in DC. I went and bought the Tasso ham, but it was almost double the price compared to what I used to pay at Wegmans.

Do not rely on this business' employees to know what they have in their stores. They gave me incorrect information over the phone and I wasted my time and money ubering there for nothing. I wasted $70 and 1.5 hours of my life ubering to this place after they confirmed over the phone that they had haggis (the Scottish food) in stock, only to have the staff act like they didn't know what I was talking about when I arrived. I specifically asked about this product, I specifically confirmed the location to make sure I went to the right store, and I had them repeat it to make absolutely sure they had it, and they were totally clueless. Absolutely unprofessional. I have no idea what I could have done differently to avoid this. The woman who answered the phone left me on hold for fifteen minutes while she went and checked, and verbally confirmed to me over the phone that they had it. I just have no idea why they would say they had something so specific if they were just making it up.

3.5 stars Stopped in to grab a few things and some sandwiches. They stock some nice prepackaged items, nothing seemed to have a price tag which is annoying, but prices overall were ok for dry goods. Got a couple things from their deli and sandwiches, which overall feel overpriced. Italian sandwich was ok, but small for $16 and the bread needs to soak up a ton of the dressing. The reuben was decent and the better of the two. Also ordered empanadas which were pretty good, but $6 each is crazy.

In addiion to a really second rate cornbeef special I tried the Cubano sandwich. Well it's really not a Cuban or was prepared wrong. No pork, just more pastrami and kruat. Not bad- better than the corn beef special.I realize training new sandwich makers is hard.I want to love these sandwiches again but pleeeze get you act together.

I wish I'd come here first to read the recent reviews. This is not the deli I used to stop in for sandwiches as a local undergrad. To be fair, it was more than 20 years ago but that does not negate how awful it was today. My Ruben was lackluster at best. For $17 I expected the meat portion to reflect that price point. It did not. Then to top it off, the corned beef itself was just ok and there was waaaay too much sauerkraut for the amount of meat on the bread, throwing the sandwich proportions all Off. Just a really overall underwhelming sandwich. Very disappointing as I was looking forward to stopping in while I was in the area.