Subway - Mitchell

The woman taking my order clearly hated her job. I know this a weird thing to say in a review, but there was too much meat, uneven distribution of toppings, and it was thrown together with little to no care for the product. I am only saying this critically because I am a chef by career. Only reason I ate here is because I’m on a road trip and it was getting late. We were moments from checking into our hotel for the evening. I’m familiar with how the sandwiches should look from my childhood. If I was management here I would be concerned with this server wasting product, as I picked half the meat off just to eat it. Thankfully my dog was hungry and cranky and was able to eat it. Poor sandwich construction overall. I tipped her still, mainly because she seemed to be having a rough day….

On my way to the Sioux Falls regional airport for my trip home, I made a stop to pick up lunch early dinner at Subway, which happened to be inside Walmart.I love Subway and have rekindled that love when it was time to lose weight. 3 months ago in between travel. Subway is also a quick and healthy decision at any time of the day. With that said, my friend wanted to shop at Walmart and I picked up a footlong sub here. The reason why this experience stuck out to me was that the service was sloppy as I saw the sandwich artist make the sandwich. The sloppiness came when she was loading the veggies and you could tell that she may be a newbie or still in training. A bunch of it spilt back into the veggie holding trays and it was a bit messy. I watched as she fumbled around with what fell out with what was still on the sandwich. It was a tragic display and definitely disappointed. The recalibration of the sandwich was awkward and the final product was disappointing. Although the end result was still a sandwich, she wrapped it in a careless fashion and put it in the paper bag without much thought. I then asked for 3 cookies, which she was good with. Needless to say, it was different. Usually don't see that in Subway, but you can see how people perform at work, like they really don't want to be there and trying to half ass things so time goes by faster. Been there but don't let anyone see it. It is what it is. The sandwich was delicious and I got the spicy Italian with the American cheese.The overall experience here at this particular Subway location in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was a departure from what I usually experience at a Subway or any fast food restaurant, in terms of service. You get to see how your order is being made at Subway, whereas the other fast food giants are made in the back and presented to you within 5-10 minutes of ordering. While the service was the major influence driving this review, it doesn't change the fact that I still love the company and what it represents to me. Maybe that staffer had a bad day that day and I saw it unfolding with my order. Who knows. Still, the sandwich was legitimate, and I enjoyed the taste of processed meat in the spicy Italian, especially the pepperoni. But the most part, though, it was an interesting ordeal to say. I would probably not come back to the subway, if my travels permitted me to do so just because of the experience I had here. Unless, of course, if there is a need to come. I tried to order with my SUBWAY app, but it would not load properly, so I just did it randomly, and had my app scan the QR code and paid that way. There's not one thing that I don't love about so babe, but the attitude displayed by this subway stuff for made me rethink things. Sure we all have our bad days, but you shouldn't have it on display for customers to see. However, if you're in the area and need a bite to eat, this subway can be the one that is the solution for you.This Subway location is inside a Walmart superstore in downtown Mitchell, South Dakota next to the entrance and the cashiers. It's address is 1101 East Spruce Street here in Mitchell, SD. They accept major credit cards, as well as cash. As far as parking goes, you're basically Walmart so they have a very generous parking option for y'all to park and shop here while grabbing a Subway for lunch or dinner. Not sure about the local public transportation system here in Mitchell, But best bet would be to have a rental car or a local friend in the area to drive you. If nothing else, you can use Uber Lyft wherever available. And so, this episode of Subway fails comes to an end but hopefully it's one of those things where it's just isolated when not a chronic problem or issue. Hopefully it's not. Bad days happen to us all one way or another. Subway is great for those who love sandwiches and to those who want to eat healthy vs the traditional fast food restaurant. Consider Subway as your quick and healthy meal or snack solution during your travels in South Dakota

I wanted to name drop Trevor here thank you for taking your time and letting me and my younger niece order and explain all the options. Kind and didn’t rush us at all thank you!!:

Nice place. Seems clean. Food is good. Don’t know why I’m guilted into tipping when they don’t do anything more than a person at McDonald’s does. They don’t wait on my or wait on me. Other than that, it’s fine.

Staff wasn't super friendly but the sandwich tasted good and that's what matters