Review Earl of Sandwich

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​By Jennifer Stuart
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Many people may already have experienced Earl of Sandwich since it is a chain restaurant with locations in several states.  But if you haven’t eaten there before or maybe if you are from Canada like me, lacking access to an Earl of Sandwich, read on.

Earl of Sandwich is a fast food chain that specializes in …sandwiches.  If you are not a sandwich eater, there are also wraps and salads. These are made to order – hot or cold.  This has definitely become a family favourite lunch stop.  There is enough choice to make all my picky eaters happy and the prices are if not cheap certainly reasonable, especially by park standards.
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**** Earl Sandwich closed in Summer 2018 to make way for the construction of a new Disney hotel.  With plans for the hotel on hold the Earl of Sandwich is schedules to return Oct 1, 2018.


Earl of Sandwich Menu
 
The Earl of Sandwich near Disneyland is located in the Downtown Disney area near the Disneyland Hotel and the monorail enterance to Disneyland. (making it easy to get to from Tomorrowland via the monorail.  There is limited indoor seating and a large covered outdoor seating area that is a good shade break.
 
Place your order and move down the counter to pick up any extras - like chips of desserts.  Order fountain drinks when you pay and you will get a cup to fill.  After you pay you will get a pager that will light up and buzz when your order is ready.
 

Insider Tip:
Note to my fellow Canadians…if you order ice tea to drink with your meal you should know that it is unsweetened brewed tea. You will want to add ice from the pop machine and possibly sugar if you want it to taste like the ice tea you are more used to. ​


Savings Tip:
If you want water with your meal just ask for a cup of water when you pay.  They will give you a smaller cup that you can fill up from the pop machine water tap for free.
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Sandwiches are big.  If you aren't a big eater you might want to consider sharing one.    Pictured is the Chipotle Chicken Avocado Sandwich.  Doug is big fan of both this one and the Earl's Club.  (sorry no picture) He likes a big lunch and this will fill him up and is much too big for me.  The bread is better than your average chain sandwich shop and the toasting add a nice crunch.  They don't skimp on the fillings with a nice piece of chicken and the lettuce is a green leaf which we both prefer to iceberg.
They also do a nice selection of wraps which we have had before but I realized too late that we didn't have any photos of.  Again the wraps are substantial.  Currently sandwiches and wraps are priced at about  $6.99USD

The salads are again substantial portions.  Pictured is the Berry Chicken Almond Salad and it has lots of all of the title ingredients on a bed of baby spinach.  I really felt that all of the ingredients were fresh and very flavourful.  The Chicken Caesar Salad is also a solid choice with lots of chicken but this is my favourite of their salads.  I keep meaning to try other items but have a hard time when I just want to get this one again.  

There is a limited kids menu (pizza,  ham and cheese, turkey and swiss)  Pictured is the Pizza  Sandwich which is a smaller sized sandwich with pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese.  This is the one my son will order with a side of chips and is very happy with.   A bargain at $3.99 USD
 

If those choices don't appeal to your  kids consider ordering them (or yourself) a side order of Mac and Cheese.  This comes hot so you may want to give it time to cool off but is a reasonable portion and is more than enough to fill my daughter for lunch and she loves Mac and Cheese.  This one is very cheesy and gooey with lots of cheese melted in rather than a microwaved cup of mac and cheese that you will find in other places.  again very reasonable at $4.99USD

​Other options include fresh fruit in cups and mini brownie bites.  Well you can see which one we chose.  These were a good and chocolatey version of a two bite brownie.  But really nothing super special.  I would rather save my snacking treats for something in park.
 
 

​Savings Tip:
Join the Earls’ Club online and get emailed discounts.  When we signed up we got a printable coupon for a free sandwich.   Just make sure to do this shortly before your trip as it had a 2 week expiry. 
 
Join Earl's Club Here 
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Insider Tip:
Get the Earl of sandwich App.  Scan the barcode at the bottom of your receipt to “punch the card” and get a free sandwich after 7 visits.  Make sure to scan the barcode promptly.  Once we waited until we got home from the trip and the time had expired on that receipt.

All photos by Jennifer Stuart

Thoughts?
Have you eaten at Earl of Sandwich?  What did you think?  What menu item to do you like best?