The Lucky Lizard

My daughter had a doctor appointment and it was lunch time when all was done.  While standing in the parking lot I looked around and noticed a building with bright yellow writing that said, "Lucky Lizard".  So we went to see what it was all about.

Upon entering the place I noticed a few signs mentioning they had video poker.  That instantly made my gut wrench giving me a flash back of Jasper's "deli" off delta.....We entered and they did have poker machines.....but maybe only 5 and they were in a small confined area completely away from the food.  The inside was clean and seating looked rather limited.  

All of their sandwiches were 5.95 or under.  Had a selection of about 8 sandys or you could get a bowl of teriyaki chicken for about $6 too.  I went with the Tri-Tip sandwich being I love tri-tip!!  My wife got a turkey avocado cranberry that was served on a croissant.  We got our daughter a little bit of Ambrosia salad to snack on.  Daughter loved dipping her pickle in the salad and eating it....She's watched daddy eat too many steak fries at Red Robin I guess!

Ok.....So I guess I'll say it even though I don't want to being the guy working behind the counter was VERY friendly, VERY nice, VERY helpful.....That tri-tip sandwich was bunk.  Infact I started the review with 3 stars due to great customer service, but that sandwich couldn't keep that 3rd star up.  I would give them 5 stars on cleanliness and customer service, but as for the food?  ahhh i'm sorry.  It's a 1 star sandwich honestly.  The tri tip didn't have any great flavor to it what so ever.  It reminded me of a sub-par roast beef deli meat.

The gentleman working asked if it was our first time in there and we said yes, so he gave us a generous sample of their teriyaki chicken.  It was ok....VERY VERY LEAN meat.  Which was really nice.  I didn't see one piece that had fat in it.  Same for my wife's sample.  He gave us a sweet chili sauce to put on it which did add a good taste to it.

So I hate to kick down only 2 stars after great service and a nice sample of chicken.......But really, when it comes to how the sandwiches tasted neither of us were even close to happy with it.  We didn't have the heart to tell the guy we didn't like them.

And it could get spendy quickly being all side items are a la carte.  3 bucks for the salads, 1.50 for the chips, dont know the cost of drinks being we got complimentary water.

After driving by the lucky lizzard several times I had time to stop today. We had the tri tip sandwich and a grilled chicken wrap. The best sandwich in town!!
We will be back