Lee's Sandwiches in Artesia

The last time I ordered from this Lee's location was prepandemic. Today, I ordered (after two years) and I was very disappointed with the overall experience. Their customer service was poor, a homeless person panhandled me inside the store, wait time was a bit long, and the bahn mi I ordered was less filled than I remembered, so you are paying more and getting less. All their prices have gone up, as everything else postpandemic.

They put only little amount of meat in a sandwich, and not as flavorful as other locations. Disappointed.

I had a random craving for Lee's Coffee and a croissant, so I came to this Lee's Sandwiches. I had an overall really good experience at the Downey location, so I was hoping that it would be the same here at a more local location like this one in Artesia. I had a few problems here. The only good thing that this location has going for it is how nice and spacious the inside of the it is; it looked very professional and they have it set up so that you can do a tiny bit of food and drink shopping before you get something off of their menu.1) The Downey location had a GREAT drink selection. I went there just for the coffee and there were so many things that I wanted to try the next time I went there. For such a nice-looking and big location, the drink selection at the Artesia location was so small that it seemed rather embarrassing. There were only a few tea options, few juice and smoothie options, and decent variations with the coffee. They need to step it up.2) This was my biggest issue with this location and possibly the restaurant chainas a whole if this is the case at every location. When I went to the one in Downey, I noticed that they used A LOT of ice in their fantastic Iced Coffee. Upwards of 80% of the cup w...