San Benito House, Half Moon Bay CA

Seriously, it's the bread. And I would say it's one of those places- like iykyk, but I feel like it's not a big secret and partly I think it's the nostalgia. But their food is good. Yeah, it's a bit $$ but it's also HMB, everything is $$. I pretty much get the same thing every time, ham, jack, french bread, no onion, we typically get the soup too, and share it. I've never had a complaint, it's tasty, it's consistent, and the line should speak volumes of their quality. We will come here until it's not here anymore, but hopefully, that time doesn't come in my lifetime. This time around we brought our almost 1-year-old for the first time, the soup and the bread were a hit with her, too.

Amazing fresh and homemade bread, great options and a big hearty sandwich. Couldn't ask for more. A must visit if you are in Half Moon Bay.

Sandwiches are really good here. Approachable sized menu - basically pick your bread (the olive walnut bread is amazing) choose your meat and cheese and it automatically comes with lettuce tomato pickles mayo mustard onion. Perfect sandwich to enjoy outside on the picnic benches.

It was little pricey compared to the volume. I tried several things, sandwiches, soup, potatoes salad, garden salad.

Their food is good, but i am not sure it is worth to wait in a long line to have it.

The best part to me was the sitting area they have.

Three stars means perfectly decent but not going to blow you away.

Both the sandwiches I ordered were okay but bland and bread was a bit soggy.

We were driving down to Carmel from San Francisco, visiting from Atlanta on our honeymoon and desperately in need of lunch, when we stumbled upon this incredible place. Truly, I haven’t had a sandwich this good…ever. The freshness of the ingredients, that spectacular olive walnut bread - when we drove back through, we stopped in again. Of all the fancy restaurants we tried on our honeymoon, this was the most memorable. If there was a way to subscribe and receive monthly shipments of these sandwiches, I’d do it. Thank you, San Benito Deli, for an incredible memory.

Basic but tasty sandwiches, great chip and drink selection, there was live music at lunch time on a sunny day it was a perfect setting. Slightly pricey for a sandwich drinks and chips but seemed worth it

Arrived 5 min before closing. Doors open and workers making sandwiches. Knowing that tourists come here from far to try their “great sandwhiches” they should accept orders until their doors are closed. Instead they refused to take my order. Disappointing.

The sandwiches are fenom. They bake their own bread, and everything is fresh and delicious. I had beef and veggies soup, and everyone else had sandwiches. We come here every time we are visiting the bay area, which is often, and always have a great meal. The sun shines on the patio most of the time. And there are musicians that play while you eat and enjoy yourselves. A fantastic place!

Tasty potato and macaroni salad. The garden salad lettuce was brown and wilted as if made from sandwich leftovers. Service was terrible. Disappointed.

This is an exceptional deli with a lovely patio to sit on.

That said, there must be SOMETHING they can do to make the whole thing more efficient. Expect to stand in line for 20 minutes if there are even 6 people. It’s impossible if you have a kid in tow. Even a menu outside to pre-select your order would help.

Big sandwiches on fresh bread, great choice! Beautiful outdoor eating area, choose between a table or set up your own picnic. Good options for vegetarians. Delicious baked goods, the miso peanut butter cookie is a must.

I ordered the turkey sandwich on wheat bread with everything on it, and it was delicious. Huge enough to eat half and save the second half for later, but I couldn’t stop myself from devouring the entire thing. Great benches to chill outside and talk with friends, too.

Their olive bread is breath taking. Just absolutely excellent. Highly recommend this place even if it's a little tricky to find!

This place is great! The pizza is amazing, so fresh, it makes me want to buy an entire tray! I highly recommend the Hen in the Woods pizza, absolutely incredible!

The staff is also so kind and happy to answer questions!

Place was really good and staff where friendly. Everything tasted very fresh in the pastrami sandwich I got! Epic!