Papa Joe’s Subs & Pasta

Reviews

• Joe P.

  star star star star star 12 June 2026

  I have been going to Papa Joe's for at least 15 years now, or at least since I was allowed to ride my bike beyond our neighborhood, and I have never been disappointed.  Papa Joe's has a wide variety delicious hearty subs, classic Italian dinners, great daily soups, and the best take out appetizers around.
  
  Food-wise, PJ's is can't miss, old school tastiness. If you enjoy fried food, order the fried mushrooms, onion rings or fries.  Unlike most places that serve soggy take-out fried food, Papa Joe's gets it right every time.  They have the best fried mushrooms and onion rings around.  The small subs are 7 inches and most are around $5 or $6 with the large 12 inch subs going for $8 or $9.  The go-to subs for me and my family have always been 1) the deluxe buttered steak sub that is piled with cheese, onions and mushroom and 2) a cold pepperoni and provolone sub with hot peppers added, but you really can't go wrong.  They have all the standard deli meats for cold cuts and even offer chicken parm, veal parm and meatball subs too. They are a subway killer and even have party subs available for large groups.
  
  In addition to the great subs and fried foods, Papa Joe's also has great pasta dinners. They are available with either spaghetti or ravioli and can come with just sauce, sausage, meatballs, veal or chicken. I can vouch for the ravioli and meatballs and am sure the others are just as good. The pastas go for around $6 and you can pay $2 to add salad and a roll but Tuesdays are a pasta special where the salad and roll dinner come at no additional charge.
  
  If you are driving around the east-side and see a Papa John's, stop order some fried mushrooms and a hot buttered deluxe and leave for around $8, which for lunch is unheard of these days.

• Christine C.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 6 June 2026

  Sad to say this place, along with the neighborhood has totally gone downhill. Papa joes has been a fave of my since growing up in euclid. Made a trip here over the weekend and can you say DIRTY DIRTY DIRTY. My stomach was turned and I wanted to cancel my order and ask for my money back. I didn't though and was so grossed out after leaving that I pretty much fed the food to my dog

• Mike M.

  star star star star star 2 June 2026

  Great local shop for subs. The buttered cheesesteak with mushrooms and onions was excellent.  The hot Italian was very good also. I would come here again, service was fast and friendly.

• Darrell B.

  star star star star_border star_border 29 May 2026

  From driving around the Euclid, Willoughby area I've noticed a number of Papa Joe's but never stopped to try them out. Well finally due to uncertainty on where to eat, I thought to give It a try. Overall it was okay. Pictured below is a chicken philly, fries and a chicken Parmesan. The chicken philly left a lot to be desired. As noted in previous reviews, I'm a chicken philly expert lol. This one however didn't really taste like anything. Again not the worse but I don't think I would order this particular sub again. The chicken parmesan was better, but again it kind of lack something. The quality of ingredients used aren't high but neither are the prices which makes this place a reasonable choice if you need something on the go. The menu does have variety of subs ranging from cold to hot. Overall the experience was okay

• Teri H.

  star star star star star 23 May 2026

  The food was very good, chick parm & rigatoni...but better than the food or the fantastic price, was the lady who took my order. I so miss when restaurants were happy that you called and even happier to take your order. The 200th Street location seems to remember that their customers are important. One would think being polite and respectful to be automatic, not on the EASTSIDE, usually I feel that I should apologize for asking to order from most of the establishments on this side of Cleveland. Keep it up Papa Joes we need more like you to be the example!