Belly Buster Submarines

One of the best subs in TO. I get the super coldcut combo with bacon.

Belly’s is one of the best sub places in the city. Although it looks like a dive inside, it’s a great spot for all hour eats (open late).
I get either a turkey, turkey and salami, or corn beef and they’re all great. The lettuce is shredded, bread is soft and fresh, and condiments are terrific.
Food — ⁵⁄₅
Service — take out but ⁵⁄₅
Ambiance — ²⁄₅
Price to value ratio: 4.5÷5

Oh my.
Forget about all the other sub chains in Toronto. This place is part of the city. It’s classic. It’s ohhh so delicious.
This review will be short and sweet.
Get the turkey bacon sub. The shredded lettuce is nice and fresh. The bacon is microwaved and yummy. The bread is always fresh. Mayo is spread on with a nice. It’s homemade but special.
They don’t take credit cards unfortunately but they still deserve the 5 star rating
What are you waiting for!!!
Wish they still had the location up north but I never got around to trying it.
Hope this stays open for years to come. Toronto wouldn’t be the same without it.
Oh and the décor. It’s so old and outdated. It’s perfect! Old school seats. Nasty colours everywhere. Please don’t change belly busters. Keep being you.

I’ve never eaten here before so thought I’d give it a shot. It has a good rating on here, but this is lost on me. Maybe it’s my fault for not reading all the reviews and seeing what one sub they make well. Anywho, I got the pizza sub, which was warmed up in the microwave and featured old veggies and low quality cheese. I ended up throwing most of it out.

Belly Buster Subs is just A-​OK.
I find that there aren’t many great places in Toronto and the GTA to grab a sub (obviously I haven’t tried every place). I had real high hopes for Belly Buster and I have been here a couple of times now. They’re a small corner sub shop on Yonge and have a rather small menu. I like the small-​ish menu that seems to focus on what they can do well. Based on reviews… that would be the bacon subs.
I’ve had the Turkey Bacon and the Ham and Bacon subs and they are pretty good. The bread they use is standard white or wheat. Nothing very special about it. Just a good vessel for the fillings. The bacon slices are cooked in the microwave and then tossed onto the sub. The bacon slices are generous, though the ham and turkey are pretty weak. You typically get one or 2 thin slices of ham or turkey on a sub? What happened to stacking meat into your subs? Anyways, the sandwich as a whole is pretty good regardless.
Grabbing a sub at Belly Buster’s will do for now, but I’m hoping there are better places out there. The prices are good and they are way better than any Subway or Mr Sub anyways

My friends have been raving about bellybusters for years. I always thought «Subway» was good for subs… Until I ate here. The bread is amazing, the lettuce is better, the meat is way better, they put like 10ibs of bacon on the turkey bacon, and it’s GOOD bacon… Not like the McDonald’s bacon. The whole thing comes together to be the best sub I’ve ever had. It’s the quality of the ingredients that makes it so good. Also, at subway you can’t even see the ingredients in the sandwich. It’s all bread. At bellybusters that is not the case!
The only thing that would make this a 5 star would be if they got more interesting toppings. Even jalapeño would make me happy :)

Been coming here for over a decade. Bacon combo is what I love. As others have said, the bacon subs are the ones to order. Simple subs, no over the top toppings, but a great, simple home style taste that can’t be replicated by the chains.

Asked for the roast beef and mushroom sub, only received roast beef. Mediocre sub, nothing too good, not terrible. Had a vanilla milkshake that I couldn’t drink, had a funny taste. Overall I won’t be returning.

Turkey bacon sub at 3am. There is literally nothing else better in this world.

Neighborhood staple, great late night spot on a friday or saturday. Only kncok is its usually closed Sundays. Would stick to the bacon subs, the real bacon they use is refreshing to the instant bacon at places like Subway and Mr. Sub. Truly a legendary local spot, I’ve even seen it listed as David Lee (Nota Bene, formally of Splendido and Centro) list it as his favorite late night spot along with The Burger Shack.

Stick with the bacon subs and this place is great! Fresh food, friendly old-​school greek counter staff always up for a Leafs or Jays chat, and open past 2:30 a.m. Mon-​Sat. (Closed Sundays)
Love the freshly-​microwaved bacon (LOL) because it is REAL BACON, nice and crisp, not that paper-​thin, oddly smoked American fast-​food bacon that is popping up everywhere now. I also love the fresh toppings, especially the finely shredded lettuce (remember whn McDonalds did this? SO much better than the limp diced cubes of lettuce they do now!)
Note to Stefan: a well-​washed bare hand is cleaner and safer than the gloves you see at Subway etc. to assemble food. Google it. ;)
My Go-​To faves:
1. BLT Sub — just extra tomatoes and lettuce, sub sauce + mayo
2. Turkey-​Bacon Combo — with mustard, mayo, pickles
Not wild about the signature BellyBuster, kinda weird with pickles and gravy, etc. But I LOVE LOVE the bacon subs!
Can’t beat this place for late-​night subs!
Cheers,
.James.

This place has been my late night bite for many years. The best sandwich is the bacon combo. Very friendly staff. They are open pretty late on Fridays and Saturdays. Just keep in mind thaf It is cash only.
We also trued the new location on King West. Unfortunately the experience was awful. We got the same club we always get from the Yonge branch but the taste was not even close. We did call the original branch and complained. I really hope they’ll fix it.

Great late night drunk in destination. Excellent subs and open late most nights. Crawling distance from my house. A+++

Smells so weird in there. So weird.
The staff was unenthused and the tables are wobbly and dirty. The sub tasted OK, but the guy used his bare hands to make it, so it kind of put a defined max on how much I could really enjoy it…
I probably won’t be back; something’s fishy here that doesn’t blend with my tastes…

Turkey bacon with extra bacon… nuff said.:) Much better option than Mr. Sub and Subway. Only complaint is that they don’t accept credit or debit. They do have a bank machine with an annoying service charge for using it.

My friend recommended this place to me back in 2006. I’ve been going since. First off, this establishment has been here forever. You can tell because of the wall where the owners have placed photos of past dedicated patrons dating back to maybe the late 60’s. This place has been through the times, and when you look at the photos, the hairstyles and fashion statements will tell you how popular this place has been throughout the decades.
The establishment has seating arrangements, enough for a group of friends, but can easily be packed depending on the time you decide to chow down. Don’t expect to see napkins and cutlery, it’s just one of those historic places where that stuff shouldn’t matter — it’s a sandwich spot.
Now the food. All sandwiches. They have a couple of other options but the sandwiches are boss. I ordered the turkey bacon with extra bacon. The bun options are white or wheat, but I went for the white. You don’t go to a place like this and expect to be health cautious. Go all out or go home. The toppings are typical toppings that you wouldn’t see at a Subway or Mr. Sub, however, their food still has a homemade feel and doesn’t taste «commercial». I’ve never had a «bad» sandwich here. The Belly Buster is the signature, but I still tend to go with the turkey bacon or sausage.
This place is open late for the club goers and drunks who have late night munchies. Go here past midnight and the place can be packed with all people from all age groups. Staff here are OG. Good guys who love to talk sports and current events. The one tv they have is usually playing sports highlights and I have no complaints with that.
Great spot. Great food. Parking is a bitch. Great place for hunger cravings. Still waiting to try the King W location.

Went there today, for the first time. I went with the 12″ Bacon Combo — I added mayo and asked for gravy, as per the suggestion of many Unilocal reviewers.
I was quite impressed overall! Here are some key points:
— The bread was soft, tasted fresh, nothing crazy which is perfectly fine
— The ham and turkey were both great, but not as good as the…
— Bacon! They put a ton of it, and it’s not like other sub places where it’s already cooked… here, they take uncooked bacon and microwave it right before they put it on your sub, and it’s great stuff.
— The mayo was very tasty (probably quite rich) and the gravy paired well with it
— I like their lettuce. It’s shredded VERY thin and therefore stays clumped together quite well, like a slaw.
— I was very pleased with how clean it all was — there was literally no mess, no sauce leaked out anywhere… contrast that to some subs from Quiznos, which while good, have been known to fall apart completely (pieces of chicken or various veggies falling out — it has happened to me countless times)
(We knew it was CASH ONLY, but I’m gonna add that here again just for others to note)
As a side note, the prices quoted on their website aren’t the same as in stores — in fact, the in-​store prices at this location were LOWER than the website’s PDF, across the board! I guess the site’s pricing is only for the downtown King Street location, but the Yonge location? Cheaper! $ 7.05 for a 12″ bacon combo, and my friend got the 12″ gyro sub for only $ 5.95.
— They put a ton of meat on his gyro sub — he found it all delicious
— He asked for mayo too, but the guy wisely told him to stick with just the tzatziki sauce that comes on that sub… my friend took that advice and didn’t regret it!
Friendly, quick, accurate, and with lots of choices — and $ 13 for two very good and well assembled footlong subs? I’m fine with all that.
We’ll be going back. You can be sure of that. YUM!
Edit: I went back and tried the gyro sub. I prefer the Bacon Combo, but it was still VERY good! No sub sauce, no mayo… just the tzatziki sauce. It paired well with it. I also love how late they’re open. I was hungry at 11pm and boom, Belly Busters is there for me :)

Bellllllies!
One word. Bacon.

Everytime I am north of Bloor I crave one of Belly Buster’s subs. Possibly because I grew up eating them after a night on the town but the flavour is what keeps me coming back.
I always order the Turkey Bacon or Bacon Combo sub. There is something about their microwaved bacon that makes it incredible!
If you want barbecue sauce or green peppers they keep these hidden in the fridge so just ask.
Don’t expect any service, though the owner who is usually behind the counter is always friendly, but expect a simple well made submarine sandwich. There are some places to eat but again it is very basic interior.
What more can I say, try this place for yourself and don’t let the name scare you away!

I’ve got three basic rules that have made me the singular successful guy I am and have kept me in the running to be a Darwinian success.
1) If someone comes at you with a knife or hard object in hand and shouts «we don’t like your kind around here», you should run away.
2) Never argue with a woman who has a visible tattoo.
3) If someone asks «do you want gravy on that?» always, always answer in the affirmative.
I was pleasantly surprised when the guy behind the counter fixing up my Belly Buster sub asked «do you want gravy on that?». Yes. Yes, I do.
Gravy on a sub? What a fantastic idea. Now don’t get me wrong. I like the $ 5 foot long at Subway, an innovation I feel rivals Ford’s introduction of the production line to American car manufacturing. A foot of carbs, meat and cheese, for about ¹⁄₃ of what a movie ticket will run you these days is incredible.
But it’s nice to mix up your sub experience some time with something different and I’m not talking that Mr. Sub crap. No. Belly Buster sub gives you a nicely meat stacked foot long on a really, really creamy fresh bread. The gravy is just the gravy on top.
Another trick, if there’s an eponymous menu item, order that. Hence, if the place is called Belly Buster Sub, order the Belly Buster sub, not the fish ‘n’ chips.
Belly Busters seems like it’s been around for a while, given their well populated wall of fame. They even have a photo of a Maple Leaf. I’m not sure who that is as I haven’t paid attention to hockey since the days when Ken Dryden was an expert on goal tending, not education.
Clearly this place has its regs and does a brisk Friday take out. An interesting mix of house rich suited yuppies and people who look like they live on subway sandwiches and live in the subway.
You will pay a couple bucks more for one of these subs, over a $ 5 foot long, but the extra $ 2 sure worth it.
The opening hours seem at first like a misprint. They seem to be open to 3 am on the weekends and 2 am on week days.