The Subway Ordering Tip If You Like Extra-Crunchy Sandwiches

If you're the kind of person who turns their nose up at a cold sandwich on soft bread, your go-to order at Subway likely involves asking for it toasted. But did you know that you can ask your sandwich "artist" (remember when that was a thing?) to crank it up a notch — literally? Ordering your sub "double toasted" at Subway, according to Reddit, means that the employee will toast your sub on a higher setting. This naturally produces a hotter sandwich and extra-crunchy bread. Does it mean Subway subs could qualify as one of the best fast food items of 2025 or any other year? That remains to be seen.

Alleged Subway employees posting on various Reddit threads have explained how the machinery works. "If you ask me to double toast, I will not toast it twice," wrote one when a poster worried if such an order was annoying. "I'll simply pick the next higher setting on the toaster; more or less depending on what I'm toasting and whether I know what you want."

With that in mind, some customers have carefully curated their double-toasted Subway order over the years. "I order a BLT, get the bacon toasted first, then toasted again on the bread. Gotta have that crispy bacon!" exclaimed one Redditor on a thread asking if it was "controversial" to ask for your sub to be double-toasted. The answer seems to be a resounding "no."

Another Subway-themed Reddit thread posed a similar question: Is double toasting a hassle? One purported employee said, "I don't think it's a hassle at all. I have 2 or 3 regular customers that want their sandwich double toasted." Many others agreed, pointing out that the customer is paying for the sub to be made to their preference. "Unless you're asking for something odd, like a single cucumber set in the middle of the sandwich [...] don't even worry about double toasting. We just assume you like croutons or something," said another Subway team member in the same thread. This begs the question ... just how crunchy are we talking here?

It's unclear just how crunchy your Subway sandwich will turn out when you ask for it double toasted. Photo evidence on some Reddit threads suggests it could come out completely burnt. "It will be very crunchie [sic] and almost burnt, not recommended," warned one commenter. Another said, "If you want [the] roof of your mouth shredded to pieces then no go ahead and get that burnt blackened bread." Perhaps Subway bread chars because it isn't considered quite the real thing (at least not in Ireland).

Ultimately, if you like your bread extra crunchy, you'll just have to ask for it double toasted at your local Subway and roll the dice. It could be sub perfection ... or it could resemble a brick of coal. Luckily one of the worst chain shop chocolate chip cookies, according to our reviewer, is not from Subway, so even if your sub is charred, you have that to look forward to.