Forkelo ranking · Updated September 2026
7 cheesesteaks across the South Bay, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
22 dish-specific mentions · 64% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Chopped top round under melted white American on a bakery Italian roll, built to order with grilled onions. Portions are the point; seasoning is where opinions split.
8 dish-specific mentions · 88% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Chopped sirloin with provolone or white American on an Amoroso roll, with free grilled onions and sweet peppers. Cheap, hot, and closer to Philadelphia than most of the valley.
New Jersey's Restaurant · Campbell
5 dish-specific mentions · 80% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Thin-sliced choice steak, sauteed onions and melted white American in a soft roll, off a sports-bar griddle. Plain by design, with a dozen variants built on the same base.
St Johns Bar & Grill · Sunnyvale
5 dish-specific mentions · 60% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Thin-sliced steak and grilled onions under Swiss and American on a soft roll. Solid rather than special at a counter people mostly come to for burgers.
Amato's Cheesesteaks (Almaden) · Willow Glen
3 dish-specific mentions · 33% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
The original shop's chopped cheesesteak, run out of a Willow Glen plaza: top round, white American and grilled onions on a soft Italian roll. Big and gently seasoned.
Philly's Cheesesteak & Noor Mehal · San Jose
16 dish-specific mentions · 62% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Chopped steak and melted white cheese on a soft roll, halal, in seven and ten inch sizes. The meat is plentiful; the cheese and the seasoning are what run thin.
8 dish-specific mentions · 50% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Chopped sirloin and melted cheese on an Amoroso roll, with free grilled onions and sweet peppers. Cheap and generous; regulars say the steak itself has gone under-seasoned.
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