Arby’s

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I have loved Arby’s since I was a kid. Unfortunately, Arby’s closed its outlets on Long Island many years ago and only now, within the past few years, has opened full service restaurants on LI.
This is a great Arby’s. Mike, the owner, is a hard working and real nice guy. When I visit my family Upstate, his Arby’s on Wolf Road is a mandatory stop. I’ve dined there more than ten times over the course of the last few years, most recently on 5/29.My Giant Roast Beef Sandwich tasted fresh and delicious. The young man who took the order was pleasant and courteous. My Vanilla Shake was refreshing, cold and delicious. The restaurant and the bathrooms were extremely clean. Mike frequently offers coupons in local publications which make a nice lunch taste even better.
This is an excellent Arby’s location and I look forward to returning the next time I’m in the Capital Region.

Was here recently on a busy saturday at lunch time. The experienced crew was quick to take orders and get the food out. The food was good, love those curly fries. Arby’s is not a gourmet restaurant, it’s fast food; good, cheap and hot.

This was a great find. Probably the most amazing sandwich I have ever had. And those frozen generic mozzarella sticks — will blow your freakn mind! 1984 called and they want their CURLY FRIES back!
So, why would I give 5 stars to Arby’s ?? Because it’s Arbys and for that — it was decent. Sure, it’s junk meat and chemically induced cheese sauce on a bun, and at the end of the night you know you ate 4 billion calories with no nutritional value. BUT. . it’s Arby’s and every now and again, we all need a little Arby’s in our lives. (It has been 20 years since I had been to an Arbys — when I stepped in here a few weeks ago).
An elderly gentlemen introduced himself as the owner. He was proud and kind. As a matter of fact, all of his employees seemed to genuinely care. KUDOS

I’ve never had bad food from this location. Sometimes the service can be a bit slow depending on how many workers there are, and some of the employees have a bit of an attitude problem to them, too.
For some reason they don’t keep turnovers out after they sell their initial batch because they have to be thrown out every few hours, so they’d rather not make them if they don’t think they’ll sell (put them out guys, they WILL sell!), but this is a great place.
If you’re ordering off the value menu, you can get a jr roast beef, jr fries, value drink and a turnover for about $ 6… it’s not really any more expensive than anywhere else these days.
If you hit them during the lunch rush (which is anywhere from 11 am to 2 pm) be prepared for there to be some kind of a line. Especially on weekends.
That said, the food is delicious. Everything here is good. The roast beef is not typically what I think of when I think roast beef, but it isn’t bad. The fries are good when they’re cooked fresh, and the turnovers are all awesome desserts.
One downside is they don’t have receipts with offers of freebies on your next visit for filling out a survey like most Arby’s locations do.
Still, this is one of the 3 local locations my friends and I hang out at the most. Why? Because it’s one of the best.

Potentially the worst fast food operation ever. Saved from one star by Curly fries. No drive thru. I might not love Maurice’s, but it’s still a WAAAY better option than Arby’s.
Food– 2 Stars
Roast beef is pretty much garbage in my opinion, but it’s a fast food place, what did you expect?
Roast Beef, per their website–
«Trimmed Boneless Beef Chunks (Minimum 70%) Combined With Chopped Beef For a Maximum of 12% Fat. Contains up to 9.0% of a Self-​Basting Solution of Water, Salt, Sodium Phosphate.»
Curly Fries are good though.
Service– 1 Star
Slow, awkward, disdainful.
Atmosphere– 2 Stars
Kinda clean, not the worst fast food place ever.
Value– 1 Star
Not worth much of anything.

So Arby’s food is not good, the buns are stale, the shaved roast beef looks like it’s old paper somebody spilled chocolate milk on, and there’s nothing else to their basic sandwich. If you want to talk fries, let’s talk sad limp little yellow sticks of coagulated oil.
But, here’s the thing: you can pretty much guarantee there’s no pink slime in a «Classic». Although I wouldn’t necessarily put it past the fast food industry to figure it out (see also the enduring mystery of the origin of the Chicken Nugget.)
And I will confess when I stop at an Arby’s, which is about once every five years, it’s when I get the strange yen for their horsey sauce (made, I think, with real horses!) and the «roast» «beef» «sandwich» is just a delivery device/​excuse to pile on the secret blend of white mystery goo.
This location’s virtues: no drivethrough, and padded booths. And they were relatively fast on our recent visit. You throw that on top of horsey sauce, my goodness, what else can you ask for in the limited universe of non-​burger/​pink-​slime-​free fast food?

I visit this Arby’s (no drive-​thru) because it’s not in the mall. Other people have the same idea too! When there’s a long line (lunch hours or weekends) almost to the front entrance, it may take a while to place your order and get your food.
Once at the counter, I usually get a Regular Roast Beef Sandwich (with Horsey Sauce) or a Beef ‘n Cheddar Sandwich, Potato Cakes, a large Jamocha Shake, and a Cherry Turnover for the road. The sandwiches are on the salty side and the shake complements the meal.
THIS LOCATION IS NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS!