Roggie’s

Roggies closed because it lost its liquor license when an underage patron feel down a flight of stairs and was unconscious. The owner John Rogaris, a lawyer of disrepute, told the manager on the phone to put the patron out in the parking lot and cal 911. 911 was not called and Rogaris went to the bar to try and disable the video system and told police the system was not working. Police however seized the system and saw not only employees carrying the poor victim out of the bar, but also Rogaris himself tampering with the system. LOL
I am disappointed, as I was a regular there in the late 90’s to early 2000’s and this was a good place under previous owners.

I’m completely fed up with this place! I’ll give you three examples of how they suck.
The first example was when I ordered a calzone around midnight. The guy on the phone said it would take an hour. The guy showed up at 2:30am! I called twice to find out how much longer and was told «any minute.»
The second example was when I ordered a calzone and it came with salsa instead of marinara sauce. WTF!
The third example is from tonight. I go to pick up the 2 salads and a side of rice pilaf (totaling $ 30). I did pickup this time because I’m sick of waiting hours for delivery. While I was in there, the guy gets a call from another customer complaining about the driver taking too long. He told the caller they are very busy, yet there was only ONE guy working the kitchen. So I get my chopped salad and there’s no avocado. Normally wouldn’t freak over this but like I said I’m so fed up.
BYE roggies, I’m done!
Ps. Pino’s around the corner is amazing pizza!

If you’re coming from city side and you’ve had a few the pizza is perfect for you. Any other time of the day I can’t eat it. I was pretty dissapointed as the location is perfect. I’ll probably get it next time I’m walking home from the T after a night downtown.
On the flip side their wings were solid and the sandwiches looked good. I’d get the wings again and maybe give a sandwich a shot.

Never again. And that’ll be too soon. Let’s see, was it the brown, wilted salad Greek salad (with the one tiny cube of feta cheese and the Russian dressing instead of the standard Greek), or the pizza with ONE single, solitary banana pepper (when, in fact we were charged for a full pizza topping)? I think both helped seal the deal. Buh-​bye Roggies. There are too many competitors out there for us to come back to this sub-​par swill

$ 9 garlic bread. $ 14 salad. 9 in pizza $ 14 wonder why it’s ALWAYS COMPLETELY Empty. Or walk 25 steps away where you have 5 more options to get nearly everything on this menu for half the price and better quality. Don’t believe me? Dare you to walk be and find ONE person other than an employee there. Then walk by all the restaurants in the same complex and even the least busy will be quadruple quadruple the business but a third the cost and double the quality.

I went there at night for some pick-​ups and literally saw a MOUSE running on the floor and then it went out again. The inside was just dark and not well furnished. I was totally freaking out for 15 min while waiting, which was a nightmare. Honestly, the pizza wasn’t that good because the toppings fell off while I was on my way home and it was just not that tasty. The «chicken fingers» were different from the regular chicken fingers because they were large pieces of chicken without any flavor. However, the employee was pretty nice and welcoming. But the mouse thing made me wonder if all the pizza places were like this. I don’t think I would come back.

Owner pled guilty to cover up of incident that nearly cost a patron’s life

We ordered from Roggie’s at 5:00pm and our food (two burgers for $ 30!) did not arrive until 8:30 — ice cold, inedible. When it finally arrived, the delivery man called from his car and had me walk out to the street to get it. In the three and a half hours that we were waiting, we did call the restaurant twice just to make sure that our order had gone through and that we hadn’t accidentally selected «pickup» instead of «delivery», etc. Both times, the gentleman who answered the phone was rude, talked over me, and repeated himself verbatim — «It’s eight miles away, traffic can take a while» — and refused to check on the status at his restaurant or get in touch with the driver.
On the upside, the food seems like it would have been reasonably good if it hadn’t been so cold that the meat grease was starting to congeal and the french fries had turned into a gross, single mass. Definitely, definitely not worth the money or the THREE. AND A HALF. HOUR. WAIT!
Will not be ordering from these guys again.

The steelers bar is closed. Still open for pizza. I repeat, no steelers bar. But citywide around the corner is steelers ready

I’ve eaten in and ordered delivery from this place on several occasions. The delivery takes forever, and the portions aren’t great, but the food is pretty tasty. Inside is a pretty standard bar in terms of atmosphere, and the service is pleasant even when it’s busy. Beer is reasonably priced for the area.
Most recently I got a large pizza with a handful of toppings to share with some friends. Delivery took well over an hour, but the pie still arrived warm. The size wasn’t what I’d consider «large,» but the toppings were plentiful and it still tasted good warmed up for breakfast.
Overall a good watering hole and not a terrible option for a late night snack.

Benefits from location and undiscerning college kids. Staff never seemed to really know what’s going on, though that’s more of a management failure. It’s not terrible terrible, but I’d never seek it out.

Nine dollars is already a ridiculous price for a ham and cheese sub, but when it arrives and only has one piece of ham, one piece of cheese, no toppings, and not even the one topping I paid 50 cents for, it becomes the stupidest money I’ve spent lately. The apple pie was good.

Just moved around the block from this place and I was apprehensive to eat here cause I thought it was a bar. I’m glad I gave it a try! For me, Roggies has the best food in Cleveland circle. You have to try the honey bbq grilled chicken wings. 12 large chicken wings in an order for $ 10. They’re not frozen.

Nachos under the old management were way better. Ordered nachos for delivery and they were literally chips from a bag with melted plasticy cheese on top. For $ 9. Nothing else besides the dry chicken we paid extra for. No lettuce, no beans, no tomatoes, nothing. Chips and cheese. I do not recommend.

The food is generally pretty good but the delivery is unbelievably slow. Have been waiting over 2 hours and still have not received my order this time around.

In terms of the quality and taste of the food, this place is at most a 2. The trivia night here would have bumped it up to a 3, but the recent CRIMES committed in Roggie’s bumps it back down to a 2; sometime last year, some kid fell down the flight of steps and laid there for like 45 minutes without any help, and then the staff scooped him up and put him outside by the dumpster instead of calling for help. There was this whole mess with the owner trying to withhold evidence from the surveillance cameras as well. You can read about it here:
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The two stars that I did give are because of trivia night, and the fact that it’s open relatively late when compared to other restaurants in the area. Any 4 or 5-​star reviews that I’ve seen on this Unilocal page seem to be based on customer loyalty from Boston College students, which there’s nothing wrong with, but just figured that’s something to keep in mind.
Trivia nights here were actually a lot of fun, though if you wanted a table here, you and your friends would have to arrive a bit before Trivia starts (9 I believe?) because the whole place always gets packed. Also, you don’t want a table downstairs for trivia, since it’s so far away from everything else, and one of you will have to run your trivia answers upstairs each time. My buddies and I used to order a few pitchers of beer during trivia and maybe a plate of nachos, which taste alright. It’s pretty much a bottom layer of chips, and then essentially 10 pounds of an assortment of beans, sauces, cheeses, and ground beef just piled on top of the chips. The wait staff here was very friendly, though on trivia nights they are overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people at Roggie’s, so sometimes the service is very slow. I don’t really blame them for that.
I’ve tried a bunch of different late night foods here during my time in college, and while they’ll make do, doesn’t taste fantastic. The pizza here is only slightly better than that of Nathalie’s (which if you live in the area, know how awful it is). One of my buddies ordered the Chicken Teriyaki here, which was pretty disgusting. I’ve had the BBQ chicken fingers with fries here, which tasted okay, but not worth walking down here for from BC. The fries were also always soggy.
Overall, this place is good for trivia and is open late, which are the only redeeming qualities. The food however isn’t good, though for most drunk kids, that won’t really matter much. Also, I don’t know the current situation here after the whole arrest warrant fiasco, but I definitely would not come back here.

I absolutely love Roggies. Whenever I am in the mood for some delivery and I ponder for a moment on what to get a lightbulb goes off in my head and I think Roggies. Their menu is ginormous so they have everything you can think of to get from Asian stir fry to Tacos to Gyros to Wings they have it all! They definitely have the best taco salad of all time. It consists of a perfectly crisp shell filled with lettuce, carrots, jalapeños, onions, olives, cheese, chili, cucumbers, tomatoes, and chicken! A huge and tasty salad for sure and my go to item. Delivery is always fast and arrives warm and ahead of the estimated time!
Concerning the dining in, sadly the restaurant portion is closed right now because of some bar fight or something. I am praying that they open again soon because their lunch specials are the bomb. You get any sandwich, any side, any soup, and a beer or soda for 9 $!!! When I would go this would usually be an Italian sub, a side garden salad, a bowl of chili with cheese on top, and a Dr. Pepper, it felt as if I was robbing the place. The employees that work there are really friendly and hard workers. Roggies is a great place and I recommend it for your next delivery or take out.

This review is based on my visit there to see a show in the downstairs area. The downstairs area was actually a decent spot for live music, they had a bar (with good, friendly service). Lots of beers on draft too. The upstairs was a sports bar. Surprisingly empty for a Friday night. I thought it was cool that you couldn’t even hear what was going on downstairs in the upper portion of this place. Parking was on street but not too difficult to find a spot. And this place gets an extra star for the upstairs being split between bar/​take out. After the show you could easily grab a cheap slice of pizza to go.

Roggie’s is okay if you want breakfast anytime, an awkward seating situation, the weirdest bar ever and a lot of college kids breathing down your neck.
Last I was there was pretty early in the day on a weekend. The college set already had the ridiculous pitchers going and were just about as loud as could be without being offensive, so I was grateful for that. I was looking for an easy breakfast without the walk-​and-​talk of Dunk’s or the lazy diner experience of Mirror, so this is a great way to do that and pair it with an Irish coffee.
Needless to say, the food here is overpriced. They cater to a college audience, try to run a take-​out endeavor on the side and are placed just offsides of Cleveland Circle to make subsistence difficult. They’re like the restaurant you run into when you’re done with a long night, getting off the T and trying to stagger home. It’s not a great location, unless they’re trying to appeal to the public pool across the street.
That might be a strong selling point as the weather warms up. When I was there, the windows were open to the street, but there was no view of anything but the empty cement pit. During the summer, I’m sure it’s replete with summer camps and ungainly AARP members, but we’ll see.
In the meantime, my omelette was just okay. For the price, it should have been waaaaaay better. There wasn’t much accompanying it in the way of potatoes, but the Irish coffee was more than enough to pad my need for carbs. You need to start the morning… midafternoon…thing…with a good bit of padding to make it through the day until dinner, I’ve always said, and this was a solid compromise. I just wish there was more protein on the plate and less empty space.
In the end, the bill was reasonable, the waitstaff was acceptable absent and the crowd was as expected. I avoid coming here on weekends or after 3pm, but otherwise it’s a good place for a somewhat overpriced breakfast any time of the day. If there was a Denny’s nearby, though, I would go there instead.

BEWARE OF NEW OWNERS!!!
We went in to grab our usual fare since we weren’t feeling like cooking for ourselves. God do I wish we just heated up some hot pockets instead! First off, our waitress was a complete space cadet. We ordered a seafood type appetizer and ended up getting a seafood entrée that was $ 7 more than the original item. And then I ordered a menu item and asked for onion rings as my side. Instead of telling me the onion rings were an appetizer only, she brought me a huge ass plate of onion rings with my sandwich that had french fries on it. Really?! Really? Yes, apparently, really. She apologized profusely about everything, which was nice of her, but I mean… c’mon! She didn’t check up on us once, she took forever and six days to come back, and tracking her down for the check was like waiting for Sasquatch to show up at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir.
Onto the food… I got a chicken gyro. The Greek owners that owned the joint before knew how to make a bomb ass chicken gyro. Whatever they did to it is the worst thing they could’ve done to that item. Minus 1 point. I finally decided to take a stab at my french fries. Upon closer inspection, there was absolutely NO seasoning on it. Minus 1 point. The boyfriend somehow ended up with an entrée sized muscle marina plate (we ordered beer muscles, by the way) and 75% of the shells he took off his plate had NO muscles on it. Minus 100 points. Case in point, it was just not worth it.
So my advice to the new owners, please please PLEASE train your waitstaff. Your waitress didn’t even know you had beer muscles on the menu which is why we got the entrée muscles marinara. If you don’t do it for the benefit of your customers, do it for your own benefit of not losing money. Secondly, in the words of Robert Irvine, SEASONING! And finally, whatever you did to the chicken gyro, please undo that.
Sincerely,
$ 45 dollars in the hole
P. S. Thank god for the mistaken onion rings… those were the only edible things on our table (aside from the ketchup, that is).

I just ordered take out from here and it was the absolute worst meal I’ve had in forever. Please don’t order their Italian sub. Meats both tastes and smell rancid.off.idk. But I had to toss it after a few bites.
Service is good, but will not be ordering take out again.