Roll N Roaster
Fast food restaurant · Sheepshead Bay
2901 Emmons Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11235
Highlights
Retro joint w/ roast beef sandwiches, cheese fries & shakes
Retro joint w/ roast beef sandwiches, cheese fries & shakes
"An icon for over 50 years, this destination for fast-food style roast beef sandwiches (as well as milk shakes, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and more) is a retro throwback that’s that’s the real deal, not simulacra. Ochre-colored Formica booths are big enough to spread out; just don’t hit your head on the elaborate chandeliers over each table. Sandwiches can be ordered from rare to well, with or without cheese. Skip the pizza, but don’t miss the shakes." - Melissa McCart
"Roll N Roaster was founded in the early 1970s and it feels largely unchanged — a gigantic structure in yellow and orange that looks like a typical fast-food spot, except much bigger and wholly its own. Go on the weekend when the place is jammed with Little Leaguers in full regalia, or families returning from religious observances in their best clothes, and mingle with a cross-section of southern Brooklynites. As the name would suggest, the roast beef sandwich is the move. If you spend more than $40 the restaurant will also give you a complimentary pizza (it’s not very good, but it is very fun to get free things)." - Emma Orlow
"Open since the early 1970s, Roll N Roaster is the anchor of Sheepshead Bay’s restaurant row facing the bay. It specializes in roast beef sandwiches on kaiser rolls, the meat rich, moist, and deliciously rimmed with fat. Dip it in meat juices (small extra charge), or eat it plain. And don’t neglect the hot dogs, onion rings, clam strips, and turkey sandwiches, but ignore the imprecation to put “cheez” on everything." - Robert Sietsema
"Open since the early 1970s, Roll N Roaster is the anchor of Sheepshead Bay’s restaurant row facing the bay. It specializes in roast beef sandwiches on kaiser rolls, the meat rich, moist, and deliciously rimmed with fat. Dip it in meat juices (small extra charge), or eat it plain. And don’t neglect the hot dogs, onion rings, clam strips, and turkey sandwiches, but ignore the imprecation to put “cheez” on everything." - Robert Sietsema
"Roll N Roaster is a roast beef sandwich icon of Sheepshead Bay, offering Beef N Cheez, puffy fries, and crunchy onion rings. The venue provides a retro experience with tunes from crackly speakers and great people watching." - Eater Staff
