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Arby's

9/15/2011
Arby’s French Dip and Swiss: Meh. Get Two.
Setting the scene
It’s Arby’s. Nothing to write home about (besides Arby’s Sauce and delicious roast beef sandwiches). I wasn’t looking forward to this French dip but I felt obliged to do it, simply because it is very obvious and probably quite popular as a nationwide phenomenon.
So I went to my local Arby’s and threw down on a French Dip and Swiss. At the time of writing this, EIGHT people liked this on Facebook. I would hazard a guess that probably 80,000 actually like it but 79,992 are embarrassed to admit it. Here’s my review!
Logo on their garbage cans. Woo hoo! Let’s eat this!!!
Menu and Ordering
It’s Arby’s. Who cares. I ordered the thing. I will admit, sadly, though, that I watched them spray the au jus out of some hot water heater thing. Like maybe even added boiling water to a powder in front of my eyes? It didn’t make the au jus in a styrofoam cup look any more delicious, gourmet, or very well cared for.
I got some Jalepeno poppers with it because the other options didn’t entice me. Total cost with a beverage: $7.03.
Arby’s French Dip and Swiss
Plate
They threw in some “Bronco Berry Sauce” for my poppers. WTF is Bronco Berry Sauce? The au jus comes with a sheath for your protection.
I unwrapped the items. The Bronco Berry Sauce looked interesting. The dip looked small. The au jus was steaming and smelled pretty good. I had an ice-cold sugar free lemonade. I was generally looking forward to this but the dip looked so small!
Sandwich Alone
Skewer method
No skewers were injured (or used) in the making of this dip. Like the au jus shield, Arby’s customers are not to be trusted with hot or pointy things!
Bread
I was actually reasonable impressed with the bread. It was nicely toasted. Not too soft. Not too hard. It soaked up the au jus nicely. There was not enough of it.
Surprisingly good but not enough.
Meat
Arby’s is known for its roast beef. There wasn’t a ton on here but it was pretty good / what you’d expect: thin-sliced, meaty, good. Probably not enough / I got my $3.99 (sandwich no meal) worth.
Small portion, not exciting.
Non-meat toppings
Arby’s markets the French Dip and Swiss. There aren’t onions on this, thanks God. The Swiss cheese is processed and only serves the purpose of an unnecessary lubricant for a meal that becomes very well lubricated by the jus.
Portion
Too small. I would recommend to anyone that if they’re going to go this route in their French dip quest that they GET TWO (2)!!!!!!!!
Jus
The au jus was hot, pretty tasty but nothing to write home about, and JUST BARELY ENOUGH. It seriously GOT DOWN TO THE WIRE with this au jus but was BARELY able to cross the finish line with me. Phew!
Hot and salty but not that great. From a powder.
Overall dip
Overall the dip was pretty good. The bread was good. The Arby’s beef was good. The cheese is to be forgotten. The au jus was hot and JUST ENOUGH. The portion was too small and I should have gotten two.
Good value. Basic staple.
Meh. But get two!
Their French Dip with Swiss, although small and carrying unnecessary cheese, ain’t half bad for the $3.99 price tag. Remember: Get 2!
Other (fun?) stuff while there
The Jalepeno poppers were not fun. They were cream cheese filled, fatty and unnecessary. Slightly spicy but not really. The Bronco Berry Sauce –in looking at the ingredients—had no berries in it but looked like jelly. It behaved and tasted more like Sweet & Sour sauce. Forget these and stick with fries or potato wedges or some such thing.
Arby’s Sauce IS TO DIE FOR. Die for it. What you really want at Arby’s is 500 Jr. Roast Beef sandwiches with 1,000 Arby’s Sauces. Nothing (maybe not even the world’s best French dip? (Sacrilege, I know)) tops Arby’s Sauce. (So succulent and delicious).
Their logo is a cowboy hat. How fun. My friend Brian thinks that Arby’s is total white trash. I disagree. I think they have some nice options and I completely LOVE dipping ANYTHING into zesty, tangy, succulent Arby’s Sauce.
Reason to go back: it's Arby's, it's cheap, it's good enough, you could get some Arby's sauce!!!
4/3/2014
Introduction
The outside.
Arby's launched a new French Dip a few months back that I've since put through the trials. Here's my review.
The magic that is delicious, tangy, zesty Arby's Sauce.
The wonderful Arby's in Redmond.
The meal deal
Plated. Fries included.
Arby's New French Dip and Swiss
Sandwich
The pretty cheese looking unit.
The "money shot". Looks pretty juicy and delicious. Cheese is garbage. Picture makes it look great, though, right?!
Skip the cheese and enjoy. It's probably a 4 of 5 for the money if no cheese.
Non-Meat Toppings
Cheese is no good; failure.
I must say that the cheese they're using is not stellar. It pretty much destroys the otherwise pretty good sandwich. Look at that terrible, processed cheese.
Bread
It's fine.
Meat
It's standard Arby's roast beef, which is pretty good and salty, not bad.
Jus
The way by which an intelligent person houses their copious amounts of delicious Arby's Sauce (within a cup lid)
It's bigger and better than the old one but skip the cheese.
Fries
They're pretty good.
Arby's makes good fries.
Arby's Sauce
Zesty deliciousness.
12/31/2021
I noticed yesterday that they have a new Brisket Bacon 'n Beef Dip Sandwich. Thought to get it but wasn't in the mood.
Brisket Bacon 'n Beef Dip Sandwich
I wonder how the bacon is?
Link
Arby's is undeniably one of my embarrassing favorites. I continue to love their Arby's sauce and regular roast beef sandwiches. I don't really go to Arby's for French dips since there's other unique features of this place that I prefer. And there's better places for an FD.