I have been going to Wally's for years and years and I have always been happy with my meal and service. Â Lately I have come in to the restaurant and every time I order a Roast Beef sand-which the meat has been so rare and they barely add any meat to the bun anymore. I get like two slices of really rare, cold beef and it just isn't appetizing. Â Several people that I know that go there have also noticed the lack of Beef on the sand-which and that it is extremely rare roast beef, and the hot sandwiches are never served hot. Â Maybe they will realize when some customer gets food poisoning from there rare sandwich that it just isn't appetizing anymore.
Review Source:Not sure what happened to Wally's. Â I was a huge fan at their old location which was a semi-dive place full of atmosphere. Â The new place looks spiffy but is in a generic office building.
The new place also has a weird seating setup with how the line forms and it feels more crowded.
All that aside, the food isn't as good. Â I can't put my finger on it, but the roast beef isn't as good was it was (or may less consistent). Â Service was always hit or miss, but the food was great. Â Now it is ho-hum and I frankly hardly visit. Â My last visit two weeks ago was really dull.
Hate writing this review. Â I loved this place for many years.
So, Wally's moves to a new location and we follow thinking everything is still the same....not. Â The line was out the door at lunchtime, but after this experience...I'll most likely be taking my $9 elsewhere.
The line was long, so it gave me a little time to soak in the atmosphere. Â Nestled in an office complex (good business move, really), it still had some of the appeal of the old location (jukebox included). Â Every seat was filled, and I was amused at the mass chaos happening at the front counter. Â I was hoping it would sort itself out by the time I was able to order. Â It didn't.
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The manager greeted me very gruffly, with a really quick "next", and I could tell I was in trouble by the amount of receipts on the counter with first names on them waiting for orders to come up. Â I ordered up my favorite: the blue plate special, with a can of coke...there are no fountain drinks here for some reason, then attempted to find an open seat.
I found the only open table along the side, and sat down. Â No more than two minutes later my blue plate special was ready. Â I'm not sure if they had blue plate specials ready behind the counter...but I think I was given an old one. Â My entire plate was lukewarm. Â The corn was dry, and the roast beef I remember being so tender and juicy at the old location had been replaced with fatty, tough, dry beef that was placed upon soggy bread and garnished with mashed potatoes that were bland and dry as well.
I guess things can't always stay the same...and I am sure most of the people in that office complex are oblivious to the fact that Wally's used to be a great place...but now they are just your average, ordinary restaurant stuck in an office building providing crappy service, and serving up average food to the office drones. Â What a disappointment.
Massive disappointment. Soggy sesame seed bun, awfully-rare-for-this-kind-of-place roast beef, couldn't be bothered to melt the cheese. Fries were decent, and it was nice to have a cream soda, hadn't had one for quite some time.
A friend had the blue plate, another the roast beef and a side of the weakest looking chicken wild rice soup I've ever seen. His vigor with the pepper shaker told me all I needed to know.
Not again, not even on a dare.
So now I'm 0 for 2 with Yelpers in the Twin Cities. Â What a disappointment, really. Â There was a line out the door, so I was quite hopeful that the fare was going to be good. Â So after waiting about 10 minutes to order, I got the Blue Plate with the beef barley soup. Â Ordered, sat down and was served pretty quickly. Â Looked at the soup.... looked like a carrot and celery soup more than beef and barley. Â Spoon plunges in, large chunk of beef. Â Horribly dry and tough. Â Enough of that. Â Waste of $2.70 on that one. Â Open face sandwich is next. Â Lots of gravy and potatoes. Â Gravy was non-exciting, potatoes just OK. Â Beef was also dry and flavorless here too. Â I'd had enough. Â Left with most of the food still on the plates. Â Darned it.
Review Source:GREAT roast beef sandwiches and great au jus. Â The fries I got sucked... but that isn't what I was there for and I probably wouldn't ever order them again... stick with chips. Â You have seriously got to stop by here though... the roast beef is that good, thin and tender, spiced correctly on the edges. Â The au jus is cery flavorful and complex in taste, not too salty and well balanced. Â The only tip I have is get those fries under control. Â A good roast beef sandwich like that deserves fresh cut fries - it would save you money AND be a better product than the frozen ones you serve now.
Review Source:Three words my friends. Â Blue Plate Special. Â This place is a diamond in the rough. Â Tucked inside a busy office building I would never have imagined this simple cafe was a delicious gem. Â I will premise my review with saying I have only ordered the Blue Plate Special, because it is THAT good. Â The options are great and the prices are fitting. Â They do roast beef well, but they have a number of other options available making this cafe appeasing to many palates. Â
Remember they do breakfast and lunch only, but its definitely worth swinging by during your break. Â They have seating inside, which is fairly limited given the demand. Â There's a reason this place is out the door busy everyday. Â Give it a try you won't be disappointed.
I searched Yelp for sandwich joints near my office building and stumbled across this gem. I ordered the blue plate special to go, and was not disappointed! Really good sandwich. Great gravy and potatoes. I'm dinging them 1 star because the corn was terrible. I think it came straight out of a can without even being heated first. It really had that old canned taste to it. Everything else was outstanding though! I would have like to have the bread toasted for an open faced sandwich but thats just a nitpick. I'll see if they can do that for me next time, since I'll definitely be back!
Review Source:Had the roast beef and cheddar au jus, potato cakes and an A&W...$6.86. Â Now the potato cakes aren't what I expected. They're those "hash brown" type potato patties; having said that, they were good. Â Crispy outside and soft on the inside. Â The sandwich was solid and tasty, the au jus had plenty of flavor and with the horse radish, it was a filling meal. Â Next time I'm having the Blue Plate special.
Mind the hours; as of today 7:30 am - 10:30 am: 11:00 am -3:00 pm. period.
Yeah, we all know this place is good for its roast beef sandwiches (with Swiss and an order of gravy on the side for DIPPING), but have you tried their grilled cheese yet? Remember back in school when your mom would make you an ooey, gooey, greasy grilled cheese sandwich? Sometimes you'd have it with tomato soup.... Ahhh, heaven.
I love Wally's. My husband and I like to pick it up on our way home from work IF we are getting off early. Check their hours carefully. We swing in, grab a sack of sandwiches to go, and have them for supper. Â Yum! Â
Some people may look at their menu and think, "Is this all they offer?" and also wonder why they aren't open for supper. I admire a restaurant who decides to focus. Do a few things well and keep everyone very happy. There are plenty of places out there who have spread themselves too thin.
I'm a big fan of foods of all types, from the highest levels of haute cuisine all the way down to simple family recipes. Wally's is exactly what I had imagined it would be: a simple, no fluff, down home place to get a tasty selection of American comfort foods.
I came into Wally's at the suggestion of a coworker and ordered a blue plate special with roast beef. The plate was heavily loaded with a roast beef sandwich and mashed potatoes, all topped with a generous helping of gravy. My friend also got the blue plate special but with the meat loaf instead.
Everything I had was great. Flavorful meat and gravy paired with the horseradish condiments on the side! This is just good, simple, and cheap eats as they should be!
LOVE WALLY'S! had to take a break from there because i was going too much! Service is usually quick depending on what you order. If you order anything outside of the hot plates or roast beef or fries, you will wait for a little bit. The french dip and philly are massive and very filling. Make sure you put some creamy horseradish on there because it adds that little kick every roast beef sandwich needs! Always busy and not too far from work. Will be a repeat customer for life as long as I live in MSP!
Review Source:I'd been to Wally's a few times when it was located in the strip mall on 90th and Penn but hadn't been to their new location until recently. Â The new setup and lay out of the restaurant is really nice but seems out of place in the office building it's located in now. Â I can only speak to the roast beef sandwiches here and have to say they are top notch. Â You can also ask for their BBQ and horseradish sauces to accompany your sandwich as well if au jus or cheese aren't your thing.
Review Source:My boyfriend brought me here despite my mood, not to eat heavy, brown roast beef. At first, I ordered an open faced hot beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy. He ordered a roast beef sandwich with bacon, topped it with hot melted cheddar cheese, and horseradish and fries. I took a few bites of mine, then I tried his. Mmmmm...was my exact response, We threw out the rest of mine and my boyfriend bought me a new sandwich like his.  It was sooooo good! Freshest, thin sliced, still pink,m  roast beef I've ever had; and the horseradish was one of a kind. The fries were also awesome. I totally recommend this place over Arby's any day... LOVE!!!
Review Source:I'm not a roast beef guy. Â As far as lunch meat is concerned, I'm a ham guy or maybe a turkey guy. Â To me, roast beef tastes like some weird Thing, and not like its name would have you believe - in my opinion, most "roast beef" tastes nothing like the flesh of a roasted cow. Â As a result, I never order it.
I was looking for a nice place near Edina to have lunch with my fiance, and stumbled upon the Yelp reviews for Wally's. Â It looked good, it was cheap, and it was close to where we needed to be to have a quick lunch during the work week.
Damn.
THIS is roast beef. Â THIS is how it should taste. Â If all roast beef tasted like this, I would eat roast beef every damn day. Â Until today, I had no idea that it could be this good. Â In a way, this place was a small culinary epiphany for me.
We had Phillies. Â They had tomatoes on them? Â That was weird. Â I think next time I'd just get the French Dip and say screw the vegetables.
I gave this place four stars because the fries were very average, and the chocolate malt was the same. Â It's hard to screw up either of those things, but when you're presented with one item on the menu of such superb quality, it's kind of a let down when other things on the menu don't quite match up.
Also, get a soda fountain. Â Cans of soda at a restaurant are dumb. Â But now I'm just being a pain in the ass.
Damn this place is hard to find!! It's tucked away in an office building and kinda had a cafeteria feel to it.
So everyone on Yelp said to try the Roast Beef sandwich, so I did.Its the namesake for crying out lout.
SO, the best way I can describe it was like an Arby's sandwich but with real meat! The BBQ sauce and creamy horseradish condiments was eerily similar to Arby Sauce coincidence?!? You decide?
I also ordered the daily special which was the pulled pork sandwich. This was a homerun!. Too bad they only have it on Tuesday. I don't even know how to describe the nom nomness of this but it was outstanding!!
Overall the sandwiches were good quality and a great value. It's a good place to get an almost fast food lunch near the airport.
I mean, I'd suggest this place to people who are in Bloomington and looking for something quick that isn't fast food. Â I wouldn't go out of my way to eat here, but have enjoyed every meal I have ever had from here.
Obviously, try the roast beef (Blue Plate) but other then that, you're pretty much out of options.
If someone asked me what I thought of this place (as Yelp has so kindly done), I'd say, "ehh, it's not bad." Â So take that for what it's worth.
Typical Midwest fare... Their most popular item is the 'Blue Plate Special' which is a roast beef sandwich covered in gravy, with some mashed potatoes and corn. The quality of food was good. It's definitely edible, but the recipes are a little basic and lack a chef's touch.
If you are in the mood for some basic comfort food then Wally has your back.
Wally's makes the absolute best roast beef sandwich, I've went here since I was a child and they have always tasted great, I don't even use sauce. My only complaint is that whenever I've had a malt here it has been really syrupy. They make up for it though by carrying the best cream soda on the planet; Sprecher.
I do miss the old location, felt like a neighborhood lunch counter, the new location has a much different feel to it, kinda like a corporate cafeteria. It's actually located in an office building now, a really strange change, but ultimately what matters is that Wally's is still an excellent place to eat. I'm almost positive that you will love the roast beef at Wally's, I highly recommend it
Ok, I'm gonna premise this review with a little disclaimer.
Thin sliced room temp rare as a motherF*cker roast beef is a big thing in Boston (and around new england in general, I think). Now, I'm not gonna swing this to say that NE is better than the Midwest cause we all have our preferences for what we grew up with. The trend may have its roots elsewhere, so I don't wanna be called out as a wench (even though I am) for this little ditty.
Anyway.
Wally's is pretty good for what they deliver. I haven't eaten at an Arby's and I never intend to do so, cause it looks hella lame and nasty. However, I will say that I've eaten my weight in crazy amounts of thinly sliced room temp roast beef at various locations back east.
The roast beef at this establishment was pretty much what I was looking for, but I was underwhelmed with the amount that I received. I personally think that if you're going to run a restaurant with the title to include "roast beef" that you should sell the living F out of your product. What I received was kind of snack size. While I may be 5'10" and 170, it still probably wouldn't fill my pint sized friends either.
So, Wally's gets a solid 4-stars from big old unimportant me..and I'd probably go back in the future....but it is highly likely that I'll need 3 sandwiches in order to feel like I've eaten an actual meal.
The fries left a little to be desired, but I think that is a personal preference for crispy rather than noodly pieces of potato.
Try the place, you might like it....I just am not sure I wanna drive all the way from St Paul....although my only alternative is Revere Mass, so I might be back in short time.
Also, the almighty wikipedia states that chicago may be the origin of this sandwich. I would research further, but I just ate a black sheep pizza on the solo...so I lack energy for further review.
That is all.
Now moved to a new location in Southtown. If you are approaching from American Blvd it's on your right after the Chrysler Dealership. It's in the nondescript looking office block on the first floor facing 82nd St.
The good news is that the food is as good as ever and the parking is much easier. The French dip is still my favorite way to enjoy a Wallys.
Wally's, known for its roast beef sandwiches, is an unassuming place and good for a simple lunch.
I've had both the Big Smokey and the plain roast beef sandwiches. The Big Smokey is roast beef with bacon and smoked cheddar. It has a delicious smoke flavor without being cloying or overpowering. The plain roast beef is great with horseradish.
Service is limited to ordering at the counter and delivery to your table. The place is a hole in the wall which can get crowded during lunch. There is outside seating in the summer consisting of a few plastic tables on the sidewalk facing the parking lot.
This is a real Minneapolis classic, one of those slices of Americana you just cannot manufacture in a test kitchen, marketing department, or food lab.
You get real roast beef sandwiches, fries, and other old time diner treats at fantastically low prices (in large portion).
Wally's is a great place with somewhat limited hours, so check ahead before you come (but do indeed go if you have not been).
I'd heard about Wally's awhile ago, but hadn't had the chance to eat there until yesterday when I was in the area for work.
I ordered a plain roast beef sandwich, fries and a grape soda. my order was just under $8 which is reasonable but by no means cheap.
Lets start with the Roast Beef which is why I wanted to come here. I love a good roast beef sammy and this one was pretty good. Real roasted beef sliced in the store, unlike what they try and pass off as meat at your local Arby's. It did need a bit of salt and pepper and it could have been just a bit warmer, but overall it was delicious. The roast beef gets a strong 4 stars A bit more generous of a portion and a warmer sandwich would have pushed it to a 5
The fries were definitely not hot. I think if they had been fresher they might have been really good. The oil they were fried in could have been a bit fresher as well. I think next time I'll go for the mashed potatoes. 2 stars on the fries.
But since the place is called Wally's Roast Beef and not Wally's fries I'll give the place a 4. I'll be back for a blue plate and a malt someday.
This place makes you feel like you got in a time machine, went back to the fifties, and ate at the original Arby's. Â The small storefront is packed with people waiting to get in and order one of their scrumptious roast beef sandwiches. Â I went on a Saturday morning and ordered their 2 RB sandwich special with the Au Jus sauce. Â The roast beef is sliced in front of you from a just out of the oven roast beef. Â It isn't the artificial, pre-packaged lunch meat, type of roast beef you would find at Arby's. Â A wide bowl of Au Jus is served with the Sandwiches so that you can dip the whole thing right in the sauce. Â Yum!
Review Source:I am a tremendous fan of Wally's Roast Beef. Â My parents took me to this place as a child and I continue to happily go as an adult.
If you want the signature Roast Beef sandwich, Saturdays are the day to go - they have Daily Specials, and Saturdays are 2 Roast Beef sandwiches for $5.50 (I think). Â Otherwise the sandwiches are around $3.50 each. Â Honestly, I've only ever ordered the RB with au jus. Â My husband has ordered the blue and green plate specials and has been super happy with it, so I have no doubt that the other food is great. Â I just can't resist the med-rare to medium cooked beef piled generously on a bun, dipped in au jus, followed with a big gulp of a strawberry malt..
It's the opposite of fancy. Â Plastic table coverings, an old Juke Box in the back corner, food is brought out on plastic trays and you serve your own sauces from the sauce bar in the back. Â The horseradish is amazing here, creamy and spicy. Â It's always packed - during peak lunch times there is a line out the door. Â
Service is usually great, I wish I knew the name of the man who appears to be the owner, he always thanks people for coming in. Â It's nice to feel like your business is appreciated.
Heck yeah!!
Wally's is the bomb!!
It's a pretty basic roast beef sammich place,
not too flashy, moderate sized dining area.
They have super limited hours,
so no dinner at Wallys,
'but I think you'd want to go here for lunch, moreso, anyway.
I had the blue plate special for $6
with an IBC rootbeer and a chocolate malt.
The blue plate special is roastbeef,
served on thick-cut white bread
with a large helping of mashed potatoes
and all of it smothered in brown gravy.
You also get a little side dish of corn,
which I immediately dumped out onto the mashed potatoes :)
All of it tasted great and filled me up in a warm way
that only my mother's cooking can.
I finally made it to Wally's and was not disappointed! We had the roast beef sandwiches and onion rings. The counter folks were very pleasant and kept the line moving. Our food arrived pretty quickly and everything was great. The only thing I wasn't too impressed by was the "cheese" and the "horseradish" - both had sauce like consistencies, I'd prefer the real thing. The place was packed and all the food around me looked delish! I will be back!
Review Source:I have been visiting Wally's for a decade now. Â Fantastic roast beef sandwiches, bbq, some of the soups. Â Their blue plate special is great along with the BLT's. Â Today I tried the Philly, it was good but, the cheese was um what seemed like cheese whiz (or such), otherwise everything else on the sandwich was good. Â My favorites are the roast beef either with Au Jus or Horseradish.
Review Source:Wally's is located in a strip mall in western Bloomington. Â Now don't let that stop you from experiencing the best roast beef sandwiches this side of, well, anywhere. Â This no-frills "fast-food" type restaurant has fantastic blue plate specials, delicious fries, and sweet, sweet malts. Â Wally's has been in existence for decades for a reason. Â Try it! Â NOW!
Oh, and watch out, because it has limited hours. Â It's not open on Sundays and only open 10:30-3 Monday through Saturday.
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