Arby's Roast Burger: Food Review

Arby's restaurants have a promotion going where you get one of their new Roast Burger's free with the purchase of a drink. You'll need to go to their website and print off the coupon. The free food promotion ends on different dates for different locations so be sure to check the expiration date on your coupon.

There are 3 different varieties of the Arby's Roast Burger. There is the All American, which has thinly sliced beef on a bun with lettuce, tomato, pickles, onion, ketchup, mustard and special sauce. Then there is the Bacon and Blue which has thinly sliced beef on a bun with bacon, blue cheese spread, lettuce, tomato, and onion. The third variety is the Pepper Bacon, which has thinly sliced beef on a bun with pepper bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and onion.

I chose the All American because I'm not a bacon fan. The taste of my food was good, and the "special sauce" had a BBQ flavor that reminded me of an old-fashioned Burger King flame grilled whopper - when they first came out and still tasted good. I can't stand Burger King anymore though. But ... let's get back to the Arby's burger. It was surprised that is tasted so good. The bun was nice and soft, ingredients were fresh and plentiful. It could have used some cheese, but I was quite happy with it overall. The sandwich was so big I could barely eat all of it. I visited the restaurant right at the height of the lunch hour rush too, and usually during rush hour fast food tends to be served cold or the portions are smaller than normal. Neither of those things happened on this visit.

If I remember correctly, the price for the sandwich would have been about $3.65 if I had paid for it out of pocket. The small drink cost me $1.69 with tax. So all I paid was the $1.69 because I had the free coupon. Not bad for a burger and drink! Overall, I enjoyed my meal and would order this menu item again when I'm in a hurry and want fast food.

As for the nutritional facts of the burger, the All American Roast Burger has 420 calories, 18 grams of fat, 6 grams saturated fat, 1 gram trans fat, 1390 sodium, 46 carbs, & 40 cholesterol.

So it's not the healthiest fast food out there, but based on taste and freshness alone, I would recommend the Arby's All American Roast Burger. You can check out the nutritional facts of the other menu items on the Arby's website at www.arbys.com/nutrition/nutrition_info.pdf.