Roast

8 Reviews on “Roast”

• Tyler P.

  Roast has a cool salad box bar, a variety of sandwiches and meat options. I went for the quarter chicken and some chiccaron while my accompaniment got a meatball sub. I would describe my chicken as tasty, above average in comparison to grocery store rotisserie chickens, but not quite as good as some roasted chickens I have been served. The skin was crispy, juicy, and sticky in good ways. The meat was a touch bland but still nice and tender. I understand that the meatball sub was quite good. I did regret not trying a salad box, as you can see in my images the salad bar looks extremely fresh with a lot of great options. I found the chiccaron to be very very tough and hard to eat, quite dense. Despite these observations that are important in a balanced review, I must also say that I found their layout to be quite cool and inviting, they also had a great selection of beverages, and the staff were all very nice. I would return and am glad that they continue to thrive while a similar downtown restaurant has as-expected closed shop shortly after opening. I imagine that they can only improve. Also it is very confusing that their Canadian and American websites (there is a location in California?) are nearly the same and it’s hard to notice which location you’re looking at.

  July 14, 2017, 2:48 am

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• Cleo

  Used to be really good when it first opened but for some reason my last couple of visit did not wow me. My roast pork sandwich was cold and the bread tasted stale.

  October 28, 2016, 11:15 pm

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• Esdub

  Yea…I tried their porchetta and it was average. I thought the price for their average porchetta is too much. Don’t think I’ll ever go back.

  June 26, 2016, 2:28 pm

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• Xue Ney Lee

  This place is my go to takeout for lunch.Ambiance – Great little nook in the Hudson Market place.Service – The staff is great, know their stuff and always have good recommendations when my usual is out.Food – I’ve been obsessed with their Beef Sandwiches, Meatball Mondays is great, their Chili is delicious. I’ve had their salads a couple times, I generally prefer light dressing and both time’s I’ve had it the box was drenched, perhaps I’ll ask if the dressing can be on the side next time.Overall I love this place, and recommend it to all my guests that visit 🙂

  June 6, 2016, 10:51 am

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• Big Belly

  My partner and I had lunch there – he has the porchetta sandwich and I had the porchetta bowl – which came with half kale ceasar salad and half rice). We also ordered the lemonade basil drink and 2 sausages. The sandwich & bowl was tasty. Drink was very refreshing. The sausages were a little disappointing – the filling was dry and a little insipid. We would return for the sandwiches for sure. Total bill was just under $30 for two. We definitely recommend this place.

  February 12, 2016, 3:31 am

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• Jesse

  I had incredibly high hopes for Roast given the trendy nature of the Market it is located in. Starting with the menu, everything sounded delicious, I was having a hard time deciding. I settled on a standard pork sandwich (which seemed to be their claim to fame) with a side salad and soda. I was sadly very let down…Portion size was mediocre for a nearly 20 dollar lunch, and the bun was awful. The last third was inedibly tough. The porchetta itself was decent though I will admit. Overall, I’m very let down with roast. In a town like Victoria, $20 can get you something much nicer!!

  January 2, 2016, 1:23 pm

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• Tracey Leitch

  Food is always a 10 but recently bought the picnic box for $25. Not a lot of food for the price and the choice of dessert was a cookie or gummy bears ? Not exactly a dessert.

  October 23, 2015, 11:51 am

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