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Why does everyone hate Arby's?

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Couleurs said:
Arby's is basically in the "fuck it, whatever" tier of fast food places. I don't know anyone that really loves it, Or anyone that truly hates it, it's just...there.

Like when you're driving around with someone and they ask if you want to stop and get something to eat, so you start watching for places but don't see anything, then they say "Arby's?" and you're like "I guess".

The Nihilist Arby's Twitter account is great though
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There's an Arby's in between a bunch of popular restaurants and none of my friends or myself have ever acknowledge in the 15 years it has been there. They never have lines at the drive through. Only mentioned a it a few times over the years just to point out no one mentions it.
 
WOW. I just read that their roast beef sandwiches are just the roast beef on a bun. No toppings or sauces. Disgustingly plain. I never imagined a more bland flagship sandwich. That explains everything.
 
I've always liked Arby's. It's not amazing, and I can go years without having it (due to a lack of convenient locations) but I've always found it to be an enjoyable fast food meal.
 
DOWN said:
WOW. I just read that their roast beef sandwiches are just the roast beef on a bun. No toppings or sauces. Disgustingly plain. I never imagined a more bland flagship sandwich. That explains everything.
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That's one item on the menu....

I like Arby's and it was my favorite for a time, but the prices kept going up and the quality of the food kept going down. The meat started getting really chewy and the buns got a lot smaller. The fries also started getting more greasy and lost all flavor.
 
I liked them in college because they were cheap and mostly delicious. I haven't been back to one in ages thanks in part to the fried being worse than I remembered and the food being coated in salt.

It's something different in the fast food game, but at the same time it is still fast food.
 
I like them but I rarely see a clean one. They always seem to be dark and feel dirty when I walk in before I walk out.
 
I'm liberal and I love Arbys.

Definitely in my top 3 fast-food chains, and the highest for quality (admittedly a low bar when referring to fast-food only).

Back in high school nothing beat splitting a 5 for 5 with a buddy, and adding in a large curly and Jamocha shake.
 
Admiral Woofington said:
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Yeah I honestly feel like this was a turning point and became a meme back in the late 90s.

Arby's is really good, much better than McD's or BK etc.
 
I don't really like any fast food, but of the major chains Arby's is one of the least offensive to my stomach. Most burger focused fast food places make me feel like I have a thing of sludge decomposing inside me after I eat. There was a time any fast food was fine, but after giving it up for several years my body just doesn't like most of it anymore.
 
DOWN said:
WOW. I just read that their roast beef sandwiches are just the roast beef on a bun. No toppings or sauces. Disgustingly plain. I never imagined a more bland flagship sandwich. That explains everything.
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Well yeah, they have like 5 or 6 sauces to pick from that you put on yourself.

MechDX said:
I like them but I rarely see a clean one. They always seem to be dark and feel dirty when I walk in before I walk out.
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Most of them do seem to be run down for whatever reason. Wendy's is often the same way.
 
DOWN said:
WOW. I just read that their roast beef sandwiches are just the roast beef on a bun. No toppings or sauces. Disgustingly plain. I never imagined a more bland flagship sandwich. That explains everything.
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Well, I mean, you can get sauce from them. Or you could order a Beef & Cheddar. There's something to be said about simplicity. I also enjoy a stock Taco Bell taco or a McDonald's cheeseburger from time to time.

Arby's gets a bad rap. When fresh and prepared correctly, it's great. Probably poor franchise control.
 
The thing with Arby's is that it looks like food I can make at home in two minutes and at a fraction of the cost. I have bread, I have mayo, I have cold cuts. Done.
 
I used to eat there all the time before they got rid of the Arby's rewards thing. Without that I might as well just make a chicken/turkey/bacon/swiss sandwich at home. I guess people like me took advantage of it too much. lol
 
Arby's is pretty good, but there food can be a little pricey when compared to their fast food competitors so I don't go there very often.
 
I think it's of the sheer momentum of everyone else already inexplicably joke-hating them, similar to people saying Taco Bell gives you the shits. I'd be curious to see what the actual seed of this jokey hatred was, like if there was some widely publicized event involving their food.
 
Love their fries and chicken sandwiches.

BUT, if there's one place that simply can't figure out how to NOT put mustard on the food when I ask them nicely, it's Arby's.

Literally every single visit I ask for no mustard and they go ahead and slather it on there. How hard is it to refrain from doing a thing that you have to put effort to do in the first place?
 
Arby's is good but extremely unhealthy.

I don't feel like I need twelve days of fasting to make up a meal at other fast food places. I do at Arby's.
 
I don't eat fast food too often. But when I do, I'll gladly choose Arby's over McDonalds, Burger King, or Wendy's.
 
Hip Hop said:
Arbys is disgusting.

ain't nobody wanna eat little pieces of flabby meat when eating out.
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Yep, actually disgusting. The one time itbwas purchased for me I couldn't finish it. The roast beef tastes awful, the fake liquid cheese is awful and even the curly fries didn't taste like fries.

It's embarrassing.
 
For whatever reason, the perception is that Arby's is bottom tier fast food but it really depends where you are. Arby's is a franchise so they can vary a lot and the Arby's in my town is one of the largest, nicest, busiest fast food spots in town. They have a large menu selection and it's all good. They tend to hire retired people and the staff culture seems to be very positive, if not downright cheerful.
 
They're pricey and serve mostly average food. But they do have a few really awesome items and I always dig the curly fries.
 
I haven't had fast food in nearly a year, but I always liked Arby's. My only complaint with them is that their service was always incredibly slow, and their prices higher than other chains.
 
I hate Arby's because (true story):

I went there once when I was twelve. Immediately upon returning home, I vomited. Never again.
 
Admiral Woofington said:
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After seeing that I vowed never to eat Arby's because I assumed they made the joke because it was horrible horrible food. So I always avoided it, solely because of The Simpsons. Many years later and finally being convinced to give it a try, I must say I thoroughly enjoy their offering. Those fries are divine.
 
Wthermans said:
Arby's is good but extremely unhealthy.

I don't feel like I need twelve days of fasting to make up a meal at other fast food places. I do at Arby's.
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yeah isn't it one of the highest calorie fast food places on average? or was that report (i think i remember existing) from years and years back?

fake edit: nvm i think it was just a situation where they had a single menu item that had the current record for highest calories, but since then, a lot of places have been releasing worse things.
 
I used to love it but the last Arby's I went into was the most disgusting shit ever and honestly seemed overpriced. A meal for a simple ass bun and meat was like $7. You could easily go to a hole in a wall pastrami or roast beef place and pay that much for the hugest sandwich ever.
 
Their curly fries are the best. I bought a bag of them from the grocery store today and plan on having them along side the jalapeno cheeseburgers I'm going to make tomorrow.
 
Our local Arby's went to crap. Less and less roast beef in the sandwiches each time. They used to be amazing, though. And yes, very pricy.
 
Arby's was mostly a punchline for me until I one night, in indiana, a friend offered me an Arby's cherry turnover.

Now, I'll voluntarily eat a McD's pie. Yes, it's like fruit soup wrapped in paper. So I figured I was ready. It's not like it could be worse, right?

It was like biting into a cardboard box filled with fresh cherry vomit. That acid-coating-the-mouth feeling you get after an especially productive heave filled my mouth. It was even body-temperature hot. I have never ejected food from my mouth that quickly before or since.

Again - Arby's food gave me a physical sensation I have only ever experienced while being in the very middle of a giant puke. This wasn't a bit of nausea, or a stomach flip or two. This was food that was so vomit-like that I struggle to believe it wasn't intentional.
 
Arby's is good, but it's just more expensive than most other fast food places. You used to be able to get two beef and cheddars for $4. They're no where near that cheap now.
 
The Arby's in my hometown was by far the grossest fast food joint in the area with lower quality sandwiches than any local deli and eventually got shut down for repeated health code violations. Kinda colored my opinion of the franchise from there on out.
 
I've never been to Arby's, but Jon Stewart has made sure I'll never go there. His jokes, accurate or not, are the only thing I think of when I think of Arby's.
 
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