Flatbread Melts are the latest addition to Arby's ever-changing menu. Each consists of a soft flatened bread wrapping a mound of roast beef, grilled onions and peppers. The Philly Beef version then gets melted swiss cheese and a parmesan peppercorn sauce, while the Fajtia Beef version gets pepper-jack cheese and a jalepeno ranch sauce. For this review I tried the Philly Beef.This is probably on of the best items I've at Arby's in a long time. They did a lot of things right with this one.
First: the construction. Quite often I find fast food items that try to incorporate some kind of sauce, cheese or otherwise, to be messy. The Mushroom Swiss Grillburger I reviewed a while back is a good example of how messy sauces can kill an experience. With this item, all sauces and cheese was applied to the flat bread -- underneath the roast beef. Constructing the item in this method was a good decision for, while some visual appeal is lost by not having the sauce be applied on top of the roast beef, it is much easier to eat without making a mess of yourself.
The grilled onions, peppers, cheese and sauce was great as well. Everything was very flavorful. The onions and peppers were perfectly carmelized with little brown morsels of sauteed goodness.
The size of the melt was a pleasant suprise as well. I think it had something on the order of double the meat of a traditional roast beef sandwhich. It was much larger than I was expecting. Add fries and a drink and you have a very filling meal.
The value on this one is great for Arby's. This is going for $5.00 for a meal with a medium fries and drink. This is Arby's response to Subway's succesful $5 footlong campaign.
Recommended: Highly.
Taste: 8/10
Quality: 7/10
Value: 9/10
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