Village Roast Beef & Seafood — Restaurant in Marblehead

As a local contractor who used to visit village RB&S almost every day for lunch under the past 2 owners, I have to say that it has gone completely downhill. Food quality has gone down the drain, and the price is outrageously high.

What used to be my favorite sub shop in Marblehead now charges 23 dollars for an underwhelming veggie sub and tiny order of cafeteria mozzarella sticks. A 2.99 heaping bag full of fries 3 years ago is now 5+$ for a portion 1/3 the size

And they upcharge for everything. Ask for extra pickles instead of another ingredient, tack on a dollar even though it is replacing another ingredient on the listed menu.

I guess there is a reason why they are now offering Italian pastas, tacos, fried rice and lo mein noodles as "specials" the new management have destroyed the Village Roast beef brand by not focusing on what made this place great, and are now just trying to be a Chinese, Mexican, Italian Sub and fried food shop instead of what made them lucrative for many many years for their great roast beef, fried seafood and foods, subs and Greek specialties.

Only a few years ago, when Galaree worked there, she knew your order when you walked in, and there was always a line of contractors waiting for a sub on lunch break piled high for a decent price, the new management nickel and dimes you for everything, and will soon be out of business or as empty as the liberty tree mall. And they will sadly only have themselves to blame.

It is so sad to see this 5 star sub and fried food shop fall so far with its new ownerships poor...

I was starving and I had a half hour ride home. So I looked around to find something close and quick Google maps showed me a couple places and I chose Village roast beef and seafood. Where I am from we don’t have something and roast beef. There’s no pizza and roast beef and seafood and roast beef, there’s no roast beef. So I went and there was a sign on the door that had special fried fish. The people that work there were lovely. Very nice and I ordered my meatball sub and an order of fried fish. The fish for supper. The meatball sub was for lunch the next day at work . The fried fish was excellent. it was a good portion size. The fries were crispy. I hate soggy limp fries. These were not. Next day I had half of my meatball sub which was bigger than I expected. So I had it for two days. The sauce was good. The meatballs were actually meat balls. I’m Italian you can ask anybody who knows me. Don’t tell me. It’s a meatball and give me cut up pieces of meatballs. I want meatballs. These were delicious. I didn’t spend a lot of money. I got three meals, and I was pretty darn happy....

Used to go to this place all the time, they switched owners and just had the worst experience as a customer! I ordered two grilled chickens salads for dinner around 6pm ending up finding a hair in one of the chicken orders, but mind you I didn’t realize there was hair in my food til later that night like around 9-10 as I I went to eat seconds. So now that place is closed because it’s late so I have to wait til the next day to tell them. I call them and tell them I found a hair in my food can I get a refund, they said yeah but I can’t do it over the phone you would have to come in. (Which is weird) but Okay thats fine I go over there(the next city over) and the cook confronts me pulls the actual hair out off the chicken and tells me it’s not a hair when it clearly is a hair…. Also says this isn’t their salad pretty much denying and saying this wasn’t there food lol horrible experience to only receive half my order refunded in CASH because they couldn’t find out how to refund back on my card… never going back sad to say but confronting a valued customer who has proof is...