Vinny's Roast Beef and Deli — Restaurant in Wallingford

I've been looking for a solid sandwich shop in the Wallingford area for a little while now, and my curiosity was peaked when I found Vinny's Roast Beef and Deli online. The reviews seemed positive, and it looked promising.

The interior of the place is about what you'd expect (aside from a fixation on Elvis, which I wasn't able to connect to roast beef sandwiches. Did Elvis like roast beef?), and everything was clean and well maintained. The staff was super friendly and gets an A from me.

The menu boards are a little busy, and several of the sandwiches seem too similar to each other for them to necessitate two separate menu items. None of this is super important though.

I was in the mood for a chicken cutlet sandwich, but the deli is apparently known for roast beef, so I ended up ordering both to see if they lived up to the hype.

The roast beef sandwich was decent. Nothing incredible, but the meat was flavorful. The toppings were a little weak however. I ordered some cowboy themed sandwich that came topped with BBQ sauce, cheese, and coleslaw. The coleslaw was barely noticeable as there was very little on the sandwich, which I found odd because that stuff is pretty cheap, so there's no reason not to load it up. The sandwich was good, but a little lacking.

Now for the bad. For whatever reason, Wallingford cannot make a chicken cutlet sandwich to save it's life, and Vinny's was no different. The lettuce and tomato were fresh, and the bacon was nice, but I have the sneaking suspicion that the chicken came frozen. The breading was pale and soggy, and although it had a decent peppery flavor, the whole thing tasted a bit lifeless. I get that it's not always feasible to make everything on site, but a crispy, hand-made cutlet would have automatically made the sandwich fantastic. Make no mistake, this wasn't the worst chicken sandwich I've ever had, but there was nothing about it I could honestly recommend.

Vinny's isn't a bad place at all, and I don't mean any disrespect as I'm sure plenty of people really do like it. The food, to me anyway, just felt like it was lacking that extra little something to push the place into being great. If you're in the area and want a quick sandwich, then Vinny's fits the bill, but don't go out of...

Starts off taking a left hand turn onto Center St. when I was supposed to go straight through light, then as I am going towards the center of Wallingford on my left I see Elvis and Vinny's Deli. I have seen articles and these foodie Friday things on TV for years not to mention the coupons and advertisements from Vinny's Deli never to visit until today. WOW have I been missing out. Good clue your in the right spot for subs/sandwiches is the front door showing that Vinny's Deli has been voted Wallingford's Best Deli every year since 2013, that streak continues they just need a bigger door to be able to show it. Inside you are immediately overwhelmed by the number of choices you have. I am somewhat a curious one so I had some questions on some of the choices, every question I had was answered by none other than Vinny and with a smile, down to earth crew. I ordered the #56 Serenity, hot roast beef with bacon and horseradish sauce sub. Roast beef so tender and slice thin enough so when you bite into the sub you don't pull all the meat out in one bite, then the horseradish sauce hits you, wonderful sinus clearing heat (sooo good) The bread they sub was made is also very good top it off with a Vinny's root beer and man o man what more could you ask for. My wife ordered a #59 the Paige, corned beef, bacon, swiss and spicy mustard. She said this might have been the best sub she has ever had, this sub was so loaded with corned beef she took half home and finished for dinner. I do consider myself a tough critic when it comes to construction of a sub/sandwich, no complaints here nothing but praise. We will see you again real soon Vinny, it was pleasure to go into an old school type deli and get a great sub/sandwich and service with a smile. Wallingford has your deli as a must go to...

I recently talked to the owner of Vinny's and I had asked him how he makes his tuna salad.....First time I spoke to one of the workers and he said "well it's salt and pepper " and that's all okay I said okay I called back and I made it that way with tongol tuna because I have access to restaurant food it's not a big secret . I wasn't too crazy about the owners hesitation that's not a good sign. I went to Bethany today and there's a great place where they serve beautiful food as well and I asked the owner too... I like their tuna too and I asked him how do you make your tuna well he told me exactly how he makes his tuna without hesitation. What the point I'm trying to get at .....is look at the other owner in Bethany knows that most people are lazy and they don't want to cook and they're going to go there to get their tuna so I don't understand why Vinny's doesn't understand that it was a simple thing he hesitated and I don't believe I was given the ingredients that go into his tuna salad. The King.....has a slight ego...