Zel's Roast Beef - East Chicago

I thought this place was a staple of the area. Always heard the hype and finally was able to grab me a sammich. Roast beef with peppers and pickles. Not sure why but I was expecting something similar to Arby's. Instead I got a dry chewy Italian beef sandwich minus all the good seasoning. I'd compare this to maybe some catered beef because it's always horrible and this was on par with that. If that wasn't it I think a small McDonald's fry has more to it than what I got in my order. Good fries for sure, I searched the bag looking for the rest to no avail, I felt cheated out of the best part of my meal. 1/10 will not revisit

I wanted Beef Sandwich. I remember back in the day My father and I would always go to Zel's and it's been years since I ate at Zel's but I woke up and thought let's do Zel's. I ordered a beef sandwich and honestly my expectations were this is going to be a stellar sandwich this is going to be one for the books. So I unwrapped the sandwich and I was ready for a decadence that's hadn't experienced in years. I rubbed my hands together with expectation. I took I bite....I thought hmm.....let me take another bite.....hmm.....I took another bite.......I wanted to curse.....I mean Jesus I just spent $8.00 on this.....it's dipped in au juse.....and what is this? This is ridiculous that's what this is. This is the most plain dry and bland roast beef sandwich I've ever eaten.....how is the sandwich even partially dry when it's been dipped? Eating it....literally it had no flavor at all....it's like eating flavorless meat......and what's the point in that? Portrillos easily smashes this roast beef to pieces.....portrillos is easily 10 times better.....Barton's is probably the best beef sandwich I have had and even Arby's is easily much better then Zel's. So my personal recommendation is it's not worth it. I will say however that the chocolate shake is excellent. The onion rings are meh....because I can taste some after taste of something else that isn't onion rings which tells me the oil in their fryer should be changed. So there you have it. If your going to Zel's just go for a chocolate shake.

I like Zeus a lot. I wish there menu would increase with more variety of foods. Still if you like roast beef sandwiches or hamburgers, this is the place to go.

It was nice to try a Chicago roast beef sandwich outside of O'Hare airport... I was not disappointed with the sandwich.

I paid to get cheese on my Italian beef sandwiches and most of the cheese ended up on the bag because the sandwiches wasn't placed in the bag correctly. They use to put the sandwiches in separate containers. The sandwiches and fries were ok. Definitelynot worth the price!! The customer service could have been better. No thank you was given after you paid for your order and/orwhen your order was given to you. I wasn't impressed!!