It's so much more than Bruce Willis' favorite sandwich shop. We stopped in to kill an hour on our way to a funeral. My wife had a huge Cobb Salad, mostly iceberg lettuce but with lots of protein toppings. I had two tasty (not Andy's tasty but still pretty good) slices of pizza and a can of soda. The total, including a 3% "Credit Card Surcharge," was $17.45. To me, that's not too shabby. It was also fun browsing their store. The walls are festooned with BW pictures and movie posters. They have lots of interesting stuff for sale, including a large selection of homemade baked goods. The Roman Pantry isn't quite a diner, and if you're looking for a place to eat that isn't one of those (I can't imagine why), or you happen to be at this intersection of N. Golfwood and Rt 48 for some reason, then take a minute and swing by. I know you won't regret it. read more

Everyone who works here was so friendly! We had the Gino's Italian hoagie and it was delicious! Packed with meat and cheese and toppings. The small was plenty for 2. Unfortunately, we don't live in the area, but whenever we are near again, we will stop in. Lots of yummy looking baked goods and Italian specialties here as well. read more

The food is always good and fresh! Service is excellent. Baked goods are great. I've never had a problem or complaint about anything.

I was recommended this place by a local and it did not let down. One of the best cheesesteaks I've had in the Philadelphia area. I rank it in the top 10. It's got to be one of the biggest cheesesteaks I've ever had. But that doesn't mean there's a lack of quality. The meat and cheese ratio were great and melted very nicely. I loved everything about it. I wish I had stayed longer in the store because it seemed like there was a lot to it that I may have missed. Everyone was very helpful and a really cool place that I can't wait to go back. Inside is real authentic. read more

Came back after twenty years and the cheese steaks are still great. Pizza was excellent also. I had fun chatting with the staff Many of these lower reviewers are a bit harsh. Things might not be perfect but they do the basics well, and I'd rather a small business with personality over some corporate chain that can only imitate. If you want to see what a real lousy cheese steak is, try getting one in central Pennsylvania or just about anywhere south of Baltimore read more

I don't get up to South Jersey too often but when I do this is the place. Philly Cheesesteaks divine! Melts in your mouth good. Hey, if Bruce Willis says they are great then, "Yippee, kai yeahhhh!!!!" Yummy! read more

This place has everything, good food, plenty of deserts, easy on n off from 295. I'm tempted to leave a fantastic review, but I can't lie. they only offer two Red Bull flavor, that i could see, though. lost revenue. the staff, couldn't care less, unless your a regular. I know, it sounds like I'm picking on them, but they expect everyone to pay sit down prices you get, my honest opinion. so, no lottery after, a certain time, 8pm!! hmmm I'd say she just didn't know how to operate it. next time, I'll just drive the extra, 15 mins. and go to their other location. The cheesesteaks are big, so buy an additional roll, because you can make 2 sandwiche, and they'll screw up your order, like they did with mine. the cheesesteaks are a little to salty. my experience, when a walked in, I ordered a cheesesteak, with fried onions. simple right, nope. 13 bucks, but if you actually get what you ordered no problem, nope. I get a cheesesteak with fried onions and ketchup, now i don't ask for ketchup, the word, was never uttered!! it's pretty simple, the total ingredients are 3!! a roll fried onions and steak. I then tried to pay but was correcred, by the girl at the cash register. my review is simple, if you don't like polite people, why work in cus. service? the place could be a gold mine, but, they take no pride in accuracy. Would have been a four star review, if they got the order correct. read more

Ordered a wrap which I saw the cook wrapping with his bare hands directly on the unsanitary countertop. This issue was rectified as they promptly made me another one when requested. The wrap was terrible.They put the scorching hot chicken on the lettuce and wrapped it. In turn,the lettuce was cooked. Have you tried eating a wrap with cooked lettuce instead of fresh lettuce . Needless to say instead of having a cold refreshing sandwich,I was stuck with a hot,soggy wrap. I was reduced to eating the chicken only directly out of the wrap. I WILL NOT be ordering this from them again. Maybe they should precook some chicken fingers so they are chilled to avoid a wilted mess. read more

Roman Pantry - Chicken finger wrap - Pizza Near Me - Penns Grove, New Jersey

So I normally don't have a problem here and I drive all day so I get my food to go. Today I ordered a grilled cheese & tomato sandwich with bacon (as I have in the past) and as I was driving to my next stop I found out I had no bacon. Service isn't what it used to be. read more

Roman Pantry - Pizza Near Me - Penns Grove, New Jersey

This place does it all, very convenient location, quick off and on 295, has great sandwiches, pizza, lunch meat, bakery and most importantly sells lottery, staff is friendly, I highly recommend Roman Pantry read more

Excellent food and a lifetime as a customer. I remember their pizzas as a kid and it being a great treat back then. Things are different but it's still a great treat. read more

Good Prices and Amazing food. I'm from Philly and this is the only place I buy cheesesteak in NJ.

Everything is homemade from cakes, pies, potato salad, pizza, and one stop shop. I was truly surprised to see all the goodies. read more

Roman Pantry - Homemade - Pizza Near Me - Penns Grove, New Jersey

Order for pickup periodically for several years Excellent food selections Generous portions Food is always very good Counter staff is consistently rude, not customer friendly and (apparently) miserable Its the consistent discourteous service thats so surprising given the positives. I read some other reviews that also make mention of "the ladies behind the counter with "resting bitch face" need to up their game. I never write negative service reviews as I worked in a restaurant several years. The owners and customers need to know. Very unfortunate as otherwise its 4-5 stars read more

The cooks have the worst attitude. They tried to talk me out of getting an anchovy pizza. As customer service their job is to give the customer what they want and what they order. They basically mocked me for ordering it. I am never coming back. read more

Best cheesesteak around an excellent sandwich. Highly recommend this store for its food and friendly service.

Great food. Ate here 5 days in a row. Had sandwiches, pizza, and pork roll breakfast sandwich.

This is a great mom and pop restaurant/deli/pizzeria! We heard breakfast was great. It was ok. Bacon was done right. I had French toast, eggs, and country potatoes. The French toast wasn't Texas style thick French toast it was ok, the eggs were over hard; I ordered over easy. The potatoes were good. Despite breakfast being so-so. The deli here is excellent. We have ordered club sandwiches, meatball subs, pizza and more. You can buy sliced meats and cheeses by the pound and they have great desserts and fresh bread. read more

Roman Pantry - #4 platter French toast, eggs, bacon, and potatoes - Pizza Near Me - Penns Grove, New Jersey

Terrible pizza, dough was soft and cheese was very low quality. Sauce tasted like thickened ketchup.

Delicious chicken cheesesteaks doesn't quite do this place justice! The food is delicious, fast to get and plenty of selection. A lot of sides and desserts to also choose from. If you can't find anything to eat here then you're looking in the wrong place. Service is pretty quick and very welcoming on the phone and in person. There is seating inside and out for you if you want to eat onsite as well. Great little hometown place! read more

Philly cheesesteak was really good and loaded. So loaded I didn't mind sharing and that says a lot. Lots of options for food and for desserts. The place has parking and a good amount of available seating. Once you have your food the place feels nice to enjoy your meal. The service could have been a tad nicer, but all in all it was a good place for casual lunch. read more

We've be going to the Pantry for 20 years or so. Consistently excellent cheesesteak hoagies. Right off of the turnpike or 295. Best for takeout. read more

So far I'm not so impressed and I really want to be! I've had the eggplant parmigiana dinner: eggplant was mushy, pasta over cooked and the sauce was absolutely delicious but sparse. If I ever order pasta again I will request Al dente and extra sauce. The broccoli raabe was bitter. Second visit: The cold turkey sub was actually very good and the 18" cheese steak was so loaded I had to reserve most of the meat which provided an additional 3 meals over salad. Maybe sticking to subs is the way to go here? And perhaps the staff might up their congeniality game? read more

Ordered a half cheesesteak . No prices on board . Shocked it was 13.95. And lousy. Who puts oregano on a cheesesteak? No peppers as I asked and mushy steak . read more

Same family owns Italian Kitchen. Pics of Bruce Willis is only thing better at Roman Pantry. read more

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Was hesitant to pull into this place at first because my husband and I have this silly criteria that reviews on Yelp must meet the criteria of at least 4 stars but with at least 100 reviews. This only had 27 reviews at the time, but was the only place for a quick stop in a hurry. Well, it's our 2nd visit in 2 days and we might be back for a 3rd before we leave this afternoon from a travel softball tournament at Carneys Point Recreation Center. If you need a quick bite between games for some amazing deli food and Italian favorites, this is a go to must! If we are ever in the area, we will definitely be back! read more

Grew up nearby and never made it over to the RP so I gave it a try..and downright nasty is how I can sum up my "Philly cheesesteak"..I'm honestly concerned about what I put it my body. We never heard the familiar clanging of the spatula hitting grill, and after we opened our steak it was obvious why. They never cooked any of it to order. The super finely diced minced meat is stored premixed with the whiz, kept warm and scooped into the roll for service. Like a trailer park sloppy joe. Can't make this stuff up. It also had huge chunks of sweet peppers, which really turned me off. Not a Philly steak at all. Overall very bland, like a knockoff rendition you'd get somewhere out west. First time I can remember reaching for salt while eating a "steak" with whiz. Really baffled at this places reputation. I guess the 47 photos of Bruce Willis make it for it though. read more

We picked up some Tiramasu today. Extremely disappointed with it. There was so much moisture in the container, it was just a soggy mess. They need to keep a better eye on their product. If it is not fit to serve, then don't. read more

We'll I'm going to try being nice, actually I'm trying to support these places during the covid pandemic and I know things are hard right now but that doesn't mean they can serve us below standard food, i got a lg pizza besides it taking 45 mins to cook it had no flavor at all it was like eating cardboard. The salad was just some lettuce, onions and croutons throw into a plastic container, i also got a slice of the supposedly homemade cheesecake. The cheesecake was soggy and old enough to be sour the graham's cracker crust was liquefy and made me sick. And just a little note. The girl's working there were absolutely not happy to be there and we actually felt like we were bothering them. The girl at the cashier station had her resting bitch face in full swing. Sorry for the review but we had a terrible dinner that we couldn't even finish. Sad. read more

I don't normally tight reviews unless they are pretty bad. My husband and I are normal customers as they do make excellent deserts. Unfortunately this time around we got dinner. The main problem wasn't the food itself it was the incredibly nasty attitude we got when 35 min later after ordering we asked the status of our food while other people who came in after us walked out before we did. All they had to do was say hey we are running behind or at the very least apologize for the delay. Did that happen? Nope, instead we got attitude and snarky looks by the same person who messed up simple sandwiches before and then acts like it the customers fault. Management needs to have a conversation with these ladies about how to treat people who are paying for a service !!! read more

Nice hometown store that also has a deli for both hot and cold foods. They offer a wide variety of sandwich choices. The cheesesteak with fried onions is always a good choice. They have a nice selection of cold beverages and the prices are reasonable. I stop in when I'm the neighborhood. read more

Excellent place with tons of different options of food as well as great customer service, I will definitely be back with others.

I love this place I grew up eating here I've never had bad service the food at times wasn't great but it was more good than bad I'm going to continue eating here for the foreseeable future read more

You can tell the owners are real Italians from Valle San Giovanni (www.vallesangiovanni.com) near Teramo in the Abruzzo Region of Italy when you take your first bite of the great grub that the cook up each day. Everyone knows this is where Bruce Willis comes for a cheesesteak (and more) when he pops in to see Mary Ann at this well know dining extravaganza. Bring a friend, come hungry, get your friend to pay and you will be "molto contento". Why eat when you can dine? Don't forget the cannoli's. read more

Basically everything here is delicious but I especially like the breakfast and the Gino hoagie

Love the Cheese steaks. Best in the world. The amount you get, there is no reason to complain. The only thing i have to complain about is the staff. There are good days and there are bad days. You don't want to catch them on a bad day. It'll be a bad experience. Food may still be good, but the interaction may leave a bad taste in your mouth. Over all the prices are fine, the sandwich quality is great, the pizza is mediocre. A solid 4/5 stars. read more

Bruce Willis says they have the best cheese steaks on the planet, so I was curious to check this place out. I ended up ordering the Philly cheese steak (peppers, cheddar, mushrooms, and onions) but substituted the sweet peppers for hot peppers...Spice is nice! The cheese steak was DELICIOUS! Ooey gooey gloriousness! And it was packed full of meat. We all got the smalls (10 inch), but there's the option for the large (20 inch). The small will definitely get you full quickly - only one person out of the four of us was able to totally finish. Definitely worth the $7.50 I paid for it. This place is awesome! I'll definitely be back to check out more of what they have to offer. read more

Everything was nice about this little store. The service was friendly like out of a 1960s general store. I stopped in to get two slices of pizza. I didn't even have to wait for them to reheat it, because it had just come out of the oven. The pizza was good and cheesy. My only complaint was that the crust was thicker than I like. It was almost like a deep dish pizza. Next time, I will try a cheesesteak. read more

Roman Pantry - Two slices of pizza. The crust was thicker than what you normally get at an independent pizzeria. - Pizza Near Me - Penns Grove, New Jersey

Great food, however, they just can't get simple orders straight. Instructions were very clear but they just can't get it. Have had problems with numerous orders and last night's order finally did it. Not ordering from them again. Work too hard to spend money for something that isn't what I want and I won't eat. read more

Place is nice, so is the menu. People who rave about this cheesesteak have no clue what it should be. Just because the sandwich is packed past the point of falling out doesn't make it good! Using the fact it's overstuffed tells me you are about quantity over quality. The meat was more roast beef like than cheesesteak like to me, and the chunks and globs of it were just too much. Thin sliced fresh ribeye is crucial, not sure what this is. The roll also was to weak to hold up. It was a mushy mess to eat. That just shouldn't happen on a real cheesesteak. I'm not sure Bruce Willis knows what a good cheesesteak is, maybe he should hit Angelos in Haddonfield, or Steve's Prince of steaks, or Spot Burger on W Girard. These three examples are cheesesteaks. This was an overloaded beef and cheese on a weak roll. read more