Fat House
“We ordered a Fat Elven, Fat Mitchel, corn nuggets, sweet chili wings, jalapeno poppers, and broccoli & cheese bites.”
“The establishment itself is the store front version of a grease truck.”
“The bag was even packed with a pair of plastic gloves to keep your hands clean while eating.”
Fat House
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Finally a fat sandwich spot in the North that is easy to drive to instead of going all the way down in New Brunswick to wait in front of a food truck in back of hungry college students…you can now wait inside.
They go everything against my fake raw diet of green vegetables and fruit, but it's worth it. If you want mozzarella sticks in your sandwich then they will do it for you! If you want nacho cheese sauce in your sandwich with chicken tenders they will do it for you! And they have the classic must french fries in every sandwich. Their list of sandwiches are bigger than the fat sandwiches down at RU and also have sides as well such as Fried Mac n Cheese and corn bites, which are also deep fried.
Open late on weekends which is dangerous as their business can only fit probably 20 people inside and may not handle all the drunk people who stumble upon looking for a Fat Elvin.
The sandwiches are good but definitely one of those places for me where I have to say to myself, "I'm hungry and I do not give a sh*t about my waistline."
College was a time of excess everything. Excess fun, excess partying, excess food, excess se…whoops let's skip that shall we. Anyways the excess food portion is what I want to talk about. Rutgers University has the renowned fat sandwiches on campus. These heart-cloggingly delicious sandwiches are filled to the brim with every junk food you could imagine or better yet could imagine to concoct. So it was with great excitement that a fat house sandwich take-out was opening very near where I lived. I no longer needed to schlep my way to New Brunswick in order to satisfy my gluntonous craving–I could do it in Belleville, NJ or better yet at the comfort of my own home. Unlike the food trucks that serve the original fat sandwiches, Fat House makes–what else–house calls. They deliver their amazing sandwiches right to your door. You can't get any more convenient than that.
After failing to make my visit for many months after finding out about their existence, I was finally able stop by one day. Looking at their menu I couldn't decide what to get. They all looked amazing. I finally decided to drop the hammer with the Razo special. Steak, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, nacho cheese, and barbecue sauce stuffed inside a foot long hero. The sandwich is so ginormous it can feed two people but considering that I'm never one to back down from a challenge, I knew I was going to finish this sandwich all by myself. So I dug right in. Btw they don't hand you napkins but instead opt for plastic gloves because trust me the sandwich will get all over your hands. My first bite instantly transported me back to those good ol college days once again. The flavorful steak, the crunchy mozzarella sticks, the sweet and savory onion rings, the cheddar goodness, all drenched with sweet and tangy barbecue sauce. I must say every bite was a walk on memory lane. Every morsel took me back to the avenue of dreams. Sandwiches like this is what makes America great. And like Trump says, it's time for America to start winning again. Fat House, ladies and gentlemen, truly makes America great!
The excitement of knowing there's fat cats 10 min away went down the drain the instant I bit in the sandwich. I didn't like the bread at all. It wasn't fresh and it wasn't tasty.
I honestly give it 1.5 stars because I thought the mozzarella sticks were ok but other than that it was so not worth the calories.
When I have a fat cat I want the calories to be worth it, this was so disappointing.
I never had the honor of visiting the infamous fat sandwiches from the grease trucks at Rutgers. Luckily, my sister would bring some back on weekends she visited home. So when I heard of this place I was naturally very excited. Walked in and noticed the dollar bills all along the wall, along with 90s hip hop playing over the speaker, cool laid-back vibe.
They hand me the sandwich with some plastic gloves to eat it with, what a cool gesture I thought. Unfortunately, the sandwich didn't entice a messy chowdown session. I went with the Fat Betty White and despite the promising ingredients, it turned out to be very dry and bland. The proportions weren't to my satisfaction and the meal didn't get me the slightest bit full. I didn't even need the gloves and the zyro foam container wasn't splattered with grease or sauce. That's not very fat sandwichy if you ask me.
VExtremely innovative newcomer to the NJ sandwich shop scene pushes the limits of what you define as a sandwich with unbelievable combinations of quality ingredients packed with superb flavor.
I took the advice of 26+ reviews and almost 5 stars and set the GPS to Fat House while gassing up in Belleville. When I saw the photos I was in disbelief of the combinations, thought maybe it was just a handful of offerings like these on the menu, but no, EVERY menu item is like a man vs food episode. Reminds me of the Brazilian sandwiches at Das Horas in Newark with the multiple ingredients but with a stoned on a Sunday twist.
I opted for the Fat Rocco: Hamburger, steak, fried, onion rings, BBQ and A1 sauce. The flavor combo was fantastic, the roll, super soft, the steak and hamburger were lean and tasty, the addition of fries and onion rings with the two sauces just kicked it in to high gear: this sadwich made my mouth want to smile ear to ear.
I also tried their mac and cheese wedges with the nacho dipping sauce, these were the best I have ever had; my second in fact, the first ones I had were so lackluster that I almost never considered ordering any until now, and I am so glad I did, these guys make incredible food…
I definitely will return. These youthful innovative sandwich crafters stand out in a sea of same-ness.
Im torn about this place. Ive had many fat sandwhiches in my day. They are an amazing way to eat terrible, fattening food. However, there arent many options here for non-meat eaters BUT you can add and subtract things which i really dig because alot of places dont like when you mess with their menu. The fat Tokki was good but the buffalo sauce was too tangy. I also think they need to add more onion tings to this sandwhich and drown that shit in the white sauce. The bread is perfect tho. Its not too hard or soft and held in all my goodies. ( i didnt get the gyro or chicken)
The mac n cheese bites are on point. They need to put these on sandwhiches! they were perfectly fried on the outside and gooey on the inside, im tellin ya they need to add this to a sandwhich.
I also think falafel balls would be great for a sandwhich, especially the one i had.
dont think about eating here—absolutely no SEATS! theyre chocolate creme soda was good but deff an aquired taste.
Sandwiches based off the infamous Rutgers Grease Trucks Fat Sandwiches. Unfortunately, they seemingly go out of the way to make sure they have none of the standard Grease Truck combinations that made them famous.
The entire menu also lacks any lettuce and tomato. Yes, I do love my greasy goodness. However, for me the lettuce and tomato are the things that allow me to enjoy the entire sandwich.
I'm also not a fan of the packaging. The original Grease Trucks wrap their sandwiches in paper first then foil. This creates a "homogeneous" type marriage of all the ingredients. Basically the entire sandwich comes together as one. Fat house sandwiches just kind of lay there in the polystyrene package. Yes, you can roll it up together yourself, but why should you have to?
I appreciate that someone decided to create a restaurant for Northern NJ people to enjoy fat sandwiches. However, the execution just isn't there. That's not to say they can improve on what they do, but as of right now Fat House won't serve as an acceptable substitute.
As a Rutgers Alum. with full knowledge of what a "fat sandwich" truly is, I was thrilled that I could get a "fat sandwich" so close to home. I had this place on my radar for a while, and immediately jumped on the Fat Elven. The sandwich comes with chicken tenders, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, french fries, and honey mustard. While this is a tasty combo, I felt like I was robbed on the quantity of each ingredient. Too much bread to food ratio going on here. This is supposed to be a fat sandwich after all. I'm not sure why I was able to actually close the bread around the ingredients so easily. I'll return when I hear that they decided to up the amount of food in the sandwiches.