The Chili Con Queso was amazing! We even got an order to go to take home. The Sangria was also just the right amounts of everything.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Queso
Phil Baier
Awesome sandwiches! Best in town. Service is always so welcoming.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Harry Lim
Pastrami sandwich delicious, would have liked a little more pastrami. Sweet beaver mustard gave a nice bite to the sandwich. Yummy German potato salad.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pastrami, German Potato Salad
Jamie B.
Best sandwich in Manhattan. It's not even a competition. Small shop with a tiny kitchen, but it's worth the wait.
Nancy A.
This place is a true gem in an otherwise typical college town. The owners and staff are worth the visit alone! The decor is spot on for a small town, but trust me there is nothing small town about this place! The food is incredible- the pastrami was even better than NYC!! Their homemade mustard is the key and will not be easily duplicated. If you crave a deli sandwich and think you won't find one to write home about in Manhattan, Kansas, you are wrong. Get yourself to Rock-a-Belly bar and deli, pull up a chair and enjoy! We did!
Rorschach R.
Got the special (Beef Barbacoa Tacos) and these were good. I also ordered a small Chile Con Queso. This is literally the nasty "nachos" you get when you order nachos from a high school concession stand. I ate one chip and sent them back. Imagine my surprise when I was charged for the nachos... er "Chile Con Queso." I asked them to take it off my bill since I did didn't eat it (which most places are happy to do). Rock-A-Belly is not one of those places so I got charged for the high school concession stand nachos that I never ate. I've eaten here before and had good food and good service which is why I'm giving them a 3 instead of a 2. I also will not be going back.
Bradley Reinkemeyer
Came in with the lady for lunch. I went for the Reuben and she had the western. We both really liked our sandwiches. The server was on top of things and kept us topped off. Fun atmosphere if a little cramped.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
David T.
Good food, good service. Near Forbes airport. I have only been there for breakfast and lunch.
Shana T
Just like I remember from 2007! Great sandwiches and atmosphere. You can get summer beer to go which is great when you want to take a little bit of Aggieville with you. Still my favorite restaurant after all of these years. So glad to see this great restaurant is still a staple of Aggieville.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cliff C.
This has been a favorite place of mine for decades. But the owner, Rich Markel, drunk, had the gall to make passes at my wife while I was present. His advances were summarily refused. While I stepped away to the restroom, Rich grabbed my wife's arm. This is the ugliest and most disrespectful thing to have happened to us . We will not go back. When you go to a bar, you expect the owner/manager to make sure that the patrons are treated with respect and are safe. That is not the case with Rock-A-Belly Deli's owner.
Rich, I understand that your passion is women but making a pass at my wife, in front of me or while I'm in the bathroom is probably the best way I know to drive off customers. I don't care if you were drunk, it is a MISCONCEPTION that Mexican women are easy to get in bed. Do not tell me that you'd have said those things with any other couple. You know you would not have. I tried to be a gentleman with you but the lack of respect toward us was appalling. And again, you did it while I was in the bathroom, Jesus!!! You are lucky my wife didn't tell me about it until we were gone.Rock-A-Belly WAS one of our favorite places but if I can't trust the owners to behave with my wife, then we can't go back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Sam C.
Friendly bartenders, good drinks, and great food. A must go place if you're ever in manhattan. You can't go wrong with the spicy and a couple mind erasers. Don't forget to try the strawberry summer beer. Truly speaks to what manhattan truly is; great people and great times.
George C.
Now, let's talk about their sandwiches. These babies are stacked higher than a Jenga tower on steroids! I ordered "The Belly Buster," and believe me, it lived up to its name. This sandwich was so massive it came with its own gravitational pull! I had to wear a seatbelt just to keep from floating away.
Samuel Corona
Rock-A-Belly is one of the best little bar in Aggieville!!!
The Chili Con Queso was amazing! We even got an order to go to take home. The Sangria was also just the right amounts of everything.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Queso
Awesome sandwiches! Best in town. Service is always so welcoming.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pastrami sandwich delicious, would have liked a little more pastrami. Sweet beaver mustard gave a nice bite to the sandwich. Yummy German potato salad.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pastrami, German Potato Salad
Best sandwich in Manhattan. It's not even a competition. Small shop with a tiny kitchen, but it's worth the wait.
This place is a true gem in an otherwise typical college town. The owners and staff are worth the visit alone! The decor is spot on for a small town, but trust me there is nothing small town about this place! The food is incredible- the pastrami was even better than NYC!! Their homemade mustard is the key and will not be easily duplicated. If you crave a deli sandwich and think you won't find one to write home about in Manhattan, Kansas, you are wrong. Get yourself to Rock-a-Belly bar and deli, pull up a chair and enjoy! We did!
Got the special (Beef Barbacoa Tacos) and these were good. I also ordered a small Chile Con Queso. This is literally the nasty "nachos" you get when you order nachos from a high school concession stand. I ate one chip and sent them back. Imagine my surprise when I was charged for the nachos... er "Chile Con Queso." I asked them to take it off my bill since I did didn't eat it (which most places are happy to do). Rock-A-Belly is not one of those places so I got charged for the high school concession stand nachos that I never ate. I've eaten here before and had good food and good service which is why I'm giving them a 3 instead of a 2. I also will not be going back.
Came in with the lady for lunch. I went for the Reuben and she had the western. We both really liked our sandwiches. The server was on top of things and kept us topped off. Fun atmosphere if a little cramped.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Good food, good service. Near Forbes airport. I have only been there for breakfast and lunch.
Just like I remember from 2007! Great sandwiches and atmosphere. You can get summer beer to go which is great when you want to take a little bit of Aggieville with you. Still my favorite restaurant after all of these years. So glad to see this great restaurant is still a staple of Aggieville.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This has been a favorite place of mine for decades. But the owner, Rich Markel, drunk, had the gall to make passes at my wife while I was present. His advances were summarily refused. While I stepped away to the restroom, Rich grabbed my wife's arm. This is the ugliest and most disrespectful thing to have happened to us . We will not go back. When you go to a bar, you expect the owner/manager to make sure that the patrons are treated with respect and are safe. That is not the case with Rock-A-Belly Deli's owner.
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Great sandwich cold beer - friendly place
Rich, I understand that your passion is women but making a pass at my wife, in front of me or while I'm in the bathroom is probably the best way I know to drive off customers. I don't care if you were drunk, it is a MISCONCEPTION that Mexican women are easy to get in bed. Do not tell me that you'd have said those things with any other couple. You know you would not have. I tried to be a gentleman with you but the lack of respect toward us was appalling. And again, you did it while I was in the bathroom, Jesus!!! You are lucky my wife didn't tell me about it until we were gone.Rock-A-Belly WAS one of our favorite places but if I can't trust the owners to behave with my wife, then we can't go back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Friendly bartenders, good drinks, and great food. A must go place if you're ever in manhattan. You can't go wrong with the spicy and a couple mind erasers. Don't forget to try the strawberry summer beer. Truly speaks to what manhattan truly is; great people and great times.
Now, let's talk about their sandwiches. These babies are stacked higher than a Jenga tower on steroids! I ordered "The Belly Buster," and believe me, it lived up to its name. This sandwich was so massive it came with its own gravitational pull! I had to wear a seatbelt just to keep from floating away.
Rock-A-Belly is one of the best little bar in Aggieville!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5