DiBella’s Old Fashioned Submarines

Great fresh subs and sub rolls very helpful employees and patience. Recommend highly

Ahh, used to go to the Hennrietta store in 1992 when it was a little shop. Really good subs. Now since I live in PA I try to get at Wegmans.

Their subs are the best! A hot turkey sub, melted provolone, all the veggies you want and everything bread! ?!? I’m drooling just thinking of it. They really know how to make a fresh sub. They make their bread daily so you’re never sick with stale bread. Although I think they are a bit pricey. For two of us to eat two hot sub combos (includes chips and a drink) is 26 dollars and change. They also don’t give law enforcement discounts. I believe anyone who has served our country or who is serving our state should get discounted food. But these two things won’t stop me from going there. You can also substitute your chips for a cookie:-) but I need chips with my sub and they have a nice variety to choose from. The only thing I don’t like about dibella’s is that they don’t offer a chicken finger sub and sometimes I’m feeling a little squirrely and need to eat off the mark.

I end up here when I travel to ROC for work. The sandwiches are good and I’m never against going here for lunch. But it’s not anything I look forward to either. The people working there are busy so I understand that they aren’t going to be super friendly… but they do teeter the line of impatient and downright hostile. You’ll get lunch that tastes good but it’s just that.

I got terrible service here tonight. Walk in to pick up a to go order and did not get acknowledged by any of the 4 staff members. I got the dibella’s dip and didn’t get the au jus that comes with the sandwiches until I reminded them.
I also paid an extra $ 2 for my dad to get extra meat on his sandwich and it was just as thin as usual. I used to love coming here but it has just gone down hill in quality of food and staffing lately.

Good subs, good meat, fresh bread and veggies. The turkey is not the watery wafer kind like Wegmans has.

Doesn’t matter which location in Buffalo or Rochester you go too, this is the best place for sub sandwiches anywhere, that includes Jersey Mike’s or Wegmans, anyone! They need to go national! Their «everything» sub roll in fantastic! Makes me kinda homesick for New York just writing about them!

I usually go to Di Bella’s for the best sub but not this time! I was craving a sub after a long hike so I ordered a turkey and provolone medium sub on multigrain. Server went out back to get the bread and made my sub when I unwrapped it I noticed it was darker bread than usual and when I tried it, then realized it was all burnt bread on the top! Taste = YUCK I brought it back to have it made on white bread which I found out was hard crunchy bread and not worth the 6.99 for the sub. In the future I plan to go to Wegmans to get a good sub. It was very disappointing because they used to be the best in town but now Wegmans has the better sub and customer experience!

They used to have great food… Before I was gluten free… Now, there is nothing here that doesn’t have gluten, except the bottled water.
If you are gluten free, this isn’t the place for you. If you aren’t, they have awesome food.

good food, but somehow just lacks the feel of the (old and new) henrietta location.

The subs here are pretty amazing and they’re huge! Get here early though because the line here get pretty long at lunch.

Seriously, this place makes the best subs I have ever had. Everyone owes it to their selves to try a sub with the «everything» roll at least once. It is soooo good. Here, you pick everything that comes on your sandwich, and as many veggies and condiments as you want. If you like hot stuff, they have really good hot peppers. The red ones. Also they have the best sub oil. Subway has NOTHING on this place. You have to try it, you will never go to subway again. The only complaint I have about this place is that if you call in an order, sometimes they mess up the veggies that you want on it or put them on the wrong sub. But that can happen anywhere. This place is the best! Remember: EVERYTHING BREAD

OMG, I have loved DiBella’s since I was in high school. I’ve moved away from Rochester, but every time I visit, I have to get DiBella’s at least once! Best submarines ever, you won’t be disappointed!

This location is not as large as their Henrietta spot, and I’d bet it’s been around for much longer. I wouldn’t scoff at the notion this place has been around since the 20’s. I don’t think it has, but if you gave me a convincing history I would believe you. The décor is a mix of retro and vintage, on the darker side but not dreary. And relatively clean, considering the messy sandwiches to be had. We’ve been here a few times and always after the big lunch rush so there’s plenty of room. They have cushy booths, but we opt for the more convenient-​with-​high-​chair tables in the corner. There’s always a fun jazz or oldies song playing, not too loud but loud enough to add to the ambiance.
Speaking of sandwiches. They are amazing. While they don’t have a real «menu» in that whatever you order they still ask for every detail — bread, toppings, sauces. I prefer to just say «I’d like a #4» and be done with it, unless I have additional requests, but no, here we have to say «I’d like a #4, with this bread, with these toppings, with these slatherings, hot» so really the #4 is just which meat you want. In other words, build your own sandwich. Whatever, not an actual problem. Most people need to specify what they want anyhow. Sizes are labeled as «small/​medium/​large» but should be «medium/​big/​huge» cause a small is just about too much for me and the large is ridiculous. The large can easily be split between my husband and I, and he’s got a good size appetite. The medium is plenty for him. This location doesn’t have soup (gasp!) and I think they just have the basic little cups of potato and mac salad, but I didn’t check.
What they do have is cookies. Save room for a chocolate chip. Or two. Or maybe just skip the sandwich and get a dozen… «to share».

I can never move away from Rochester because I can’t live without Dibella’s. It is the best sub shop EVER. Their rolls are fresh and have the golden outside crust with a soft bread inside. I’m partial to the sesame seed roll. They have the perfect bread to meat to veggie ratio — every bite is superb. I usually stick with what I love most — a turkey sub with all the fixings. The tuna is good too. Plus, the 50s décor adds a little fun to your visit. Oh yeah, they cater too, which is fantastic for a party — growing up that’s always what I wanted at my birthday party.

DiBella’s makes a great submarine sambug, which is why I give it 4 stars. However, I have two problems with DiBella’s.
1. The meat is always jammed deep into the crevice of the sub, so you can never get all the items on your sub in a single bite. Sure, it’s not the end of the world, and maybe I just suck at eating (I feel like I’m pretty decent at it bc I do it a bunch), but I’d really enjoy all my toppings in each bite.
2. These subs wreck the roof of my mouth. Again, this could be me. Maybe I have a soft roof, or my bites are too big and I don’t chew well… I don’t know. I just know that my roof is always scraped up like I just ate a bag of glass.
All in all, DiBella’s is a Roc staple and, despite my whiney bullets above, it’s awesome.

I visited my girlfriends family up in Rochester and they said I should check this place out.
BEST SUBS EVER!
Your mouth will explode with flavor and your taste buds will thank you. Try the old fashioned or the god father.
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Stop looking for a place to go and eat here. They serve the most incredible steak and cheese on fresh baked bread! It’s completely addictive. Trade the chips in for one of their homemade chocolate chip cookies… to die for.

The rumors are true: Boston has mediocre pizza and subs. Simple as that. I moved there for six years and have just returned to Rochester, and Dibella’s tastes like heaven — partially because I’ve been fed junk in Boston for years now.
How great can it be? It’s just a friggon sandwich, right? Go and get one. The bread is super fresh. All the condiments are unique and fresh. They give you a generous portion of meat, but without completely overloading it like Wegman’s usually does, and the sub is still monstrous. The meat itself is excellent.
This place is a winner.

DiBella’s is the best sub I have ever had in my life. I’m from Boston, and I agree that it is hard to get both a good slice, and a good sub in this town. Why is that??? DiBella’s needs to open a place here!
Every time I go to Rochester I do three things: 1-​get a garbage plate. 2-​go to the record archive or the HOG. 3-​get a DiBella’s sub!!!
The secret is the bread. Baked fresh at DiBella’s all throughout the day. This aint no subway roll, bleaacchhh. I don’t know if they put an eggwash on the bread but it’s got a shiny brown coating on it that is really good. The next secret to a DiBella’s sub is the condiments: all kinds of mustard and their oil is tops. I prefer honey mustard and a thin coating of mayonnaise. Secret # 3: peppers! They have sweet, hot, and banana. you gotta get the bananas! They are those awesome sliced, neon yellow peppers that add just the right amount of kick to any sub.
DiBella’s does not skimp on the fillings… many layers of top-​quality meat and cheese make these subs the best around. Average prices for incredible sandwiches, corny 1950’s décor with black and white tiled floor and wooden booths, but nobody comes here for the décor, they are comin’ here for SUBS!