You have a few different types of Italian food. There's the food you get at your average big name restaurant, there's these gourmet type places and then there is the kind of food you get when you go over to your friends house and his grand mother cooks the dinner, you know what I mean the real stuff. That's the kind of food you get at Roma Deli, the real deal authentic stuff. I've gone here a few times with an Italian friend of mine.
When we go there he walks in speaking Italian and everyone is greeting each other and so on. It's not such a big place but they also have a little area outside that you can relax at. Its clean and usually busy when I've been there.
Now the thing I love about this place is the atmosphere. Roma Deli is family operated and I think 3 generations work in the place. It's the kind of deli you see in the movies that you would expect in Brooklyn, the place everyone knows to go to eat. I believe this is more a reflection of authenticity then say bad service. There aren't really waiters wondering around. Instead as my friend showed me, when you want something you just shout it out and it's there. Some people might be turned off by this because we are taught in America mostly that such things are rude. But I found that only added to the appeal of the place. It's more like being in this guys house at dinner then a stuffy restaurant.
The food is delicious. I've had the lasagne and the Sicilian sandwich and I've never tasted anything that compares to that sandwich. This isn't food trucked in from the supermarket but real homemade food. The food gets a 5 from me. The only reason I'm giving them 4 stars is because I love my soda and free refills. At Roma your soda comes in a bottle but aside from that definitely check this Deli out.