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# Roast Beef Royale at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen-roast-beef-royale/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:11:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:11:19.000Z
- Description: Roast beef, harissa, mayo, swiss, lettuce, avocado, horseradish on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 56, solid. At Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/), a deli in Berkeley, California.

Hoagie RollHorseradishAvocadoLettuceSwiss CheeseMayonnaiseHarissaBeefHoagie Roll

**56**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +24.

A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

93

Harmony

88

Contrast

88

Structure

89

Focus

88

Composition

60

Quality

100

Envelope

88

−6 sauce overload

−8 heat past the catalog

More heat than 90% of the catalog.

Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100\. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.

**hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place)**, served cold: roast beef; harissa; mayo; swiss; lettuce; avocado; horseradish.

Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Harissa.

## Balance

salt1.0 · 54thacid0.7 · 57thfat2.5 · 64thsweet0.0umami1.4 · 44thheat1.1 · 90thbitter0.2 · 62nd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.0   | 54th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 57th               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 64th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 1.4   | 44th               |
| heat   | 1.1   | 90th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 62nd               |

**93** Balance, out of 100

The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.

## What each layer brings

| Layer                                         | Role    | Flavor and texture               | Points    |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------- | --------- |
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread   | soft crusty                      | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef                      | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | **+13**   |
| harissa                                       | sauce   | heat 4 salt 2 smooth             | **−24**   |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                      | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy        | **−4**    |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese                   | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty  | **+4**    |
| lettuce                                       | texture | crunchy juicy fresh              | **+13**   |
| avocado                                       | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh          | **−9**    |
| horseradish                                   | sauce   | heat 4 acid 2 creamy saucy       | **−8**    |

Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.

## Pairings

- **Beef + Swiss Cheese**: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- **Beef + Horseradish**: hot horseradish cuts rich roast beef

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).

[All the sandwiches at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.saulsdeli.com/s/05-SANDWICH-gksw.pdf?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.