7 Eleven

I’ve been to a few other 7 Eleven locations around Tribeca /​Chinatown and this one is by far the cleanest location. Staff pretty friendly, everything stocked very well. No complaints!

7 – 11 is your all purpose, fairly priced convenience store. This location is a block from Canal Street, and ideal for the locals and tourists.
This particular location isn’t the largest, or the friendliest, but it’s your standard 7 – 11. Coffee, snacks, slushies, pre-​packaged bagels, sandwiches, etc…
They frequently have sales or combo deals (2 for $ 2, 2 for &2.22) on beverages or snacks, but beware of just purchasing one item, you will not be given any discount. Often times, the coffee area is a bit dirty, or even out of stock, but an employee will replenish quickly, if you bring it to their attention.
Overall, they serve their purpose, have some good deals, but often have a slow moving line, but still well worth the visit and a better option and more bargains than a Duane Reade, or other convenience store, especially in Manhattan.
FYI: you may encounter a homeless individual outside, I’ve become accustomed to it, never hurts to do your civic duty and purchase them a coffee and/​or donut. Also, I saw some fellow Unilocalers mention an odor, that issue seems to have been alleviated.

With close proximity to Chinatown, this location reminds me of one of my favorite 7Elevens in Shanghai. Unfortunately they don’t have steam buns. However, the slurpees made up for that void. Cheetos were okay.

Great place to quench my slurpee cravings. As a previous review mentioned, the place is smelly, but that is only the exterior because of all the homeless people outside. I went in and it smelled like my favorite foods (taquitos and corn dogs) so I had to get some along with my slurpee. As of now they are doing a promo (3 for 3 $ taquitos or corn dogs).
Reason for 3 stars: the slurpee prices weren’t listed so I bought a small when it would have been cheaper/​worth it for me to buy a large. (Oh well let’s just pretend I have a small appetite).
Also it took a while before someone noticed I wanted some hot foods while there were 4 workers and it was not busy.
Despite this, I will be back to 7 – 11 even if it is a chain because I love their slurpees along with their food and the convenience of the store.
Do not forget to download their app! Its buy 6 drinks get any 7^th drink free!

It’s just another 7 – 11 really. They keep it pretty clean for the amount of traffic that they see in my opinion and the stock is always well taken care of. I can’t say that I’ve ever been in there and they didn’t have exactly what I came for.
Try one of the fudge brownies by the register and be sure to check in with your belly account, because who doesn’t want free snacks?

They have some good tasting apple fritters here. Its kind of a surprise to me. But I have heard on occasion that their donuts are good and similar to krispy kremes sugar glazed style. The apple fritters are a good deal at 2/2.44. Not sure if its quality ingredients but tastes pretty good to me. Besides that, I wish that they had more sugar free slushy options. Just saying. Since they have so many sugar laden slushy options. What kinda person eats sugary donuts with sugar free slushies? This girl! Its all about balance people. Time and time again this has held true for me. Its about going into a seemingly bad food spot like ⁷⁄₁₁ and finding the actually yummy food but then making it ok with the balance of a chemicly sugar free drink. Yeah.

So I needed some water, and I decided that I didn’t want to pay $ 3 or whatever for a small bottle in the hotel lobby. Unilocal and the Internets told me this was the closest place to my hotel. So, I decided to make the long, perilous trek.
I was prepared for a dumpster fire, but instead, I found a fairly typical 7 Eleven. Maybe the place once smelled like rancid garbage, but during my visit, it smelled like 7 Eleven. In a smaller town, you’d be willing to settle for the hot, ehem, «food» that they sell, but why would you do that in New York? You can find great food at any hour in New York.
Any traveler in need of moderately priced convenience store goods, especially at a weird hour, will be able to find it at this 7 Eleven. Don’t shy away if this is the closest place to you.

The atmosphere isn’t all that great and with Ebola on the news that often I rather the manager not cough near the food.

Another seven eleven, what can I say, I think they sell everything supersized so you can spend more money.

I was so excited when they opened a 7 – 11 in Chinatown. It was a warm winter day; I bought a wrap and an iced mocha. First sip of the iced mocha while walking back to the office, the after taste shocked me. I thought maybe it’s just me, not the drink. After second sip, I throw it away without thinking. It really tasted bad and had a very strong aftertaste. About 20 mins after I finished the wrap at work, I ran into ladies room few times to poop like there’s no tomorrow. It’s only 3 minutes walk from 7 – 11 to my office so I’m sure it’s not the weather made the wrap bad. I didn’t return since then.
This morning when I passed by, I remember I downloaded the app for free stuffs, so I walked in and try to find the free ice-​tea but nope, didn’t see it… I’m too hesitating to ask since I’m not planning to make any purchase, so I walked out. Maybe they are not participating the program or they don’t want to give out freebies… Who knows.
Anyway, I’m not going back.

It’s a 7 Eleven so I can’t give it more than a three star on principle. The location is clean and the staff is competent. They have a Citibank ATM, so that’s a plus. I stopped in a few times this week to get some snacks while on break from Jury Duty.

LOTS of great Slurpee flavors. go now while it’s new and clean.

I don’t know what flavor slushies they sell.
I don’t know if their $ 1 pizza slices are edible.
I don’t know if the staff is friendly.
I don’t know if the floor is sticky.
I don’t know if the restroom is usable.
I don’t know if their prices are reasonable.
And I don’t know if you have to wait a long time to make your purchase.
What I do know is that this place smells like a massive pile of week-​old-​garbage.
The first time I walked past it caught me off guard.
The second time I walked past I asked myself «is that smell really coming from 7 – 11?»
The third time I walked past it was confirmed. The combination of slushies and pizza make for a terrible, terrible smell.
Since my first few initial walk-​bys I’ve found myself crossing the street to avoid this place. However, if you do find yourself on that side of the street and you see someone either coming in or out, hold your breath until you pass. You’ll be glad you did.