Agata & Valentina

There is actually nothing in this supermarket that’s bad. Yes, it’s expensive, but great quality comes with a price tag.
Highly recommend their deli, fish, smoked fish and bakery.

Great market with a nice selection of Italian products.
Great lunch and dinner pre-​fixe with freshly prepared food.
Surprisingly and refreshingly affordable!

DO NOT EAT THE FOOD FROM THIS PLACE!!! When this place initially opened on University Place, it was great. I work in the area so I was there a lot. The food was fresh and delicious. Over the last few years, it has declined drastically. The food in the hot prepared food section when you first walk in is greasy and on the cusp of inedible. I have had stomach issues a few times after eating there, but it has been sporadic so I mistakenly decided to go back. On Tuesday of this week, I decided to get some salmon salad from inside the store. It tasted fine, but within 45 minutes I was nauseous and thought I was going to have a bathroom accident. Everything subsided and I went home not feeling well. I eventually did have a bathroom accident just as I walked in the door. I mentioned this to my co-​workers and a lot of them have had similar experiences. I just wanted to thank Agata and Valentina for contributing to gastrointestinal problems for what I can assume would be hundreds of hungry New Yorkers. Gasterointerologists all over the five boroughs are very appreciative of the work you do because of the increase they have had in patients.

Love this market! Great finds and friendly staff. I went in and bought bluefish, lemon juice, baby spinach, and an organic red pepper (ie dinner) for less than ten bucks! And made eyes at some handsome gentlemen shoppers too.

I just found this place! OMG, I love it so much. The store is tiny and as mentioned in reviews that it is pricey.
I am here for the nuonos yogurt, but is somehow disappointed that it is more expensive than westside markets and less flavors (no plain). However, I notice a larger selection of other brands, not found anywhere else.
The samples are decent, I got pizza slice and cheese. They have various choice of cheese, ham, salad and fresh made spaghetti. I got black truffle potato chips made in Spain. Very special, wish I could have known this place earlier.

Upscale market. Fresh fruits & vegetables, which is the first thing you see, don’t look appealing, and are priced for Hillary. Fresh Roasted turkey was VERY DRY! The store does have great stuff, that you’re not going to find at a neighborhood supermarket. The imported Italian ham, was DELICIOUS!

It’s a bit pricey, but the food is such great quality that I can’t complain. They offer a wide selection of foods and everything is freshly made. The service is great as well. There are always at least two employees who say hello when I’m looking around.
Plus, FREE SAMPLES! Who could ever be mad about that?

These guys do a great job. The ladies at the front counter are exceptional whether it’s for lunch dinner or for breakfast they were cheerful and serve up some great food. Complements to McKinley the manager.

It’s a shame the prices waver from overpriced to ridiculous here, because the selection is great. They also treat neighbors poorly, always unloading with no sidewalk etiquette in the AM.

Bit into a hair in mixed berry bowl. So disgusting. Unclean. Another time a sushi plate was rancid. Avoid buying any prepared foods here!

I come here to buy all my groceries since it’s on the way back to my dorm from NYU. The products here are pretty pricy but I love that there’s no line like the ones at Trader Joes and Whole Foods.
They have a large selection of hot foods and freshly baked bread. I like that the products they offer are quality.

As Slow as it gets…
Overall pretty good quality and selection except for organic produce which is non-​existent.
This place is pricey though and they are not giving people their money’s worth.
It also takes up to 10 minutes to get bread or cold cuts sliced even when its not crowded, unreal…
The check out wait is unacceptable and makes for a lousy end to a mediocre shopping experience.
The Agata on 79^th & 3^rd Avenue is much much better if you live up there. It feels like a different owner is running it.

Love the lunch special… especially when its $ 6.99…with that being said you never know when its going to be $ 9.99 or $ 6.99.
Amazing products but on the prices side. What do you expect for the location though.

What Dee B said EXACTLY. Been here 7 times and every time something was off. From spoiling swordfish to fermenting kale to being overcharged at register.
I’m officially done here.

I’ve shopped here a number of times, and am buying groceries elsewhere:
1) Produce is poor quality & prices are garbage. More than Whole Foods on most items. On more than one occasion I’ve thrown out vegetables past its prime (once cut into has rotten parts), used on same day as purchased. If you’re paying $ 3 for a bunch of cilantro, it should at least be fresh.
2) Lack of manners from staff. A number of examples, best was being knocked into by one who didn’t even bother to say a word. In an aisle that wasn’t crowded.
3) Charged wrong @ register, first time at store and happened again either 2^nd or 3^rd visit. I didn’t care enough to waste more time for the difference, but why is it so hard to know the prices of what you sell?
4) Narrow aisles & slow checkout… not major dealbreakers but the above 3 items are.
Given them a few chances and now I’m done. Their location is about the only major pro but not worth it to me to shop there when I feel like they deliver poor value & service.

Stopped in on my way to doctor’s office. Split pea soup– watery and acidic. Salmon sashimi– looked good but overpriced, funky smell, flavorless. Live n learn.

I live nearby and every time I walk by, I just have to get in. YOU must get in. They have very high quality food, super fresh veggies, meats, and fish. They make the mozzarella in front of you in the cheese corner, they prepare a lot of other food in front of you.
It’s a cute store, the staff is nice, the prices varies, but they always have daily specials, and the atmosphere is somewhat like walking in your grandmas kitchen.
They have the BEST SAMPLES in the city. For real, you walk in, they often have someone greeting you with something, pass the veggie and fruit stand, you have either a cup of fish or meat at the corner, down the row you’ll have a sushi sampler, turn right, try some cheese, keep walking down the aisle, you’ll find cold cuts, olives, humus, ravioli, salmon toast, and by the sweet ladies, desert cups. Yes.
SAMPLE TEMPLE!
And if you feel lazy to cook supper, the food that isnt sampled is awesome too and decently priced!

Got an Italian Tuna Salad Sandwich for 5.50 or something, was tuna fish, capers, tomato, onions, some other things on bread. Also a boylan’s soda for 1.70 or 1.90.
For the area, I gladly take these prices, gladly.

Finally! One of my fave uptown stores opened downtown. They are still figuring things out– no matter. Samples galore, lunch boxes at $ 6.99 with cooked food. I really love so much about this store– they have housemade doughnuts… good fresh pasta, of course.
Only gripe is it is smaller and oddly configured, but oh well– happy A&V is here.

Great new, gourmet grocery store in the ‘hood. Everything is laid out in a pretty way, and the produce looks great. I’d say getting the deals on produce is one of the only ways to make the produce affordable, though.
I’m enamored by their cheese selection. They also have a ton of prepared food.
Check out area is definitely too tight, unfortunately. I feel like this space needs to be streamlined, or something.