Cafe Bistro Market Place

Really the only close option from my office with a lot of options. Buffets are great but employees could use some manners especially one of the dudes who works the morning bfast/​afternoon hot sandwich station which I avoided at all cost. Tony at the salad station is the man tho and ramen/​udon station is legit! Hate the fact they use styrofoam containers for those soups.
Sidenote: cafes like this need to stop using so many plastic bags.
Management is cool and remembered me since I never wanted a bag for my lunches.

Stay away from the salad bar! At least stay away from the meat selection. Who knows how long the foods has been sitting out here it I guess I should have expected that coming into a place with a salad bar. At least they have a restroom if needed!

Went to pick up a hero, but they didn’t have the rolls for them — they told me I would have to be charged extra for a different kind of bread. If you’re out of inventory, why am I paying? Feel like they were forcing me to pay more and it rubbed me the wrong way.
Food looked decent but I won’t be back.

Have had breakfast & lunch here for the 10 months I’ve worked half a block away. Today, I had 1 spoonful of each of the meat items at the lunch buffet. Delicious all, with a note that the Seasame chicken is Korean style, reflective of the operators being Korean. As always, a very clean and spacious interior (cavernous, by midtown standards), super popular, super service from very kind staff, super hustle on all the sandwich services, vast diversity for all meal services from fixed stations to the buffet line to the Ramen station in the rear. There’re about 50 seats in the front area which never quite fills, even at the peak 1p lunch hour with tourists abuzz between office workers and blue collar workers. There’s so much to say here that it’s difficult so say it all without it becoming an excessively long review. Always a great meal here.

This review is for dinner time (as the quality of the food is probably better earlier in the day).
What was available around 6pm was limp, soggy, dry, not hot — basically what you might expect from food lying around all day in a steam table.
My rating would be higher if they dropped their prices later in the day to account for this, but they don’t do that.

Great place! There are so many choices and at such a great location

Compared to other deli/​café/​food courts in the area, Bistro is one of the better choices with lot of options for hot and cold foods. They have an extensive menu for sandwiches, sushi, salads, and noodles too. Those guys work fast, building your huge sandwiches and salads! The sandwiches are pretty big, I usually can’t finish it in one sitting. They carry tons of snacks including hummus, milk, yogurts, tons of assorted drinks, chips, candy, etc! I also like that there’s plenty of seating area by the windows as well. Best of all, prices seem fair and the register ladies are always quick and efficient, perfect for a rough morning when you need a quick breakfast. I would stay away from the snack and drink items though, those are a bit pricier than other locations.

I frequent Bistro Market Place for lunch, it is close to my office and very convenient. They have a great variety of food, from a large hot bar, salad bar, burgers, sandwiches, juice bar, and pizza! The hot bar never fails me — delicious food. I ordered a burger one day, it was HUGE, came with fries and well worth the $ 8.

Wandered in here because we were cold and hungry and needed a place to chill for 20 minutes or so. All the food is pre-​prepared and just heated up. I went for a panini, which was bland, but not terrible. It was only after we had ordered that we realized the pizza place next door is connected, and has particularly better ratings.

Wonderful place on 34^th street to come for lunch or a snack!
Anything and everything you could want and plenty of seating if you want to sit down.
Huge hot and cold Buffets of any and every kind of food with an impressively large fruit and salad selection. Also a separate coffee bar, and a juice bar, deli area, and huge selection of packaged foods including plenty of healthy pre packaged options.
My son recommended this as a place he had come with friends /​parents for lunch and I was impressed with all they had to offer …
Fruit salad was fabulous and even had pomegranate seeds Mmm…
My very picky and health conscious son loves it here and had plenty to eat from a little bit of chicken and lots of veggies from the buffet.
And my post snack/​lunch latte from the green mountain coffee bar was great.
Recommend for anything everything you could want for lunch or snacks!

Came in here midday-​evening, and the food stations were half empty. I was disappointed. There were limited items and I thought it would be filled during this time. The food was okay though. However, I wish they had more food. It was only 6pm.

Definitely a personal favorite of mine! Very convenient location for my NYC offices, or your trip to Penn Station, or MSG.
The sheer selection of food here is what is most impressive. If you want sushi, pizza, fresh fruit, salad, fried chicken, Italian, Chinese, fresh smoothie, club, panini, chopped salad, chips, snacks, or candy this is your place. Not only is the food selection extensive but they have drinks here you wouldn’t even know existed, any type of water, sport drink, energy drink, or tea you saw advertised will be sold here.
The guys behind the panini/​club sandwich bar are hit or miss. I like a particular wrap without ranch (California). Sometimes they’ll do it sometimes they tell me they can’t.
The salad bar next to the paninis/​clubs is like «Chop’t». You order 5 toppings and your green then they’ll mix and chop it for you.
The salad bar is extensive. I always just grab pineapple and watermelon but they have sooooo much! My lunch here is easily $ 16 when you account for a salad, Evian, and some fruit which is weighed.
Highly recommend you check it out.
Warning: most cash registers (there are 7) are cash only. The cash registers next to the juice bar are normally CC friendly. There is an ATM here as well.

We were walking looking for a place to eat and we found this place. They have a lot of variety of food and salad kind of expensive but good.

I’d say as far as food courts go this one is pretty good. It’s huge. (And has an impressive cooler of large bakery cakes for some reason, but I digress.) This post is about lunch because that’s what the main event is all about. There’s a lot of variety. Check out is fast. The food, as with many food courts, is by the pound — a pricey pound. (Of course, because it’s New York where everyone doesn’t mind spending $ 10 for lunch.) There’s two deli counters and a build your own salad counter too. They have enough drink options to rival a midwestern grocery store. (You could start a blog by just reviewing new drinks from this place each week. Most I’ve never seen or heard of.) All the hot food seems eh to me. But the veggie and fruit bar is the best thing about the place in my opinion. Roasted Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.

I was there to buy water, etc. to escape the summer heat. I was in for five minutes and our group heard the manager/​owner? screaming and belittling the workers.
Now, I know New Yorkers can be a little bit more public about their feelings but screaming and showing anger towards your employees in public is just sad.
Hope things change.
–Tourist from LA

Bistro Market Place is located conveniently next to AMC Loews 34^th Street movie theater. This is a complete JACKPOT when you are like me and would rather bring in outside snacks to the movie (absolutely no shame) before splurging on the overpriced microwaved food they have available for purchase.
This place has it all, and provides both hot and cold options. They are indeed pricey (ex. $ 10+ salad) but like I said, Bistro Market Food is immensely greater than Loews 34^th St Movie Theater Food.
There is also seating available.

This is a great café/​marketplace where you can grab a good meal fast! They everything you can think of. Pizza, sandwiches, ramen, desserts, a cold bar, and a hot bar with huge variety. The hot bar also has a lot of Chinese food. Food is good but not extraordinary.
Perfect place to walk in and get out quick or if you want to dine in there’s plenty of tables! Bonus: its literally less than 4 minutes from the subway.

Hands down the best BIBIMBAP ever! Better than those in Ktown! I was completely blown away! They give A LOT of food! And they put bulgugi instead of ground beef in the bibimbap — just amazing quality of food!
You will love it!!! Def my go-​to spot from now on! Can’t believe I never knew about this place! Just WOW!

Great place for fresh, delicious, to go food! I always stop here before I head to penn station to grab fruit or salad or a snack. Their food is very fresh, very well made, and they have all sorts of food, there is always something for everyone. Very clean place, and it’s pretty big on the inside! Staff is all friendly and good at their job. Always recommend this place as a great quick bite!

This place is a bodega on steroids. It has every prepared food that you would expect at a bodega, plus some!
They offer a hot and cold buffet. I’ve never had anything from the hot line, but that’s not quite my thing. I’ve had the fresh fruits from the cold line, and it’s always fresh, healthy and delicious. I’ve had numerous egg sandwiches and they are always made to order, they use actual eggs (rather than that liquid in a carton crap), and they are QUICK.
I think $ 2.50 for a kind bar is overpriced, but it’s expected in this atmosphere. They also offer every type of beverage imaginable, including five different brands of coconut water. Coffee is decent. They have a smoothie/​fresh juice bar, which is the cherry on top for me!
My go-​to when I need a bite before hopping on megabus. They also have a bathroom (+)!