Dishes

Yogurt granola fruit parfait is heavenly … The yogurt parfait of all yogurt parfaits… That’s all I’ve had there because I literally can’t resist it.

On my way to brewster, I had 10 mins to spare so decided to order green juice from this place. Guy made the juice and pointed towards the other side of the round store slash restaurant slash whatever u call it. I walked there, it was at least 12 deep with people either waiting to order and waiting to be noticed. Told the juice guy (FYI there’s one person for the salads, one person for the panini, one for the juice and one for the pastries who apparently has dual roles and she’s the cashier too) can I just pay my juice as everyone seems still ordering nope he says. I need to wait for each and everyone of these people to figure out what they want from life before I can pay for my juice. I was like really? All them 4 retards nodded yes. I said they can have my juice and stick it.
I heard that they’re renovating grand central and putting new restaurants and giving new leases, for the love of God pls give the lease of this place to someone more deserving. The people who comes to grand central deserve a bit more attention and better service. Whoever owns this business attention to you. You need to check on the people who’s trying to run your business. You’re going down!!!

Two stars. Awful service. It took us forever to order a drink and a scone, despite we were like the only customers. Really guys — be a little bit alert instead of chatting with each other. Scones were good though!

Located in the center of the Grand Central food court, the location is really convenient. They have a lot of options for you to pick from. The only problem I think that people had was deciding how to go about ordering. It’s circular, as many of the photos depict and there are cash registers located everywhere. Here’s how ordering smoothies work — line up and request smoothie. Then, wonder why there’s no prices on the menu. Just a note — the smallest smoothie costs about $ 7. Wait for smoothie to be made and then wander over to cash register and pay, wait for them to need to swipe your card at least 3 times (happened to everyone who was on line) and wonder what’s wrong with your card. Realize nothing is wrong, person making smoothie hands smoothie to cashier, who basically ignores me for like five minutes and then gets confused as to whose smoothie is who’s. You know what, you’re better off going to one of the smoothie carts outside because this isn’t working. The smoothie did taste good, but I mean, come on.

This place is gross. The turkey and avocado sandwich was low quality meat and the chipotle sauce was nasty. Only had two bites and threw it out. Also a lot of flies around the food and not all of it was wrapped.

This place is so inconsistent food taste wise and service wise. The one on 45^th street has better food (fresher tasting) and much better service. You never know what you’re going to get at this location.
I went tonight and the woman who was attending me just piled on heaps of food when I had told her «just a little.» My total was $ 18.00 and the food didn’t really taste as fresh as it did when I went last week. Last week I ordered almost the same as I did today, chinese chicken salad, edamame, brussel sprouts. Last week tasted fresher and the guy who handled my order was polite and gave me a small portion of each as I had asked. My total also came to $ 11.00.
This last experience has made me not want to return anytime soon. Kind of sad as I love the variety and healthy options that dishes provides.

Too much oil in the pasta salads, overly dry bread and tuna salad sandwich was sickening. Hot dishes are better, but not great and too pricey.

No direct line to order — staff tells you «oh go over to the other side and order over there» depending on what you want instead of just taking your order. Then you have to get back in line again to pay. Employees were rude and unhelpful.

Ridiculously expensive, but healthful salads. I tried to combine three salads of the same price ($ 5.50 for ½ lb each of them) in one plastic container. I was told that this is not only good for the environment, it also jacks the price up to $ 5.75 per pound! Wait. What? Why? Nobody knew. I called both locations and still nobody could tell me why it was cheaper to purchse three plastic containers. I suggested perhaps I was being charged for the cost of each container’s weight…. and maybe that’s why combining equally priced salads into one container would cost more. «Nope,» I was told, «not that.» Well, I just can’t go back until this mystery is solved. I feel stupid enough paying $ 11.00 per pound for salad. Don’t make it worse by charging me more to cut down on waste. I don’t care how locally sourced and healthy your food is.

Really good grab and go dinner. On the pricey side, but have great Vietnamese rolls– love the mint and peanut sauce.
Very good soups as well, though many are on the heavy side. Latkes, meats and cole slaws are also really good. Salads are just average here. Usually friendly service.

Extremely bad service. Consistently managed to get my order wrong three visits in a row and almost always manage to give away my food to the wrong person (basically get orders wrong). The food though fine is not worth the waste of time or money. Best avoided.

Prior to hopping on a train to meet with a famous manager of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Legends I was to have a meeting while launching my latest entertainment/​media project in Grand Central. My meeting subject recommended Dishes which is part of the New York Famous Deli and NY Cheesecake empire. Instead of having server service we decided to go to the large circular kiosk for a bite and a coffee. What a pathetic excuse.
So, there was no line nor a place to figure out where to go. Just people circling the circle. Maybe 5 people behind the counter that really didn’t give a rats! Taking 10 minutes just to get noticed I ask for a bagel. I was told, not toasted and no cream cheese are the options. I was thinking I guess there may be salt to put on it or ketchup. I mean, you to a NY place that is deli like and not cream cheese. Sort of like going to an ice cream place that only has cones but no ice cream to go with it. Absurd. I would up with an awful pastry and a coffee that the person put milk in for me and let’s just say there was more milk than coffee. So this lousy food, with the worst service and system known since the bread lines of Moscow. Thank the heavens for the good meeting I had.
One word. PATHETIC!

Opted to eat here while working at grand central for the day. Got a fresh mozzarella/​veggie sandwich and some corn/​pumpkin soup. Overall I enjoyed lunch, the soup was different from what I normally have and I really enjoyed it, very filling. The sandwiches are premade, and then they heat them up and get them crunchy panini style. With a soda or a shake, your looking at like $ 16 – 20 for lunch, little high, but it was good, and I would try it again. Staff was friendly, and wait wasn’t bad.

Fue horrible! El hombre que hace mi milkshake me escuchó que quería más azúcar pero no lo puso antes de hacerlo. No voy a comprar nada de esa tienda en el futuro!

Very friendly worker, but why the high prices? I rather pay Jamba Juice that price. I have to give them 4 stars, because great customer service, convient location, and everything fresh. You know what, I will take that back! This a great spot! I looked around and there noting but bad food! So you are lucky that your the only healthy spot I can depend on!

Great salads! I got one with grilled chicken, blue cheese, cranberries, and walnuts. It came with a balsamic vinagarette and a side of hone! They also had many other options: pastries, fresh juices, and espresso drinks! I hope to come back here for lunch again soon…

Just ordered an oatmeal and, IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING IT, the guy declared he was going on his break and someone else would finish making it for me.
I thought maybe this was a hilarious joke or time had flown by and it was suddenly April 1^st, but nope. He was serious. He was going on break in the middle of squirting honey onto my oatmeal. He actually put the honey down half way through.
Look. I don’t care how little you’re getting paid or how much you hate your life. There are a LOT of people that would love to take your job, presumably ones who wouldn’t go on break in the MIDDLE OF MAKING SOMEONES OATMEAL.

Grossssss.
How is it possible that a breakfast joint in New York City, arguably the bagel capital of the world, has the most disgusting, tasteless bagels EVER?
Never again. Luckily for me [and for you], there are many other food options in the food court of Grand Central Terminal.

Don’t come here. Even if you have a train to catch, there are plenty of options in the Dining Concourse better than this dump.
At first it looks quick and easy, like a swim-​up bar in the middle of the Grand Central food court, perfect for a morning pick-​me-​up that doesn’t require a lot of thinking.
But look a little closer, and you’ll see total disarray: no semblance of a line (people just order wherever), lackadaisical service by apathetic teenagers, and no one to complaint to, nor the time to do it. We ordered a bagel, croissant, and 2 overpriced coffees, then moved toward a register so the next person could order. This «register» turned out to be a rudeness station where the next underqualified server started Unilocaling «Next!» at me with growing irritation until I waved at the crowd of commuters still waiting to order.
After a few minutes spent thinking they were filling our order, I went to the other side of this circular hellhole, where the girl who took my order was resting on her laurels. «Bagel, right?» she inquired. «And a croissant, and 2 coffees,» I replied. She nodded. «Is any of it ready?» I asked (ten minutes after we ordered). «No!» she said belligerently, as if I were asking her a deeply personal offensive question.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Dishes, the SO was investigating with one of the other staffers. «We’ve been waiting here for 10 minutes!» she complained. «You gotta pay over there,» the girl replied, and started laughing. Of course, she wasn’t the one who needed to catch a train in 5 minutes.
Even for jerkass New York transportation hub service, this is a low. Basic issues with orderly service and payment could be easily solved with inexpensive signage, but this place feels as abandoned by a manager as a failing inner-​city school. I know this place could keep operating ad infinitum, but I write this in the hope that future generations, more empowered, will find my Unilocal-​age in a bottle and put Dishes GC out of its miserable existence.

Another hundred people just got off of the train
And came up through the ground…
While another hundred people just got off of the bus
And are looking around…
At another hundred people who got off of the plane
And are looking at us
Who got off of the train
And the plane and the bus
Maybe yesterday…
Dishes is like theatre in the round (see photo). Commuters become whirling dervishes getting their coffee, their pastries and their juices without looking up from their Blackberries. Never mind I was standing there waiting what I thought was my turn. «HEY…OVAH HERE!!»… gee, was that my voice with da heavy Bronx accent? Just call me Rhoda Morgenstern.
I was waiting for the MTA to Westport and in desperate need of a little fast nourishment. So I ordered the $ 4.25 Medium container of Hot Oatmeal (see photo). I didn’t even bother putting milk in it since it would’ve meant another round at the ev’ry-man-for-himself counter. No matter since it hit the spot for me. No time to dawdle. I gotta train to catch. Let me sing some Sondheim for ya…
«Do I pick you up or do I meet you there or shall we let it go?»
«Did you get my message? ‘Cause I looked in vain.»
«Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn’t rain?»
«Look, I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain.»
And another hundred people just got off of the train.
And another hundred people just got off of the train,
And another hundred people just got off of the train,
And another hundred people just got off of the train.
Another hundred people just got off of the train…
FOOD — 3 stars… wolfed it down in record time without blocking my gullet
AMBIANCE — 2.5 stars… it’s Grand Central, for Pete’s sake… who has time to think about ambiance?
SERVICE — 2 stars… would a smile kill ya?
TOTAL — 3 stars… dine and dash Manhattan-​style

I eyed this place for breakfast at 11:30am on a weekday, but they were out of the yummy sounding cinnamon honey cream of wheat. So so sad!
General info — this place is centrally located in the food court of Grand Central. They had piles of prepared sandwiches, so I guess they don’t put orders together fresh unless they have to.