Magazine Cafe

My experience at Magazine Café was a mixed bag. I admire the sheer range of magazines available here, but it can be difficult to find the exact publication you want, since they’re only divided by topic. Beyond that, they aren’t arranged in a specific way (alphabetically, for example). I sensed that several other customers had trouble or took awhile finding the magazines they were looking for, since one customer walked in and was looking for Vogue written in Spanish, and two other customers (who were friends) slowly made their way to the specific section they wanted to go to.
When I asked one where I could find Lucky Peach (a food magazine connected to Momofuku), one of the staff workers pointed to the wrong side of the magazine shelf that I had already browsed through, which showed some carelessness. Also, as I was purchasing a magazine that didn’t have a US dollar price tag on it (only the price in euros was available), I pointed this out to the two staff workers, but they didn’t explain why this was the case and showed some apathy about it, which confused me.
Magazine Café is great if you’re browsing publications in a casual way and less so if you’re looking for something specific.

Love the options! My favorite spot for some hard-​to-​find gems.

Yesterday, the employee at the counter took my debit card behind the counter for several minutes and asked me for my pin. Today $ 300 is missing from my account. Will never be going back

I order a lot of foreign magazines from here, and have been to the store as well. A very nice selection, with a lot of hard to find issues. They have some back issues too, and sometimes you can find something really good. You have to patient sometimes for your order as it can take a while for editions to come in from Australia or Asia, but that happens at any magazine store.

never, NEVER order a magazine subscription from these people.
October 2014 I ordered a Paris Vogue subscription. It is July 2015 and I have only received ONE magazine – there is 10 in a subscription.
They are con-​artists and deserve no one’s money. Go elsewhere.

I ordered a soccer magazine subscription from them online. When it failed to show up in my mailbox after 8 weeks, I called, and Magazine Café had another issue sent via DHL with a tracking number to ensure I received it. The gentlemen on the phone were always polite and helpful (I called twice). Great customer service. Thanks! C:

Magazine Café does not deserve even one star. The people there demonstrate no ethics or responsibility to customers. I purchased a subscription to «Paris Match» online. After paying them and waiting 3 months, I contacted them to inform them that I had not received any issues and they said they would investigate. They then informed me that they had sent me some issues «priority», but these never arrived (clearly because they had never been sent). After more than 4 months from my initial purchase, I contacted them again and they said they had sent me some issues and provided a USPS tracking number. I waited more than a week for the package to arrive, then checked the tracking number; the USPS website stated that this was «pre-​shipment», which means that when the Magazine Café employees said they had shipped the magazines they had lied again. They said that they would issue a refund, but a few days later have not yet done so. When businesses take your money, but fail to provide the merchandise for which they have taken the money, that is called stealing.

These people can be deceiving. I was told over the phone I could order a previous issue of a magazine, but that I had to do it online (they would not take the order over the phone). I ordered the magazine online and wrote a note in the comments section explaining the specific issue that I wanted. I received the wrong issue in the mail and after calling the store they denied that I ever wrote a note and said past issues are never sold through the store. Now I am stuck with a $ 40 magazine I don’t even want.
I will never buy anything again from this store.

I paid nearly two hundred dollars for a year’s subscription of a monthly magazine and it never arrived. I called and emailed and finally after nearly six months of waiting, I asked for a full refund.

Great selection. Nice vibe to the shop. Cashier processed my Unilocal discount very efficiently. I would shop here again.

The employees were extremely rude, I would never go back.

I went to this store trying to get the Korean magazine of vogue. The guy said it would be 25 on the phone, and then the guy in the store said it would be 45! Oh– it gets worse. I went to the sale section in the back to find some back issues, and the guy said he would give me a «Special» discount of 38. Are you kidding? Only go in there looking like you see through their shit.

Haven’t been there in person but have ordered from them. I applaud their selection. International magazines are harder to find than you’d think it would be in this internet age. Anyway, shipping was fast and the magazines are reasonably priced. If there was anything, its that the magazine I got was a bit nicked around the edges and there was no more and it was an annual collector’s edition. Sigh.

This place sucks! I was hunting for a copy of a certain international magazine that Magazine Café had. They said they were holding all of their copies for one person. (No doubt some self-​important writer/​photographer). But they would give me one of the copies for triple the price. No thanks douche bags. Nothing like taking advantage of those in need. This guy is also probably the first to complain about Western Capitalism and doesn’t understand the irony. Thanks for nothing. I’m gonna check one of the other 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 magazine shops in NYC before I ever even think of giving you a dime. And I spend a LOT of money on magazines.

I was approached and greeted at the door. I was asked if I needed any help and the employee promptly helped me dig up magazines. Note: this isn’t a clothing store. It’s a magazine store. I got better customer service here than when I’m looking for a shirt in a certain size.
There’s certainly a large selection of magazines. The international ones are usually fashion and beauty.

The staff is absolutely wonderful! They know every magazine, are very courteous and extremely helpful — they even call me to let me know when new magazines that I want come in! They also offer shipping so its very convenient to pick up a ton of magazines and just send them. They have a truly impressive selection of domestic & international magazines, every possible trend & trade magazine you could need in any design field. Definitely the best & most organized magazine store in NY!

I bought a bit under $ 2,500 in magazines from them. 3 of them were defective, and i asked for a $ 27.00 refund (less than cost) or replacement. They told me there was nothing they can do. What? I spend $ 2,500 and you tell me there is nothing you can do when you send me a defective product. These guys are horrible and if they are going to screw over customers who spend $ 2,500, they’ll screw you over too!
These retards think it’s a customers job to contact a distributor who tells them to deal with the vendor. It’s funny, when i had problems with magazines at other stores, i got refunds NO QUESTIONS ASKED. Take your business elsewhere.

Wow what a store. I’m a professional fashion blogger and need fashion magazines all the time. These guys have the best selection of magazines if ever seen. They carry everything from fashion, art, architeture, health, entertainment, photography, hobbies and much more. Plus they have loads of foreign magazines from UK, Italy, japan, France, Germany… .I would recommend this store to everyone looking for any magazine. Also they have an online website
where you can buy the latest issues of these magazines.