Morton Williams

The closest supermarket, it opens 24 hours and carries several ethnic food too. It is given that it is a bit pricey. What can you say lol I really cannot ask for more.

I like the fact that MW has some good harder to find things, like ethnic foods and good brands, but for produce, I shop with caution. It’s not the absolute worst, but it’s certainly not the best grocery store when there’s a whole foods so close. I usually pop in here if I“m on the way back from somewhere and in a rush, as I live a block away. I had to hand a package of rotten pre-​packaged veggies to one of the stockists on the floor just for the sake of awareness. He said «oh yeah» and put it in his cart, and then went back to stocking god knows how old apples. The meat section is a bit scary. There were maybe 3 whole chickens left, in sad, leaky packaging, and honestly the meat section didn’t feel cold enough. I’d rather the meat section be too cold than too warm. The cashier was complaining to a customer in front of me about working conditions and such low pay.
Certain items in stock were pretty low, making me think that they’re more worried about keeping spoilage loss at a minimum as opposed to keeping ample quantities for customers. Other sections looked like the day before a blizzard, and were totally wiped out. (It was sunny and 62 degrees on a weekend afternoon). I’ll stop in here to pick up things like canned chicken stock or potatoes or something, but I’d really be wary of buying anything perishable. If you do, read labels well and do a lot of sniffing.

Nice selection of items but pricey. Staff is not friendly and some are goofing off in the aisles. Quite the contrast to Trader Joes staff, but I do go here for emergencies and it’s not so bad.

A grocery store open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!!! How can you not give this place 5 stars?
They sell all your basic needs — fruits, veggies, meats, frozen foods, rotisserie chicken, cereal, large variety of beer, deli meats and cheese, hygiene products, premade flower bouquets, pans, baking trays… Basically everything!
Every neighborhood needs a place like this. Thank you for existing.

Surprisingly not too bad for a very traditional grocery store. They seem to know their neighborhood pretty well, with an excellent choice of cheeses and other high end products, and of course all of the regular brands. Clean, well organized and well-​stocked. And the prices are not too bad, even though they are of course more than you would find at Trader Joe’s. If I lived in the neighborhood I would certainly shop here at least part of the time.

One of the end-​of-​aisle shelves has a printed sign up advertising Lagunitas IPA for 10.99. Great, I went to the cooler aisle and found a 6-​pack of Lagunitas IPA. It rang up at $ 13.99. I said it was supposed to be on sale. The cashier called over to the supervisor and they decided it was $ 13.99 because it was cold. The warm 6-​packs of Lagunitas IPA were $ 10.99. Sorry, but it’s not ok to have a sign advertising a product and then charge more for the same product.
Also, this place sells rotten meat. Another customer warned us of this of his own accord on another visit. Just some helpful advice from a fellow shopper to check the dates, since many things are way expired. No surprise to us, we’d had the unpleasant experience of buying the rancid moldy stuff. Not sure what returning something would be like, because the staff is mostly angry and tired. This disposition probably helps line the pockets of the owners since customers would rather save themselves the aggravation of trying to get their money back, or get a fair price.
Avoid this place unless you’re absolutely desperate.

Not sure why this place gets so many negative reviews. It has a really nice décor, which was an unexpected plus for me, and the prices are definitely reasonable for NYC. Varied selection with many healthy options, and it’s open ²⁴⁄₇!

Good sale items otherwise expect ok NYC prices
Great produce department
Friendly checkout staff
The play great in store music too !!

Morton Williams is more expensive than Whole Foods with the produce value of Smiths, Vons, Ralph’s, or Fresh Market. I’d think twice about coming here unless for a dire emergency.

This place is a dump of a supermarket.
First the people, no one here seems to even remotely care about being half decent at customer service. The workers are often loafing around in the aisles in people’s way and chatting it up, one of the guys in the deli area straight up was rude and unhelpful when asked a question (telling me to just look does nothing, the reason I’m asking is because I already looked and couldn’t find it), and the cashiers are also rude and uncaring while throwing stuff in the bag can at least sometimes point me to what I’m looking for.
The groceries themselves are overpriced beyond belief and any meal type things premade are old and left out longer than they should be. The sushi (yes I know I made a big mistake) made me sick for days and after seeing the chef crouching on the floor playing on his phone and rarely washing his hands I now understand why.
The only upside is that it’s open 24 hrs, and even then unless it’s something specific you need there’s a 24 hr CVS pharmacy a block over.
Needless to say this place is so bad I would rather pay to take the subway uptown to Trader Joes and endure their long lines than come here. And I live a block away.

They have a selection better than most stores but the prices are much higher. The cashiers are downright rude. They act like I am bothering them while I check out. I certainly don’t come here for the friendly service but it’s one of the closest stores to me.

Convenient? Yes. Dirty? Yes. Pricy? Yes.
My brother lives pretty much next door to this market and man, what a great place to have nearby. However, it could use a facelift and a good scrub, because it is dirty. I feel a little dirty when I walk out and that’s never a good thing.
Anyways, good for the forgotten items and the last minute needs, but overall, I’d stick to Trader Joe’s up or downtown.

I’m visiting my daughter in NYC and I’m used to the courteous, nice and helpful staff at our stores in Los Angeles. I went to Morton Williams today to return 2 items I bought a couple of days ago by mistake. First I asked a cashier where to go, she just pointed with her finger the direction. Then I found this woman who was not happy at all trying to help a gentleman with some sort of problem with his groceries, she turned to me and asked «yes?», the tone in her voice told me I was in for more, I explained what I wanted, with same tone she asked «why?». Again, I explained. When we got to the so called ‘office’ she went on to stopped me from climbing 1 stair, she said OH NO NO NO YOU NEED TO ENTER YOUR PIN BUT I’M NOT THERE YET.
I’m always nice to employees of businesses but this time I couldn’t even say thank you for giving me my money back, I just can’t show good manners in front of so much arrogance, I was so IMPRESSED by her rudeness and bad business management. It makes me wonder how is it possible these people still have a job?
In reading some reviews I realized I’m not the only one who finds this market’s staff so rude, what’s wrong with these people? Maybe is that in California we have so many stores competing with each other for customers that here in NY they don’t care because they know customers will have to comeback since they don’t have too many choices.

24 hour supermarket in the Village? It doesn’t get much better. The entire staff is friendly, and they are all fluent English/​Spanish Bilingual. The produce is always a little expensive for my liking, but it beats walking 20 minutes to Chinatown. They carry most everything you could need, at any time of the day. They have a really nifty international section too. They last minute buy stands at the checkout lines usually have a couple of different types of international snacks. I had no idea that I wanted Serbian puffed chips until I went to pay. lol

Did I mention how friendly the deli people were? When they noticed I was ordering a large portion of meat and salads they recommended the crunchy vegetable salad. It was their favorite– and they work there. I visit in the daytime and (unlike the deli guys at neighboring Gristedes) I can always find someone to help me with a smile.
Their cashiers are not always as good…
This place also harbors a large hard cider selection, including Harpoon cider, which I suspect uses Harpoon beer yeast. They also carry Rekorderlig, a effervescent Swedish Pear cider, in the larger bottles. This one is light and sweet. Morton Williams also allows you to purchase individual bottles, so you don’t have to buy the whole six pack to try out a beer.

This supermarket is organized nicely and it’s well-​lit. However it’s very small and cramped, and I was less than impressed by the quality of the produce and the product selection/​variety. I did like that they had a decent beer selection and that you could mix and match different beers in a 6 pack. It’s certainly nicer than some of the other super market choices we have in the area, but nothing to write home about.

After going out late nights it’s important to hydrate. Sometimes you dont think those things through while you’re drinking. Thank goodness for 24 hour supermarkets. Given I wandered through here much longer than I should have, I was probably also ducking the rain. All sorts of munchies and beverages to be had. Alas, water is all I needed and that’s what I got before heading back into the night into the subway…

I still miss the old Grand Union that used to be here and for years called Morton Williams that. The pleasure in coming here seems to be from passing by the glorious community garden now threatened by NYU and eminent domain. When that gets gobbled up, this supermarket will then be simply overpriced, with not a great selection of produce, sometimes old looking, wilted veggies and fruit and an unappetizing salad bar that strangely seems busy most of the time. Even the tables where people sit and eat their salad bar items seem dirty all the time.
Three stars is for the location, for being next to a five star garden and for being convenient when I need something immediately. Three stars is for the sales items, especially for baking supplies around the holidays. I’ve acquired Droste cocoa here at a good price. I also never found Carnation original malted milk powder in any other supermarket but here, and they get three stars for supplying me with an ingredient for my homemade ice cream. Three stars is for the interesting foreign food items they get and display so well in the front of the aisles. I don’t know if it’s their concession to gourmet since I can’t get Valrhona here but the sauces, cookies etc with foreign names are still fun to look at and try. Three stars for the service here, usually friendly, sometimes lackadaisical, never rude.

This is my neighborhood supermarket. I suppose when I first moved to the city the prices shocked me a bit, but now i’m used to being gouged for just about everything;)
What’s cool:
1) lots of selection, including organic food.
2) very friendly lady at the deli, always giving me a few slices of turkey to try like i’m a six-​year old
3) plenty of variety of fruits + vegetables.
4) delivery service for just 1.50 + tip
What’s not so cool:
1) tight aisles/​tough to maneuver
2) prices
3) gets to crowded sometimes
I shop here because I have to. I’d certainly explore another option if it ever came close by.

This is my downstairs supermarket. Not bad for Manhattan.
Pros:
–24 hrs
–beer selection
–gourmet foods (cheese aisle, etc.)
–generally you’ll find everything you need
Cons:
–overpriced
–staff not always helpful
–no bread slicer! (what!!!)
I’ve seen worse (Gristede’s, for one), and it gets the job done. Some of the workers here are pretty nice. Others are clueless and hard to understand even though yo hablo.