Mtblls Nyc

I liked this meatball. I got the pair with marinara and grated cheese with a side of focaccia. Nice sizes meatballs, very moist and not too dense. The bread was fresh and the sauce wasn’t too salty.

I was thoroughly disappointed with the sandwich (this coming from a meatball fan!). The meatballs themselves were large in size, but generally flavorless. The sandwich had very little sauce or cheese. At this price point, there are far better lunch options in NYC (including Subway’s meatball sandwich).

Mtblls serves up hefty meatballs on sandwiches or on a plate to the Midtown food cart scene. One simply lines up, chooses the type of meatball, the sauce, the cheese, and the medium (one on a slider? a pair in a bowl? a bowl of three? The options are easy to mix and match and the serving size hefty enough for lunch.
I had the «Pair o Balls» beef meatballs with Romesco (spicy marinara) and a ricotta cheese for $ 7. The beef balls are a good 2 inches in diameter, moist, and dense, so having two of these suckers plus the bread is a perfect small lunch (paired with a smoothie from the fresh fruit cart next door). The beef balls themselves lack flavor. They’re very uninspiring and bland, and would be most improved by some herbs or onions mixed into the beef. However, once you add the romesco sauce and ricotta, the dish works better together. The meal also comes with a 4 inch piece of rosemary foccacia, which is stellar. I would love if they wrapped the foccacia up on the side, outside the meatball box. Mine was very soggy when I got to my desk. I’d also love a little bit more sauce to add the oopmh to the meatballs.
The two lovely people in the cart served me up right away, were patient as I decided what to order, and not pushy at all.
Is it an amazing lunch? No. But its the right calorie count, amount of protein, and price point for when I don’t want to overeat, so there is a good chance I’ll be back.

Meatballs, Subway Cars, and Innuendos
Passing by this food cart you wonder what it is. The menu is listed in the style of the new train line maps you see on the more «modern» trains. Upon further inspection your notice the interesting names of items on the menu. Half the menu is subway jargon like «The Local» and «The Express,» but the other half relies on the mind of the individual. While I find it funny others may find «Bowl O’ Balls» and «Pair of Balls» a little unsavory, but that is only my opinion. It is an interesting way to grab people’s attention.
The food is average at Mtblls. The meatballs on the whole are good, but in my opinion the chicken far exceeds the beef in flavor. Maybe it was the combination of sauce and cheese that made a difference. Of that I am uncertain. The sauces are standard, nothing extraordinary. The meatballs are a bit bland and could use a little more spices, but they are moist which is a big plus since they are made in advance.
Most of the cheese comes from a bottle or shaker. You don’t see the cheese being put on the meatballs, but you can tell because of the flavor and smell that comes off the cheese. Not to mention on my last visit there was virtually no cheese on the meatballs. I recommend you go with the fresh (I forget if it was parmesan or ricotta) cheese, your meal will be more enjoyable.
Typically there is little or no line at this cart, so getting your food is a breeze. The service is polite, solid and quick. Since the majority (maybe all) of the food is already prepared you won’t have to wait more than 2 – 3 minutes to receive your food.
Overall 3.25 Stars
Finding good meatballs in midtown is hard because they tend to be on the expensive side. Mtblls isn’t much different from most Italian restaurants in term of price. The overall flavor is good, but it could be so much more.
The chicken meatballs are amazing, but the beef is a little meh.
I highly recommend trying the meatballs by themselves.
If you enjoy meatballs then this is a cart to stop by and try. The lines are very short for this cart.

I’m a sucker for buffalo chicken. I also crave a lot of spice. I just hate that even if I order a buffalo chicken salad, it comes with deep fried chicken, so chicken meatballs slathered in a nicely spicy buffalo sauce is a nice relief. I thought the chicken was very tasty, a good size and I really liked the bread it came with. The guy working at the truck was very friendly. I would come here a little more often if they offered meatballs with a salad instead of bread, otherwise Mtballs NYC provided a nice, hearty meal.

Two stars just because I was too lazy to go out and get another meal and deemed the sandwich serviceable enough to just eat for lunch. This was super disappointing. I ordered The Local, $ 10, which is three over-​sized meatballs, in a baguette with your choice of cheese and sauce. I had beef meatballs, with the marinara and ricotta. The meatballs were nothing spectacular, moist, but a touch on the bland side. There wasn’t enough marinara added, so I can’t even really comment on what that tasted like, but worst of all, the bread was so chewy and hard. I’m a fan of Amy’s bread, but I think a baguette maybe isn’t the right choice for a meatball sub. And also maybe the baguette wasn’t the freshest. It required a lot of chewing, especially the ends. It might just be my personal preference, but I think a meatball sub should be with a soft bread that soaks up the marinara sauce and smooshes a bit around the meatballs. Next time I’ll just go to Eddie’s pizza truck for their meatball sub which is more meatballs, and more flavorful!

Mtblls makes a nice sandwich. And from a street food addict that’s a rave. Well maybe not a rave but it is nice.
I’m not that into their marketing scheme. Balls jokes blended with references to the subway system. But I have to say both times I was waiting on the short line they were getting lots of snickers from passerbys and quite a few stopped for food.
The bread is great. It’s Amy’s (one of the first purveyors of real bread that broke the bread renaissance back in the 1990s) and its fresh.
The balls are good. The beef ball is classic. Juicy ground beef with a reasonable amount of flavorful. The turkey is a bit bland but I guess you kinda expect that. it reminds me a little of thanksgiving in a good nostalgic way but also in a trying to get through these holiday leftovers way. The chicken balls are a tastier compromise but I reccomend beef.
The sauces are also a somewhat mixed bag. Marinara and spicier Romesco are o classic flavors. Like Grandpa used to make (from a can but with love and his own spice blend). The blue cheese is straight from a bottle of cheap dressing. Seriously, I saw him squirting it out. But I confess I like regular blue cheese dressing well enough so its all good.
$ 3.50 for a slider is a good snack price, especially for the neighborhood. $ 20 ain’t bad for 3 balls and a decent chunk of focaccia.
The dudes in the cart are deadpan. I like the talkative vendors best but I it’s a nice change of pace to place your order, get a cool nod, the order comes, get a cordial «thanks» and you’re outta there. I like to think of it as part of the tough NY wise guy theme. I wish they’d go all the way and do the Italian-​American accent and say «you want the pair of balls. Here’s your pair of balls, pal. Have a nice friggin day.»

After clearing out all the food trucks that used to line up on 47^th between Park and Madison recently, a few new carts have popped up to replace the logjam of food options that used to exist here. Mtblls (I’m not sure why all the vowels are omitted, but I don’t think too deeply about these things) is one of those, and I came out and checked them out for lunch last week. The guys in the truck seem nice enough, if a little bit less conversational than what I’m used to from the other trucks. I ended up going for a meatball bowl for $ 10, which basically amount to 3 meatballs in a box, along with a piece of focaccia bread. While the meatballs were solid — not overcooked, still juicy — it’s not really anything particularly remarkable. The marinara sauce was pretty standard, and the bread was a bit soaked because they just throw it on top of the sauce — so it was a bit soggy, which I wasn’t a fan of.
In all, I suppose I’d come back — I’m not aware of other meatball options right off in Midtown, outside of maybe what they’d have sitting at a deli — but it’s not a great deal, to be honest. The Meatball Shop (which has more variety and tastes better straight-​up) gives you more meatballs, and bigger meatballs, for less. The guys here need to work on presentation (putting the meatballs in a box felt rather careless) and rethink the value proposition a bit — $ 10 is a bit on the pricey side for something that isn’t going to make you feel full after you finish eating.