New York Luncheonette

Service was good, food was priced reasonable, but the food i had, the turkey open faced sandwich was rather plain… I guess maybe they don’t salt anything or whatever but whew, it was a lot of salt and pepper to get it edible. Overall good though, I will go back, close to hotel and MUCH less expensive than most other places around.

A classic diner, a bit pricey, but solid food, clean place, and quick service.

Paid 14 dollars for a two-​egg omelette.
It’s in a nice, tourist-​friendly location, but this place definitely lives off of families staying in the nearby hotels. If it was placed two avenues further up, it would not survive.
Diners like this give the NYC food game a bad name and inaccurately marks the city as a place of abundant, unfairly-​priced, mediocre eateries.

Had a very good breakfast and came back the next day for more! Very friendly and considerate staff! We will definitely come and have breakfast again the next time we’re staying in NYC!

Very reasonable prices here in the heart of midtown. Good service and selection, near lot’s of hotels, so if you’re in the area and want a real NYC breakfast this is the place.

I came around the corner from the hotel that I am staying and was walking trying to find a place to eat that will not cost me an arm and a leg and I saw this excellent place. The food that I ordered was delicious. The roasted chicken was nicely done and tasty. The mashed potatoes were one of the bests that I have ever had at a restaurant. The chef must cook with love and likes what he is doing. The prices were very affordable and the waiters very friendly. You will not regret to come here.

Yaaaasssss this place is great. Save the address in your phone because you want to remember where it is.

Called in a bacon egg and cheese on a roll to pick up. Got there and the woman told me $ 8.76. Ha! I know this is NYC but cmon! If you want breakfast quick — go to Silo café. Across 3^rd avenue.

This was a great place to eat. The food was good and the service was excellent. The price was okay for NYC but the most ridiculous think was the charged of $ 5.15 for a small glass of Cranberry juice. Now, I don’t know if this is a norma for NYC but I think that is a little ridiculous.

I hate to give this place 2 stars but I have eaten in plenty of restaurants in the city and even the best breakfast I had didn’t cost this much. Better bring your wallet to this place since for 2 adults and 2 small kids, it cost us $ 75 bucks for breakfast? I mean I know NYC is pricey but come on, for a few cups of coffee, a waffle, two egg sandwiches and some juice? You got to be kidding me. The food was okay but nothing to rave about and I almost fell over when the bill came. You got to find better since there are like 20 other breakfast places in the area that are much more reasonable than this place. CRAZY!

Was raining, so I ordered lunch from here.
Texas Tuna Melt. Disappointing. Not enough cheese to be considered a melt. The jalapenos can barely be noticed. At first I thought they didn’t put them on, but them I searched and saw a few. Worst tuna melt I’ve ever had in my life. $ 13!?! I won’t be back.

Many, many thanks to New York Luncheonette for staying open during the blizzard of January 2016. Despite nearly 30 inches of snow and a city-​wide travel ban, the diner stayed open all day. We were stuck in NYC (flight cancelled) at the DoubleTree with no-​where to eat — except here. We had a great dinner and great service under the worst possible conditions.
Thank you so much! We always come here for breakfast in New York City, but now love this place even a little bit more.

Really good place for breakfast. Food is average. Great location. The service was fantastic. Didn’t care for the coffee.

I don’t want to oversell this fine restaurant, but I’d eat breakfast here any day of the week! The place is clean, the staff exceedingly friendly, and the breakfasts we ate were perfectly cooked. As an example, when I asked for very well-​done bacon, I got very well-​done bacon. My wife requested a well-​done English muffin, and got it cooked perfectly. Me, I wanted it lightly toasted and it came out perfectly. This is even more impressive since the place was crowded and it would have been easy for the kitchen to ignore our requests.
There are plenty of places to eat in this neighborhood, but many want you to either serve yourself or to wait in line for someone to take your order. The New York Luncheonette is a traditional style restaurant with waitress service that will get you your breakfast much faster, and it will be delicious to boot.
Count on me to eat here again the next time I’m staying on the east side of Manhattan!

Typical New York diner, cheap and cheerful, food came out fast, was hot and just ok. Only went because it was next door to the hotel, service was good, no complaints, standard menu with usual faire, burgers, chicken sandwiches, salads etc.

So before I dined here I had no idea what a luncheonette was? Do you Unilocalers? It’s a diner. Yep, a nice, Greek owned diner with a cool ass awning out front. I was staying at the Metropolitan and this place was an easy walk. The awning drew me in.
I adore diners and now I have a fancy schmancy new word. I am so hip now! It is so much cooler to say I had lunch at a luncheonette than I had lunch at a diner. Yep!
This luncheonette (see I can’t stop saying it) is pretty good. It was clean and service was very friendly. I would think that a luncheonette would have fancier sounding food than a diner but nope, all the obligatory diner dishes can be found here. Eggs, breakfast sammies, melts, average coffee, you get the drift. I had an excellent Italian inspired tuna salad plate here. I saw some hot, open faced sandwiches at the next table. Who eats those? Seriously. They always look like prison food to me.
So, I would for sure return here. Let’s all say it together now…
Luncheonette, luncheonette, luncheonette, luncheonette, luncheonette, luncheonette…

Standard diner fare at a clean, small luncheonette. Nothing more, nothing less.

Good for what it is: a no-​frills American diner. The past few trips to New York, I have stayed within a couple of blocks of NY Luncheonette. The diner is clean. The service has been good. The food is solid. And the prices are quite reasonable by New York standards. I would not go here expecting gourmet or fine dining, but if you are in search of a quick breakfast or a quick snack in Midtown East, this joint does the trick.

We stopped here for breakfast because it was next to our hotel. BAD IDEA.
Our server asked us whether we would like coffee or juice even before we took off our coats and while it seemed nice of him at the time, I later found out that they had been billed at $ 5.50 for each tiny glass. What a rip off.
The breakfast itself was extremely mediocre. The potatoes were flavorless and dry, clearly frozen and reheated multiple times, the bacon and sausages were greasy, the fried eggs were very undercooked and the Spanish omelette was bland with no seasoning whatsoever and some store bought salsa poured over it from a jar.
Our server was not very friendly and seemed more keen on turning tables quickly. He dropped a knife and fork on me along with some food and didn’t even bother to apologize. When I signed the check he picked it up before I was done and then angrily brought it back to me saying I should add a tip (which I would have had he not taken it before I was finished).
A very poor experience and pathetic food for unreasonable prices. I’m definitely not going back here again.

This is a solid diner. My friends and I were surprised that there was no wait for brunch on a Sunday around noon. Seats here are in pretty close quarters, so I had to squeeze in between our table and the one next to us hoping I didn’t knock anything over. It was a close call.
Our server was very nice, and the food came out pretty quickly. I had the one egg platter which came with toast and potatoes. I would definitely recommend adding a little hot sauce or ketchup on top, but I was happy with my food and cleaned my plate. Two of my friends had bagel sandwiches which looked good, and the other also had an egg platter. Beware of the orange juice — it costs $ 5+ a glass (the cost of a meal here). My friend was shocked by the price, although she said it did taste pretty fresh.