D’Agostino

Another piece of my past has disappeared! When I lived near Columbia University, I did shop here occasionally but I did notice the prices were very high but the meat selection was the freshest in the neighborhood. Steph always seemed friendly to me and hopefully have found positions elsewhere! Lucky for the neighborhood, there are many supermarkets in this area

Too bad on Saturday April 30^th it’s going to close. Despite it being a smaller store, the prices were reasonable and the staff were friendly.

Closing at the end of this month (April, 2016). It’s too bad because this was the only supermarket in the area that regulate stocked can goods and had a large selection of frozen food. Plus, D’Agostino’s is known for their fair labor relationsand the staff here always seemed happy when I reach the checkout counter.

Overall, not a HORRIBLE grocery store, but only giving 2-​stars because of the ridiculous prices. I’ve lived in cities for the past 4 years now, and nowhere have I experienced such high prices as here. I am well aware to expect higher prices on goods living in one of the most expensive cities in the U. S, but some of the items were just ridiculous.
I thought signing up for one of their D’Agostino Reward Cards would take off some of the burden, but honestly i didn’t even notice much savings. The cashiers are fine, and the layout of the store is fine for your typical Manhattan grocery store, I just can’t justify spending $ 6.00 on a single carton of almond milk, or upwards of 4 dollars for a small bag of spinach. I will give credit where it is due, they had everything I was looking for, and compared to other local bodegas and super markets, they have a pretty well stocked produce section. Overall fine for an overpriced grocery store, but thats all it is. You’d be better off visiting a Trader Joes, or possibly even a Whole Foods at this point.

Wir kaufen viel hier ein, wobei wir uns auf die wöchentlichen Sonderangebote konzentrieren. Wir finden diesen Laden, auch wenn die Auswahl geringer ist, besser als den legendären ‘Westside Market’, der just an der gegenüberliegenden Ecke der 110^th Street liegt — einfach zu hyp !
D’Agostino ist bodenständiger und deutlich (!) günstiger, wenn man die Kundenkarte nutzt, die es für jeden an der Kasse gibt.
Und wenn man es noch preiswerter mag, dann muß man sich halt ein wenig Richtung Harlem bewegen, wobei ‘Fairways’ in der 125^th Street (am Hudson River) auch eine Apotheke und daher preislich keine Alternative ist. Also, wenn man es in Harlem (East-​River-​Plaza !!!) richtig anstellt, dann liegt man bei 50 Prozent der rund-​um-​Columbia-​University-​Preise.

I don’t understand all of the negative reviews. This is a local supermarket, with fresh, often organic, produce, and a good selection of food — kind of the point for a supermarket. And they have better prices and a much saner lay-​out than the West Side Market across the street.
Add in a good loyalty program, and this becomes a good shopping option.

Other than the spacious room, cleanliness, and organization of what they offer here, that’s about it. Sometimes they have promotions and deals that are a snag but overall they’re pretty pricey. Make sure you have one of their reward cards if you do shop here because if you’re buying some items because they’re on sale and you don’t have their card, you won’t get it for that price.

I’m really not sure why anyone shops here… it’s much more expensive than Westside market which is right across the street. Sure it’s clean and has a decent selection but a quart of ice cream… just plain boring ice cream… was over $ 7. Why would you pay $ 7 for ice cream when you could buy the same thing across the street for $ 5 (still over priced), unless money isn’t an issue for you in which case, enjoy your $ 7 ice cream.

D’Agostino’s. It’s twice the price of West Side and Garden of Eden, with half the selection of either. That’s why it’s always empty. The one time I ever saw more than half a dozen people in that store was before hurricane Sandy, and that’s only because the lines in every other store were around the block. The only time I ever go there is on the rare occasion they’re having some kind of sale, or just before major Jewish holidays when every single other store on the Upper West Side is out of kosher chicken. The only reason they’re not sold out is because no one ever thinks to go there.
Speaking of chicken, the real reason for my one-​star review is that D’Ag smells overwhelmingly, unbearably of raw chicken. You don’t even have to go inside to gag at the smell. My bus stop is ten feet away from D’Ag, so twice a day I get to choke down my vomit to and from work. It’s not like I’m particularly sensitive to smells. The seeping juices of New York’s leaking festering rat-​infested garbage bags dulled my sensitivity to stank long ago. And yet every morning I hold my breath whenever I’m within a twenty foot radius of D’Ag. I’ve stopped eating breakfast because it’s hard to keep down of I have to wait a particularly long time for my bus in the morning.
I don’t even understand why. Does D’Ag really sell that much chicken? Perhaps it’s not actually D’Ag but a resident in the building above regularly sacrifices chickens as part of some weird cult. Or maybe the 110^th St location is the chicken supplier to all of Manhattan. I’m not quite sure what it is, but I look forward to the day they close down.

Yeah, don’t go here. Terrible selection, terrible prices, and the staff is often.. . just not there. I have actually just walked out of the store with some fruit, leaving some cash at the till, because there were literally no employees in view or in earshot. That happened several times. Around lunchtime, not the middle of the night.

D’ag, that was a terrible experience.
Don’t let the organized (looking) shelves and the smiling staff members fool you. D’ag is a horrible place to shop for food. The selection sucks and the prices are double what you would expect them to be. Seriously, $ 7 for a half-​gallon of lactose free milk? I get a whole gallon for $ 6 in Queens and other local supermarkets. Honestly, I have no idea how they manage to stay in business with the booming (and somehow cheaper) Westside Market just across the street.
Tip: Go elsewhere.

I came to stock up on Stacy’s Pita Chips while they were on sale, but the flavor I wanted was on the top shelf of an aisle. I literally kept jumping up and trying to knock a bag off the shelf while the deli guy watched me. The only thing that stopped me from grabbing a baguette and «Supermarket Sweep”-ing the entire top shelf of its pita chips was a tall stranger, who very kindly got a bag off the shelf for me.
So, just so you know, the service can be kind of lackluster.

$ 9/​lb for non-​organic, ⁸⁰⁄₂₀ ground beef?
‘Nuff said

FRESH SUSHI to go! a nice Asian guy is there the days of the week making it fresh and will make you almost anything you want. I haven’t bought anything else. The cashiers are rude and mean.

Overpriced. I usually go in here as a last resort when I need to buy something when I visit my folks.
Bright lights, big prices. I always admonish myself for not having left earlier, gone to another place, and saved myself a few bucks.

This was one of the cleaner grocery stores I’ve been to in upper Manhattan. Stopped in here just to get bread but decided to walk around and explore the rest of the store. It’s a good size and there’s a nice fresh food bakery that I almost gave into but the cost was kind of steep. There was also a good selection of freshly cut meat if you wanna get your carnivore on. All in all it’s your average grocery store though

Ok. I have to update D’Ag as well and give them another star due to the service I got here yesterday and this morning.
The conversation went something like this:
Me: I’m cooking Thanksgiving dinner a week early and need some turkey legs, thighs, and wings. Do you sell those?
Butcher: Not until two days before Thanksgiving…
Me: (sad face) Oh okay. Well thanks anyway I gue–
Butcher: Well what do you need? Just two of each? Ok. I’ll take care of you. Come back tomorrow around noon and I’ll have it waiting.
Rock! I came back and he handed me three HUGE packets of turkey dark meat (I had bought the turkey breasts the previous day…) This guy saved my Thanksgiving. I didn’t have to learn how to butcher a turkey on my first go round. Butcher, you rock. This extra star is for you.

2 supermarket Unilocal reviews in a row?
I told you that I don’t mess around with food or grocery shopping…
That said, I am still recovering from the fact that I no longer live in Washington Heights, which means I can no longer expect Washington Heights prices. Or the block parties on a Tuesday night.
I came in for the essentials (well…essentials in my house anyway): turkey from the deli and some pasta. For those who don’t know, I require a consistent supply of turkey sandwiches and pasta like Rush Limbaugh requires Xanax.
To keep this short: the prices are steep (though with the «green points» thing you can occasionally find a good deal), the beer selection was pretty pathetic, and there was really nothing there that made me think «wow, I’m glad I stopped in here.»

Standard grocery store. Not nearly as packed as Westside (is that a good sign or bad?)
They do sell whole rotisserie pre-​cooked chicken. Already got one that day, but good to know that they offer it. That bumped it up to two stars for me.

Sadly, I end up here way more often than I’d like since it’s just a few blocks away from home.
Whenever I walk in here, I somehow feel like I’m putting the employees out — even though they’re getting PAID to be there and «help» me. It’s consistently an unpleasant experience save one time at the deli counter.
Unimpressive selection and their «rewards card» is a joke.
Go to Fairway!!!

The prices are ridiculous. Let me admit that right off the bat. But there’s more to complain about D’ag than paying $ 40 for what you could get for $ 20 at Fairway.
Now, maybe it’s just me expecting too much, having come from that mysterious land between New York City and LA where grocery baggers took pride in their work and were actually trained, but is it so difficult to realize that tomatoes and bananas should NOT be the first things you put in a bag when the rest of my grocery list is canned goods?
Apparently not, since D’ag consistently does it.