D’Agostino

This super is located right by Baruch college, is has a large selection of products and the food seems fresh. The down side is the price point which is pretty high, but overall a nice place to shop.

This review is less for the grocery store and more about the really friendly woman at the deli counter! I don’t know her name but she’s there when I stop in after work sometimes, and is quick to help out. I love that this D’Ags does free samples every once in a while as well. I tried an Aidell’s chicken and apple sausage a few days ago that an employee was handing out and I was impressed! I rarely buy packaged, pre-​made dishes (especially meat!) but this one was good. I ended up buying a few other things of the same brand that I never would have tried otherwise.

Eggs are $ 6.50 a dozen and your «rewards» of $ 5 per $ 200 spent expire in a week.
I dislike this place more every time I shop there.

Honestly this place is just terrible. I honestly think management doesnt give a fuc* about going out of business. There is a fairway 10 blocks away that is far superior.
They really need to step up their game if they want to stay in business.
Beware of their «sales». Very often you need a certain number of points on your rewards account to get them. just an absolute scam.

My advice: walk the extra 5 blocks to Fairway and get way better prices, selection, and service.
This is probably the worst grocery store in the city. The prices are absolutely outrageous. For example: a small (not family size) box or luck charms or any General Mills cereal is between $ 6 – 7. Everything is so insanely overpriced.
Also, the staff is incredibly rude. They really don’t care about their customers and would clearly rather be doing anything else. For example, one time I went they only had one register open with about 10+ people waiting in line and the cashier was going so slowly and there were other workers around the store who definitely could have opened another register, but they just don’t care.

Just stopped here for my usual grocery trip, and had a very pleasant experience with one of the staff members. I was searching specifically for a 12-​pack of Diet Mountain Dew cans, and couldn’t seem to find any. A staff member came up to me and asked if I needed help, and was nice enough to check the back for what I needed, and when he found out they were out of stock, they placed an order for it. He later came and introduced himself to me as Paul and said he strives to create a good experience for his customers. I’ve never had an experience like this in any grocery store! Thank you, Paul! :)

They have a fresh sushi section and a decent deli/​meat area.
Their prepared food area (sandwiches, salads) definitely needs to be improved as their was hardly anything there.
They need to carry a wider variety of cheeses and some of their cheeses were wet and looked to be sitting out a while.
There isn’t much in terms of organic products.

The amount of times I’ve been to a d’agostino’s and they haven’t had what I’m looking for is absurd. I’m talking about pretty standard grocery items like a bag of spinach or frozen fruit in the frozen section. It’s become a waste of my time to go here at all which is unfortunate because they are in a really convenient location.

This grocery store is in a prime location, but I really wish they had more organic selection. For example, organic bananas would be amazing!
I generally try to hit up Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, but I go to Dags when I’m in a pinch and need milk. They charge a whole dollar less than Morton Williams, so I try to go here on principal.
A few favorites are the Dannon coffee yogurt and Smart Pop popcorn.

Worst grocery store I have ever come across. Besides being unhelpful, the staff are rude and have terrible attitudes. The food doesn’t seem fresh and the quality is seriously sketchy. The whole store seems dirty/​dusty. Worst of all, the prices are EXORBITANT. They take advantage of the lack of options in the area and exploit people living in a food desert.
Unless you enjoy giving away half of your paycheck to be yelled at by staff while shopping for food that you’re cautious to consume, do yourself a favor and walk to Trader Joe’s. Heck, you’d even save money by going to Whole Foods.

Simply the worst of rip-​off city!

Just the worst. Over priced, produce looks like it was beaten against a wall before it was put out, they constantly run out of items and aren’t as well stocked as a grocery store should be, awful employees who are incredibly unhelpful and rude. I dread going in here.

Compared to the other grocery stores in the area, this one is fine for a quick run of food since the lines tend to be fairly short and the store is under-​crowded. They have a decent selection but they often lack the basic produce; I am often disappointed to find missing basil or rotting jalapenos and scallions. Store clerks also tend to be sparse and it is difficult to get help when you need it. Overall, I’ll keep coming back because it is close but I’ll do my weekly produce shopping at Fairway.

Really underrated supermarket. Nice selection, somewhat quality items, good deals, and not too much traffic. If you don’t want to wait 30 mins on line at Trader Joes, pay a lot at Whole Foods or pay more at Fairway, come here.

Limited selection and high prices. What more could you ask? While the staff has become nicer, the prices are the worst in the hood. Why can everone else have better prices? Although I live nearby this is my supermarket of last resort.

I came in here with the purpose of just buying gum or something small so that I could receive cash back, yet I ended up purchasing several peaches and apples because the fruit selection looked super fresh. Aside from the awesome fruit, the store was a little dusty, had poor lighting, and narrow aisles.

I don’t buy my weekly groceries from anywhere else! D’Ags is always clean, never to busy, friendly staff, and great discounts! I’ve shopped here every since I moved here and appreciate it much more than bigger supermarkets. The food quality and selection is great and the staff is just wonderful!

The only reasons I frequent this supermarket are because it is one block from my apt and sometimes I need eggs and/​or beverages to help throw a pre-​game. Otherwise, I would most definitely find another option. (I even go to Trader Joe’s on 14^th and walk/​cab back; it’s a $ 5 cab ride that you’d more than make back on the discounts there and freshness of food).
First of all, except for one woman that worked here who was really cheery and friendly (she said she had just started working) everyone else here acts like it’s your fault they’re miserable. I watched a worker scowl at a woman as she «excused» past as he was taking up the entire aisle to look at prices (not sure if he was repricing or what) during the evening hours on a weekday… sorry? Did you not want her shopping to help fund the costs of your wages? He then proceeded to mutter to himself about «b*** that… etc» after she walked away. I’m like… really?
Also, if you want to be a firsthand witness of the speed of grass growing… definitely come here. I’ve worked at a cash register before… and sometimes I want to jump over the counter and help. B/​c it’s that painful.
Don’t ever try to return anything here… even if you buy $ 6 cereal that’s listed on discount (they have that stupid points club that you need a certain amt of points from shopping to get discounts). They have to manually write you a return… like carbon paper and all.
Oh, and there are almost always flies hovering around rotting/​old pieces of produce in the front. And one time as I was leaving, some guy that worked there went by and sprayed air freshner… I’m not a grocer expert, but I’m pretty sure dousing old fruit in air freshner will 1) not prevent against aging 2) add to the uncleaniness of your products 3) probably attract more flies to the sweetness.
Gross.

My preferred supermarket, but mostly because it’s located close to my apartment. If the Food Emporium farther up the street was more convenient, I’d be there in a heartbeat.
This D’Ags shares many of the generic problems of Manhattan supermarkets (rude and ignorant checkout staff, narrow aisles, etc.) Someone needs to figure out that an investment in a larger real estate footprint would pay back in droves. Produce is OK; at least the area is clean and the fruit is not too bad.

I hate myself a little bit more every time I go to this grocery store out of sheer convenience.
It has some of the most inflated prices I’ve ever seen in a NYC supermarket (hello, $ 6.99 for 4 sticks of «name brand» butter?!) and their produce section is dark and sad. I went in looking for leeks last week to make potato leek soup… asked a random store guy «where are the leeks, I can’t find them» and he says «oh, well we had ONE leek over there earlier, maybe it sold out.» Seriously, you only stocked ONE LEEK?
My boyfriend and I cook and bake pretty frequently so having this place as our «local grocery store» is really depressing. This neighborhood is in need of an Essex Market type of open market where you have fish mongers, an actual butcher, several fresh product stands, bakeries, and a cheese monger. ALL under one large roof. I miss the LES…