Eastside Health Food Store

I really like this store.
I come in at least once a week to buy my giant bottle of water ($ 0.99 — can’t be beat!) and a banana or a protein bar before I head to the gym. The staff is always friendly. The cat that lives in the store, usually comes out to greet me. The juicing area in the front of the store smells fresh and clean — like oranges.
Some of the food items appear on the pricey side — Kale Chips cost $ 8.00. That is a bit high. Otherwise I do like this shop.

I said I would never come here again, but this place is too convenient to my apartment to avoid, I decided to go there at night only, when the main owner is not there. He had slighted me 6 months ago, but I have moved on, it could have been a simple misunderstanding. All the juice people are friendly as well as all of the other workers. I enjoy chatting with them about things from movies to current events. I tell myself I am supporting them when I buy. Love the green lemonade there. Their kombucha is pricier than other places, but I love that they know how to handle the kombucha so I never have to worry that it’s flat when I open the bottle. One of the workers there always offers to grab the Trilogy flavor for me from the stock room and I really appreciate him for supporting my kombucha addiction! My most recent purchase there was some garlic oil for eararches, it has really helped me.

This place is fantastic. The selection of produce, vitamin supplements, snack foods and juices/​smoothies in comparison with price, I shop there every few days when I’m in New York. The small staff is friendly and helpful and overall, it’s a great place to go in lieu of multinational names in the surrounding area. Their juices are some of the best I’ve had in a while; you can’t lose with a beet/​apple juice and trail mix or dried fruit combination for a light snack. Try it out if you’re in the area.

I don’t know why this has 3 stars, but I don’t buy it. This place is phenomenal and everyone should begin doing their grocery shopping here.
My votes:
— Organic, pure juices in the corner
— Produce in the back
— Spirulina chips — find them. It’s like a scavenger hunt
— Tea bags galore (who doesn’t love one)
— Nut buffet (seriously)
and every assortment of kale chips, vitamins and ginger chews you can imagine. The variety is amazing, the price of course is $$$.
You’ve gotta check it out.

Stopped in to grab a few items. While they have a decent selection of organic produce, don’t expect it to be as high-​quality as what you would find in a larger store. They also have a great selection of teas and other all natural products, just expect to pay small-​store prices.

Don’t get the green juice. I was hoping for a green juice, but they just added alot of lettuce and they gave me a cup of dark brown juice. It tasted gross.

i love their green lemonade. it is kale, celery, apple, lemon, ginger. it is soooo delicious! it is fresh squeezed and they make it very fast. i am hooked.

Their vegetable juices are the best value. Make sure to get the one without carrot. I don’t actually think anywhere else makes them fresh and for a reasonable price on the Upper East Side, correct me if I am wrong! Also they don’t care about credit card minimums which is great.

it’s rare when i take time out to write a review. however, today i will make an exception. I’ve been here for groceries 3 – 4 times, been here for fresh juice and wheatgrass maybe 40 – 50 times. Today, the juice I consistently get tasted «off.» Believe me, as a server in NYC it takes a lot to get me to return something because I know how annoying it can be. But, it was undrinkable. I very politely (i’m super nice!) let her know that there were carrot and unidentified huge chunks floating around in the bottom of my drink (which i had not ordered) and it tasted funny. She said something about straining it and I said, «may i please just have a green juice, i think maybe the apple was bad.» She chose to ignore me and went about straining my juice after i protested 2 more times. She brings the drink back to me and (still politely) I ask for a fresh one without the apple. She shows me an apple and says «look is is fresh, the apple is not bad.» I was very taken aback and said, «ok, well may I please have an all green juice, i really think this tatstes wrong, I get the exact same kale, apple, cucumber juice 3x a week here.» She then said that will be another $ 8. I was shocked she was going to charge me again!!! I shook my head & said «wow, I am never coming back.» Ok, rant over… it just takes ALOT for me to get upset and that place did it. I do not recommend a juice here. There’s a better place on 3^rd in the 90’s.

Health foods and vitamin store on the UES a few minutes from where I live. Not the best place but does have pretty much all the basics and a juice bar. Prices are moderate to high. Stick with GNC or Vitamin Shoppe a few minutes away.

Nice to have a natural health food store in the neighborhood! They have a reasonable selection of dry goods, produce (not that much organic unfortunately) and vitamins/​supplements, as well as a juice bar in the front of the store. Prices are what I expect from such a store in NYC. .. I’m glad to have them so close!

The price was not that great. You need to watch out expiration date, especially sale items. Some of them were expired…

Leave it to New York grocery store prices to make natural food store prices seem reasonable. I’m looking at you Gristedes and your friend, Food Emporium. I walked in here because I noticed a wheat grass juicer and felt like I needed a shot. The girl behind the counter was kind enough to answer my question about whether or not drinking it would keep me up all night — she explained that wheat grass is full of vitamins and is thought of as a cleanser.
While sipping my teeny green cup, I walked around to look at the store’s offerings. Eastside has a nice bulk section — great if you don’t want to buy 10 lbs of rice at once. In the cooler, one drink in particular caught my eye, a spicy drink with flavors like Lemon Ginger and Lychee Wasabi. I was reading online how capsaicin (what makes peppers hot) has all of these health benefits and I wanted to try it.
When I got home, whoa! It tasted sweet at the front, but then you get a kick of heat at the end. I was apprehensive at first but my tongue adjusted to the heat and I loved it. So one of these stars is for Prometheus Springs.

I sometimes get veggie juice from here.

This place is pretty decent. They pack a lot of products and produce into the small store.
To the right of the store are the bins where you can buy food, grains, and nuts in bulk. I usually buy my textured vegetable protein here, because it’s a decent price and one of the few stores that sells it in bins. The middle of the store are the specialty cereals (Puffins, Kashi, etc), teas, condiments (vegetarian gravy packets, pesto), and prepackaged meals (veggie noodle dishes, organic Mac and Cheese). The back of the store is produce (I assume it’s organic, as it’s horribly expensive). The left side of the store contains all the frozen products, such as Morningstar, Boca and Amy’s frozen meals.
The front of the store houses a juice bar and all those little energy bars. I don’t come here often, because I do find that most of the products are pretty overpriced. However, sometimes I need some fake meat or tvp, and this is one of the few stores on the UES that actually carries a wide range of those products, so it’s convenient in that sense. You aren’t going to fall in love with the store, service, or prices, but it’s still nice to have around.