Epice Cafe

Salads are fresh and well done. Unlimted veggies for $ 8 with a protein, def a good deal. Service was fast and average for NYC lunch time.

Good Food, Bad Service.
The salad guys are cool, The grill guy is cool.
The cashiers are miserable, the guy who takes your orders for the grill is the biggest grump I’ve ever seen and mutters things in Spanish thinking I don’t understand what he’s saying.
One time I witness one of the workers calling the cashier a bitch and walking away from her then complained to the cashier about it and she said ma’am we all hate our job. THEN GO GET A NEW JOB. You’re ruining someone’s business with your horrible moods!
If it weren’t with my good relationship with the grill guy during the day I would never go back there.
FYI I used to go for breakfast and lunch. I only go here and there now as I have relocated a bit further from them.

I recently walked by the owner I had the incident with and he called me a fat ass and told me to fuck off. This was unprovoked harassment. I into ally completely ignored him but I guess he is mad I’ve reported him multiple times.

This morning there was no brown sugar for the oatmeal and I got attitude for asking. Should have just given it back because brown sugar is pretty much a staple with oatmeal. (except if you’re watching sugar intake)
I also received a surprise in my coffee from the same cashier who gave me attitude over the sugar. There was a long black hair inside, and as I’m a blond it wasn’t me.

Lovely and quick and delicious! Staff can get prices and orders mixed up. And the cashiers could be friendlier. (I know! It’s New York, but kindness goes a long way in customer service.) But the manager, Steve, is quick to apologize and help any unsatisfied customer!

A lot of different food options at all times. Decently priced as well. Would definitely recommend to someone.

$ 9.74 (incl. taxes) for an unlimited non-​meat topping salad?! Unheard of! And they chop the salad for you!
I come here almost daily for lunch, and my go-​to salad is: Spicy chicken salad with avocado, fresh mozzarella, portobello mushroom, artichoke, cherry tomatoes, beets, broccoli, baby corn, mandarin oranges, and roasted red pepper.
Can you believe avocado, fresh mozzarella, and portobello mushroom don’t cost extra? And it’s delicious! I make almost a daily walk to this place from work, it’s worth it!
Tried their brown rice salmon sushi — it was okay — I’d say I’ll try their other foods soon… But the salad is top notch!

Great quick service breakfast! I lived in the Chelsea area for 5 months and they never disappointed me with there great breakfast and hot coffee. From the fresh selection of food for lunch and a great salad bar this place never disappoints.

Rude young Korean girl, decent salad bar. She forgot to deduct the price of the container so I pointed it out. She proceeded to give me change in coins but I told her I have change so all she had to do was give me $ 1 back. She throws my dollar on the counter but I proceeded to give her the change I owed her in her hand like a decent person. She puts the change away and immediately puts on hand sanitizer! I’ve never met anyone so rude, lacking in grace and human decency. For a new business, they really should not employ such a rude cashier-it’s bad for business.
Note: She also got told off by a Caucasian lady in her twenties because this same Korean girl told her to go wait for her prepare on the spot salad in back of the store when the customer wanted to pay first.

This is a reasonable lunch place to go to during the weekday. They have almost everything you can imagine — hot food bar, Asian, make your own salads, great sandwiches and lots of snack choices. Their bibimbap is a great choice, comes with miso soup and huge portion of rice, salad and chicken if you want meat — the sauce is also good. Give it a try!

Mostly good food bad attitude.
The ramen was so-​so. Bland and not hot enough. The noodles were soggy
The make-​your-​own salad is nice. I like the unlimited toppings.
Many of the sandwiches are good but the guys behind the deli counter frequently have a bad attitude: they can be short tempered and and give angry looks. I’ve decided not to put up with it any more despite the convenient location and give this place a rest until some of the staff turns over. I did that once before after the same deli guy kept letting people he knew cut the line and ignored me when I called him on it.

Gross… just gross. I stopped in this morning because I needed a quick breakfast; I’m trying to avoid the fried and greasy, and I noticed they had a little cooler with juices and the like, and they had cottage cheese, so I went with that. I assumed (correctly) that there was a credit card charge, so I grabbed some other stuff I didn’t really want, but in the interest of time, figured I’d eat later.
I got to work with my cottage cheese, opened it up, and gagged at the first bite. It was completely turned. The expiration date was four days from the current date, but there was no doubt it was bad. I would have just chalked it up to bad morning luck and taken the hit, but since I’d just spent $ 7 on mostly stuff I didn’t want for the sake of this rotten cottage cheese, I decided to go back in the rain and ask to exchange it.
I asked the same cashier I’d had if I could just pick out a breakfast sandwich and call it even (their breakfast specials are $ 3, I didn’t think it was too much to ask). She told me to order and come back to her. I went back with my wrap and showed it to her; she looked at it and said «that’ll be $ 1.50.» I rolled my eyes and told her I only had a card. She was put out. «You don’t have cash?» «No,» I said, «because I didn’t plan on coming back here a second time.» She then asked me if I come in a lot, and if I could just come back tomorrow and pay her. …what?
I took my wrap back to the office, ate half of it and started finding eggshells in it. After rotten cottage cheese, the sensation of crunch in your egg and cheese wrap is unsettling. Good thing I added that (overpriced) Kind bar to my first order. I guess that’s breakfast.
I’ve been there before for lunch, it was okay, hence the extra star. I won’t be returning for breakfast, that’s for sure.

BEST LUNCH SPOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!
One– Unlimited toppings on your salad for $ 10
Two– Best bibimbaps
Three– Quick
This place rocks and I love it!
Everyone except for the cashiers are friendly.

Good & fast food. I like their salads. Except cashiers. I have been here 3 times. Good work. Who works at salad bar they are very friendly. It’s clean place. I think they should improve their cashiers attitude to the clients. Every time I visited here she was the same. No emotions, no smiling, not saying thanks for coming or have a nice day. None.

I eat here at least once a week for lunch — I work right around the corner. This place is perfect. They make great sandwiches they have awesome breakfast sandwiches too. They also have really amazing udon. The prices are great for the city.

You won’t find better value in this city. The food is amazing, and the cook that works from morning to afternoon is a damn genius. He gets everyone’s orders perfect, no matter how complicated and picky they are.
And the bacon cheeseburger is out of this world. For around $ 8.50 you can get a huge bacon cheeseburger and fries. Best value in the city.

Excellent! The build your own salads are very delicious — unlimited toppings (well, choose one meat, everything else is unlimited!) for only $ 7.95, Incredible! They also have four types of ramen: shrimp, chicken, beef, or veggie it’s $ 6.95.
Very friendly atmosphere. They also have about 5 tables of seating and a bar along the window.

Excellent and quick service. The best deli in the Chelsea area.
Love the Asian guy that makes your noodles! He’s the sweetest!!!
Chopped salads are the best deal. 8 bucks for fresh unlimited toppings… won’t even count how much I get because it probably never ends… Best thing is they have vegetarian grape leaves!
Great and convenient for lunch. Be aware of credit card minimums!

This store is newly built. so clean.just clean. but people here is bad… that ia why i changed my review from 4 stars to one.

the deli is great, prices are fare and food is very good. Waiit let me fix that. Breakfast specials are great. Omelette, home fries and toast for $ 4. Bacon eggs and cheese on a roll is $ 3. so its not bad and the quality is good. Now lunch, specially the ramen. They take a ramen package, yeahh those that cost 30 cents to make and add a few things form the salad bar and charge u $ 7 for it. Seriously, K town is a few blocks away and for 10 i can eat real ramen.