Gristedes

EXPENSIVE!!! Poor selection. The lamb chops were the only item I bought that was decently priced.

Now checkout is broken. There were two workers helping one person check out and one not doing a thing. Meanwhile there were 5 people in front of me. The line didn’t move a lick for 5 minutes. After the one person did get checked out all activity stopped. I thought to myself «hey! I live in NYC! I don’t have to put up with this». I dropped my stuff by the eggs and walked out.

I don’t understand how this is still open and why people can justify spending $ 6.99 on a liter of orange juice. This is the most expensive grocery store even over WholeFoods. At least I can say the produce and product at WholeFoods is varied and fresh, here not so much. Please shut this down and open up a Trader Joe’s in its place.

This location has the necessary items. Although, I don’t quite understand why they don’t have more frequent sales. KeyFood, another grocery chain is only a few blocks nearby. Additionally, I’ve tried their pack to go meals (it was chicken and pasta which was disgusting). Then again, most pre-​packaged meals aren’t the tastiest meals.
Overall I come here for simple things like eggs, juice, fruits and occasionally cereal (when it’s on sale when I’m not in the mood to trek to CVS which has even better sales for cereal).

Staff and manager are very rude, I will take my business elsewhere and encourage you to do the same. Don’t promote their behavior go elsewhere.

Convenient if you are in need and they are open, but not the worst I have experienced !

Doesn’t deserve even a star.
This place is criminal.
May as well lube yourself up cause you’re about to ******!
This place charges about 30% or more on everything. Never going back.

Definitely the most inferior supermarket in the area. Layout is confusing, and the inventory lacks diversity. They tried to charge me $ 20/​lb. for grilled chicken, and I laughed in the guys face.
Id definitely go to KeyFood Fulton Market, Jubilee, and Zeytuna over this. Unless of course, you love to blow stacks of cash on grilled chicken :)

Liked being able to gran a few groceries in Financial District at reasonable prices.

Online store timings are from 6am (weekday). I went there around 6.30.the guy was intimidating and stoped me with a weird gesture saying we are closed. They should update the timings and not be so rude to customers. I am not going there!

Gristedes is a terrible supermarket with a terrible selection who for some reason thinks they can charge gourmet prices (actually, it’s cheaper to shop gourmet.)
Do yourself a favor and boycott Gristedes forever so it can make room for a less offensive grocery store.

I’d give this Gristedes zero stars if possible — the selection is terrible, the people are unfriendly and the prices are really high (some products were over a dollar higher than other supermarkets in NYC!). If i’m going to get gouged with pricing i;d just go to Whole Foods for my fruit and vegetables — Gristedes is totally not worth it.

The only reason I give this place a ‘Meh’ over ‘Eek’ is because they at least keep the store clean and well lit. Maybe their prices are competitive elsewhere in the city but mos def not down here. Even compared to the Zeytuna, which I think of as the more spendy market, Gristedes is almost always a dollar more. Then to add insult to injury their diversity of is minimal and produce is less than fresh more times than not. What more is there to say…

If you live in the food desert that is the Financial District, you know this Gristede’s. And unless your hunger has numbed your five senses so terribly that you confuse this place with an oasis, you know this place stinks.
After seeing too many expired products on the shelves and discovering a family of insects living inside my lovely, overpriced green pepper, I decided to say goodbye to this place.
Having grown up in an area of Brooklyn where food is plentiful, fresh, and cheap, this place taught me to fear the produce and dairy aisles, where the place’s indiscretions are most obvious. It’s the type of supermarket where a label is almost always being used as a bandage to cover bruising or rot and a pound of the same mozzarella cheese costs $ 8 in one section and $ 6 in another.
And to top it all off, you get to listen to the incredibly annoying and cheesy announcement play on frequent repeat bragging about the freshness (???) of their produce and then they dare you to «squeeze our melons.» Um, no thanks.
Considering that this is one of the only three «major» supermarkets in the area and they are located within 2 blocks of one another, everyone makes the mistake of coming here at least once. I am now at the point where I have become disappointed and disgusted enough with it to say my final farewell and take my business elsewhere. See you at Jubilee and Zeytuna!

Expensive, might as well go to whole foods
This is one of the few supermarkets in the financial district. Pricey produce (some good quality, some mediocre) and very pricey frozen foods. Fine to get a few things out of conveniece, otherwise you can get better quality for the same price at the tribeca whole foods
Lines can get long around 6pm when ppl get out of work

Gristedes is the lowest on my list of grocery stores in FiDi based on:
1) selection of food — minimal selection (didn’t have chili powder when I stopped by last) and very unhelpful staff if you are trying to find a particular item
2) freshness of food, especially produce — usually the produce here is on the sad side and dairy products tend to be close to expiration dates (milk, sour cream, etc)
3) price — often times $ 0.50 — $ 1 more than nearby Zeytuna or Jubilee
I recommend that you only come here based upon convenience or if they have a sale on an item you are looking for (sometimes Ben & Jerry ice cream for $ 3.50!)

Pricey as is every other market in NYC.
Tip: Bring winter jacket at all times of the year if you do not want to leave with hypothermia.

1. Big store
2. A little bit of a maze in the store
3. Walked around in a circle to find what I needed

I’ve been to better grocery stores; I’ve been to worse grocery stores.
Gristedes as a chain is very hit-​or-​miss. They’re all a little quirky. Things can be hard to find. The layout can be awkward. But in general, this location has always suited me just fine. The employees are markedly friendlier than those at most other grocery stores I visit (Food Emporium comes to mind).
To be honest, I usually go to Zeytuna when I’m in the Financial District just because I like the atmosphere and the selection. But I don’t mind Gristedes and if I lived nearby, I’d frequent it, I’m sure.

I have no idea what these one-​star reviewers are talking about here. Seriously… my experience in comparison has been like night and day, and I’m adding pictures to validate this claim (if that even makes sense). Perhaps these people just moved to FiDi from a Union Square dorm situated right upstairs from Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s, because *most* people in this area are well aware that «regular supermarket» options around FiDi are SPARSE.
This place is by NO MEANS gross, expensive and limited in selection.
–Gross? Hardly. Hence the pics. Compare this location to any other typical NYC Gristedes, and maybe you’ll appreciate the quaint small space with metal rack shelving and well-​organized displays.
–Expensive? Sure, if you’re comparing this store to a Wal-​Mart in Birmingham, Alabama and NOT IN MANHATTAN! Otherwise, its prices are NOT beyond expectation and certainly don’t justify a one-​star rating.
–Limited in selection? This claim is totally f-​ing ridiculous simply because of the fact that I COOK MY OWN DELICIOUS MEALS at home, and have yet to leave this place empty handed. I guess if you are retardedly-​expecting a top of the line fish market and produce fair, then sure… the selection sucks. Otherwise, this place contains a decent selection of seasonings, fruit & vegetables, breads, meats, etc. Obviously it pales in comparison to Zeytuna, but I can’t complain considering Gristedes is closer and works in a pinch when I simply need to grab a decent bag of items.
Maybe I sound like a bit of a jerk in this review, but it really is NOT helpful to other local residents needing simple info or advice to just blab off a whiny, hyperbolic rant about local businesses.