Hudson Market

Love the prepared Food lately, it’s really stepping up!

Really nice space, solid selection of market items as well as fresh grill, sandwich and salads. Excellent breakfast, I come every day for it. BUT the service and management is absolutely terrible. Aside from the sweet chef, Juan, everyone who works at this store acts as if you are doing them a favor by being there. They talk poorly about clients in front of other clients and hardly acknowledge anyone as a paying guest. It’s unfortunate and a waste of good space. They need a new management régime to come in and source some talent… or at least properly train the current ones on how to treat valued customers.

Ordered two acai bowl and they had to redo it twice because they didn’t know how to make it. It was watered down and the fruit was awful and rotten. When we asked for a refund, the general manager and two staff members couldn’t figure out how to issue a refund. We did receive it the next day and the owner was kind enough to reach out to us to discuss the matter. They need more employee training and better fruit!

Balthazar pastries are really the only redeeming quality of this overpriced spot in a quickly gentrifying area.

Service is terrible. The woman at the coffee counter was on her phone for minutes while I waited to place an order. No one is working at the sandwich counter. Such potential completely wasted.

Like I mentioned before, they allowed smaller dogs to be carried inside of the market.
I went to Hudson Market earlier today, to get a Cortado, and an employee YELLED at me for having a dog.
She wouldn’t even let me pay for my coffee, and ushered me out of the market.
I left the market without my Cortado.
End of story.
PS I understand that dogs are not usually allowed into markets. However, Hudson Market allowed dogs for approximately 2 months since they opened. I also understand that rules change. I get it. But why yell at me?

Hudson Market is an amazing addition to the neighborhood. Seriously the best coffee in the area and a dollar cheaper too! They offer a huge variety of food choices and great prices for quality food. Customer service is great. The barista remembered my drink after one visit — good customer service is not so easy to come by.
Our local school ordered catering from here and we received so many compliments not only based on the quality of the food but also on its presentation. Big thank you to the staff and management for going above and beyond with our catering order. It was on time and everyone was so professional. Thank you Hudson Market!

When you live in West Chelsea, you grow accustom to trekking to Whole Foods etc. so needless to say, I was excited to have similar options closer to our building.
We’ve given this place several chances as it’s new, but the only reason to go is if you really need something. The only problem is, it’s likely they won’t have it.
Some of the staff is so great– the older gentleman and the cashiers, but the baristas are literally the worst. We’ve gone the past couple of weekends and they regularly don’t have this or that, or refuse to use coconut milk in their coffee drinks as it’s reserved for smoothies.
I’m also not sure where they’re produce comes from… and most of it isn’t organic so, I’m not sure why it’s called an organic farm stand (maybe I misread).
The icing on the cake was getting a latte this morning without any espresso in it. Save your money, burn more calories, and go elsewhere. The two stars is solely for the convenience where applicable and some prepared food items.

I never write poor reviews but this place is a mess. My wife and I watched the place during construction with anticipation. Finally there would have been a place with fresh produce and artisanal products within 5 min.
We couldn’t have been more let down. All of the produce is constantly rotten. The shelves are bare. And the products they do have cost 50% more than the already inflated Nyc groceries.
I’ll keep coming back to see if they get their sh*t together, but at this point I’m just hoping they shutter the place so someone worthy of the location can come in and repurpose the infrastructure.

We had a first birthday party for our son and used Hudson Market to cater it. The food was quite a beautiful spread. It was so fresh and delicious. We wanted something casual but also elegant… and that’s what we received. I would recommend them for your next special occasion. We will use them again soon. Here was the menu:
Sandwiches:
–mediterranean tuna on multigrain with boston lettuce, avocado, and heirloom tomatoes
–roast beef on balthazar baguette with cabot vermont white cheddar, watercress, and horseradish
–roast turkey on amy’s country white with cranberry confiture, arugula and mayo
Salads:
–quinoa lightly dressed with citrus vinaigrette, peppers and orange supremes
–wild rice and toasted nuts and seeds with a white balsamic vinaigrette
–mixed greens with seasonal vegetables with house made dressings on the side
Dessert:
–mixed cut fruit
–chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies

Fantastic coffee and fresh juices. The store also serves good healthy lunches and the market is not too pricey. I always find the staff friendly too. I always order the starter juice which is great. The cookies look fantastic too. Sometimes you have to wait a little longer than is desirable to get your beverage.

No one knows what they’re doing and the attitude is who cares. Lots of money went into the physical space and the choices of available items so its a shame that there’s no one to train the staff. Most people who come to West Chelsea to work, and there are many, are in a hurry. Its pretty stupid to not have an efficient and well trained staff. Also, no website??? It would be smart if they could be found on Seamless. Lots of money, not much savvy.

I was super excited about this place and hopefully there will be some improvements as they are open longer. But in an area there there are ZERO good food options this is a welcome change.
My only thing is that is SOOOOOOOOOOOO freaking expensive. Like STUPID. Who ever heard of a $ 10 smoothie? Insane

I was VERY excited to see a beautiful grocery store, like Hudson Market, right around the corner from my apartment. This area, while overflowing with brand new residential developments, has few options when it comes to food shopping.
Sadly, this establishment is so poorly managed that I can’t bare to go back. The coffee and juice bar is the least dysfunctional of the bunch, but prepare to spend 10+ minutes ordering, waiting for your drink, and paying. The bakery and salad bar are an absolute shit show. The employees have no knowledge of the ingredients or how to prepare the items that are on the menu. The last two times I’ve been there employees didn’t know about what: (1) an everything bagel was, (2) caesar dressing, (3) beets, or (4) somehow, romaine lettuce.
Let me be clear that the employees in the bakery and prepared food sections are friendly and eager to assist. Sadly, management has done them and their patrons a huge disservice by not training or supervising them.
The beautifully curated selection of groceries is a saving grace. However, I don’t know how current customer traffic will support those items being freshly stocked.
If Hudson Market can solve these issues, and even do very minimal marketing to buildings around the area, they could be everyone’s favorite neighborhood grocery store, café, and restaurant. In my building alone there are 450+ units that have no good options for food shopping and (honestly) a pretty low bar that you have to surprass.
Pull it together guys. Chelsea needs you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a higher end grocers in a growth area.
Unfortunately no one seems to know what’s going on. There’s hardly any pricing on produce and not a great range or variety. What there is is often extremely overpriced — making me really nervous to wing it on unpriced produce. Just a bit frustrated that we really need a good grocer here with great organic produce and this has fallen flat.
I have had some good helpful service, but I’ve also had servers trying hard but not really knowing what’s going on.
I hope it gets better. Ps this part of Chelsea is not a wasteland — Hudson Greenline is gorgeous, the Highline is right there, soccer and baseball fields across the road and amazing restaurants on 9^th and 10^th. Love it. Rant over!

My girlfriend and I were very excited to see a small, high-​quality grocer opening up just around the corner from her apartment building. This far west in Chelsea, the closest option is Whole Foods which is just far enough to be annoying when you have several bags to carry home.
Unfortunately, Hudson Market has been a huge disappointment. In short, the staff don’t seem like they know what’s going on, the prices are outrageous even by Manhattan standards, and the selection and signage all need improvement.
We’ve stopped by three or four times now, and in the beginning I was willing to chalk the problems up to growing pains. But a month later, the problems remain and don’t seem to be improving.
Just to give you an example, today we stopped by to pick up eggs and milk – something we hoped would be perfect for Hudson Market being just around the corner.
None of the eggs or milk were labeled, so we had no idea how much they cost relative to one another. We asked an employee if she knew how much they cost, but she said she didn’t and didn’t make any effort to find out for us. We figured, hey, it’s just a dozen eggs and a half gallon of milk, how much could it be?
We go to check out, which is always a disorganized process and the person checking people out typically has no sense of urgency. When they ring us up, the total for the eggs and milk comes to over $ 16! That’s almost 3x what it would cost at Whole Foods. My girlfriend decided to return them and just take a Citi Bike to Whole Foods, but processing the return apparently required a manager who took over 10 minutes to show up while we awkwardly waited around the checkout.
I hope Hudson Market can turn things around, because with a little effort they could have something really awesome. In the meantime, though, what they’re doing just isn’t working for us. The one upside is that at least they make Whole Foods seem reasonably priced by comparison.

Love this place and loved my first experience in it!
I will admit I often don’t spend much time thinking about the time that must go into creating prepared food dishes. The chef at Hudson Market, (Chef Jason I believe) was the first chef to make me pause and consider. He was incredibly warm, helpful, and generous in his time and with samples.
My experience alone in Hudson Market was enough to make me want to visit often AND cheer this place on but the food sealed the deal.
I can’t speak highly enough about the food (the pickles!!!) and the place as a whole.
Welcome to the neighborhood. Everyone, check em out!

What a disaster.
I went here for coffee in the morning and the barista was nowhere to be found. After looking through the store, I asked an employee where the barista was. She had no idea, and went to the back to look for her. Five minutes later, it turned out that the barista had been sitting on a tiny stool beneath the counter, completely hidden from sight. She made no effort to see if there were customers, so the manager had to physically walk around the counter to verify that she was there and she stood up with zero apology or acknowledgment of customers waiting.
The espresso was bitter and clumsily extracted.
I came back for lunch to give it another chance. I went to the salad bar, which offers a salad with 4 toppings for $ 11. First problem: HE USES THE SAME TONGS for every topping. Tuna? Blue cheese? Apples? Same tongs. New customer? Same tongs. Hope you’re not vegan.
I asked for feta cheese and the worker had to ask someone which one was the feta. The second worker thinks and stares for a minute and decides one of them is feta. It turned out to be goat cheese, not feta, even though the worker said it was «sticky like feta» (ew). At the end, I decided to add almond slivers that they keep in a second, much larger plastic container next to the other ingredients. Instead of lightly shaking the canister to add almonds, he stuck the dirty tongs into the dried almond container that they clearly will be using all week.
Finally, he overcharged me because he got me confused with another customer (there were only two customers in the entire store). I told him it should be 11.50, not $ 13, and the employee agreed with me yet still wrote down a different, but still incorrect total.
Overall, management is lacking and the staff is clueless. The space itself, however, is beautiful and clean, and their hot food bar (meat and two sides) was reasonably priced and good quality. This place is brand new – if they pull it together and train their staff better, they could get a lot of great business, but as it stands, it’s absolutely not worth returning to.

I was so looking forward to the opening of Hudson Market as I live in the neighborhood and a «farm to table» «locally sourced» offering seemed not only an awesome idea but also a welcome addition for food shopping/​option in West Chelsea.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
The store shelves are half empty, the staff has no education or how to speak about variety of their food selection, and on top of it – look at the big brand names they carry! NONE of it reflects «market» «farm» «support local» «clean» at all! And they still throw the pricetag on it all to pretend they are some «specialty shop».
FAIL! And unfortunately the day I was there management were clearly arguing with eachother and staff making a scene — awkward.
What is a beautiful large space are occupied by naked shelves and Boars Head selection at the deli counter. Just go to any supermarket and get better flow and pay reasonable prices for the same stuff.
If you live in West Chelsea try Foragers, Whole Foods (I know… still, better) Brooklyn Fare, or Chelsea Market, at least your time and dollar are respected.

The long wait is over! Big and rustic Hudson Market flung open its doors today. At first I felt a
Foragers vibe, but no– several things set it apart.
There is a meal of one meat-​two sides -$ 11
I went with turkey, grits and grilled asparagus. Yummy healthy style grits, tasty turkey– skin was super!
Another distinction is the separate eating area– this is great!
A big beautiful kitchen cooks the cuisine.
Breakfast looked promising with Davidovich bagels.
Then I saw the pastries– no signs saying Balthazar’s and the current array look generic, otherwise I look forward to many meals & Hudson Market being nearby in Chelsea! Hopefully breakfast pastries get an upgrade-:)