Impress Deli

The guy that works at night is a serious doosh bag. Looks like a cracked out meth head that just got out of rehab. Horrible service and shitty food. Never again!

Solid deli. Stopped in for a quick bite. A big selection of sandwiches, hot dishes, salads. I grabbed a buffalo chicken panini. It was tasty, but the bacon was a bit undercooked. There’s a park outside, so it’s a good place for lunch al fresco.

This is my deli. Come here all the time. They got everything I can ever need especially on drunk nights.

Peterjack lives above Impress Deli and has been coming here for years. Impress’ redeeming quality is it’s convenience. For example I just ordered 4 gatorades and a bag of sour patch cherries but to my chagrin the woman answering the phone informed me that they no longer carry sour patch cherries. Heartbreaking. Instead I was forced to go with sour patch kids extremes.
Now Peterjack lives just above Impress so all they had to do is come upstairs but still 12 minutes is a pretty solid turn around time.
While three of the four gatorades arrived ice cold, the fourth was warmer than room temperature rendering it half-​drinkable. Peterjack was pleasantly surprised by the sour patch extremes which turned out to be quite enjoyable. The green was particularly good.
Past experiences at Impress has taught Peterjack that their food behind the counter is inedible. Their chicken parmigiana sandwich is made from chicken salad with tomato sauce and cheese and is one of the worst things Peterjack has ever eaten. Stick to the packaged foods.
Also a shortcoming of impress is they don’t have milk shakes. Why not?
Impress also does not sell sriracha so overall not that well balanced.

I live above this deli, and while I’ve been a patron for quick items like milk or coffee, I never really LIKE going here, as I always get the feeling the food is about 3 hours away from spoiling.
Well today was the last time I will ever set foot in there, no matter how desperate I am for food. I needed a banana, or an orange juice before my morning run, and I went to the OJ section and found a small OJ in the fridge, but before I bought it, I went and took a look at the bananas.
There were two bunches of bananas on the shelf, both were COVERED IN BUGS. Literally crawling all over every banana, yet they remained on the shelf for sale. I was so grossed out I almost hurled on the spot. (ok, so maybe I have a weak stomach)
I went up to the counter where there is usually single bananas for sale hoping for something better, and the same thing! Bugs, EVERYWHERE. Flying around, crawling on the fruit.
This makes me wonder. If this standard is ok for their fruit, what is their standard for all the deli meats and cheeses behind the scenes. I will NEVER buy anything from this place again, and I’m tempted to call the board of health on them, because I think they need a wake up call. They are getting complacent because of their captive market on the Rivergate building, and probably lots of drunk people buying food at 2 AM.
For me, I’ll just walk the 150 yards up 34^th street to the Midtown Deli. Much better, and lower prices, plus friendlier staff.

stop, this place is not good and the people that work there are insane/​mean. they charge ridiculous prices because they have so much overhead for keeping the store open 24 hours… think about that. i have had very stale bagels there and they take a long time to prepare their food. the only thing they are good for is that the store is so close to the rivergate. and i have to admit i have been so l lazy/​hungover that i have had them deliver gatorade and a breakfast sandwich to my apt.

The Impress is a pretty good deli all around – very clean, decent enough prepared food and good selection of the other items. The best part is that they deliver and have basically no delivery minimum. When I had the flu last yr, they were great about delivering bottled water and other stuff to me since I had no energy to leave my apartment.

If you live in Rivergate OR the surrounding area, this place is top notch. Extensive deli here that even has some ok produce and groceries. Tons of pasta salads, sandwiches, paninis, and prepared foods.
24 Hour delivery and if you’re in the building, they’ll bring you anything — they brought my friend a single shot of espresso before he went out. They’ll bring you condoms at 4am. Whatever you need.
Boars Head meats mean great sammys at any time, who can beat that? And they’ll bring you beer whenever you need it at a not so absurd price.
Obviously, the high rating has to do with the convenience factor and the service — if you don’t live in the area and can benefit from delivery, it’s just a standard if not slightly better deli. But its just so convenient, I use it every day.

The food is great, I particularly like their roast beef sandwich with horseradish. Prices for food aren’t too bad, however prices for things like beer can be pretty absurd, I think they got me for like $ 15 for a 6-​pack once.

Yes Impress is expensive, but god damn are they convenient. I love the entertaining drunks that stumble in on the weekends & I love having Ginger Ale & Advil sent up to me after a hard night out.
Side Note: Your really have no business here if you don’t live in The RIvergate or work at NYU med.

the good: it’s open 24 hours and doesn’t judge a girl for coming in looking haggard from too much alcohol at 4am.
the bad: they will kick you out of their little outside seating area for not being a «patron that bought something from us today»
oh-​and their deli food isn’t anything worth bragging about, but
will work in a crunch, or if you feel really really lazy-​oooor, you are just too drunk to tell the difference but have it in your head that putting something in your stomach before going to sleep WILL SOOOO help you not have a hangover the next day