MAPLE

Just tried Maple for the first time yesterday– prompting me to create a Unilocal profile. Wow!
Thanking the food gods for the deliciousness that is Maple. I ordered the curried vegetables and a green juice– 30 minutes later… boom! Hot, yummy food at my work. This may sound weird but even the packaging was cool. And the cherry on top was the sugar cookie from Milk Bar. Yum!
Easy, fast and reasonably priced. You have a repeat customer, Maple!

The best ever in this emerging category of delivery on demand. The flavors, spices, freshness of it all is exquisite. This is a company that truly delivers on its promise. We ordered two entrees and we have plenty for either lunch or dinner tonight. Notches above any other service.

Sometimes, I wonder why I work in FiDi, possibly one of the worst places to be in New York when you want an exciting culinary experience. After running out of inspirations for where to go for lunch, I discovered Maple, and it’s been a game changer since!
1). Ordering lunch via the Maple app takes less than a minute, and it allows you to pre-​order for whatever delivery time frame you want. The price of $ 12 is all inclusive, so you don’t have to worry about additional tipping, taxes, or delivery fees.
2). The options very much embrace the idea of fresh, farm-​to-​table, healthy ingredients. For the especially health-​conscious folks, every ingredient is listed in detail on the app. The rotating daily menu features a wide array of asian fusion options, including a spicy tofu soba salad and braised duck sandwich. For those with a sweet tooth, the meal includes one cookie from Momofuku Milkbar!
3). Presentation matters! And Maple gets it! Yay! The deliveries come in these adorable customized brown bags, which look much more like shopping bags from a cute boutique shop in Soho than a lunch bag.
Overall, I’m really glad I have Maple as an option! The only thing preventing me from giving it a 5 is that I don’t always love the meats (ahem, I’m looking at you dry grilled chicken). Yes it’s plain and healthy, but I love my flavors!

I still cannot believe I got this healthy, warm, flavorful meal delivered to me in SoHo in less than 30 mins for $ 12… TWELVE AMERICAN DOLLARS!!! I seriously thought I was being punk’d when I saw their email. I wouldnt consider myself a «Foodie» but I’d rather starve than eat the bland, overpriced food they offer here in SoHo. This food was freakin AMAZING! I got the duck sandwich with steamed veggies. I have never had duck before and actually cringed at the thought of trying it. But I did and I LOVED IT! Unlike other restaurants that deliver, Maple packages their food in eco-​friendly containers that «travel well» (no soggy food/​bread).
I will use them often!

Ah Maple, just your packaging alone keeps me wanting to come back. I’m a super for well bagged anything. The mission: Terrific. I really like what they’re doing with the healthy, reasonably priced, delivery service. I ordered lunch for the first time this week. I got the Soba noodle bowl (great they have ½ vegetarian options per menu). Although it arrived an hour and a half after I ordered it– which the system told me– I was still a little annoyed and staved by the time it got to me. Customer Service realized it was a busy time and gave me a $ 12 credit! So awesome! Definitely ordering lunch next week.
They’re still working out the kinks in the system and trying to make it better but overall– very convenient, plus $ 12 with meal/​tax/​delivery/​tip included– and HEALTHY? AND IN NYC? Can’t be beat unless you want cornerstore $ 1 slice pizza.
I only docked the star for delivery time and when it actually got to me.

It is difficult to learn from their website the area Maple delivers to. Whatever address I enter I get the response «We don’t deliver to this address.’

Airplane (first class) food is the best description I’ve got for Maple. Took a gamble and ordered 2 lunches with a coworker today, and found it rather mediocre. Surely, this is beyond-​average when traveling in a plane miles above dining establishments. Or, for someone working in a food desert of Financial District as mentioned by previous reviews.
Broccoli-​Parmesan cake (or whatever it was) was good. The carrot side dish was awful– the pieces were cut so uneven that some were raw, others burnt. The salad was sub-​par and rather soggy by the time it arrived on my desk. My colleague order the Indian-​inspired lunch option, and it was okay. The food isn’t terrible (carrots aside), but it could be better.
I would give Maple a try once more if the mood strikes. For now, I’ll stick to my trusted Seamless orders.

I have been trying to wait as long as possible to write this review, but I can no longer contain my love for Maple. $ 12 for lunch delivered to you including tax and tip. Yessssss. In my workhood (Soho) you can’t get anything delivered for less than $ 16/​$ 18 and it’s not going to be healthy; so while $ 12 does not seem to be an economic value, it definitely is. Another reason I loving Maple is there are 3 – 4 choices of meals for lunch every day, and usually I can choose between 1 or 2 as a pescatarian. I have been digging their salads in a big way. Here’s what used to happen at lunch before Maple:
— leave the office to grab a salad for lunch to eat at my desk.
— return with an Italian hero with at least a pound of fresh mozzarella on it.
Or
— return with a monster veggie burger with fries (and yes, they gave me the option for a side salad instead of fries and I said FRIES).
Here’s what happens after Maple:
— Wake up and peruse the menu while drinking coffee on my sofa. Select a salad. Go to work.
— Receive a text message when my lunch has been delivered.
Things run much more smoothly now that Maple is in my life.
Some dishes I’ve loved:
Haloumi, walnut, and grilled onion salad
Grilled shrimp ceaser salad
Tomato and black olive Greek salad
Kale and Quinoa Bowl
Some dishes that were okay but I’m not sure I’d order again:
Shrimp and Quinoa bowl
Some dishes I disliked:
Roasted cauliflower and Brussels sprout salad (bland)
Korean Tofu with kimchi brown rice (rice not editable)
The Korean tofu dish came with almost completely uncooked brown rice, which meant 80% of the lunch wasn’t editable. After each order you have the opportunity to rate each dish, and in this instance I gave the lowest rating and said why. Not only did Maple refund the cost of my order for that day, but they also gave me a credit for another lunch. What impressed me most about this exchange was I did not even send them an email complaint, but they caught the issue just from my user feedback.
Although some of the salads have a little bit of a carbohydrates in them (quinoa, wild rice, ect) I would like it if they included a small piece of bread with salads. Other than providing a calorie estimate of each meal and throwing in a small roll; I’m not sure how they could improve this service. After two weeks I’m loving this service and more often than not really impressed with the quality of the food. Also, I love that all of their packaging is compost friendly!

I’m so happy to have a new lunch option!
Lunch in Soho gets expensive, especially for healthy options. Lunch delivered for $ 12 all inclusive is amazing, especially given the good quality.
I get so excited to check the menu each morning. I love that they have low carb and vegetarian options.
Order early because they do sell out!

I’ve ordered from Maple twice in the past five days and I must say I’m hooked. My first order was the north african chicken and my co-​worker got the ham and cheese. Everything was perfect except that my chicken was was a bit cold. In asking for my feedback that day I explained it in the comments section and as an apology they gave me credit towards my next order. The customer service is great and the response time is fast.
My 2^nd order was the Vietnamese beef salad which was amazing. All the veggies were crisp and fresh and the beef was warm and cooked to a perfect medium rare. For $ 12 dollar lunches in the city I’m not sure you can do much better.

I’ve been ordering maple for a couple months now and have been really satisfied with my experience. Food is always fresh and hot, and I can tell they are made with high quality ingredients. They recently introduced an order ahead feature so I can order in the morning and designate when I want the delivery to arrive for lunch later… Super convenient. My favorite part of every meal is their maple sugar cookie!!!

They’ve redeemed themselves and enhanced their delivery process. Got my kale/​avocado salad in 30 mins. Perfect

I got the tamarind-​glazed pork, which comes with kale, snow peas and sweet potatoes (super paleo btw). All the vegetables on the side are delicious, although the sweet potato was a tad under. The pork itself had the right temperature as I could see the center had hint of pink, but eating it was still a chore — When I was cutting through the meat with provided utensils it really sounded like I was sawing wood, so I gave up and started to bite directly from the meat itself like a true paleo man. I also wish the tamarind flavor actually went into the meat itself. May I suggest thinning it out?
Delivery was prompt and the website is super easy to use.

Its my first order from maple & I ordered the moroccan roast chicken for lunch. It taste good & fast delivery. Its very affordable too. Cost me $ 12 with tax & tips included. Thanks to maple for having the yummy & healthy meal!

It’s okay. I wasn’t blown away by the food. David Chang and some star chefs may have come up with the menu but it’s nothing that any other restaurant couldn’t have come up with. Maybe that was their downfall for me, I expected some inventiveness like Momofuku but was given just good food. Other than that gimmick to get you to try a first order, I thought the food was good. Not great but not bad, somewhere in the middle.
Here’s what I ordered:
— Red wine braised short ribs with roasted potatoes, brussel sprouts, and butternut squash: Unfortunately the short ribs were really dry and there wasn’t enough sauce to moisten it up. I was disappointed. The sides were good though but nothing I couldn’t make at home.
— Steamed hake with ginger cabbage, sauteed mushrooms, and broccoli: Steamed hake lacked salt so it tasted bland. Hake is a white fish so by itself, the taste is already little to mild, since it was Asian themed, it should’ve had some ginger, scallions, cilantro, or soy sauce like traditional steamed fish. Instead, it came kind of bare and just bland all around. The broccoli was good but was shaved and could’ve used more flavoring as well. There was a small dab of the Korean gochujang-​like sauce but it could’ve used more. The mushrooms were good, seasoned well, but were cold.
Delivery: Very quick, I received my food just under 30 minutes.
Overall, for the price, I would say that $ 15 for short ribs incl tax and tip isn’t bad. But dry short ribs isn’t any better than really well cooked chicken or pork. I don’t know if I’d order again but I wouldn’t shun it from my repertoire. It just probably wouldn’t be my first choice.

It tastes like airplane food to me, think of the food that you would get on your an American Airline flight across the Atlantic!
I got a coupon from my colleague for a free lunch, so my expectations are pretty low. I got grilled chicken with tomato sauce and grilled potatoes. Chicken was dry, tomato sauce tasted like it had just came out of a can. Food was overall plain and boring. I wish they spent less on fancy packaging and more on the food

All these new meal/​restaurant services out there and the one thing they can’t deliver is timely deliverys, warm food and top quality. Maple has all of this, doesn’t break the bank. I love the simplistic all inclusive pricing. And it’s food that you don’t feel bad about eating, it’s a way to get your vegetables in a well balanced meal. Continually hits it out of the park for me.

Dear Maple,
Can you please expand to Midtown? Maybe work with corporate offices as an additional alternative to Seamless? Your food is much better and cheaper than a majority of restaurants on Seamless. So I’d actually be eating better food AND saving my employer money!
So far I’ve had:
Arctic char twice — both times amazing
Lamb — very good
Citrus ginger tofu — surprisingly good
Mushroom poblano chimichanga — decent
Despite offering only three choices per meal, at least from my own sampling it seems like your food is consistently high quality and made with choice ingredients. It’s always a challenge to (1) cook takeout food — so easy to be cold/​wilted/​overcooked by the time it gets delivered and (2) cook food in bulk that tastes good — think most weddings where everyone has three (bland and unmemorable) choices. Somehow you pull it off, I imagine through clever, balanced recipe design and precise execution.
I also love how easy to use your Über-​like app is, and the friendly delivery guys who don’t just speak in grunts. It’s nice you always pack utensils, and nothing beats being able to plan in advance because I get the menu in my inbox ahead of meal time.
I’m convinced you’d be a $$$ restaurant if you had a physical embodiment. Are you operating at a huge loss? Is that how you pull this off? Whatever it is, please keep it coming.
Xoxo
Me
(Edit: apparently Maple is co-​founded by David Chang of Momofuku, with an executive chef who worked at Le Bernardin. So maybe even a $$$$ restaurant then…
)

Portions are good for lunch or dinner — you’ll be fed — but for the price I expected a little more.
I recently enjoyed an order of stir-​fried glass noodles with portabello mushrooms. It got to me in a jiffy (they quoted 30 minutes, and my delivery guy got to me in 20), and the food was freshly-​cooked. Or at least freshly-​warmed. There was plenty of flavor to go around, though I naturally sriracha’d up my veggies[1].
Packaging was top notch — I still have my Maple bag, and the containers are biodegradable.
For whatever reason — they’re probably scaling up operations — this service only is available in the Financial District as of this review.
[1] I’m dead inside and need my hot sauce.

One of the perks of living in financial district is that we are the only ones to have MAPLE deliver to us. I have been receiving the menu emails for awhile now, so I decided to give it a try for dinner.
Delivery:
It says it will be delivered within thirty minutes. My order came in 23 minutes and was warm when it arrived. Signed up for the notifications of my delivery. It was very on point and worked perfectly.
Food:
I ordered the Blackened Sirloin Steak Tips. The side came with onions, peppers, plantains, and horseradish chimichurri. The meal size was perfect and all of it was very delicious.
Pricing:
For this dinner, I think $ 15 was a great deal. That total included the tip and delivery charge. Can’t really beat that in my opinion.
Overall:
I thought this was a perfect dinner. I’m looking forward to ordering more in the future and trying other dishes on the menu.