Melissa’s Gourmet

i am not a regular but i do come here once or twice a week just for their chicken salad on a roll. their chicken salad is pretty tasty. coffee is ok. got their salad once and had a stomach ache afterwards. so yea, this place can be a hit or a miss.

I definitely don’t understand all of the negative reviews. Stopped in for a salad last night after a concert at Lincoln Center. Found the service to be courteous and prompt. The options for toppings on the salad were more than adequate, and for the price, it was fantastic. I will definitely be back, when I’m in the neighborhood!

Lots of choices and speedy service but they will short you on weight. Disappointing discovery after years of going there. Just out of principle i will not go back. Fortunately compelled me to try Alans Market around corner and found up 20% savings and honest pricing. Very much worth the short walk.

This is unacceptable. Today I purchased a salad, while enjoying my salad I discovered a hair in my salad. I am so displeased, I disposed of what was left as soon as i came across it. I have wasted my money and lunch brake. Also one of the cashier has an attitude every time a costumer is paying. I will never again give them my business.

Tried this place a few times and each time I’ve vowed to never come back. Staff is inattentive behind the counter. Had to try pretty hard to get my bacon, egg and cheese order in. The sandwich itself is just terrible too. They’re lucky to be the only option in the area.

This place nickel-​and-​dimes you at every turn. For one, there’s a $ 1 upcharge to have your sandwich on a wrap. This I can understand, though – it probably takes a little more meat, etc. to fill up a wrap as opposed to bread slices. But recently I asked them to add lettuce, tomato, and onion to one of their sandwiches that didn’t come with either, and they told me that it would cost seventy five cents extra for EACH add-​on! Today, I asked them to add hot peppers, and they tried to charge me seventy five cents extra for these – without telling me about the added cost until it was my turn to pay. (Note: I’ve been getting hot peppers added for weeks, and this is the first time they charged me more).
This practice is ridiculous. Lettuce, tomatoes, hot peppers, onions, whatever – these are standard toppings for any sandwich at any deli. It shouldn’t cost me three dollars extra to enjoy the basics.
Never again. Too bad, because the sandwiches are tasty otherwise.

Just got lunch for the family. Not from around here, so we needed a little help with the menu. A gentleman from behind the counter help us get our «New York sandwiches. «He even took the time to run down the street after I forgot a sandwich! Way to represent NYC. PS. sandwiches were great!

I went to get an Italian sandwich on a hero with onions, lettuce & oil and vinegar. I got back to my desk and it was on a small roll with tomatoes and peppers. It had no onions and it was all lettuce with like a slice of cheese, ham and salami. Never again.

Do you like nice, homestyle breakfast platters? With fresh muffins, English toast and all the warmhearted commodities of home? If you do then you do not want to go here. Melissa’s gourmet deli is only 66% right. It should just be called Melissa’s deli because obviously the gourmet has left the building. This is a below average multi selection style deli and breakfast place on Broadway only two blocks from Lincoln Center. And because it’s the only deli in an eight Block radius, this place should be packed at all times. But on a good day you may only see about eight or 10 patrons in there. That should have been my first hint that this place was going to disappoint right off the bat. And the patrons inside are Probably all locals who are just getting the safe bet. The buttered roll, and coffee.
Well I was tired of walking, and between the stomach rumblings and sweat beating down the small of my back, decided that their subpar air-​conditioning and half assed service with just have to do.
The menu, posted on the wall with hand written items as well as chalk written specials marred the entire ceiling. It was totally confusing so as opposed to trying to figure out what half of the aforementioned items were, (I did not have a CIA code breaker at the time) I decided to go with one of the breakfast or lunch Staples. I chose a BLT. Now I’m sure all of you out there reading this, have often wondered the answer to the age old question «who could possibly screw up a BLT? «well my friends, it’s your lucky day because I have the answer. Melissa’s gourmet deli can.
Dried whole wheat toast smeared with a microscopic layer of tasteless mayonnaise, layered with rockhard Romain leaves a couple of pieces of Unripe chunky beefsteak tomato and to top it all off some delicious succulent microwaved bacon. I mean if this bacon were living in Japan in the 1940s, it might as well have been called the Hiroshima BLT. Because the inexperienced and uncaring fry cooks managed to nuke the shit out of this pork. To the point where I was looking for a piece of cardboard to put on the sandwich for some moisture.
Although the cashier and staff were attractive and very nice people, the food that they offer leaves nothing to be desired. They’ve got a gold mine at their feet because of their location yet refuse to kick it up a notch and put a Little love and extra time into their food. If the owner of the deli ever steps outside, I suggest that he or she find out what bus the «gourmet «left on and chase them down and bring them back. Because right now in my opinion, Melissa’s gourmet deli is only the equivalent to those little vending machines that you would find next to the animal pens at the zoo. The ones that you put a quarter in to get the dry nuggets out and feed the goats. But if You are into that kind of thing, purchase an item and after your first taste and immediate disgust, there is a cool homeless guy with a little pitbull named Nitro that is usually outside on the sidewalk. And he and his pup would always appreciate a free meal.

I love this place. Great sandwiches and friendly service!!!

Blergh. The veggies at the salad bar looked like they’d been sitting out forever — peas discolored, corn looked shriveled — and I should have listened to my instinct and walked out.
Instead I got a salad, with a hard-​boiled egg as my protein, and when I opened the container I saw that the yolk was all grey like a really old egg. Then I took one bite, and there was an overall sour taste, like all the ingredients had turned a little. Into the trash, and never going there for lunch again.

I went here one day and got a turkey, american cheese, lettuce and mayo on a roll.; when i got back to my desk and opened the sandwich i was disgusted. Their was like 2 slice of turkey and one slice of cheese but plenty of lettuce. WTF??? To make it worse, it was over $ 7.
A word to the owner 1. read the reviews on here 2. tell your staff to be more polite to their customers
I have been in the deli business for over 15 years, I have worked for some big name companies. I know what it cost to make a sandwich. You cannot be serving sandwiches that small with that price. Terrble.
Never coming back here again.

I honestly and genuine have no complaints and am very happy with the food and service. I work on 68^th st, and have lunch delivered and it is always delivered in a timely matter and made fresh. My go-​to is a chicken Caesar wrap, and it is absolutely delicious. I definitely recommend this place!

Warning: DO NOT use your credit card at Melissa’s, several people have had fraudulent charges after using their cards.

I ordered an english muffin with peanut butter… which was $ 4. Alright, I get it, we’re in NYC. But, when the guy handed my order to the cashier saying «english muffin with butter». She tells him that’s wrong and he went to make me another one. Surprisingly it was done in more than half the time that I was waiting there for the first one. So, I asked if he just put peanut butter on it on top of the butter. The cashier assured me he didn’t. Well, I should have trusted my instinct and checked it because he did. $ 4 english muffin with butter & peanut butter. Awesome. Never going back.

I’m not sure how this place is getting so many negative reviews considering how utterly expensive and mediocre food is in the upper west side (it really has the most bland food in the city at a high price point). That said i’m only here for lunch when the food is fresh so maybe that accounts for the difference.
The lunch specials/​hot meals are good when they are freshly cooked. I just had jambalaya and jerk chicken and both were exploding with flavor. It’s not the best i ever had, but it’s certainly better than the corporate cafeteria. When you add to the fact $ 8.50 is not gonna get you anything in this neighborhood it makes it’s pretty economical to eat here. If you are expecting quality i don’t even know where you go in this neighborhood for that. I haven’t had a good sandwich anywhere in Lincoln Square/​UWS. If you are trying to save for a vacation or spare drinking money this is where you go to.

Don’t order any hot sandwiches. Don’t order any sandwiches at all for that matter. I found string in my Philly cheese steak last night and I’ve been on the toilet ever since. Even if there weren’t random non edible objects in the sandwich it was still poorly made and tasted like card board. Go to the sandwich shop across the street. You’ll thank me later.
Oh did I mention the 2 slices of cheese and 2 slices of roast beef cost me $ 12.00!!! Rip off.

Good sandwiches.

I do not recommend Melissa’s Gourmet, neither as a grocery store nor as an eatery — with Whole Foods and Morton Williams and ‘wichcraft nearby, there’s really no reason to come here… Everything is over-​priced, they’re not very generous with their sandwiches or soups or salads (portions are small and they charge for absolutely each and every little special request — $ 0.75 for a piece of lettuce? $ 0.75 for a slice of tomato?), and the people at the cash registers are really slow oftentimes very rude.

$ 15 for a six pack of Bud Light, $ 3 for Vitamin Water, $ 2 for a soda… get my drift?
Most the food looks like it’s been setting out for hours.
Coffee sucks too.
They do have good bagels and breakfast sandwiches though.