Rockwell’s

So I use to get my omelettes here in the morning, a western omelette. One day I skipped the breakfast and came in at 12 during lunch. They have all the ingredients and equipment to make the omelette in front of them but would charge me double what I would pay in the morning. These guys just make up prices as they go. You pay a dollar or quarter more or less every day for the same thing.

this place runs a very shady business. i ordered the sausage egg on a roll and one day they charged me $ 2.50 and the next day they charged me $ 3.00 and the cashier was very unfriendly and straight out saying i don’t know about the price you would have to ask the chef is whatever they want to charge. does it mean tomorrow if i go back they will charge me $ 4.00 for the exact same thing i order. is very ridiculous. i won’t go back there.

The service is horrible. They take your order and then completely forget about it. Never going there again. Don’t think they’ve cleaned the grill in years

I always passed this place on the way to lunch and thought that on this particular day I would give it a try. I walked in at around 2:30…
I ordered a cheese sandwich. The server hastily asked «what I wanted on it?» (I found it odd that he was in such a rush since the joint was barely occupied) I said «Everything but mayonnaise». Then he asked me three more times what did I want on my sandwich. For the fourth time I say everything. He says «whats everything? Huh?! You want Ketchup! Huh?» with an attitude. So he begins to cut my sandwich and wrap it when I say «What about the pickles, onions. jalapenos, salt, pepper and oil and vinegar He looks at me with a grimace and proceeds to shovel hand fulls of jalapeño onto my sandwich, Gigantic chunks of (un-​separated) onion then pours streams of vinegar and finishes with a heaping helping of salt. Thanks a lot you Queef.
Lucky for me I actually like a vinegary taste and I just scooped off the extra onions. And it looked like he poured a lot more salt than I actually tasted. I didn’t want to be an a hole and not pay for the sandwich plus I was really hungry at the time. Don’t think I’ll be back though.

Their seamless page says they have a $ 5 minimum to deliver to my place. I placed an order with a $ 7 sandwich. I went to do some work expecting my sandwich to arrive soon, and all I got is an email saying my order got canceled with no reason given. Apparently they like to cancel your order as they please. Never tried their food. Never interested any more.

Rockwell’s is the first FiDi deli I’ve been to after being trapped at the mouth of Holland Tunnel – Soho, if you please – for years. (My company moved.)
And, I must say, this place is a dump. Everything’s dirty, broken, leaning and by a trash can – they have multiple ones close to the cooking areas. You walk in and you want to immediately walk out. Shame on the owners or management for the condition of this store.
But the service is quick and actually quite nice. And the pushover in me didn’t want to say this place is too dirty for me to buy anything from, so I tried it and my egg, turkey bacon and cheese sandwich wasn’t half bad. I thoroughly checked it for anything suspicious – a testament to how much I trust Rockwell’s – and found nothing wrong with it. It didn’t make me sick.
Or so it seems. I doubt I’ll return though.

Rockwell’s is a good spot to get take out lunch in the Financial District. They have most of your basic lunch sandwiches and also different specials everyday. They also have a salad station where you can construct a «make your own» salad. The food isn’t exactly healthy, but it’s pretty tasty. I recommend the Panini sandwiches.
The prices are good for NYC. Most of the lunches are between $ 6 and $ 7. The staff is very friendly and will probably memorize your order within a few visits. Also, even on busy days, your food comes out fast.
They have a seating area upstairs, but the atmosphere there isn’t very inviting. I prefer to take my food out instead of eating there.

Fast, bodega-​style breakfast sandwiches. VERY quick delivery. I wish they had better fruit selection. Salads aren’t that great, but this is definitely a solid place for quick, good food in FiDi.

Very low prices, very large portions, but quality and flavor just aren’t there. While the service and delivery are fast and friendly, the food is just greasy salty bodega diner style. Albeit, not in a particularly good way.

For $ 6.45 in the city, I had my hopes up as I was thinking that I was getting a pretty good deal for their burger special (burger, fries and a beverage) during my lunch break. What can go wrong right? I’m spending a lot less than what I could easily be spending somewhere else for a lunch burger. Unfortunately, I found out quickly that I was paying for exactly what I was getting.
Right off the bat, the burger was bland and not attractive at all. The patty was pretty flat on 2 plain old sesame buns. I had American cheese and pickles added to the burger, but it didn’t really help the flavorless patty much. As for the fries, thumbs up for that at least. I’m not sure if they’re fresh cut, but the slices were pretty thick and they weren’t half bad. However, in the end, I was paying for the burger and not the fries so if the burger wasn’t good then the meal was a failure. Beware of the burger special!

Another great place in the Financial District to grab breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner. Some days I get to work at 7AM and my breakfast is already ready! You must try their eggs/​cheese/​potato sandwich. My usual for lunch is chicken cutlet sandwich either with rice or on a roll. They have a seating area upstairs which is flooded with tourists especially during the hours of breakfast and lunch. Overall it’s a great spot with excellent services. The guys behind the counter are super friendly.

Just ordered one grilled chicken breast to put on my salad and was charged $ 7. Coincidentally, the credit card minimum is also $ 7!
When I questioned this price the cashier was extremely rude and just repeated the cost to me. Who needs them?

My morning coffee spot — large coffee, albeit mediocre, for $ 1.35. That’s a value for anywhere in NYC, actually undercutting the price at many corner carts in the area.
Breakfast sandwiches are fresh, satisfying and efficiently prepared to order, regardless of the crowd.
Food prep staff is friendly and efficient. Register /​coffee ladies are the same faces every day but can be hot & cold, depending on the day.
Sandwiches are nothing to write home about but value and efficiency is good.
Kudos to Rockwell’s for quickly bouncing back after Hurricane Sandy, when the rest of Water Street was a ghost town.

**Delivery Review**
The other day, I was craving a sandwich for lunch. After browsing around Seamless, I saw Rockwell’s and thought why not? So I placed an order for a turkey sandwich on wheat. I chose a 12:00 delivery. At 12:15 I noticed my food had still not arrived and since they are located so close to my office, I found this be a bit strange. I quickly called them and the man who answered said my food had been brought back since the delivery guy said he called me «5 times» and left «3 messages» but no one answered. My office has a messenger center that will call us to get our food (food deliveries are not allowed to be sent upstairs on their own) if the delivery guy cannot get through. Did I have any missed calls? Nope. Any messages? Definitely not. I told the man on the phone this and his response was, «Someone’s lying. Goodbye». Then he hung up.
So I waited a few more minutes and my food did arrive. The delivery guy magically got through to me this time to tell me it was downstairs. I went to the messenger center, reached for my bag, and he shoved it at me. Oh, okay. The sandwich was good but extremely messy due to the terrible bread they use. They also put on WAY too much mustard. Overall, for nearly $ 10, it’s not worth it. The whole staff seems to be snotty and the food isn’t that great.

The sandwiches and wraps are great here and the daily special is always worth a try. The staff is pleasant and efficient this a good one or twice a week lunch place.

I would order from here every other day usually the veggie burger with fries the last time my bf went and they gave him a turkey burger tried twice to fix it the cook argued me down I will not go back the owners are nice though smh

I hate it here. With so many other breakfast/​coffee spots in the neigborhood, why would you choose this one? They are unfriendly, unhelpful, and the food/​coffee is nothing special. It’s an assembly line and everyone in there seems miserable. Too bad, from the outside it looks very charming.

Standard deli, with standard FiDi prices. When I worked in the area, I came here as a last resort, as it was convenient to the office, and one of the earliest places open.
At 7 AM, breakfast is pretty much all you’re going to get at most places.
Once I really wanted a lunch sandwich early, so I asked if that was possible. The guy behind the counter gave me a look, but indulged me: I left with a sandwich decked out with roast pork, sliced ham, Swiss cheese, mustard, and pickles. It wasn’t life-​changing, but I didn’t have to eat until a little after noon.

Fast and cheap place to stop in for breakfast or lunch. The people behind the counter are nice and– more importantly for those mornings I’m running late but still REALLY want a hot breakfast– fast. They get shit DONE.
Don’t go here if you’re expecting a real NY bagel or quality, gourmet food, but for what it is it’s a real solid place. Also, props to them for being able to open very quickly after Sandy– not that I blame any other place for having to stay closed, but Rockwell’s definitely saved me a bunch of times when this area was a dead zone.
Overall the food is decent, but I’m giving it four stars because I come here too often not to.

Seems like a run of the mill typical deli style sandwich shop for the area.
TIPS: take out only. no indoor seating/​eating
7 dollar minimum on credit cards
Pros: Best buffalo chicken sandwich i have yet to find in the area. the buffalo sauce is nice and buffaloie and it kicks a little bit.
Cons: Didn’t find any cons.

Wer es gerne üppig und FETT mag ist hier genau richtig — hier gibt es die Dinge die man nur den Amerikanern zutraut — fettes Frühstück — zum Verzehr für Europäer nur bedingt zum Empfehlen. Mir lag das Essen sehr schwer im Magen. Doch wat solls — es hat geschmeckt und der Service war einfach nur berauschend. Da ich die handgeschriebenen Angebotstafeln nicht so recht entziffern konnte wurde mir alles gezeigt. Der Laden war brechend voll und trotzdem hat man sich Zeit genommen — bemerkenswert. Also hier mal rein schauen und einfach mal testen. Preis /​Leistung geht voll in Ordnung — der Geschmack wie gesagt gewöhnungsbedürftig aber dann voll in Ordnung.