Yura on Madison

I come here at least 3 times a week for a soy latte and a sugarless scone. This place is so amazing!!! I also love the turkey chili and the sandwiches. You really can’t go wrong. The workers are nice and I’m always in and out quickly – even if there’s a line. Would highly recommend this place to a friend needing a quick snack in the UES.

An excellent eatery — good food, great range of goodies, extremely helpful staff, prices about what you expect in the area. I shop there 2 – 3 times a week, never been disappointed. Highly recommended.

This place is delish! Sure, there are students and moms with strollers but the food is excellent. Get the omelette for breakfast if you’re really hungry — you won’t be disappointed. The salads are good too. One salad could feed two people. The staff is friendly and the prices quite decent for the city and area.

Yura is great! If you live in the neighborhood you’ll quickly become addicted. Nice café atmosphere to sit at snack time. High ceilings give the old bakery feel to the atmosphere. Employees are always helpful when I come in.
They have prepared foods as well. Lots of items to take to work if you’re on the go.
I’ve never been disappointed. They’ve been in business a long time. They know how to get it right!

OK spot to grab a bite on shop-​heavy Madison, complete with the standard prepared foods and a bit of seating. The ready-​to-​go pastries are OK, like the lemon bundts and slices of cake.

Fun bakery with delicious cupcakes, cookies, breads, deli made sandwiches and salads, good beverage choices. When it’s not too busy, there’s seating to relax and munch on goodies. The service is pretty good, and the pastries are excellent. It’s a fun spot! They also offer good oatmeal, bagels and coffee!

My realtor held an open house in my apt. and catered from Yura. I tasted the leftovers and thought the sandwiches were delicious. I threw a birthday party this weekend and thought to try the birthday cake from here. OMG! It was fabulous and all my guests raved. I thought all of the staff were so polite and helpful. From the person who took my order to the person who checked on it for me to the delivery person. They were all amazing. I am a faithful customer from here. Thank you Yura.

Disgusting. Go to Eli’s instead. The chicken nuggets and cinnamon puffs are good but not worth the horrendous and rude staff. Slow, attitudey ALWAYS but today I hit my limit when I was refused service for incorrectly queuing. Apparently I stood on the wrong side of the counter – which I did so I wouldn’t block the entire way with my huge stroller and bc there’s really no room for a stroller where you’re expected to queue. Did not know how strictly enforced the line rule is until tiny tyrant Sofia REFUSED service bc I was in the wrong place, even after I explained I was next and why I was standing where I was. She knew of course I was next because it was only the people she was waiting on ahead of me when I arrived and the rest of the line arrived after. For a place whose business is built on families in the neighborhood they are so unfriendly. The fact that you can barely get in the door with a stroller makes it pretty clear you should take your business else where.
Edit: read the other reviews after posting mine. Amazing that so many people have the same impression of the staff. Glad I didn’t waste my time waiting for the manager to get off the phone, seems they aren’t bothered by consistently bad reviews of their staff members.

Their pies are REALLY good.
But the service is MEH.
I often come right after a night shift which coincides with when they open. At least once a month. I usually take 1 – 3 slices home with me to share with the family, but its like pulling teeth to find out what they have, how much is it, what does that name mean (chess pie is not obvious!) and any other questions. I’ve often been tempted to have breakfast there but the service is just so chilly I end up ordering a slice or two of pies and then walking on home and making breakfast myself.
If the service picked up just a notch, this would be a 5 star review. It really does make that much of a difference. And I would likely come every week after my night shift with my coworkers (cuz I have them literally half of the month) instead of once a month by myself when the craving hits.

Great for take-​out or a quick meal. The food never disappoints. I like the coffee at Yura’s better than Starbucks.

Careful of the prices, as your wallet will feel a lot lighter when you exit the door onto Madison Avenue! That said, I love the roast chicken and chive mayonnaise sandwiches on white bread. It doesn’t help that the baked goods at Yura are dangerously good! The chocolate chip scones are my weakness along with the cupcakes.

Came here to pick up breakfast.
Ordered:
omelette
egg and ham sandwich on croissant
soup
Pros:
Food is good
Easy convenient take out
Friendly staff
Cheap prices
Good iced tea
Cons:
lacking ambiance
benches outside but too sunny to sit out there

It’s like our neighborhood cafeteria. After many years of going weekly, I’m happy to see some new more friendly servers, my only complaint is the service — when you go to the same place all the time, it would be nice to be greeted with a smile — the cashiers seem tired. But all in all it’s good, convenient and a great neighborhood spot.

The food here is not bad, but the people at the counter are just, consistently horrible!
I’ve been coming here sporadically for 7 years and the place just hasn’t changed. How you can have such consistently rude people behind the counter over such a long period of time indicates some sort of underlying managerial dysfunction. There is no reason to be so rude to people!!!

This place is awesome! I came here before an interview at Sinai, because my hotel hadn’t opened for breakfast yet. So happy I did! It was ridiculously expensive, but I’m not knocking a star off for that, because its NY.
Got a breakfast sandwich on a bagel. The eggs were fluffy, ham was perfect, and they used awesome cheese. My coffee was great – strong but not bitter. I also got an extra bagel for later (which was super fresh and fluffy), and also got a cream cheese brownie for later. When I had it later it blew my mind with how tasty it was!
I only wish I could have gone there for more meals, because I wanted to try more stuff!

I’ve been going to Yura since finding you on 3^rd Ave. about 12 years ago.
I haven’t had the same experiences as some of the other reviewers. I have also found the staff both friendly and knowledgable… are they overly friendly, no. But they are great, they get you served and out quickly. I go whenever I’m in the neighborhood.
Love the Salmon Salad and the delicious basil dressing! Best chicken fingers, turkey meatloaf and awesome soups! The baked goods are just delicious! Scones, cakes, cookies, muffins, pudding and PIES! We just had a slice of the Coconut Custard pie and I would have given it a Blue Ribbon. Super flakey crust and perfect custard flavor and texture.

Used them for catering to be delivered 5 blocks from their establishment. The guy who took the order assured me that it would be delivered NO LATER than 5pm.
At 5;05 I called to make sure they’re close and it turns out the delivery guy never left. No apology no sense of urgency. They said, it would be delivered in in 15 minutes. Fine, I say. (What choice did I have?) That’s only 5 north/​south blocks – 5 min. of walking. They were 40 minutes late!!!
NEVER AGAIN WOULD I PATRONIZE THIS PLACE. Not dependable and not even nice about it.

I have visitors in from out of town and my friend wanted a simple cup of coffee. I remember this place was bad from my first experience, but because she just wanted coffee and it was right across from my apartment, we decided to stop in really quick.
Just what I thought. VERY VERY VERY RUDE customer service! My friend ordered her coffee, and was told it would be called when it was ready. We waited for a long time until finally we went up to the cashier and she says, «You need to wait!» Mean while, her coffee had been sitting there the WHOLE time. When we told her that was her coffee sitting there, she grabbed the coffee and seemed very irritated with us.
The management needs to teach their employees about customer service! We were extremely courteous towards her and in return were treated disrespectfully.

Quite expensive so this is more of a once-​every-​few-​months treat yourself kind of lunch/​breakfast spot. Definitely could not afford coming more than that. But all the food is fresh and made daily.
The baked goods are delicious. My all time favorite is the seasonal key lime pie. Huge slices prepackaged and one of the best I’ve ever tasted. The meringue on to it too did for. Lots of options, though, even if you’re not into key lime pie… so it’s always hard to leave Yura without some sort of dessert (great cookies too)!
The sandwiches and salads are also excellent. I always tried to switch it up but the Lucas Chicken Salad was too good to pass on. The dressing… the best! Much too small a space and overrun with strollers to stay and eat so I recommend getting some lunch to go and walking over to Central Park for a lovely Yura picnic.

You can get a hot breakfast here. Who knew?
You have to order at the counter, contend with paper plates, and squeeze everything onto a totally insufficient café table. But it’s tasty, fresh, and (relatively, for-​the-​neighborhood) cheap. Plus, you can grab a slab of cake for later, on the theory that you had a healthy breakfast, right?