E.A.T. Reviews

We have been many many times over the years and I think that either we or they are tiring of doing the same thing. The highlight has always been the bread basket with their jams and butter. The bread choices were poor and most seemed Day old. The breakfast was just ok. Nothing special. We still love their take out however. Probably no longer worth the crazy prices. You have to give quality at those prices.

We were looking forward to a delicious brunch at a New York institution and would have been happy to pay a high price for it - this was terrible! Twenty dollars for some overbooked scrambled egg and scraps (SCRAPS!) of average lox! Both dishes were different (bacon, scrambled egg and tasteless, tacky cheese) and both dry and disappointing. The atmosphere was also lacking. The food cost a bomb and we were SO unimpressed, having eaten delicious bagels more cheaply elsewhere in the city.

The flavored lemonades were the best part of our meal. I had an egg salad sandwich which was pretty good. The bakery counter was overflowing with goodies but we didn't get any treats. The bread selection was very large. Service okay. Nice neighborhood place, good location. Kind of expensive.

In the area and needed a spot for lunch. Very busy, and although no menus and prices displayed in the window it looked the ideal place for a quick sandwich. Entry was through the deli and food appeared fresh. Ordered 4 sandwiches, 3 coffees and a juice, tasty enough but even with the free bread basket (who needs more bread with a sandwich?!) grossly overpriced. Had better in UK for half the price. Bathrooms were not very clean either.

Totally wonderful bread pudding! Ordered chicken salad, shrimp salad and other. They came with no greens even after I had said I wanted greens and I thought he said by ordering 3 salads you got greens but that was not the case. In the South a chicken salad(the best of the thee)or any other would come with greens without asking. This is a good place to go before the Met. Museum or after.

If your looking for a place close to the Met, this is it! It is just a block away. It was bitterly cold the day we went, so I ordered the chicken soup. I hate to say this but it tasted like it came from a can! Also, you don't get much soup for $14! My friends ordered the meat loaf sandwich and loved her choice.

We went to this restaurant for a lunch on a hot day. Food was ok but quite overpriced. Be aware that this restaurant try to charge to tourists a 20% tip in the check before asking you how much tip you want to add. This is a terrible practice! We canceled the payement and requested a new one and in the end the restaurant charged both on our credit card. We can not recommend this restaurant in NYC.

Called in here after visiting the Met ... felt that it was crowded and overpriced and lacked any degree of personal touch .. it is taking advantage of its location and banking the profits ... probably the poorest service we got in 6 days in NYC .. but i suspect they do not care ..

Prices are high. The basket of bread comes with the meal but must have been sliced hours before and left out - every piece was stale. Then the baked salmon entree (at $30+) was so dry & unappetizing we sent it back. Waited 25 minutes for the food. The omelettes were good but at $24 for an omelette and small salad (tips of leaves were brown) overpriced. Bill included the meal that was sent back to the kitchen and had to be corrected. Would not recommend.

Strolling down Madison Avenue window shopping at lunchtime brought us to E.A.T. This is a casual mini-Zabar's-type establishment with tables packed into the modest-sized place. The display take-out area you walk by as you enter shows the many, many salads choices which seem to be the highlight of the menu, though certainly not the limit. The salads are "fully" priced and the helpings not as large as you may hope for with plates of one ($16), two ($24) or three ($29) salad choices. I tried the plate of three with Beet, Calamari and Mexican Chopped, and all were delicious, but I was glad they had the bread basket (the breads were great, too, especially the multi-grain). Perhaps it is more price-effective to take out the salads, paying by the pound? Service was reasonably attentive, but know that at lunch it was fairly packet with customers.

Probably the most over priced restaurant in Manhattan. While the food is decent, the absurd pricing of their menu gouging tourists (or anyone else looking for a quick bite) is nothing short of shameful. A few blocks away on some of the side streets, you can find far better value. Your trip to New York will be fine if you skip your time here (unless you are just really starving and like spending too much money).

We should have checked the reviews before we sat down at this place but we didn’t and we certainly paid the price. The prices were outlandish - $24 for an egg salad sandwich?? I ordered a turkey club and the bread was dry, the turkey was dry and tasteless, the lettuce wilted and there was hardly any bacon. This was not a turkey club - this was a miserable excuse for a sandwich. We were all sorely disappointed. The wait staff was just ok. Please save your precious hard earned money and avoid this restaurant!!

This is a great place to eat before or after a visit to the nearby Met Museum. You enter and walk through the retail section where you can buy Eli Zabar's fabulous breads and rolls, prepared foods, produce, and other products to go, and turn right to get to the Café where there is waiter service. The menu includes delicious homemade soups, sandwiches, appetizers, cold and hot entrées, and daily specials. My favorite is their ratatouille pizza served with a spring mix salad. On occasion they run out of it before we get there, but this time it was available and as delicious as I remembered. They've always brought to the table a basket filled with an assortment of their great breads, but this time just a couple of pieces of toasted sourdough bread. When we objected and asked what happened, they brought out the full assortment we had expected and enjoy so much. There's a tempting display of cakes for dessert that you pass on the way into the Café. Prices are high, but it's Madison Avenue after all, and so worth it.

We went in for a cup of tea (most expensive tea ever at US$5.50 per tea). That was fine as we wanted to experience the whole Upper East Side flaire at a great deli. We are allergic to gluten so were not planning to eat, just have tea.The waiter could not make us feel less welcome and he made us feel like we did not belong. His comment "so it will only be tea" in a very sarcastic tone ... yes sir, but we are still paying clients.Perhaps not wearing Gucci but our money still helps pay your livelyhood.Next time consider this and consider that people might have a geniune reason for not eating.It is not always money driving the decision. the food looked really good but I hope before the next aberage tourists take a seat, you change your attitude and pretend to be happy to see them

Popular deli with a wide range of home cooked and freshly baked foods and pastries. Very busy with take out and dinning service. Food is very good quality and friendly service. Freshly made granola and breads with good coffee and wide range of deli items.

Great place ot eat near the MET, Neue Museum, and the Guggenheim. Good selection of pastries , soups and sandwiches but basically a deli with overpriced items.

Just stopped for Gelato and it was very good. Nice selection of Gelato so you can get the mix you want. And there are chairs and tables just outside so you can eat your snack on the sidewalk and watch the passing people. There were many other options to choose from in the store part of this shop - tempting but very pricey.

The typical NYC deli. Wife had soup and egg salad sandwich She thought it was ok. I started with lamb baguette and had to send it back. It wasn't good. They took off the bill without asking which was nice. I got a roast beef sandwich which was fine. I got my sandwiches from the take out section. The home made chips were good. Typical NYC prices. Staff was helpful and attentive

My wife has been eating here for so long, that it was even before I could afford it. She will even order for delivery to us a couple times a year. The prices are high but the quality is always there. We had breakfast today and saw a bad situation. The lady at the next table was taking her delicious bread and then taking the spoon from the jam jar and putting it on the bread. Then after eating some of the bread, she put the spoon back in the jar and did the same a few more times. Since they usually serve a full large jar of jam, I know they do not throw it away as I know how expensive the jam is since we buy it. No one can eat a full jar. So I am sure that the same jar gets brought back out to someone else if enough is left, or gets refilled and brought out. While I have accidentally seen chefs in a Paris kitchen taste the sauce and put the spoon back in the sauce, it is best to not know the reality of what goes on. I see no reason why EAT would not just put the jam in a small dish and if the customer needs more just bring them more. Needles to say I did not enjoy what would have been a wonderful breakfast.

Stopped in for lunch after the museum. Wonderful place for Lunch but quite pricey. However the quality was totally worth it. Great salads, wonderful soups and the bread is to die for. You could go for a bowl of soup and have their bread and get out for under $15. The lox is very good, the roasted artichokes amazing. Enjoy!

Below average food and small portions for extortionate prices, cheap crockery. The atmosphere is ok. My soup had a "refrigerator" taste like it had been defrosted, and the herbs and spices in the dishes were unskilled.

What a find! Gourmet take out, bread and desserts galore. I had the bagel tower which is traditional bagel, cream cheese lox and all the sides. I like the way they cut the bagel into fours so there are two bagel sandwiches. The wheat bread and raisin bread are amazing. Many egg dishes such as omelets and scrambles. They even had a caviar omelet.

We had a healthy, tasty lunch with vegetable soup and bread at EAT, which was full for lunch. Service and food were very good. NIce shop nextdoor for souvenir towels of EAT

Place for lunch after museum. Coffee was strong and good for USD 5. 16 USD for a luke warm plate of Borscht or leek soup seems a lot of money. We had to ask for bread. I had to ask 3 times to get the check. Personel not really interested in customers...

We stopped in after a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We ordered two sandwiches and they were good, but nothing outstanding. Our bill was near $100 and no alcohol was involved. I'm not sure we would make a point to revisit.

Giovanni Venticinque, on 83rd between 5th and Madison, is absolutely the best lunch (or dinner) near the Met. But when, like today, the beginning of the 4th of July weekend, G.V is closed, where do you have lunch? "Nectar," the Greek restaurant at 1090 Madison that's a cut above a diner? Nope. Go a block farther south, at 1064 Madison between 80th and 81st, and set yourself down at an outside table at E.A.T., Eli Zabar's cafe. My wife and I hadn't eaten there before, but we are old-time Zabar's-lovers, so we knew the food would be great.It was. I had a glass of Sancerre ($14) to start, to go with a big bowl of Cold (Vegetarian) Borscht ($12), topped with sour cream and cucumber bits (wonderful!), while my wife had the equally wonderful Gazpacho ($12), along with the shared assorted breads bowl and warm butter stick. Then my wife had the Nicoise Salad ($24) while I had the Potato Pancakes (4 for $24) with sour cream replacing the offered applesauce (not as thin or good as mine, but excellent for the deli style). $98 before tip, and worth every penny if you really love food. Now we have a Number 2 go-to restaurant near the met.

This place looks superb. It is half deli half restaurant. The breads on display look amazing. However, given what we ate, I can only conclude that this place caters for people with more money than sense. I paid $70 for 5 dreadful sandwiches, and 1 cookie. I had a meatloaf sandwich on a white roll which cost $16 dollars

70 bucks for scrambled eggs, a bagel with cream cheese and 3 small OJ’s and a black coffee - seriously???? Old, tired and at best an average diner with a bakery (that we didn’t try) - recommended by our hotel concierge who obviously had no idea what she was talking about - avoid like the plague

The sandwiches here were great and the service was good too! But boy is it expensive! $18 for an egg sandwich....$27 for a salmon sanwich! I dont think I have ever paid that much for a sandwich in my life! So by all means go and eat here, but dont expect a cheap meal!

Gourmet food on the go on Madison. An established icon for many years. Great surroundings, terrific food. Affordable.

I don't know about you But I don't like shopping. My family does. So I like to set a destination for myself To think about while I wait. This is the destination on Madison Great air conditioning and delicious food. I eat the sweets but everything is good

When you walk in, you can actually see the food before you order. The salads were small and simple. The sandwich was better. Both too expensive for what you get.

If you want to feel like a domestic person, I recommend to go there. This is one of my favorite place in UES.

Rude, absurdly overpriced and the food awful. Egg salad sandwich poor and the endive and avocado salad - gross. How can a restaurant in a high district area (Madison and 81st street) be this disgusting? You have been warned.

It was a snowy Friday morning and we had a gift certificate to E.A.T. so we gave it a try. The entrance is through the deli which made my mouth water and I knew immediately we were in a good place. We were seated near the window where we could watch the people bundled up in the snow. The waiters are all dressed in the same neat button down shirt. No t-shirts on the waiters here! The napkins are cloth - even for breakfast. This is a classy place. But the best part of course is the food. We started with a latte and a cup of coffee (which came in a pot). We were offered a basket of bread, the freshest assortment of French baguette, raison bread and even glutton free bread (which was wrapped in cellophane so it wouldn't touch the other bread). We opted for French toast and blintzes. This took an extra 20 minutes as it is all made fresh. But we were not in a rush. Both dishes were delicious. The blintzes came with homemade apple sauce and crème fresh sour cream. And made the traditional way with farmer's cheese. We weren't rushed and spent a nice time enjoying our breakfast. Probably great for lunch and dinner too but unfortunately we won't get to try that this trip.

This looked from the outside like a great restaurant, so we went in. No reservation was needed. It took much longer than it should have to get someone to come to our table after we were seated. My cappucino was served lukewarm. The food was okay, but not worth the amount we paid. I don't think we'll be going back. The restrooms could use a deep cleaning.

Stopped here, for a drink and a cake on the way through Madisson Ave. Great place, variety of food was excellent and although obviously busy service was perfect, highly recommended.

Wow what a disaster. Not a friendly staff. Very expensive for a simple sandwich. Not a friendly welcome, we both got the wrong sandwich and staff did not even care.... worst lunch ever!!!

I dined twice this week at E.A.T. for lunch. The first time I was seated in what can only be called a sardine can with tables so tight the waiter bumped into me several times and the coat from the person at the next table was "like a sail" in my face. The second time I had front room [near the window] seating. The wait staff was kinder and less hassled. Either way the food, though pricey , is excellent.

Nice small restaurant near central park. Walking distance from the major museums in New York City. Possible to sit outside. You enter the restaurant through a deli. Nice seating at the window. Sandwiches are ok. Not special. Ok for a quick lunch.

The food was pretty standard and the prices expensive. Couldn't complain about the service but it quite simply wasn't worth what we paid.

This may be a long review, but you must read it. I felt like I was in a Seinfeld episode. My party of six (adults and children) wanted to grab lunch to go, after walking through Central Park for a few hours. We walked into the deli/bakery section of E.A.T. and noticed the carving station and started contemplating what sandwiches to get. When my friend asked about a specific sandwich she was told if it's already made in the refrigerated section, you have to buy that one. The already made sandwiches looked old, wet, and quite unappetizing. There was no sign that stated you had to buy the ready made sandwiches. She left with her children, and I asked another employee if he would make the sandwiches for me and he said "yes, we will make a sandwich". As I began to order, the previous employee said, "no if the sandwich is in the refrigerated section we will not make a fresh one". OKAY PEOPLE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET YOUR STORIES STRAIGHT!!! I left with my children, but only to return a few minutes later because they were so hungry and settled for some baked goods, including bagels. When I asked a female employee for cream cheese, she had quite a pissed off look on her face (she had heard all of the exchanges I had with the other employees), rolled her eyes, and with a barely audible voice said yes. While I was contemplating plain or scallion, she used her middle finger (remember Seinfeld) and scratched her scalp several times, then with the same finger, stuck it in the container with which she was going to put the cream cheese. I said "Oh, no thank you", paid for my food, and left. By the way, gloves were used by all of the other employees. I have worked in the customer service industry and I find this behavior rude and unacceptable. Upon my return home, I noticed the other reviews on this website as well as Yelp, and now I know why they were so bad.

For the best quiche ever, this is the place. Layered, light, melt in your mouth quiche with just the right combination of guyere, cream and eggs. But it doesn't stop there. The matzo soup, the breads. sandwiches and cookies are all food for the soul delicious! It's a casual setting but convenient to everything especially the Met. Good for breakfast. lunch or dinner. They even have a great tea menu. If you want to picnic in Central Park or anywhere in Manhattan, you can pick up to-go. When I'm in New York, I never miss going.

We stopped by for lunch after a long visit to the Metropolitan Museum--and we were glad to find a cool and welcoming spot. The menu was perfect with salads, quiches, soups and sandwiches as one would expect at a deli--though the prices were more in line with local restaurants. Egg salad on multigrain bread--fantastic! Caprese salad was a bit more disappointing as mozzarella seemed a bit old. Service was excellent and the space was pleasant and well-located--easy to get in and out, and on to the next stop.

We dropped in to get a quick take-away sandwich and made a huge error in not looking at the advertised price. It was quite small and I thought it could not be very expensive. We were so taken aback at the cash register when they asked for $16 for each sandwich that we actually paid in confusion. We thought maybe we had bought a gourmet delight at that price. In fact it was inedible. Dry stale bread, a hunk of cheese and a hunk of ham but none of the promised tomato, lettuce which was written on the label. Honestly, how does this place justify these prices? But Then agains, we felt stupid for paying them.

Good luck finding any item on the menu cheaper than your plane fare to NYC. That would be fine if the food was exquisite. But really its just for the lazy. You can find every single dish here anywhere else for half the price if you do a little digging. Bagel plate for $18? Pancakes $21? And its not like the atmosphere makes it worth it. Its basically a glorified diner. Go elsewhere and save money without sacrificing any food quality.

Just perfect for breakfast. If you are staying on the UES and don;t want to spend $30 for a cup of coffee at the hotel go here!

We have been in NYC for a few days and have acclimated to the pricing but this deli/restaurant takes overpricing to a new level … a plastic glass of lemonade was $8.50 no refills … a couple slices of turkey on stale thin bread was $24 …. There are many better choices within walking distance… don’t waste your time or money here … and the service was sub par …. We had to get up and search out the server to get a second $8.50 lemonade 🤨

Ordered spinach/mushroom quiche: price $24.- Received a quarter quiche that must have been staying around for along time microwaved, with a couple of salad leaves with a creamy sauce. Quite a rip of. My friend ordered a Asian salmon. Fillet was quite sizeable but the fried over salted breadcrumbs on made it awful. Same price $24.- We also ordered a lentil soup for $12.- Received a plate with lentil soup OK, but not a real plate full or tasty. This overpriced place needs to be avoided at all times. So many tastier and better priced options around!

This restaurant provides delicious meals with moderate prices. The wait is quite short (about 5-7 minutes), staff is very friendly and the interior somehow makes you feel like home. The restaurant also has a shop so you can grab something you liked to enjoy it later

female server insisted on me buying 3 24$ ham sandwiches because i was “too fat” for just one, this made me cry so i left with my awful tiny ham sandwiches

We walked to The Met one morning during our visit and decided to walk up Madison Ave. We were looking for a small place to grab a quick bite before we walked around the museum and we stumbled upon this place. It is an interesting place that you walk through the deli/grocery to get too. Lots of waiters working so service was attentive. Very quickly I noticed how high the process were....very proud of their food. I was in the mood for soup after walking in the cold. The Mediterranean Veggie Soup was delightful, however I expected a larger portion for $14. My husband's ham and cheese sandwich was pretty large but again rather expensive. The complimentary bread basket was a nice addition my soup. Again, it was a nice place and the food was good but too expensive for what they serve.

Sticker shock for even New Yorkers. Stopped going when a bowl of chicken soup approached $15. Bread basket is great.

Make sure your credit card is in good standing when you go to EAT; it's expensive ! We stopped in for lunch and we were afflicted by sticker shock, or should I say menu shock. I'm not really sure why we stayed after seeing the menu but we did. Sandwiches ranged from about $22 to $28. A grilled cheese sandwich was $23! Coffee was $5. We each had the frittata at $17 (not too bad a price) and it was delicious. Service was friendly and prompt but I'm sure many NY delis could match the quality at a much more reasonable price

This is a pleasant restaurant, connected to a really nice little deli. The service is friendly, and the food is good.

We stopped after a bike ride for a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich, (2 actually) and 2 cappuccinos. Service is good, the restaurant was clean and charming. But wow the food is really expensive, $54.00 for our breakfast! I could understand if we had ordered something more, but wow. This will teach us to do more research before we enter a restaurant.

Madison Avenue's worst scam: the prices charged do not match the prices charged, regardless of taxes and service. The service is insensitive and intrusive. To be avoided at all costs.

If you want to pay the high price of this neighborhood for the same deli food available elsewhere, this is the place.

On leaving the MET, we let ourselves be tempted by a Baggle on the go: salmon, fresh cheese 32$ each, we take two. We will sit in Central Park to enjoy this Sandwich we have so imagined considering its price. What a disappointment, the bread is dry, the salmon darkens around, proving that it was not daylight. We're making fun of the customer. Just because a dish is expensive doesn’t mean it’s good! Run away from this address!

Food was hit and miss. Great soups, fresh salads, but stale tastless bread. Service was .... less then desirable to say the least. Waited for 1 hour for a cup of soup :(

I'm a devotee of Eli Zabar but today was disappointing. The iced coffee was watery, the gazpacho was mediocre & the salad plate was a mayonnaise festival. The endive in the endive & avocado was brown at the edges, the fennel potato & haricots verts turned out to be fried & was oily & limp & the poached salmon salad was gloppy. The whole grain bread was, as always delicious, but the baguette was soggy. The service was slapdash & truly a disappointing lunch.

We walked in lured by a prospect of having a quick sandwich on the way to The Met Museum. The name suggested that the venue might be part of the popular British EAT chain to which this place has no relation. Instead an average sandwich price is $22-$26 and an entree is priced at around $35-$40. For this much, you can get a delicious meal at many a nearby restaurant. Instead, what you must be paying for is the venue's rent, because the food is clearly from a very mediocre variety. The "market price" for the sandwich should be no more than $15--it's nothing to write home or Snapchat about. I don't expect to be coming back here.

After a number of hours at the Met Museum, friends and I walked to E.A.T. The crowd was happy, talkative, and ready to dine. Our wait person was delightfully upbeat about our being there and had good humor. For me, quiche is a SAFE lunch, and E.A.T. delivered it the way i love it: slightly undercooked, i.e. very moist! Friends had LOX and wraps. I had a lovely glass of wine, but it was priced too high.

The restaurant has plenty of soups, salads, sandwiches etc. and is fun for lunch after a break from shopping or a visit to the Met Museum. It has a great deli and bakery well worth loading up on for take home. If you live far from New York, buy a loaf of raisin bread and carry it home. It lasts and is well worth it.

We have long been fans of E.A.T., but were very disappointed on our last visit. The waiter was curt and rude. The salads on display did not look super fresh. The bread basket arrived stale and was immediately replaced when we complained with a basket of very fresh bread - were they hoping we would accept the stale bread and not complain? We felt E.A.T. was resting on its laurels and just not putting in the effort to be superior. We are not planning on going back.

We were looking for a place after our early morning tour of the Metropolitan and this place was recommended. It’s a 3 block walk to this place on Madison. Quieter than most New York eateries. Great omelets. Enter through gourmet food shop

Host yelled at us because we didn’t know where to wait. Received one cup of coffee no refills offered. Received small bread basket no refill offered. Had a $24 omelet with little cheese and small salad greens. My husband had a $28 bagel with salmon slivers. Food was good but crowded and loud with poor service. Disappointed

The place is charming but everybody in this restaurant has a terrible mood! Don’t like to treat the client well! They don’t have any patience for foreigners who are not fluence in English. the food does not outweigh the poor service.

Arriving with two young kids, we were accommodated in the back room which was just perfect. Lunch options included sandwiches, salads, main dishes and specials. Two of us had the tomato and chèvre quiche and the asparagus and cheddar omelet which came with green salads. Others enjoyed the grilled ham and cheese, the lamb sandwich and the chicken salad sandwich. Two backers of mixed breads were provided for the table. Portions are generous and it’s hard to leave hungry!

We decided to grab a bite to eat here, amazing sandwiches and omg the best carrot cake I’ve ever eaten to date. Great service from the staff, would definitely visit again.

I was shocked at how ridiculous the prices were. And I’m from NY. Lunch for two, very modest lunch was $100 and we just got two sandwiches and drinks. The sandwiches were so embarrassing that I almost returned it. 3 thin slices of ham and cheese? For real? Over $30 per sandwhich. If I wasn’t on business trip with a colleague at lunch, paid for by my job o would have. This is a travesty.

The food was great - service not so much. The bread basket was great. I had a bagel with lox and cream cheese and it was wonderful- but it cost $28. I expected the over o be high considering the location but wow. Our waiter never checked back to see if we needed more coffee or anything else.

Thank you for the great service. But... average dish is around US$25, and then add a glass of wine, a soup, and perhaps coffee... then for 2, it is over 150 bucks for a good but unremarkable lunch, in tiny tables. Great service and cloth napkins, but that's about all.

We know that the Upper East Side is a costly place to be...especially Madison Avenue. But, $106.00 for 3 people lunch: 2 bowls of soup, 2 melon with prosciutto, one ham and cheese sandwich, and one glass of house chardonnay. If the selections were spectacular, then, okay. But, they were not, just average. Adios!

It was early Saturday morning and we met Rich and Marilyn for her birthday. It was quiet which was great. We all had omelets which were delicious, their breads are always great. Service was really good, they provided a large cookie/candle. While expensive, this is a real Mad Ave venue. Best of all there is a great food market right in the Restaurant, to pick up lunch or dinner

We stopped in as a family of 4 after a day at the Met. Waitstaff with poor manners, never asked how our food was, never asked if we would like anything else. Very few other customers in the deli, both my sons had meatloaf sandwiches, no flavor , served cold, priced ridiculously high for what was basically a small, bland hamburger. Charged $6 for 8oz coke in a bottle, barely enough fluid to choke down the tasteless sandwich. I do not recommend if you are looking for a delishous deli in NYC which are plentiful, just not this one. If you are starved after a long day, it will suffice until you are able to make it a pizza place or even a tavern that serves only appetizers , will exceed your expectation after this uppity rip off of a deli.

We were on our way to the Met and stopped by for lunch. We were clearly tourists and had the distinct impression - from the wait staff - that perhaps we didn't belong. Many of the other reviewers comments resonate with us in term of the cost and level of service in relation to the quality of the food - just wished we'd taken the time to check it out on TripAdvisor before walking in.

We stopped here before our tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is one block away and we were looking for breakfast. I ordered an egg and bacon on brioche bread and it came with salad greens. It was just ok. My husband commented,after I sent him a picture, that it looked like an expensive egg Mc Muffin. The price of the egg sandwich was around $15. I ordered coffee and they brought me a small pot. All my other meals were fabulous in and around New York but this was just ok.

This is a great place for lunch if you've just been to the Met. The place is crowded and you have to squeeze past the deli section to get to the dining area, but the service is efficient if brusque. The food is excellent and the portions are large. The downside is that the prices are very high. Given the lack of alternatives in the neighborhood, this is a good choice if you don't object to paying dinner prices for lunch.

Atmosphere is ok, food is nothing you couldn't make yourself at home in about 10min. so why on earth would you spend a small fortune to have a sit down in this place i wonder. I did it but will never ever do it again! Toilets look like they are a hundred years old ar are less then 1 meter from the place where food is prepared. Chairs are bad. Do i have to go on? Just skip this one!

We had just been to the local museum and decided to treat ourselves to a late lunch bite to eat. As visitors do when visiting a new city we decided to go for a walk not too far from the museum as we had to wait for another member of our party to join us. E.A.T. seemed convenient and as we could sit out on the street on a nice warm autumn afternoon we chose this establishment. We just enjoyed a bottle of prosecco and a selection of bread and nibbles and were quite content with our find which gave us time to chat and go through our experiences of New York. The staff were lovely and helpful.

Good food, go for the bagel and Lox or the pancakes. Fresh juice and decent coffee. Great patisseries too. Looks like an upscale diner from the 50 ies.

Coming from Europe I have to say this is the best cafe I’ve been to yet in the US to in terms of flavour and quality. I often find too much sugar or processed ingredients are used. This establishment reminded me of good cake shops I’ve been to in France and Switzerland. The sour cream chocolate cake was sublime, and we also got some good cheesecake at last after a few failed attempts. Certainly this place is pricier but it’s also a cut above. Well worth it as far as I can tell.

Most appropriate for lunch or brunch. The food is more than good - it is excellent. - fresh - great ingredients. Pricey but you get what you pay for - very causal - nice selection too.

EAT has a good reputation, and from the number of tourists it is clear that it is written up in several guidebooks. So my wife and I went there for breakfast one recent weekend. I ordered a ham-and-cheese croissant and my wife a bread basket. I had coffee and she had an orange juice. The croissant was stale, probably a day old. While the outside was hot, the inside was cold, indicating it had been refrigerated. The coffee was not very good, definitely not freshly brewed. The bread basket consisted of two parts of an industrial baguette and, strangely enough, the crusts of a multi-grain bread. We joked that the inside was probably used for sandwiches. Butter packages contained very average butter. Two slices of gluten-free bread was offered in a separate little bag, making its re-cycling feasible and easy--which we did. The orange juice was good and freshly made. In terms of service, the food came at different times, with my croissant coming much later than the bread basket. In all, hardly a pleasant dining experience. Given the cost, not a place we'll go back to.

Caveat Emptor: I ordered "Pastrami on Rye" sandwich for $28. What came was about 4 thin slices of pastrami which were greasy and looked as if they had been thrown on a griddle to "freshen" them up. On top of the pastrami was some sauerkraut, and one of the slices of bread had a distinct cinnamon taste. After eating half the sandwich, I couldn't stomach any more and complained to the surly, unpleasant man who seemed to be the manager. He told me that the bread definitely did not have a cinnamon taste and that he would not replace the order since I had eaten half of it. (He did not explain why a "Pastrami on Rye" would have sauerkraut on it like a reuben sandwich.) This "meal" did not even rate a 0 for the food or the service. Truly disgusting.

Sad Sad Lasagna very basic in flavor. Crab cakes were pathetic and sure as hell not worth 32 bucks per order. Linguini in clam sauce was awful. Hostess was rude when we asked to speak to the cooks about why our order was so off. Not worth the 418.74 we ended up spending here.

One the one hand, EAT offers a real (high-end) taste (pun intended) of old-school NYC deli food. On the other hand, it's crazy expensive. Go online and check out the price on lox and bagels, for example. If you're cost-conscious, visit mid-morning or mid-afternoon for a snack rather than a full-scale meal.

My family and I stopped in here for a little light lunch while walking around NYC. Food was average at best and very overpriced. I had a sandwich, my wife and cousin had soup and my daughter had a quiche. We each had a hot chocolate or coffee and 2 cokes and it was over $150 before tip. I expect NYC to be more expensive but this was ridiculous for lunch for 4 people. Definitely would not go here again

Wandered in on new years day absolutely freezing after a walk through central park looking for a warming bite to eat. We ordered two bowls of homemade style soup and a classic deli toasted sandwich. What we got was two shallow bowls of baby food gloop and the most measly filled sandwich I have ever seen. The soup probably came from a tin on their deli shelf. Our comments about the food were met with a shrug and a bill for $50.08. None of the food was finished and we left with muttering about no tip. A typical cafe that thinks it's fine dining and charges sky high prices due to it's location. Awful food and service!!

this place can only survive beacuse of the met ! the food is overpriced, portions small, the food it self i ordinary, the waiters horrible. if you can go somewhere else, go there. big mistake to be there,

We went walking in Manhattan and I had a craving for deli. We ordered a whitefish sandwhich and a grilled cheese. Both were very good and a little pricey,

Quality is average or below average (at least for the food I ordered, it was cold, just a ham and cheese croissant on a plate, nothing more) and does not explain the double or triple price they charge. I had to force myself to eat it as it was really not very good. Coffee was not black but "waterish" not sure how to explain it better, and you would expect more from a coffee that will cost you $8 or more. I came here by accident but will never make that same mistake again. Worst experience from my NY trip. I felt robbed when I left the place.

After about 5 hours at the Met , my wife , daughter and myself were ready for a late lunch break. We have heard alot about the Eli Zabar family of eating places and decided to try this nearby restaurant/deli. We entered and walked by a large display of gelato , beautiful breads and baked desserts , showcases filled with a variety of tempting food choices to get to the seating area. The restaurant part is basic but comfortable and the wait staff was friendly and helpful. We heard that food is high quality and the area E.A.T. is located in has very high real estate values. Taking these variables into account , we were not shocked by the prices. We were rewarded with large portions of excellent food. The portions were so large for lunch that each of us had leftovers to take away. I was very enamored of my smoked whitefish sandwich. We also decided to share one dessert and the chocolate mousse cake was superb. We did make some cookie purchases on our way out and felt fueled for the rest of the day.

This place is a must Try. It is Home of the $5 Donut. We stopped just last Sunday after Touring St Pats , Rockefeller Center and The Must see over the Holidays, The windows at Saks. I had the French Toast, (16) work every penny. It was me and the lady, food is orgasmic to say the least. They have a bakery, which you must pass through to enter and exit. Forget about your kids College fund, Just blow it all here. Breakfast here, will change your life. My girl had an egg and chesse on a hard roll(16). I would sell a kidney to eat breakfast there every morning. You Will not be disappointed

Way overrated and crazy $$$. Everything had too much mayo: the chicken salad, the potato salad, the coleslaw, the club sandwich. Disappointing. You’d do better at the train station at Penn Station. The bread basket was really good.

We stopped by here one evening. Service was excellent. Food was excellent. Wasn't real busy, so we were able to converse without having to listen to other people's conversations. I would go back here again if given the opportunity.

Why is this one of the very few upper east side options serving relatively fresh, relatively decent food for breakfast. Do the richest people in the world really not care that much about what they put in their mouths. For God's sake in London we are so spoilt. Burford Brown eggs everywhere ,Ottolengi, Daylesford, Cecconis ,the Wolseley , the list is endless. And here I'm charged 12$ for a pathetic cucumber salad and 12$ for a similarly pathetic serving of tabouleh. Service is slapdash and unprofessional and frankly the place is dirty. I am constantly amazed by the crap that people here will put up with , the blind insistence that they enjoy the best and all the ridiculous qualifiers that go with every order. Low fat ,no fat , gluten free and on and on and really no idea about what they are actually eating and where it comes from. The obsession with baked goods even when on the whole they are over sweet gloopy confections . Bourgeois,spoilt and complacent. Please will somebody open a proper cafe /deli and show them how it should be done. Yotam Ottolengi take your cue!!!! Help!!!!!!!!!!

Ordered a $9 bowl of oatmeal... Well, it was as delicious as oatmeal, raisins, and brown sugar can be... This is where the elite eat so if you're inclined to spend like they spend... enjoy the experience. Service was tops!

I was told i must go to Zabar's for a hot pastrami sandwich. maps.googlescum offered 2 locations and I chose the closer one. Unfortunately, it was really "E.A.T. (owned by Eli Zabar)" but but not listed as such by googlescum. There is no pastrami at E.A.T.: THIS IS NOT ZABAR'S. In fact, after I entered this restaurant, I was greeted like an uninvited red-headed step child: "What do you want?!" Table for 1. Over here. Seeing the breakfast menu had no pastrami sandwich listed, I asked for the lunch menu. a scowl and no words. C'mon, it's 11h25; no one wants lunch in NY before noon?? I was looking for the Pastrami sandwich. You want pastrami, you go to (Not Zabar's), 2 blocks over 3 blocks down. OK. I've had enough. I left these warm people before someone came out to tell me what I was going to eat and dare me to say I had a problem with that!

Young professionals who work at the Met or in art galleries filled the tables. A few older Upper East Side couples also were lunching on a very cold winter day. The bread was delicious, 4 different types, enough to fill us up. The menu was a real laugher, so $$$ and tiny portions. . Even my companion,a fashion executive, thought it was excessive. Hungry when we left I had 2 cappuccinos.

very very overpriced for the food they serve you. the portion is way too small ( & i'm not big portion fans/person) with very bad quality. i never had this kind of BAD QUALITY food before anywhere in New York. Deli food with 5-stars Price!!!

Had a delicious piece of apply pie with creme freche and tea. It was the perfect end to a day at the Frick and the Met. We got a table right away and reflected on the art-filled day.

This place is so overpriced it is beyond the imagination. it is basically a diner, with checkered floors, wooden tables, and so on. I get diner/deli food in NY. You're not getting home cooked or high cuisine, but it's quick and edible and usually very reasonably priced. I would have expected Madison Avenue upper east side to be more expensive, perhaps by 20-40 percent. But double or triple? This was ridiculous . Soup is $14, a spoonful of salads from the deli counter is $16. Sandwiches are $18. Massive massive sticker shock. And the food is normal, mediocre diner food. The soup wasn't home made. It tasted like a industrial size vat of campbells. No wonder they don't post the menu by the door, if we saw it we would turn around and go to Pain Quotidien three blocks uptown. Also there are many staff, but its difficult to get them to pay attention to you. We had to wave multiple times to order, and then to get anything else. At least the food came relatively quickly. Never again.

Walking along the street - saw all the baked goods from outside. Lots to choose from inside. We were on the hunt for NYC bagels. We found them here. Delicious. They had gelato, pastries sandwiches. Looked and smelled delicious.

We were a party of 8... 4 adults and 4 kids. We just did a charity walk in Central Park and we're struggling to find a restaurant that would be good for both adults and kids and we stumbled upon this place! You have to walk through a gourmet food store and we at first were dreading being packed in with a bunch of people but they opened up the upstairs all for us! We were lucky to have the entire second floor to ourselves. Staff was very nice, place was clean and the food was delicious.

Walked by this place and from the outside you could see a lot of fresh treats to eat. I got my wife a massive macaroon from there and my son a st patricks day cookie. It cost $13 so not the cheapest but it was very good. They have a sitting area so you can eat a full meal and they have a place you can order things for takeout.

This established deli/diner is good for take out or eat in. It looks like a simple deli with seats but charges like a higher end restaurant. Service is variable depending when you go. The soup and salads are quite good in my opinion and are accompanied by a bread basket with enough bread for 4 people. Drinks are also available.

The coffee is terrible, the chairs uncomfortable, the prices are high. But the place is great and the food always fresh. And the people watching, oh my.

The BEST tasty lunch !! I had: Potatoes Dauphinoise with salad and a couple of paper-thin slices of hard salami. MMMmmmmmmmmmm. My daughter enjoyed minestrone soup and a mixed salad with warm swordfish. My granddaughter enjoyed a couple of salads. We all loved the wonderful breads.

I ordered a salad with goat cheese and mustard vinaigrette. The salad was good but nothing special, certainly not worth $22.

Stopped in for a late lunch last week. The food and service were both excellent. The best chicken salad. The wait staff were attentive without being annoying. There was only the problem that the portions are so generous I could not finish. They graciously offered to send it with me.

We had lunch in this restaurant, apreciated the place and its atmosphere. Good choice of salads, omelettes and quiche. Probably due to the neighbourhood, I felt expensive.

Granted this is an expensive area to eat to begin with, this was still a little pricey for what you get. We had lunch here on a museum day. It was conveniently located between the Neue Gallery and the Frick Collection, so we stopped in as there were plenty of open tables. The complimentary bread was generous and delicious. Prices are high for meals, though. I had a meatloaf sandwich plate. The sandwich itself was a good size and delicious (caramelized onions on the side is a nice touch), but the side of potato salad that came on the plate was a bit of a joke. Seriously - two fork fulls. My partner had potato pancakes - also delicious, but pricey. Service was quite good and the coffee was amazing. Four stars because the food was really quite excellent.

E.A.T. was my absolutely favorite Deli in the City during my frequent trips to NYC. I would eat there at least 2 or 3 times during my 7-10 day stays. My favorite was their amazing Mac & Cheese. This week was a horrible experience. When my favorite arrived there were 12-15 rigatoni on my plate with a pinch of cheese on 2-3 pieces. For garnish there was a cup of arugula. The price never use to bother me because the food was well worth it. Now the $24 cost seemed a bit high. I don’t even want to get into my wife’s single cookie size crab cake on a plate for $26. How the Zabar’s could let their quality slide so far is beyond me. Still get food to go on the Westside. It is always wonderful and consistent.

We stopped here for a break and small bite after walking for hours in Central Park on our way to the MET at noon. There were several tables out front on the sidewalk and only a hand full of customers, so it looked inviting enough. We ordered 1 chocolate croissant ($6) and a plain scone ($6) that were tiny and served cold on a cold plate – and their small bottled beers were $9 each. We had to ask for menus, water, cutlery, napkins and the bill – the staff were too busy chatting to each other. Pretentious.

Went in because it’s close to the MET but was amazed by the ridiculous prices. Ordered a Ham and Cheese croissant which had a sliver of ham and real no cheese. Avoid this place it’s simply not right.

This is a great spot to grab lunch, with an urban-industrial vibe. We have been here a couple of times and always enjoyed our meal. However, it is a little on the pricey end, which is true for much of NY.

It was never going to be cheap! The upper east side is New York's Mayfair so the question is really was it any good? Well they got the order wrong, but otherwise the service was quick. The basic coffee was adequate and there were 2 1/2 cups in the $5 pot so it wasn't bad value for money. The sandwich was large and fresh, the bread was OK and the filling tasty. A tray of assorted breads was put on the table unasked for and remained uneaten (who wants extra bread with a sandwich). It was however, still a sandwich! But all this came at a relatively silly price ($50 or so for 2) which reflects the location far more than the food. Unless you are a local (in which case $50 is small change) I think E.A.T. is a slightly better than average cafe for a significantly higher than average price. I called it average because of the location. Mark

Excellent soups and salads but the prices are very high. Service Is good and they have nice appetizers. And desserts are. Ok . Better to get ale out from next door that he s theirs as well.

We stopped here for coffee and dessert with some friends who live in the neighborhood. I was excited by the choice, because E. Zabar has a good reputation. All of left disappointed: coffee and dessert turned into $65 before tip!, and the experience was pretty lousy: --The restaurant was near empty while we visited; nevertheless, we were seated at a table crammed in the back near other customers. Our friends had a stroller and their baby; when we requested if we might sit at a table with a bit more room, we were refused. I'd understand if they were busy--but the tables we requested remained empty throughout our visit. --Service was non-existent; any time we wanted something, even as simple as a refill on water or the check, we had to find the server, either actually going up and requesting that she come to the table or waving our hands to catch her attention. --The food was not good. A lemon pound cake was dry as a bone; a chocolate cake had totally flavorless layers and tasted stale. Coffee drinks were average. Avoid. Nothing special and the quality of food and service for the price point make it an absurd choice. Disappointing.

After visiting the Metropolitan Museum we wanted to meet friends at Le Maison du Chocolate - but no table service due to short staffing. Next stop Lady M's for tea and cake - also not serving. Third strike on Madison Ave was Cafe Amboeus offered us bar service only. Finally, welcomed at EAT where we treated to delicious food, excellent service and old NYC characters. Matzo ball soup, liver sandwich, meatloaf, coleslaw slaw all exceptional. The prices reflect the neighborhood, very high. That great bowl of soup $28. I would go back, not often but after saving up for it.

We came for dinner after the Met. They are open to 10 and quite relaxed after 7. We were a party of 5 and had a variety of offerings, from the sampler of deli salads, to traditional pot roast dinner, to pasta with chicken sausage. The day's special soup was a stand-out borscht. Surprisingly, the pasta was generous, hot and tasty. Also, the bread is definitely a winner! Several types, all fresh and toothy, including a raisin pumpernickle.

Good small place, fast and good service from every one in there, I just had a sandwich but it was good, we were there because it was just around the corner from The Met, by the way it was too crowded.

We had charcuterie and veggie frittata - all prepared fresh and oh so delicious but with a couple of drinks, our bill went over 110$ so be warned! However if your like food, don't miss out because you know love once!

Delicious restaurant, well located, good plates, good wine list. Staff very attentive. I have been there several times, in several trips. Good option.

This casual eatery on the upper east side is really special. The food served is always fresh and delicious. Anytime of the day or till they close you have a myriad of fresh salads of all kinds and choice sandwiches, omelets, eggs, soups and main courses. Good choice of wines. Service is usually very good and bread basket is very tasty. Prices are very steep for the casualness of the place however the reliable quality makes it somewhat acceptable. It is an experience and take out choices are fabulous.

A great little spot - lunch was not cheap but the food was good. Service was a little on the stiff side.

It was not what I expected... I thought it was a traditional deli and was hoping for pastrami sandwich but they only had ham and lox. The bakery looked great and the breads looked good. My bagel was $16 and $24 for egg salad sandwich with a side of cole slaw. The most expensive item on the menu was $195 for a caviar omelette.

Pleasant and welcoming place. This morning a hearty breakfast with croissant , butter and Raspberry Jam , a very tasty jam . Prices average with major bars in New York. Very satisfied!

We stopped there to have a drink. This place is a restaurant of the diner type. So it isn't the quiet place you might look for. That being said, it is upscale for a diner. We had great wine and champagne. We shared the charcuterie plate and it was delicious : it is actually a good portion. People around us were having brunch at 2 o'clock. Aside from the restaurant, there is a counter/store to buy fresh food. A definite re-do!

Overpriced, latte coffee tasted like warm milk, brisket sandwich, 1 thin slice of brisket between 2 bits of cardboard style toast Pastrami on rye - the worst I’ve ever had Only came in as it was close to the MET- we won’t be coming back …….. ever

This is a review of the deli next door - not the sit down area. We stopped in here to pick up some sandwiches on the way to a museum. The rolls were expensive (7.5-9$ each) and we struggled to eat them - they were so tough to bite through. Would not go back.

Stopped in here when I saw the old-fashioned soda fountain and ordered a ginger ale. I watched the man at the counter pump out the ginger mix and add fresh seltzer. What a refreshing taste! We have been deceived by canned and bottled soda for years! Free soda! It's so much better without the container!

This place was recommended to us, so we went for lunch. Both the drinks we ordered, weren't available. The salad I ordered tasted good but was just a little bit (a scoop or so). I payed 16 dollar for it!!! I'd expected a plate full of salad for the price, but this was the complete opposite! The bread basket that came with it seemed old to me and the bread was tough. The sandwiches were only 2 dollars more, so that better value for money except that the bread was tough as well. Don't go there for a salad, unless you are willing to pay too much.

The good: convenient to the Met, bustling diner/deli atmosphere, efficient and polite wait staff. The bad: $26 for a grilled ham and cheese sandwich at lunch. This was not some gigantic sandwich, just an ordinary ham and cheese.

Its a simple restaurant The food was healthy and good with big serving size But be prepared to pay 30+ dollars per person You have much better and cheaper options

This experience was much better than the previous one. Service was still excellent, but in addition we found prices more reasonable, including excellent sandwiches and great desserts. It is recommended if you are in the area and don't want to spend a fortune.

We stumbled upon this place in Feb 2023 after visiting the Met and I am so glad we did. Waiting staff very attentive and funny, food was amazing, truly the best ‘grilled cheese’ ive ever had.. of course in the UK we call it a cheese toastie. Yes the prices are a bit steep but it’s the upper east side.. what do you expect?! The menu with prices are on the outside of the door.. read it. I was so disappointed to see the bad reviews on this place after visiting, would definitely recommend and return to this place!

Really overpriced. 26$ for a tiny salmon sandwich ! Just straight. Only accompanied with a few slices of cucumber So small even for a snack. Imagine for a lunch !!!

The decoration is pretty chic, as the welcoming. Typical new york upper east side place.Dishes and salads revisited in the good way. Quite expensive for what it is. Mainly a place to see and be seen.

We all know the food is good at E.A.T., but it is also a total rip-off. Last week, Eli took it to a new level. I went into E.A.T. for a small container of whitefish salad and was told by the counter guy it was $40. Yes, the small little container, and yes $40. In disbelief, I walked out because I knew I had seen it for less at other Eli's (and could not bring myself getting that ripped off). I headed east to run some more errands. It bothered me because I knew I had seen whitefish at Eli's for less. Ready for the punchline??? I went to the Eli's on Third Avenue (20 minutes later) and got the same exact size container of whitefish salad (freshly made none-the-less) for $8!!!!!! Yes 1/5 th the price! $40 vs $8!! They call that price gouging!! Shame on you Eli! Anyone got a better one?

Good deli type eatery where the locals eat. Fresh, tasty salads and sandwiches. Pricey - one salad plate is $16, two salad plate $22. Delicious and worth it.

Racists. The waiter totally judged us by appearance. My wife and I had two adopted children with us- one of Indian descent and one of Mexican descent. This was our worst dining experience during our entire trip to New York! Aside from dirty looks, we also waited forever, in a nearly empty dining room, to receive our drinks. Then, after waiting ten minutes for the waiter to return to take our order, I finally spoke up and said “we are ready to order.” He said “give me one second.” After another five minutes of watching him deliberately ignore us (he was just six feet away talking to a coworker), we got up and left. It was clear that they didn’t want us in their restaurant. I would like to urge any families of color to avoid this restaurant. We had better service at the food carts outside the Met.

Stopped there for a drink and a but to eat, and quickly realized that this place is grossly overpriced! The cheapest average glass of wine is $18!! The cheapest plate is $24, for a few bites of average food. Service was very good though, but I'd never go back there again.

Most expensive diner/deli breakfast we had during our stay on the Upper East Side. Stella McCartney handbag cost more but I suspect will last longer than breakfast. Back to the food. It’s good. A cut above lots of places, and at 9 ish on a Friday morning when the locals were having their bags packed by their staff to go off to the Hamptons, we enjoyed a very pleasant breakfast in an uncrowded deli/diner/cafe with attentive staff and good food. The French toast stood out. Very Marie Antoinette ie more cake and less bread. The drop of a star is due to the price.

We were freezing and hungry when we found E.A.T, and it managed to sort both those problems out. Plenty of room for our pram and the service was friendly and attentive. My daughter had the Mac and Cheese which was ok, but a bit dry and very expensive at $24. My wife and I had the sandwich and soup combo, which was delicious and much better value at $20. Nice place, but you'll go broke if you had to eat there every day!

Overpriced...so what. Eat somewhere else. When in NYC on the way to the Met, my wife and I often stop here for lunch. I love the lamb sandwich on olive bread. Less lamb, less garlic, less taste...bigger price. Still was OK at $28...would have liked more meat on my sandwich. Would I have been willing to pay even more? My wife had the half sandwich and gazpacho...former OK...latter not. Saw customers sit at a table nearby until they saw the menu/price and bolted. Still many people dine here...we do. Maybe with fewer people it will not be so crowded! Why don’t they give you the raspberry preserve with the bread...cost cutting I guess. Face it NYC is expensive. Dinner entrees are nearly $50! So, a sandwich for half that price seems proportionate. I have never tried to eat in NYC as inexpensively as possible while on vacation. I will leave that for another time. One can always eat at the ubiquitous food carts for less!

Okay, so I am not used to New York Prices, but when lunch comes to over $100 Canadian for a couple of bowls of soup, a salad and a sandwich, I feel ripped off. The only drinks we had were water.

Sometimes the Met Museum restaurants are too crowded so it's nice to have someplace fairly close as a backup. E.A.T. is it for us! With an art-deco sensibility, it's a pleasant place to stop for a nosh/lunch. We enjoyed coffee (a generous pot was left for each of us), an egg salad sandwich (cut-off crust), and a grilled cheese on sourdough that was delicious. Service was quick, and we did not leave hungry. Granted: pricey, but decent portions. We'll keep it on our radar for lunch on future Met visits.

Not an option if you are looking for a combination of great flavor an prices. We didn't like the food even do they have a "gourmet" menu. I was surprised with the check. Really a poor experience.

Perfect place around the corner from the Metropolitan Museum. Everything you want to eat is there, from egg salad to white fish salad. Olives, pepper, eggplants ...everything from vegetables to cold cuts. and great kitchen too. Good service, fast sharp and attentive. Love it for breakfast. we where in and out fast and the food was great!

We wandered in for a late lunch yesterday. The place was busy, but we were seated immediately. My boyfriend had the broiled chicken and I had a salad plate...salmon salad and caponata. (several choices...one, two, or three items.) The food was wonderful, service excellent. A bit pricy for a diner/coffee shop type place, but the food is worth every penny. Highly recommended if you are in the area.

I wanted to love EAT and I was delighted to get the opportunity to have lunch there last week. The location is great ...it's near the Met. The food and menu looked fab even if the prices were slightly inflated. But the service was the worst I've experienced. I couldn't believe the number of waiters I had to ask to get nut free bread. Time after time they didn't return. In the end on attempt number four I got someone who came back to me with the requested bread. I hadn't read other reviews before I dined here -poor service is a recurring theme. There are lots of better options than what EAT has on offer.

Went for a long business breakfast. The place is very cool in a classic NY deli/diner fashion, the food itself was very fresh, but the cost, wow... Not a budget breakfast option. As another reviewer wrote, a place to see and be seen.

I ordered a chicken salad sandwich, no big deal. No pickles, no coleslaw, just some mediocre potato salad. Charged $24, didn't complain at the time. Came home and looked at the menu online, the sandwich was $18. If you want throw away $6 +tip, be my guest. Otherwise stay away from these crooks.

We recently arrived for lunch at EAT, complete with two grandchildren. The place was jammed. Still, they found room for us. Obviously EAT is one of the places where you go to eat and be seen on a Sunday noon on the Upper East Side. The food was good. I had a great cheese and asparagus omelette. The kiddos contented themselves with grilled ham and cheese. Bring money. It's an expensive place. No surprise given the location. Pick up some takeaway pastry on the way out. But bring money!

This well known restaurant is withing walking distance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Obviously, we should have expected a surcharge in addition to the already high (compared to Texas) but $24 for one slice of Quiche Lorraine was a bit too much. Excellent taste however and we split the quiche and filled up on the"free" bread. So all is well.

Located on Maddison Avenue,Its a neighbourhood place,We had very good Breakfast everything was perfect, quick and friendly service, wee will b e back

I really like this place. Every time I am in Manhattan I try to have lunch there. The place is lovely , the service is very good and salads and sandwiches are very good. If anyone is visiting The Met, it is a great option for lunch.

Thank s place has some excellent food and service but prices are also high as prices his is the upper east and that is therapy it is. Excellent baked goods and soups. They also have a takeout. Area to the south of the cafe that is quite good. Has been around for quite a while and is usually quite busy

This busy no frills choice has maintained the highest standards of food over the years. A varied menu of soups salads and sandwiches provides everyone with something they will enjoy. While the food excels the artistic element is lacking and service is at best efficient But when one comes here it is for food period. The baked products have achieved almost a cult following

Excellent Bagel, Cream Cheese, Salmon, and very fresh eggs. Nice Staff and quick service. A place worth visiting

We paid $150 for the four of us to eat salad and ice tea. That should be enough said. How does anyone justify $18 for an egg salad sandwich? Only positive was the ambiance of sitting on the sidewalk on a pleasant day.

Great Jewish deli and restaurant. Wonderful service - the staff are amazing. Price are eye wateringly expensive but typical for the area.