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Categories: Delis, Sandwiches, Kosher
Neighborhood: Theater District7th Ave-53rd St (B, D, E)
57th St-7th Ave (N, Q, R, W)
57th St-6th Ave (F)
Mon-Sun. 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 a.m.
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If you sift through all the hype, comb through all the tourists eating there and simply take a look at your plate you'll see enough food, and more specifically meat, for 3 meals ( don't forget to eat the yummy pickles on the table ). You'll eat what you can and then take a doggie-bag home and create 2 more sandwiches.
Try to go during off-hours or you'll probably have to wait a while for a table in a line with countless tourists ( how annoying ).
I'm sure I'll be hated by many for this review, but I just can't give it anymore.....
I will admit that it's been a few years since I was there, but the memory still stands out in my mind....I mean how does one forget an experience at the famous Carnegie Deli.....
I was in NYC with a then BF who had been many times, so I trusted him to pick a good time to go. Well we happened to walk in on the late afternoon rush - but then again I hear there is never a "good time" to go. We were seated, and let me tell you - if you are claustrophobic, don't go. They pack them in like sardines! Our waitress was snappy and pretty much assumed I was a NYC regular and when I asked a few questions she got hissy. I've been a waitress, I know the stress and frustration, but when you work at a place like this - I'm sure you've dealt with worse then my few questions, mainly about details to what I was getting.
I panicked and ordered the turkey on rye....I should have said turkey on rye with out seeds....I ended up not eating the bread....'casue ewww, caraway seeds. Each order comes with a plate of pickles for your table. I'm a huge pickle fan, and since this place is Kosher, I was expecting amazing kosher pickles...well they were flat in taste, a good hint on what my sandwich was going to taste like.
I truly have no idea how they make any money with the amount of food they give you, but the quality of the turkey was crap, so that might explain something. I ended up using so much mayo to make it go down I should have just ordered mayo with a side of meat. It truly was like eating sawdust. It truly is a WASTE of food....no matter how novel it is. I managed to sneak a bit of the BF's corned beef and that was pretty yummy, but not amazing like I was hoping...
The atmosphere is pretty cool and to see how many celebrities have eaten there is wild. I understand the appeal of going, it's a must when you're in NYC, but don't be let down when you eat. The food is only mediocre at best.
I'm really leaning towards a 2.5 star review on this one. Partially due to the hype,prices, and crowded seating, but mostly because the pastrami here does not leave a lasting impression. Granted the reuben is served as an open faced heaping pile of meat loaded with melted cheese, so it's difficult to try and compare to other sandwiches or even consider it a sandwich. The extra charge to split doesn't help, and I suggest doing so to save room for the best thing on their menu, cheesecake.
The thickest, richest, tastiest New York cheesecake does come from this deli that gets way too much credit for their sandwiches. At least they do something that is worth coming back for.
Pretty good. Love the quantity of meat, but I can't say it was as tender as I was expecting. With that much fat, you'd expect a little less tooth on the meet, but it was good nonetheless. The split charge on the sandwich is kind of a bitch, and sitting elbow to elbow with some big people in small chairs was not exactly what I was expecting out of a sit down place.
But you can't argue with tradition and heritage, so all in all I would call it a success. Next time I visit, I'll probably go for some less-amped up joints, just to spread out my economic stimulation a bit more. Good (you should visit once), but I think NY probably has better to offer.
Ridiculous is an understatement.
Having to dine at both Katz and Carnegie in less than 24 hrs, I think I am being as fair as I can be. Carnegie's "Woody Allen" sandwich may be the best sandwich on earth.
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You can argue that charging an extra $3.00 to share a sandwich is a ripoff, but man up; who shares a sandwich anyways?
After devouring the well constructed corn beef/pastrami sandwich be sure to order a slice of New York's finest traditional cheesecake.
Make no plans after you visit the Carnizzle, you won't want to do anything else except a nap.
The famed Carnegie is obviously a tourist hub. It falls into the same category as the nearby, and equally touristy, Stage Deli. I give the nod to The Stage as having better deli, but The Carnegie is still extrememly solid. I love a huge sandwich as much as the next guy, however I am not sure about the logic behind ordering one of The Carnegie's super-sized monstrosities. There are a few pieces of rye bread with two pounds of meat in between. I am a big eater, but I would never go to a supermarket and order two pounds of Pastrami and eat it by itself. So why would I want to do this at The Carnegie? That was my little rant, other than that The Carnegie has great food and get ready to eat yourself into a food coma.
I ordered a sandwich, it was so big that I contemplated on sharing it with the entire table. Could've, but didn't, and instead left feeling (voluntarily) miserable. Ran into Mr. T on the way out. All around very satisfying food, but real pricey. It's a classic, but if you want the same thing for a lot less, it's out there.
This is the essence of a five star restaurant. Best in class, best in the world. No, the Michelin Guide wouldn't give it three stars because it's not elegant. But it is truly world-class food and unique in its category. Well, I should say unique in any and every category.
Unless you have an odd worldview, you wouldn't come here to celebrate a special occasion. You will be crowded, sitting close to strangers and in-and-out in 45 minutes (not counting the wait on the sidewalk before given a table).
But the deli is extraordinary and almost indescribable.
It is simply the best. Yeah, it may not be 100% consistent, you may be amazed one day on only "wowed" the next. But even when it is not at its best, it is the best in the world. Truly.
There's a reason why people line up braving the elements outside for a chance for a sandwich at the Carnegie.
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A note about my reviews: I only give five stars for a truly world class restaurant, such as a Michelin 3-star in Paris, or Tru in Chicago, or Peter Lugar's and The Carnegie Deli in New York. A four star review by me is what Michelin would call: "Excellent cooking, worth a detour." I give a three star review for "A very good restaurant in its category." I hope that my stinginess with stars does not penalize a restaurant by lowering its average.
Absolutely fantastic. I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could, but that's simply because it's in Manhattan... Plop the Carnegie Deli down in any other American city and it's five stars all the way. One of the best kosher-style delis in country, even if it is a bit expensive.
Duh-licious. As in, duh, you should come here. It would be easy to resent this place, because well... My friend and I made a slightly desperate last-minute trip to this world-renowned, gem of a New York institution which caused us to miss our flight back to Cali.
That didn't stop us from smiling from ear to ear as we unpackaged our takeout at JFK and devoured the pastrami sandwich. Half the sandwich was meal enough for me (and I eat in above average portions for a girl). It was so good, that I am almost afraid to order pastrami at any other place in fear that it will be nothing like the one that I had from Carnegie Deli.
As for the waiter's claim that the strawberry cheesecake would "change your life," that statement is as true as a statement like that can be. The moment it hit my tongue I just knew, like you know when you find the perfect prom dress, that THIS was REAL cheesecake. Like no joke, the real deal, the ultimate, prototypical, this-is-what-they-were-thinking-when-they-invented -this-stuff, no substitutes accepted, CHEESECAKE. Rich, smooth, and creamy, not a puff of air in it, and the perfect amount of sweetness. I have NEVER had cheesecake like this! It wasn't something I could finish by myself in a million years, but I savored every bite I took.
One star off for the prices, which made me cringe a little on the inside. Small price to pay, I suppose, for food that's made an indelible impression on me!
really REALLY good pastrami sandwich. the cuts are slightly thinner than that would get at Katz and more importantly the cuts are less fatty.
the bread is soft and delicious and so is the entire sandwich. yes it is a $15 sandwich but it's some seriously good meat.
i can't understand why this place has 3.5 star average.
Great atmosphere but the portions are seriously too huge and you are charged extra to share- I wonder how much food they end up throwing away. No real vegetarian options so I only had the latakes, which were decent, and my dining companions tackled the pastarmi which they thought was delicious and perfectly lean but was appalled by the portion. We sat by a cute kid from Long Island that apparently fasts occassionally just to eat here. Love the pictures on the walls- a great first night introduction to NYC!
Obviously there's a lot of history here. You got likes of Sally Jesse Raphael and all these no name ball players on the wall. $3.00 extra if you share a big pastrami sandwich? WTF?
About 5 more delis down the block.
Guess who eats together at the Carnegie Deli?
Bowser from Sha Na Na
and Arthur Fonzarelli...
But seriously - the extra lean corned beef (for an extre charge) stacked a mile high on rye (seriously - there's gotabe over a lb of corned beef per sandwich) and some half sour pickles? Throw in a Dr. Brown's diet cream soda - ok now my tab is $20.00 - but I don't care.
I am in Deli heaven. I would have given it 4 stars (the food is 4 stars or maybe higher) but the digs could use some sprucing up.
This is a GREAT place for a REAL NY deli fix.
Ate here when I fist visited NY in summer 08 and since then have tried about ten of their dishes including desserts.
You get two style of pickles when get seated, one traditinal sour style the other salty brine style and you can ask for more at no charge.
The sandwiches are the main attraction, towering slices of meat and two pieces of bread. The ruebens and patrami are things noteworthy, and the plain corned beef is ok. The bread really needs some work though, which seem like plain old orowheat slices which sucks because the bread would make this place close to a five if were good. Really good matzo ball chicken soup.
The things that take the cake for me, literally, are the desserts. I hate desserts that too sweet. The desserts here have all been mildly sweet with good rich flavors.
The cheesecake, blackforest chocolate cherry cake, banana cream pie are really good.
My fiancé and I came here on our first visit to New York. It was a great experience; the roast beef sandwich we ordered was about as tall as our glasses, gherkins and pickles were served complimentary, and the waitress was very friendly and patient with us and our inability to decide which cheesecake we wanted.
We ended up getting a cheesecake topped with chocolate mousse. I ... have no words for it. It was the most delicious piece of food I've ever eaten in all my 23 years. I will forever remember it as a bite of the other-worldly divine. I can't go on trying to describe it, as I've sat here staring at the screen and salivating for 10 minutes with no luck.
I know it's a tourist trap, but when the food & service was as good as it was, I don't even care! It's a NY landmark and I can see why.
Wow. Quite nice and very busy. Too much food. Two sandwiches would have been fine for the five of us.
Listen, East Coasters - I love brusque service. I want to interact with servers as little as possible. I couldn't careless about chit chat. I order, they bring it, and I tip well. I don't dock for brusque service.
What makes Carnegie's an unsalvageable fail: [1] a waiter screaming racist obscenities about another server (demanding that she be fired) and [2] being accused of forging the $50 gift card purchased from their website.
The record keeping is absolutely ancient. One man asked for a receipt, and the cashier flailed around in a panic, tore a piece of paper from something else and wrote down the total. The guy muttered "Yeah, thanks. The IRS will love this." So don't plan on a company lunch here - your receipt will look like you wrote it.
Of course, wouldn't you know? They had no record of our gift card ever being purchased, or for that matter, ANY records of what gift cards were purchased and the person who sends them out is no longer there, and excuse after excuse. So don't buy a gift card off their website expecting it to work. At best, if you have to give someone the "gift" of Carnegie Deli - go in person and make sure their ancient machine processes whatever it's supposed to process.
In addition to accusing me of stealing (I pointed out that there were no gift cards hanging around - just the one as a display), the manager yelled that I had been using the card before (people go here more than once?) and lastly, I had manufacturing the card elsewhere. How did he know that rather than paying for my meals, I bought a multi-million dollar factory to make fake gift cards? Never once would he admit that maybe some incompetent mailed the gift card without putting $50 credit on it.
So what should have been a $50 meal actually cost $110 after we paid in disgust.
Equally pathetic: they had empty spaces on the wall where headshots used to be, and in their places are post-it notes with names. The headshots on the wall are of F-list celebrities of the 70s-early 90s (think local news anchor from 1987), but the post-it place holders were of huge stars (in comparison) like George Carlin. Isn't it amazing that all the big stars' headshots fell off the wall all together?
The best picture was upfront, of Sarah Jessica Parker, who was actually snapped in the old deli, but clearly in the early 90s - her startled and wincing expression describes it all: she was getting something to go and her attendance was not an endorsement of quality.
The food itself was just okay: the amount of cream cheese was less like nosh, more like nauseous (think a scoop of cream cheese the size of a baseball). The entire meal had to be disassembled to even make an edible portion. I would have much rather have paid $15 for a quarter of the food, as the size was *that* unappetizing. We didn't have a mini-fridge in our hotel so taking it to go wasn't an option for us (and probably 90% of the out of town patrons). The egg creme was better than the food, but not worth the trip. So come here only if you have a space for leftovers, and don't care that you can truly find a better, cheaper meal of heaving proportions anywhere else.
Most importantly, I want you to know that Carnegie Deli is no longer the authentic deli you are looking for in Manhattan. That era of Manhattan is at an end. Go to a real hole in the wall outside of touristy areas. Carnegie's is a simulacrum of a bygone time. Even the meat hanging around the deli counter is painted Styrofoam.
Cash only.
The Carnegie Deli at 7th and 55th is quite possibly the worst restaurant in New York City. I have been to quite a few places in this city, and my experience at Carnegie was by far the most humiliating and disgusting.
I hope if you are reading this I can convince you not to give them your business. Go anywhere else. Go to a hot dog cart. Grab a snickers at Duane Reade. Anything but Carnegie Deli.
First off, the hostess seated us right by the bathroom. Yes, there were plenty of open seats in the place, but I guess it was important to her to make sure we had as miserable an experience as possible.
The standard thing at Carnegie is that they bring pickles to your table when you get there, like most places bring you a bread basket. Except that the pickles were already on the table, and appeared to have been there for a few hours. They were dried out and no one made an effort to replace them. We asked for new ones, but our waiter just shrugged.
That brings up a good point: The waiters. It is patently obvious that the waiters here feel that they are doing you a favor by serving you food. When we were there, we watched two waiters get into a screaming match over a tip, and another loudly complained to us that he served a party and they didn't tip him at all. For some reason, we did not find that to be surprising.
Shortly after we sat down, a family of five arrived. Since the hostess was on a roll, she decided to sit them at our table, so they were literally sitting right next to us. For no reason, since there were plenty of seats available. I guess she saw an opportunity to ruin someone else's life for an hour and took it.
Of course, being smarter than us, they left after about 3 minutes.
We ordered bagels and lox and egg cremes to drink. The wait staff here has not heard of a recent invention known as "trays" so our waiter carried our drinks over in his hands, liquid sloshing out onto the floor, then our table, and then finally my lap.
About 20 minutes later, our bagels and lox arrived and it was obvious at that point that literally no one in the restaurant besides us had ever actually eaten bagels and lox. The bagels were cut into 4 pieces each. On two of the pieces, a huge huge chunk of cream cheese. Probably enough for like 6 people. (Keep in mind that this food wasting is occurring while people are right outside begging for change.) On the other two bagel pieces, a pile of lox chunks, with no single piece of lox longer than half an inch. Plenty of grey parts too. Yum!
We choke through it as best we can, and almost immediately we both feel waves of sickness coming over us. Truly, this is the grossest, most disgusting interpretation of lox and bagel that either of us has experienced. But it doesn't stop there.
Our check comes and the total is $52 and change. In my book, that makes this place a four $ place.
We struggle to get to the cashier, since the hostess has gleefully filled up every table around us, near the bathroom, so everyone can enjoy the noises and odors. We have to squeeze past people who are already miserable enough since they are eating at the Cargnegie Deli.
We get to the front just in time to witness the two waiters I mentioned earlier continue their tip dispute. Now the manager is involved, and death threats are being exchanged. Wow, it just keeps getting better. The listless cashier takes the gift card that we received as a gift from my mother and determines that it has no charge on it.
He calls over the manager and we wait for 15 minutes while the manager continues to argue with his waiters about who really *deserves* the $3 tip. More death threats. Great.
The manager saunters over and runs the gift card himself. He informs us that it's not going through and invites us to "try it ourselves". I tell him it's a gift from my mother. He tells me he would have to take my word for it, which he can't do, since after all, I'm only a paying customer (the gift card did not cover the amount of the bill, so I was going to have the pay the difference).
He decides that the "fair thing" is to take a copy of my drivers license. I decide that he is such a scumbag that he would happily turn me in to the NYPD and make up some story about me which would be a complete pain to fight. The high point comes when he accuses my dinner companion, who I have invited to this place, of stealing the card and trying to scam him. At this point I look him in the eye and disgustedly throw down three $20 bills and storm out. I won't be back. Ever.
Honest, I don't know why this place has such a decent rating on Yelp. It truly is terrible. Never, never go here. If I can stop even just one person from eating at the Carnegie Deli, I will be happy that I took the time to write this review. Thanks for reading and have a good day.
I hate pickles so the fact that they bring you a small bowl of them that was prolly sittin on another table before we got there as some sort of appetizer didn't "wow" me. then i started to see the sandwiches around the restaurant and wondered how the hell are you supposed to enjoy a plate of meat and 2 small slices of bread. Then they charge you to share a sandwich? wth? i tried taking a bite just for laughs but after the first bite i removed more than half of the pastrami and ate a normal size sandwich and just picked at the meat after.
It was a cool experience to eat here after hearing so much about it but now that I have, I don't plan on eating there again. Our doggy bag was a bag of pastrami, they can at least just give extra bread but they might charge for that too.
Pastrami sandwich
Overpriced tower of beef
With a side of bread
Eat it on the street?
You must be shrooming, Keane L.
It's a heat wave, son
Sneak in a McD's
There are other crazies here
I can eat in peace
This is the only place I've ever had pastrami and corned beef that left me feeling sick to my stomach for days. Eating here totally ruined my weekend in NY a couple of years ago. I was thinking about bumping them up to two stars because I enjoyed the pickles, but decided that was pushing it.
They are known for their signature smoked meat and strawberry cheesecake. Do not attempt to finish one order by yourself. Kinda pricey for a deli, but definitely worth it if you share!
Perfect location for after skating at Wollman rink in Central Park. Charming ambiance with wall-to-wall photos of celebrities who have eaten there.
You can reserve the back room for special events (birthdays, reunions, etc.)
Everyone should go to the Carnegie Deli at least once just for the experience. But three things you should know:
1. One sandwich will EASILY feed 6 people so if you don't have 6 people to eat it, you can expect to be bagging up a left-over mountain of meat to give to a homeless person on the streets.
2. The food isn't always the best. Some things are pretty good, but don't expect any culinary orgasms here.
3. The restrooms are down a steep and long staircase which many people can not make it down physically.
Still, it's kitsch and it's history, and looking over all the celebrity photos filling the walls is fun. We sat by the photo of Paulie Shore. Yay!
For better deli food & kitsch, go to Katz's Deli on Houston Street, where a sandwich will still easily feed 2 or 3 hungry people, but the food is better and the atmosphere is more genuine, and restrooms are accessible to all.
Also, I find the much unfairly maligned Ben Ash Deli across the street from Carnegie Deli to be infinitely superior to Carnegie Deli if you want a tasty meal, a quieter atmosphere, and much more cordial waiters.
Mmm...pastrami....corned beef...piled ridiculously high...cheesecake...all world-class!
That's what caused my coma.
What can I say? Carnegie Deli is a tourist trap and we got trapped.
The sandwiches really aren't that big of a deal. They're big alright, and that's about all I can say. Two of my girl friends and I were sad after we couldn't and didn't want to finish a Club Dear, which cost almost $30 because of the stupid sharing fee.
The potato pancakes were okay. I took a bite of my bf's Woody Allen (whoops, that didn't sound right, haha) and wasn't impressed either. It's just lots and lots of pastrami and corned beef between 2 slices of bread. The only saving grace was the delicious strawberry cheesecake, but I wouldn't go out of my way and wait in line for it though.
As long as you have the proper expectations going in you'll love it!
Service was old school, quick, NY friendly, and efficient . Ordered the small version of a Hot Pastrami Sandwich on the very best Jewish Rye I've ever had! It was still near the size of my head! Pickles were great!
A must stop in NYC!
The prices are way over the top and ridiculous, but some times, ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
I would slice the meat a little thinner than they do........
I saw a few Massive slices of NY CheeseCake walk by amazing!
Visited the "famous" deli on 9/12/09 after hanging out in rain-soaked Times Square. Went there with husband and another couple to get the famous corned beef on rye with swiss cheese...largest sandwich I ever ate...(could not finish). My hubby raved about his sandwich and even said he wanted to take one back home to Maryland..
I WAS NOT IMPRESSED with the rudest waiter I have ever encounted in my life. We got into a conversation with another couple that was sitting at the table we were seated with. They were from London, England and, I being the outgoing social butterfly , was gabbing away to them...meanwhile I was waiting for a waiter to come over and take our order.. No one came. I even asked 3 waiters that were standing around doing NOTHING "Can I please get waited on?" and this obnoxious waiter that looked like an ugly version of Charlie Chaplin..Said "Well, I was WAITING for you to stop talking...are YOU ready?" He is lucky I did not tell him to go somewhere hot (and I do not mean the Beach) What is ironic is that a book "The Cheap Bastards Guide to New York City" warned that the waiters at Cargegies Deli are very rude .....very accurate info. The food was good though...and I am sure not ALL the waiters are rude.. I will go back again to see if I get a nice friendly waiter the next time.
It was my last day in New York, I wanted a sandwich, and Carnegie Deli came highly recommended.
The place was PACKED to where I sat across from a complete stranger. It didn't really bother me, but I'm sure it would to others.
I had the Woody Allen, which is pastrami AND corned beef. It was big (gigantic actually). It was beautiful. And I loved it. I gave half of it to a homeless guy because there was no way I could eat anything else that day.
I saw that they charged a few dollars to share, which I thought was a little tacky considering the price (I think it was $17.50) and size of the sandwich.
What is there to say? If you're visiting New York, you're already planning to eat here. Why are you even reading this? You're going to go anyway.
For those of you who, for some bizarre reason, actually care what the food's like, read on.
The staff are amazing. There's millions of them, and they were at the table within seconds to take our drinks order. The menu is stupidly big. Just ridiculous. If anything, it's TOO big, considering that most of the things on it are effectively the same. The cuisine is very Eastern European, Russian and German influe... whatever, it's Jewish. It's really, really Jewish. They could stick a yamulke on the menu, and it still wouldn't be more Jewish.
The food is relatively simple, mostly consisting of meat and fish sandwiches and bagels. It's the size that sets it apart. As a European living in New York, the portions everywhere were already a culture shock, but here, it was just stupid. I got out eaten by a 100lb Japanese girl sitting next to me. True story.
The food's great but, seriously, it's massive. If you aren't American, obese, or some sort of bear, you aren't going to finish your meal. You pretty much aren't expected to.
Negatives? The mind blowing, nightmarish video that plays at the back of the dining room, featuring a man who looks like a human egg singing songs. Seriously, it's terrifying, and WILL distract you. I have no idea why it's there. The iced coffee was also somewhat sub-par, but the food (in my case, a salmon and cream cheese bagel with a side salad) was fantastic, although undeniably huge, and, in no way at all, fancy.
The atmosphere outshines the food in every way. Signed pictures of famous guests line the walls and the waiters were incredibly fast, friendly, and very "New York" in their attitudes and, well, accents.
$20 rip off!
Sure, you get a lot of turkey.
But a lot of turkey between small crappy bread, with costco-quality cheese, lettuce and tomato should NEVER cost $20. Never.
What a complete and utter disappointment.
Another guide-tapped spot in NY...because of this, it's a pretty overpriced deli. They have some really good salami and corned beef, but that's about it. The only reason I'd go back would be because an out-of-towner really, desperately wanted to go there.
For some really good pastrami, go to Katz's in the Lower East Side. Now that's a melt-in-your-mouth sandwich.
If it's your first time in new York. No culinary experience is complete without a pastrami and cornbeef sandwich. This place is very busy with a line out the door. But the line moves fast enough, it has a rushed atmosphere that isn't comfortable for me. Like they are saying "hurry up and eat and get the F--- out sucka." so when you first sit you get pickles brought to the table,which is coo, can't be mad at pickles.. Gotta go with the sandwich that makes them famous. You can see what it looks like in my profile pic. Anyways, it's coo, the best ever..No..but its coo.
WOW!
Wow good food, wow HUGE portions, wow great atmosphere...just plain WOW! At the same time though, wow slow service, wow long wait, and wow HUGE portions! In the end, though, the positive wow's win as I would definitely go again (if only I wasnt on the other side of the country)
If ever in NYC, you gotta try the Carnegie Deli....i mean come on it's the Carnegie Deli. With man sized sandwiches, there's no way you can eat the whole thing, it's just not possible! We were in NY for a week and said we would try various Deli at least once....this one got us twice!
Honorable mention: Pastrami
I was in NYC to check out a couple of things. Since I was staying a block away from this landmark, I'd thought I check this place out. Well, let's just say that it was pretty much everything I would expect from a tourist driven Manhattan deli.
I ordered a pastrami sandwich, turkey sandwich, chicken matzo ball soup, and french fries. All told I think the total came out to almost $50 bucks. Kinda of pricey for a deli, but the portions made it ok. I mean, how in the world do you take a bite out of a sandwich that big? I literally had to almost just pick at the meat before taking a bite. The meat was just as I'd expect. Very flavorful, with a nice peppery bite to the flavor. The matzo ball soup? Wow, the size of the ball was as big as a softball! But very nicely done!
Since I ordered takeout, I can't really say very much about the service. As I sat there waiting for my order, I didn't really see too many "locals" there. Most of the patrons looked like tourist. i.e. high socks, pale, fanny packs, and cameras galore. LOL. I must of have looked like one too! Not that I had any of those must have tourist accessories. LOL.
Next time I'm in NYC, I'd probably go back, only if I was in the area. I'd really have to try "Katz's" deli just to compare and contrast the different styles of pastrami. Since Carnegie thin slice vs. Katz's hand cut thick slices. Humm....
I'm a fan, but it's not Katz !
Huge prices and even bigger sandwiches, it's worth it to pay the $3 sharing fee because you'll never finish the sandwich!
Excellent pastrami, interesting decor. I mean the whole place is pictures of famous people. You've got to wonder, do famous people just carry pictures of themselves around when they go out to eat for autographs?
I'm a new yorker this is the first time i eat there. i purchased 4 sandwiches. 2 pastrami, 1 cold cut sandwich with turkey, ham bacon, 2 types of cheeses and lettuce and tomatoes, and the 4th was with turkey bacon and whatever else. the pastramis are the best i ever had but to expensive. the cold cut sandwiches are just fool of cold meat that you can make better yourself if you were to purchase then at a supermarket.
i eat all over the US and the world and this place is def not the best and is just hiped up by the size of the sandwiches.
don't make money go to brooklyn deli and get a good hero for just 6 bucks with just as much meat just go to a good one.
and desserts are way over priced. i'm a executive chef i know what i'm talking about.
Seriously, Carnegie Delicatessan. I demurely ordered a side of bacon and you delivered about a pound of pork. It was amusing how you pointed this fact out to the other customers.
"Look at her! She's going to eat all of that!"
More amusing was the fact that I did.
Shared a rueben sandwich with my BF and it was delicious!!! A bit pricey too since they charge you additional $3.00 for sharing a plate. Gotta try it once in your lifetime. =)
Free Sandwich
Neighborhood: Midtown East
Free side fruit
Neighborhood: Financial District
Neighborhood: Theater District
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Neighborhood: Murray Hill
Category: Delis
Neighborhood: Theater District
Category: Sandwiches
Neighborhood: Murray Hill
Category: Delis
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