E-Z Cafe

great, tasty lunches. Love the tacos.
Breakfast is also good.
One of the better deli spots in hell’s kitchen.
Wish they were on seamless or
though

I really like this café. It has everything a NYC café should have and the service is VERY NICE. Clean, orderly and quick. The buffet food isn’t half bad either. Lot’s of people enjoy their wontons, I personally like their salmon and fried rice. With every buffet purchase of $ 6 or more you get a free x-​tra small soup. Not too small either — perfect size. The prices are right here.
I get their juice sometimes because you can’t beat the price!!! Under $ 5 for a small which looks more like a medium.
Love this place!

Called Grace Café now, the place is great to grab lunch during work hours with a sit down upstairs if you want to take more time. Great salads priced $ 7-​$ 8 for 6 different toppings with no extra pay for avocado. Hot and cold foods always look yummy, offering some Asian dishes but is more or less your regular deli/​market. The staff is efficient and friendly. Fruit can be quite costly though.

Cheap eats in midtown with a card. minimum of only $ 5?
You’ve come to the right place my friend.
Order a salad/​from the grill where the guys behind the line are friendly and you can usually make them smile with a simple «How’s your day so far?» They are speedy & efficient! I’ve yet to have a bad meal! * Breakfast specials are usually in the $ 3-​$ 5 range & come w/​free coffee & Lunch runs around $ 7-​$ 8.
Bonus: If you get food after 4:30 from the buffet line its discounted! (Not always the freshest,) but when your on a budget beggars cant be choosy when you’re craving something more than a $ 1 slice of pizza!

Love this spot for breakfast! $ 3 deals cant beat it!

This is an typical, okay NY deli. The thing about this one is that the price of the salad bar is a little cheaper than others in this area. They also don’t have as big a selection as most. It’s small. The reason I’m giving only two stars is because of the woman at the cash register. We used to have an older Asian woman who screamed at everyone — seriously. It would rain and people would come in with umbrellas and she’d scream at them to get out because they were dripping. Now we have a younger Asian woman who doesn’t look at anyone and acts as though she’s doing you a favor by taking your money. If she hates this job so much why doesn’t she work elsewhere? She is so unappealing that I’m almost ready to start spending my money somewhere else.

I get breakfast here semi regularly. I very much enjoy getting the #6 Breakfast Wrap (whole wheat wrap, egg whites and avocado). Can get for about $ 4, which is pretty inexpensive for the area.

Solid soup and asian food selection– but pretty expensive on the drinks and their line gets long pretty fast– I liked some of their green tea latte drinks and imported Japanese cold drinks (and I understand Japan is not exactly China with its import/​export pricing…) so I expect it to be a bit on the pricier side but it was about 6 gulps and my green tea latte was done in 60 seconds– and I paid 3 bucks– ehHh. But, the soups are tasty! Both the lentil and the chicken noodle was yummy. I will be back to try some breakfast items since that seems to be a hit. I just wish the guy behind the counter was a bit friendlier… But I’m from Jersey so what do I know about friendliness?

This review is solely for the the breakfast that I’ve stopped in for a on a handful of times so far.
I steer clear of the steam trays, especially during the breakfast hours. I’m not a huge fan of rubbery eggs and oatmeal with a skin that’s two inches thick but that’s what you see at any of these deli places.
The first time I stopped in to the E-​Z café was on a random Thursday headed to work and my stomach was grumbling. I pass but the store front every morning and it always seemed clean and had a decent crowd so it couldn’t be that bad. I went straight to the grill and ordered myself an omelet with a bunch of fillings and home fries. I had the guy throw a bunch of hot sauce all over the top. No toast because by the time I would be at work it would be a steamy, soggy mess anyway. Five minutes later I was up at the counter paying for my omelet. $ 4.95 for an omelet with 4 toppings and hash browns on the side. You can’t go wrong with that in NYC.
When I opened up the styrofoam container at my desk I was very happy to see a nice big two egg omelet, filled nicely with goodies. The potatoes weren’t too bad either. Since that day I’ve stopped by every once and a while for an omelet from by buddy at the grill and I’ve never been displeased.

After a long haul morning forgoing without substance yet enriched with a joyous event, I needed to sustain food. E-​Z Café contains two sneeze bars sold by the pound at $ 6.99 for my measly 0.43 lb. was priced at $ 3.01. The cashier line is chaotic and without any logical format as managers and cashiers are unable to contain order. Seating is located on the upper level where it is extremely cramped for one backing of a chair touches another. Abject pain if you utilize chopsticks for the dumplings or sushi as I did which elbows the person next to you. What is there so branded or uniquely «easy» in the E-​Z Café? Forget patroning E-​Z Café for dinner. One facility exist which was relatively clean.
All in all, MEH!

I’ll make this short, sweet and to the point…
I knew EZ Café was good when they first opened. I work right around the corner, and when their doors first opened, I was a little hesitant of the open buffet (even sneeze guards make me nervous), but their buffet of different foods is so delicious that I decided to try it anyway… Let’s just say I was addicted from the start… yeah, I crave their roasted potatoes and bourbon style bbq chicken… yum!
Anyway, this morning, I was craving egg, sausage and cheese on a croissant with a Tropicana… great breakfast for a sunny, rainy, overcast, partly cloudy (you get the point) day. I ordered and the guy who took my order even made me laugh. Big +! 10 minutes and 7 bucks later my breakfast had arrived. The sandwich was hefty — I could have easily paid 8 bucks for the sandwich alone somewhere else — and completely hit the spot.
If you’re looking for a quick, straightforward, no frills breakfast… EZ…done! :)

On Corner El Mediocre, Midtown needs another DELI like it needs another skyscraper with the «unfinished look» style. I must admit, I was sorely disappointed that the rumors of a new Shake Shack going in here turned out to be false. Actually, the line for the Shake Shack at 44^th Street STARTS here. But I’m going to try to be positive, because no one wants a new «go to» «love love LOVE» establishment as much as ME, since I’ve exhausted the goodwill of every dark doorway nearby («working,» as I do, two blocks away)– maybe it’s time to give Schlepper’s Quality Kitchen another try? I find if instead of saying «deli» I use the word «delicatessen» I can almost imagine a time when men wore hats… and remembered to take the price stickers off them. Optimism for now, then, though it’s the usual delicatessen fare here– but I intend to return a few times– and either find a secret jewel, or retreat with a bug up my ass– and amend my review.
An interesting side note: since the New Yorker revealed that the OkCupid office is almost directly across the street from here, it’s been my goal to make the acquaintance of an OkCupid guy. I’m thinking they might be the kind of people who pre-​haunt a new place– since I don’t think they’re yet getting sushi helicoptered in like at google. I don’t know how to identify them (maybe dude wearing an OkCupid T-​shirt?) but I’ve HEARD that they hold onto the best profiles as a kind of underground commodity, to trade for favors, or grease the palms of potential investors. If you approach one of these guys with the whispered secret greeting («Draw back your bow») and slip them a Reagan, they might hook you up.