Bistro Caterers

Found my replacement for the awful bread market. I go here almost everyday now even though it is a couple blocks from my office. i brave the elements rather than go to the place across the street. all because when i do, i am pleased with my breakfast. fresh yogurt bar where they make your parfait to order is awesome and the only place i’ve seen that does this. oatmeal bar. believe this. when you order eggs, they crack them into a pan. this certainly adds a minute or two to your waiting time but so worth it imo. food is constantly good and prices are cheap.

I come here a lot because its very close to work and they make great omletes. The price is very reasonable. for $ 6 you get an omlete with 3 veggies and a meat with potatoes and toast! what a bargain for the expensive city we live in!
The only thing is that the line can get a little long and the palce is not that big. If it’s your first time here, you might caught yourself waiting in the wrong line because it can get confusing. The guys are efficient and may be mistaken for rude but for a girl with a busy schedule I like to be in and out

Stopped in for soup on this rainy day. I ordered the shrimp lobster bisque and was surprised at how good it was. Piping hot which is exactly how soup should be. They offer bread or crackers with soup. I opted for crackers and was given 7 packs of saltines — hell yeah!
I also grabbed a bag of veggie straws and it all came to less than $ 7.
They also do salads and sandwiches. I’ll be coming in here again.

Yeah, this place sucks. Aside from the extremely rude and apathetic ‘employees’ — they will either give you attitude or a blank stare when you order something. And forget it if you are interrupting their important meal preparation activities — you will just end up waiting for a while.
They do change their prices all the time, without notice or reason.
At the omelete/​egg station the menu says — homefries included. They usually run out by 9:30am,… What? Really… and you have to always ask for them… just seems like theyre always trying to cheap out.
Anyway, its blatantly clear that they don’t care about their clientele. They think that their convenience will get them through despite their mediocre food and atrocious service.
Please, please, please send them a message by not going to this place. They need to understand that this level of service and quite honestly deception, is not acceptable.

Several bad experiences at this joint, enough that now I’m ready to Unilocal about it.
The latest situation involved my lunch experience where I picked up an «unlimited» (in quotes b/​c that’s a whole other topic), topping medium sized salad which is about $ 8.50. So like other salad places, you start the assembly line with a self service pick your size salad type and bowl size (small medium large and choice of mixed greens or etc). I chose the medium mixed green bowl ($ 8.50) and handed it to guy behind the counter. I picked all my toppings (chicken and 6 vegetables… this is reasonable), asked the guy to chop it, and chose a dressing. The guy handed my salad back to me and I noticed he had somehow he had sneaked my salad contents into a large sized bowl ($ 10). This was obvious because the salad inside of the bowl only filled it up about half way. Sure enough when I went to pay they rang up $ 10. I told the girl behind the counter that it was a medium salad and she just responded with «I don’t know, ask them,» and looked at the salad guys 8 feet away. I went back to the salad guy, who either didn’t speak too much English or really just didn’t give a ****, and after asking 3 times in different ways, he rolled his eyes and put my salad back into the bowl I had originally selected (and it all fit with room to spare). Went back to the register and voila, an $ 8.50 salad.
I’ve had so many issues with the pricing at this place that I’m fed up enough and have written it off (my weekly salad purchase will likely make a large dent in their bottom line… sarcasm). I have other stories about the constantly changing menu with regard to varying restrictions on «unlimited» such as nuts one week or an egg another week. Also, they don’t even label the seasonings of their chicken choices (its really nice to have choices, but what are they?).
Have I inspired anyone else to cut off this non-​sense?

Done with this place. Cashiers are bitchy and rude, and the guys behind the counter change prices day to day.

I get that this place is «nothing special». You know what’s special to me? Getting my entire breakfast for $ 4.50 in Midtown. Pretty damn special. A large iced coffee, bagel and cream cheese cost at least $ 6 anywhere else including Dunkin.
Bistro also has a punch card where your 7^th coffee is free.
I haven’t had lunch here. But I’m not sure why reviews hint that $ 7.25 is expensive for a sandwich. This is 51^st St!

Standard coffee and breakfast place in Midtown West. It’s near where I work so I go here for breakfast a lot. Their coffee is pretty good (I always get iced), and reasonably priced ($ 2.50 for a large and $ 2.00 for a small), and they have a good selection of bagels and cream cheese (jalapeño!), and they have an egg/​omelet station, where you can get eggs/​meat in pretty much any combination you can think of. Not gonna win any awards, but it’s dependable.

Lunch in midtown generally is 3 stars. Nothing amazing, usually expensive, but we need to eat. Sandwiches go for 7.25 here and they have a ton of solid already made options, a few wraps and some pitas. You can opt for half for half the price. They are a standard deli so you can order any normal deli cold cuts, cooked items, cheese and veggies on a sandwich. There’s also a standard nyc lunch time salad counter. Soup counter. And a taco station. I go here bc I work nearby. Theresa’s is decent too but this is like 1 – 2 dollars cheaper. Oh solid made to order breakfast options for decent price too.

This is my go-​to lunchtime spot for chopped salad.
You can choose one meat, one cheese and all the veggies you want for $ 7.80. Can’t beat that in midtown.
The line can be long, but it moves fast.

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