Q Marqet

This place has tons of food options. Its open all of the time (even on Thanksgiving). It has sushi, hot bar, lots of pre-​packaged… but I skip all of that and go straight for the sandwiches. The deli has not let me down. I’m not a huge fan of the pre-​made paninis… I don’t think any great food is pre-​made, but I have tried several sandwiches (6+) and all have been solid. My favorite has been the Chicken Pesto.
I love that its reliable and always open, the only place in this area. Staff are always friendly though they always seemed rushed (even at 3 am of a nigh shift with on one around).
–1 star for cash only :(

Expect to overpay for everything but food is decent, deli food and Chinese food buffet. I usually only go there to get the shumai udon noodle soup which I love. Their buffet selection always looks good but make sure to go before noon to get the most fresh food.

I go to this place during my lunch time to grab some white rice and roasted seaweed when I am in the mood for that… but they have a buffet with a variety of food, it looks yummy… I would like to go there more often but they only accept cash and most of the time I just don’t carry any cash with me :/

Q Marqet is a typical corner store that is good if you need to grab a quick bite to eat or picking up essential items for your apartment.
Pros:
They are open late so it’s great when you are coming home from a night out and you can get a breakfast sandwich
They have delicious and affordable muffins available at all times
There are no ATM fees when using the ATM
Cons:
Q Marqet is cash only
Hot food is $ 7+ per pound so it adds up quickly
The food in the hot food section and the pastry section tends to sit out for a long period of time
The staff is never really able to provide clarification on what the specific foods are in the hot food section

In the area overnight and wanted a good sandwich. It’s a 24 hr deli/​market. I ordered a pretty simple cold cut sandwich and went looking for something else to munch on.
I ended up grabbing some pretzels, my sandwich and a coffee. The pretzels were your regular packaged variety. The coffee was a bit strong, probably a bit old. The sandwich was tasty and fresh. Honestly, it’s an adequate place to grab a bite at any time of day. Nothing special, but very serviceable.
As stated by others, Cash Only!

SO EXPENSIVE!!! and accepts ONLY CASH :(((
but a plus is that it is open 24hrs a day every day… so that’s cool.

Very strange that this place is cash only. It is a really small space and I happened upon it during the mount Sinai lunch rush. I would recommend going at another time because it was super hectic

Great 24-​hour deli right by Mt. Sinai. It has excellent sandwiches (my fave is the grilled chicken with avocado and Swiss) and a weighted buffet bar with outstanding mac & cheese. The buffet also offers salad, pasta, and Asian items like dumplings, kimbap, and noodles. There’s also a sushi bar that I’ve never tried, and your standard chips/​soda/​junk food variety. Cash only!

On the way to visit a friend at Mount Sinai, I was lulled in to Q Marqet by the $ 1 ANY SIZE COFFEE sign. I was impressed by the selection of coffees. There are several hot flavors to choose from in both caff and decaf. Customers pour and season their own coffee. Several milk and cream options.
There is a made-​to-​order korean/​asian food counter and a hot food bar with all types of selections. Lots of snacks and options here, and the prices seem reasonable for manhattan.
Q Marquet reminds me of a mom-​and-​pop Wawa (for those who haven’t been to a Wawa… you are missing out… make a point to go during your next visit to Jersey). Q Marquet is everything you want a small bodega to be. I wish this market was closer to where I live. Hooray for Q Marqet!

Pros:
— open at odd hours
— decent selection of snacks, hot foods and drinks
— location close to Mount Sinai
— ATM available
— Friendly staff
Cons:
— pricey
— cash only
Good in a pinch, but if you’re going during normal business hours there are tons of better options

My favorite aspect of Q Marqet are the hours. Open ²⁴⁄₇ it seems. Always perfect when I’m getting back to my apartment really late and don’t feel like making anything. Food is passable and there is a great variety from burgers, to sushi, to a buffet of prepared foods in the back. Quality of the food is nothing to write home about.
Hmmm, maybe the hours are the only thing I really like about this place. It gets the job done whenever you need it to.
Ok, so how else can I sum this place up? Mediocre food. Does not accept credit/​debit cards, only cash. Everything here is overpriced except for the bad coffee which is a dollar for any size. Staff isn’t all that friendly. And oh yea, once I saw a cockroach running across the floor. I know roaches are all over the city, but I still don’t like to see them out in the open at establishments were I’m purchasing food.
I only come here when I really need to.
2 stars.

NEVER GO TO THIS PLACE FOR FOOD.
I once had gotten food poisoning after eating food here when I first moved here in UES. Gross food and disgusting smell. I do not think they check the quality of the food in the buffet side.
Generally all the products are overpriced as well.

4am in UES is a strange space. A fourth dimensional liminality that has you wonder as you hit against the humidity off MTA blue what your knotting digestive enzymes need. You imagine the protein chains curling into each other within the tumbling acidity, just as your body instinctively hunches and quails at the white Q bobbing across Madison. It is either this or the distant Ray’s that you consider: the latter likely more terrible, but a comforting, unknown contingency that you always leave virgin as a Platonic form of the unexplored city.
In the back: elderly Japanese mock-​up. The buffet thankfully closed, but the sushi tray-​fridge unfortunately splayed with egg-​fried zucchini, spicy orange chicken wings, dumplings desiccating at the hems. You reject all, you lumber up and down the steps dividing the chips from the baked goods, but you know that, as all giants, tonight you must fall, fall far down, fall hard through the clouds. In the descent, your coins shall seed the earth.
The man at the cashier says no words, points his Cash Only, eyes not watching you spear the zucchini outside, let the old grease lubricate your gums, smell the skins unpeeled and so longing for intimacy.
The next regret, a month later, the chicken shares its cousin’s robust hull. On your bed, you lie between bites, wishing the chewing to stop, wanting the short solace of a dream before 8am Monday. The rosemary chips you thought expensive but justified supplement chill on top of the AC, stale and dusty as the counters of its womb marqet.
The buffet you try one lunch, one self-​hating lunch before which you see the glimmer glister of the q-​shell, the asocial dignity that hides the age of the woman always behind the daylight counter, never meeting your eyes. Odwalla, you reconcile. Odwalla green machine — there can be no mistake. At the bar counter, you crack open the styrofoam like so many disused sushi trays. The green gives similarly, smelling slightly of baby powder, perhaps baking soda — the dust to cover so much crumble. Below its rim: expires last week. There is a masochistic joy when you find this, find this without laughter.

Breakfast time? Hit the Q. Lunch? Q. Dinner? Q. Snack? Q.
I think you get the idea. For those of us with insatiable cravings that you just can’t put your finger on (or, feel free to be super specific about what you want) — Q is probably where you should go if you are in the area.
Conveniently located a block from my office at Mount Sinai, Q has served me up some A+ choices for any meal of the day (and all those in between) in a true get in get out style.
There aren’t many places where you will find:
–Coffee
–A Deli (with a huge menu)
–Paninis ready to be grilled
–Breakfast (ALL DAY)
–A burger (and other grilled-​type things)
–A cream cheese bar
–Cold cuts
–Drinks
–Fruit
–Sushi Bar
–Chips
–Snacks
Annnnd a ridiculous food buffet with everything from salad to fruit to chicken to mac and cheese to sushi to dumplings — and a bit of fried rice to taste.
…all under one relatively small roof.
Honestly, if you don’t know what the hell you want chances are the Q will either provide it for you or at least help you narrow it down.
My nose processes so many different good smells while i’m in there that I sometimes walk out with a bag (having already paid), get back to my office, look at what I got, and wonder… what the hell was I thinking? Fried Rice with fruit salad? Dumplings with cole slaw? 17 bananas? Follow your nose (like Tucan Sam) and it’ll be a surprise every time. I’ve tried a lot of things and i’m pretty pleased with what my choices have been so far.
Advice? Be aware. Be vigilant. Be indecisive, or decisive. Walk out with a combination of food previously unknown to humankind. Also gum.

It gets the job done. Best thing is the free ATM, uhhh awesome!
Cash only joint, they have a big selection of drinks, and a buffet in the back which I have never tried.
I come here 2 – 3 times a week for a quick large perrier and get rushed through by the staff. Gets crowded around 3 when the school around the corner lets out. You’ve been warned.

Extra star for a FREE ATM! What’s the catch? There is none! Just a pure, unadulterated, no-​fee, Automated Teller Machine. This alone makes me a fan.
But that’s not the only think Q Market has. Yo know those days where you want outside food, but you just don’t know what? Well a walk into Q Market can usually remedy that. It has an odd mishmash of hot & cold food, from mango salads, to seafood, to chinese, indian, pasta, a sushi bar, deli counter, and pastry selection. There are also plenty of grocery snacks (chips, candy bars, juices) to augment your meal in case that wasn’t enough food you weighed in. The staff is quick to keep the line moving, but always very friendly. Even if you missed the many «Cash Only!!» signs after they had rung up all your food and rush over to the FREE ATM. They must be used to this happening a hundred times a day. The food is not phenomenal, but will satisfy you and is relatively fresh (fruit & veggies at least), and prices reasonable. Sandwiches are a good bet when in doubt.

i think i would crumble and die without Q Marqet. I literally eat there 3 — 4x /​week because it’s right near my place of work. the food is very good and buffet style, and they also have udon and bibimbap … not to mention sushi… not to mention pretty much every kind of deli meat you can imagine if you just want a sandwich. the vegetables in the buffet section are always made fresh (you can usually find the very nice korean chef tending to them) and so very, very flavorful. japchae on wednesdays and fridays is an extra delight of mine. they definitely have a very loyal customer base.
the ONE bad thing about Q is that it’s cash only, which makes me terribly depressed if it’s suddenly 2 pm and i haven’t yet eaten lunch and then go on to realize i don’t have any cash on-​hand and do not have time to run out and get some. but otherwise, the staff is friendly and a little harsh sometimes only to keep things moving since it’s PACKED in there from 12 — 2 pm daily.

Every hospital has something like this right outside: weighted buffet.
Fresh food. Hot food. Delish. They even have kimbap and udon.
Cash only!

Yelloow!
So Q market is your one stop shop for chips, beverages, coffee, candy, deli stuff, pastries, sushi, buffet food and lovely chinatown candies and desserts (POCKY!!!)
The staff is not always the nicest the place is clean and the price are a good.
$ 2.00 for a large Iced coffee… yes pls!!!

I like their coffee (and it’s only $ 1.75 for a large size), but their buffet is overpriced. Like any other lunch buffet, it’s by the pound, and you’ll find that pasta, chicken and other items quickly add up to a pound or more. It seems pretty clean, though, and there are lots of options. Just personal preferences, I suppose!