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Gourmet Garage of West 66th in New York
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New York, New York County, New York, US
Service options
In-store pick-up
Yes
In-store shopping
Yes
Health and safety
Mask required
Yes
Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits
Yes
Highlights
Great produce
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible car park
No
Planning
Quick visit
Yes
Payments
NFC mobile payments
Yes
SNAP/EBT
Yes
Comments (118)
I got some lobster soup, and it was amazing!
We have gotten steak and chicken from this overpriced super market many times and it is always sub par. We keep giving this establishment a second chance and they disappoint every time. The meat is chewy and full of grizzle. Never again!
Just a mess! Dirty and they’ve replaced people with automatic stations that do not work. Resulting in super long checkout time.
Ladys at hot food counter are most helpful people that I have ever seen before
Nearby to buy what you need from a quick snack for lunch or a full shopping list. Friendly and helpful staff
If there was a way to give no stars, this place would deserve it. Their decision to only have self checkout is greedy and anti customer service. Thanks but you don’t pay me nor do I get a discount for using your machines. Consider me a former customer.
Look. I dont mind paying premium prices for premium products. However the customer service here is abysmal. There are always 3 or 4 employees standing around chatting amoung themselves and not paying attention. Their policy of outright REFUSING to give you a bag until you have completely unpacked the entire contents of your (often very full) basket onto the little shelf and gone through literally the entire checkout process with them standing behind you making sarcastic comments is the most frustrating part of my day when I go there. Its almost not worth going there. Ive even tried giving them 5c coin in advance to prove Im not trying to avoid paying 5c but the process of unpacking and balancing everything only to have to repack it when you asked for a bag 5 minutes ago is ridiculous. Go to Fairway instead,
Ridiculously overpriced. Small selection of small meals that are costly -- at least make a discount for the students that dine here during lunch.
Rating based on the awesome Colombe selection of decaf & reg coffee in addition to the bread section where they sell this amazing whole grain spelt flour bread. Other than that, the grocery items are meh and overpriced. But given the demographics and loc. of the supermarket it all makes sense. Overall Gourmet Garbage ahem, I mean Garage is an ok place.
OMG!!! Always always food not safe temperatures are way to warm for seafood eggs etc look at this quiche with good till date of 6/9 and my photo of 6/3. It’s crawling with mold and there are towers of mold climbing up from tomatoes!!!!!! Where the hell is the board of health.??? Constantly getting sick from their food. Last time.
Paying $9 for a an okay sized sandwich under a heatlamp did hurt the soul, but what else should’ve I expected from the Upper West Side. It was a Meatball, and tasted pretty great.
The food is just not good for the price they are charging. The store is good looking and clean plus they have good product. The staff is nice when you engage with them but they do talk to each other about non work related personal issues.
Excellent local option, especially with whole foods and fairway being a bit far for those that live in the area. Great baked goods, usually fresh and a nice selection of vegetables.
Good, small and cozy - and a little pricey - supermarket with basic staples, a great bread selection and lots of prepared foods. Staff are very friendly and helpful. A good neighborhood place to shop for things you have missing at home and need to finish a meal.
It is located st a convenient spot as there are not many other grocery stores and I gave it 4 out of 5 because of the steep prices and tight spaces. Not much selection.
This place is awesome, great food on the go , the employees are very helpful 👌
Great small grocery store - I love that they carry baked goods from Orwashers and that they have really great prepared foods for a quick lunch. Unfortunately, its too expensive to do the whole grocery shopping but great place if I just need a few things.
Its a clean and great for eating in if you wants some me time 👌👌fresh food and prices you cant go wrong,,❣🌱🌷💐9
Nice staff, food is really good, awesome products.
This place is pretty good - but they know theyre the only grocery store in the neighborhood and their prices reflect that.
Great as always.But...they have now gone self checkout. I just hope that hard working professional people that have worked there forever are not being replaced by automation.
Decent selection of prepared food and grocery items, but because of the high prices I only go in for a fast last-resort meal or snack.
A little bit pricy, but thats UWS after all.They have a buffet with soups and freshly made meals every day.On Wednesdays there is a discount on sushi.Convenient location.Clean place.Customer service is ok, friendly staff.
One of the better places in the area to get breakfast from in the area. Decent price and a good variety of breakfast items. The employees are very nice warm and inviting. The lunch is ok they make the most out of the space allotted. Prices are about the norm for the area.
Love going here for food. Fresh and healthy options are plentiful. Can be pricey, but this is NYC.
Great place to get your vittles.
Small but they have all you need. Like a hot soup.or coffee
Miss their cheese bread, a bit pricey but definitely worth stopping by their meat market.
Horrible looking soup bar. No crackers to go with the soup and messy. Will not be back there EVER!!!!
Excellent supermarket. Nice boufet selection, amazing sandwiches. Its a bit pricey, but its OK for this location.
Amazing food quality and great service. Highly recommended
Over priced food, the cooking staff is awful, pass by me twice and not saying a damn I had to yell Hello just get a just a minute all you have to do is say that once see someone standing there. How damn hard is that
The name speaks for itself. Packed like a garage but with all gourmet groceries. Love that they have a sushi chef on hand for freshly made sushi daily.
GG has above average pricing, even for the neighborhood, but a great selection of nearly everything, a terrific sandwich counter, and convenient location just off Lincoln Center.
They have quality items, many of which are still overpriced. Service at the various counters is v good (prompt and expert), in my experience; however, cashiers are often inattentive . Theyve also, much to my disappointment, stopped carrying certain items I used to like and go there for.
I usually pop in here to buy a prepared meal. Always delicious and healthy.I love their cookies and cupcakes made by Gourmet Garage.What I enjoy most is that I usually find some condiments that I cannot find in a grocery store. I like that. Variety keeps me on my toes.
Its small and convenient in the neighborhood. Small selection of everything, high quality products, organic, wholesome, nice baked goods, fresh produce but again, small selection but high quality. I havent tried the sushi bar or prepared packaged foods or the butcher section (as Im vegetarian) but Its there. Its relatively small but you can find a remarkably huge variety of a little bit of everything of high quality. The more you look the more you find!
Great place to shop, great prepared foods and sandwiches, amazing organo
Grocery shopping in is not great but Gourmet Garage is local and offers a reasonable choice of fresh foods.
All around my local and best for coffee after a walk with Soniia. Love the people and place
It is a very expensive supermarket. Their foods are mostly organic and fresh.
Veggies and rice...so good
I hate this place... I pass it on my way home, but I decided not to spend my money there anymore. First of all, it is insanely overpriced. The selection is OK, but most of the common items can be bought for half the price in regular supermarkets. You almost always have to queue to pay.What bothers me are the specials: they always put this huge signage SPECIAL $$ OFF, but when you get to pay, it almost always charges the full price. Then you have to argue, have them go check it and waste time. It is incredibly inconvenient. They rely on people not paying attention to how much is charged at the cashier, and the specials are really just a trick. I dont like that, it is not about the $1 off, but about the principle.
Close by > W66th off bway...bit pricey... really great quality food. Produce, veggies, gourmet food: suchi, chicken, ice cream, glass bottle choc milk, dessert snacks, new hot Coffee station, fresh cheeses, helpful staff...quick check-out.
Very expensive for food that is NOT fresh. Moldy cheese, expired dates on food, bought ground turkey which was sour. Disgusting place.
Best grocer on the UWS. I will walk 10 blocks past Fairway to visit this store. They have Pat la Frida meat and the fruit and vegetable section is amazing.
Love this market! A little too pricey, but great choices!
Best supermarket chain to buy fresh food, fresh made soups and other food, meat, fish, fruits
Was a great place for lunch till they started to charge for oyster crackers with your soup.
Expensive, but easy to find high quality food at. Not much selection.
The prices are too high and the food was not that great tbh
Some delicious hot foods but overall, overpriced and a bit stuffy in attitude. However, they have the cheapest, most delicious water bottles in the city, their gourmet garage bottles are 99 cents and taste great...
Best for a quick take-out: they have Pizza, Sandwiches, Sushi, Salad Bar, and a Soup Bar! Also a decent place for fresh meat and cheese in particular, and the biggest plus is that theres rarely a line. The downside is that most things are a bit pricey, especially produce - Wholefoods 7 blocks down is generally cheaper.
GREAT selection of cheese and extremely friendly cashiers....
Good selection and good ready to eat items
The food prices reflect the rent in the neighborhood - very pricey! But I bite the bullet often and indulge in the DELICIOUS chocolate chip cookie from their bakery. I call it, the hole in my head
This place is an incredible disappointment. For a store that had a virtual monopoly on high end grocery 10-15 years ago, Gourmet Garbage has virtually become on par with your local bodega. In fact, I’d argue it’s significantly worse given that prices are 1.5-2 times higher than the bodega.
Shop in the morning. Fab Breakfast choices, and pastries. Although, I know their soup choices are great as well.
Hot breakfast selection is a joke and the girl at the deli counter had a very bad attitude
The grocery side has some interesting, if overpriced, options, and the deli side is almost always disappointing.
Only self checkout available!
Pretty good selection of prepared food
The key pick-up place is on the right hand side of the entrance. The staff are nice and friendly to help me find it..
Pretty Good food market。
Super expensive and the food is real not rhat good
A vast variety of ready to eat, great quality meals. Stop by for a steamy cup of hearty soup. You must try the chicken dumpling, the jambalaya and the beef chili beans soup. All chunky, meaty and flavorful. They offer veggie options as well.For desert just grab some creamy delicious raisins rice pudding. Cant go wrong with that!
Such promise but...Disappointing as much of the fish and meat look like they have been on the shelf for a while.
In & out very fast because I knew what I wanted to buy!!
Good source for last minute shopping. Expensive, though.
Got some hot soup on the go that hit the spot.
Great stuff but way too Pricey
It is the most unfriendly supermarket with the most limited selection of items. Almost no variety of organic produce.
Even by New York City standards — even by bodega pricing standards — this place is outrageously expensive. It’s borderline offensive. Shop here and you may be tricked into thinking Whole Foods is a discount chain.
Went there around dinner time for a sandwich at the deli -- many ingredients (key ingredients) were gone, probably not replenished after the lunch rush. I had an italian sandwich on stale bread with jalapenos instead of red peppers...I could tell the guy felt bad when he handed the sandwich, but they were happy to take my 10$ for it. Might be fine as a grocery store, but for takeout after lunchtime I wouldnt expect much.
Delicious choices pretty overpriced though
Too limited a selection at too high prices. I left and shopped at Fairway instead.
Love this place, excellent services and prices as well.
For the 6th time, ive had to pour out a guart of sour milk I bought two days after I bought it. I can see having this happen once or twice, but this is too much.I brought two back. One checkout woman said I needed my receipt; another told me it was my fault at not looking at the expiration date although the milk was bought prior to that date. I gave up.The milk price is higher than its competitors. I expected a better product as well as better service.I will still go to the store, but Im staying away from any refrigerated item.
Good selection, but self-checkout is terrible!
Nice grocery store.
Excellent selections. Nice vibe.
Fine place. Sort of a Fairway jr.
Lot of items, this is the only grocery around the block
Three times the rotisserie chicken was underdone and once almost raw.
Following dental work, I once bought mashed potatoes and split pea soup, among other things. Well, the mashed potatoes were lumpy and the split peas in the soup not fully cooked. Given GGs exorbitant prices and the simplicity of preparing these gourmet dishes, this was shameless. Moreover, they would not make good on this purchase. Sine they are close to where I live, this is a lose-lose situation.
Unsanitary two times in a row I had hair in my sandwich and hair in my soup gross!!
The Vermont cheese and ham was disgusting
Great groceries
Food is horrible
Delicious soups
Busy, a little messy
Everything you need
Good store!
Good always
Terrible service
Just because!
Excellent!!
Overpriced
Pricey, but expected for Manhattan. Very clean, staff needs to learn better customer service.
Strawberries .. No taste than our country. Hard and sour. Even Korean side dishes?
There are super delicious coconut macaroons. The lady at the bakery is very rude.
There are some good flavors a good food very good salads
Wide variety of salads, bread, drinks, food, etc., very good service and affordable prices
There is everything for shopping and even self service meals
I think nothing is missing !! You can have breakfast, variety of meals to take away or eat there. Very good!!
Half of my meals in NY. A feeling, the plus: in front of Juliard.
Not well stocked.
Excellent
Total reviews rating 3.8
118 Reviews for Gourmet Garage of West 66th 2023:
Review №1
2022-05-16I dont live in this neighborhood but I would shop here regularly if I did. The selection of prepared foods and grocery items is excellent. Everything seems to be of very good quality and the prices are reasonable -- much more so than the stores that cater to my fellow tourists just a few blocks away in any given direction. I should also mention that its clean, well lit and pleasant in just about every regard thats desirable in a store.
Review №2
2022-07-13Very limited selection of items. If you are looking for non-organic goods, they don’t carry them. Instead they carry all higher priced organic items. Prices in general are fairly outrageous compared to other nearby grocers. I only go in here when in a pinch because of its proximity to home, but I have to close my eyes when I get to the cash register. Very clean and staff is friendly.
Review №3
2022-07-17Beware: expired goods all overI have been living in the neighborhood for two years and was a frequent customer. today (7/17) I bought Nosa yogurt and when I opened it it was watery so I checked the expiry date, which was 06/28! So i went back to the store to replace it. there were multiple other yogurts with the same expiry date - i found one with 7/31 ..i told the counter - appeared like they dont really cared. they did not even apologize and when I informed themabout the other expired products they simple said: we will let them (who???) know.It seems like they try to generate more money out of their already expensive prices ... I am really very disappointed - services are going downhill everywhere in this city ...
Review №4
2022-05-03Ok quality products for mostly exorbitant prices, (probably because of the location near Lincoln Center.) Small but stocked with a decent amount of diverse grocery items. Good organic section.
Review №5
2022-01-25Whats with not giving bags?? I am happy to pay for a bag but they hide bags away and wont give you one when you ask and give huge attitude if you ask for one. Why do I have to unpack my entire trolley before getting a bag? Very rude staff as well. Not to mention they come over in a huff and smash things on your checkout screen to make sure you pay for such bags. Sheesh.
Review №6
2022-02-07I bought a salmon sandwich here this afternoon that was marked good until 2/8/22. Today is 2/6/22 and the bread on which the salmon was served was stale and dry. About a half hour after I consumed this concoction, I had serious intestinal problems.
Review №7
2022-01-18Great food, but the workers there usually give me an attitude every time I go there. They’re being paid to stand around, ignore customers & act bothered if you ask for any assistance. This place would be 5 stars if they replaced half their staff
Review №8
2021-10-15One of the great places for lunch many different soups a great variety of foods that are well prepared. Theyre fried Chicken is delicious and for six bucks for four pieces you cant go wrong. Nice sushi. Meats great hot bar salad bar. Sometimes when the students from the local school across the street are there for lunch it can get super crowded but other than that its well run its clean and a great place to go.
Review №9
2022-05-19The customer service over the phones is terrible, I called in the morning and asked if they still had sushi before I made a trip over there and the lady over the phone was being lazy and told me “whatever’s there is there!”. So rude! I was so irritated.
Review №10
2021-08-30Ever since they switched to self checkout this place just makes you feel bad very time you’re there.They won’t let you bag your items while you check out, make you do double the work moving your items from side to side because they are so worried someone would steal their precious 5 cent bag after paying $50-$100 for just a couple of items (they are crazy expensive which is what you’d expect for the lack of competition here)When you are ready to bag you have to go and ask for bags which are kept under lock and key with the Vice President of bagging who will ask you to commit to the number of bags and pay before you start bagging so no room for error there, you better be on point with your bag calculations.Just increase the price of milk by 5 cents and free us of this bagging nightmare!