White Castle in New York
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New York, New York County, New York, US
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Site: http://www.whitecastle.com/
- Monday:9AM–5AM
- Tuesday:9AM–5AM
- Wednesday:9AM–5AM
- Thursday:9AM–5AM
- Friday:9AM–5AM
- Saturday:9AM–5AM
- Sunday:9PM–5AM
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This location is not on the app so I was unable to order online. No one picked up the phone when I called either. After ordering the 30 pack with cheese, 4 cheese fries, and an onion ring I was expecting to get the crave caddy as advertised online. The manager first told me I should have ordered on the app, but when u showed her they werent on there she insisted it was only a holiday promotion and I pay $10 for it. I showed her it wasnt a holiday promotion and all she simply could say was that I could pay for it. Horrible customer service and when I got home my food was no longer hot.
The characters these employees have to deal with on a daily basis is astounding from the rude to the down right crazy so it is somewhat forgivable when I sat in the dining area pretty soon after it was opened back up that it seemed pretty dirty from the previous night and remained that way for the remainder of my 2 or 3 hour stay.
April 2022 UPDATE: after being closed for remodeling - White Castle opened their renovated restaurant mid April. It no longer looks ghettofabulous. It actually looks pretty nice - bright and relatively clean from previous visits. Some notable changes were made:1- high tables were extended and shifted to make more room for standing and eating (should you choose to dine-in). Outlets were also added so you can charge your device while you eat2 - the seated dining room has been closed off. I believe it is now a private event room (or perhaps storage)3 - the customer bathrooms have been eliminated. There is NO BATHROOM for customers.4 - the plexiglass wall separating where orders are taken and food prepared has been removed. Its one open space now (thats what it feels like).The staff taking orders were new - it appears that folks from before were not retained. Well see if thats the case upon future visits. I hope the changes were not just cosmetic but improve the overall experience while getting your crave on.---------------------------Delicious burgers and sides made to order but this location is GHETTOFABULOUS. Be ready to fend off panhandlers and other vagrants and AVOID the bathroom if you can. Only the womens room works and its been that way for what seems like years.Get in - get the grub - and get out.
White Castle in Harlem/125th Street. The food is great ..the staff is good 👍.. but the place is in need of a makeover, it needs a scrub down, its nasty..When you go in, It smells sour & most of it is tape up like a crime scene. Cmon White Castle yall do better....But I do love the food!
The Worst!!! No fast in this food. I waited over 30 minutes for 6 itmes. Two of which were beverages, and once the order was complete the young lady dropped my food on the counter behind the plexiglass (where I couldnt reach it) and left it there or approximately 10 minutes. Until I complained and finally the manager gave me my cold food. Never again!
The slowest location Ive ever been to. The restaurant encourages you to place your order online or via the mobile app, but when you get there you still seem to wait more than 30 minutes. Everyone else that is waiting is also in the restaurant violating social distancing rules because you have to be near the front counter in order to hear them scream your order number. They need to take another look at this and create a faster, safer experience for customers.
Im a bike/driver i work for doordash & postmates i went to pickup one order;then when i arrived i surprised long line like 10 person then i asked the kitchen stuff if my order is gonna be ready soon and they said around like 20-25 minutes then i cancel the order. I wish they should hiring more personnel cause i sow only 3 people in the kitchen not enough.......
Terrible af!! I cant find the right words to horrifically explain how bad the service was. Just for a simple pick up of 3 sliders and fries took more than an hour, which ended up with order being canceled because of the excessive waiting time. Never order on a Friday night, or expect to waste your night waiting. Youre better off waiting on a line for some Jordans
The food isnt the worst and to be honest neither is the service. I just always feel bad for the ladies working there. They must be exhausted. My only other gripe is that the floor is oddly always sticky. Still, I feel like the staff are doing the best they can. Bless him.
Admittingly, at first, I had thought it was closed because their seating area was darkened with their chairs up. However, walking a bit further got me to their opening. Had gotten the impossible burger with their dairy free cheese. It was OK. Nothing to really be excited about. Would rather have their veggie patty. Cashier was good. The person handing off the order was dxtremely polite and kind. And told me to come back soon. Aww. Im not from the area but it was kind.
If I could change one thing...If you are a fan of White Castle you understand the process and why food takes time to get to you. This location, like most locations has friendly staff that work hard to get you your food quickly. Once you get your food, its fresh, juicy and worth the wait.However, there is one thing I would change. The amount of people just hanging around and asking for money is unacceptable. As a result, the seating areas can be really messy between the moments when the staff get to clean. Keep this in mind.Obviously these types of issues are not solved easily and the team with have to find a non-controversial way of addressing it. However, when they do...Simply put, order ahead and have your food delivered.
Need more polite servers to make customers feel more appreciated at the register most of the workers at this location make you feel in the rush to order and make u feel unwanted there i mean I didnt choose the job for you have more patience during be polite to your customers its the customer service for me
Not gonna lie... I was craving castle for a while now but there are a few reasons I havent really gone there outside of the pandemic and it being a former drug addict hang out (former is important here). The seem to always take forever even with few people in the store. Not to mention they never seem to learn how to make a plain cheese burger. I will either get a plain BURGER with no cheese or a cheeseburger loaded with a crazy amount of onions. It makes it unappetizing
The food is supposedly very delicious just that the pizza is very hard and not as good as it used to be. Serving customecusis very slow even if there are only a few people they have poor service and not as tidy. You have not tables or anywhere to sit while you eat so you have to stand. But overall the employees are very nice and tje ice cream is quite good.
The only dislike I have is that this location takes the longest amount of time to give you your food compared to the other locations Ive been too. The late night customers tend to leave there trash after dining in, which affects the appearance, but I understand that the employees are too busy to leave the cooking area and clean up after every nasty customer.
Love the fact that this place is 24/7. Decent food that you can order at any time. The white castle app also has online promotions (coupons) that wont be found in store.Cons: the lines/wait can get extremely long during certain times (usually weekends when the clubs/bars let out; think 4am 5am on a fri/sat night). Not the cleanest white castle location. Vagrants can be found lurking around/inside. No drive-thru at this location.
Food is good and the workers behind the register but the place itself is just filthy. Garbage literally everywhere, on the tables, floor, garbage cans overflowed no napkins no straws no juice in the machines at all. Literally just good for take out definitely not to eat in.
Listen, I love White Castle. Those tiny sliders are cute and adorable. This place? This place was a slap in the face to the legend of White Castle. Half the restaurant seating wasnt even available, the drink machine wasnt even working and it reminded me of a morgue inside. Homeless people just seemed to walk in and out and it was eerily silent and devoid of joy. I still think the food is 5 stars in its own trashy way, but I couldnt even bear to order food there.
This place makes Mcdonald’s looks good. It takes almost an hour after you order to get your “fast” food. The burgers and fries are so dried out and microwaved it’s like an episode of Kitchen Nightmares come to life. There was pork bacon stuck on the bottom of my cheeseburger. I don’t eat pork. There’s was like one guy working there who actually seemed like he gave af about the food and service. Everyone else needs a wake up call.
Great white castle food in an excellent location. Close to various big name stored and major trains and buses as well. Having the dash app is a plus since its available here. The wait time is a little on the long side with all the business they get but still worth the wait.
White Castle is always great. The food here is fine but the place is as ghetto as it gets. The staff is OK, they just do their job. You cant really blame them if theyre not overly happy to be ringing you up for minimum wage. The problem is the place is a hang out for local crackheads who constantly ask for change. - My favorite is when they hold the door & expect to get paid for it...I can open my own door for free. - If you do actually sit down to eat, which I dont recommend, youll be sure to see at least a few drug deals or hit off a crack pipe. But whatever, its Harlem. You take the good with the bad here.
The place was filthy, plentiful with bums rummaging through the trash or stealing the fountain drinks from tossed cups. The bathroom was gross. I love the welcoming plexy glass the employees and customer have to try to communicate through, (we couldnt hear eachother) made me feel like I was In jail.
Food was what I expected. Service was slow, but staff was polite. But, the restaurant was filthy, the bathrooms were gross, and beggars were allowed to ask for change to customers standing in line. He asked me 3 of 4 times. I would take a 40 minute bus to a diverter location before Id go back there.
They always quick and accurate... The problems are the bathroom is always out of order..tho I dont use public restrooms I do believe that the restroom should be accessible... And the other problem is the crowd that just liners the seating area.... No a kosher crowd nor are they even eating white castles?!?! #Cleanitup #Fixtheproblem
Im not a fan but my boyfriend loves it. Its his happy place. You know when you go somewhere so much as a kid you just like going there. Thats him. Everytime I go theres atleast one homeless person there and I think they have bullet proof glass up at the registers. I dont know lol. A lot of the times the own workers dont know their menu, and when you tell them what you want they usually that doesnt come with that even when it would say it in the menu. If your new and asking question, dont. Im telling you now they DO NOT KNOW THEIR OWN MENU!!! They look up at the screen with you to see what your asking for. The soda machine usually only has a few options available, most are out of order (its one of those machines where u can mix flavors like peach Sprite. Or cherry ginger ale etc.)and theres only one toilet usually available if not locked.they have a seating area and from what I remember theyre open 24 hours. I only rate 2 because my boyfriend loves it and Im not really a fan so I dont think I can judge the food.
Dirty and slow.....cashier was texting...the while place was packed with no workers and the bathroom is where nightmares are made from....Dope head inside picking his nose almost laying on the floor...no one wipe tables the entire time i was waiting (which was almost 30 minutes for 20 burgers...Will never return
I was really expecting something more than a measly patty stuck between two stale buns. Did I also mention that I had to wait 10 minutes for my order to be ready? I only had two people ahead of me!I was expecting White Castle to be at least better than McDonalds (guess not!); Harold and Kumar must have been really high to be able to finish eating these burgers!
Food was standard White Castle, greasy cheap burgers, which is crap or great depending on what youre expecting. The food takes longer than expected, there were a lot of people just standing around waiting for their food to get out. I also had to ask for my drink twice. Also when I gave them a $20 for my meal, they asked if I had smaller bills, which was weird. They dont accept bills over $20.
I suspect that as a NYer one either loves or hates Whit Castle. I am in the love camp. The sweet and savory sliders are probably a heart attack waiting to happen, but I still have them occasionally. This is the place that has them. The service is solid, if a bit slow. And the store should be cleaned a little more regularly. Most of the staff is usually hard at work churning out food.
Bathroom was disgusting, staff seemed miserable (I dont blame them Id be miserable too if I worked in the place god forgot), food was soft and gross, dining room clean but dingy. Only giving it two stars because its close to the Link NYC wifi hotspot but otherwise honestly tear it down and replace it with a Pollo tropical this city definitely needs a Pollo tropical
It was horrible I order 4 cheese burgers and two fish with tater sauce and cheese I get my food and there no tar tar sauce on so go back up to the window with the fish and she like we dont put tartar sauce we have packets of it so Im like I dont want the fish now its cold and they use to put tar tar sauce on the fish she kept on insisting that to make me the fish over Im like ms I want my money back so she finally gave me my money I turn around to go back to finish my food and a homeless person was sitting and eating the rest of my food. I just walk the the white castle
Food was fresh, but its kinda crowded, at times, tables need to be cleaned more often. The bathrooms are clean, and meets ADA standards. The whole facility needs to be upgraded to meet Harlems 125th street crowd. Im suprised, at White Castles Marketing Specialist. W125th, has such new development, but, its still operating, below its tourism level. The food ordering space is crowded, the entrance to the seating area is narrow, and there are only two bathrooms, for male and female. The amount of people in the facility can run up to, 50 people in the food lobby ordering at once, people have to circulate, on the lines to stand in the middle and wait, for, their order, and move around those entering, the store to place orders.
Fast food at a slow pace need to pick up the pace and dont play favorites..especially when theres only 3 customers in the store ordering and waited the same length of time as I did, I waited for my food which was only 2 veggie sliders felt like I was going to pass out from hunger panes thats how long Ive waited got my food looked in the bag...no napkins..had to ask the manager that served me..how do you forget to put napkins in the bag...customer before me got napkins w/o questioned or hesitation...why?...cuz Im a woman or cuz I wasnt to your liking enough..which doesnt matter anyway..customer service is customer service regardless color, race or creed the manager was very unprofessional besides the fact he was giving out FAKE common courtesy so I didnt expect any more than REAL common courtesy from a manager thats doesnt have any..first and last time I ever step foot back in that fast food restaurant again...you wont catch me twice...EVER!!!..😡..SHAME ON YOU!!!..why?...cuz I work for customer service foodservice industry Aramark LLC.You are so lucky that I wasnt the Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene...for future reference CHANG YOUR GLOVES WHEN DEALING WITH FOOD AND EXCHANGING MONEY...CHANGE YOUR GLOVES MAN..🤢🤮😤😱🤒🤒🤒...Thanks...But No Thanks!!!..from a very unsatisfied customer..😠😠😠👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
Junkies that are high or just got high by shooting up in the rest room and homeless people stay in this place. I have been to this place manny, many times just due to its locations convience but the SLOOOW service and the junkies and homeless people really make me sick to my stomach. I love white castles but this is really making me reconsider continuing to eat from this franchise if the mgmt allows this to continue. It’s a shame because it’s in such a convient location for everyone. I think they should shutdown, get new mgmt to keep out the junkies, and allow other like myself the experience of enjoying our eating experience. I called the Dept of Health based off n the disgusting conditions and activity I was today. I’m tired of seeing this every time I walk in those doors.
I see alot of the reviews for poor ratings. This is White Castles people not a 5 star restaurant. White Castles is normally known for cheap late night I am drunk food . I visited this location on a Sunday around 2pm. Ordered 2 jalapeño cheeseburgers and small orange drink. Took more than 5 minutes. But when I got my food it was fresh and hot. Although next time I will probably order OnLine to avoid such a long wait. I gave them 4 stars. I WILL BE BACK.
THIS RESTAURANT IS A DISGRACE TO ALL OTHER WHITE CASTLE RESTAURANT I’VE EVER BEEN TO!!! (Caplock was necessary). They are UNSANITARY, filled homeless and drug attics and NOT appropriate surrounding to bring children in, let alone eat in. The chicken rings was hard and the burgers were dry just disgusting. I wouldn’t even give this place 1 start but i had no other choice.
ADORE THE CASTLE!!But WHY are they in such pittsy neighborhoods?Cant there be at least one on the Upper East Side in Manhattan?Say, around East 86th Street??AND there are NONE in Florida!I usually have my driver take the car and drive up to one estab on 103rd 😟 Street way over on First.I just devour 7 of them at a time.Try those little wonders with a nice brut champagne. Thats the way to go!
Not a good place to eat...this location is not an ideal place toeat if you are not familiar with street-life individuals who hang-out inside the place preying on naive customers for money ...you have to be street-smart and be on guard if you decide to eat at this place...be careful
Poor service managers walk around mad at staff and customers for no reason people shouldnt be afraid to ask a question because of fear of a Attitude from one of the employees Service on 125th street and White Castle is ridiculous I had an online order what a Pacific pick up time and when I arrived I had to wait one hour on top of other customers coming in ordering their food the manager was mad when I ask about the wait time for my order
Total reviews rating 3.5
199 Reviews for White Castle 2023:
Review №1
2022-05-09Food order was very slow despite having, at least, four employees working & I was one of only two customers at the time. Maybe waited 20 minutes? All was forgiven once I received my order; the classic combo of two double cheeseburger sliders, fries and a Sprite. Food was extremely hot and fresh, made-to-order. The restaurant was also newly renovated...looked real fresh, modern and was very well-lit & clean. Ill definitely be back!
Review №2
2021-08-11Could be cleaner, could be faster. I am very impressed that they had chicken and waffle sliders, which are awesome.I also tried an impossible slider, which was tasty.Ill definitely be back, because these burgers are probably filled with some sort of magic crack.
Review №3
2020-11-03The kitchen was disgusting wasted food was every on the counter and floors and trash on the ground the workers looked depressed (I dont blame them) and the food tasted like mushed up undercooked leftovers. For sanitary reasons alone I dont know how this place stays in 2020. Id stay away from this place even if youre on a budget theyre are way better options out there. Youre body will thank you later. (The fries were good though) 👌
Review №4
2019-10-10White castle, sometimes your taste buds wants white castle, the closest to me is in Harlem. And we funny, I always get my food, and its always good. I give respect for all good service workers.
Review №5
2022-04-19The place (floor)was dirty but thr food was fresh and tasty. If you eat the (double) cheese burgers. I highly recommend you get them steamed. It make the burger taste better and the bread softer.
Review №6
2019-08-02Im a hardcore vegetarian and when I got to know this place serves veggie burgers too, I didnt think twice and went straight ahead but to my surprise they served me beef/classic burger. I didnt realize it was the classic one until I went to repeat my order where i got to know I just had the classic burger.Now am a hardcore Non vegetarian.Thank you white castle.
Review №7
2016-12-09Big fan of the Harold and Kumar movie series so seeing this place brought a huge smile to my face. Got four classic tiny burgers plus fries. Nothing special about the food. Service was not particularly friendly. Glad I got to experience the place but probably not coming back.
Review №8
2022-01-25Harlem baby!!!!Wooo.Stood at the Marrakech hotel,had to stop by there later than usual,or I had the option for McDonalds,so skipped McDonalds for White Castle.They are so rare anywhere else,but the vibe in Harlem that night,and the area itself was chill,but that was last year over the summer.Gotta ride bike throughout Harlem.Such a great feeling.
Review №9
2021-09-03Everytime I come home to NY, I have to stop at White Castle. First time visiting the one in Harlem. No dining in, take out only. Be ready to encounter panhandlers outside of the store asking for food and/or money. Otherwise, get your crave on.
Review №10
2021-10-06They have weirdos hanging around the store sometimes the food isnt bad but not perfect I mean its fast food so down the app and get what you can!