Dishes
“In world where coconut chicken fingers are still relevant, and self-control is and impossible exhibition…”
“ok, ok, yes it's crowded during lunch hour – but that means it's good.”
“I'm a huge fan of the mac and cheese and mashed potatoes when I want to be a glutton, and I love the vietnamese spring rolls and sushi fridays!”
Dishes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Good midtown lunch option. As other said, it's incredibly crowded during the lunch rush, but the line moves swiftly. I've always somehow managed to find a seat, but obviously the selection is limited so please don't be a table hog. The food is consistently fresh and tasty, with some interesting options.
Pros: The food here is delicious. Much better than treehaus (another nearby gourmet buffet-style lunch place). You get what you pay for and even a BBQ chicken thigh here tastes amazing compared to the same thing elsewhere. The sauce was very tasty and chicken was very hot and fresh. Sides were good as well.
Cons: It costs as much, if not more, as any of the many sit-down restaurant on 53rd between 2nd & 3rd. The lines are too long at dishes. They need more selection and appear to run out of things quickly. Once chicken and one fish option is not enough meat options. The buffet bar is small and causes a line to bottleneck there. These are obvious, visible problems that should be fixed asap.
I eat here often, probably too much, only off the breakfast buffet . I get a few things depending on the day: egg whites, kale/sweetpotato/quinoa mix, brioche french toast with strawberries, ham/spinach/egg quiche, or turkey apple sausage. All good, hot and fresh. They are overpriced, but are you really surprised, it's Midtown!
Catered an office lunch meeting from here and everything went smoothly. I chose to do the lunch prefix two which came with assorted wraps and sandwiches, the cold pasta salad of the day, a large salad, and a large fruit platter. I was able to chose the variety of sandwiches and wraps which I liked. I also was able to chose the salad as well. I went with the Caesar salad which was delicious! I ordered the day before and was able to pay over the phone. The food came a few minutes late, but I'm in NYC and things happen. I was pleased with the quality of the food and the presentation. They also supplied dishes, napkins, and cutlery.
I would definitely order for another lunch meeting from Dishes again!
My office has ordered catering from here a few times and I've always liked their sandwich. My coworkers decided we should finally try going to this place and I must say i regret it. The actual sandwich I got was fine (Grilled Chicken Sandwich), however the actual space has put me off from coming back here again. The space was so tiny compared to other lunch places in the area and was extremely packed. Just to get to the hot food, the line was literally out the door and line to pay wrapped around the entire place. For the food and the price, I suggest just going over a block to Lexington or 3rd Ave and getting your food there to avoid the headache you'll get from this place.
So dishes is one of my go to lunch spots. I love this place. Everything here taste good i promise you. Being that everything is good and the food is by the lb you can end up spending more than you would prefer for your lunch.
Try the orange sweet potatoes, coconut crusted chicken fingers or morrocan chicken…those are my fave.
They have a salad bar too if you want something healthy.
Line are crazy and the place is always crazy packed. Came around 12:20 and most of the hot food was almost gone, so not sure when they replenish stuff.
Pricier than Mangia. Would rather go there because they have more options.
Probably won't be back to this location for lunch, but will likely still order catering (sandwiches, salads, desserts) from here for the office.
There's also limited seating. I think less than 10 tables.
Quick and easy place to get to for breakfast if you work around the area! There are a few seats along the side of the store that you can use to sit and eat. I got the bacon and egg sandwich on brioche, which was pretty good and reasonably priced. Only reason I'm giving a 3 star review versus 4 is that in both mine and my friend's sandwiches, there were pieces of sharp plastic inside. We let the cook know about this and they offered to make us another one, but it was just still not something I would want to find in my food.