Eli’s Essentials
“The fruit is too over pricey and the salad bar is too!”
“It's so much more than just a grab-and-go coffee and pastry shop.”
“Stopped in for a sweet treat while on the UES.”
Eli’s Essentials
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
6 reviews
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I haven't tried the food, but their coffee is pretty good. It's self service, and they only have 1 variety, but it's a medium roast that's pretty tasty. I actually prefer getting my own cup of coffee because it's way quicker than waiting at most coffee shops. I've never spent more than 5 minutes in this store, and I've gotten coffee here a number of times. The staff are always pleasant, and as I've said they are speedy at getting people through the line.
Costly for certain gift items. Fresh every day. Something for everyone! This location has a couple tables to sit. It's really grab and go. Great food buffet daily for prepared meals to go!
Too bad this wasn't here when I lived two doors from this corner!! I still make it a point to stop and shop when I walk by!
Love all of Eli's products. I especially love the bread!!
Be prepared to hand over your rent and first born to be able to afford this place!
Dropped in this new outpost of the Eli's chain of NYC markets and fooderies that seem to be all around the UES now. Good lawd are they kidding with these prices? Hey Eli, not everyone who lives up here is mega rich like Mayoro Bloombito! Get over yourself already.
This is in a good spot for those heading to the 86th street subway station and looking to pick up a coffee or morning pastry. Basically a grab and go shop. Lots of breads, sandwiches, pastries, soups, coffee, and other high priced upscale food items targeting the uppity UES and baby carriage crowd. Not for this working stiff from the wrong side of Lexington Ave!
I'll stick with the coffee stands, bodegas, and Green Cafe Deli across the street from them where I won't feel as if I had just gotten mugged walking into it.
I was captivated by the baked goods in the glass window when I walked by but sadly I was disappointed by their chocolate donut. For $2.95 you'd expect it to be pretty damn good but I've actually had a better chocolate donut at whole foods that was half the price.. The donut was not only barely chocolatey but the dough itself was bland and dry. Looks are deceiving, folks..
A wonderful little place to get reasonably priced basked goods and coffee.
It has recently become my place to pick up chocolate croissants and cheese danishes to bring to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Then I have them with a cup of coffee there
Oh, for God's sake. If the uber-expensive Eli's juggernaut can't get THIS right, I don't know that there's much hope.
It's a cute little grab-and-go on the way to the 4/5/6 train. Salad bar, bread, sandwiches, soup, pastries, sushi, and miscellaneous "gourmet-ish" fare. And coffee, obviously.
Everything is insanely expensive, some things almost comically so. For the price of a plastic bag containing several dice-size pastries, you could buy a filling lunch elsewhere.
A mini-loaf of corn bread was $6.95. And it was sprouting mold.
The cashier looked mortified when I pointed it out to her, so I guess that's something.