Mendy’s Deli
Mendy’s Deli
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
2 reviews
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I ate there again. This time I had Chinese. I paid close to $18 for Beef Lo Mein that came with Fried Rice and coffee. The staff was friendly. When I commented that their coffee maker that makes coffee fresh by the cup only filled my cup halfway they offered to give me a second cup on the house. The place was neat and quiet. But the food was pretty bad. The Lo Mein was so greasy that it shined with oil. The rice was overdone, clumpy and very soft and mushy. One more point the food was VERY cold. I think it had been sitting out a long time (prepared) and they didn't bother to warm it up for me. It definitely wasn't worth the price tag I paid for it.
This is a most unusual place. They're located next to a dairy coffee bar in the lobby of a Jewish kids' museum, with exhibits on things like kosher groceries and shofar blowing. Well, the shofarot aren't the only things that blow here. The subpar fleshigs served at this Mendy's location blow plenty on their own. I'm not sure if they're owned by the same owners as the Mendy's stores in the city, but the food here leaves much to be desired. I had deli on salad, and deli sandwiches here, nothing fancy, and it was just ok. I've had better elsewhere. The young and inexperienced staff look at you like you have four heads growing out of their tuchus if you ask for anything, like the dressing that's supposed to come with the salad. It's sort of dumpy; nice seating seems reserved for the party room. In my experience, when kosher places try to be the master jack (or Yankel) of all trades, they end up failing at everything. Israeli, Chinese, and deli on one menu is an unholy trinity (pardon the treif/avodah zarah reference for a combination that just doesn't shtim). If they just kept to the deli aspect, dayenu. I'm not quite sure women are being harassed here, as one commentator said in his review. Maybe I just never bore witness to that sort of nonkosher canoodling.