The Local Market & Kitchen Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is delicious, especially the banana nut muffins and chorizo breakfast burritos."
• "Love their breakfast sandwiches with two fried eggs and a piece of sausage."
• "The clam strip PO Boy was spectacular with a light jalapeños mayo."
• "The french toast was to die for!! So good!"
• "All fresh ingredients and so much better than all the chains."
• "The Local Chicken Sandwich... the sauce makes the juicy chicken breasts, yes that's multiple pieces of chicken, that much better."
• "Delicious fresh coffee, great sandwiches, salads and bakery items."

Cons:

• "The fries were soggy if not undercooked. The rest of food was lukewarm."
• "They do not have many healthy dinner options. Most items were heavily breaded and fried."
• "The popcorn chicken for my daughter was genuinely no chicken, all fried breading/batter."
• "Both the power wrap (black bean burger) and the Greek wrap (chicken) we’re both lacking flavor."
• "Ordered chicken in waffles, received some fried chicken and a bag of chips."
• "Ordered a Cuban sandwich and Vodka Chicken parm sandwich. Chicken was fishy, probably same oil to fry everything."
• "Got a bad chorizo wrap."

Service

Pros:

• "Employees are very nice and kind."
• "Service was friendly."
• "Our cashier/barista was an absolute angel. She was super knowledgeable, she not only took our order, but walked behind the coffee counter to assist with our order."
• "Very happy with the service."
• "Even when they were packed the employees were calm and very helpful."
• "The staff are always polite and attentive."
• "Wonderful staff ready to help."

Cons:

• "The girls that work the counter are very rude."
• "The service was absolutely shameful, unpleasant, no regard for customer service whatsoever."
• "pretty decent food, but the staff was confused and distracted, which pretty much ruined our experience."
• "The workers were not friendly."
• "Witnessed from start to finish their interaction with a very sweet old man who asked for another cup because the whip cream was spilling over to the outside of his cup. He was met with extreme and unnecessary attitude."
• "Cute place, but the layout and process of getting your items is very confusing, and the staff is very rude and unhelpful."
• "We finally walked away and never experienced four employees of a single establishment being deliberately rude."

Price

Pros:

• "One of the best spots for a reasonably priced meal on LBI."
• "Home cooked meals. The TV dinners are a great value."
• "Top notch and the prices are o point, cheaper then expected."
• "The food is inexpensive but BOMB!"
• "The TV dinners are a great value."
• "Pricey but worth it!"
• "Don’t ever change, all food places should have this level of food and that’s not how it is, Top notch and the prices are o point, cheaper then expected."

Cons:

• "It was expensive--$10.99."
• "WOW $153 FOR 2 PEOPLE FOR SANDWICHES!!!!"
• "I find it to be over priced, but I guess that's supply and demand."
• "However, they are $$."
• "The quality is good but the prices are absolutely insane. $6.50 for cold brew can not be justified, I don't care what's in it."
• "Prices are very high also, I guess to pay all those employees."
• "High prices...I think we ordered a coffee, 2 baked good snacks and a mug and it was close to $50."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Casual, comfy atmosphere."
• "All of this with a nice outdoor patio to enjoy your purchase."
• "The outdoor seating is pretty sweet and tonight there was live music, Beautiful."
• "The outdoor eating area is also very CUTE (💯instagramable) and dog friendly… which I love"
• "I love the vibe of this place. From the raw wood and metal accents to the outdoor games and fire pit, the vibe is very cool."
• "It has a really cool, modern vibe."
• "The vibe was inviting and warm."

Cons:

• "It gets SUPER crowded in the mornings so be prepared for a line."
• "Crowded and limited parking. Long lines. Barely room to stand inside as it is super busy and little square footage."
• "It was so packed that people were reserving multiple tables for themselves unfortunately."
• "Stopped in for a bite while shopping in the area. Table rocks like a boat and is next to the trash bins, which explains the flys we battled."
• "It was overwhelming and hectic, but really good nonetheless."
• "Prepare to be confused... quality seems to have dipped a bit this year, food was sloppy and cold."
• "Concept is very cool but execution is horrendous. Wait on line for 30 minutes no matter what you are getting."

Product Variety

Pros:

• "They offer many artisan-style sandwiches and gluten free/vegan/health conscious options too."
• "The coffee is the best my daughter loved her girl scout cookie latte and hubby loves the Jamaican coffee."
• "Breakfast sandwiches are very generous."
• "Love the selection of foods--it's very Dean and Deluca-ish (NY gourmet food)."
• "Eclectic and healthy foods, natural."
• "Their hot food is great, we haven’t had anything we didn’t love."
• "The little market was also great. It had a lot of options for everyone including gluten free products."

Cons:

• "Grabbed a coffee and donut from the truck outside for quicker service. Donut was stale and self serviced coffee (I had the Columbian, just black) was awful."
• "ordered a latte and basically got back a cup of milk. there was absolutely no caffeine or flavor or depth whatsoever in this drink and further it was insanely overpriced."
• "Kids just reported that the donuts were a little stale."
• "The Joe sandwich was also subpar. The chicken was not juicy and tasty as the last time I got it."
• "The inside was OK, but the bread was definitely stale, like it had been made two days ago."
• "food is mid and cold and line is too long the process to get your food is so confusing."
• "Got a bad chorizo wrap."