Sarge’s Delicatessen & Diner Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The service was cordial and efficient."
• "Our server Kareen was very friendly and funny."
• "The person who tended to our table was so kind and pleasant it made our evening that much more special."
• "Staff are very attentive and friendly too."
• "Service is warm and friendly."
• "All the hosts and wait staff were kind, friendly and efficient."
• "Enter Karen, our incredible waitress; friendly, fun, and super efficient."

Cons:

• "The service is disinterested & a bit short."
• "However the service could be a lot better and the place needs to be a whole lot cleaner."
• "Server never returned to the table to ask if everything was ok or we needed anything else."
• "Super slow service. The waitress was rude and seemed bothered by me asking a single question about ingredients due to an allergy."
• "Service was very poor, a waitress told us multiple times to wait 2 minutes when I could see empty tables."
• "The service was shocking and made us feel uncomfortable the whole time we were there."
• "The service was atrocious, the server was out to get me."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Matzo ball soup the best, white fish delicious."
• "The food there is so, so good! Very fresh, generous portions."
• "The brisket an rye with cheese fries... The cheesecake was outstanding!"
• "This place hands down has the best pastrami sandwich in NYC!"
• "Pastrami sandwich is everything you ever wanted in a pastrami sandwich, with stuffed, juicy, smoky, thinly-sliced meat."
• "The Hot Pastrami was amazing. So flavorful and it practically melts in your mouth."
• "The pastrami sandwich and the Rueben were delicious."

Cons:

• "The flavor on my hash just left a lot to want. It was bland, it needed salt and pepper desperately."
• "The potato salad was too sweet, however."
• "The peas soup was testy but came cold too."
• "I ordered the chopped steak it was burned and unseasoned the fry's had no taste and were also under seasoned."
• "The corned beef was excellent as always, and the pastrami was way off, fatty, and disappointing."
• "The egg cream was good awful. Poorly made, and the key lime pie taste like it was packaged and not freshly made."
• "the pastrami was lacking in flavour, and the soup rather bland."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "This is your quintessential New York deli."
• "Classic NewYork Deli, filled with nostalgia and attention to detail."
• "You know what to do: go to Sarge's and be part of the non-franchised, nothing to do with Food Network/Top Chef, locally owned NYC restaurant world."
• "Great old Jewish diner/deli vibe."
• "The place has a great Jewish deli retro vibe."
• "The setting is really amazing for me. It was like a classic American diner vibes."
• "There’s something unique about the atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The restaurant is showing some wear and tear. Patch jobs everywhere!"
• "The diner also seemed a bit tired, as my seat had a large patch on it that was covered in tape!"
• "The ambience is in a very bad state."
• "Gross, shabby interior that shows the underbelly of a New York dining experience."
• "decor was dated and worn."
• "The restaurant stinks of meat and is very unpleasant."
• "Glue traps hanging off the ledge above your head."

Value

Pros:

• "They offer a 10% discount if paying by cash, which is preferred."
• "You can make a meal just with a single piece of cheesecake, definitely shareable between two people."
• "The meat platter with potato salad is enough for four people."
• "One sandwich was enough for 2 adults."
• "The portions are huge."
• "The portions “for one” are perfect to share between two people too so it ends up being good value as well as good quality."
• "The sandwiches are expensive but big enough for two to share."

Cons:

• "One of the most overpriced places in NYC, totally not worth it!"
• "Total came out to $28 for the 1 meal. The price is too high in our opinion for the quality of food you get."
• "And overpriced, not worth the prices I paid."
• "Their prices are very high especially considering the low quality of the food."
• "But $28 (without tip) for a single deli? I know others are charging the same but it's not worth it."
• "The only reason i won't give five stars is because the food can be a bit pricey."
• "But the prices here were incredibly high."