It's been a while since I had been here. Dishes on Park Avenue is still great. There's lots of seating available in the early morning. Today I ran late and the breakfast buffet was not fully stocked. I'm still giving them Four Stars because they have all the soups, salads, cookies, muffins and plenty of other options for breakfast and lunch. It's clean and renovated. Employees are somewhat pleasant but not as nice as the other location closer to my neighborhood. They get the business crowds in here from all the offices nearby. I'm in this neighborhood a lot in warmer weather. I'm glad I stopped in and I'm sure I'll return.... read more

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$23.99 a lb is insane, even for park Avenue. Food is good but not for that price. Never again. read more

Dishes - Literally $14.83 after tax. Not a picture mid meal. Thats it. Absurd. - Sandwiches Near Me - New York, New York

I love Dishes for its convenient location, and I often stop by in the mornings to grab some eggs. However, the prices have become outrageous lately (eggs were $11 today!). Additionally, some of the staff can be quite rude. For example, this morning, the young lady at the register didn't greet me and just pointed to the screen to show the price instead of saying it. read more

This place does have great food but I will not longer return after seeing this. There was a roach crawling around the counter by the hot sandwich station near the doors to the kitchen. Yes, this is NYC bugs are everywhere but they shouldn't be near our food. read more

Dishes - Roach crawling between bagel baskets. - Sandwiches Near Me - New York, New York

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I googled "sandwich" while I was in the area and this place popped up. It's a casual dining for office people. If you are single and ready to mingle check it out lol Food options were good. Not too many not too little. Since I came in mind with an idea of getting a sandwich I did just that. Yes bill came out with a drink to almost $20. But we are in NY soooo can't do anything about that. Employees were really nice and actually made my order just the way I asked them :) appreciate it. Delicious. read more

I had really high hopes for Dishes since it's so close to my office, but I was disappointed with almost everything I tried. I also got the smallest container and didn't think I was getting much food, but ended up paying $11. I feel like there are definitely better places where you can get much more food for the price in the area. I think Duke Eatery has more options and better tasting food for one. I thought everything tasted a bit soggy and I felt a bit nauseous after eating it. I couldn't even finish the food that I got. The only things that I really could eat were the sweet potatoes and broccoli since they weren't sitting in sauce. Granted I did go at closer to 2 PM so maybe the food wasn't as fresh as during peak lunch hour. All in all, I'll probably be avoiding Dishes from now on. read more

Dishes - Pay by Weight foods $11 - Sandwiches Near Me - New York, New York

Would give Zero if I could! They catered a box lunch to downtown office - +20 people had 4th July holiday ruined because of severe food poisoning! Have filed official report with NYC health department! read more

The food at dishes is very good, if not a little expensive. However, what I really like are their sandwiches. So good. The reason why this place doesn't get 5 stars is because of the continued horrible service by one employee. One of the women at the sandwich station is very very rude. I work close by so am there quite often. She is rude to everyone and I am shocked to see she is still there. She seems annoyed anytime anyone orders a sandwich. One of my co-workers won't even go anymore because of her. I was in line yesterday and another person in line said, "Why is she always so rude?" Everyone else is very pleasant. It's a real shame and makes me hesitate to continue going. I can see others have posted similar reviews reviews regarding customer service. Something should be done. The smaller petite woman who sometimes helps with the sandwiches is fantastic! read more

A lot of things have changed since my review of this place in 2015. Prices skyrocketed and service became rude. Too bad.

I wish I could go back, the food is solid and its conveniently located by my office. But this is the most expensive fast casual lunch spot I have ever been to and its not even close. Good luck trying to get lunch at the buffet for under $25 bucks. You just leave here feeling like your got ripped off. read more

Usually never crowded for a reason. Horrible .... absolutely horrible. Chicken sandwich was smothered with dressing not mentioned on menu. Chicken quality was terrible. Looked more like sliced turkey and still slow even though empty. First and LAST trip there!! read more

Dishes - That's where the sandwich went.... only place appropriate for it - Sandwiches Near Me - New York, New York

I'm updating to a low three stars and that's just for food. I just am over the people who work here. The rush, the crowd and the cattle treatment is annoying but the Food is still good. It's worth a sit down once in a while. Like every eclipse or so. And Dishes, you increased the prices for reallll read more

Been coming here on & off for years, honestly because healthy food options limited, but I wouldn't call this healthy. Soups are always too salty. Other prepared foods are often too salty also. Food is very repetitive and lacks inventiveness. Buffet bar has become even more expensive per lb., making it not worth the price for the quality of food. Annoying they don't list whether items are gluten-Free or not!!! Get with the times. All nearby restaurants/food bars do so. I'd need to see major improvements to keep coming here regularly. Unfortunately, this place is sometimes the only thing to can do with the time I have for lunch. But it even motivates me to bring lunch from home to not have to eat this food. read more

I think I have to boycott this place. I swear I dont want to, but I think I have to. I have been here twice this week, my wallet hates me, my blood pressure hates me, my stomach now hates me and I have decided, if I go one more time, I will hate me. Its just that bad. Pros: Food is slightly better than most delis in the neighborhood. That making it the tallest midget (no offense to any midgets reading this). If you're tall for a midget, you're still...you know, a midget. Cons: The layout of this place is the worst. What the hell are these tables for? Seriously? Who is eating there? Why or why are you wasting valuable space on these tables? Walking through this place is like walking in the third ring of hell. No flow. No organization. Being going every which way. Horrible. Figure out how to get streamline people before something happens. On this day a woman proclaimed, "This is a fire hazard" and you know what? it is! The sandwich line. Wait here, order, go pay, come back and wait? All of this while 2 of the 4 guys behind the counter are preparing catering orders? Why? start those orders before lunch, or make those in the back, like every other place in midtown. The food bar. There are signs on the top of the bar saying, "we encourage you to jump in and out" so why do people line up to the door and stand there when they know they want 1 or 2 things? Because this place is organized so poorly, thats why. The prices. Good golly ms molly this place is expensive as all get out. Bring your wallet, know it will be expensive and still ask the guy if you broke a window when he asks you for $14 for a sandwich. The staff. The staff appear to be overworked and sluggish. Very few smiles. Very little urgency to do anything quickly. I dont blame them. This place is hell in midtown. I wont be going back. But there will be a thousand people there already so they wont miss me. read more

I've been coming to Dishes for years, and I think that my fellow reviewers are a bit tough on this joint. So.... in the context of grab and go lunch opportunities in New York, there's the nasty old Korean deli (think Smilers), some of the newer fast casual chains - i.e. Chipotle, Pret, and then there's Dishes. Dishes is the millennial version of the upscale New York Korean deli. Decor is all in white, and super trendy. Lines are horrific and you will struggle to get out for less than $15. So why is Dishes 5 stars? Because it's delicious. Lately, I've been meeting a friend for lunch. Table service for $15 is impossible at lunch, but if you show at 1145, a table isn't a problem and the snaking line is minimal. There isn't a bad meal here, but I like the choose your own ingredients salads. The market salad is also delicious, but usually my eyes get bigger than my wallet likes to pay. Udon noodles are also tasty. A relative weak point could be desserts, but I'm not a lunch and cookie type girl. read more

This place is horrible and the employees are rude for the exception of the young lady at the register (Nicole). Good luck with this place!

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! read more

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Used to work a few blocks away from Dishes and went their several times a week. They are only open Monday to Friday and cater more to the business crowd. I always go for the buffet and pick and choose a bunch of random things. My favs: the salmon, coconut crusted chicken and sushi (only on Fridays). Line can be a bit intimidated and long but chill, longest I've waited was about 10 mins. Wish they were open for dinner and on weekends. LOVE dishes! read more

Delicious....And Fresh! You can always count on Dishes to fill your tummy with yummy nutritious food. The buffet area changes frequently but there are always a few staples that remain everyday. There is also a salad station if you're looking to up your vegetable intake. Are they pricey? Yes, a bit. But look at where you are and look at their address, it's to be expected. Pretty much everything here is worth the price. While there is seating, this is more of a grab and go kind of spot. The BEST time to go? Exactly at noon, if not earlier. I once tried to get in at 12:15 and the line was out the door. That speaks volumes about their food and their service. read more

I love this place, especially because it's also vegetarian-friendly. If you're not looking to spend more than $6-7, the soups are quite hearty, and really good. If you can't decide, they even let you have free samples of as many soups as you want for free. If you like noodles, I recommend the glass noodles in the Indonesia broth (vegetarian). It tastes like southeast Asian curry. Though the place is quite busy, I appreciate how patient and nice the staff is (that is, if you treat them like human beings). read more

4 star on the soup: they had quite a menu of peculiar soup, peculiar but in a very good way. 3 star on the salad. They had pretty generic salad bar. Everything's on the ok side. Good for work lunch. Quick and easy. I'd say I'll rate them 4 if they are called Bowls because they have great soups! read more

Sugar meat. All of it. Chicken? Sweet. Meatballs? Sweet. Short ribs? Sweet. It's healthy food, but it's all sauced up in simple syrup. And the employees are getting more and more rude by the day. Don't even bother with breakfast - the eggs are always a wet mess, who wants scrambled egg soup for 16 dollars a pound? Dishes: you've been cancelled. read more

Dishes is one of the best healthier eating options in the area for lunch, but it is pretty expensive so it's not an everyday thing if you are looking to save. I definitely recommend going before the peak lunch rush because lines here get crazy long. While the lines often stretch out the door, the middle hot bar line moves pretty quickly and there's a ton of great food to get there. The menu is available online in the morning, so you can check beforehand if the hot bar is something that you want or if you would prefer something else that day. I personally love their caramelized sweet potatoes and would go just for those. Their other fresh vegetable options are delicious as well. I have also tried their salad bar, and their asian dressing and seared tuna make for one delicious salad. Also in the morning they make a yogurt parfait with strawberries that I am almost positive is made with goats milk and like whatever you should get it because it tastes like you are eating whipped cream and strawberries and it is fantastic. read more

Dishes - a mix of things from their hot bar including my favorite sweet potatoes - Sandwiches Near Me - New York, New York

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Really expensive, the type of place I can only justify going to maybe once every week and a half, as my minimum food cost here is usually around $15-16, a lot for a buffet take-out place. If it were about 20 percent cheaper, I'd go way more frequently, as the food is quite good. Difficult to go wrong. Sometimes line moves really slowly. read more

Dishes is the perfect spot for when you have no idea what you want. I came in on the suggestion of a coworker and I'm glad I did. I'm a big fan of cafeteria/buffet style places for lunch and knew I'd need a place to replace Bocca. The selection was much smaller than Bocca but it was good and the food was flavorful. Looks like I've found my spot! read more

Some of the staff here are just too baller to be a staff here So this is what happened at the counter: Me (after buying the coffee): so I want to make a call, is the reception good here? Barista (looking at me blankly for 10 seconds): TEN SECONDS... what was he thinking? A poem? ... then, "Is your bar low?" Me: yeah, it only shows one bar on my phone Barista: "well, it's not our problem" This is the exact quote EXCUSE ME? Not your problem? Why suddenly put on a defensive face? Did I even ask whose problem it is? Then the barista even turned around and recounted the "reception" story to his coworkers ** right in front of my face **!! SHUT THE FRONT DOOR It doesn't matter how clean you keep the place is and how lovely you make the food look like. If you hire people like this, Dishes, that says a lot about how your company perceives its customers. read more

DO NOT GET DELIVERY FROM HERE!!!!! ORDER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!! If I could give 0 stars I would... I called and placed an order today at 11am and its 1:20pm and my meal still isn't here! I have called 3 times and finally someone told me they transfered my order to the 45th location, without letting me know. When I called the 45th location at 1pm they said they they were on the phone with this location NOW and that they just gave them the order- 2 hours after the fact and 3 phone calls!! On top of all this at 1:30 the order finally comes and they ask for cash even though I had already put it on my card. When I called they said even though I have a charge on my CC it will be voided and I still have to pay CASH! I told them I didn't want to food and hoping that my CC gets reimbursed. The least they could of done was give me my 2 1/2 hour late order I technically already paid for. I WILL NEVER ORDER FROM HERE AGAIN AND WILL DISCOURAGE ANYONE IN DOING SO! MOST HORRIBLE DELIVERY EXPERIENCE EVER! read more

Walking past this restaurant is a sight. People are pouring out the door, bright orange to-go 'dishes' bag in hand, while crowds circulate the interior buffet and accompanying soup-salad-sandwich bars. Overwhelming is an understatement. So I finally pushed my way into the cafe, freaked out, and headed to the most familiar area I could distinguish. The salad bar, with its checkerboard selection of vegetables and proteins, seemed like the safest (and quickest) choice. And it was, but eating an $11 salad here (or anywhere really) is embarrassing. The salad was quickly chopped and tossed together before I could finish my order. I'm not even sure what I ordered. They might as well have given me someone else's salad. So I take the salad and try to discern where the checkout line is. After wandering aimlessly through the large people maze I figured out where to stand. Happy with my choice, as the buffet looked too good and too intimidating for a quick lunch trip, I waited and avoided looking at the $3 bottles of water to my right. So $11 dollars and about 20 minutes later (you have to wait for a table) I sat down at a small date table amongst the 20 other packed date tables with my friend. We talked over others' banter and wolfed down the tasteless greens. I can definitely spend $11 and 20 minutes better somewhere else but if you want a lunchtime "rush", dishes is your fix. If you want to avoid indigestion bring your lunch to work. read more

Employees couldn't be more rude or clueless. Food is ok but doesn't change up much. Customers are also rude cutting in and out of Buffett line. If you can avoid I would. Doesn't seem to be any Mangement in charge. read more

I'd echo what a lot of people have already said about Dishes: The food is good, but expensive (think above $10 for lunch). The wait can be ridiculous if you're not here early enough. I tried the Brazillian Chicken Soup the other day and it was amazing. A great mix of spices without being too salty, tons of shredded, tender chicken, lots of fresh veggies, and a hint of coconut milk. A small cup of soup and hunk of bread is just under $5 including tax, so I use it as a supplement to something else, perhaps from Dishes, perhaps from my refrigerator, perhaps from another lunch spot, perhaps from the smoothie cart down the truck. Yum. read more

Dishes during peak lunch time hours is not for the faint of heart. This is an experience for only the most seasoned of New Yorkers who know exactly what they want, navigate life with measured, precise movements, and get out of the way. If you are "that guy" who strolls leisurely around a buffet table contemplating what you might like to eat for lunch today or "that girl" who drags along a Louis Vuitton bag that is large enough to house your shoe collection and holds up entire lines while you dig through assorted pairs of Jimmy Choos in order to pull the credit card out of your Tory Burch wallet, please continue standing in the left lanes of escalators on your way to making abrupt stops in the middle of Times Square, and stay out of Dishes. If you are a competent, highly functioning individual who is looking to grab some better than average lunch options and be on your way, give Dishes a try. Be prepared for high prices, mass crowds, some dirty looks, and know that when in doubt, you are expected to keep moving. If you can handle this, there are plenty of gourmet delicacies to choose from along the buffet, although many of these vary from day to day. The coconut chicken fingers and dipping sauces always seem to be a hit, along with an eclectic assortment of surprisingly good salads. If you have limited time, or even less tolerance for lines or slow people, head straight to the salad, soup, or sandwich stations. The pecan chicken and gruyere sandwich on a sesame jerusalem bagel is my particular favorite. Don't plan on a finding a seat inside to relax with your friend while you catch up over coffee. If you are looking to pick up dinner and lucky enough to stop in right at 5 p.m. when there may or may not be some items still out before they lock up for the day - you can avoid all crowds and serenely pick up a meal to go - just in time to brave the mass rush to the number 6 train. read more

Almost 2 hour wait for food. An hour into the wait, I get a call saying they ran out of everything, but the egg(I called at 9am to order, but I get a call at 1015am saying there's no ingredients for my platter). I got bacon instead and was told it was the best. I am not impressed. Totally disappointed, cold and really soggy eggs, cold bacon. I highly doubt I'm ordering from this place again. read more

Several more overpriced trips here, with quinoa and grapefruit salad galore, and I am a convert. This is my favorite buffet spot. You get what you pay for, and in this case, it's really good hot/cold buffet food. Also, forgot to mention in my last review - eye candy aplenty. Stand on line and ogle, people, ogle! read more

Probably my favorite place to grab lunch on the run. They offer a wide selection of sandwiches, soups, noodles, and best of all, HOT / COLD BUFFET. It's a little on the pricier side, but definitely worth paying extra for variety and quality. The food here is always fresh and delicious! Note: It is PACKED here at lunch time so make sure to beat the rush! read more

The sandwiches are quite good. I've even tried the mozzarella and plum tomato vegetarian option, and speaking as an avowed carnivore, I enjoyed it. The quality of the food here definitely puts Dishes in the top percentiles of delis. The ordering system is also commendable. You order your food, then pay for it, then pick it up. Sure, you can do this in other delis, but at Dishes this is the rule rather than the exception. This keeps Dishes from being the utter madhouse it could be during work weeks. Now, downsides: the menu is pricey. $10-12 for a sandwich, or 50 dumplings in Chinatown currency. And, somehow, Dishes has managed to be a pretentious deli. It's partly the crowd, a midtown selection of finance / fashion / white collar stereotypes. It's also the food selection (no burgers), the strikingly bright interior (aspiring to a cleanliness that normal delis would cringe from), and that stylish back seating area. Basically, I'm not sure if I'm cool enough for Dishes. But at least they'll take my money. read more

Coffee is absolutely brutal. They got bits of avocado on my sandwich from the prior guys sandwich you not cleaning the knife in between. Lazy set up, would not recommend read more

I love Dishes, and the fact that it's directly across the street from my office only makes it even better. The lines are always out the door during lunch, but I feel that it's a telling sign of the quality. The food in the hot and cold buffet line is always fresh and pretty much everything I've eaten is tasty. 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! On days I want to be healthy, the made-to-order tossed salads and smoothies are the way to go. Plus, there's even a noodle soup bar and a sandwich station that has awesome sandwiches. Oh! Definitely don't walk out the door without getting one of the delectable flourless chocolate and nut cookies (which are huge, btw). I have dreams about these chewy, chocolatey morsels... Yes, it's pretty pricey, but what can you expect for a Midtown lunch? Here, I feel like a normal lunch will run you around $10-15. Yet, the food is consistently tasty and filling! No wonder you always find me here when the clock strikes 12noon... read more

You have to go early (before noon) or late (after 2pm) or know exactly what you want and how to get it, otherwise..... Upon entry it feels more like an upmarket shoe shop from Soho and if you've never been here before it's as confusing as it is conceivably possible to make a lunch time deli sandwich bar It's refreshing to see some ideas out of the norm, at least for those of us who frequent the more run of the mill lunch time jaunts in this area, but it's damned expensive for what it is anyway my job is hard and stresses me out, I can just do without the aggro of this place whilst trying just to get a sandwich or a salad read more

My friend works next door so we came here for lunch. Very crisp setting with a nice view of Park Ave. I was very busy during lunch hour but we managed to find a table. The food is buffet style which is funny but the quality was far better than you usual. We got the shrimp and some salad which were decent and far better than venturing to a local deli. Cute place. I will give it a try again next time I'm here. read more

Best possible version of the Midtown salad bar. Most expensive too. The food is quality, with plenty of variety. (I don't really understand the obsession with the coconut chicken, which was ok, but not memorable.) They were still bringing out fresh platters long after the lunch rush. Staff works hard to keep things clean and running smoothly; they're a little brusque but in a nice way. Not an affordable option for everyday, but a good choice for an above-average hour away from your cubicle. read more