Eli's Essentials

1291 Lexington Ave, New York
(212) 348-4943

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Phillip Denny

$24.95 + tax for a small container of miniature hamantaschen?! Ridiculous.

P.S. The regular hamantaschen are $6 at this spot. So I went to the Zabar’s at 80/Broadway and picked up several hamantaschen for $9.95! Beware the outrageous mark-up.

Bradley C

We got lemon flavored and orange flavored loaf cake. The cakes are dense, but a bit dry. The flavor was nice. The lemon one has a delicate fragrant and the orange one has a nice citrusy flavor because of the orange zest in the cake. It was a nice cake, but $24 each was a bit much. I’ll probably go and try their other items next time.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Health Loaf

Vincent Turrie

Caught severe food poisoning from their pastries. I knew I should’ve left them alone when I saw those nats flying around. Skip this place. Even the cashier hands were dirty which makes me wonder about their hygiene. They all need to be investigated.

Food: 1

Service: 1

JP 1and2

I think the food is over price, and most for food is not fresh. I do intend to get sick from the coffee they saved.

Ymelda Chilli

I ordered a chocolate birthday cake for my birthday and it was the best thing I did.
It was the right texture, wet and it tasted incredibly.
Love this place?!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katerina Kramarchyk

Tomato mozz focaccia was fire and as greasy as a focaccia ought to be. If I could eat focaccia all the time, I would do it. Accordingly, I feel qualified to leave this review. 4⭐️ because a little expensive. This slice with a tip was over $10.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katerina Jalette

Delicious pastries and good customer service

Stefan K

This “large” iced coffee costs $6!!

Food: 1

Harvey Messing

Some of their prepared foods that I have tried here have been very inconsistent, especially their oatmeal ($6.53 including tax), offered from 8 a.m. Sometimes it is of the right consistency, and other times it is not thick enough or even watery. They sometimes offer frittata by the slice, which, from my experience, came out great one day, and the next day it was lacking sufficient flavor. They offer hard boiled eggs for $1.50 + tax. The one that I had was flavorless, and by its appearance, was overcooked, with a light yellow egg yolk (pictured).

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Joseph NewYork

Always Excellent Pastries.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Anton Trefilov

Unreasonably expensive 50 dollars for a glass of soup, a glass of juice, 2 spoons of potatoes and 3 balls of meat. And don't write to the administration and so on.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Dan Safdie

Egregiously overpriced. Come for the > $5 bottles of water - Stay for the soggy premade sandwiches!But seriously, please move out so legitimate businesses can move in and add value to our neighborhood.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Pauline Delapenha

I only get the Raisin Bran muffins and they are the best.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Crystal Yifan Xing

A friend got a PLAIN palm-sized heart-shaped bread for $8! Cold brew was $8!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

JHON RIVERA

Everything quiet and clean, the food is

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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