Manganaros

04/26/11

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE

by kosey at Citysearch

It's unfortunate that others had a similarly terrible experience to mine. The reality check that in fact I had NOT done anything wrong by simply entering the store is a bit of a relief though... There must be something very wrong with the woman who works there. I won't speculate what, but it must be bad. She's not stable. However, the verbal abuse I received makes it tough to be empathetic. I felt the need to offer fair warning to others who might be seduced by the interesting interior to enter the store. Why take the chance that you'll be abused? Nobody needs that. You have to walk the entire length of the store for this abuse as well, as the food counter is located at the very back of a very long store. And then, after she has gone off on you and you turn around to leave because of course you would not think of ordering anything to eat there, you have to listen to her continued rant as it trails after you. Very unsettling and a real downer.

02/28/10

Stay Away

by Busby at Citysearch

Have been to Managaro many times, poked head in today as we were not sure if it was open and the little woman owner came running from the back... we asked if they were open 'cause it was empty and she said--Do you want to eat or do you want company? She was rude and nasty and as we turned to leave, she called us tourists, ( we are native New Yorker's) with big noses (Jews) and yelled at us while we walked down the street.

We will NEVER go there again. Not only was she rude but anti-semetic.

• Pros: Used to Be good
• Cons: Woman Owner is a shrew

01/14/10

Give this place a skip

by Ruth Peltason at Citysearch

I used to come here and when I was back in the neighborhood and needed to treat some clients to lunch, I thought this would be fun,. I didn't even mind the prices until I got rude service and poor food. The women are bossy and pushy, demand cash, the place was empty and dusty. That's before the food, My $11 sandwich was on terrible, had very little salami, 2 chunks of cheese with the peel on, and pathetic toppings. For that much money, I expected a classy sandwich and some sort of side. Very irritating and disappointing. I simply can't recommend it to anyone for anything. Even the fun grocery items are gone.

• Pros: None any more
• Cons: Rude service, no bang for the buck

01/04/10

Scrooge lives!!

by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch

My husband and I stopped in with hopes of taking some italian delicacies home for christmas. We were disappointed to find a nonexistant inventory. we were then dismayed when the woman staffing the place informed us to confine our sightseeing to a museum if we didn't plan to buy anything from her. Needless to say, we were shocked by the abuse, especially given what little she had to offer. her behavior was reprehensible and ruined an otherwise lovely christmas trip to the city.

11/15/09

Totally Rude & Inflexible

by Bkid at Citysearch

I have been eating at NY Italian Delis my whole life and I have never had such a horrible experience as I did at Manganaro Foods & Restaurant. The lady who was working there was unnecessarily rude from the minute I walked in. I asked them to make a basic chicken sandwich with roasted peppers and greens and she snapped "order off the menu only!" There were only three hot sandwiches on the menu?? What kind of NY

deli only has 3 options and won't customize? So I ordered a basic chicken parm and asked if she could put sauce on it and she said.."no only oil and vinegar on sandwiches!!" What?, who does this lady think she is??..I told her forget it..i'm leaving and she yelled "good go make it at home!" She was so obnoxious it was comical, and it's not like they had a good selection of food. Do yourself a favor and don't go here, visit the unrelated Manganaro's Heroboy next door, much better and friendlier.

• Pros: Nothing
• Cons: Rude, Boring Menu, Etc...