04/15/07

Unbelievable! So good it's addictive!

by abean

I hadn't been here in a while - and boy am I sorry that i had been "away." The knoshes are as good as ever and it seems like they are alwaysadding more varieties. I love the traditional potato, but you have to taste the cheese and blueberry... worth the trip the the lower east side....

• Pros: the best you ever had!
• Cons: no parking

12/02/06

THE BEST !

by ccas3

I stopped in for a late lunch, was greeted in a pleasant manner, orered my knish and was served the best tasting knish I ever had. The aroma, the texture and the flavor combine to make the food a gift to the senses.

A little small talk and a review if the news articles on the walls made my lunch a pleasant experience.

Will tell everyone and will definitely return! Thank you.

I can also Overnight Ship my favorites to my family out of town!

• Pros: The taste and the overall experience
• Cons: can't think of any !

08/05/06

Still the best!!!

by nkoss

We are ex-NYers, now living in CA and we were in the "city" and took a nostalgic trip to the lower East Side. Yonah Schimmel has always been the best knishes and still is. The review that found the people offensive were mistaken. While we there, we had a lovely chat with the owners about life in NY, how things have changed and we talked about how they came from Russia, etc, etc. They couldn't have been more pleasant. And I also used their facilities (that part is not so pleasant :)).

• Pros: the best knishes anywhere
• Cons: rest room is a bit weak

11/01/05

World's Best Knishes

by toast455

Yonah Schimmel's is a New York icon. The knishes have remained consistent and true to their old world recipe despite today's widespread usage of unnatural ingredients. It is a wholesome delicious treat that everyone should enjoy at least once. But I warn you, once you try it, you'll be hooked.

• Pros: delicious, wholesome, inexpensive
• Cons: ??

05/17/05

Knish Champions Of The World

by huskyduck

A great little hole in the wall bakery on Houston just a few blocks west of Katz's. After a sandwich at Katz's, stop off here on the way back to the subway and get a knish. None better anywhere. Guaranteed. Get it to go warm too. Many choice of fillings including spinach, red cabbage, and even fruit fillings like cinammon apple or walnut raison. Enjoy!

• Pros: knishes, cheap, fast

For a meal or for dessert, you're bound to find a knish to your liking at this Lower East Side classic .

by Contributor

In Short
In 1910, a struggling young Bulgarian rabbi by the name of Yonah Schimmel opened this humble knish shop. Nearly a century later, his family still turns out some of the city's most beloved baked goods. The soft ball-sized knishes, filled with everything from potato to cheese-and-fruit mixtures, are all-natural, hand-shaped, and baked in old-fashioned brick ovens. Most get theirs to go, but there are a few tables and chairs for sampling the simple deli fare.

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10/03/03

Knifty Knishes

by esthertheeater

Wow! I was passing by and had to stop in. Delish knish and great service. She treated me very nicely. Now I found a new favorite place to nosh.

04/02/03

Highly recommended!

by biscodoll

How the reviewers say this place isnt recommended is beyond me.

The knishes are the best I have ever tasted. Bursting with fresh potato and the additional veggies, these knishes are full of flavor, and barely need the addition of mustard. The sweet potato version is a tasty dessert, big enough to share between 2 or even 3 people, and at around $2, it's one of the best values around, and a healthy one, to boot!

• Pros: tasty, inexpensive

03/17/03

Good Knish... That's It

by risen_feenix

It's a counterspace with tables, not remodeled since the 30s. Service is gruff, but efficient. Food is very, very good. You haven't had a Knish if you haven't had Yonah Schimmel's.

12/30/02

SOUP NAZI, MAKE ROOM FOR YONAH SHIMMEL's

by marthacd

I walked into Yonah Shimmel's with two friends.

Our ages range from 60 to 70 and we were reasonably dressed. As we were looking at the menu inside, I asked if there was a bathroom available for customers. The answer was, "Yes". Fine. No problem. I asked if they had foods without onions because of a sensitivity. The woman I asked started muttering, said I was asking too many question, and told us to leave. Leaving, I asked if the owner knew how she talked to customers. As we stood outside flabbergasted by this, a man came out and told us to go away, and never come back. He threatened to call the police. I can't really tell you about the food, but this experience needed to be shared.

• Pros: ??????
• Cons: rude and unpleasant, small and cramped