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January 2024 by Pamela P.
This location is always packed for a reason. I really like the service at the meat and seafood counter, all workers there are great! Also you will get good quality items at decent prices. This location always have everything on stock, so it is reliable which I find amazing because most big supermarkets for some reason always have their shelves half empty. It's also a great location for buying Hispanic ingredients and brands they have a very wide variety of products from fresh, frozen or basic ingredients, sauces, etc. ranging from Argentina to Mexico and everything in between. I was able to find some items I needed and that was a first because specially on the UES where Hispanic food is very hard to find.
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December 2023 by Anna D.
Really well stocked items and super sweet staff! They are open quite late into the night I think 11PM. I was able to find the Evergreen waffles and Vital Farms XL eggs I needed, and they have a really decent bottled protein shake here for $2! The layout is a bit confusing and maze like downstairs, so definitely ask someone for help if you are in a rush. I wandered a bit since I like to and was not in a rush. :) There isn't an escalator but there are stairs and an elevator!
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October 2023 by Antoine G.
I love this location. I shopped here to get my essentials for a Taco Tuesday and I was impressed. The store was clean and well-lit. All of the shelved items were neat and tidy. Checkout was easy and the staff was friendly.
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September 2023 by Craig Thomas
I love Fairway Markets!!! The assortment of foods and pastry/snack departments rival Trader Joe’s. SNACKS GALORE!! Love it. Imported chocolates that are to die for. FAIRWAY MAKES A CHEESECAKE, that is one of the best you will ever eat. Just perfect texture and consistency.
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September 2023 by gloria gaev
I’m so sorry to see the hot food and soups leave Fairways on 86th Street. I loved the soups weekly and enjoyed many of the dishes they presented. I hope they will consider bringing them back. They will be missed..
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September 2023 by Martha Cecilia Cartagena Pérez
Every once or twice per week I go there i love quality and prices , just they are only one block from my apartment . tonight the lady on the autopay register she kick me out: I try to a register my stuff and she go do for me so fast i ask her she I , if don’t like I’m there ?she said yes, I told her :she told me take your stuff and and get out . I told her” you kick me out ?“ she said yes , pay and left .. I tell her okay take your stuff and tomorrow I will speak with the manager
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September 2023 by Kristen G.
It's generally a great grocery store and I like the new rewards program but I saw them selling shredded cheese that was molding badly and also today, on 09/17 I picked up this bread that is supposed to be good through 10/07 and it is also inedible and moldy.
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August 2023 by Tracy K.
This five star rating is only for coffee, olive oil selection and bottled water. Not sure how the deli, seafood or bakery stack up but happy enough to have returned three times. Olive oil from Tuscany and Sicily. Brazilian and other dark roasted coffees made my bf happy. Just a bit like the old days when they were out on Long Island for a while.
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August 2023 by Leona H.
I am always happy and pleased after visit at 240 E 86th St location!! I especially want to give compliment to Mozhgan in bakery dept. when I visit she always makes sure I have anything I want. If item is not seen she will make sure to locate it or order for me for next visit. I feel like a family member when I come to this store. all the staff here is friendly but professional. I look forward to my visits here and recommend store to those I think can use services. Great location!!
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July 2023 by Ta BC
It used to be a great store, my favorite...not any more:a) when my credits of $70 were rejected without any prior alert due to the alleged take over by some other company, but the store has the same name and location!b) visibly this store has the problem to attract quality staff, the staff of Whole Food and Trader Joe are several categories higher when to come to competence, respect for customers;There is one staff over 60, a shorter man (no name tag) who has been confronted several times by people who make recycling deposits, not all homeless, he simply makes some calculation below counter table (although each receipt has a readable code) and rejects to issue receipts and keeps for himself here and there dollar. It is indeed a highly deplorable behavior against everybody, but especially against those who live on the streets and for hours go from one garbage can to another one only to get a few dollars to buy something to eat. Today, I witnessed that this man when confronted had to return a difference he pocketed and issue a receipt, but without any apologie. This customer knew his rights and was not afraid when the store man was screaming..."I will call store security at you" and the customer responded..."And I call the police, as I am not stealing anything but you do!"
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July 2023 by Ojiugo Igwe
I just went to Fairway for the first time in the morning and a small elderly Hispanic Lady insinuated that I was shoplifting because I had brought some items that I had previously bought at Target into the store with me. This is not an uncommon thing to do as many people do but she targeted me and I believe that it was racially motivated.She is very rude and I see how many complaints there have been about her. I have come here many times without any complaints. I called to speak to the manager and was unable to get through. She is awful and I am not sure how she still has a job at Fairway.
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July 2023 by Andy Stark
Ok store. I mean it’s better than nothing, but I’m sure it will be more popular if the food they sell would be more interesting, creative and fresh. Tried pirozhki - pretty bad. Bread and buckwheat were ok. Ice cream is delicious
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July 2023 by Rick Tagg
A nice neighborhood market.Great selection of reasonably priced products with an enthusiastic and helpful staff.Music you can sing along to!
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July 2023 by Ruby Hill
The quality of produce at this grocery store is exceptional. I trust that I'm getting the freshest ingredients for my meals.
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June 2023 by David B.
I scanned the mixed reviews and I guess this is an excellent example of the limitations of Yelp reviews (or any internet reviews for that matter), each of us uses different standards. I am judging Fairway against other specialty grocery stores, and I do not live in NYC. I am not dismissing the complaints of nastiness, I am sure they are accurate. But there are not an endless supply of specialty grocery stores. And in Philadelphia we have only one (DiBrunos) and I am not distrespecting DiBrunos if I say, some choice would be nice. I went to the prepared food section with my mother. The salesman I dealt with was gruff and pouty. There were no customers and he insisted I take a number, for example. It was funny. I asked him questions about the smoked salmon and he didn't want to tell me anything about the various types. He gruffly said "[such and such] is the most popular", that's all he would tell me. I asked for a half pound. Then he went to work. I am a physician and I shit you not, I have seen surgeons who are less careful with a knife than this guy was with his knife and the salmon. Over and over he meticulously sliced pristine paper thin slices of smoked salmon, fussily cutting away anything that didn't look perfect at the edges. He was similarly gruff after when I asked for other things, flank steak, eggplant rolls. This was material for a dinner with my mother. Everything was delicious. Not ok. Delicious. We were out in a flash. I have been there when its crowded: big mistake. Don't bother if it's crowded. I can't help you I don't know what the pattern is. But there is no Gd when Fairway is crowded, that's how bad it gets. But absent crowds it is a delight, and a treasure that only people overwhelmed by choice, could give less than five stars.