Whole Foods Market

Welcome to New York, NY Whole Foods Market! Whole Foods is the leading retailer of natural and organic foods uniquely positioned as America's Healthiest Grocery Store.

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226 E 57th St (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave) New York , NY 10022 United States

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upstairs healthy food pastries coffee desserts gluten-free food delis quinoa restaurants breakfast food beer lunch chicken music dinner lines fruit crowded friendly staff chocolate
Brett Fromme

Best Whole Foods in midtown. Avoid the mobs at the Columbus Circle madhouse. The food bars are a good value for a meal. The Indian food is spicy and very good at this branch.

Valerie S

Cold food bar has great daily selections . Plenty of seating upstairs - great for reading, getting work done, or catching up with a friend. Lines can be very long at lunchtime, but mostly move quickly.

Olessya K

Space is small but clean and efficient. There's no need for any more tofu than they already have. And gluten free food too for that matter. $10 orchids are the bomb! Coming back for one tomorrow!

Daria Zeliger

Best time to shop on a Friday is around 10am. Everything is restocked and you have space to move around.

Paddy

Everything you could want in a grocery store in one convenient place. Checkout moves quickly here, unlike other Wholefoods locations.

Ailie Chang

In House Made Iced Cold Brew Vietnamese Coffee ! Love how it's not as crowded as other Whole Foods .

Paul Adw

Food selection is better than 90% of regular supermarkets in NYC, decent craft beer department too, friendly staff as far as I know.

Sameepa Shetty

I like the fact that it's smaller than other locations. It doesn't confuse you with more options than you need. Get what you want and get out. Only drawback, fewer cash registers. Nice cafe up

Nas Benali

Whole Foods is our favorite grocery store in NYC in terms of price, quality, and choice. Express check-out upstairs if you have 10 items or less.

Roman Belov

Fell in love with this place instantly. Great food, great organics , nice music , cool staff .

Tim Chin

SmartWater and Essentia water are great ! Love the great deals, and the pair with amazon !

Mischa

You have to try the angel chocolate cake , you'll be amazed by the taste at a price so low

Weems

Zevia soda is best deal in town ...come after 8 pm and the store is yours...great food, friendly service , A+ for this neighborhood ..

Lewis T

Walk as fast as you can, without stopping, through the bakery section. The produce looks amazing but is dangerous. #carbcity

Amber

Small store with more limited selection, but managed to find most of the essentials. Food bar , bakery , and sushi available here. More seating and a juice bar upstairs .

Meghan

Get a coffee card! 10th coffee is free! Bow chicka wow wow! Plus there is a plenty of almond and soy milk for lactose intolerant peeps

Dorothy Lê

Love the layout here!!! So fresh. Best WF I have been to in NYC!!!

Luc Doan

Underrated location. Best to go on the weekend nights when midtown is a ghost town . Yay to no lines

Janelle

It's definitely the smallest Whole Foods I've ever seen..but it does the job. Tofu shmofu lol. MEAT!!

Maureen Kelley

Come upstairs and check out the Whole Body Department. Mot crazy busy like other NYC locations. Find serenity now:)

Julia S

My favorite whole foods location in the city . Much smaller than others.

Jacob Rosenberg

Nice hot food area. Smallish prepared section. And all the usual Whole Foods quirks.

Laurence Fridal

Whole Foods sell THE best, I shall repeat, THE BEST Coconut Water . Look for the slogan, "Never Heated, Always Harmless."

John W

The checkout line at lunch time just makes you want to turn round and wall straight out. That's exactly what I did today.

Jenn O

People leaving bad tips here must not realize how awesome having this whole foods is compared to the other crappy supermarkets and grocery stores in this area!

Matthew Coleman

Great addition to Midtown East- small location, great hot bar . Definitely gets the job done!

M Reilly-Brooks

Prepared food. Cheeses . Beer selection . Seafood when on sale and produce.

Kimmie Ohh

This location is somewhat smaller than what I expected. However, they still had plenty of fresh produce & products

Sharina Green

Love their seasonal treats . I always get my eggnog from here

Greg Avola

The beer selection is very good here, located in the front - near the cash registers.

Jaime Sciarrillo

Love the selection here but the process of waiting in line is confusing and can get very hostile!

Vizualize

Lots of wasted space upstairs . I'd rather see an extensive beer , pickles , olives , coffee section up there. Very limited options compared to other Whole Foods and they are always out of random things.

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Nice service and many kinds of foods. I recommend the garlic sausage with herb. ^^

Sarah S

Read the ingredients in the prepared foods very carefully. (Quinoa made with chicken stock , por ejemplo)

nava writz

Get your lunch and go upstairs over looking the 57th street NYC at its best .

Maulik Joshi

Decent amount of selections; I think the real value is in the upstairs cafeteria - lots of space and a good window view

Anton Slyusar

Not as large as Columbus circle location, but still the best grocery store in the area.

Kate Buckley

Make nice with the produce guy and he'll bring out the newer produce from the back.

Devonta

It's like a compact Whole Foods. With everything you need.

AP du Plessis

Tons of bums which is nice. You hardly see them at other Whole Foods

James John (Jay) Cudney IV

Always crowded . But quality food. Making chicken cordon blue and brussel sprouts .

Daniel W

They have a pretty great selection of craft beer here

Katherine Tamariz Howard

Decent selection of dairy free and gluten free foods . Express lane is upstairs . Avoid on Mondays after work.

✨Pun Bandhu ✨

6/10. Space is smaller, more cramped, not as good 'flow' (ex: No space for a tofu section, only 1/4 of a shelf for tofu now). Staff very friendly . East siders are older, slower, and more entitled.

Bing Reid

Speedier lines than their other branch. No anti-biotics, hormones in meat and bad pesticides. No need to read harmful ingredients - that's why I cut my time shopping.

Being Fatty

It's not the biggest whole foods, and it's certainly not the cheapest grocer but you can't fault the quality.

ska

So whats the etiquette on the queue system anyway? 4 lanes and if a lane is empty a but called its a free for all for folks in occupied lanes

Jeff S

The line is usually so short . Even if it goes towards frozen, it's max 5 min.

Robert Štípek

Try gingersnap cookies ❤

Dr Foodie

Great ???????? but a bit pricey ????

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