Radin's Delicatessen — Restaurant in Cherry Hill Township

Reposted/edited from FB The foreshadowing: Wife I were picked up at Philly airport by a personable, yet befuddled shuttle driver. A loud whistle caused the driver to hit his brakes. It turns out 2 more were for pickup. Reason for his being puzzled- other couple's name was Rose. Understandably, the driver's confusion was due to the Rose - Rosen name conflation. Amused, I blurted out that my beloved grandma's name was - Rose Rosen. At least, that was her name post Ellis Island disembarkation. The orgy: I had some thought to hit up a deli I had heard about outside Philly if we got back in time. Radins in Cherry Hill -:a descendent of the original in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. So, with me it's always hit or miss (Harold's for instance) in regard to some of the Jewish delis that remain. Critically, I reflect back to the consistency of the Carnegie deli in the 70s-80s when I was in med school and the delis of my youth. My grandmother made this mushroom barley pea soup that was hard to reproduce. It hugged you, a warm embrace. Good for the bowels. I noticed it was on the menu. At the first spoonful of that soup, I immediately felt a presence of my grandma Rose. Soup whispered softly in my ear with that Polish accent of Grandma. I didn't know soup can make you feel emotional. It was crazy amazing, transformative. Pastrami and corned beef and knish - equally astonishing. It was worth having an arrhythmia for. And it's not that I was overly hungry, because I was eating cheese noodles on the flight and taunting a little kid sitting in front of us by sticking, wiggling my doodles in between the seats. Post coitum triste (look it up) : It's over. No dessert for me....not. So, waiter brings some cookies on the house over to us. I was expecting dry, cardboard. My father would say "you could paste wallpaper with-em" So, it turns out the cookies are like crack. What the hell is going on here ? I started pounding the workers with questions. I found out they do all their baking from scratch on premises - That's after accusing them of importing their baked goods from somewhere else. So, wife is ordering white fish to go. And i sneak up behind her at the same time I'm shamefully peering through this huge display of various baked goods. "Give me two of those and two of those and two of those and two of those". Start my Ozempic and Lipitor after the New Year. (I won't tag my other brother since he's a vegetarian and won't approve of the carnage involved in this ordeal). He was also Rosie's...

My wife and I have been huge fans of the Famous 4th Street Deli in Philly for many years, so we were excited to learn about its owner opening up a deli in our home town of Cherry Hill. I stopped by the building a week ago and I was told that they would have a soft opening the following week. So last Saturday evening we were joined by three family members when we visited the new deli called Radin’s, named after the owner’s family’s old deli in Brooklyn, NY. It was only the fourth day since it’s unannounced opening, but already there was a long line of people waiting for a table. We passed the time drooling over the menu which very much resembled the one from 4th street. I noticed the prices for the items I usually order were just about the same in both places. We were eventually seated in a comfortable booth. The dining room feels roomy and is brightly lit. When the waitress came to take our drink orders we told her we also were ready to order food, so she took our food orders as well. After a reasonable amount of time our food arrived, and any concerns that I had about the food not being as good as the Philly place vanished. We all shared a large bowl of matzo ball soup, two Pastrami special sandwiches with coleslaw and Russian dressing, two orders of potato pancakes with applesauce and sour cream, and a deli knish. OMG - the food was to die for. The pastrami was top notch - moist and delicious, the potato pancakes were crispy on the outside and delicious on the inside, even the applesauce stood out - with chunky pieces of apples in it! My wife gave the chicken soup her seal of approval, which is no small feat. Finally the deli knish was devoured by others before I could taste it, but I’m told that it too was a delicious treat. Our waitress, whose name I’ve forgotten, was great. Despite it being frenetic since it was the opening weekend and seemingly half of Cherry Hill had come out for the occasion, she was cool, calm and collected. She made sure we were happy with everything, and we were all very happy with her. Finally for dessert we each had a chocolate chip cookie, and they were delicious - caky and chocolaty. I would go there just for the baked goods which all look delicious. I am looking forward to going back again, and again. I...

The owner needs to read this review and hopefully respond. The service was extremely poor … at least a half hour until any server even asked us if we wanted water. While the waitress was polite she was unaware of what the menu items I asked about were. On top of that she said that my $24 salad did not have a side which it clearly did and she had to be shown the menu to clarify. It was then another thirty minutes at least until the food came out. I posted the picture of the whitefish. It was unpleasant and not at all the finer, non-chunky style I am accustomed to. The waitress was stressed immediately when I inquired as to the texture. She asked what to do and my husband asked for one scoop of tuna fish. To my suprise there was an $11 charge for that one scoop. But what’s worse is how demeaning and non caring Emily the manager was. She ascribed blame to me for not caring about HER and how their eatery just opened and that they were running out of food and had to close early. So to the owner I give you this opportunity to respond. Are your customers there to serve you? Let me say I’m in healthcare and when we are weary ( certainly during Covid) we NEVER blamed the patients. The way Emily and the older woman spoke to me while I was calm and polite in explaining what transpired (not asking for any money back) was beyond disgraceful. All food prices are very high now and a dining experience should be pleasurable. This had none of that feeling. As an additional comment, it would have been appreciated if the server said how large the portions are so we would have ordered accordingly.

Myself and all who read this review await your response. My family is left with the impression Emily could care less about making customers for life. Thank you for...