181 Gourmet Deli — Restaurant in New York

My fiancé and I have frequented this deli often. Unfortunately we will not be returning after an incident where he was racially profiled. A worker behind the counter grabbed him by his shirt, tore open his bags and rifled through it because he thought he may be stealing which he wasn’t. We are shocked and appalled by this behavior especially in a black and brown neighborhood that we call home. When my fiancé returned for an apology other customers and workers apologized on his behalf but the assailant didn’t apologize and stared blankly at him as if he did nothing wrong. Keep your money and go to the bodega down the street. It’s unfortunate that in 2025 things like this take place especially in the diverse community of Washington Heights. It’s truly sad because we never had an issue and always was treated with respect until this incident. But they have lost a...

Been shopping here and the staff is very nice and the food is nice too. They have many of the products you'd need for a bodega. The one and only issue they have is they will charge you different prices depending on who's there. Examples of this are, from the items I typically buy, I could suddenly get a price hike of $4 dollars on products (juice, milk, etc). For food, buying a sandwich and fries, getting charged $9 for the sandwich and $10 for the fries. Not exactly the kind of experience that makes you feel comfortable. You can tell the prices are off because the owner himself sells them at the comparatively...

Awful layout, i hate this place because the shelves are set up like a maze they should take down some of the shelves in there because i just cant even go in this place anymore. You have to walk along the little path and its always blocked by junk and you walk around one side and its blocked and then you walk around the other and its blocked. It's a stupid layout and i stopped going in here completely because it was so aggravating experiencing this every time i went in. Its awful and annoying. TAKE DOWN SOME OF THE STUPID...