Dr Smood — Restaurant in New York

Had been wanting to try this place for a while as I work in SoHo and like to eat healthily. At about 11:45am today (a Saturday) I walked into what looked (and felt) like a closed café. The A-Board was tucked inside the door, the staff numbered 2 and were slow to engage me, even though the place was empty. I get it, you often drop your guard when it's quiet, but this was really a below-par welcome for this neighbourhood. Ordered the 'Power Tuna' sandwich to go and the cashier proceeded to assemble it, all the while looking up at the menu board to see what it contained. I should have checked it out before I left, because what greeted me when I opened it back at work was a huge, huge disappointment. It seems that there are people working in food here that don't recognise a (massively) underripe avocado. It was the texture of hard cheese, and the flesh was brown instead of green. I don't know if the server had sliced it there and then, or was serving me yesterday's food. I don't think this place is, as it claims, 'The Healthiest Café In New York'. It can't possibly live up to its own hype, especially when staffed by under-trained people who...

There is a sign outside saying “YES WE’RE OPEN” and outdoor folding signs and chairs in the sidewalk. And the door was open at 8.55am so I went inside to get a juice. They open at 9am and the door was unlocked for entry. As soon as I walked in, I got yelled at by the one woman working at the Broome street location saying “the lights are off we are closed” repeatedly... and in an escalating manner. What a way to treat someone getting a morning coffee and juice! I asked what time they open and she just repeated the same thing “the lights are off, we’re closed” (the refrigerators with all the juices were lit up brightly, as well as the menu signage). Completely unhelpful and rude - next time lock the door and remove the OPEN sign if you are closed. I won’t be going there a next time due to the slow and...

I think I walked into a wrong day. I’m just big in services when the place isn’t cheap. Today, except a girl who handed my drink, she was nice and pleasant. Smile with a friendly vibe. But three people, two other girls and a guy were facing to each other, the place wasn’t busy, but they were talking to each other and one of them were standing facing back to me trying to order. I had to say something to catch their attention. I get it when if they were busy because they were working. But I think these people were just chatting to each other in a way they weren’t ready to take an order. I believe in happiness comes from a small place. Today at this cafe was...