The Original Soup Kitchen — Restaurant in New York

Very disappointing lobster roll sandwich. NOT the ORIGINAL Soup Kitchen staff and standard anymore, when soups were prepared from scratch every single day, and there was a special treat accompanying every order. I've been living in that neighborhood for the last 25 years and was a regular customer. Decided for a post pandemic return and the only original thing is the the name of the place. I was served a meager lobster roll, with very little of everything an zero complements, compared to the the ones served by the original owner and his staff. The price is $ 17 and I left $2 tip = $19. Not worth it at all. I don't mind the price and the zero service with the grab and go, but you gotta offer quantity and quality. My solutions: 1) Will never go back to the NOT ORIGINAL Soup Kitchen and will never recommend it either as I used to do so frequently; 2) Googled best lobster roll in Manhattan and got a nice list of places with scrumptious and high rated lobster rolls with two or three complements, where you can sit and your patronage is appreciated. And that's how I'll roll for my next lobster rolls. Miss Seinfeld...

What a 'cute' little shop, and absolutely worth a visit or more. I went twice during my trip in NYC.

First time ordered the small lobster bisque and at $10, they also give you a piece of bread, butter, and a fruit and the type of fruit do rotate. The pieces of lobster were juicy and yummy and yes can be a little for $10 but is the small portion, and hence, I would recommend at least the medium size (had it on my second visit), and at $2 more, you can really have and taste many more lobster chunk, absolutely worth it. The lobster bisque is also thick but not overly creamy, savoury but not overly salted.

Also tried the lobster roll the second time and equally good too, and quite alright pricing for NYC standard.

Staff were also nice and do not have any airs despite the place being a previous popular TV filming spot.

Highly recommend to check...

So I went to New York for vacation with my family and I love that Seinfeld episode so I was like oh I want to go try that I didn’t even know that it was an actual store but then I found out the soup place halfway across New York so we didn’t have a car so we had to get a taxi that cost a lot of money and I was like OK the soups not good I’m done with New York So about an hour later because New York was a traffic nightmare walking to the shop and then we ordered I got the lobster bisque like people do in the show and then my dad got like a weird type of flavour and it was phenomenal the best soup I’ve had in my entire life it was warm not too hot not too cold just perfect the flavour it was like Fourth of July in your mouth this guy his soup kitchen is not going anywhere staying New York New York probably until New York Falls which is...