This placed is really hyped up and was a very big disappointment I came here because a few friends said I needed to try this place, and a lot of yelp reviews raved about how great this place is. Really? There was nothing great about the food nor the service.
The experience. I got here around 11:30pm and this place still had a line, but it was a pretty small line and the wait about 5 minutes. We were on the take out line, because we wanted to just eat and go. I came here with my wife and her 2 cousins from Montreal. One cousin said that Schwartz deli tasted like school cafeteria lunch at best. I was skeptical and didn't think it could be that bad. I asked if my sandwich could be cut into 4s rather than 2s. The person said he didn't have time for that because there's a line. What line?? There was only one person behind me. I thought that him cutting one additional time wasn't too much to ask for. Ordering, paying, and picking up the food was very confusing. Also this place is cash only.
The food. So putting the above issues aside, I thought maybe the quality of the food would make up for the poor service. We unwrapped the pastrami sandwich and it smelled gamey, and it actually tasted gamey. Strike one. We asked for no mustard, because my wife and I don't like mustard. Guess what?? There's mustard smeared generously inside the sandwich. Strike two.
As mentioned above, confusing process in ordering, paying and picking up food, along with poor attitude from the staff in just cutting the sandwich one additional time, strike three and you're outta here. I will never come here again nor recommend this place. Even if there was no line and they were giving these sandwiches out for free. Stay clear because this place was a big waste of time.
Just a note, I've been on cruises and Katz deli in New York City several times, so I think I know how pastrami is supposed to taste. Schwartz deli falls short in all ways possible in taste and service.