This place surely has its fans, and it would be a shame to lose, because it is a lovely space with nice comfort food options, including some healthful ones. The matzoh balls are authentic and huge. All the portions seem overly generous. The soup the dumpling was in was less flavorful than I would like, the pastrami cured lox was interesting but not tip top quality fish. The real complaint was the hot pastrami, which was the toughest I've experienced I my long deli-eating life. Actually inedible. Maybe it was old? Their Jewish BLT was hard to complain about, who can taste the meat (beef fry instead of bacon) amidst all the mayo, lettuce, and thick toasted bread? Their bread is great by the way, though the bagels are not real (they use the fake, bready ones that many people do prefer for sandwiches). I would go back without question, but may have to search for the right thing to order.