Good Food
DESCRIPTION: Wonderful array of dishes, great environment. The bread is always served hot! $2-$3 over my normal dinner budget of $20, so I might as well go for it!
DATE: 2002-01-10
FOODRATING : 8
SERVICERATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 8
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : Steak dinner, chilled eggplant appetizer

Awesome Food
DESCRIPTION: I have lunch there regularly. The food is outstanding, Angela and the crew provide superior customer service, and the Sand Dabs are to die for!
DATE: 2003-01-31
FOODRATING : 10
SERVICERATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : All!

Love It!
DESCRIPTION: I have lunch there at least once a month. Everyone there is very friendly, and although everything on the menu looks good and presentation is outstanding, I can not seem to order anything else but my favorite, Chicken with Linguine with a Caesar Salad.
DATE: 2003-06-04
FOODRATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 10
RECOMMENDED DISHES : Chicken with Linguine

Since 1995
DESCRIPTION: My girl & i use to go there cuz it was the absolutly the best food anywhere for under $10-. Now the prices are much higher and my pockets are much thinner, i can only afford to go on my own now =p...still worth my $20-...it's a must have, even if it means going by myself..haha
DATE: 2004-08-29
FOODRATING : 10
SERVICERATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : i eat anything Angela recommends...;-)

God Bless La-TEA-Da!
DESCRIPTION: Simply fabulous dah-ling! Bring your daughters or bring your girlfriends for a delightful afternoon. Dress up!
DATE: 2001-01-03
FOODRATING : 10
SERVICERATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : Full Tea and a Scone with the Works

Almost Perfect
DESCRIPTION: I went once and had a great experiece with EVERYTHING. I went back again and the servers were extremely rude! It was almost perfect =*(
DATE: 2002-02-27
FOODRATING : 8
SERVICERATING : 6
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 6

YUMMIE YUMMIE in my TUMMIE
DESCRIPTION: I really enjoy a good meal, especially if it is Japanese food. Todai had variety of delicious fish and if people were not a great fan for raw fish there is another side that has teriyaki chicken and much more. with so many sushi to pick all were very pleaseing, but the soup could of been a bit better.
DATE: 2004-06-10
FOODRATING : 6
SERVICERATING : 8
AMBIANCERATING : 8
OVERALLRATING : 6
RECOMMENDED DISHES : ALL Sushi

DESCRIPTION: I grew up in the forties and fifties. Talk about nostalgia. Loved the place. Not all the tunes were from the fifties, but I knew them all. Loved my waiter, Randy, especially the face he made with the ketchup : ) The guy at the grill and a couple of others garnered some chuckles when he sang a few lines from one of the songs on the jukebox. Quite a few of the booths chuckled. I spoke with a couple that seemed to enjoy the ambiance and they agreed with me that the singer behind the counter reminded them of the hambuger joints we went to as teens down to singing with the popular tunes from the jukebox. Thanks for the food and entertainment.
DATE: 2006-02-21
FOODRATING : 10
SERVICERATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : Hamburger and fries + a soda good time old school

Lovely cafe with incredible menu!
DESCRIPTION: This restaurant is a real find. Their wine list is jaw-dropping, their menu extensive and reasonable, and their desserts... well, their desserts are UNBELIEVABLE. The ambience is charming and the service is good. I heartily recommend going out of your way to experience this lovely little cafe.
DATE: 2004-01-17
FOODRATING : 8
SERVICERATING : 8
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : Foie Gras

A terrible experience
DESCRIPTION: I have been here twice and both times the service was slow and the cashier very rude. The bagels were dry, tasteless and substandard. My drink was all ice and precious little liquid. Several of my friends have had the same experience here, and also at the Pasadena store: rude, brusque service and lousy food.
DATE: 2001-03-18
SERVICERATING : 4
AMBIANCERATING : 6
OVERALLRATING : 2
RECOMMENDED DISHES : None

Pricey, poor food
DESCRIPTION: I went here twice because I had heard good things. Forget it. Not only was the service slow, when I asked for a glass of water (for my niece), the girl behind the counter refused me and was very rude. The bagels themselves tasted no better than a frozen Lendel bagel which you can pick up for 25 cents in any market. I would not recommend this place to anyone.
DATE: 2002-02-19
FOODRATING : 2
AMBIANCERATING : 6
OVERALLRATING : 2

.50 cents for butter
DESCRIPTION: Oh my gosh, 50 cents for butter on my bagel? They don t even have it on their board that there is a charge for butter or cream cheese. But there is a price of 2 cents to toast your bagel if you order more than 5. I don t expect to get anything for free, but 50 cents for butter on my bagel and $1.15 for 1 oz of cream cheese... I can get a pound of butter at the market for $2.50. I will not go there again.
DATE: 2003-06-14
OVERALLRATING : 4
RECOMMENDED DISHES : nothing, you will go broke

Pay Good Money For Lousy Food Served By Rude Incompetents
DESCRIPTION: Until Goldstein's owners learn that hiring angry inept losers off the street is not the way to staff a sandwich shop, they will continue to suffer from their well-deserved reputation as a place to avoid at all costs. These people give "rude" a whole new meaning, and the food isn't much better. Stay away folks!
DATE: 2003-06-15
FOODRATING : 2
SERVICERATING : 2
AMBIANCERATING : 4
OVERALLRATING : 2
RECOMMENDED DISHES : None, I'm afraid of eating anything these ticked-off employees have handled

What the H you talkin about???
DESCRIPTION: I drive 50 miles round trip once a week for these bagels. I've been to dozens of bagel "shops" all over LA, from Arcadia to Westwood and all points in-between, and NOBODY comes closer to the true New York bagel than does Goldstein s, especially the Arcadia shop. I was born and raised in the Bronx, lived in Queens as a youth, and lived in Brooklyn for 12 years until I came west. I know bagels, and these are they. Seems to me that most of the reviews one finds on the web for Goldstein s are quite positive; where one would get the idea that Goldstein s is "suffering from a well deserved reputation" is beyond me. As for their bagels tasting anything like a "Lendel" (last time I looked, it was Lender's), maybe that's the problem: some people actually think that a Lender's bagel is what a bagel is supposed to taste like; and if you don't know that you have to pay to have butter or cream cheese on your sandwich, well, you need to get out more often!!!!! Now relax and ess a bagel!!!!!
DATE: 2003-10-06
FOODRATING : 8
SERVICERATING : 8
AMBIANCERATING : 6
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : 'The works' with the cream cheese nice and thick!!!!!

New Employee
DESCRIPTION: Wow! I just happen to click on this web site while not knowing I d be reading your comments. Seeing that I m going to be an employee of Goldstein s I have quickly formed my own opinion, of course address to the group who wrote about awful service. I can't deny what you experienced yet I can sympathize with bad service in general it can be annoying. Although I ve never encountered this at Goldstein s I will reassure you that I don t intend to be rude or angry towards you Please ignore recommended dishes and ratings since I choose not to reveal that, only because I think it blurs the focus on what I m trying to get across.
DATE: 2004-04-21
OVERALLRATING : 6