Best SeamlessWeb Meals - Midtown

Rather than use trial and error to order meals for the next few months, I figured I'd ask the experienced. What are your favorite meals from Seamless if you're located in midtown ($20-$25 allowance)? Please post name of eatery and favorite dishes. The more the better.

 

Great thread... All assuming a $25 dinner meal allowance:

Mediterranean - Ali Baba's Terrace (Not Ali Baba's, two different places), Akdeniz Sushi - Hatsuhana, Haru Chinese - Chin Chin, Ollie's Salad - Just Salad, Chopt Sandwiches - FreeFoods Mexican - Dos Caminos, Blockheads (if you are feeling cheaper or just want a ton of food) Italian - Toni's Di Napoli (I know, totally touristy but huge portions of decent food) Pizza - Pizza 33, anything Patsy's

 
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Sushi - Hakata Falafel - Crisp (specifically, African Sandwhich - you won't be disappointed) Mexican - Toloache (one of the best things I've ever eaten, no joke -> fish tacos) Seafood - Wild Edibles (specifically, mussels appetizer w/ marinaire sauce and the goat cheese salad w/ asian citrus dressing. yes, the mussels are good, i get them every single week. make sure to ask for extra bread to soak up all the extra marinaire sauce. and btw, its marinaire, not marinara. totally different)

 

I would definitely second Beluga's list. In my banking days, Toloache's was high on that list (esp. the churros with chocolate dipping sauce), as was Wild Edibles (fresh oysters). I remember Fresh Basil's and Roberto Passon (sp?) being pretty good for Italian. I think there are a few turkish places (akdeniz or dervish) as well that have great falafel. Hakata is definitely pretty good for sushi and the portions were pretty big. For something less healthy, I liked goodburger and that mac n' cheese place.

 

Fresh Basil's if you want a sh*tton of italian food. Bukhara or Amman for Indian food. Dos Caminos for Mexican (although a little bit pricy and overrated). Angelo's for pizza.

Chin Chin (try the Grand Marnier shrimp) for good American Chinese and Grand Sichuan for strange, authentic chinese food.

Sherwoods for random stuff, cheap eats, and beer.

I like Toasties sandwiches too

 

Dunhill or Sherwoods - with $25, you can get dinner, a sandwich for the next day, fruit for an entire week (good for breakfast) and other snacks. Even gum. I haven't bought gum or fruit since I started here. And you can put in a random order then call them and change it all to beer.

Ali Baba and Akhdeniz are great for Mediterranean. Marrakesh is another good Mediterranean / Moroccan place - Combo meat platter is great value.

Ethos for Greek

 

Chipotle, Subway, and BB's Cafeteria

Thats literally my weekly diet with some Bryant Park meal thrown in sometime.

Seamless can't get me enough calories.

Frank Sinatra - "Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."
 
asianbro:

are we allowed to use our meal allowance on places not on Seamless? (ie Whole Foods in FiDi?)

Yea bro. Get your $25's worth and stack up on groceries.

"For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen."
 
CypressLB:

Seriously, you can order grocieries? I figured people just ordered food that would age well and use that as later meals.

The Wholefoods near GS basically doubles as a restaurant/cafeteria. A ton of people get lunch and dinner from there. You are allowed to use your entire allowance, so why not pick up groceries with the extra? Keep in mind a salad will run you $12 there, so not like you can pick up a ton of stuff on top of that.

"For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen."
 

Steak - AJ Maxwells & Landmarc Sushi - Hatsuhana & Wasabi Lobby Middle Eastern - Agreed on Akdeniz / Dervish is decent but slow BBQ - Hill Country Health - Health food tastes like crap, so just go with sushi Italian - Roberto Passon or Mangia (good prixe fixe menu) Chinese - Shun Lee West French - Landmarc, Montparnasse Pizza - Angelos Mexican - Mi Nidito Burgers - Landmarc, Montparnasse, Island Burger, Good Burger

 

Agreed. PUMP is pretty good. Try their Protein Oatmeal in the morning and for dinner try the pizza or steamed spinach sandwich.

Try JOSIE's or Better Burger, food is healthy and again decent.

 

I'm not a banker yet but I live in Midtown (near LEH, MS, others). I have ordered from Seamless several times, I could definitely help if someone is interested in compiling a list.

 

Honestly, no one really checks when you actually leave, but don't abuse your policy. If someone wanted a reason to fire you it is really easy to check time you logged out or the last file you saved.

Although the probability is very low, why risk it? If it's the choice between leaving at 7:30 and 8, find something to keep yourself occupied for 30 minutes. Manage your personal finances, surf the net for pointless stuff, or read though posts on this site.

And if you're constantly leaving at 7:30 and IBD you're REALLY lucky.

 
Mitt Romney:

http://www.seamless.com/food-delivery/Howitworks.htm

^_^

How does that link help answer his question?

Anyway OP, it might vary depending on your firm, but the way the Seamless policy worked for us was we got one expense-able order per night of up to $25. It doesn't carry over to the next day, you don't get to transfer it to anyone else, etc. Just a one-time order of up to $25 per night on whatever food/drinks you want. So if you spend $16 at some Chinese place, get hungry, and order another $9 of shit later that night, you're out $9. As you can imagine, this rule encourages people to spend right up to the limit every single night to make sure they don't "waste" their one order. So it probably costs more money (and leads to fatter analysts) than if we were just given a $25 cap to spend however we wanted. But your food orders are eventually billed to the client if/when your deal closes anyway, so the bank doesn't really give a shit. Still inconvenient though.

Anyway, it takes every summer analyst about 5 seconds to realize that the best way to get around the "one order per person" rule is by ordering as a group across a bunch of different places. Say there's 5 people ordering dinner. You get 3 people to chip in their $25 order for Shake Shack, right? That's $75 worth of burgers, fries, drinks, and shakes. Which is enough for everyone. So there's $50 to play with at another place. If you, being the intrepid young intern that you are, dig around on Seamless, you'll find "restaurants" that deliver 7-11 type shit: PowerBars, soda, Red Bull, that sort of thing. So now everyone can stock up on $10 of caffeinated garbage to power you through an all-nighter.

Another trick: sometimes the VPs (and almost always Ds/MDs) go home to eat with their wife and kids. They still have $25 to spend though, and LBJ has been known from time to time to order himself a fuckload of sushi on his MD's tab...

 

Yea... depends on your firm location... If you have these, I'd try: Carl's, Zaitzeff, Lili's, Koodo, A Spicy Route, Komodo, and Koyzina Grill

Never order Zeytuna/Amish market. Worst food ever.

 

that fit in the daily budget:

the tops italian - fresh basil's trattoria (heavy, but amazing) indian - buhkara grill (no lie, better food v most upscales) chinese - tang pavillion (so fast! and good) mediterranean - marrakesh (lil more exp, but worth it) mexican - blockheads

the rest sushi - monster sushi gourmet pizza - california pizza kitchen healthier - the pump/energy kitchen (also quiznos is open late and delivers) bbq/wings - dallas bbq

if i remember any more, ill post.

 
wintonheights:
that fit in the daily budget:

the tops italian - fresh basil's trattoria (heavy, but amazing) indian - buhkara grill (no lie, better food v most upscales) mexican - blockheads

the rest healthier - the pump/energy kitchen (also quiznos is open late and delivers)

i second all of the above except the tahini and bison burger from the pump made me wanna throw up.

 

Definitely second fresh basil's and will throw serafina/roberto passon's/mangia e bevi in the italian section.

indian - yuva (pricey so probably should get in with others)

chinese - wu liang ye

mediterranean - second marrakesh and would throw akdeniz in there as well.

mexican - toloaches

sushi - yummy sushi from rock center (good quality) or hakata grill (big pieces)

wings - atomic wings is great

sherwood is great for groceries.

 

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