This place is fantastic. The best lox in the city as far as I am concerned. That being said, everything is great. My favorite thing is the whitefish chowder. I cant stop eating it. It is that good. The decor is amazing as well. Half Jewish deli half swanky Manhattan cafe, this place really ticks all the boxes. A little pricey but the tip is included so that helps.

If you like smoked fish, it is a good choice to visit Russ&Daughters. You can custom make your sandwich or order anything from the menu. There is a big variety of fishes to choose from. If you happen to be visiting the Jewish Museum this place is a very good idea for a lunch break. You have traditional jewish dishes to try out. All the tables were taken, so we decided to take our sandwiches outside and eat them in Central Park which is very close to this restaurant.

Delicious Sunday morning breakfast.Excellent service and solid takeout as well.For an extra fee they will package in a tote.

FABULOUS. Excellent bagels, perfectly scooped. would have like more salmon. The deviled eggs had a touch of caviar - great flavor. Theres a no tipping policy. I like that. Food was a little more expensive to compensate. In spite of the no tipping, service was very attentive and professional. Highly recommend.

Last night was the first time we came to that good restaurant. But It is definitely not the last time. We passed a splendid evening with the courteous service, with the exceptional food and fine drinks and with the modest pay. We will no doubt return there soon.

Theres a little bit of wait but its worth it!The boards with different kinds of fish are delightful! They come with bread, bagels, cream cheese, and all the fixins. Great option to share. Staff is very nice and friendly. Plus, prices already come with the tip included, so dont need to extra tip.

A must visit in NYC. Close to Central Park and located in the Jewish Museum.Superb coffee and incredible food served by the most attentive staff.Bagels were amazing.

What can be said the best Jewish Food place in the upper eastExcellent service

Yummy bagels but quite expensive. Staff was super friendly.

Art. Traditions. Food. Joy. When traditions are kept alive and treasured, going to the Museum for art and culture, and then enjoying delicious meals from Russ & Daughters is such a gift. It was Christmas Eve and we found a perfect Jewish Restaurant to enjoy a Christmas Brunch. After all, Humanity is one. And we are all the same under the sun. Unforgettable moments at Russ & Daughters. Dejando huellas...Montserrat

Found!Russ & Daughters has blessed the Lower East Side since the turn of the century. I recently learned that a purveyor of appetizers relates to food desperation for a Kosher restaurant. Either way, their fish is top notch. They have a couple of benches outside but plan on bringing it wherever you go, especially to your mother’s house!For more great reviews of the New & Authentic visit The Loupe!

Excellent just dont forget onion, tomatoe & capers!

Pricy and not much soul, but the food was to die for. Theres no tipping, so that lessens the price pain. The staff was very efficient and helpful. Did I mention that the food was to die for?

I haven’t actually eaten from here but wanted to share my views until I do.I visited on Saturday and sadly they can not take any booking on that day due to their holy day. You can however reserve prior for a fixed menu but would have to be more than 1 person as it’s a lot of food.It’s situated on the basement level of the Jewish Museum. You do have to go through security and entry is free.The food did look amazing and will be returning to try it.

As usual great experience with their fish boards, only problem is the long wait but one of the best places for an original brunch in NYC.

I didnt eat here myself but I know people who have eaten here and enjoyed it very much. This is the last or one of the last of a type of store that was found in Jewish neighborhoods-Kosher Appetizing stores that sold lox, sable and other dairy food items.I have recently been to the Jewish Museum and enjoyed it very much. Going to the museum and eating at Russ & Daughters is recommended.

Delicous

Bialy, smoked salmon lox and shashunka was amazing. Excellent service, tip included. So many great options, it is hard to choose one thing to order!

No tipping means they pay their wait staff a proper wage. I had the tuna on a bagel. Always nice to be able to have lunch in the middle of a visit to an exquisite museum. Top-notch!

Loving this location for these amazing bagel staple.

Excellent bagels and lox

The bagel/sandwiches we got to take away were very good, but not good enough to warrant $50 for two + two waters. Great bagels, but not significantly better than other places. The look and feel of the place was lovely though, old school cool.

Decent food but the cost to portion size is a joke. They’re really taking advantage of people’s nostalgia for food that used to be for poor immigrants.

Delicious! Best bagel I’ve ever had!

Omg!What is not to love!?Pro tip: COFFEE

Excellent food. Every dish is made to perfection. Fish is super fresh and every bite is mouthwatering. 2 locations for sit down, one on LES and one on upper east + there is an appetizer location. Gets very busy on weekends, expect to wait an hour to eat. Try the lox, sable and caviar.

Delicious food, quite exotic for me. I was ignorant as to what many of these items on the menu were. Prices are exponentially out of My league; however the waiters were so pleasant nice and attractive.

The food was pretty good but it did not have the special effect to it. The cold drinks were very nice and the staff were really nice and friendly. The service was good and the seats were comftorble.It was very well decorated and the service was way better than what we had last night. It had a funky and happy vibe to it.

The food and service were above my expectations. We absolutely enjoyed the environment of this restaurant. First-rate restaurant to take the family out for lunch.

Exactly what I wanted. Go into the basement and grab one.

An oasis of consistently great food, atmosphere and service in a very hit-and-miss city where often even the most famous eateries can disappoint. We come here 4-5 times every time we visit NYC. The best bagels in New York. Next level lox. And if you think you don’t like pickled herring, Russ & Daughters will set you straight.Ridiculously underpriced given the quality of the food.For dine-in, go only to the Jewish Museum location and avoid Orchard Street.

The Scottish Lox on bagel with the horseradish and dill cream cheese was amazing. Always good food here. Pricey, but to be expected of a restaurant inside a museum in Manhattan.

Would certainly recommend trying out this place. Fantastic mood, delightful dishes, fantastic customer service. 5 stars.

I eat in this spot a lot since I work close by. I like how the customer service is always awesome and they keep the place well kept regularly. Pricing is reasonable and they serve large portions.

This spot provides great service as well as delicious meals. My favourite place around here. The meals served rapidly and the prices are affordable. Will definitely recommend this place.

Exceptional and yummy food, I like the character the spot has, and the employees were super friendly. I will definitely come back in the future.

Incredibly rude service. Would never go back. Such a shame as I have loved Russ and daughters for years, but don’t want to be insulted again. I never usually post but this was a terrible experience.

Classic New York city bagel, prices are a little hefty but this is a great location. Take your bagel and enjoy in central park

Has quickly become one of our favorite brunch and lunch spots in the city. It is a masterfully executed and modern interpretation of a traditional appetizing restaurant.The homemade smoked fish and herring are, of course, first-class. However, most menu items, from appetizers (or Noshes as they are called) to egg dishes, boards and desserts are innovative and memorable.Pricing is moderate, considering the quality of the food and decor. Furthermore, the service is warm and professional, and NO TIPPING is allowed.Make sure to try the Eggs Benny, the Borscht and dont leave without experiencing the Halvah Ice Cream.Enjoy!

Our favorite bagels and lox in the city. Anywhere for that matter.

Absolutely delicious food! We had a bit of a wait, but visited the museum during that time which was perfect.

Very good experience! Food was delicious, service is good, and atmosphere is friendly. The added bonus is the food is Kosher (with an Orthodox hashgacha). If you need to take an religious Jewish person for a meal in Manhattan or simply want some great Jewish style food, make it a point to come here.

Great place. Kosher version of downtown location. Ive gone to the museum more since they opened than I have in the past year as a member.Delicious on a bagel.Also... Tip is included which is nice except that you are taxed on the gratuity.

The food at Russ and Daughters is amazing; I especially recommend the pastrami salmon or smoked sable. This location is very nice - more seating and a modern space. They are also very accommodating for group reservations and helpful in finding the right orders for your budget.

Possibly the most expensive bagel ever, but we decided it was worth it! Fabulous food and first-class service. Tip inclusive restaurant. Perfect for a light lunch between the museums and galleries of the Upper East Side.

Old World in the New World. The finest Jewish Appetizers anywhere. Every detail is perfection from paper napkins to your nosh with with very good service. Russ and Daughters in an Institution.

Ordered the classic board with the bialy. Everything was fresh and flavorful, including sliced tomatoes in early May! Smooth lox. Fat capers. And the onions werent overpowering. The bialy is special and according to the local at the next table its unique to NYC.Even though it was supposed to be over an hour to wait, we got to visit the Leonard Cohen exhibit at the museum upstairs while waiting for the restaurant to page us. Delightful all around!

Freshly prepared to order and you can taste the freshness. Few places like this exist. Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten.

Bagel and lox were fine, pretty good actually. Customer service was abysmal...all three people I interacted with were impatient, rude, purposely misleading in their instructions/explanations, and downright mean. Starting with the woman behind the register and ending with the hostess in the dining room, the whole experience was quite unexpected-and I saw two other groups - a couple and a small family - treated the same way by the counter lady and the hostess. I was really uncomfortable and left without eating the sandwich I ordered and took it to bench near the park. Overall, food was fine but the experience was unpleasant enough that I would never ever go back here, or to their other locations either.

I delivered thier twice aweek and its a warm and welcoming environment.... good food plus i delivered that finger licking somked fish.

The quality? Unparalleled. Their ability to take a sandwich order at the take-out counter? Laughably poor. In 3 separate occasions, they have managed to screw up some facet of a relatively simple sandwich. 5 stars for the fish, 1 star for the service. Good luck.

Fun take on very traditional dishes. Food is delicious! Prices include gratuities, and wait-staff is very responsive. They dont take reservations, so if you are going on a Sunday, be there when the open at 9. Also they offer pre-paid Shabbat lunch, which is an interesting (and tasty) alternative.

After reading all of the need to visit restaurants in NYC. I was really looking forward to eating here. Ive got nothing against the food, it was absolutely phenomenal. The location was a little odd because its right after the entrance to the Jewish museum. Our service was nothing to brag about either. It seemed the staff didnt think a second thought about their job. Thats why I think this location deserves a three star or less. I dont know if it lives up to the articles I read about the original Russ and daughters I was looking forward to eating at.

They serve big dishes and for fair rates. super friendly staff members. Highly recommended.

Incredible! Must see

The Kosher Brunch was to die for. So much food you wouldnt believe. We ate and ate. Breads and smoked fish and pickles and deviled eggs. The we finished off with ice cream. Talk about good. Make sure you got a reservation. Thats the only to eat on Saturday... and you gotta prepay. Oy vay!

Absolutely a spot worth stopping over, the food is good and fresh, the rates are reasonable and it is regularly well kept there. Keep up the good work.

Great food! 2pm on a Sunday youll have to wait for a seat, but thats okay.

This spot is worth visiting. They serve big portions for fair rates. Regularly well organized and with great ambience. Wilinl come visit aga

Excellent breakfast place - theyve got it all. Hand rolled bagels & bialys, fresh smoked salmon (and lots of other fish), and babka french toast! Even their coffee was particularly good. The fish is really where they excel - its incredibly fresh and delicious. This is probably the best kosher brunch place in the area, period.

This place is great! Convenient rates, considerable portions and the employees are regularly welcoming.

What a dissapointment! Minimal cooked food. Raw ingredients marked up to near obscene levels, saved only by no tips. But what a scourge on the public purse, to charge $3 for a cup of coffee and to serve it with a wooden stirring stick because there were no more spoons. A bagel with smoked salmon, a slice of tomato, a slice of red onion, a few capers and a mini-stainless steel 2 oz (?) container of cream chesse costs $23. Oh to be able to afford to live on the UES.

Great food, very nice staff and a very long wait for a table on Sundays. But worth the wait.

Exceptional. Do yourself a favour and order the trio of herring.

Best whitefish salad I’ve ever tried and the eggs Benny was incredible. I’d give it 6 stars if I could. The restaurant is very cute.

Delicious jewish delicatessen, nice and cozy place, will return again and again.

Food is delicious as youd expect but service was really off. We waited for an hour and a half for a table for Sunday brunch. When we were finally seated, the service was super slow and the waiters were really awkward. I think next time I would just do take out.

Sadly we couldnt get in due to a private function when we went but at least they were friendly about it. It certainly smelled great!

Tasty Jewish food. Great coffee and service

Great atmosphere and wonderful food. Staff is also very nice. Must prepay on line to eat there on Saturday.

Professional service. Nice decorations. Tasty food. Little bit expensive

Everything was very salty. Lox, even when eaten with bagel and cream cheese was still too salty to be enjoyed. Overall very disappointed by this much hyped place. But the ladies at the museum entrace were lovely.

The best appetizing..say no more!

Best Kosher Food. Eat in or Takeaway. Salmon, Whitefish, Sable, Lachs,. Everything one could hope for

The best brunch cafe in NY. You shoyld tryEggsbenny, classic, chocolate french toast.Dont forget to drink Chocolate eggcream

The food here is spectacular! Possible the best nova in NY.

Loved it ❤️ and so did my 2 amazing nieces 😋😋😋

Limited menu but great Nova an bagels. A little pricey.

Food us absolutely delicious! Atmosphere adorable and wonderful service...best part is the great take out department.

Tasty food and good service. However the menu at this location did not include potato latkes or matzah ball soup, a little disappointed.

Best NY bagel Ive had so far!

Excellent lox and very good service

Our first time visit here after hearing the buzz online. We were here at 10.30am (Dec 21, 2018) and tried to order the main food from the menu at the counter. The cashier told us they were not serving the food from main menu and any hot food until 11am, and instead showed us another menu meant for takeout.We were looking through the menu and the cashier grew impatient. She was then rude to us and talked to us with condescending tone. My girlfriend and I were complaining to each other about her attitude and she overheard us.Then, she forced a smile on her face and served us a full boiling hot cup of coffee on purpose so that it makes us hard to carry from the counter and we eventually spilled it all over while carrying it to our table. No replacement for the coffee, which is fine, I didnt expect that. The coffee she served to other guests were not full to the top like ours.Now the food... The food is expensive and subpar. Not worth the visit. Gratuity is included in the price, I just wish that was not charged for our bad experience here.Maybe your experience with be better than ours.Note: The cashier serving us was an African American named Michelle (as says on the receipt). Thanks for giving the guests bad experience here at this restaurant.

Great service and delicious food.

It’s overpriced compared to the other locations and they literally couldn’t get the easier order correct

Great selection of high quality noshes

Great bagel sandwiches, good service and friendly staff!

Look like An old jew deli. (Moes). Good kosher food

Ate there Sunday for lunch. For the price I paid for 3 of us the value was underwhelming to say the least. Ithe initial cup of coffee was mud. And cold. I asked for a chopped lucer appetizer and it came out with my main course. My fiancé asked for slices of lox and 16 dollars later she was presented with 3 slices of Costco product. And to top it off o asked the server where do I put the tip on the credit card receipt. He said they only took cash tips. Then I found out the gratuity was included in the bill. Thief. Liar. What type of operation is this?? I certainly won’t be back. But who needs me?? There’s enough tourists to go around like blind beggars happy for a morsel of the famous Russ and Daughters name. Shame. Shame.

Not bad but not what I expected

Russ and daughters at the Jewish museum its a very cozy little place to dine with family and friends or just chill by yourself very clean and and relaxing

Deviled eggs were great, but a lot of the larger plates were just mediocre. Nothing on the menu really jumped out at me. Gratuity is included, so dont let the menu prices scare you (or do: $25 for bagel, cream cheese, and lox).

Excellent food, great service, nice setting

Nice atmosphere. Good food.

Pleasant place. Food was fine.

Great all around and nice spot!

We had brunch there and it was quite good, albeit very expensive for what it was. Im docking this review a star though because we bought a babka afterward to take home and it was literally the worst babka we have ever had. It was extremely dry and flavorless (and also expensive). The last time we bought a babka it was from Meckelburgs in Brooklyn and the differences could not have been more stark. Extremely disappointed in the babka here.

Best lox Ive had!

Skip this place. Head to Yura or champignon Cafe on Madison. Russ and daughter has v. Wierd customer service. They would not sell me a salmon platter to go said it was only dine in and I would have to eat it there. Line to eat there was 30 minute wait. Went to Yura got salmon avocado BLT and a smile while staying dry!

I mean... So delicious. Babka French toast, STOP. Eggs Benedict on challah.