"Save your time and money and don’t eat here. The wait wasn’t bad on New Year’s Day, they said a half hour and it was about 20 minutes total. We were excited for the food given the Anthony Bourdain endorsement, but it was incredibly disappointing. The kreplach was the only saving factor, it was delicious but the bagels and the Pastrami Russ were under mediocre. The gluten free bagel should not be called a bagel. I’m an advocate for if you can’t do it well, don’t do it at all. The gluten free bagel was crumbly, dense, dry, and flavorless. From the first bite I was disappointed. (On the left in the overhead photo, in the front in the other photo) The pastrami salmon was not particularly interesting in flavor and there was hardly any of it. The bites largely tasted of sauerkraut. The pickle was actually bad, I couldn’t eat it. My partner said the pretzel bagel was just fine, absolutely nothing special. Neither of us finished our food. For $25 a bagel, it was incredibly disappointing. Overpriced and overhyped, I wouldn’t send anyone here."

"Ok COOK Rus & his highly highly skilled daughters. Wow. 10 stars. Don’t leave the continent of North America without trying the Kreplach. I’d sacrifice running water for a week to eat that again. The latkes are very good. The bagel & pastrami cured smoked salmon slapped. The coffee is really good coffee. But I repeat. The Kreplach. Get your hands on that asap pls. It has no business being that good. Their gluten free bagel is the best I’ve ever had. We got there 9:40am on a Saturday and waited around 35 minutes for a table (waitlist via text). Very reasonable. The service was top tier. Sorry to our server for my friend accidentally flexing her income. She didn’t understand your comment about the floor lol."

"Had a fantastic time here. Showed up with no reservation, but another party hadn't shown up so we were able to take their table. Can't remember the name of our waiter, but he was fantastic. He recommended us the Daughters Platter, the Potato Latkes, the Kreplach, and his favourite - the Eggs Benny. We hadn't been to Russ & Daughters before so we decided to order everything he recommended. Everything was incredible! The smoked salmons, the Latkes (like a hashbrown), the Kreplach had fantastic brisket flavour, and the brioche bread really sold the Eggs Benny. The bread basket was lovely too. We finished all the dishes, which seemed perfect for a party of 5, and were too full for dessert!! Would highly recommend and will be returning next time we're in the city."

"This was truly a very cool place to stop at. The food is fantastic. I would highly recommend trying some of the seafood. The bagels were good but some of the unique appetizers that they have they have very quality ingredients and staff. Not to mention the coffee candies were great."

"Food was excellent except for the bagel. The potato latkes were excellent! The tuna melt was superb! Even the nova was delicious! But the bagel was not good at all."