Exquisite Foodland 409-413 Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11235

"I am not local, so for me Brighton is culinary tourism. I spent a weekend just wondering around and trying various foods, comparing them across different stores. I likes the deli department - the food was fresh, good, and many dishes tasted better than at other stores. Employees were friendly and helpful. Advised on good choices of food and their recommendations didn’t disappoint. I found the best Napoleon cake on Brighton to be sold here - way better than other stores. Will gladly come back on my next trip to New York."

"A lot of fresh and cooked products. Good price and quality."

"I have one complaint about this store. This is at the same time a request to employees. Please, for the love of all that is holy, stop forcing me to buy some kind of bread called challah EVERY TIME. How many times is this? Probably already 8-12 times on each of my visits. I know that this is religious bread and I have nothing against it being put up for sale here. But, again, why pester me to buy this bread? Moreover, this is done very boorishly at the place where they weigh you dishes from the salad bar, and then again the seller at the cash register offers you the same thing, albeit more politely. I want to notify the employees that I can get this kind of bread for free at the synagogue if I so desire and am so hungry. The rudeness is so unbridled, that one worker, in response to the fact that I refused to take this ill-fated bread into my basket, promised to REMEMBER ME (December, 8, 2023, about 2:15 pm) I even thought that they would track me and hit me on the head with a brick ... Of course, I’m exaggerating my feelings about the brick a little, but I absolutely don’t want to go into this store, and over the last week I was simply afraid to go there. Perhaps I’ll start visiting this store when I don’t see that employee, who weighs the products and who was rude to me in Russian, which I understand perfectly. I also understand that in this behavior of these workers there is a certain enthusiasm with an imitation of a live market, for example, like in the old days in the city of Odessa, which, by the way, I do not like. But I don’t like it, because I have a very bad memory of the market in Odessa, where they once tried to rob me, physically attacking me in order to take away my money. But I don’t live in Odessa, this is America and no one has the right to force me to give my money for something I don’t need and don’t want. But I advise people not to tolerate rudeness and respond sharply to insolent people in order to teach them a lesson. And the best thing, of course, is not to take risks and not to meddle in places where you are treated like brainless sheep."

"The “pirozhki” they are selling outside and advertising them as “the best, fresh and hot” are indeed fresh and hot, but it’s just totally bland, thick and at times half baked dough , while the filling is just tasteless meh. Same applies to the home made pastry. Don’t waste your money and consume those calories"

"In my hachipuri there's pieces of egg shells. GROSS. Obviously it was made quickly without any care or safety.... I do not recommend to buy this product, just incase you will get the batch with egg shells.... First and last time for me...its a shame. It's not worth the unpleasantness while you are chewing to have such a crunchy texture when you know it should be there....Be warned this place is obviously not careful with it's egg products...For everyone that cares about quality food and texture..."