Devon & Blakely

We stumbled across this place on the way to Times Square. We were up at about 5am because of the jet lag & it was one of the only places open!
The staff were really friendly & talked me through the options. I went for a standard cream cheese bagel & a cup of tea (you can take the girl out of England…)
Service was quick & it was reasonably cheap, I’m impressed!

I would actually like to give this place 5 stars cos the shop looks nice and the staff are so dear — but the lingering butt-​like taste of chicken from their salad is still in my mouth. I’m a vegetarian, so I always order carefully. However, their salad bar is cross-​contaminated and I got lots of chicken chunks in my salad. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out why my salad tasted like butt until I spat out the mangled flesh of a chicken. Then I thought, ok maybe just one thing no problem, but then i took a big mouth of croûton — which was actually another fat chunk of chicken. I haven’t stopped vomiting in my mouth.
I have previously had a sandwich, which i thought would bring me better luck, but I think it was made on the same counter as pig, so yeah… not really an enjoyable flavor if you’re not used to meat.
It grossly unfair to pay so little consideration for vegetarian customers, hence the low rating.

Yummy soups, awesome chopped salads, nice, full sandwiches and a great variety of flavors. I only wish the staff didn’t move the checkout line as fast as they do, I feel very rude standing next to someone who is trying to get their wallet in order.

literally come here every day for lunch. their cranberry chicken salad is delicious, also think their chopped salads are great as well — they have a variety of dressings which always helps. it’s not too pricey — my salad usually ranges about $ 8;50 — 9.50 with several toppings.
also LOVE their soups — new england clam chowder, lobster bisque, spicy corn and crab… all very delicious, great spot for a quick lunch to sit or grab to go!

My company shuttle picks us up outside, so I’ll go in for a quick bagel, or coffee. The fresh-​squeezed orange and grapefruit juice is on point! Highly recommend the juice if your office bug is going around. A little pricey, but nice in a rush.

the ONLY reason to go is for the convenience of the location. Over priced for what you get. the chicken at the salad bar doesn’t taste fresh and their breakfast sandwich of egg and ham really doest have ham but tomatoes. they use cheap cups for their coffee so the coffee starts to taste waxy after a few hours. the cashiers rush you and are rude.

I only come here to wait for a bus that my company runs which stops outside. I’ve had muffins and coffee here. Never had an issue buying these things and sitting inside until my bus arrives. They have limited seating, but this is not a sitdown lunch type place. It’s mostly for take out.

I’ve only tried their soups, and they’re good. However, the staff at the register are the worst .
They don’t understand the concept of «i want to pay separately.» Instead, they charge both soups on the same card, but swipes twice. Seriously? This has happened twice. What’s the point of that?
In another «wut» moment, I asked the woman behind the counter to put the soups in different bags (one is for myself, the other is for my boss). She proceeds to take out everything in the bag and tries to put them literally in a different bag, until I stopped her. Another wut??? moment .
The register staff here are the worst. They’re all rude or lack common sense. Why does Devon and Blakely hire these people?

I am a sucker for a chopped salad. There is nothing more enticing to me than picking out whatever I want in a salad and watching as someone beats the hell out of it, douses it in dressing, and then neatly serves it to me in a plastic bowl. It’s like a party. Meat and vegetable fiesta!
I recently started working over in Midtown, and when I saw D&B I was so nostalgic for my daily visits back when I worked in the World Fi center. I come here every Friday, because I am old and lame and bring my lunch the first four days of the week. My order is as follows: romaine salad, grilled chicken, avocado, tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers and jalapenos. CHOPPPPPEEDDDD with salt, pepper and red wine vinegar. Voila! For $ 8.50, I am stuffed.
They offer bread sometimes, but being gluten (and general carb-​) avoiding… I decline.
Solid lunch spot.

subpar food, organziation is awful. won’t go back

To add some context I’m a pretty big soup fan, always have been. So I’m strolling through my lunch hour looking for a new soup spot and I see Devon & Blakely’s sign outside flaunting the 12 soups available. I meander into the store, critique the soup display and purchase a hot, 16 oz. cup of Chicken Noodle. A Classic. Can’t go wrong.
Wrong. The chicken was diced and off-​colored, dog-​food-​esque. Lack of carrots. No other veggies visible besides a scattered diced celery. Come on! If you’re gonna make Chicken Noodle, make Chicken Noodle! It’s the easiest soup and the best! A staple in the American Food department. Broth was okay, which is why I slurped the soup to the bottom. Also, free bread. Big plus and reason it gets a ²⁄₅.
This review is based off the Chicken Noodle Soup alone. I cannot comment on any of their other food options. Good, free bread.

Got a soup from here after an appointment nearby. Great soups and sandwiches.
I ordered the turkey chili and it was good. Cornbread was awesome and there were crunchy bits in it. I dont know what it is but it was good. The spicy clam chowder soup looked good too

YUM! Tasty and pretty cheap! It cost 10 bucks for a VERY healthy, filling lentil soup and tuna specialty sandwich.
The delivery took maybe 20 minutes? It was really fast.
Comments on the food, I wish they could call you and let you know they couldn’t do one of the things I requested. Like, to add mayo or aoili to one of the sandwiches would seem pretty easy (and needed for sauce girls like me) but they didn’t ! :-(
i’LL SURVIVE since the food was still good. But still, maybe add a little bit of mayo/​sauce on the side for me? Especially since it wasn’t a pre-​packaged meal like some of these delis have.
The lentil soup was the stand-​out for me. I usually have to add salt/​pepper to make it the way I like it but this was delicious! I still like mine with a little bit of lemon/​acidity (like turkish or afghan spots eat their lentil) BUT this was american lentil soup and I got over it… If you just got the soup, some corn bread, that would have been enough for a lunch.
I will definitely be ordering from here… it’s really healthy, filling, not too bad for the wallet and just overall a GOOD tasting lunch.
Will be ordering their famed seafood chowder next time.

Dear Devon & Blakely, Thank you for delivering my spicy corn and crab chowder and kale salad, even though I’m just across the street. Thank you for massaging the kale in the salad, and not allowing it to be a raw bitter reminder that I’m only ordering a salad because my mother says I’m fat. Thank you for your delectable selection of English chocolate bars and super efficient check out ladies. Thank you for making your soups with love and variety. Thank you for the guy who mans your phone, who picks up quickly and is quick to correct any weird orders or sold out items. Thank you for offering plenty of cooked vegetable sides and giving me options to eat healthily without resorting to rabbit food. Your soups and kale salad make my tummy happy.
For others considering this Devon & Blakely location, the food is delicious and the service is great. However, on the Midtown Lunch scale, its not very affordable, easily passing the $ 10 mark for a meal. I also dislike the layout of the store, which is very narrow and can cause some line up confusion when it gets busy. The salad line is right next to the beverage case all the way in the back, causing traffic jams. The sandwich line blends into the prepared salad line where there isn’t always a person to help you out with that tasty kale apple salad. They do Seamless delivery orders (and I’ve never had an issue) but I realize that not everyone wants to pay for delivery. So this may not be a winner for everyone.

food is good enough but the prices are ridiculous. I just spent $ 5.85 for a small chicken and corn soup

I come to Devon & Blakely when I’m in the mood for soup — they may not have as wide a variety as Hale & Hearty does, but I feel like their soups are actually heartier and tend to be a bit more flavorful. Aside from that, they’re pretty much your standard sandwich/​soup/​salad lunch joint in Midtown. If there’s one thing that’s a negative standout, it’s that their breakfast sandwiches are pre-​made. Call me old-​fashioned, but having an egg wrap that was clearly cooked sometime in the indeterminate past is not my idea of an appetizing breakfast. Neither is a breakfast sandwich that has tomatoes — but if you want it without them, they will simply open up the wrap and yank them out. Their lunch wraps are a bit more appetizing and varietal, although they seem to have a twist on everything (e.g. you can’t get a straight tuna wrap — it’ll have spicy tuna in it).
That said, I do like their soups, and the corn bread you can pick up as a side (for $ 2.25) is actually quite well-​done — not overly corny (ha, ha…) but not as buttery as a lot of your typical corn bread/​corn muffins are. There are worse lunch spots, but at the same time, there are some that are probably better choices. For a joint like this, it’s really a matter of convenience.

Your run of the mill sandwich/​soup/​salad joint. Its a decent place, no wait and selection is what you can expect from any place like this around the corner from a large corporate building. I’ll hit this spot occasionally to keep things fresh on the lunch scene, but wouldnt go out of my way to stop by.

expensive breakfast items compared to other joints around here (small yogurt cost almost same as a large yogurt at Bistro Caterers), slow line as well.

What I like:
— This is my midtown soup spot. They make their own soups every day. These are the best «commercial» soups I’ve ever heard. I’m talking about the Turkey Gumbo and the Spicy Crab Chowder. Oh and for homemade they seem reasonably priced. Winning.
— Salad ingredients actually seem slightly fresher than a lot of midtown spots.
— Did I mention you can get soup samples? Did I mention this is my midtown soup spot for good reason? And they give you bread when you checkout? Icing on the cake.
— «A» rating on the window.
What I don’t like:
— Salads are a little pricey vs competitors. And if you get there at peak time the guys are not messing around, it’s like they hand out Red Bull’s to the employees before lunch hour.
— No hot bar that I saw, so if there’s a last minute change of heart I’m S.O.L. Sandwiches are average to below average, so it’s hard to go soup/​sandwich combo.

My coworker brought me here for our one-​on-​one (I’m an intern) at the beginning of the summer, and ever since I’ve kind of been hooked on it. It’s just another one of New York’s many soup/​salad/​sandwich shops (think Pax, Europa, etc.) — but I like it more, by far… Maybe it IS the wallpaper?
Or maybe it was just their freaking delicious eggplant & hummus sandwich on soft, pillowy multigrain bread (yes, I used the word pillowy).
Or their vegetarian lentil soup. Not only is it delicious, but it’s substantial and filling. Mmm.
The salad man scared me today, though. He was like the Soup Nazi from Seinfield, except with salad… These New Yorkers don’t joke around, man — you gotta know what you want in your salad by the time you go up to order. They don’t seem to tolerate window shopping. =P