| ambiance |
66.66999816894531% positive |
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The location is great since after going out to clubs on the weekend, nothing much is open and they have variety of choices. ”
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The decor is the best eames-era anywhere in LA. ”
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Pickles while you wait and aunt-like waitresses add to the old-school Jewish deli atmosphere, but it's really not the best food ot be had in town, and boy, is it pricey. ”
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Featuring its own parking lot, a massive tome of a menu, and some of the best Matzo ball soup I've had in LA, Cantor's is practically a landmark on its own. ”
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Their bathroom is a bit sketchy and the decor and lighting is serious kitsch, again if you want a Serious Dinner, this is not the place. ”
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The food is unbelieveably bland, the atmosphere is great if you're looking for smarmy. ”
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| dessert |
74.35999870300293% positive |
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Their deserts seemed well done, although we only tried a cheesecake, which was tasty but you could find much better at a starbucks. ”
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The quality of the deserts in the bakery is pretty bad. ”
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That said, the Chocolate Russian Coffee Cake, regular Russian Coffee Cake, Racetrack, strudel, Hamentaschen, and rugelach are delicious and cheap; they give NY delis a run for their money. ”
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Friends often order the cupcakes and regular cookies, and they rave, but when I'm at Canter's, I order Canter's specialties, which is really the rule of the road here. ”
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reviewer here called the desserts "grody", which is the typical assessment of someone who doesn't like Russian or NY Jewish-style desserts. ”
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Seriously, how can you make cheesecake dry? ”
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(I love a good, dry, traditional jewish cheesecake.) ”
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The bakery is consistently good and the chocolate croissants & their bagels are awesome! ”
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The dinners are passable, ample in their portions, and include salad with a tasty dressing and dessert, a clear blow in economy's name. ”
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The Big New Yorker (salmon and cream cheese on a Kaiser roll) + avocado is an incredible sandwich ”
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Excellent value for the price, as all lunch and dinner entrees include an appetizer (or soup), potato, vegetable, bread and dessert (ice cream or sherbet). ”
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The cream cheese cake is the best anywhere! ”
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the only high praises i can give them is for their cheesecake, which is fantastic. ”
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| drinks |
60.0% positive |
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Plus the kibbitz room/bar on certain days offers great live music! ”
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Great shakes, great little bar, and wonderful matza ball soup. ”
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The beer selection is pretty lame for a place claiming to have a full bar: no Sierra Nevada nor Pilsner Urquell ”
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24/7 food availability; reduced hours for full bar service. ”
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They serve cocktails in their little bar, which I suppose is nice, but the bar always has a smell that I don't ever want to associate with a deli. ”
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| food quality |
83.87999534606934% positive |
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Overpriced food, poor service ”
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Each time the food was gross. ”
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The food is not good. ”
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LOVE LOVE LOVE their matzah ball soup. ”
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Great shakes, great little bar, and wonderful matza ball soup. ”
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the service was perfect, the food was great and unexpensive. ”
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They will substitute almost anything and the food is delicious. ”
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the canters club house sandwich very good! ”
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When I asked, I was told that I had to order a BOWL of soup, not a cup, to get the chicken. ”
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They have a great variety of food and it's consistenly good. ”
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The soups come with bagel chips and are all amazing; I recommend Bean and Barley or Kreplach, and matzo ball soup (one huge ball in broth) is also good. ”
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In terms of sandwiches, the Club and Reuben are best, as is the Canter's Fairfax and Bronx Special. ”
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The food is fantastic, the prices are great and the staff is attentive! ”
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Look if you go to a chinese restaurant don't expect great pizza. ”
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The food was great (I had the pastrami on rye and the best homemade pickles!) ”
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Sure, the food isn't all that great. ”
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The sandwiches are piled high, the pickles are awesome and the bakery rivals any in NY! ”
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Excellent value for the price, as all lunch and dinner entrees include an appetizer (or soup), potato, vegetable, bread and dessert (ice cream or sherbet). ”
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How can everything taste fresh if they are open 24 hours? ”
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This deli definitely reminds me of NY but without the pressure to order food and leave within a certain period of time. ”
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Great food for anytime ”
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I'm not sure who would order cheese fries but go with the corned beef, or pastrami, smoked turkey, matza ball soup or blintzes. ”
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The sandwich was good but for twelve dollars I expect a little more than two pickles and a six to eight inch sandwich. ”
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Food was always decent, never more, however my last three experiences have proven that the food just is plain out lousy. ”
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The food is regular deli good and fresh! ”
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Most of the food is good, but their bakery is a big weakness. ”
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the food is good, inexpensive, service is friendly and you HAVE to try their cheese bread. ”
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They have one in Las Vegas also inside the Treasure Island Hotel - Same great food but a more limited menu. ”
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Their deserts seemed well done, although we only tried a cheesecake, which was tasty but you could find much better at a starbucks. ”
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Tasty food, 24-7. ”
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Their pastrami reuben is amazing, with the special sause and fries, it is pure magic. ”
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The food is wonderful. ”
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This is for relaxing with friends over a long leisurely loud and laughing dinner with tons of food for a comparitively great price. ”
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If you want good food at a reasonable price to to Barney's or Jerry's or anywhere but here. ”
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would recommend the Fresser, a mountainous stack of top grade Pastrami and corned beef. ”
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They have the best Deli sandwiches and they are open 24hours! ”
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The sandwiches may be the best items (besides the great pickles!) ”
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The sandwiches, in all their stacked glory, are delicious, but my personal favorite is the mishmosh soup. ”
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Fake potatoes, bland turkey. A typical dinner for four cost $97. ”
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You can also get a small piece of kishka with the entree, which can be a nice palate cleanser if you have salty or strongly flavored food. ”
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The Deli sandwiches are piled high with only best deli meats like: pastrami,corned beef and brisket. ”
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The portions here are as big as the menu, so come hungry or be prepared to take a box home -- and Canter's sandwiches are just as good on day two. ”
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awesome love their food and some of their waiters and waitreses. ”
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Canter's is a reliable place for a good sandwich and fast-ass seating, 24/7, 365. ”
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That said, the Chocolate Russian Coffee Cake, regular Russian Coffee Cake, Racetrack, strudel, Hamentaschen, and rugelach are delicious and cheap; they give NY delis a run for their money. ”
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Their milkshakes are thick, rich and tasty, their sandwiches are huge, and the service has been excellent. ”
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The sandwiches are always cold and, except the above club and reuben, served kosher style, with no cheese, or condiments. ”
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To have to put up with unnecessary rudeness for mediocre food is just silly. ”
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They have a great menu that offers traditional deli items and amazing sandwiches. ”
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If you like great sandwiches, home-style chicken soup, or a nice plate of corned beef and cabbage, Canter's should be a destination for you. ”
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And I love their fresh, real homemade pickles ”
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Featuring its own parking lot, a massive tome of a menu, and some of the best Matzo ball soup I've had in LA, Cantor's is practically a landmark on its own. ”
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Pickles while you wait and aunt-like waitresses add to the old-school Jewish deli atmosphere, but it's really not the best food ot be had in town, and boy, is it pricey. ”
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I've never gotten a good meal there and the service has always been lacking. ”
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With such a vast menu, its not surprising that the food can be spotty, but the pastrami on rye, potato pancakes and homemade soup, are divine. ”
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The Big New Yorker (salmon and cream cheese on a Kaiser roll) + avocado is an incredible sandwich ”
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And their sandwiches are HUGE. ”
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Matzo Ball soup is pretty good. ”
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The food is good, but some items are a little overpriced. ”
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Only the fish platters seem relatively expensive ($20-ish), but the quality is exceptional and the pricing competitive with other delis and/or sushi places. ”
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It's open all night, which is great, but the food has never failed to disappoint us. ”
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The soups are good, Matzoh Ball is great and you can ask for more broth if you need it (it's free). ”
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Canters is an awesome restaurant with tons of food and an amazing baked goods section as well. ”
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The rye bread was fresh and my boyfriend's cappuccino was decent. ”
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Is LA really so desperate for good food that this place is called remarkable? ”
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Highlights are the corned beef hash (get saurkraut as the vegetable, chopped liver as the appetizer (ask for complimentary bagel chips if no one is ordering soup, they come with the soup) and make one hell of an open face sandwich, Corned Beef and Cabbage ”
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The food is unbelieveably bland, the atmosphere is great if you're looking for smarmy. ”
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took my colleagues there while remembering warm Mazza bowl soup, which my friend's mom used make for us. ”
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The pastrami sandwiches are too die for and the mazoball soup is the best I have ever had. ”
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The food is good, but incredibly overpriced. ”
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When you order avocado on a sandwich, they put tons of it on. ”
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And the pickles, which are brought out to you on a huge plate at the start of your meal, are to die for. ”
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The food was delicious and we were both satisfied with our experience. ”
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It has amazing nosh and great sandwiches and ”
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The dinners are passable, ample in their portions, and include salad with a tasty dressing and dessert, a clear blow in economy's name. ”
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24/7 food availability; reduced hours for full bar service. ”
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ton of food and great service. My sons like to ask the wait staff how long they have worked for the restaurant. Our waitress has worked at Canter's for 30 years. My son had a vanilla shake that was to die for! It was the best he said he had ever had. Pa ”
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love their pastrami, my best friend is partial to the corned beef. ”
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Everthing here is delicious. ”
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If you want quality Jewish food or an amazing pastrami sandwich. ”
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| menu variety |
79.40999984741211% positive |
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Wait staff is knowledgeable about the menu and eager to make your dining experience a good one. ”
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The location is great since after going out to clubs on the weekend, nothing much is open and they have variety of choices. ”
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Our server was friendly and patient (the menu is freakin ginormous). ”
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They have a great variety of food and it's consistenly good. ”
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its your average diner, but their menu selection is huge, theres a ton of stuff to choose from, and the staff is friendly, they have great pickles too, i believe they make it themselves there. ”
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Extensive menu. ”
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Highlights are the corned beef hash (get saurkraut as the vegetable, chopped liver as the appetizer (ask for complimentary bagel chips if no one is ordering soup, they come with the soup) and make one hell of an open face sandwich, Corned Beef and Cabbage ”
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Best pastrami anywhere, but overall menu a bit pricey! ”
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The beer selection is pretty lame for a place claiming to have a full bar: no Sierra Nevada nor Pilsner Urquell ”
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With such a vast menu, its not surprising that the food can be spotty, but the pastrami on rye, potato pancakes and homemade soup, are divine. ”
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There's no weird organs on their menu. ”
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The portions here are as big as the menu, so come hungry or be prepared to take a box home -- and Canter's sandwiches are just as good on day two. ”
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They have a great menu that offers traditional deli items and amazing sandwiches. ”
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This is a great place to take out-of-towners hungry for a celebrity sighting of the funky variety. ”
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Fantastic deli with a labyrinthine menu ”
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Featuring its own parking lot, a massive tome of a menu, and some of the best Matzo ball soup I've had in LA, Cantor's is practically a landmark on its own. ”
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They have one in Las Vegas also inside the Treasure Island Hotel - Same great food but a more limited menu. ”
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| overall |
100.0% positive |
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once good spot is now a "Beware" place. ”
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My roomie stuck with pickles and water because everything looked so good to her she was afraid of eating herself into a coma, and there's no way I was going to roll her out of that place and back to the car. ”
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great place ”
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Is LA really so desperate for good food that this place is called remarkable? ”
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This is a great place to take out-of-towners hungry for a celebrity sighting of the funky variety. ”
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ton of food and great service. My sons like to ask the wait staff how long they have worked for the restaurant. Our waitress has worked at Canter's for 30 years. My son had a vanilla shake that was to die for! It was the best he said he had ever had. Pa ”
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But, I always have had good service here and stepping into the place is like stepping into a time machine. ”
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Absolutely the best place in LA for late night dining. ”
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have been going to Cantor's all my life---a great place for a midnight nosh or a sunday morning kibital--- the best taste of jewish life in Hollywood ”
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canter's is no doubt my favorite restaurant in L.A where else can you eat a pastrami on kaiser, sit across from Rodney, have the bitchiest waitresses who you adore and random star-sightings at 3am? ”
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This place has that not-so modern look to its interior and it's a good place to get away from the modernism of today. ”
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| return potential |
100.0% positive |
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If anyone thinks that Canter's is a good deli, go back to the McDonalds that you came from. ”
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| service |
73.74000072479248% positive |
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the food is good, inexpensive, service is friendly and you HAVE to try their cheese bread. ”
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I've never gotten a good meal there and the service has always been lacking. ”
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Their milkshakes are thick, rich and tasty, their sandwiches are huge, and the service has been excellent. ”
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But, I always have had good service here and stepping into the place is like stepping into a time machine. ”
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canter's is no doubt my favorite restaurant in L.A where else can you eat a pastrami on kaiser, sit across from Rodney, have the bitchiest waitresses who you adore and random star-sightings at 3am? ”
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The service can be slow and sporadic, but Canter's isn't about great service. ”
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Well, my good memories were shattered when I was yelled at by a rude woman in cashier for not calculating my portion of the bill excluding tip before hand. ”
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The food is fantastic, the prices are great and the staff is attentive! ”
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There are times we've met celebrities and wonderful people there. ”
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and service is always slow here. ”
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its your average diner, but their menu selection is huge, theres a ton of stuff to choose from, and the staff is friendly, they have great pickles too, i believe they make it themselves there. ”
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Besides the fact that it's one of the only good 24 hour spots in LA, you get good portions and prompt service. ”
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Our server was friendly and patient (the menu is freakin ginormous). ”
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The history of the place is interesting and the staff are great. ”
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Overpriced food, poor service ”
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ton of food and great service. My sons like to ask the wait staff how long they have worked for the restaurant. Our waitress has worked at Canter's for 30 years. My son had a vanilla shake that was to die for! It was the best he said he had ever had. Pa ”
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Some of the waitresses have major attitudes, and it's hilarious, so roll with it; it's part of the Canter's experience, and anyway, the service is always great. ”
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Our server was rude. ”
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You'll love the waitresses who have been there for at least 30 years and will call you "honey ”
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don't have a clue why people love Canter's so much. ”
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awesome love their food and some of their waiters and waitreses. ”
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the service was perfect, the food was great and unexpensive. ”
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The service was absolutely the worst I've had, and believe me I've had my share. ”
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Sweet manager came over, like grandma, and said sorry, but the recovery didn't quite make up for being sworn at by a dirty long haired bartender. ”
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The staff is friendly eccentric at best. ”
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waiters/waitresses. The guy who looks like Kramer is the best of them; his recommendations are spot on, and his service is great. ”
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Wait staff is knowledgeable about the menu and eager to make your dining experience a good one. ”
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24/7 food availability; reduced hours for full bar service. ”
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Open 24 hrs anytime is great to sit look at the ecletic people around you and relax. ”
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bizarre union of hasidic and headbanger, gefilte reek and the sharp retorts of Jewish momma from Gehenna waitresses in the air as one looks out for a celebrity, Canter's is as it is. ”
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Pickles while you wait and aunt-like waitresses add to the old-school Jewish deli atmosphere, but it's really not the best food ot be had in town, and boy, is it pricey. ”
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Pricing is reasonable, and this place is great even if you have 7 or 8 people with you. ”
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The waitresses frequently seem like they're tired of waiting on hipster snobs, which are in good supply. ”
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| value |
83.33000183105469% positive |
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Only the fish platters seem relatively expensive ($20-ish), but the quality is exceptional and the pricing competitive with other delis and/or sushi places. ”
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The sandwich was good but for twelve dollars I expect a little more than two pickles and a six to eight inch sandwich. ”
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Besides the fact that it's one of the only good 24 hour spots in LA, you get good portions and prompt service. ”
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Best pastrami anywhere, but overall menu a bit pricey! ”
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The soups come with bagel chips and are all amazing; I recommend Bean and Barley or Kreplach, and matzo ball soup (one huge ball in broth) is also good. ”
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The dinners are passable, ample in their portions, and include salad with a tasty dressing and dessert, a clear blow in economy's name. ”
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The food is good, but incredibly overpriced. ”
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If you want good food at a reasonable price to to Barney's or Jerry's or anywhere but here. ”
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This is for relaxing with friends over a long leisurely loud and laughing dinner with tons of food for a comparitively great price. ”
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The food is fantastic, the prices are great and the staff is attentive! ”
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over all it was great, the price was decent and it was open til the late hours of the night ”
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its your average diner, but their menu selection is huge, theres a ton of stuff to choose from, and the staff is friendly, they have great pickles too, i believe they make it themselves there. ”
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Excellent value for the price, as all lunch and dinner entrees include an appetizer (or soup), potato, vegetable, bread and dessert (ice cream or sherbet). ”
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That said, the Chocolate Russian Coffee Cake, regular Russian Coffee Cake, Racetrack, strudel, Hamentaschen, and rugelach are delicious and cheap; they give NY delis a run for their money. ”
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What was once a pretty decent deli has evolved into an overpriced, deteriorating quality wannabe. ”
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Pickles while you wait and aunt-like waitresses add to the old-school Jewish deli atmosphere, but it's really not the best food ot be had in town, and boy, is it pricey. ”
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The food is good, but some items are a little overpriced. ”
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Their milkshakes are thick, rich and tasty, their sandwiches are huge, and the service has been excellent. ”
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the food is good, inexpensive, service is friendly and you HAVE to try their cheese bread. ”
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And the pickles, which are brought out to you on a huge plate at the start of your meal, are to die for. ”
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The portions here are as big as the menu, so come hungry or be prepared to take a box home -- and Canter's sandwiches are just as good on day two. ”
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| wait time |
55.56000232696533% positive |
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ton of food and great service. My sons like to ask the wait staff how long they have worked for the restaurant. Our waitress has worked at Canter's for 30 years. My son had a vanilla shake that was to die for! It was the best he said he had ever had. Pa ”
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Canter's is great for a quick bite to eat or just unwind after clubbing or concerts. ”
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Sweet manager came over, like grandma, and said sorry, but the recovery didn't quite make up for being sworn at by a dirty long haired bartender. ”
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and service is always slow here. ”
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The service can be slow and sporadic, but Canter's isn't about great service. ”
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This is for relaxing with friends over a long leisurely loud and laughing dinner with tons of food for a comparitively great price. ”
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