8017 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood
323-656-0606
A few blocks east of Carney's is Greenblatt's Deli. I had planned to eat at Carney's but there was a long line at Carney's. When I passed Greenblatt's on the way to Carney's, I realized it has been on my list of places to try. So I came here.
Greenblatt's is a two story restaurant. The ground floor has a small number of tables, the deli counter, and a huge retail store. The upper floor has seating for about 40 people. It was pretty busy when we arrived, all the tables were taken on the ground floor. So, the bus boy said there was seating up stairs. Notice, there was no host or hostess greeting people. Anyways, we were seated at the last empty table upstairs.
So, I had to order the pastrami. Sliced thin, the pastrami was flavorful and tasty, but a bit dry. There was a good amount of pastrami on the sandwich, well worth the $12.95 price tag. What made up for it was the great rye bread! The crust was tough but chewy and the bread was just fantastic! I got a side of fresh fruit and everything was good, expect for the very sour orange slice.
Service is below average. While the server was nice, he wasn't around that often. It took a long time to even place our order, get refills, he forgot to bring the extra napkins we asked for. To cut him some slack, I think it's how the restaurant assigns servers. It seems our server had a couple tables upstairs but had all the tables downstairs. I also didn't like the no host policy. If the busboy didn't happen to walk by, I may still be standing there waiting for a table!
I wouldn't go back to Greenblatt's. The pastrami sandwich was fine, but nothing great and service left a lot to be desired.
