Hale & Hearty Soups

“This H & H is pretty efficiently run and the lines move quickly as the ladies make sure that undecided sandwich buyers dont hold up more focussed soup or combo seekers behind them.”

“When the weather is flipping for 50 to 30 and back to 50 degrees within a week comfort food like soup really help make the day go better.”

“For $5 bucks you get a ginormous bowel of lettuce (choice of Romaine, Spinach, or Spring Mix) and can add dressing, croutons, shredded carrots, red onion, and cucumbers at no additional charge.”

Hale & Hearty Soups

Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Caters: Yes

Price range.

$ Price range Under $10

8 reviews

  1. Consistently great soups (Pumpkin bisque is the BEST during the holidays). Even though the line is always really long, I never spend more than 10 minutes in here. I'm giving 3 stars because, even though the soups and service are great, I'm dissappointed by the salad quality and the fact that they don't have any gluten free bread options for sandwiches.

  2. Hale & Hearty is very easy to nagivate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The store has a vast selection of packaged fruits, salad, soups and sandwiches near the entrance and in the back.

    Best soup here though a bit pricey. H&H has a plethora of soups and interesting flavors. The soups are behind the glass counter and there's someone to help you make your soup selection. I think it's much cleaner and less messier this way – I  don't like how some customers "pick" out all the ingredients (e.g., chicken or noodles) and leave the broth or "leftovers" at other cafes. There seem to be a high turnover, so you get a fresh batch every time.

    There's a store manager to help you to streamline the ordering/purchasing process. I think this is very efficient during busy lunch hours. In addition, H&H packaged their spoons and forks with a napkin inside a plastic wrap. It's so much cleaner.

    I recently started this soup diet and had the ten vegetable soup for lunch. It was very fulfilling – I got a quart 🙂

    In the past, I tried the following soups:

    – New england clam chowder has more clam and hot.
    – Chicken noodle soup – you can request to not have noodles added into the soup as oppose to the other soups places where its already in the broth.
    – Ten vegetable soup has all the healthier options if you're vegan or prefer an althernative option
    – Italian wedding – flavorful and has ton of meat.

  3. Hale & Hearty consistently produces competent yet overpriced soups around NYC.  I'm one of those people that always asks for samples to the detriment of the line that could snake around several times over during the brutal winter months.  Look, if you are going to offer the macaroni and cheese soup with beef I can have a sample but I would feel like too much of a fat-ass if I got a medium or even a small.  It is delicious though, appreciate it.

    The big negative across all these stores is the soup leakage. Employees here are quick to fill the soup container, ask if you want bread or crackers then move it down the line to check out.  Unfortunately, extra soup juices run amok along the sides of the container and could dirty up your big ol paws when you are ready to dig in.  The occasional astute employee will wipe the container down, but it is an exception.

    If you can't avoid H&H, be sure to get a rewards card which hooks you up with a free soup for every 10 you purchase.

  4. just paid almost $9 for half a sandwich that tastes like nothing (it was labeled as chicken with sundried tomato and pesto, which promised to be flavorful) and "chicken tortilla" soup which appears to be some sort of chicken and vegetable campbell's concotion passed off as "tortilla" soup by adding a few tortilla strips. with about a million other places to eat in the area, i won't be coming back.

  5. Hale and Hearty may not be the sexiest place to eat lunch, but it is definitely one of my favorites.  For $5 bucks you get a ginormous bowel of lettuce (choice of Romaine, Spinach, or Spring Mix) and can add dressing, croutons, shredded carrots, red onion, and cucumbers at no additional charge.  Then there are add-ons at 2 or 3 price points (65 cents to $1.50).  Your last option is to take the salad tossed or you can have it chopped.  You also get a choice of sourdough or multi grain bread slice.  My salad includes all the free stuff, buttermilk ranch dressing, and pitted Kalamata olives with sourdough bread.  So much flavor, so awesome a meal, for $6.60, I don't think you can get a better lunch in NYC at that price point.

    The absolute best part is the butter milk ranch dressing.  I don't know how you feel about ranch dressing, but I get damn emotional about it!  Nothing is better than ranch dressing in the South because they still make it with buttermilk down there.  So many places in NY have goopy gobby gross ranch dressing.  But not Hale and Hearty, they keep it legit with the best buttermilk dressing in NYC.  I would give the ranch dressing 6 stars if possible.

    Aside from the salad, the staff here is pretty nice, and go out of their way to greet you when you come in.  It is a little bit cheesy, but on the other hand, it is better than the normal indifference shown to customers at these chain lunch places.  I did try a soup once here and did not like it, and the sandwiches look lame, so definitely stick with the salad.

  6. Hard to mess soup up, in my opinion. This was my first time at Hale & Hearty and the experience was really good! I thought the staff was courteous, the lines moved efficiently and the chicken vegetable noodle soup I ordered helped me fight my hangover. Really couldn't have asked for more. I'm not sure I would try other chunkier flavors of soup but thought that the chicken noodle was definitely solid. It's a great place if you're looking for a light lunch!

  7. Like any other Hale & Hearty in the city, this place is great for Soups, especially in the Winter time, when I feel like they really step up their game.

    There's not much to say here that hasn't already been said, but, in general, I would stick to the Soups and pass on the Salads & Sandwiches, and Combos.  

    I feel like the made-to-order Salads are fairly mediocre and you're better off going to Chopt right next door, which offers a ton more ingredients and better quality.

    And feel like the Sandwiches are also mediocre and you're better off going to Jersey Mike's, Potbelly or Terri, all across the street.

    So, stick to the Soups, period.  This is where they excel.  

    Seems like I'm here every other day in the Winter, so I've had almost all their soups.  They have a lot of options that change daily, but my favorites (when available, and not necessarily healthy lol) are:

    – Mac & Cheese w/Beef
    – Tomato Cheddar
    – Coconut Shrimp w/Rice
    – Cauliflower Cheddar
    – Charleston Crab
    – Maryland Crab
    – Chicken Pot Pie
    – Mexican Chicken Pozole
    – Butternut Squash
    – Yukon Potato w/4 Cheeses

    I've been to many of the locations across Manhattan, and they are all pretty consistent.  I haven't necessarily found one location better than another in my opinion.

    So, if you're looking for something warm, fast and tasty, especially in the Winter time, Hale & Hearty, either this location or any other, is a safe bet!

  8. A solid place to grab a warm, comforting lunch. I had the combo – chicken and vegetable soup with noodles and half a mozarella, avocado and tomato sandwich. For about $10, this was a decent variety of food but it wasn't very much in my opinion. You can always add $1 to get a larger cup of soup.

    To be honest, I didn't think the food was necessarily more remarkable than ABP next door. The chicken soup tastes pretty similar to canned chicken noodle soup, and the sandwich didn't have any extraordinary ingredients that I couldn't have put together myself. The best part is the staff here are so friendly! I'll be sure to come back and try out some of the items on the menu.

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