I was in NYC for a day and foolishly went back to Katz'. First off it is horrible rye bread. The pastrami, its signature dish, is peppery looking and is hand-carved, the only way to do it, but there's no seasoning, there's no flavor. This is perhaps the single most overrated meal I have ever had. If you really want amazing pastrami and truly spectacular corned rye bread, go to the one and only, Langer's Deli in LA. I have a picture posted on my page of what a real pastrami sandwich on real rye bread is meant to look like.

I'm from LA. Langers is indeed a quality pastrami sandwich but Katzs is on a different level. Carved in front of you (with free samples) thick, juicy... The bread is nothing special but who cares. Langers is no where near as epic as Katz. Second ave deli is thin sliced, good but a distant second. Carnegie is too dry, brittle. Johnnies and Phillipe's in LA are also in a lower class

I'm dying!!!!!

This place is an institution :-))

That pastrami looks so good!

That's the stuff!!!!

I'd miss NYC too!

GOOD..

nice

I love that place and their pastrami!

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NEED to go there! How much is one?