Fresh ingredients & fast service, but pricey & sometimes bland salads.
This establishment offers a popular salad-focused menu, praised by some for its fresh ingredients and convenient app. However, a recurring theme in customer feedback is a perceived decline in quality over recent years, with complaints about blandness, smaller portions, and rising prices. While some patrons remain loyal, others have found the salads to be overpriced and lacking originality compared to competitors.
The restaurant is known for its salads, with customers frequently discussing ingredient quality and taste. While some find the ingredients fresh and the app easy to use, others describe the salads as bland, unoriginal, and overpriced. Specific criticisms include bland kale, slimy chicken, and inconsistent portion sizes.
"While specific dishes are not highlighted, some users found the Cote collaboration salad to be an exception to the usual blandness."
Customers have mixed feelings about the restaurant, with some praising the freshness of ingredients and efficient service, while others lament a decline in quality, blandness, high prices, and small portion sizes.
Important Note
Some customers have reported finding bugs or even a live frog in their salads, and concerns about portion sizes and ingredient quality decline are common.
"This user claims Sweetgreen is the best because ordering an expensive salad from minorities working behind glass provides a 'total power trip'."
Positive"This user is confused by the original post's review, questioning the logic that Just Salad is tastiest but most corporate, and Sweetgreen is bland but still worth going out of your way for."
Neutral"The commenter dislikes Sweetgreen, finding their salads unsatisfying and their dressing options unappealing. They prefer the lemon basil dressing at Just Salad."
Negative"For those who like Sweetgreen's freshness but want more flavor and originality, Dig Inn is recommended."
Negative"The commenter has found bugs in their Sweetgreen salads multiple times, leading to a lasting negative association with the brand. They prefer Chopt for feeling healthy despite higher calories."
Negative"The commenter has never tried Just Salad but finds Sweetgreen to be great."
Positive"The commenter has never tried Just Salad but finds Sweetgreen to be great."
Positive"The commenter reports that Sweetgreen's chicken has become slimy and inedible in the last six months, leading them to stop ordering from the restaurant."
Negative"The owner of Sweetgreen is described as 'evil', and the salads are considered expensive with small portions. The commenter strongly prefers Just Salad."
Negative"A brief but strong negative sentiment towards Sweetgreen."
Negative"This user finds the Cote collaboration salad at Sweetgreen to be the only one worth eating because it doesn't taste like a typical Sweetgreen salad."
Negative"The commenter had a positive experience at a Dumbo Sweetgreen location, where a staff member added extra ingredients for free due to the commenter being sick."
Positive"The commenter found a Sweetgreen salad to be just 'meh' and noted ingredients were added that were left out. They are a fan of Just Salad and have not tried Chopt."
Neutral"The commenter notes significant inconsistency between Sweetgreen locations, with the Bryant Park location being excellent and the 30 Rock location being poor, while Williamsburg and LIC are acceptable."
Neutral"The commenter agrees with the decline in quality at Sweetgreen, noting that they provide smaller portions of ingredients like chicken and tomatoes compared to Just Salad."
Negative"The commenter agrees that Sweetgreen is the best of the three but finds all of them to be subpar currently. They prefer Sweetgreen's simplicity over Just Salad and find Chopt interchangeable with Just Salad."
Neutral"This commenter describes Sweetgreen as 'joyless millennial salad'."
Negative"The commenter eats one of the three salad options daily and chooses Just Salad most often, only going to Sweetgreen about once a week due to occasional blandness."
Negative"This user finds all three salad options too expensive and only visits them when desperate and downtown."
Negative"The commenter believes Sweetgreen tries too hard to be trendy, citing their collaboration with Cote as an example."
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