Saladfarm

I like this place. Decent salad for a decent price.
So many variation of tasty salads to choose from.
I usually don’t get full when I finish a whole salad at other places,
but I couldn’t finish a salad in here. It’s that much satisfying.

A Subway copycat… without the $ 5 footlong.
And I really do mean copycat to the point that there’s even a Subway right next door.
Their menu is comprised of all sandwiches, potatoes, soups, and (surprise!) salads. Potatoes are $ 5, sandwiches and salads range from $ 6 – 9.
If you come at a bad time. you will get stuck in a long line waiting for your food. They are not very fast at preparing the food so beware!
I’ve gotten both sandwiches and salads here. For the sandwiches you have to wait even longer than the salads because they prepare it in the back.
As for the salads, they make it right in front of you.
I recently got the fajita chicken salad and was slightly disappointed. The whole salad was SUPER peppery. It really bothered me!
This might be nitpicking… but I didn’t like how the chicken were these GIANT pieces. Made it difficult to eat.
Also my friend got a chinese chicken salad (without the chicken) and they didn’t even offer to lower the price. She was too nice to ask for it and paid FULL price for it.
I would rate this place higher than Subway… just make sure you order the right thing and come at the right time
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What a mess!
I tried Saladfarm for the first time today during lunch and was expecting Mixt Green quality. I knew that they didn’t have gourmet items like potatoes with truffle oil, but I was still expecting a clean, well-​organized restaurant.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. The restaurant wasn’t very crowded, but the workers behind the counter were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Instead of having a well-​organized system where one employee goes to the back and gets clean bowls and refills the vegetables when it gets low, each individual employee kept going to the back several times to get whatever they needed. Why can’t they just communicate and have ONE person do this so the others can help out the customers instead of disappearing in the middle of their order?
The salad area was also a mess. I felt like a kid stuck their hand in each individual bowl and tossed everything. I understand that it’s lunch time and the workers are trying to quickly make salads, but they should still clean up as their making salads. Staring at the mess kind of turned me off.
This place is so disorganized that several people who ordered their salads after me paid and my salad was kind of just sitting there waiting to be finished. It was also very annoying that the phone was ringing for the whole 40 minutes or so that I was here. I wanted to run behind the counter and answer the phones for them.
However, despite the craziness, the salads are moderately priced (a lot cheaper than Mixt Greens), the portions are big, and it’s a good healthy lunchtime option.

Excellent service, delicious/​heathy food, and not to mention paced with gorgeous employees (I’d go just for the cute boys). I highly recommend salad farm, and its right next door to the gym!

OK. Let’s be honest with ourselves any where you go you’re going to pay way too much money for a «salad.» I got the steak salad and a small drink for about 10 bucks. That’s pretty pricey to me just for a lunch.
However I still like this place. It’s surprisingly cheaper than the Trimana on the first floor of my office and every time I go there the food it always tasty. The steak in particular is so tender and nummy that if they would allow it I would just order a pile of that and go to town. And they are open to switching out ingredients which I did today and got a very nummy result. Your best bet is to go for a combo that’s about 7 dollars and can be half a salad and soup, half and sandwich and soup, and I think (but if not sorry) half a sandwich and salad. Unlike other places with combos you get a pretty big portions of each thing which is good bang for your bucks. And I’ve heard they were delicious. Now if only they let me just order the meat…

It’s ‘alright’. I guess that’s the best way to describe Salad Farm. It’s a place you may go every day for lunch because there are no other alternatives. Kinda like Subways.
Not the best salads in the world, but Salad Farm is more of a place you go to get something semi-​healthy into your system (because you feel bad after eating that 4×4 In-​N-​Out burger last night).

I went there today for lunch.
2 salads and 2 drinks and paid over $ 20.
Salad was good but with that price I can find better place.

Just tried to call in my usual Friday order and the phone is disconnected? Anyone been by there? Called the Figueroa location to see if they knew anything but they had no intel on any closure or issues. Weird.
Their salads are really quite reliably fresh and good. #18 with olive oil and fresh lemon juice, I will miss you so!

I am actually a little offended by my experience today. I paid $ 7 for a baked potato with bacon and cheese, and it came with fake cheese and FAKE BACON BITS. If I’m going to pay $ 7 for a fricken baked potato, I expect something better than what I used to get at Carl’s Jr. for $ 2.99 (dang, remember those days with the baked potato with sour cream and REAL bacon bits? yum). Isn’t this place supposed to be organic and fresh or whatever? Fake cheese and bacon bits? I was seriously offended.
However, they redeemed themselves, somewhat, by remaking my potato with real ham, instead of the fake bacon bits. So, I had a ham and fake cheese potato, instead of fake bacon bits for $ 7. I guess I’ll take that.
I did notice that all the salads looked really good. They are pretty big, but costs at least $ 7 – 8. I guess that’s not too bad for a freshly made salad.
I say, Meh. I will eat it for lack of better choice.

I wish they had one near my office because I would go here everyday. Not because I love salads, there’s simply nothing in Irvine that I would have for lunch that I would consider being ‘healthy’. McDonalds, Arby’s, El Pollo Loco… it’s all greasy and unhealthy.
With salads and soups, it’s much lighter but unfortunately it’s not light on the wallet. I believe most of the salads were around $ 8 – 9.
So if there was a Saladfarm in Irvine, each salad costing $ 5 – 8, I’m there everyday in a heartbeat. Everyone should keep in mind about their health on a daily basis… just sayin’

Com’n it’s salad for crying out loud! What can possibly go wrong?
Well for one, the price has increased by a dollar since they first opened here. Usually the portion they give you can feed 2, so price wasn’t too bad. But, $ 8.50 — $ 10 for a salad… questionable
My Fav — Chicken Pineapple salad with Honey Mustard Dressing! Mix in half Romaine and Spring Mix for added nutrients.

2.5 stars.
Eh, mediocre salads for a pricey amount. Got the Philly cheese steak salad, which was pretty large, but wasn’t very good. Lettuce was chopped up, and was not crispy. Steak was the kind you get at a Subway, which is just in a microwavable bag. Nothing special. Definitely not enough meat for a $ 10 salad.
Tender Greens is $ 1 – 2 dollars more, but probably 20 times better than this place. Pita bread was also dry. Fast service, but there wasn’t anyone there during lunch, which is probably the reason why.

Eh. It’s alright.
I like salad, but for the same price ($ 8 – 10) I could get the whole buffet at places like Souplantation.
There’s a variety of choices for salad, and some sandwiches (just decent) and baked potatoes (size so big that one’s enough for a meal).
Unless you’re getting a salad, you have a bit of a wait for other plates.

Not as yummy (or, as seemingly fresh) as my fav in SF (Mixt Greens), BUT super delicious nonetheless. Just had the California Chicken Salad — with bunches of fruit! And props for making salads readily available and efficient. Leave it to LA to do this, and one more thing I love about California, in general: Produce is super accessible!

Felt like something healthy and light after a weekend of binge drinking and eatingg at Xmas parties. Working in K-​Town my options are limited to fast food chains and kbbq. I remember seeing a menu for this place in the office and decided to give it a try.
Ordered the Chinese Chicken Salad and cup of chicken vegetable soup for delivery. Food arrived pretty quick in about 20 minutes. Total was around $ 10 bucks. No delivery charge! Sweet.
Soup was really good hit the spot nice. Salad was huge. Fresh greens and tons of sliced chicken breast. Great asian dressing w all the fixings.
I will definitely keep this spot in my weekly lunch rotation.

I work a block away from Salad Farm, and I am addicted. I have never tried their panini’s, soups or baked potatoes, so this review is purely salad driven.
Top five things I like:
1. You can substitute anything and everything. How many places can you substitute tomatoes for avacados without being charged a dollar? Not many.
2. TONS of toppings. There are several different kinds of lettuce, steak/​tuna/​salmon/​chicken/​shrimp for the protein, many cheeses, croutons, and any vegetable you could want.
3. The portions are massive. I usually get the Chinese Chicken salad or the Greek Salad, both are $ 6.95, come with pita bread, and are nearly impossible to eat in one sitting. Pretty good bang for your buck I’d say.
4. Variety. There are SO many things you can order.
5. They deliver.
I have only two complaints about the place:
1.You have to stay vigilent whilst your salad is being made. They are not shy about adding in toppings. I always have to loudly specify «just ONE handful of feta cheese» «EASY on the dressing».
2. The pita bread they give you is soft, warm and delicious when you first open it, but after it cools a bit (5 minutes) it is chewy, stale and pretty gross.
Overall, Salad Farm is a perfect place to grab a quick lunch. It is basically a salad fast food chain and blows any other quick salad you can get out of the water.

Like the good «To-​Do» lister that I am, I put this on my To-​Do list and then checked it off 30 minutes later. Ooooooh yeah. This place is only a couple blocks from my apartment and has apparently been open for about 3 months. I discovered it while aimlessly walking around my ‘hood looking for good places to eat. It just happens to be cleverly located right next to the 24 Hour Fitness in perfect sight for the health buffs to notice. Hmm… sneaky I say. Almost as sneaky as the clever placement of that liquor store that I bought socks from one time because I needed them to rent bowling shoes at the bowling alley next door. Totally in kahootz, no?
The food is just… well…normal. A lot of choices for healthy paninis, salads, and spuds (baked potatoes). I ended up ordering take-​out although I wouldn’t have minded eating in the restaurant because it was a pretty spiffy, trendy environment, complete with flatscreen TV.
I decided on a Grilled Chicken Panini and a Taco Spud. The Grilled Chicken Panini was ginormous and filled with red onions, sun dried tomatoes, pesto sauce, cheese, and of course grilled chicken. Nothing special. Not the best panini ever. Bread was a little tough. It also came with a side of potato salad, which you can’t go wrong with (is it okay to end with «with» nowadays? I say yes. But I digress). This particular potato salad was actually pretty good. Plus, finding that apple cube inside was like a mini-​orgasm for me – it wasn’t a cucumber, not a carrot – a bonafide f*cking apple. I would say the Taco Spud was probably the best thing I had though. It was basically a baked potato filled with taco seasoned ground beef, sour cream, tomatoes, cheese, onions, green onions, and jalapenos. Not bad at all. If I come back, I think I’ll stick with the Spuds. Overall, the place is not anything special, but certainly a pleasant dinner if you’re in the area and in the mood. Mmmm… spuds…mmmm…spudnuts…mmm…donuts. FU health.

I came in only ten minutes after they opened, so I likely got better service than if I had gone during the lunch rush, but I really enjoyed the Pesto chicken panini. The counter guy checked it for doneness and left it in the machine longer so I can also attest to them caring about it being right– even though I had asked for it to go and there was no way for me to complain on the spot. I walked it ten minutes home and it was still fabulous after sitting in the box. As far as the previous reviewer not being told his food was ready– this place is a counter sandwich and salad place, they don’t serve you. The panini was only 7.25 and a million times better and more filling than a subway sandwich.
They close at 9pm and aren’t open on sundays.

Disclaimer: You’d think I would eat salad at a place with «salad» in the name, but I’m pretty much a sandwich guy. So take note that the three times I’ve gone there have all been sandwich meals, never salad.
Pretty much, it’s possibly adequate only if you’re grabbing food on a break from work and you are really close to it. Even then, the subway next door is probably better. The first two times I went were mediocre as the food was… fine, but the staff never told me that my food was ready on a eat-​in order. When I was the only person in the place at the time. My most recent trip really solidified my feelings when I ordered a tuna melt, only to find cold tuna and completely UN-​melted cheese. It got thrown in the panini machine for all of two seconds (probably) and that was that. When I’m paying $ 7.25 for a sandwich that’s already not going to impress, I’d at least like it to be what I ordered.

good concept.
Ok food.
good i guess if you want to eat kinda healthy.
salads, paninis, and spuds (aka baked potato with different toppings).