sweetgreen
“Sweetgreen is delicious, definitely the best to-go salad place in NYC, and I'm so thrilled they opened one on the UWS!”
“I had the guacamole greens comes w/red onions roasted chicken, tortilla chips, fresh lime with a side of cilantro jalapeño vinaigrette.”
“It's comprised of organic mesclun, red onions, tomatoes, roasted chicken, crushed tortilla chips, avocado, & a squeeze of lime.”
sweetgreen
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Updated: it turns out balsamic dressing is not the one to go with Avocabbo! The sesame ginger miso is a much better choice.
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I've moved away from the States for a while now and if there's anything I've learned, is that the States does the best salads. Avocado, egg, kale, bacon, and shrimp. Mm mm! Oh my.
So upon my visit and seeing sweetgreen with its high reviews, I immediately jumped ecstatically and rushed here for my first meal since stepping off the plane. My prayers were answered in the form of Avocobbo, could there be a better sign?
Unfortunately, that was where all good signs stopped. For some reason it just didn't taste very good. Perhaps substituting balsamic was a bad choice, I don't know. I was just very underwhelmed. I'll have to come back and try again tomorrow!
If there's one food that I so miss about after a lengthy run in central park, that will be the spring specialty salad from sweetgreen, no kidding!
I have been getting the spring chicken every single time since its debut a couple of days ago, and this time I decided to go with something else – the strawberry fields. Refreshing as its name sounded, the spring fields definitely worth a try! This is actually the first time I'm trying strawberry in a salad, exotic!
Think I have been to every single sweetgreen locations in Manhattan, loved every single on of them!
This place was delicious & I like that they have a variety of toppings (like tortilla chips). The local who took me here had nothing but good things to say about it. They have ample seating, give you a nice bowl if you're eating in, it wasn't crazy crowded when we came later on a weeknight & I felt full without feeling sluggish afterwards. I recommend this place, as they do use "real" food in their salads.
So nice to have a Sweetgreen on the UWS! I had the guacamole greens with tzaziki lime dressing – so good. This place blows Chop't out of the water and I always feel like I'm getting my money's worth with fresh, flavorful and filling ingredients. Enough alliteration for you?
The salads are very very fresh here, and of course it's right across from an equinox & soul cycle so the clientele is what you would expect from a high priced salad grab n go.
That being said, the price is well worth it! I ordered the kale caesar salad and added avocado to it. The chicken was good, the lettuce was the perfect amount of crispy, and the toppings that they added were perfect as well! Fortunately for my wallet, I don't live close to sweetgreen or else I fear I would be a frequent member. The make you own salads also looked good, I will definitely try that next time.Will be back!
I came here with my mom on a Saturday afternoon about 1:30pm. Maybe it's always like this but the line was out the door the whole time we were there! It does move very quickly when you get to the front though. It's like a chipotle but for healthy salads.
Unfortunately we didn't have the best experience. My mom wanted the custom salad for 7.35 which includes a base and 4 sides. However, the options included in this are not listed anywhere. Some things are premium and cost extra but not all of those are listed so it's confusing to know what you can and can't get with the custom bowl. The premium things include chicken for $3, cheese costs 1.25, as does avocado. Service left something to be desired too.
I went with the pre-designed "don't kale my beet salad," which included chicken, rice, beets, kale, and goat cheese. It was very good except for the fact that some of my rice was uncooked and I had to spit it out as it was inedible.
I really wanted to like this place but paying over $10 for a salad should deliver something great instead of a basic salad I could get at whole foods. I also didn't like that the beets were raw and in big chunks so very crunchy…could have been grated instead.
I'll start by saying I am a Sweetgreen fan and a loyal supporter; on days I work in my Washington Heights office, I have occasionally placed an order for pickup at the West 115th Street location, hopped on the 1, picked up, and headed back up, essentially losing my lunch break just to get a salad! (Ha!) I've been to many locations in NYC. I LOVE their salads and tell everyone to find a location and chow down.
My experience at this particular location was, however, lackluster, both service and product-wise.
I needed to pick up a quick dinner on my way to a friend's apartment. It was almost 10 on a Saturday evening. Lo and behold, I stubbed upon this UWS location without knowing it even existed! I was hoping just to get a bodega sandwich. Haha! Anyways, I strolled in; it was pretty empty, about 40 minutes before closing time. Two people were in front of me, ordering. One woman behind the counter took my order, the Strawberry Fields salad. I watched her make it. The two people in front of me, somehow, got their salad made after mine. A woman in front of all three of us was paying for her order, but, for whatever reason, the woman working the cash register input it incorrectly. The woman that made my salad came up to correct her mistake, but openly berated the cashier with a few, "Girl, you so stupid!" quips…directly in front of us customers. Needless to say, that woman looked a bit uncomfortable.
The woman that made made my salad then told the cashier, "Okay, now you have a Strawberry Fields to ring up." She did, and after she gave me back my debit card…she slid the salad a bit behind the counter and started to have a conversation with the woman that made my salad about how stupid it is that Sweetgreen is open until 10:30 on a Saturday night. I was so confused! After about a minute of trying to break into their conversation, I awkwardly asked for my salad. The woman that made my salad seemed confused: "Oh! I didn't know this was your salad! Why didn't you write Strawberry Fields on it?", she asked the cashier. They bagged it, apologized, but kept talking about their work hours in front of me and those other two customers that, somehow, lagged behind me with their salads. Jeez, I hope they got them eventually!
The woman that MADE MY SALAD didn't know that salad was for me. I need to reiterate that point!
Once I left, I found a bench, about five minutes later, to post up on to eat my salad…and it wasn't the best I've had. The flavor was pretty good, but the greens were limp. I wasn't too happy. I only ate half of it, and that never happens.
Though still a very ardent cheerleader for this amazing salad chain, this location left me with a very sour taste in my mouth in more than one way. I'll stick to my precious West 115th Street location. If I ever return here, I hope customer service is more professional. I sincerely hope this was a fluke and not the norm.
I hate expensive salads, but for some reason I freaking love sweetgreen. I also never crave salads (except from Chickfila), but I crave sweetgreen. I took a 30+ block walk round trip after traveling back from Charlotte in the same night because I love sweetgreen. I'm so basic.
I love sweetgreen for locally sourcing their produce and using local shops for their bread among other things. I'm not usually a sucker for that kind of stuff, but I can see the goodness in the fresh greens and food that I always get from here.
Yes, it's expensive salad, but apparently trying to eat healthy is ridiculously expensive for some crazy reason…. which is why it's hard for me to crave a salad or even want one. That and I'm hungry within 2 hours, which is not the case with these bowls and salads. Then again, all the other salad places cost about the same and sweetgreen trumps them all, hands down.
My go-to is always the spicy sabzi – I love the flavor that the spicy carrot dressing gives and you can always kick it up a notch with Sriracha. The tofu is plentiful and delicious with lots of flavor as is the spicy broccoli. Mixed with all the greens, it's a wonderful combination and enough flavor for the salad not to be boring. It's also under $10, which is pretty reasonable for a hefty salad with lots of ingredients in NYC.
Staff have always been accommodating and friendly.
If I can, I always go to sweetgreen for my salads.