Salad Spinners Catering

A buffalo chicken salad? Really?
Consider me a fan of this place. Man that thing was spicy a good! oh and the portions are pretty darn big too… got it delivered so I cant comment on much else. I do plan on trying some other things off the menu though… that is if I can stray away from the buffalo chicken (which will be hard)

The tuna (ie seared Ahi) was garbage!!! Grey pieces, super fatty, seared poorly and tasted horrible, like its a day or so old.
On top of that, I called to let them know they might want to double check the quality and they hung up on me. Their staff is flightly, barely looking at you.
Way too expensive for sub-​par service and food.

I have ordered salads here many times and have never been disappointed. I usually have the Greek salad which seems to be the most healthy (especially with dressing on the side). I have also ordered the Mexicali on days when I feel like being a little naughty.
The ingredients are fresh, and I really appreciate the fact that they post the nutritional information online. I also love the punch card system! Loyalty rewarded with punches! Love it!
For people that complain about the price — $ 6 – 8 is not that bad for a healthy lunch. If you are spending more, you are probably adding too much crap to your SALAD! And if you are spending significantly less at McDonalds, then good luck with your arteries!

Food is okay. The portions are huge. The price is a little steep (if you add an extra protein) I have enough left over for another meal, which is nice so that helps off set the price.
**ate it the next day. It was gross. I had to throw it out. What a waste of money!!**
The salad was good – a little heavy on the dressing which was annoying since I forgot to ask for dressing on the side. I dont really get the Dream Salad… you can pick anywhere from 4 – 6 toppings but I mean, cilantro is counted as a topping? How is that the same as say, mushrooms or tomatoes? Maybe I just missed the ball on this one.
The place is quiet and has a lot of room for tables.
Really close to the brown/​purple line and also the 11 bus.

A few years ago, they served breakfast and it was the BEST and HEALTHIEST in the area. I had their breakfast and their salads daily, bu then they moved locations and were no longer across the street:(Over the years the portions and quality has decreased a bit, but I still prefer it over most of the downtown lunch choices.

I’m a fan! Salads are good, made to order and HUGE. Sandwiches are also very tasty and taste fresh with quality ingredients. Down side: in the summer, the line is out the door for lunch but there is a nice outdoor seating area. Also, its pricey for lunch.

Dream Salads! Yum!
I take the redline from Clark/​Division every week just to meet up with the girls and get a dream salad here. I love that I can order online and pick up without being stuck in the huge line that cruises through that place. And (knock on wood) I haven’t had any problems with the salads there! Except once mine wasn’t ready and it was 15 minutes past the time I said I’d be there to pick it up… but 1 error out of all the salads I’ve had isn’t bad!
If you’ve never been here, you have to try the Dream Salads first. Go online and look around so you know how to order «in-​line» like a pro — should you ever have to. You choose your salad, protein and cheeses… then add in your 4 free veggies and your dressing. Add’l choices will cost you — but it’s well worth the portion of salad you get in return!

I eat here often for lunch and love the salads, that is, when they get them right. About 25% of the time, they screw up my salad… and this last time, the avocado wasn’t even ripe yet (yuck). Despite the cons, I do love this place. The salads are huge and I feel the prices are decent.

Wow, talk about a freaking popular place! Went here at noon downtown and the business professional line was way out the door. Kudos to them though for working quickly. I had a pretty good salad, although the chicken on it was insanely dry. I was also much more rushed through the line than I ever have been, and I really hate getting barked at!

My chicken in the salad tasted like fish. Unreal.
The cucumbers were NOT fresh at all and the onions were soft.
I thought their sign outside advertised «fresh» ingredients?

I’m in love with the Mexicali salad. I haven’t been able to venture outside of said salad so I can’t really vouch for anything else on the menu but I hear from my colleagues that everything else that they’ve tried is the tops. I’ve gone to Salad Spinners entirely too many times to only eat one type of salad but it’s worth it. Drop your business card in the bucket and you’ll be on their mailing list (don’t worry, it’s not frequent enough to be annoying). Their mailing list often gives coupons or specials. Loved the «price of soup is the current temperature» gig; when we trekked out January in –5 degree weather, they gave us free soup and a nickel back! The receipt displays the owners cell phone number and a line of text to call him if you need anything. It’s like it’s the 1950s all over again where the business owner actually cares what you think of his fine establishment! Priceless.
I guess all I’m saying is: try the Mexicali, OK?

I used to dislike this place but it has come a long way. Service was slow and on two occasions, they forgot to put the avacado in my bbq ranch salad. If I’m paying almost ten bucks for a salad, I want my avacado! I e-​mailed a complaint and the owner contacted me with an apology. He said to bring in the e-​mail for a free meal. I never did, but that was super nice of him. he e-​mailed me again a few months later and asked if i had any more problems and offered another meal. He also talked about changes that would be going on. The fact that he followed up with my complaint twice shows excellent customer service.
I recently came back for the first time in months and was suprised. They remodeled the place and its more organized and less chaotic. I can easily watch the guys make my salad and make sure everything is correct BEFORE I pay.
The temperature soup is awesome too! Where else can you get a cup of Cajun Jambalaya soup for 30c? The salads are huge and the ingrediants are fresh which is why you will pay a lot for their salads. They also support charities and local farms. I haven’t tried their sandwiches yet.

I’m lazy, I’ll admit it. I like pretty basic salads, so basic that it wouldn’t require much effort for me to recreate them at home for less money. Since I’ll never make a salad at home, but want to try and eat healthy whenever I can I started coming here.
Reasons why I like this place:
(1) Huge salads, the salads are enormous, I can’t finish them
(2) Lots of ingredients, there are 4 choices of lettuce and tons of ingredients to choose from (veggies, fruits, nuts, cheeses and proteins). They also have a nice selection of dressings, including quite a few that are fat free or low fat.
(3) Prices. I get the Pick 4 or Pick 6 salad, what I like is they charge by the ingredient, not by the weight. Nothing is more annoying than getting a small salad with something dense like cauliflower on it, which really jacks up the cost of your salad
(4) The Japanese Wasabi dressing, it’s awesome and it’s on the low-​fat dressing menu. It adds the perfect kick to your salad. Sooo good, try it, you’ll like it.
The service is decent, although it wouldn’t kill the cashiers to crack a smile once in a while. It’s like they get paid to have solemn looks on their faces. Also, what’s with the Red Wine-​Dill Vinaigrette? You call that a dressing — it’s just red wine vinegar with some dill tossed in; I don’t stick some basil in water and call that soup!
Bottom line this place is good, you could create a new salad every day and never get bored. They also have wraps and soups too.

To be real honest, I can’t get myself to spend $ 5+ on salads which I can create myself @ the luxury of my apt with almost similar taste and yumm factor. But seriously I would totally head back to SS on my diet days for a healthy meal with a great taste.
I got the Tropical sunshine and my-​oh-​my was blown away by the flavors — strawberries, corn and spinach with oranges — who knew this is what it takes! Will definitely come back here for a light meal. Mind you I was hungry again @ 4:00P but what the hell — more times to eat in a day — love it!

This location is a little older than the other Salad Spinners that I went to on Jackson, but the quality was still outstanding. I dont know what is it — but the lettuce taste like sweet buttery goodness! Yummy ;) And the feta cheese on the Greek Salad is great. A friend of mine from Detroit told me thats how they do it there. Staff were very friendly! Love the Spinners.
Salad Spinners is a great little business that I have grown to love. They not only support American Farms, but they support their customers philanthropies too.
And their salads are $ 5.50 to $ 6.00 when you get them vegetarian — which I do– NOT $ 9 as the review below suggests.

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I’m downgrading my review because of two things:
1. They no longer serve breakfast.
2. The service has gone downhill at this location.
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likes: ordering online, it’s attached to my office building (excellent in the winter), and the food is usually very fresh.
dislikes: i really don’t like that they don’t toast the bread on sandwiches anymore.
all in all, this is a good place to get food from if you are in the mood for a sandwich more healthy than jimmy johns, but not quite as fancy as cosi…

$ 9.00 bucks for a freakin’ salad!!! Let me say it again, $ 9.00 bucks for a stupid ass salad??? Are they out of their minds! And the most annoying thing about this place is that when they’re taking your order and they ask you what type of protein you want in your salad and if you say ”none” they look at you like you’re crazy. «That’s what I said I don’t want any effen protein in my salad I already had my protein for today you bonafide schmuck!»
Ram it up your poop chute Salad Spinners!
One star for the tasty pita.

There are two ways to approach this place:
1. Pop in at lunch time and wait in a really long line
2. pre-​order online and waste none of your precious lunch hour
I only did #1 once and I’ll never do it again. This is a place you have to plan to go to, place your order online and then you can jump the long line and pick up your already made salad (or sammich, whatever). The salads I’ve had are really good. I pretty much get the same thing everytime now: the seared ahi tuna salad. The tuna isn’t as nice as the seared tuna you might get at a fancy restaurant (duh!) but it’s still good. Is $ 9 a lot for a salad? Yes. But it’s big and fast and comes with bread so I fork it over.
I tried a corned beef type sandwich once but it’s not very good. I’d stick to salads at this place.
EDIT: I’m leaving my review of this place up because it’s all still true. However, the owner of this chain came on Unilocal and attacked people who reviewed his establishment in a negative manner. Even though I didn’t have a negative review of this location (see above) I am changing my review to one star. Based on his actions and PR approach, I will no longer eat at any of his locations.

I think this place is just ok for what it is — quick customizable salads with pre-​made configurations for the less creative or less picky. I used to frequent places like this in DC, so will be on the lookout for better alternatives.
Pros:
* you want salad, you get salad
* customizable combinations of greens, meats, dressing
* pre-​made options look to be pretty good (I had some sort of asian-​themed with ginger dressing and ahi tuna on top)
* fairly quick to order and get out of there
* manageable portions
Cons:
* not the best quality leaves
* too much dressing for my taste (don’t forget to ask for dressing on the side)
* they seem to try to herd you through the process as quickly as possible (cashier missed an upsell opportunity when she closed me out as I was about to order a soup)
So it is what it is — don’t expect the best salad experience you’ve had, but a good (supposedly) healthy alternative for downtown lunchtime mealseekers.

The concept of salad spinners is great. You build your own dream salad. You pick your own lettuce, protein, veggies, cheeses and dressings. Seems like a money idea. But in the end I usually end up with a bowl of lettuce, a few specs of color (my veggies), $ 6.60 less in my wallet (for a veggie salad, nothing special) and an unsatisfied belly. It’s not that it’s bad. It’s just not that good, and not nearly $ 6.60 worth of goodness. They do have pre made salad selections to choose from for those less creative types, and some tasty sandwiches. As far as the salads go, drop the dollars somewhere where you get what you pay for.
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Ok, so I am tired of some of the Unilocal bullies who try to strong arm this business. Since my review, I believe the ownership and management have made a real effort to try and improve their store and their product. Prices, quality and basically try to please the customer.
I am going to try salad spinners again, and I am raising my stars because I believe that they have done a great job trying to make their customers happy. And I think that some of the trolls on this site need to get another hobby and let SS be!