Nature’s Table

This is the worst Nature’s Table there is. I only give it 2 stars instead of 1 because the food at Nature’s Tables is generally good and I feel that this location’s food isn’t that much worse than others. It is worse however. I don’t know the reason why, but my guess is because the employees don’t care. The service is always horrendous and while clean most of the time, you get the impression that the place is a train wreck barely being held together by some strange magic and that any moment an employee will snap and the whole place will turn to chaos.
This particular location is always crowded, sometimes with the line going out the door but it only draws such crowds because of its convenient location and relatively low prices for an otherwise abysmal selection of downtown Orlando lunch choices. Also, many people don’t realize that there is another Nature’s Table very close to this one with better service, higher quality food (maybe prepared with more care and diligence to maintain corporate standards?) and it is well worth the extra walk. Sometimes you only have a few minutes though and that extra walk is out of the question.
Today I ordered a bowl of soup. I was charged an extra $.50 for «premium» soup although there was no sign indicating that the soup was «premium» or cost extra. Not a big deal but worth mentioning. The bigger issue is that when you order soup, they ladle it right from the top of the container. So if there is chicken, a vegetable, or any other item that tends to be dense in the soup you order, you better hope that item you’re looking for is defying the laws of physics and floating at the top otherwise, like me, you’ll end up with boiled broth.