Sweet Tomatoes

This Sweet Tomatoes is very clean and well kept. The salad bar was very tidy, which I much appreciate at a buffet place. The soups are delicious, as well as the muffins. Another favorite of mine is the broccoli salad. There’s also frozen yogurt. My nephew and I both wish there was some diced ham or eggs. I understand this isn’t part of the Sweet Tomatoes model, but I wish it was — is gladly pay an up charge for some protein options. I’ll be back, especially when coupons are sent out.

I stopped by to check out this place after completing the move from Dunedin to Palm Harbor. We still had our things in boxes, were exhausted and decided to go out because i had hardly eaten, was already getting «hangry“and ready to feed. This was the closest place around. There are lots of parking spaces available in two private lots so found a spot immediately. When you get there start serving your salad and then head over to pay.
They have a great variety of prepared salads, a make your own salad area where you can add-​on what you wish, and different stations like Pasta, Soups, Pastries and Desserts.
The prepared salads i tried were: Sriracha Ranch Slaw (just ok), Caesar Asiago Tossed salad (just the right amount of dressing… not soggy) and Wonton Happiness (which tasted friggin’ tasted amazing). From the add-​ons i chose romaine lettuce, onion, tomato, chickpeas and croutons but there are more things to chose from. We tried the Big Chunk Chicken Noodle Soup (was ok… but didn’t taste very homemade, felt sort of generic), Quinoa Black bean soup and Pesto Pumpkin Bisque (this one tasted pretty good. It was nice to try something different than a flavor of soup that you can get from any grocery store). In the bakery area, we got the buttermilk corn bread, wildly blueberry muffin (i’ll pass next time), Cheesy garlic focaccia (so good), and Quattro Fromaggio Focaccia. When i saw the Double Chocolate brownie … i knew what i had to do… head over to the dessert station. He went for the jello but i was feeling adventurous and got the vanilla soft serve with caramel syrup on top of the double chocolate brownie (He even ended up taking a few spoon fulls of my dessert creation). Overall, it tasted good and I was looking for a lighter place to eat for when i am craving soup and salad (but too lazy to do it myself) but like Marinda H mentioned and i couldn’t have said it better «Nothing gourmet and i think a little pricey for the offerings».

A visit to Sweet Tomatoes is like visiting an old friend. When visiting Florida, no trip is complete without at least 1 stop at Sweet Tomatoes! Every time we go, it just feels like home.
Especially since nothing like this exists in NYC or its surrounding areas, eating here is a real treat. I mean, plenty of pay-​by-​weight places exist, but they usually end up being pricey vs. the flat rate as many toppings as you want! Not to mention, very veggie friendly!
Never-​ending all you can eat salad bar, all you can eat pasta/​soup bar, bread station, and desert station. Everything is made fresh and the best part about it — is that its seasonal so sometimes they introduce new items or recipes… all while keeping the classics.
I just wish NYC had something like this so I don’t have to go to FL to fix this craving I get all too frequently!

I’m a proud carnivore and the nearly-​meatless Sweet Tomatoes may still be my favorite chain restaurant in our area!
It is a bit pricey for a soup/​salad bar/​bakery buffet, but I think it is well worth it for the quality and selection. Check your Sunday paper ads for a coupon. It helps a bunch.
The pre-​assembled salad creations are great and the make-​your-​own salad selection is likely the most expansive you’ve ever seen. I would eat a salad like this every day if I had enough energy to prep the ingredients.
But it is their Yankee Clipper clam chowder that keeps me coming back, over and over. It is a magical, creamy delight, with lots of clams and french-​fry-​sized pieces of potato.
I like to grab a piece or two of their great parmesan focaccia to DIP (when nobody is looking, of course!).
Their chicken noodle soup is also very well done, with giant pieces of shredded chicken and chunky, homestyle noodles.
The bakery offerings are always excellent. The cornbread and blueberry muffins definitely earned their «black belts,» and could compete and win with any bakery dojo!
My only complaint? Eh… The pasta? Seems to be just cooked noodles, tossed in a sauce in a wok? For shame! REAL macaroni and cheese is born from an oven! You know, with the cheesy and CRUSTY top? You start doing that here and you will win over many more fans!
Finally… I conclude by saying that the parking for this location is horrible, tight, and always packed. People often park a bit away AND GET TOWED! ST has even had to make signs here to warn of the towing danger. So diners, please take note, have caution, and beware!

Extremely well endowed salad bar with a soup and pasta bar and warm breads and potatoes on the side. The restaurant is always busy and a little noisy but is a great value for the large variety and the very fresh foods.

I love Sweet tomatoes, I love their prices and their food. I just think that they could make more vegetarian soups options, most of the times they only have two options, and one of the options is always the vegetable soup, which is good, but I only crave for vegetables soup when I’m sick. I love the broccoli soup, and I wish their mushrooms soup was vegetarian. I would also like to say that the restaurant used to be not very clean, but that I have seen great improvement lately. Two thumbs up for the cleaning improvement. Also, the staff is great, they are very friendly and very helpful!

Haven’t been here in awhile. It’s all how I remembered. For a salad & soup place you can’t go wrong.

First time eating at Sweet Tomatoes in 13 years, and it will likely be another 13 before I go back.
You’re supposed to know what to do when you walk in: grab a tray and a plate, and start making a salad. They have pretty much everything you need. I created my salad, and also grabbed a bowl of clam chowder soup. With a fountain drink it was twelve dollars and change, not unreasonable.
I sat down and dove into my salad, and one of my cherry tomatoes was bad, I spit it into a napkin. A few bites later I crunched down on something so hard I thought that I would lose a tooth, again I resorted to my napkin.
I gave up on the salad and started on my clam chowder. Very good.
I think I had very bad luck on the salad, and I don’t think it’s the norm or I would be rating them lower. I may come back to try them again, but it’s not high on my list of things to do.

Amazing! I didn’t think fresh salad buffets existed anymore. A vegetarians paradise! Don’t complain about no meat. It’s just not what they do. What they do do is done with perfection. A new regular spot for our family.

We went to sweet tomatoes on a Wednesday night. The parking lot was packed but we were able to get in. I have been to this place on several other occasions. I have to say I won’t be back. There soup was luke warm. The salad was alright, but that’s pretty hard to mess up. They had some brownie muffins and lemon muffins that were good. When I’m most excited about a pop refill, that’s bad news. Not recommended unless you want a salad. Even if you do, go to Publix.

I absolutely LOVE this restaurant! My husband and I live where we don’t have a Sweet Tomatoes but we do spend a lot of time in Florida. When we do return we eat at this Sweet Tomatoes everyday. We have been eating at this Palm Harbour location since 2000. The food is always delicious and a great value with all the options you have to choose from. We have always found the restaurant very clean as well. Since we’ve been going here for so long we’ve gotten to know a couple of servers that are like family but we have always been treated warmly and welcomed by all. There are many restaurants in the area to choose from but for us we always return to this establishment.

never ever eat here!!! i found a drad fly in my salad!!! beyond grossed out by this place.

Not happy with this locations selection or quality. Was nothing like the experience we had at another location. Staff was great though. They happily gave a refund and apologized for the bad experience. Manager was kind and professional.

I know it seems crazy, but I love this chain so much. Coming from New York where even salad bars are overpriced (and paid by the weight), an all-​you-​can-​eat salad bar for $ 9 is a steal.
The food was fresh and varied. If you’re not in the mood for salad, the pasta and soups are equally worth the price. I was disappointed in the ice cream, which had a strange Sweet N’Low after taste (I guess it’s a Florida thing?). Though at buffets, I don’t like wasting food, so I went back up and slathered my chocolate and vanilla swirl with chocolate fudge.
The parking lot is horrendous. The entire lot was filled up by people who weren’t even eating at the establishment so we had to wait some time for a space. I didn’t care. I’m out of state and needed to go here. Maybe I’m hyping it up too much but yowza, those sweet potatoes were good.

If negative stars existed on Unilocal,Sweet Tomatoes would be the worst one.
The food here, 95% of it at least, is just unpalatable. It’s downright disgusting. Soups with chemical after-​tastes is a popular fare on the menu. Sans the salad bar, most items are bland and/​or old or just seem to taste funky.
Let’s put it this way, when you unwrap a baked potato from it’s tin foil, and SOMEONE ELSE’S reaction is, «Are potatoes SUPPOSED to look like that?!» RUN. Run far. Run fast. And never look back.

It’s no Souper Crackers but its decent.
Salad bar is fresh
Servers are attentive and friendly
Clean enough by family style buffet standards
Parking blows
Prices are high, wouldn’t recommend coming without a coupon

Great variety of fresh greens and salad add-​ons plus other fun stuff (soups, muffins, focaccia, breads, soft serve ice cream).
Nothing gourmet and I think a little pricey for the offerings. Not sure if anything is house made (all the soups seemed like commercial grade Campbell’s, all the bread/​muffins seemed like warehouse quality) but still a solid salad bar. Friendly servers!

I love Sweet Tomatoes and suggest it to my friends all of the time. That’s a big deal for me, since I get bored of places easily.
This location is getting pretty dated (old carpet throughout) and their soup area looks so dark and dingy in the back that it makes me wonder what conditions the soup was cooked in. It just needs an aesthetic overhaul!
Other than that, the set up is nice and they offer all of the great items that other locations do. Definitely try the clam chowder, baked sweet potatoes, asian chicken salad and broccoli «madness.» Those are my all-​time favorite items.
As for my boyfriend who’s got a dairy allergy, we’ve written into corporate with no results. Stick to items that obviously don’t have dairy, like the potatoes, raw veggies, and the saving grace for him, mountains of bacon bits.
Definitely get a beverage if you go! It’s the greatest deal and you will get to try everything… including their amazing strawberry lemonade and assortment of iced teas.
Sign up for the e-​mail list too, because you’ll get some sweet deals every now and then, which makes it more affordable.
This menu is constantly changing, so there’s always something new to try!
Parking IS a mess, so be weary of any tow-​away signs.

Sweet tomatoes has always been a good, local, healthy (except when I gorge on the carby bread stuff :0) family kind of place to go. My family and I have been coming for years and are never disappointed.
The salad bar is always fresh and well stocked and they introduce new seasonal salads on a regular basis. The soup bar is outstanding — they almost always have some classics like chili, mac n cheese and french onion, with a few new seasonal soups thrown in the mix just like the salad bar.
The bakery area includes their version of «breadstick pizzas», sweet potatoes and other baked goodies. Also, soft serve ice cream and fruit bar.
The only downside to coming here is that since it’s not a «full service» restaurant, you have to look for an available table while carrying a heavy tray of food and you always have to get up to go get more rounds. Oh well, Guess I can’t really complain about that.
Overall it’s an enjoyable experience and a decent meal, healthier, cleaner and more appetizing than your average buffet restaurant!

Sweet tomatoes or Soup Plantation if you’re west of the Mississippi is a fantastic place to eat when you tire of heavy meals and want something light and refreshing to nosh on.
I love the way they stagger their menus throughout the year so that each moth has a different theme. This month (June) is berry month and it’s featured in the salads and in the breads. Trust me when I say it’s delicious. Make sure you try the raspberry lemonade, all that’s missing is the vodka.
So many different types of soup can be had! They usually manage to have my favorite — the chili or even a potato leak variety and that just makes me even MORE happy. This, is, for sure, one of my go to places to eat.