Sweet Tomatoes

We used to love coming here, but am leaving very angry today so, I’m not too sure that we will be visiting here again. Every time we have ever been here, they have had clam chowder. It is one of those staple soups. Each month they do feature something new or different, but there are a few things that are always the same.
We came today. Still actually sitting here. Got our salads, paid, sat, and checked out the soups. My hubby went up first and noticed that the chowder only had scraps left so he figured that they were heating up a batch to refill the container with. When I went up a few minutes later, the container was almost scraped empty and the sign labeling the item was still there. We ate our salads and some other soups, waited for half an hour, saw a few other people waiting for that soup too, noticed they replaced the container… only to have something totally different in it!
I asked what happened and was told that they only make it on Fridays!!! On the site it says that it is one of the soups today and have never been here when it wasn’t. But, now it is only on Fridays? And, if I wasn’t already disappointed enough, it got replaced with something I couldn’t even eat because of an allergy to cilantro.
The glorified busser in our section asked if everything was okay, told him no, he said he would have the manager come over. Been another 20 minutes and that guy hasn’t come over yet. There was one lady, not sure if she is assistant manager or supervisor was super friendly, apologetic and even tried to see if they had any in the back. She at least tried, the manager could learn a thing or two from her.

After Linh finished shooting me, I asked him where he wanted to go for dinner. «What are you feeling like, bro?», I asked. «Soup sounds good»… and yes, it did sound good on this cold night.
So, we feasted like kings on salad and things. The pozole, with fresh chopped green chiles you can add, was a delicious offering. Throw some chopped onions, cheese and sour cream in. It’s basically a liquid burrito anyways.
But the star of the show, the one main stand out of the night, was the coconut muffins. I am ashamed to say that I killed a dozen that night. They were so good, we each took 4 home with us, discretely wrapped in white napkins. We each looked like we were walking out with a small pillow in our hands.

All of my family and I went here yesterday when they opened. Their were 21 of us. The food was mainly fresh, but there were a few items in the salad bar that didn’t look fresh. The cucumbers didn’t look good either, like they were from a couple days ago or they sliced up bad cucumbers.
A couple of the salad dressing items didn’t have ladles so this made it a bit challenging to get dressing. My kids used the dressing cups, but if everyone did that, that would be unhygienic. Same thing with some of the other items like the seeds & croutons. They need to have serving utensils for this.
Service, however, was fantastic. We had a couple of servers for our table and they regularly took our plates away, refilled water, stuff like that. Since it was early, the rest of the foods, the hot foods were fresh.
Wish there was a great dessert selection, but I can’t really remember if they normally have so little in terms of selection to offer.
We were able to easily use a coupon from my phone for $ 8.99/adult with drinks.

Well priced for a «healthier» buffet, but a bland, non-​organic salad bar and not enough VEGAN OPTIONS makes this place a bit lackluster. Please bring in more VEGAN items!

Not worth the money. I was excited they had gluten-​free options but hoped for more than 1 soup. My fiancé isn’t gf and still said there are better salad bars for the money.

The last month or two the selection of soups has been poor, weak vegetable soups, nothing spicy or hearty. I miss the albondigas locas (Mexican meatball) the soups have been lacking much flavor. This isn’t normal for Sweet Tomatoes. I wonder what has changed?

So we’re here, a lot. And I keep telling myself we need to stop coming here cause… IhavenoselfcontrolandIovereatwheneverI’mhere. There, I said it. Also, to be honest, I’m hardly here for the salads. It’s the soups. I want all of them; the chicken noodle, chili, clam chowder, corn chowder, broccoli cheese, some sausage soup that I can never remember the name of. You name it, I’ve had it. The pizzas/​breads are amazing, especially with the recent addition of the BBQ chicken «pizza». Mac and cheese, ’nuff said. They have sweet potatoes and baked potatoes too if you’re not full enough at this point. And of course, desserts! There’s always room for dessert. Or I’ll make room. Tapioca pudding (with chocolate syrup)! Ice cream! Chocolate lava cake or whatever’s seasonal! You get the idea, I love this place. It’s not top-​notch food, but it definitely hits the spot. Plus it’s a buffet, it’s cheap, the staff are really friendly, and it’s quite possibly healthier than any other buffet you’re going to find. And don’t forget to sign up for their mailing list!

Not good. There are no meats for the salad on the salad bar. There are very few options and the atmosphere isn’t very welcoming. As well as the restrooms were very dim lit. Just not good and you’d think desert would be better, just no. Save your money.

My standby for a hot summer day meal. Great build your own salad bar, so many veggies to choose from & dressings. Good ice tea, lemonade also for those hot days. They also have a great selection of soups (I usually stay away from during the summer already hot outside) pastas, potatoes & muffins fruit & desserts with a healthy twist.

I wish they offered some protein options. You can make a decent salad and their mini muffins are the best. I think it’s way overpriced though. Was $ 45 for 3 of us the other day and for some reason the food wasn’t all that good. I found a dead fly in my broccoli salad too. Must have been a bad night

Sweet sweet Sweet Tomatoes. This is one place I absolutely adore above all restaurants, chain or non-​chain. Everything they offer– be it salad fixins, pastas, pizzas or desserts– are always fresh and varied. They carry a few house salad dressings that I absolutely adore. The pizza bread is also very unique! Never have seen it anywhere else. Overall this place is amazing simply because they have so many simple things and can cater to a lot of different tastes.

Seriously awesome veggie-​bord. While there is no meat here, there is a lot more going on than just salad. They have a large selection of hearty soups, baked potato bar with all the fixings (including bacon). There’s also a small pasta bar and make your own ice cream bar. All the non-​vegetarian and non-​vegan items are clearly marked as such.
Personal fav’s include the cream of mushroom soup and the no-​sugar added chocolate mousse. Bomb diggity!!!

The food was really good tonight. It is always clean and that is unusually for a buffet. I love that the table helpers walk the floor to clean your table & offer refills. They ALWAYS have a smile.
I love that they have fresh veggies including fresh bets, not just the picked ones. Though I really dislike the tarragon tuna salad… GROSS!
I love to take a pasta dish and use it to put a baked potato in it so I can top it with cheese, chili & sour cream.
I also use the same pasta dish for dessert… cookie/​brownie on the bottom then ice cream on top. Much bigger than the ice cream bowls they give you.

GOOD SALAD BAR
Consistently, good food. The soup, salad and desserts are good.
GREAT value for families with small children under 2 eat free. Ice Cream Machine with the toppings and really good home made biscuits and honey butter.

So I have been a sweet tomatoes fan since I was in high school. It definitely has problems, but ever since all of the souper salads around us closed this has really been our only option for a salad buffet.
First off, the prices are really high but they give coupons away like crazy. I get an email pretty much every week, and they are all over the newspapers… just lower the prices already!!! Even with the coupons the price of a meal for a family is much too high for the food that you get, which brings me to my huge problem with the place. Why is there no meat for the salads? Even souper salad had ham and turkey and their prices were much, much lower.
The dessert options are laughable, it’s usually oranges and some jello. It reeks of no effort at all and looks sorry. They do offer ice cream but I’m not a fan. Some other options would be appreciated. The service is usually very good and the warm cookies that are brought around are usually delicious.
If Sweet Tomatoes added meat to their menu and lowered the prices, I would be there more often. I don’t foresee this happening but it’s nice to dream. BTW I am so glad that this place didn’t turn into that «Field Kitchen» chain that they tried with some other locations. That sounded like a disaster.

It’s nice to find a healthier buffet option. They have plenty of vegetables and other salad toppings to choose from.

I am back! The foods still greats, the services awesome and now they have beer and wine. lol!

I have been sad wishing the Soup or Salads were still open in our area. I was happy to find this place while out shopping.
The salad bar is stocked with fresh veggies and add ons. It’s clean and inviting. The soup bar, bakery have a nice selection. It can get quite noisy, but I’m here for the food.

This place is pretty good and there is always something everyone likes. Their premade ceasar salad is probably one of my favorite salads ever. I also love the tuna tarragon. I love that they have seasonal items and they switch them out all the time. I have never been let down by this place. It’s pretty basic, not too extravagant but always tastes good to me.
The only thing I was mislead by was the ice cream. It says ice cream and then by the condiments it says yogurt bar. My husband is lactose intolerant so there is a big difference between yogurt and ice cream to him. We had to ask whether it was yogurt or ice cream and it is not yogurt.

Come here to fill yourself up with veggies, simple pastas, soups and some soft serve ice cream. Each location is the same and you can have your food exactly the way you want!