Salad Station

I’ve eaten there twice. The first time it totally upset my stomach. This time. totally gross. The guy at the counter said the woman in the back was making my sandwich. I seen her walk by taking on her cell phone with no gloves and making my sandwich. Grabbing lettuce out of a big tub with her dirty cell phone touching fingers. I asked if she wrote gloves and he said yes all the time. I pointed at her and said she’s not, while on her cell phone, one of the dirtiest things ever. That’s disgusting. Never again. I hope the health department visits them soon.

Hands down the worst salad I’ve ever had. I think the meat was rotten. The staff was very friendly but I won’t be going back here… Ever.

This Lexie girl cannot be serious. She has to either own the salad station herself or know the owner. Either that, or her idea of a good salad must be that of what you’d find in a gas station deli case.
Simply put, it’s terrible. Very low quality ingredients. The meat is highly processed «garbage» deli meat; very spongy, salty, and doesn’t even taste like the meat it is claimed to be. The dressing was awful. The lettuce was plain old iceberg. It was the most pitiful salad I’ve ever attempted (and I say attempted because it was so bad that I asked for my money back, which they adamantly refused) to eat. I ended up tossing the salad out and getting a slice of pizza elsewhere.

«Am I seriously reading a glowing review of a salad shop in Lakeside Mall’s Food Court?»
WHY YES YOU ARE.
So, full disclosure: I don’t normally consider the Lakeside Mall Food Court to be an amazing gastronomic experience. It is a place of convenience, of desperation, of resignation. It’s like you’ve given up on eating and are just trying to subdue the gnawing pangs of hunger while you plow over teeny-​boppers on your way to fulfilling your Christmas list.
Scene: Day after Christmas. Mall’s a zoo. My sister and I are focused on two things: buying awesome things and returning less-​awesome things. We are merely accepting the fact that we must eat something, lest we pass out. Morale was low.
The oasis: Salad Station! I walked into the food court craving a giant bowl of leafy goodness and was not expecting to be sated. When I walked up to the counter, I was the shop’s only patron. Mind you, lines for Sbarro, Taco Bell, A&W, etc. are wrapped around the entirety of the food court. This, in itself, was a miracle.
The teenage boy, the only employee visible of this operation, was stoked that I wanted a salad. In turn, he made me stoked that I wanted a salad. We were combining lettuce! We were choosing vegetables! I convinced him to try some bleu cheese on his break! I can confidently say that if this poor kid was not having a genuine good time, he deserves an Oscar. What a gem of an employee.
The entire «small» salad was huge — I could have fed two (I didn’t, obviously). I think I paid under $ 8 for the salad and a fountain beverage. I had a great meal, that I personally designed, and found a table before my sister had even placed an order for her hani.
And it was DELICIOUS. Sure, it’s not a 5-​star salad, but the ingredients were fresh and plentiful. There was no skimping on toppings. It was perfectly dressed. My sister looked fornlorn as I extolled the salad’s virtues at our disgusting food court table. I’m STILL talking about this salad two weeks later. That, my friends, is amazing.
Go here, patrons of Lakeside Mall, and order your green delight, and regain faith in humanity.
Menu also includes sandwiches and soups. I cannot comment on their quality. Just create a salad.