Whenever I go to Cava, I feel like I'm doing something tasty and convenient, reasonably priced and also healthy.  It's hard to go wrong with all that. Maybe that is why there are so many local locations.  This day we went to the Alexandria Cava and found a very large, clean and airy space.  The parking is a big lot right out front so it is all super easy.  The staff was helpful and friendly and the service was quick.  We chose one falafel bowl and one with harissa honey chicken.  We have no shame when it comes to the toppings so there were a lot of crunchy and spicy and creamy and you name it flavors and textures to add which makes each bit a little different and a lot enjoyable.  Cava quick serve is definitely a go to choice read more

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I stopped by after church because I was looking for something healthy and filling. I went with a rice bowl with salmon, braised lamb, corn, tomatoes, and cucumbers, with tortilla strips. I was only charged for having 1 protein, so that was a pleasant surprise. The bowl hit the spot, and everything tasted fresh as you would expect from CAVA. read more

CAVA - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

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Wife wanted to try, so we tried. Plenty of parking, nice, bright and spacious dining area. Clean restrooms. Open concept for kitchen with views of all the food preparation. Friendly Staff who was above & beyond helpful after we let him know it was our first time. (Zaki) was his name (pretty sure). He walked us through the whole ordering process. Options are many from choice of greens to meat with everything in between. You build your own creation or can choose from Fan Favorites. You can be basic or build a monster with additional add-ons. It can add up quickly so watch out. We did two bowels with side of pita chips, two cups for water. About $40 - the food is fresh & delicious (best Falafel that I have had) and per my wife healthy. Definitely enough flavor & food to satisfy and we will be back to try some other combinations. read more

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The staff are really super bad and very ride also the quantity is way less than I ever got previously I wonder what changed! From now on I will never eat at this location. They became soo greedy and super rude, I don't know what changed but they became very awful. The treatment is beyond disgusting and the quantity is literally half of what I used to get! I'm never ever eating at this place again. Very disappointed. read more

I loved how welcoming and kind Momo the management was at the register. He made my day after a long hard 8 hours of work feel so much better. 10/10 Everyone should go to cava on Duke st ! read more

Rude service! The african american manager very aggressive & has no csr skills. This is a lamb bowl that's $3.85 upcharge & for extra lamb another $8.00 total cost is $23 for this one bowl according to her!!! Everytime I visit she has a snarly attitude, rude undertone. Nothing nice! Opt for a different food choice because the experience in there is not cool with the warden manager! She walked away when I inquired about the upcharge as if she was annoyed. read more

CAVA - Lamb bowl - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

Store and restrooms are clean. Luis Rivera is rude and does not prepare your food how you ask. He is dismissive and extremely disrespectful. After not preparing my food how I asked, he slide my food down the counter as if my request annoyed him, and sucked his teeth, the bowl almost slid off the counter. Very much so an arrogant and egotistical type. If someone is purchasing food, why have an attitude with how the customer wants it prepared? Formal complaint filed! I want to add I frequent a CAVA location at least once a week, this CAVA is the least welcoming location I have experienced in the DMV area thus far. read more

CAVA - Food not prepared to my liking and then almost knocked off the counter, that's why there is more food on one half of the bowl - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

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Delicious food and fast service!! I love going here when I want to get full and something healthy. This location is never packed when I visit either. read more

CAVA - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

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Delicious, fast friendly service, and a nice clean restaurant. I usually go for takeout and it never misses. Nice healthy food option within walking distance as well. read more

I complete agree with the other reviews, saw it first hand today. The big guy Luis Rivera who works there is extremely rude to customers, and the short old lady as well. The short old lady was serving a pair of nurses, 2 people in front of me, and kept rolling her eyes, hemming and hawing, and being too fast throwing stuff in their plates. Then when she started serving a Spanish couple in front of me she switched over to speaking Spanish and started to complain about the customer that was 4 feet away. Ridiculous. My wife ordered a bowl, and the lady dropped my wife's pita on the ground out of site. She quickly picked it up and put it back in the bag. My wife kindly asked for a new pita and she became angered, gave my wife a mean look and rolled her eyes. All because she herself dropped the pita bread. The guy Luis Rivera was worse, I asked for a side of garlic sauce and he threw his hands up in the air like he was annoyed, paced back and forth, and got the side (which took 5 seconds) he walked back over and aggressively slid it to me. It almost went right off his table. No eye contact just he just walked away. These employees here suck, probably the rudest CAVA employees ever. They are here to serve food, be kind, be clean. If you don't want to do that then leave.... I felt bad for everyone that I watched in line. Don't know what is wrong with these people, but I want to tell others to avoid this place and these terrible angry workers. Luis and his miserable side kick are in this picture. Lastly the lentils were way over cooked, crunchy and hard. And the braised lamb was way over salted, inedible. read more

CAVA - Short Lady working cashier rudest ever, bad talking customers in Spanish. Guy serving customers is Luis, angriest CAVA employee ever. - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

A friend of mine recommended this place to me, and told me it was better than Chipotle; It sure was. However, if as a brand they want to dominate their competitors' service, they are going to have to do much better with their portions. I don't know if the person was new, if it was the location, or what, but if corporate or the owner of this location is reading this review, please do better with the portions. The bird portion I got upon first visit wasn't a good impression. If it's one thing about Chipotle, is that they are very generous with their bowls. Ambiance: I went there on a late Sunday afternoon and it was pretty quaint. read more

Great service and very nice ambiance as well. When I first walked in the wall design caught my eyes. The design on the inside is very pretty. The tables were clean and it's very big on the inside. I would definitely come back. read more

Best Cava location. Food is always good and the staff is friendly. They also play really good music.

Love Cava!! OMG!! I got Greens and Grains Bowl with Harrisa Chicken....and all of the fixings. Yum! So sad that we don't have that in San Jose, California. Great service too!!! read more

Seriously this place is not the next Chipotle!!! Please don't make any investment. I heard this place is the next BIG thing. Well I ordered online. My order was sent to the wrong location! Not only that they ran out of steak. I ordered the Harissa Avacdo . The moment I opened that bowl it was drenched in sauces. They gave me 1 tbsp of dry chicken and 10 oz of garlic sauce . 1 slice of Avacado and 2 falfael. The kale was chewy and the rice was dry. You would think the sauces would save the food. No the spices are offensive. This place is so blend! read more

CAVA - The stem of the Avacado - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

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Food , service and staff were phenomenal at this location. My first time visiting and I couldn't be more satisfied read more

I called my spouse on my way home and he asked me to bring lunch (gotta get to the store today). I stopped at CAVA on Sunday at about 1pm and got us two bowls. His had supergreens, brown rice, braised lamb and all the toppings that weren't spicy. Mine was supergreens, lamb meatballs and all the vegetable toppings. I was VERY happy with mine and my hubs loved his, too ! The staff was super helpful with advising me on non-spicy items for him. This CAVA is clean, with great customer service, and I could not believe they turned down a tip. Had to put my 5$ bill back in my purse, but they said a review was just as good--so here it is! read more

This is my favorite lunch spot when I'm on the go! Parking is abundant and it's easy to get in and out of the plaza. The restaurant is very clean. The food is fresh. And the spicy chicken has some heat! It pairs so nicely with the feta dip, yo. Fast casual salad shop with an amazing staff! Tell them it's your first time and watch them shine as they guide you thru all of your options. read more

Got three orders (two bowls and a pita), all with chicken. The chicken was burnt for the entire order. read more

CAVA - One of the plates. - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

I had no idea that Cava's came this big!!! This location is bigger than most of the other locations I have been to. While the inside is spacious, the seating is standard in the amount of seating to take advantage of. This might also be the first time I was able to walk into a location and there was no line, like at all. The meal maker who made out bowls was a gem. She was so polite and nice and when I advised her that I wanted lentils, she stirred the lentils in the pot and I think we both noticed there was no steam coming from them as she circled the spoon around. She asked if I could wait one second and she went and grabbed a dish of hot lentils and scooped those into my bowl as well. I did notice that nothing on the bar is labeled, not he meats, not the toppings, like nothing and some of the greens options were missing or just not in the realm of selection, so if you have never been to a Cava location before, you'd be lost in the sauce, big time!! Checking out was a breeze as the same person checked us out that made our bowls, she kept the assembly line moving from start to finish. Location is clean, bathrooms are clean as well and the staff was friendly. One note, if you decide to sit by the window now that the temps have dropped it can get rather cold as you dine, so I suggest choosing another place to sit. read more

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Marisela is the absolute BEST!!! The service is ALWAYS phenomenal and the salads are fresh daily. I highly recommend that you experience wha I experience at this location. You will not be disappointed. read more

Visiting from Ohio. was looking for healthy food option and landed at Cava. Great options and plenty of healthy selections for vegan, vegetarian etc. Enjoyed Falafel bowl and house made drinks. Staff friendly and attentive. Restaurant clean and spacious. Will eat at this location when in Alexandria! read more

I do not normally rate chains but the staff did a really good job explaining the ingredients. We ordered the steak mezze salad and spicy lamb meatball pita sandwich. Since the lamb meatballs are not readily available, I was able to substitute with braised lamb and steak instead. Ended up being really good. It is fast food Mediterranean at its best. read more

Great place to get some healthy food and drink, plus great customer service. My order was made the way I ask.

This restaurant is so good, the food is amazing. All the staff are super friendly, kind and respectful. Miguel, was great with assisting me getting my order done and did a great job. read more

Overall, this isn't the greatest Cava location. Orders are frequently not ready on time and often not complete/inaccurate. Overall, I would probably recommend a different location unless they improve quality and accuracy. read more

After so much raving about this place, I finally gave it a try. Once I walked in I was already confused with so much space and very limited seating. We made our way to the ordering station. Our meals were to eat in. I start my order, mixed greens and brown rice. I literally saw the server counting the spinach leaves as she placed on my bowl, barely covered by HALF a serving spoon of brown rice. I was already getting ready to what was to come next. The items are not labeled so of course I have to interact with the server to ask what's what. While I am trying to figure out if the items I'm looking at have or not tomato (since I have an allergy) at no time did the servers offer to assist letting me know what they had in front of them. On the contrary, they were looking at me with this rushed looked and talking among each other in Spanish (yeah, I guess I don't look Hispanic enough to understand). I asked for lamb meat, they were quick to let me know it was going to be an extra price. By now my plate looks so empty and I'm not even sure if I want to keep ordering. Added maybe 5 other ingredients cause nothing else looked appeasing and the bothered looks of the servers did not make for a pleasant ordering. Right behind me, my friend was ordering his bowl all along telling me, "it's so different then the one I go to in Crystal City, over there is better. I'm sorry I brought you here. It was because of him that I wanted to finally try out CAVA, the one that is closer to me. We paid, walked away with our mostly empty bowls, headed to the service area to get our utensils and water, this corner was extremely messy and full of bowls, place was pretty empty. We TRIED to eat. There was no way I could have more then two bites of my bowl mix. The taste was like eating a spoon full of vinegar. I questioned myself if it was just one bite. Mixed the bits of what I had in my bowl, because I did not have enough greens nor rice to give my bowl consistency, the sauce of the lamb, the pickled onions and cucumbers made for a inedible mushy mix. Next I hear my friend say, "Don't eat it, we can go somewhere else. This food does not taste like what I normally order and I can't eat this. It doesn't taste right". We got up, trashed the food and was out. A few minutes before, we questioned ourselves if we should go say something, however, I preferred to just leave as my whole Duke St. CAVA experience from the moment I started ordering, was a disaster. Mind you I had downloaded the app that day to become a regular if I liked it. Once I walked out I made sure to erase it from my phone. read more

I'm vegan and happy with the options that the restaurant offers. The employees were professional, and we enjoyed the food while there; the place was empty when we visited. I would say that they monitor the cleanliness of the tables more because they look dirty. Other than that, everything was great. read more

Cava is my new favorite spot! I wish we had one at home in Connecticut. I would be here all the time. It's like a healthy version of chipotle but better. I love Greek food and it definitely has a Greek twist. I usually stick with the Greek salad and make customizations according to what I might be craving! You can order ahead online or go through the line. If it's your first time there I definitely recommend going through the line so you can see the difference items. You have to try the crazy feta! read more

CAVA - Greek Salad - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

Place is huge and very warmly illuminated. Tables always clean and staff is very friendly and attentive. Great place for eating something delicious and healthy. Very elegant. Food is as good as all their other locations. read more

CAVA - Grain Bowl with Tzatziki and Hummus. - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

Cava is a solid choice for Mediterranean-style food for people who want to know what they're eating in a fast/casual setting. The ingredients are fresh and plentiful. It's also reasonably priced. When you go in, you pick your arrangement. I picked with "super greens" and brown rice as my "base." Next, I added harissa (nicely spicy--tomatoes and peppers) and my protein choice was roasted chicken. I topped that with carrots+currents, pickled onions, kalamata olives, cabbage slaw, cauliflower quinoa tabbouleh, tomato+cucumber salad and pickeled banana peppers. Finally, I chose lemon herb tahini. Usually, you also get pita bread, but I waved that off. I could not eat the whole thing and it was very tasty. Boyfriend had a similar bowl, but didn't add rice and added several of the dairy-full items. The people behind the counter are very helpful, letting you know, if you ask, if there is dairy or gluten in something. Also, there's an easy guide for people to figure out what's in the ingredients available (see picture). The only weak point was the drinks. We got fountain drinks. The artisanal fountain sodas were fine. I had the root beer. They had some unusual choices, like blueberry soda. Not my favorite. BF had the cucumber mint tea (after trying and rejecting the rest of the lemonaides and flavored teas). Last, the floor was sticky to walk on. But, that's really getting picky, because the rest of the place was spotless. Someone could have spilled something right before we arrived. There are many, many options for gluten-free and dairy-free diets. It's very tasty and the portions are great. This is definitely a place that we'll return to. I like it a lot. read more

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All the bowls and salads are delicious. Service is quick and ambiance is regular. I attend this location frequently.

This has got to be the most unfriendly CAVA I have ever been to! Don't ask for anything like extra meat or rice (even if you wish to pay for it)! How badly is this locations management that the team is this angry?!?! read more

CAVA - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

Amazing customer service. Food is prepared and served fresh. Very healthy ingredients. Great balance of healthy and comfort food. Very clean and well maintained. Will definitely be coming back to this location!! :) read more

Great place very clean the food on the counter look so fresh even I was placing order after 3 pm, I tried the new balsamic Chicken bowl it was wow, the lady on the counter was great she recommended it to me and I'm not disappointed, very happy to eat in cava in Alexandria, my home town, I will be back and let my friends know to thank you. read more

I love CAVA as a whole and this location has put together one of the freshest and fullest bowls I've had to date! I ordered take away for 11:45 on a weekday. It was not packed at all when I arrived to pick up my order , but there is ample seating if packed. The interior is very spacious. My order was ready upon arrival. Customer service was great! I was immediately greeted and I was offered a complimentary pita with the order. I ordered my usual: arugula with grilled chicken, Fresno peppers, Kalamata olives, tomatoes and onions, tomatoes and cucumbers with tzatziki, red pepper hummus, and eggplant and red pepper dips. On the side dressings: spicy sriracha Greek yogurt and cucumber dill yogurt. Ingredients were plentiful including the chicken, which was seasoned well and not burned. This location is relatively close- 10 minutes away- so I would definitely return in the future! read more

CAVA - Salad bowl with chicken, Fresno peppers, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, kalamata olives - Mediterranean Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

Usually I love Cava's and I go to them a lot but for some reason, both my boyfriend and I did not enjoy our meals here. The place looks clean and bright. It's got plenty of parking in front. It's a large place so plenty of seating. The staff here were friendly and on point. I guess I just didn't enjoy the flavors of the food here as much as usual. The food felt/tasted not as fresh and the flavors not as full. I got my usual items in the bowl but the flavors just didn't taste as good. Maybe it was an off day. read more

Outstanding customer service; I'm in and out quickly and they are attentive to my asks...food is always delicious. I'm a regular there 2-3x per week. Highly recommend. read more

Sunday night dinner at the end of a family weekend. Variety and healthy with ability to customize each order. Hit the spot for al fresco dining. read more

Good food, big portions, came up quick, a little pricey for what you get, food wasn't hot either, but good all the way around. We'll probably be back. read more