The pita chips are delicious salty crunchy chewy fried bits of goodness. Get them! Tahini Caesar is also good. read more

Food is mediocre...fresh but not special. Customer service is substandard. If you catch the meat right off the grill or right after it's finished cooking, it can be really good! Otherwise, it's kinda like the chipotle of Mediterranean food. If you're in a hurry and want to change up the usual flavors, try it. You may or may not be impressed. read more

CAVA - Mediterranean Near Me - Austin, Texas

Let me start by saying that I love CAVA and the food is delicious - I order from here multiple times a week. However, this store messes up my to go/Door Dash order EVERY time I order. Today: my bowl is missing all my lettuce, my extra protein of Falafel, the pita crisps (aka the best part) and the piece of pita bread. DoorDash is usually able to refund me for the missing items, but someone at this store needs to know about the issue. I've also received someone else's bowl, 2 extra bowls I didn't order, etc. I haven't had any issues in store but something is not working with the to go orders. read more

I rarely give bad reviews but I feel like I need to warn people to stay away from this CAVA. We placed an order online and many items were missing. When I called, after going through several steps, I just got the voicemail. I left a message and never heard back. I am so disappointed with this CAVA. I don't understand how it can be so different from all the others. read more

Awesome healthy fast food in Westlake! I told them it was my first time and they walked me through all the delicious options!!! Princess served me & was so friendly to this newbie Cava customer. read more

Great food & service! Shout out Christopher K!! he cured my long covid & he's cat-sitting for me next year

Always slow and over priced. They often miss items when ordering online. Ordered a salad with extra dressing and received just the salad with no dressing whatsoever. Very frustrating to say the least! read more

I like the food, but this particular location just can't seem to get it together. The level of customer service here leaves much to be desired. I actually had the girl who was helping me on my last visit turn around and grab a piece of meat from one of the other employees that was carrying a bucket of it. She started eating it in the middle of her making my bowl, while we were waiting for someone to come replace one of the toppings that I was waiting for. This location often doesn't seem clean and also plays too much techno music, in my opinion. I do not intend to ever go back to this location. I do recommend the Cedar Park location though. That CAVA has got it together! read more

The lady at the service counter was very rude. Bunch of items were not available, and the location was empty. Yet they were rude and rushed us with our order and rolling eyes at us. Did not have the courtesy of giving our order at the end of it nor did they ask if we needed our receipt. Looking at previous reviews, looks like this location has issues with attitude. Keep away! read more

Undercooked meatballs, drenched in dressing and no pita bread that is suppose to come with it. read more

CAVA - Undercooked meatballs - Mediterranean Near Me - Austin, Texas

I been to this place two times the food amazing tasty for my taste , and the treat from the staff especially Antonio has been Great !!

Amadeo is the best employee this store has. Great service. Very welcoming and made sure to help me in any way I needed!

Cava food is great but this location is very annoying to order from. Multiple times we've placed a pickup order hours in advance for a specific time, and end up waiting nearly 30min to receive it. Even the pickup lines are extremely long and slow just like the line to order. Why order in advance and still have to wait an excessive amount of time? Great food but not great and slow location. Best to come during off hours if you want to receive your food in a normal time, and not waste time just standing around waiting. read more

Came in for ACL and had a great customer service experience here! Adam was great and served us well! Very friendly staff.

Garbage food !! People coming to here for healthy food, ok people here the list of healthy items this place serving 1. Uncooked rice those who want to enjoy the crunchy rice most welcome to visit this place 2. Reusing the same oil to burn the chips, actually McDonald's fries are better than this!! 3. Uncooked spicy lamb meat balls, you may call this medium cooked but after 3 am only you will know what I am saying. 4. Old honey grilled chicken meat, probably from the refrigerator I ate this chicken. Instead wasting your health and wealth save your time. Usually I don't give bad comments for restaurant business but this is awful so wanted to help others. Rather than decorating interior please provide food, don't cheat people by looting their hard earned money. I would say rather wait in a signal rather than cheating like this ! read more

CAVA - Garbage food, has to go for garbage bag!! - Mediterranean Near Me - Austin, Texas

Laurie and Brie were fantastic! They made our food fresh and were so, so nice. They even gave us a surprise treat at the end. It truly turned around our day! We'll definitely come back and recommend this place to everyone. Thank you for excellent service. read more

I really enjoy all these fast casual dining places like Cava because you still get the experience of eating fresh food without having to wait too long & it's not as awkward to eat by yourself haha It was a little intimidating eating here at first because they have like 30 different toppings to choose from & I probably had never touched half of them in my life. But most of the toppings sounded healthy so I figured introducing new things to my pallet would be beneficial. They say you should eat a wide range of colors for your gut health. First you choose your grains (saffron rice, brown rice, lentils) or green to use as a base. Then there are 6 dips to choose from so I picked the eggplant + red pepper, tzatziki and Harissa. No idea what they were but the dips were like the glue to my bowl and really brought the flavor. After you pick a protein, I stuck with chicken because gains. My next favorite part is choosing as many toppings as you like. They have olives, quinoa, cucumbers, tomatoes, banana peppers, etc and you can top it off with a dressing. For the quality of food I ended up with the end, I thought cava was a super good change of pace of things and worth $10. read more

The best Cava locations in Austin, the people are very friendly and helpful no matter how busy they are at the time

The night crew on 8/30/23 did an awesome job and were so nice!! Love coming here!!!!!

This Cava has tasty food but they give very little servings for the price that you pay for a bowl- For $15, you should get more in the bowl. When you ask the servers to add more to your bowl, they up charge you an additional $2. If you order for an online pick up, expect to get a very small bowl and the only way to get a decent serving is to be there in person when they are making your bowl. I know other locations serve more in their bowl and it doesn't seem like they are running out of food- management must be pressuring their employees to make as much as possible off of each customer and save as much food as possible. The Brodie location is way better! read more

Great, hardworking employees - Kris is the best! We love this CAVA location - our go-to for quick, healthy dinner!

Cava has been a go to for me and my daughter (a vegan) en route to-from UT/west campus. Sadly, it has gone very downhill. I am fully aware of all the issues with supply chain and low staff. Went in, put daughter in front for a to-go bowl with falafel. She made her base and when she got to the protein, nope - there are NO FALAFELS (it's 11:15 am) -we don't have any - enjoy our grilled veggies instead. That's a No go as she has had that before and it was not good. (put a sign up in front of the line - falafels are indeed a mainstay of your menu and it should be on hand first thing in the am!). Guy literally tosses the bowl with rice/pita/greens back into some hidden spot at the beginning of the prep line. I'm up and debated leaving, but no, went ahead and got our staples, greek salad and a right-rice bowl, simple and easy. And a mess and small portioned. Flavor was okay, but when you don't get the volume of hummus, sauces, rice, it just doesn't do much to sate the hungry ones. I had the most of the pickled red onion, which I had to hand off to the greek-salad eater. Then my bowl was reduced to side serving size. BTW - we do see that the "scoop" used to portion out the hummus/tzaziki, etc it the size of a teaspoon. Chicken flecks didn't fill either. Hmmm. I hope everything improves again and, WL Cava, that you get the staff and the supplies, as well as the portions back up to snuff. For $23, we deserved 2 filling meals and it didn't happen. We loved you before and hope to enjoy it again. read more

EXCELLENT SERVICE and GREAT FOOD Prepared just the way that You like it !!! The Manager TERRENCE goes out of his way to give You a Great Dining Experience !!Generous Portions of Food will Satisfy your Appetite for sure. I will keep Dining there because of the Quality, Tasty Food and the Great Friendly Service !!! I give this Restaurant a FIVE STAR RATING out of FIVE STARS !!! THANK YOU, TERRENCE !!! P.S. They are very Friendly to VETERANS, which is much appreciated !!! Sincerely, Fred S., U.S NAVY & MARINE CORPS VET. read more

SO good. It was my first time and Kiara was so friendly! The portions are huge and the ingredients are fresh.

Delicious and healthy! You can absolutely load up your salad or grain bowl with tons of vegetables, from pickles to roast veggie medley to olives. Tons of selections, though I wish the servers gave larger scoops of everything. There should be more restaurants mimicking this Chipotle-style Mediterranean concept because it really works! read more

One of my favorite places in Austin to eat at! This location has good parking. The downtown location parking SUCKS. Anyways, I usually order the grain bowl and they have lots of options for what to put on your bowl or salad. The drinks they have are so good! Beet lemonade is one of my favs and they also have a blueberry lavender and pineapple apple mint. The set up is like a chipotle. I definitely recommend this place! It's also quick and easy. read more

CAVA - Always have good drink options. Beet lemonade is one of my favs - Mediterranean Near Me - Austin, Texas

Greetings! Went here on a Friday! Hmmm. Not sure if we went to the right location to enjoy all the hyped reviews!! But we wasn't impressed! Definitely would not return. The young man behind the counter didn't want to be at work that day. We ordered the grain bowl and a pita with braised lamb. The braised lamb was very greasy and the pita bread was soggy by the time I sat down!!! read more

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Not only is the food always great at any Cava, but Kris, one of the managers, was awesome today. Had to order for a friend sending me texts and he was real patient with me going back and forth between two bowls and checking my phone to get it right. AND he complimented my shirt :) Have always loved Cava and Kris made it even better today. Whoever the higher-ups are, you should know that this guy is nailing his role start-to-finish (if y'all hire for character and train for aptitude, I bet he'd nail it in larger roles too). Big shoutout to my man, Kris! read more

Shout out to Oz for being the best person ever. The food was great, but the experience was wonderful because Oz took great care of us. It really wasn't anything big -- he was just incredibly patient and kind and was eager to make sure we got exactly what we wanted. We came in at 9pm when the rest of the employees were working on closing duties, and he made sure to let us know not to rush as he hand delivered fresh pita bread to our table. It's really easy to get annoyed and impatient with clueless customers, especially at the end of a long day. I've been there for sure. But Oz was nothing but gracious the entire time we tried to fumble our way down the line. You're awesome, Oz. A great end to a great day. I hate to be a cliche, but we'll be back for sure! Cheers! read more

Greeted when I walked up to the counter ,healthy amazing good food, great variety of teas. Thanks James

Very impressed with their offerings! So glad I decided to grab dinner from here and will definitely return. Plenty of options for vegetarians and vegans as well. They offer different types of bases including greens, grains, greens + grains, and pita. Also, if you were to get a non-pita base they throw in a pita for free. And for your protein, you have the option of adding falafel, grilled vegetables, and a variety of meats. They also offer a variety of add-ons and sauces!! Overall, it was nothing short of awesome!! And for $9, $10 I'd say you'd definitely get a bang for you buck as it is a lot of food. read more

I'd come back just for the service! Phenomenal team! Silas was super knowledgeable and welcoming! Princes was so positive! Bree was incredibly considerate and helpful when ringing us up! Adam did a stellar job on the grill. All the meats were done to perfection! What a great experience! So rare to find great customer service and great quality food! read more

It's not often I'm in Westlake, but Cava was good enough to bring me (near) downtown. Think of Cava as a healthy Chipotle. Pick a bowl or a pita, pick your protein and toppings, pick any sauces or sides. Ostensibly, everything on the menu is healthy; think kalamata olives, hummus, and my favorite, pickled onions! The downside is that it's very easy to build an 800-1000 calorie meal, and that's without dessert or a drink!. You can see for yourself by using their calculator: https://cava.com/menu/nutrition Due to all the possible permutations (58,978,800 combinations, per the website) it's difficult to review based on flavor. I found the crazy feta, pickled onions, and braised lamb to all be superb. The hummus was just middling, while the lamb meatballs were pretty dry. I was going to grumble about the prices, bowls start at $9.50 and go up from there, but I'm a grown ass man who was fresh out of the gym and I had a very tough time finishing an entire bowl. These are meals two people can easily share! read more

Great customer service, I had never been to this place before. She helped me make a bowl and then offered half off. I really liked the falafel and taziki. read more

Catered from here for a doctor's office that is health conscious. It was my first time and so I also enjoyed it for myself. It's basically a build your meal with 4 steps. A base (grains or greens or both), a protein, toppings and a dressing. So delicious! Would definitely go here on my own or continue to cater from them for those with dietary restrictions. read more

You do not get what you pay for in regards to portion/serving size. They are very stingy when they serve--something exclusive to Austin cava locations. I have been to other locations in other states and the portions are always much larger and actually fair for what you pay for. Not sure why Austin Cava locations serve so little for the amount you pay for. I would recommend Flower Child or even Fresh Market if you want to get your moneys worth. They don't try to rip you off there! read more

First time visiting the establishment and the food was delicious. But, the customer service is why I would come back. Gabriel was very friendly, efficient and knowledgeable about the food. Will definitely be back! read more

Malik was so nice to us. Greeted us when we walked in, had a smile on his face, and portioned our food out perfectly. 5 stars for me!

My 18 year old brother: "sometimes your choices are questionable but today's food was good." By "questionable" he refers to the time where we had to make a pit stop at a burger place after lunch at one of the more popular Ethiopian places around town. It's hard to please my brother/sister, and this place did so today. It's hard to please a giant family where the older generation wants authentic Chinese food and the younger generation wants burritos and burgers... but this place was good and customization, Mediterranean food a la chipotle style. I enjoyed this chain in Washington DC and I'm glad they're now in Austin! We came around 2pm on a Sunday -no lines. You get choice of grains/greens/lentils, choice of protein (roasted veggies option available), 3 scoops of hummus/Taziki/babaganoush and choices of pickled veggies/pita chips/dressing. The guy behind the counter was a bit stingy with the grains (adding by the half scoopful out of an already small scoop), but otherwise the food was on point. read more

I've only been to Cava once and I have to say it was a great experience. I picked the Greens and Grains Bowl. You can mix and match the proteins which is great. I got to pick three dips. The best dip in my opinion was the spicy hummus. You can add as many toppings as you like kind of like Chipotle. The price is really reasonable at under $10 a bowl. The place gets very busy at lunch but we still found a spot to sit. They have a bunch of novelty drinks but I didn't try any. I think I will try the pita bread next time I go. read more

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