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4.2 (240 reviews)
ModerateMediterranean, Salad
Closed 10:30 am - 11:00 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Good for groups
Outdoor seating

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Jennifer G.

Fast casual place. Mediterranean bowls. Ordering is a bit confusing. They have build your own or choose from menu items. Many options to select. Several are additional $ but the menu board is small. A typical bowl is $15+. For the price I was a little underwhelmed.

Greens and grain bowl. Looked better before I started eating it.
Jbear F.

The service is still great and the tables are generally clean. I enjoy eating the food there especially the grain/greens bowls. However several times I've been there and they don't have a topping like Fiery Broccoli when I was there for lunch today. And don't put a sign out front that you have white sweet potatoes when you don't. Also, the pita bread has gone down in quality. It is no longer a nice thick and fluffy bread like it used to be here or that you can get anywhere else. Instead it is now a very thin flatbread that is almost to crisp.

Mediocre bowl

This location has gone downhill. My bowl was less food than it was supposed to be and the lamb meatballs were burned. The associate at the counter threw one pita away as he put two in a bag for my husband's and my order. Made no sense.

Greens + Grains Bowl, Classic Pita Chips, Apple Pineapple Mint drink.
Jessica D.

I love this place! This particular location is larger than the ones I frequent. They were very busy so there was a bit of a wait and they were in the midst of replenishing the selections but all is well. My food was fresh and delicious! Service was great! We got in and got out with no issues! Will return again!

Lynn R.

Popped in to Cava for a late lunch and really enjoyed building my own bowl. Lots of good looking choices for toppings and proteins. I chose the grilled chicken and brown rice to start. The chicken was flavorful and not spicy. I added olives, tomatoes, cucumber and hummus and feta. The feta had a kick to it! I tried the the ceasar and loved it. We sat outside as it was beautiful out and there was shade. I'll be back to try a pita sandwich.

Garlicky Chicken Shawarma Bowl
Meghan M.

I normally love CAVA and I hope that my experience at this location is a one off. This was my first time at this location. I dropped by for a grain bowl with chicken Shawarma on a Sunday evening; while there were other people eating in the restaurant, I was the only person in line, but felt really rushed. I understand that efficiency is key, but feel like the people putting food in the bowl were throwing it in as fast as possible, without giving me a chance to process the options momentarily. The refreshment station was out of ice/the ice machine wasn't functioning. When I dug into my meal at home, I was struck by how stale the pita and chicken Shawarma were. A few hours after dinner I ended up getting food poisoning which I can only attribute to that meal because I hadn't had much other food that day. Overall, I was disappointed in my experience at this location, but given that this may have been a one time incident with service and making me sick, I don't want to completely write them off.

Braised lamb bowl (they ran out of spicy lamb meatballs).
Glenn G.

When something goes wrong during a restaurant visit, I understand. But when multiple things go wrong, it leaves a bad impression. My wife and I stopped in for lunch on a Sunday and ordered two spicy lamb meatball bowls (new menu item). Halfway through making our bowls they tell us the meatballs will take 10 minutes. We say we can wait. Then they tell us they are out of meatballs (should have checked before building our bows). They offer us braised lamb instead, not our first choice. I also order a drink, my wife orders a drink, they ring us up and it's only one drink. We say we ordered two and the server acts like it's our fault when me wife clearly said she'd have a fountain drink as well. Then they ran out of forks set out, only spoons and knives. Then the men's room is closed for repair. I like CAVA in general but this was not a good experience.

Blueberry lavender drink
Erika R.

I placed an order to go for the build your own grain bowl and a order of cinnamon sugar pita chips with a blueberry lavender drink. When I arrived to pick up my order it was ready. I had to bag it myself and prepare my own drink from the drink machine. The drink has great blueberry flavor and distinct lavender taste. The drink itself is a bit tart and not sweet. The app for CAVA allows you to build your own grain bowl or salad bowl or grain and salad bowl combo bowl. I chose to just do a grain bowl so I picked the saffron white rice for the base grain, (you can do one or half of two different grains). You can pick one protein or do a half-and-half of two proteins; I did half Chicken Shawarma and half falafel. Then you pick three sauces; I did hummus, tzatziki and crazy feta ( an herb feta). For the toppings, I choose kalamata olives, tomato and cucumbers, pita chips, shredded romaine, and crumbled feta. For dressings you pick two; I picked lemon herb tahini and garlic dressing. Both dressings were good but if you like whipped garlic spread you will love the garlic dressing because it is the exact same thing but diluted with some water to liquefy it. The falafel was essentially mashed chickpeas, rolled into a ball, so the texture was mushy and it looks baked rather than fried no crispy outside. The pita wedge that I received on the side looks more like an oat pita it was soft but chewy the cinnamon sugar pita pieces were fried, but yet soft and a little thick so they were chewy not crisp and there wasn't much sugar to them, but they are served with honey that when you dip it in and eat it together, it taste reminiscent of Basbousa. The melding of all the bowl flavors made for a hearty and deliciously filling meal. I recommend you try them for a healthy dinner or lunch.

Alina S.

I had been really wanting to come to cava. I was visiting NC for the weekend and Friday-Sunday I had Cava each and every day. Cava was the most tasty build your own bowl type restaurant I have ever had. The service was fast and kind. The vibes were chill. I loved the braised lamb (which is halal)! I got the lamb every single day it was sooo tasty. I cannot wait until I am able to visit cava again. I came to this location twice during the weekend and each time I enjoyed the experience thoroughly!

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I came here with my girlfriend and we both love Cava. Great portion, healthy good food, what a great meal!

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1 year ago

This location had amazing service and food. Shoutout to employee of the month abdallah bitar!

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Had a great service experience today and loved how nice the crew members were. Service was very quick

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Great, inexpensive food. Dirty tables and trays are common. Extremely popular with students.

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Great staff!! Awesome food! Taylor was amazing and she got us set with the foood and service.

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1 year ago

Food and service is amazing! The vibe of the restaurant is wonderful as well! Highly recommend :]

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DICED Salads, Wraps & Bowls - West Cary

DICED Salads, Wraps & Bowls - West Cary

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It was honestly so refreshing to find this healthy fast casual option on a day I needed a cleaner…read moremeal. Overall I was impressed with the variety and quality of fresh ingredients! They were in the process of training a new hire at the time, so the line took some time to move through, but I still got my food pretty quickly. I ordered the harvest crunch vegetable which had all of my favorites - the mushrooms were so flavorful and my favorite part. The only two critiques I had was that 1) I asked for half/half rice and romaine and my bowl had way too much romaine, it really overpowered all of the other ingredients that came in the bowl and 2) the tofu was not my favorite - it wasn't crispy or as flavorful as I would like it, so that's something for the plant-based community to keep in mind. That said, I imagine all of the other animal-based proteins taste better! If their tofu was improved, I would absolutely return to try some of their other unique bowl combos.

Grabbed lunch from here recently and really enjoyed it! We ordered takeout using the website and…read morethe food was prepared on time. Everything tasted very fresh! I got a wheat wrap with some steak, spinach, and mushrooms, while my wife got a mixed grain bowl with chicken and bacon. We were both very happy with our meals, and while the food wasn't cheap (about $15 a person), I didn't feel ripped off either. The website mentioned that the ingredients were high quality and that the dressings were made in house, and it definitely tasted like it! Overall, I'd definitely come back here to get a healthy meal.

CAVA - mediterranean - Updated May 2026

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