One of my favorite Caesar salads in Houston! I think I've tried a couple of different things here that I also enjoyed, but the Caesar will always be the stand out for me. Typically, I get the Caesar without the chicken and it's still quite filling. The salad will be the same price even if you don't get the protein. The last time I was told that I could substitute the protein for any other item up to a certain dollar amount, assuming it was around the same price of the chicken. I really appreciated that as the times I've gone before no one ever offered that to me before. Every time I stop by service is super fast. Parking can be a little challenging, but they do have a parking garage. Super close in case you're unable to find any parking in the front lot. Luckily, I've been able to park in that front lot every time I've stopped by. I've always ordered to go, but the restaurant has decent seating and it's cute so I wouldn't mind taking a break and eating there. By the way, if they ask you if you want the free slice of sourdough bread your answer should be absolutely lol it's delicious and it really just rounds out the meal. Oh, and while you're in the area walk a few feet down to Tiny's Milk & Cookies and get yourself a morning bun. Best thing I've tried there. If I lived closer, this place would be a problem lol read more

This is my favorite place to eat breakfast. The salads are ever-changing and seasonal. I feel like even though the menu changes, I can try something new every time. It's wonderful how the times I try a new salad, all of them always tastes great. I can confidently say, a factor that never changes is the freshness, wholeness, and fillingness! I love the plant filled interiors. It's a great place to decompress or study at. Only downside is that I've been missing the Health Kick smoothie since last year. I tried Berry Blast for a change and it just didn't hit as good for me. It tastes like a standard berry smoothie, but it's still good. I'll try the other two next time. PSA: ordering method is similar to Cava/Chipotle. read more

Leaf & Grain - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

There was not a line at 11am and I was surprised! I was greeted by the staff and asked for their suggestion. They said Alamo bowl, so I went with it. It was soooo good! I ate every bite! It has kale, rice, black beans, avocado, red onions, crisp, grilled chicken, tomato's and a spicy sauce! Super impressed. Also, they put the orders next to the door...so, next time I may opt for that in case it does get busy. read more

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I enjoyed my lunch here - great customizable option for health conscious eaters. It's in the Allen Center food court, in the underground walking tunnel system. The bowls are customizable so you can mix and match the proteins and other ingredients that you'd like. You can also specify which and how much dressing you'd like them to toss it with (light, medium, or heavy amount of dressing). read more

I spent a day in Houston on business and popped out for lunch - the location was a bit tough to find but a friendly security guard got me on the right track up to the fourth floor. I had the veggie bowl with curried cauliflower, roasted brussels, pickled red onion and kale. I added tofu and avocado- amazing. It's a loud spot so I struggled to hear my friendly salad maker as she asked me questions. The salad was delicious- if I lived here, this place would get all my money! read more

Leaf & Grain has the most INCREDIBLE customer service in addition to their delicious bowls. Yesterday I accidentally ordered to the wrong location, and when I showed up, the staff members were so kind- offering to make me my order there instead. I didn't even ask! They were so quick, kind, and happy to serve. It made my whole day! This is why I love supporting small businesses- they really go the extra mile read more

Service is pretty fast even with the lunch rush. I got the good Greek with medium dressing and it was the perfect amount. I loved how fresh the ingredients were and how well everything paired together. It's good, expensive of course and nothing to write home about but a great option for healthy eating! read more

Holy wow. I got the peach panzanella salad today, this is my first time ordering from them and it is so good. I keep eating so slowly because I want to savor every bite. Phenomenal!! Highly recommend!! read more

Great Place to eat! The food, Service and the environment made me feel very comfy and put a smile on my face

A great local sweetgreen alternative. They were quick and the options were interesting. I enjoyed my bowl and the sunshine outside across the sky bridge. read more

Located on 3rd floor of the Shops at Houston Center, this place is my go to healthy option for work day lunches. Their ingredients are fresh and the flavor combinations are great. There are no bad choices on the menu, but my personal favorite is the Alamo. Their service is pretty quick, but there is normally a line during lunch hour. You can order ahead on their website to save you some time. read more

Leaf & Grain - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

My favorite spot for a salad bowl! It is located downtown in The Park Shops, so it's easily accessible from the tunnel. What makes Leaf & Grain stand out is the consistent quality - it is delicious every time. My usual order is the MFH Veggie Boost, which comes with shredded kale, roasted sweet potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, roasted broccoli, parmesan, roasted pepitas, and dried cranberries, and it's served with the citrus vinaigrette. The only modification I typically make is adding chicken, but other than that it's perfect exactly as it comes. I have also tried adding the falafel which is good as well. They do a great job at giving a good amount of toppings vs. just filling the bowl with kale/the base and having a few things sprinkled on top. If you're making your own, the roasted sweet potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, and dried cranberries are especially good. I highly recommend coming by the next time you're looking for a high quality salad! read more

Leaf & Grain - MFH Veggie Boost with falafel - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I really like Leaf & Grain, but our office ordered their sandwich box lunches and their Turkey sandwich literally had one slice of Turkey. Come on, L & G...I'm sure at $15 per box, you can afford to put in another slice. 5x more bread than meat. Disappointed. read more

Leaf & Grain - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

This restaurant has become an almost daily staple of our diet. The food is incredibly fresh, healthy and delicious. The teams who work here give every effort to make your experience a positive one. We love coming here and also taking the food to go for dining at home. Thank you Leaf and Grain! We love coming to you for some of our most frequent dining experiences. read more

Stopped in for lunch during a conference. I had the Alamo Bowl, with avocado dressing. I have craved this lunch ever since eating it. It was light, refreshing, yet filling. I don't live in Houston, and am sad I don't have a Leaf and Grain near home. Highly recommend. read more

You can't compare this joint to a Salata and avoid insulting Salata - the food quality and customer service experience here beats every Salata ever from every single location they ever have had and ever will have. That's why there is such a line here! Nobody goes to Salata on the third floor of the Park Shops with this as an option on the fourth floor. The 44 Farms Steak Salad caught my eye on the menu long ago (Eric C.'s four star review mentions steak added to a bowl which made me look further into the menu) but the line shooting out the door into the Park Shops scared me off, until finally the one day a week I get to have lunch away from my desk coincided with a day it was pouring outside so I was limited to tunnel or skybridge accessibles - and this fit the bill with a salad type experience, since my suit was starting to feel a bit tight around the tequila protector regions, but I still wanted steak flavours to season and moisten the rabbit food part of the salad. I had a long time wait in line since the line had wrapped along the wall and out the front of the store when I briskly sashayed over and joined it. So with my time in line I thought about other options on the menu besides the 44 Farms Steak Salad. Charging 75 cents extra for blue cheese as an add on to a Cobb salad that is already $10.25 sans blue cheese? Thank u, next. The steak salad meanwhile came with blue cheese, one of the many fine cheeses the gentlesir favours in his soyboy salads apart from the Armenian string cheese only available at the Phoenicia salad bar. Elisa was sweet once it was finally my time to shine/order. I had been there at the head of the line for a few minutes already while everyone else was busy making other bowls or whatev. She changed her gloves and swooped in to make the magick happen. Sweet and polite always goes a long way in lunch counter service, especially determining which ones you would visit again like this one, and which one you still have a grudge against twelve years on like Doozo. While you can customize salad/bowls as you see fit, they also have the pre-set ones like the Cobb and the steak salad. They also recommend the light or the medium portion of salad dressing you can request, and they only break down calorie count on the pre-set menu items with either light or medium dose of sauce. I went with the medium dose of the horseradish vinaigrette because most of the fellas in front of me had gone for medium, so they must have known something I did not. The medium saucing turned out to be just right to coat the salad but not leaving behind a ton of residue once you completed the salad. Pros: large helping of steak in the 44 Farms steak salad, the steak is beautiful, quality ingredients, and made with love when Elisa makes your salad. Cons: line out the door, line moves slow, why are we still waiting for a salad when I could be eating a quickly obtained fast food hamberder whilst watching Rick & Morty already??? Salads can be nice, right? A nice salad like this used to be $15 at Georgia's before that turned into the Local Foods, but the line was much less at Georgia's (and hence probably why it turned into the Local Foods) but I am not a patient person and I notoriously do not wait very well. Some reviews say the line moves quick and that is a matter of opinion, from the part of the line starting INSIDE the store it was round 15 minutes left until leaving time with the salad tucked into the tender crook of your elbow - or 0.3 as lawyers and Thai ladyboys in motels out by the airport who both bill in six minute increments are more familiar with in timekeeping. For an $11+ salad with tax this still merits repeat visits on days when (a) the line is not as #extra as it can be sometimes dramatically spilling out the storefront onto the fourth floor of the Park Shops and (b) the weather vs suede shoes conundrum has limited you to skybridge/tunnel accessibles. read more

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I feel healthier just walking in the place. Fresh, scratch food. Accommodating service.

Fabulous, delicious, fresh. I LOVE L&G. Wonderful service, great ambiance, and best of all is the FOOD. My favorite place in Houston.

Much better than Salata. Prob, the best salad place bowl place ever. I usually don't get salad but out of all the healthy salad places, this place is my favorite. Also, it gets you to be really full. I loved both of items that I got. Get the one with hummus, I think it just makes the salad way more enjoyable. I think this is the only time I couldn't finish a salad and was able to save it for later. Follow me on Instagram @willeatfood read more

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Leaf & Grain has been the ideal place for me to grab lunch during the work week for a few reasons: 1 - After eating, you're that perfect level of full to feel satisfied, but light on your feet, allowing you to attack the rest of your day. 2 - It tastes really freaking good. They made high-quality proteins a top priority and let's just say these taste buds have taken notice. Also, I don't know who is coming up with their pre-made recipes, but he/she knows what they are doing. (my favorites are the Oasis and the Modified Greek) 3 - It's local. Every time I have visited, I have been greeted with a smile by one of the three Houstonians who owns it. The pandemic has put a lot of financial pressure on small, local businesses, so it's important for us to use our buying power to support local restaurants like Leaf & Grain. In summary - Leaf and Grain = 5 stars read more

Leaf & Grain - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

Fresh salads and seem to have plenty of options. You can build your own or order a pre picked salad to be made. I went here twice and both times they had ran out of something. I would leave and come back. read more

I had THE BEST SALAD EVER here. And then I had another the next day, and the next. It's that good. Place order online and just pick it up. They should give me a job as a spokesperson. Leaf and Grain is INSANE. read more

This place has THE BEST salads and bowls. Their ingredients are fresh and flavorful. You can tell they use high quality ingredients. There's also a lot of variety. I like their attention to detail bc they even roast their own croutons! It's not like croutons from a grocery store. My fav dish is the Greek bowl. You can also order and pay online, and then pick up from their shelf. It's easy and contactless. Highly recommend. Admittedly, I eat here a few times a week. read more

I work nearby and eat here twice a week. It's healthy and delicious, and online ordering is fast and easy! I particularly love the Immunity and Alamo grain bowls. And you can add or subtract ingredients you like/don't like! read more

I came to Leaf & Grain for lunch with a colleague during the afternoon lunch hour. The line was out the door so, I took that as a good indicator of what to expect. I waited in line for no more five minutes until I was asked politely what I would like to order. I'm a big "red meat" guy and when I saw that they offered a 44Farms Steak Salad with meat sourced from 44Farms (duh), I knew that that was going to be the meal for me. The steak salad is comprised of steak chunks (obviously) which were perfectly prepared (not too rare, not too well done), blue cheese, bacon bits, tomatoes, pickled red onions with a horseradish vinaigrette. I also opted for the additional avocado because PROTEIN. Before adding the vinaigrette, I was asked if I would like a small, medium or heavy dose (a nice touch especially with salads). I opted for a medium dose and was not let down. The salad was so delicious that I forgot to take a picture of it! As mentioned above, the steak was perfectly prepared, the blue cheese added the right amount of *zing*, the bacon was crispy, the pickled onion added a perfect counter balance to the horseradish vinaigrette. If you are looking for a healthy and tasty lunch, check this place out! read more

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So so so fresh and delicious! Love this place and I am glad I can support a LOCAL business! read more

Leaf & Grain - Custom Caesar Salad! It's the best! - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

I recently moved to Houston and found Leaf and Grain to be my new go to spot. You will leave this place feeling full but also ready to take on the rest of the day. I am a big fan of their Modified Greek - locally sourced chicken, delicious feta, fresh greens, and an amazing salad dressing on there. I have also tried the Alamo bowl, which was a 5/5 for its chipotle lime dressing and fresh taste. I was surprised to find how versatile they were at making both Mediterranean and Tex-Mex style bowls. I am not normally a big vegetarian guy, but the third time I went there I decided to try their tofu and Brussels sprouts for a bit of a change-up. Wow. I could be a veggie-boi if I could eat that everyday. As soon as I get back to working in downtown I will be sure to go back to Leaf and Grain. I am hoping they open some new locations outside of downtown soon as well. 5/5 read more

Leaf & Grain - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

Love the salads and the SERVICE here at Leaf and Grain. Today I ordered the Common Table bowl and it is just the best combination of flavor and freshness. The other salads they have are also outstanding, and the people who work here always seem so friendly, kind and happy. read more

I visited Leaf and Grain 02/01/2024 and was served by Jamie. Jamie was absolutely wonderful. Amazing customer service and so knowledgeable, patient, and helpful. The food was delicious as well. Thank you! read more

Finally, a healthy option in The Park Shops. Again, proof positive, if you build it, they will come. Besides Salata and Snap Kitchen (which does not offer any vegan options), there really are no decent options for people that are interested in eating semi - healthy. Thankfully, now there is! There are two options for vegans. I had the Happy Thai-ger which included brown rice, roasted tofu, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, daikon, and cilantro. I was a very happy camper. Still have yet to try their vegan grain bowl but I plan on it. Judging from the lines out the door, I'm not the only one that's been waiting for a place like this to open. read more

Leaf & Grain - Don't mind my x's - I crossed off non-vegan ingredients and dressings made with oil. - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

Leaf & Grain is a Chipotle-style salad joint where you go through the line and build your own salad, in the Houston Center Shops. It took me a second to find, but it's on the fourth floor across from Starbucks (which isn't the only Starbucks in the Houston Center Shops!). Service was nice, quick and friendly. While the salads were good, I didn't love them--I feel like Salata is a little fresher, but I did like how Leaf & Grain offers roasted veggies (cauliflower, sweet potatoes and broccoli) and also offers rice (hence, the "grain" in the title). I tried the Common Table salad, and it was good. read more

My sister and I are in town for the day so we decided to come here for lunch based on the photos we saw and reviews we read on here. As a big sucker for presentation, I was very disappointed in how sloppy both my Happy Thaiger bowl and my sister's Common Table bowl came out compared to how they looked in the photos. Also, the woman making my bowl was scraping the bottom of the brown rice dish so I got rice that was cold and you could tell had been sitting out for a while. On top of that, the employees were sort of shoving each other to make multiple dishes at once. AND they were out of romaine and avocado, and had no water cups out. I just felt like things could've been a little bit more organized. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my bowl (especially the dressing), but this isn't exactly a place I'd go out of my way for if I'm in the Houston area again. read more

Leaf & Grain - Happy Thaiger bowl. Pretty good, but I had higher expectations... - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

If you want a quick, healthy meal with delicious, high-quality ingredients-this is the place to go. Every item on the menu is phenomenal. They have a great variety of salads and grain bowls with options for people with dietary restrictions. I always like to make my own custom bowl though, and pick out my ingredients. The service is super fast, and the employees are always friendly and kind. Everyone should check this place out! read more

Great place for vegetarian, vegan and healthier alternatives! Also! I'm a very picky eater and leaf and grain offer customization to any of their pre menu! Thanks leaf and grain! read more

Leaf & Grain - Custom grain bowl - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

We visit Leaf & Grain when dining with our vegetarian friends. The line is always long, but moves pretty quickly. The staff here is very friendly and conscientious about how to best serve their customers. We typically customize our bowls, and everything is always delicious. The food is very tasty and photogenic. I recommend that you give them a try, even if you opt for meaty selections. read more

Leaf and Grain blew my mind. Their salads are clearly made from the freshest ingredients and their staff is out of this world. You'd be remiss to not check this place out if you like quality, healthy food on the go. Side note: they always play some pretty awesome Talking Heads tracks. That fires me up before I dig into my favorite meal of the day. read more

Ordered catering for the first championship - impeccable service and food- and on time! A real delight!

Leaf and Grain is awesome. Knocking down one star because it's like a hidden gem = try to find it? Try to call it? Nothing. It's mysteriously hidden in a mall in Downtown and if you don't know where, you can get lost for 45 minutes walking around trying to figure out where it is. Plus, minus one start the first time there, they didn't even have my call-ahead order - it was lost...BUT they were apologetic and made it very quickly so plus one star back. Both options we had were good (wife and me). Everything was fresh and ready to eat. Love that this is in Downtown. Hate that it's hard to get to and only open for lunch. IF it was open for Dinner = love it even more. But Lunch Only makes it feel...exclusive. Plus the hidden location...in a tired mall....also exclusive. I wish the interior of the restaurant had a bit more flavor. If I close my eyes, I can picture a farm and a fresh field and the sunshine, but everything in there feels a bit Taco Bell. Service is great. Food is great. If you are in DT HTX for lunch, do it. No better option. read more

Leaf & Grain - Bowl of vegan goodness - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

Just tried L&G's seasonal Hill Country Summer salad - gotta say its my new favorite. I don't normally associate peaches with salad, but would highly recommend. Heard they also import the peaches from a farm just North of the Hill Country - which I thought was super cool. read more

Leaf & Grain - a bowl of salad with dressing - Salad Near Me - Houston, Texas

Leaf and Grain has exactly what I'm looking for when I want a wholesome, quick weekday lunch. Great variety of ingredients and customizable bowls! Th dressings are really yummy and light. For a custom bowl, you pick your base (greens and/or grain) and 4 toppings and 1 dressing. Protein is extra. My go-to is the roasted tofu! The chicken is a little bland and dry for my taste. The line can get really long, so order ahead online and pick up next to the register! It's a super easy process and it's easier to customize your bowl this way. read more