Best vegetarian sandwiches in the world - and they have awesome vegetarian chili too! Bring cash!

Great lunch spot! Everything is homemade down to the salad dressings! the sandwiches are all delicious & the soups are amazing! They have milkshakes,malts or a variety of beers. The staff are all nice, friendly & helpful. The daily specials are always great to,I almost always end up getting the special. This is one of the best places in Willits for lunch for sure! read more

I have not had a bad experience here and the food is always so delicious! I highly recommend the Santa Fe Chicken Sandwich and iced tea

It's one of the better options to eat out in Willits. I ordered the chicken pesto sandwich. I'll rate my food & experience here 3.5 Stars. It was better than average (4 stars)but I deducted 0.5 stars because the food portion was small, pricey, cash only payment option, and we were seated (center of the dining room) too close to the next table. read more

Nice little sandwich shop. Not expensive. Food delicious, and service great. What more could you ask for? Try the outside seating. Be sure to bring cash. No cards. An ATM is provided if you forget your money read more

Great price to portion ratio, chili dog was delicious (and large!) Service was prompt and staff were nice. No cards, cash only. Entrance is on a one way street with ample parking further down. read more

Great little place to stop. It is clean, has great food and a friendly environment. It is cash or check only though so heads up.

Great sandwhich soup and salad place. Especially when u need that midday cocktail with ur lunch. Kid friendly soups are awesome and their basil vingarette to die for! Seating fills up pretty fast at peak lunchtime. Again another willits restaurant that's hours are not enough but again worth getting there when they are open! read more

This cozy restaurant is a popular local lunch time spot and has a nice ambiance and friendly service. The croissant sandwiches are great.

For big salad and french dip cant beat it. Outdoor seating, excellent stsff. This place is a winner.

Willits doesn't have much going on, so I was grateful that Yelp directed us to the Loose Caboose. Other yelpers warned us that the sandwiches were great, the hot dogs were terrible, the service was abrupt and slow, but not unfriendly. They were 100% correct, although I can only assume about the hot dogs because we skipped them. We tried the club sandwich and the French dip, and both were fantastic and reasonably priced. I like that they crisp the bread but manage to keep the lettuce, tomato and avocado in the club cold. (That is one of my pet peeves with hot sandwiches.) The French dip had lots of roast beef and the au jus was nice and flavorful. Skip McDonalds and go here! Definitely worth stopping in on your way to the Redwoods! read more

Great place for sandwiches! Stopped on our way to the coast and had a roast beef junction and club. Awesome crispy rolls, meats were both perfectly sliced and tasty! Super friendly staff made it even better. Dog friendly patio was perfect. Love this find! read more

Honestly, I haven't been to the Loose Caboose Cafe yet, but my wife knows good food and a good restaurant when she experiences it, and from what she's told me, I cannot wait. She said that at first it looked kind of small, but when you go inside, it's really a good sized space. She told me that they had catered to the place where she works, and the food was so good, she had to try out the restaurant. She said that it was ever bit as good as what she had at her work place. I cannot wait to try it out for myself. If it's anything like what my wife says, and I'm sure it is, I have a treat waiting for me when I get to Willits. read more

One of the best sandwich shops I've ever eaten at in my life. There isn't a bad sandwich on the extensive menu, but the Santa Fe Chicken is a standout for me. All sandwiches are served ala carte, but don't miss the soups which are always excellent. And if you feel like a splurge, run, do not walk to get one of their milkshakes. Awesome. But effective, attentive, exuberant service is the big show here. Repeat customers are treated like royalty to the degree that an analogy to the television show "Cheers," where everybody knows your name, cannot be overstated. Service and retail businesses almost everywhere could take lessons from the Management at the Loose Caboose on how to earn and retain customers. read more

The best hidden lunch spot in Willits! If you like fresh, good mood food and stellar service this little Dugout is the spot for you. I try to bring my family and friends here when ever they ask for a great place to eat when visiting something about the food just makes my mouth water they haven't let me or my taste buds down yet! read more

Great food, fresh produce and great service. The environment is fun and relaxing and all of the waitresses were kind. We were just driving through the town and stopped for lunch and it was amazing! read more

I tried this sandwich place out for the first time and they made the best sandwich i ever had in my life, best in mendo hands down.

Always good! Turkey depot or Santa fe sandwiches are never a let down. Awesome soups also!

This is such a cute little place to eat lunch! I highly recommend the cable car club and the vegetarian spicy chili!! The staff is great and the facilities aware clean. read more

Great sandwiches and service at this long standing restaurant. The employees are polite and quick.

The best place for lunch in Willits. They make great sandwiches and soups. The chili is too sweet for my taste. Salads are generous and wonderful. It's a cute setting and the staff is good. read more

Best lunch in Willits. Hands down. Been eating here since they opened.....owner Jill knows her stuff! A perfect establishment. Zero faults. read more

Beat sandwiches in town. I've lived here most of my life and can still say, if you want a great sandwich Loose Caboose is the place.

Fresh and homemade! Great soups! Love that you can get pretty much any sandwich as a half. Only downside... VERY SLOW. If you've got an hour at 2pm on a Tuesday to kill on their patio waiting for a cup of soup and a half sammy this is your spot. It's delicious when it arrives tho! read more

loose caboose is a gem in Mendocino County they have beautiful healthy salads and delicious soups and the sandwiches are the BEST !!!!

Not sure where these ratings are coming from, but we had the world's worst sandwiches here! No flavor to anything- chicken, tomato, tuna all tastes the same...in dry, cardboardy bread. Would obviously never go back or recommend. read more

Wow! Based on so many positive reviews, I was eager to take my granddaughter there for lunch on a road trip. We were very disappointed in the service and the food. My daughters sandwich had a strange taste and I asked not to put spicy dressing on my salad, but they did anyway. We watched 3 tables get served when we arrived ahead of them. We won't go back! read more

Used to love this place. It has gone waaayyy downhill. I got 3 santa fe's to go, brought them home and my 5 year old took a bite, chicken was RAW!! All 3 sandwhiches were NOT cooked all the way through. Staff roles their eyes at customers and talk about local people out loud. Wont eat there anymore, and with those attitudes I bet they read these and dont even care. read more

Not a bad spot has a cool vibe pricing is decent, food is good. I would go back. Waitstaff is cool. Would recommend but there are other places in town of rather have lunch for the same price or cheaper with higher quality food read more

Great sandwich shop off the beaten path. Now that the bypass is in, it takes even a little more to find this shop but it is well worth the stop. The sandwiches are huge and the service is fast and friendly. read more

Went here due to the yelp reviews. Quite disappointed. The food tasted good but meat on all of our sandwhiches was very sparse. Server forgot the avocado on one sandwhich and rarely came back to fill our glasses. Also the tables were very close together and everyone kept banging into one another. Not sure I would go there again.... read more

By far my favorite place in Willits for lunch! The Chicken Pesto Sandwich is my absolute favorite sandwich ever. Get that with bacon, avocado, and spicy ranch and you will never want to order a different sandwich! The staff here is awesome and very sweet/ accommodating. Love, love, love! read more

The food was amazing! I had the French Dip and can't stop thinking about it. The bread was soft yet crunchy and the Italian dressing really took it to the next level. Everyone at my table was happy with their orders. It took a while to get our food, but it was worth the wait! read more

Had the special sandwich - Asian glazed shrimp-YUMMY! Busy place, great service, a fun find!

We've lived here for 26 years and have made Loose Caboose a frequent stop for lunch. I can assure you all the high marks are well-deserved. I think the folks who had a bad experience here probably just hit the place on a bad day or were perhaps themselves having a bad day. Yes, if you go here enough times you might hit them at an off time, but by and large...and I mean almost every single time we've been there...it's been perfect. If you go during harvest season, there will be a lot of take-out orders being served (must feed the trimmers, right?) so that might have a small impact on your wait time - though it didn't for ours, last time we were there during harvest. Bottom line: great place. read more

Great lunch spot. We had a salad and a couple of different sandwiches, and they were all tasty. We sat on the patio because it was a little chilly inside. Service was great although they put turkey on our sandwich instead of chicken. No biggie, and it was still great. read more

This is definitely a Must stop! When in Mendocino County! Been coming here for somewhere around the last 25yrs. Dont live here anymore so when i visit family i try to make at least one visit while in Willits read more

Had the pizza of the day here on a recent trip. Portion was just right crust was firm ingredients fresh and tasty. Patio area is nice and green. Service was fast friendly and helpful. Best meal I've had in Willits and we've been here half a dozen times read more

We were just passing through town and need to get some lunch. We will be back again. The food was great and the service was friendly.

Love the food. Always good. Staff are super friendly. Seating can be difficult - reserve your spot or call for take out.