The Garden State's culinary scene is full of options for any appetite, but the salad shops are appealing, catering to the surge of health-conscious patrons seeking both nourishment and flavor. Although one can easily make these bowls oneself at home, there's something about going to a quick salad bar restaurant that just seems to make life easier, which is why my partner and I decided on a great nutritious, low-calorie lunch at Saladworks in Rutherford Commons off of Route 17 North. Upon arrival as first-timers at its immaculate interior with ample seating and a friendly vibe, we were greeted by the staff. They offer a customizable, health-focused menu featuring signature salads, wraps, warm grain bowls, panini melts, and soups. We decided on the Sofie salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing and Avocado Cobb with the same raspberry vinaigrette. Complimentary warm rolls were given, and we washed them down with raspberry sparkling water. The food was fresh, flavorful, and made exactly to our liking with a great variety of toppings and dressings to choose from. The portions were very healthy. The price was comparable to the area. The staff at the counter were professional, accommodating, friendly, and helpful. They went above and beyond to ensure we had a great experience. They exceeded our expectations in every way. read more

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Always happy to see a Saladworks in the area. I find this easy to grab and go. I love the pick your own option where you get a salad base and 5 toppings plus dressing and a roll. Even though I typically get the same thing I do love being able to change it up on a whim if I'm craving something else. Service is always friendly and prompt. And although I don't usually sit to eat it seems like a nice atmosphere. read more

It's Gone down hill in the last 2 months, I heard it's under new management I guess they never heard that you don't decrease the quality of food when buying a restaurant. All the tomato's are green and white hard like an onion. And forget about the slow service at lunchtime. My salad was made and literally had to wait 10 minutes for someone to ring me up. Having 2-3 employees doing online orders while literally 5-6 people are standing in line to pay for orders already filled. I guess they don't understand most people only have a finite amount of time for lunch and waiting 10 minutes to pay after you order is fulfilled only ensures you won't be back for lunch anytime soon!! And STOP using tomato's that are green or white read more

I really enjoy my salads from this place! They have definitely gotten better over the year. In the past (last year) they gave my friend a fully loaded salad and when I went after them I got a skimpy one. When I asked to add more, they denied me. I even had a guy behind me say that my salad was sad. He agreed I should have gotten more. But I've had fairly decent trips prior, so I decided not to review it and give it another shot. Glad I waited. Recently I've been coming and the staff have been generous with the potions. I love all the options you get to choose from and the warm loaf of bread on the side is a perfect touch. Big fan and will definitely be coming back for more. read more

Saladworks - Spinach, pepperoni, onion, red peppers, egg and avocado with balsamic - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

EDGEWATER SALAD WORKS I love your Salad, all very good but the Personal working Friday is extremely arrogant and no professional She is very nasty and never have anything you ask. I still go because I liek your food but definitely its not very welcome. Thank you read more

This was my first time at Saladworks and I have to say I'm a fan! This location has a parking lot so finding parking is not an issue. Upon walking in, the place is clean and organized. There are sockets on the wall visible above the table which I thought nice so you can enjoy a salad and charge your phone or bring a laptop. When I tell you this place has options THEY HAVE OPTIONS! I was super overwhelmed but in a good way because I didn't know what to choose. For my first time, I decided to stick with something I know which was a caesar salad and a caprese panini. They put all the ingredients together in front of you so you know exactly what you're getting. What won major points was the thinly sliced cheese they used in my caesar salad because I cannot find that cheese at any other salad place! They have a half sandwich half salad deal for a little under $10 which is a steal! my experience was great and I will definitely come back! read more

Saladworks - Caesar 1/2 Salad and 1/2 Panini Combo (Caesar salad with egg whites and a tomato and mozzarella panini) - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

I LOVE, LOVE SALADWORKS. And they're hard to come by lately, especially near me (Morris). My husband and I are working on a long term project in the area and I luckily discovered that there was a SW location nearby. The staff is very friendly and the store is clean. Love their salads and the ingredients are fresh. No complaints here. Just glad I can get my fix again. read more

I placed an online order on Aug 27th and when I went to pick it up the store was closed. I was charged for food that I never received and my bank is rejecting the claim. I have called and gone to the location several times. Online it days open but when you go it is not. I had to buy lunch twice that day spending money that I shouldn't have had to spend. My office orders here often we will now being going else where read more

I do enjoy salad works... however, I placed an order on door dash and you'd think this place would provide bags. My salad was not sealed and was not in a brown bag to hand off to the driver. Disappointed. read more

Ordered a Metropolitan Panini. Was sadly disappointed. Literally 1 piece of spinach, 2 jarred strips of red pepper,mozzarella and eggplant. Panini bread was over done and very dry. Guess this location still has growing pains. read more

I am so happy a salad spot has opened near me. I have ordered from here using uberEats and I have gone to the location in person. Delivery from uberEats was fast and accurate. At the location I was happy with the friendly staff. They made my salad to order and it was great. I have had many different salads from here and feel they are all so good!! I enjoy sitting at the big front window and watching people go by while I eat. The location has good lighting and is open spaced. Yep this is part of my #30daySaladChallenge read more

Saladworks - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

It's my place for lunch. They recently changed the ownership, and they've added more selections. There salads are delicious and portion sizes are very nice. Staffs are amazing and smiley. I really enjoy spending my 5 minutes to get my salads. Thank you Saladworks read more

Saladworks - the front of the restaurant - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

I never went to Salad Works but I can honestly say I really enjoyed d sad I I ended up going 3 days in a row since it's on my way home from work. I passed up Halal Chicken & Lamb over Rice for Salad Works. 2 things I really didn't like and it may keep me from returning. I'm paying 13$ for a salad so if I ask for and extra thing of dressing I wouldn't think it's an issue or a charge. The first two days the girls gave me the extra and even a smaller sample of another dressing. So I tipped her. Today I go and when I walked in I was the only one snd I wasn't very friendly. They just stared and when I ordered my salad the girls were all Hispanic and spoke perfect English I'm sure they were American but when I when I asked for a second thing of dressing they started talking Spanish. It wasn't very nice. I find it very disrespectful to do that considering you English is as good as mine. I won't be going back. I was told they can add as much dressing as you want if it's mixed in but if I get it on the side I have to pay. So pathetic! read more

Personally, I'm a big fan of salad works. It's not the best quality but it's quick and serves as a good light meal. The restaurant is not under new ownership and I can see the difference in this location already. I usually do the create your own salad, and get: romaine, pasta, breaded chicken, chickpeas, diced tomatoes and cucumbers. read more

Saladworks - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

So, I placed an order via the online app, for convenience because as we all know, lunchtime can get a little more than hectic. I placed my order around 12 for pickup at 1. That's a whole hour. Not to mention there was a downpour. I got to the store at about 1:20. I approached the order pickup area and was greeted by an associate who looked through the orders(there were about 6) but was unable to locate mine. She proceeds to ask another associate if she received/fulfilled the order. Just my luck, nope! Then, she asks the supervisor to come over and she does. She looks over the same salads in the pickup area for my name. Then, heads back to the computer where the orders are printed. She asked if I could show her an order receipt. I did not have my phone on me, so I had to go back to the car to retrieve it. I walk back in and head over to the pick up area yet again only to have to wait another 3 minutes for her to look at my order on my phone. She then prepared my order, walks over and hands it to me. Ok, so what happened?? Like was the order received or did someone handoff my order to someone else? Because there's a printed sign that says" please show your proof of order/confirmation" something to that degree. At the end of the day, what are we honoring? No one apologized, nor was the supervisor at liberty to tell me what happened. I ordered online to save time. Instead, mine was wasted. Not good for business. 2 stars based on the quality and quantity of the salad. read more

Saladworks - a plate of salad with dressing - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

I love this place! I needed a quick healthy lunch so I stopped by this location for the first time today and I wanna say I'm very satisfied. The store was pretty clean and the workers were friendly and helpful. Will definitely stop by more often when I'm in the area! read more

I bought soup two soups and they were both cold. When I went back to let them know they wanted to take the soup in the back amd microwave it. If I wanted microwaved soup I wouldn't go out to get food. One lady shook her head at me. I don't understand there are 6 people behind the register, zero customers and cold soup. I would skip this place of you want a nice meal. read more

I don't know really how to rate this place so I'm just going to give it a three star it's kind of like a really ghetto Panera bread meets subway I couldn't believe how expensive the salads are. A salad and an ice tea cost me $12 Definitely not my kind of place not a place that I would go back to anytime soon I thought the service was typical of any sort of fast food place but I've gotten friendlier service at KFC and Taco Bell believe it or not They were plenty of tables before the prices they charge you might as well go to Panera and get the good stuff they run a little skimpy on the additives to the salad There's a chilies nearby and there's a Starbucks I don't like either of those but I definitely didn't want to go back I even put a dollar in the jar as a tip and I didn't even get a thank you. This place is kind of trashy on a lot of levels. read more

Saladworks - people sitting at tables in a restaurant - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

This is my all-time go to place absolutely delicious I love the green dressing and the tomato soup

I love this Saladworks, and I love that it is close to where I live. I will usually grab lunch from here about once a week. I would visit it more often, but the salads can be pretty pricey - 2 salads for $18.00 is a little steep in my opinion. BUT the salads are always fresh and delicious. They are usually never out of toppings (every once in awhile they are, but someone is always in the back chopping up more). I love the create your own option and I never stray from my Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing. It is SO good. The warm wheat roll on the side is always a delicious addition. If you aren't in the mood for a salad, you can't go wrong with one of their sandwiches either. The staff at this location are always friendly and speedy. Yes, it's true what one yelper said, most of the people in the parking lot are there for Chipotle, but not me! I'd take a salad from this Saladworks any day! read more

Everything this time was great during my visit! The manager contacted me regarding my previous experience and apologized for the inconvenience. Thank you! read more

Saladworks - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

Came here four times in a row over the span of two months - every single time no avocado for the avocado Cobb salad..... that's a MAIN ingredient!!! I won't be returning and if I do I will call before coming and confirm if they have avocados. Also to add a cherry on top I found a false lash laying in my salad today and it sure wasn't mine!! Moral of the story if u like avocados in your salad as much as I do then don't come here. read more

I enjoy your salads; however, I've been here many times and you guys are not accommodating to vegans. This is a salad place...you're supposed to understand the needs of vegan customers. Every time I'm here the eggs, cheese, and sometimes meat drift into the vegan ingredients. If someone is not accustomed to eating animal products they can become extremely sick due to this. Many times have animal products accidentally got into my salad and customer service reassured me it would never happen again. After I saw the sign for under new management I expected the salad stations to be more organized and divided but nope. Also, the employees are very annoyed if you ask them to change their gloves after just touching meat. They also get annoyed if you ask them to get tomato's from the back. I can't eat the tomatoes that are sitting there that have a big boiled egg that fell in the middle of it. Also, after I pointed this out, they just threw some more tomatoes on top of the tomatoes that were already contaminated with egg. That is not ok. The next person can have a severe egg allergy or is vegan like myself. I understand sometimes cross contamination happens, but if it is brought to your attention then you fix it not hide it. If it wasn't for the coupons you guys sent out in the mail I wouldn't come here for these reasons. There needs to be a divide between veggies and animal products. There also needs to be more understanding employees. I can see both Saladworks in this area is the same owner, so maybe there's poor management between these locations. Both have low star reviews. read more

Woof - this place is terrible and over priced. All of the ingredients look pretty sad in the display case. I had to throw out my $9 salad because is was DROWNING IN DRESSING - I was served 3 heaping ladle-fulls of dressing, probably 800 calories worth. It was so dripping with dressing I could not eat it. read more

Ugg so irritated right now!! Why you ask? Well I was expecting this huge, amazing, salad given that this is basically a fast food place and the most basic salads come out to be about $10. The process was simple enough, choose a base, aka: lettuce and then 5 toppings. OK great. So I choose lettuce, cucumbers, avocado, buffalo chicken, gorgonzola cheese and carrots. Looks great for sure, but def skimpy on each topping. I ask for it to go and with utensils, get my dressing on the side and bounce. Fast forward 5 min later to arriving at my job, look in the bag, and bamn, salad and dressing every where!!! Both containers opened up while calmly, sitting upright on my car seat as I drove 1.2 miles away from the saladworks location. I was like wtf, did the salad just explode in the bag, and take the dressing along with it?? Ok so that angered me, a lot. I look in the bag and try to do some damage control and close the lid to the dressing so my salad wouldn't get anymore saturated then it was. After that I had to dump all the contents of my salad out of the bag and into my salad bowl. MESS! Total gross, soggy mess.. Then I'm like ok let's do this I'm ready, but guess what NO UTENSILS! After I specifically asked for them bc my job never usually has any around and if we do it's a miracle. (Refer back to my Panera bread review where I had to eat soup with a fork, terrible. ) Anyway, so then I had to scrounge around the dealership where I work till I found one, which took a bit of hunting. I go balls deep into eating my salad and literally at my 3rd bite, chomp into the most sour, soggy, cucumber, I have ever tasted in my life! So gross!!! They were obviously past the point of no return. To add insult to injury the lettuce was wilted and gross as well. All in all done think thay salad was worth $10? NO, do I think it was worth even $5? NO again. The obviously unfresh ingriendents paired with faulty containers and inflated prices for crap, as well as just being an overall hot mess, warrants me never stepping foot back in there again! And to make things worse when I went to throw the stupid dressing container out it popped open (again) and landed in my lap!!!! read more

Saladworks - Wilted lettuce leaves - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

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OMG.....I think this is the worst place I have ever eaten!!!!!! Came here with my husband for a quick lunch. All we got was some lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and chicken. Pretty basic salad we thought, how bad can it be. I think the chicken was the canned stuff. It was salty and had no taate. It definitely wasn't fresh cooked. The lettuce was brown and the tomatoes were rotten. Not to mention that it was ridiculously over-priced! Will not be heading to this chain again. read more

This was seriously the worst salad I've ever had. I don't know if it was just the nasty salad dressing or what, but I'm hesitant to ever come here again. By the way, don't ever get the Raspberry Vinaigrette. It tastes very artificially sweet and just nasty. read more

Salads are great portion size, delicious and plenty of options. I just don't like how its prices almost a dollar to add extra veggies. I wanted a little extra onions and was charged 94 cents. That's a little ridiculous to me but I'll be back read more

I have been to five Saladworks locations and this one rates poorly compared to Hillsborough and Piscataway. Why you may ask, well portions and menu options. The line I was given while there was this is the way we do it. Well it does not always match what is on the company menu which could be a problem. There products all seem fresh but again compared to other facilities I get a strong hint of give everyone a little less salad and we will make more money! It is only chopped veggies. I am not going to mention locations but I get the same thing everywhere I go and here it was 21.85 but at others it is 19.65. I understand they may have higher costs because of location but attitude can make all the difference. read more

Lousy business practices but delicious food. Our office ordered two salads and two soups to be delivered; the bill came to $24.98. Our office collections usually yield a handsome tip for the driver but when the delivery guy came with a handwritten "$5 delivery charge" on the receipt, we were surprised and suspicious! A $5 tip for driving less than 1/2 mile on a beautiful, sunny day? I called the owner/manager Asha, who said that this was her standard business procedure which the order-taker failed to share. How about letting us in on this?! She apologized that the staff didn't inform us of the delivery surcharge but I still think it's lousy practice to extort tip money from customers to pay your delivery staff. On that note, the Chicken Orzo soup was delicious - we'll be picking up any future orders. read more

This is the best lunch place I can think of... I just wish it was closer to my office! Fast, fresh, healthy, and varied enough for regular lunch trips. This is strictly a soup, salad and sandwich place. The soups are good, and provide a nice compliment to any meal. When you enter the place, the soup choices are near the counter. For those who are skeptical that a salad is enough for lunch, rest assured, these are huge. They have a bunch of salad options, but everything is made fresh to order. I always get the create your own salad (perfect for us picky people!). Tons of options start with a base of iceberg lettuce, spinach, spring mix and/or pasta... feel free to mix and match, they never have a problem with it. Then add 5 toppings. Tons of protein choices (even the chicken is tender and delicious - not dry like a lot of places), beans (including edamame!), veggies, hard boiled egg (even just the whites), cheeses, nuts... you name it! They'll put just the right amount of dressing on the side or tossed in... I think about 15 choices (some low fat, some really not). I'm partial to the light ranch. Salads come with your choice of white or wheat bread. There are a few sandwich options that my coworkers seem to really enjoy - I've never had them. They are also made to order, but you won't wait more than 5 minutes. They're all on focaccia and pressed, served with chips. Pretty decent cookies at the register too (oops, there goes the healthy). If you get a drink, lunch will set you back about $10. But in a strip mall where you can otherwise get burgers, Chinese, or other fast-food options, this is a true highlight. They deliver too. For those who are health-conscious, go to the website and create your salad before you go and get all the nutrition facts! read more

My first time visiting Saladworks because a friend of mine kept on bragging about the place and that I should try it. I did and it is decent salads. It wasn't the best I've ever tasted. I order the oriental chicken salad and it was okay. However, I must say $12 total for just salad and a bottle water is not reasonable price for me. If I order from McDonalds or Wendy's salad and water, I'd spend a lot less $$. I don't know if I'll come back and to be quite honest, I don't see much customers while I was there which is lunch hour on the weekend. The parking lot was busy because all the customers were going to Chipotle, next door. read more

I've never been here in-person, but they are really solid for deliveries. Food is decent and despite my having to always call to modify my orders (the delivery apps are screwy), the staff are great and pretty much always get everything right. read more

I absolutely love this place! I usually do the 1/2 salad 1/2 pasta because its the best of both worlds. They really need more of these around here. You can always build your own salad and the toppings are endless. They have so much variety to choose from, i wouldn't get a salad from anywhere else. Every salad comes with a small roll either wheat or white! Definitely try this place out at least once. If your not a fan, the strip mall its located in has numerous other places to eat. read more

This is a great place for a fast and healthy lunch. I have been going there for so long that the staff knows I prefer a wheat roll with my salad. read more

Saladworks - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey

Walked in today to have lunch and a lady was eating on the tables with her dog on the chair eating from the table. I think it's a bit disgusting to have a dog where food is being made and sold. Just walked back out. read more

I'd come more often if I could get a full sandwich and half salad. Half and half just doesn't cut it for me. I even offered to pay extra but was denied...so strange. So I barely make it once a month now. read more

I was amazed at all the negative reviews, my experience was completely different. The salad and sandwich where excellent. The service was friendly and professional. Maybe they replaced the old staff, these ladies where perfect. I'll be back read more

The salad was good and the workers were nice. It was filling as hell. I recommend.

I had an amazing experience here. The workers were very nice. I got the half and half which made by a young Hispanic guy and a woman named Michelle. They made sure I liked everything that was going to go on my sandwich before making it. The place was very clean I have nothing negative to say. read more

Saladworks - Vegetarian Near Me - East Rutherford, New Jersey