Sweetgreen in Hackensack has quickly become one of my go-to spots for a fresh, satisfying meal. The Chicken Pesto Parm is my absolute favorite -- hearty, flavorful, and consistently delicious. I typically ask for the sauces on the side. When I'm in the mood for something a little different, the Harvest Bowl is my reliable backup, always packed with great textures and balanced flavors. I love anything with goat cheese. And I have to give a special shout-out to the waffle fries: crispy, well-seasoned, and surprisingly addictive. They're the perfect side to round out any bowl. read more

- Shares the large parking lot with the rest of the Shops at Riverside, but finding a spot right out front can be a challenge; once inside, the space feels open and airy with high ceilings, bright lighting, and a clean, modern design; plenty of seating available for a comfortable, relaxed meal - Extremely busy on a Thursday around lunchtime, with a steady stream of customers picking up online orders; during my 15-minute wait, not a single in-person order was placed - Staff interaction was minimal, limited mostly to calling out names and handing off orders while continuing food assembly; service felt slow and inconsistent--orders were expedited for guests who checked in upon arrival, causing earlier orders to be pushed back; my order was ready 10 minutes past the promised pickup time - On the pricey side; portions are generous and filling; ingredients tasted fresh and everything was well-seasoned with balanced flavors that didn't feel overly salty or heavy - Next time, I'll order in person instead! read more

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I tried sweetgreen for a quick bite prior to catching a movie at the nearby AMC. The place wasn't that packed but I felt like the service was a little slow. I ordered a salmon bowl and had them make it with all the default ingredients. The salmon was a bit overcooked. Though it tasted pretty good, but for the portion size and price I was a little unsatisfied. I'm not super opposed to returning, but it wouldn't be my first choice. There aren't too many fast food options at Riverside though. read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Salmon Bowl - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Salad chains are popping up everywhere. I get it, we all want to be fit and fine. Sweetgreen is a great option for those who are looking for a healthy bite. The menu is pretty straightforward. You can customize your own meal or choose from signature ones with pre-selected ingredients. You choose between a salad, bowl, or protein plate. From there, you select your greens, grains, protein choice(s), toppings, and sauces. The ingredients are fresh and there is a large variety to choose from. Compared to its competitor, Cava, Sweetgreen has more innovative and unique menu options. It's also more expensive, so you're going to spend a few more dollars. I've been here a couple of times because it's the closest one to me... but it's not the greatest. It's located inside the Riverside Square Mall, so it has a lot of foot traffic. The interior is usually clean and they have plenty of seating available. The problem is the service. It can be verrry slow and disorganized. They haven't figured out a way to handle a large volume of in-person and mobile pick-up orders. They also don't have a good system of making customers' orders. Only one employee takes care of one customer at a time, which delays the entire line. The same employee who takes your order will walk through the whole bowl completion and payment. It would be faster and efficient if you had employees at each "station", similar to Chipotle or Cava. As for the food itself, it's healthy, fresh, and flavorful with good portions. The price point is a bit expensive compared to other salads/build-your-own-bowl chains in the area. My go-to order is the Harvest Roasted Chicken Bowl, which is delicious and filling. On my most recent visit, I decided to try out a bowl from their menu collab with COTE Korean Steakhouse. I ordered the KBBQ Steak Bowl ($17.75) which came with steak, romaine, white rice, cucumber kimchi, pickled cabbage, spicy broccoli, apple kimchi sauce, and BBQ glaze. Honestly? I was disappointed. The spice factor was there, but the sauces were overpowering. The steak was tender, but didn't have that smoky and sweet flavor you expect from KBBQ. They didn't use actual kimchi, only the paste... which had such a weak taste! I wouldn't order this again. I'll stick to my Harvest Bowl. I wouldn't cross this place off my list completely... but I'm not in a rush to return again. There's better fast-casual, healthy options around. read more

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I order online and by the time I park and go into the store my order is usually ready. I typically get the Green Goddess salad. You can only order it online. Once I tried to order it by building a salad and it was about $4 more than the online price. The store is always clean and the food is fresh. Also the food has gone up about $2+ in the last 6 months. Service is mid at best. I've gone a few times where there is a wait for proteins (steak/salmon) has to be cooked. Although this isn't my favorite location, it's close and I like SG. read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Super Green Goddess - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

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A few weeks ago, a friend and I ordered lunch during the work week from sweetgreen via DoorDash. I got the miso glazed salmon, which was served over rice. It was delivered on time and the food was good - fresh, healthy, and delicious. I'm a sweetgreen fan :) read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Miso Glazed Salmon - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

This was my first visit to Sweetgreen. I absolutely loved my miso salmon protein plate. This came with salmon, rice, avocado, cucumber, and pickled onions. Perfect portion size for lunch. Tasted very fresh! I also ordered the harvest chicken bowl, which had goat cheese, sweet potato, and kale. I loved the clean and open space as well as clean ingredients. I will definitely have more lunches at this location! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Miso Glazed Salmon - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

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THIS IS AMAZING!! I ordered it for the first time through doordash, and I absolutely loved it. Thank you for the amazing service!!

I order time to time boots near my kids school. I bought the harvest bowl which is supposed to. E most popular and it's decent. I ordered a focaccia bread with hummus but the bread was hard as rock. I wasted $4 and change for this. Guy went to the back and brought out an old bread ! Rather should have told me they ate out of bread. Very dus read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Old bread hard as rock - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Service is good and the place is kept clean, which I liked: Everything about my SG salad bowl was pretty tasty. The only thing I didn't like was finding a small piece of hair that wasn't my color or length in the bottom of the bowl. Hopefully, this was just a rare incident. read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Tried the new air fried Ripple Fries with garlic aioli dipping sauce. I was worried it wouldn't be a good bang for your buck but you actually get a decent amount of "fries"! Thought they would be made to order but they just scooped them out of a ready-to-go batch. Thankfully mine were still pretty warm & mostly crispy. Not thin potato slices at all and the sauce was a real nice finishing touch. read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Very good. I enjoy this place! The food is very fresh. Large portions. I usually have left overs but not today. I ate it all. The service wasn't as great today but it was ok. Overall, I was happy to stop in for lunch! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Horrendous experience. People screaming in the back while they're making food. 1 person making salads. Long line. 1 person at the register. Management or ANYBODY in charge is not visible. I came here for lunch & will never comeback. I asked for my food twice & still had to wait. The person at the register says they're always busy & understaffed. Management please get IT together. You have a good product but obviously read more

in town for work and have come here for lunch both days. Love doing a custom bowl with kale, spring mix, blackened chicken, carrot, cabbage, tomato, cucumber and 3 hot sauces for dressing. Only thing is the ordering through the app can be hit or miss on timing. read more

Lunch was catered from here at work. The sweet potato fries with spicy honey mustard.... I cant even explain how good it was! And I got the salmon fish taco bowl which was also very good :). read more

Perfect for an on the go salads. Pesto chicken parm is my absolutely favorite ! You never feel bloated when you eat their salads and bowls . Service is fast, and it's also a perfect place to take notes, study and catch up on work. read more

Workers chatting not doing anything. Big line. Ignoring customers. Left after 10 minutes of standing there with a group of people . Wont be back. read more

This is not just another salad place. The food is fresh with real flavor. I read the board listening the farms which the foods are sourced. I love how I feel when I eat this food. The cashew dressing should be sold in the restaurant. It's that good. A salad without the protein costs under $11. read more

Second time I have been to this location. The service is shaky at best. The same person that starts your bowl at the beginning of the line walks through your whole bowl completion. There is always a bottle neck at the final dressing stop and leaves a long starting line. Not sure it's the best process overall. Aside from the service the food is consistent, but it's a pricey salad. So enjoy every bite! All salads are served in eco friendly containers so you can always take it to go if you can't finish it all! Overall would recommend, but they should work on the service to up the star rating! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Crispy rice bowl with roasted chicken - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Nicole, was great! She was extremely nice and made my family salads with care! Thank you.

During my visit to sweetgreen, I experience good customer service; employees are helpful (answering my questions) and kind. I order the Shroomami which is a filling drier salad though the Sesame Ginger Dressing adds a subtle exterior flavor, to me. The beats are super juicy; at an initial touch on my tongue, the beets are present, moist in the sense like drying earth after a rain hours ago, then like a flowing river of clean-earthy-full-beet flavor with each chew. Of the entire meal, the beats are most memorable though I admit to finding the bread quite tasty with the sauce as well. The establishment accepts different forms of payment. Lively vibes! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Shroomami - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Wowww. Pricey but worth it. I didn't even add dressing to my bowl and every ingrediant added had flavor. One bowl can leave you feeling full. Definitely recommend the curry cauliflower added to anything. Fish taco bowl 5/5 I loved how the quinoa and other ingrediants were warm, not cold. So that the whole bowl had salad and all warm ingrediants. We were feeling full after as well. From a salad! Best salad bowl healthy pick up to go place ever. Would come back. read more

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Nice spot for lunch! Lots of healthy options and the portions are big. I got the salad with mushroom and tofu and it was seasoned very well and tasty! It is a bit expensive for lunch but this may be a new go to especially when I want something healthier. read more

A mediocre quality salads that are good for a quick grab, but only if you are in a rush

I tried a salad here while visiting this mall . I actually really loved my salad . It was so good. Wish there was one of these closer to where I live. Would definitely get another salad here again if I was in the area again read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Kale Caesar - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

I love it, they have good service, everything is super clean. Above all, I love the new fries. I'll stop by today for a salad. See you soon

I ordered online. I probably had my hopes up for healthy food. Took forever (over an hour). The delivery person was there for 50 minutes waiting for the order. I ended up receiving it and it was the most disapointing food I had in a while: overcooked rice, overcooked steak, brocoli stems. I liked the sweet potatoes side. It was my first time and last time trying Sweetgreen. read more

First time in- knew nothing about the place. I'm a gluten, dairy free pescatarian. Many times I have a hard time ordering at certain restaurants. I ordered the Shroomami. It was so delicious! I'm hooked. This will be my go-to for lunch. Everything was super fresh & the combination was sooo tasty. The mushrooms were marinated in a wonderful sauce. A nice touch was the crunchy sunflower seeds on top. Highly recommend this new place! read more

I use to frequent their other locations when I worked in Manhattan so I am glad they have a store in north NJ. The space is very modern with booth, small tables and bar seating. The lines can move pretty slow so I recommend ordering in their app ahead. I always do that and my food is usually waiting for me when I arrive. The staff is really friendly and the space is clean. The portions are decent and the ingredients are really fresh. It's a little pricey but it's worth the splurge every so often in my opinion. read more

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Ordered glazed salmon. Received rice and onion. Had to drive back and the said they don't have salmon lol. ALSO, ordered harvest bowl. No chicken. Ordered honey mustard, received hummus. If you're gonna order here do it in person. This was an Uber eats order. I would never pay $20 for a bowl of rice. I probably won't go back though. It was mediocre at best. And if you go and there's like 3 people on line just leave. You'll be there an hour. But who in their right mind would actually send out a salmon salad without the salmon. Mind blown. Good luck everybody. read more

Great other than any additional components you pay for are not included in your order and the avocados are always either rotten or hard as a rock and not edible. read more

I love this place. Very yummy salads and bowls and top notch ingredients..bc I am ultra picky about the ingredients. Make sure you go inside to order and don't do the pickup tho. Your meal will be way better. Trust me on that one. read more

Love love love this chain and this is an amazing location. I have had the same guy prepare my food each of the few times I have been there. He is friendly, takes great care and gives great recommendations. The elite bowl is amazing and the hot honey chicken is so good. I can't wait to take Try new stuff too read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Elite bowl - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Simply incompetent. Two trips in a row that my order is messed up. Trip one: pay for salmon in - a salad and it's missing, trip 2: pay for a harvest salad and receive no chicken or quinoa in it. 2nd trip also included bread that tasted four days old. Outrageous for the prices charged to continually receive such poor service. Salads are not even that good when right. Total pass. read more

Happy to finally have a sweetgreen around the area! Very clean with lots of tables inside. Just wish the toppings could be more lightly seasoned because even with no dressing my salad was salty. I found their nutrition packet online and was quite shocked to see the amount of sodium for most items considering it's supposed to be a "healthy" chain. But that's just my personal preference. Otherwise, great spot for a casual meal! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Custom roasted chicken salad with chickpeas, lentils, cucumbers, and cilantro - Salad Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

amazing food and amazing service ! Can Not wait to go back! My kids loved the food but also perfect for a date night! Highly recommend read more

If you are looking for a good salad place, Sweetgreen is the spot. All of their ingredients are locally sourced and always fresh. The only drawback for me is that their combination salad ingredients don't always go well together and the pricing is a little on the high side for the product itself. Other than that, it's in a great location at the Riverside Plaza and there is ample parking. read more

Unfortunate experience Felt rushed....Although server had gloves, used hands to put the salad in the bowl? Why, there were Tongs in the bowl!! Also found 2 hairs strands in the salad! Disgusting read more

Amazing service love this location , great staff, great energy, and good healthy food

Very good salads. I now find myself driving to Jersey for lunch. Funny enough, my little sister used to work at a sweetgreen in Manhattan and I never took advantage of that. Silly me! When I think of "fast food" salads, I think of subways and am immediately turned off but this is NOT THAT. They are elevated, full meals! My only complaint is that I've ordered salads that contained avocado on multiple occasions and instead of letting me know they were out it was just missing from my bowl. It was also never deducted from the price. That's kind of annoying, especially when I ordered the specific salad for the avocados, got none and still payed for it. read more