Really cool salad restaurant. Compost....Enviro conscious....their dressings are incredible.

I am honestly beating myself for discovering this place, on my last week in DC! I came to this location to pick up dinner: kale and romaine as my base, with chicken, baked falafel, corn, cabbage, tomato and cucumbers. I tried the lime jalapeño dressing, and my god probably one of the best salads I have ever had!! Highly recommend this place! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Kale and romaine base, with chicken, baked falafel, corn, cabbage, tomato and cucumber, lime cilantro jalapeño dressing - Salad Near Me - Reston, Virginia

Their bowl sizes literally shrank by half, don't go here, mosaic district still sells full bowls (for now). They also don't prepare them as well as the other locations. read more

Even with double protein, the to-go box isn't even filled to the top. Portions are questionably small. We ordered for the office and our smallest eater commented how small these portions are. Overpriced for the quantity. read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Salad Near Me - Reston, Virginia

This is a pretty solid choice for salads and wraps in this area. There's a whole slew of options here, from the types of salad greens, fresh toppings, dressings, and proteins. They also have a bunch of pre-set salads or wraps, in case you can't make up your mind. One thing that's particular nice here is how they toss the salads to ensure everything is nicely combined and coated with your choice of dressing. You can choose from light, medium, or heavy for the amount of dressing.Each salad comes with a piece of buckwheat bread. It's nice and chewy. They recommend that if you're building your own salad, to pick a base (warm grains, kale, mesclun, baby spinach, & arugula), pick 3 salad toppings and 1 crunchy topping, plus a dressing. I tried the Chick-P salad, which was one of their pre-set items. I did swap out one of the toppings (peppers) for red grapes. The lemon tahini dressing definitely has a nice mouth feel and rich sesame flavor that can be a bit on the heavy side. If anything, you can always opt for a taste of the dressing prior to committing to a choice. SX got the Guacamole salad and was relieved to find out that this place served animal proteins. He definitely had that deer in headlights look for a brief second when he stepped inside. I tried the lemonade here and it's pretty strong on the flavor as opposed to sweetness. If you opt for iced tea, they also have simple syrup for you to sweeten it. Fountain Boylan sodas here. In addition, they also have froyo with a decent number of toppings as well. Salads here are a bit on the pricey side, but there's definitely a lot of it and it's of decent quality. Everything was fresh, nothing wilty here! Everything here boosts being eco-friendly, compostable, and also being freshly local too. read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Salad Near Me - Reston, Virginia

New menu items and calorie counts are appreciated; Spice Fiend definitely approves the Spicy Sabzi, which is also vegan, but can easily be altered. I've always preferred the Santorini. Prices may seem steep at first, but considering you're getting mostly local/organic and the portion size is large, it's all worth it. Friendly and efficient staff. Yogurt is tasty too. The complimentary bread is pretty meh, in my opinion. Get the sweetgreen app on your phone and you definitely will "unlock" some good rewards and freebies. read more

Went here for a late Saturday lunch with a girl friend and was pleasantly surprised to see the unusual salad combinations. I chose to go with the Guacamole Greens and truly enjoyed it. They also have a make your own salad bowl that includes greens + 4 add ins for about $7. It was interesting to see quinoa as one of the options in the featured salads. They also offer you a free sample of a salad that is being featured. The menu is seasonal which adds to the variety of the menu. The portions are regular sized & the calorie count makes it easy to select the salad & dressing of your choice. They also offer some drinks... cucumber ginger, green tea to name a few. The seating space is limited, and I could see this getting very busy during weekday lunch times. The music was rather loud which makes it difficult to have a conversation over lunch. But hey, it's a great salad place, good service, and I'll definitely look forward to returning for more! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Guacamole Greens salad with a slice of buckwheat bread - Salad Near Me - Reston, Virginia

So this is the second week in a row that I've come here. I love these salads! It's just so fresh. I usually stick to the 'make your own' and I load up on the grilled broccoli and cucumbers. Yumm! And the veggies are locally grown! I didn't try the froyo but I saw one that someone else got and it looked ridiculous good. Looks like I will definitely be trying that my next visit! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Make your own with spinach, quinoa, and grilled broccoli. Yumm - Salad Near Me - Reston, Virginia

You definitely get what you ask for. I am a meat eater, but I like my greens and the greens here are fresh. It was my first time and I made my own salad for $7, which is your base (greens +grains) and 4 other ingredients. So I made a spinach, kale and wild rice salad with beets, corn, garbanzo beans, and purple cabbage with the spicy cashew dressing. Soooooo good and I felt so healthy haha. I thought the portion size was good and not too much. When I think of the healthy size of a meal I think this fits the criteria. Also $7 for a meal isn't bad! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Custom salad: kale, spinach, wild rice with beets, corn, purple cabbage, and garbanzo beans with spicy cashew dressing - Salad Near Me - Reston, Virginia

Today was my first time. I ordered lentil and avocado. I liked what I ate but I didn't get what I ordered. There were no avocado in my bowl. But overall it was a good experience. I enjoyed sitting out read more

My sister in law and I ate at Sweetgreen for lunch today. I had a buy one get one salad coupon from a Yoga class that I had attended that was sponsored by Sweetgreen in December. Anyway, I ordered their salad of the month called the January salad. It was mesclun, butternut squash, roasted kale (yummy!!), sunflower seeds, cauliflower, roasted turkey with cranberry vingerette dressing. I had the dressing on the side since I hate tons of dressing. I am glad I did this because I didn't care that much for the dressing. My sister in law created her own salad with a few veggies and grilled shrimp. She did get a dressing mixed in and they asked her if she wanted it light, medium or a lot mixed in. I thought it was nice they asked before dumping whatever amount on her salad. Both the order came with a free slice of Sweetgreen's homemade delicious bread. The salads were very fresh tasting and really hit the spot. I will say this location has very limited seating. We ended up having to change our order to go because of the lack of seating. This worked out okay since I live super close to this location. I was informed by one of the worker that community style seating is used. However, I didn't want others to be right into my conversation. The prices were a little high for getting a salad but again this is the RTC. I also want to point out that others had commented on the smaller size protein portions. The turkey I got was about a 3oz piece which is the recommended size for meat. I think people are so use to the American size portions, that no one hardly remembers what a normal size portion is anymore. I do agree for the amount of meat you get the prices is high. read more

The salad I ordered was the Harvest Bowl. Though the kale was okay, the chicken was dried out, the wild rice was hard where biting on a grain was like biting on a sliver of stone. The thin slices of sweet potato also lacked the hardy taste one usually gets with this vegetable. Overall not a very good salad unless you want a large bowl of chopped kale to eat. read more

I love this place, but I've notices a 2 to 3 dollar increase I understand prices everywhere have gone up, but the portions have gone down inside, and I always feel like a jerk having to say can you put more or having to say double scoop and having to pay more. If you have to charge, more give the people more. I used to go to Sweet Green twice a week but with these issues I go once to twice a month. read more

I'm happy to have found this place. Salad salad salad everywhere!!! your choice of greens or you can pick from their pre set menu. I did my own so it was kinda pricey after adding the proteins and other add ons. Great for take outs!! Will visit again soon. read more

Great salad place! Quick, easy, fresh, sustainable ..... Wish we had Sweet Green in my neighborhood in CA! read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Make your own with Lemon Tahini Dressing. - Salad Near Me - Reston, Virginia

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I dropped by on a weekday evening on the way from Dulles to places beyond. Parking in a free covered lot was right nearby. Mercifully, this house of salads wasn't busy at all. I could enjoy my Kale Caesar with sliced egg, cucumber, corn, salt and pepper, and light dressing without waiting in line! Maybe everyone went to Chipotle tonight or perhaps this neighborhood isn't happening on a weekday. Either way, I'll be happy to return the next time I fly in. read more

Absolutely horrible customer service. I placed an online order directly through their website to be delivered the next day and their system set it up to be delivered same day. I called the local phone number several times, with no answer, sent several emails as soon as the order was placed and I noticed the email said it would be delivered immediately. I could not get in touch with anyone to cancel the order and when someone finally did contact me after they delivered the order they said there is nothing that they can do. I will never, ever order from this restaurant again. I do not recommend ordering from their website. read more

I started off with loving sweet green when they first opened their restaurant but now not so much. The last four times that I've ordered my salad from there, it seems like the portion size gets smaller. I'm not a big eater and I used to be able to eat their salad for two meals. Now, I'm not full after eating the entire salad. So they should either reduce their prices or go back to the original quantity. read more

The current seasonal salad is fantastic! The September seasonal: mix of mesculan, kale, blue crab, peppers, avocado and spicy sunflower seeds are a perfect mix! I was a little hesitant spending $13 while walking out, but I'm pretty satisfied. read more

sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Wraps, and Bowls - Salad Near Me - Reston, Virginia

Seems like maybe its a good store during regular times B.C. (Before Covid).....but I felt EXTREMELY cheated with their online pickup order! I feel if you are gonna cheat customers so much on the ingredients how about an adjusted price! $15 for what I actually got is Highway Robery people. I may give you another shot when things get back to normal but if this turns out to be your regular practice I'm OUT! read more

Delicious and love that you can create your own salad/bowl. I've only gotten sweetgreen through doordash and so far the orders have been mostly right. Small mistakes have been made here or there but overall they have great food. read more

I liked the customer service but the wild rice was so hard it tasted like it was barely cooked. The juices were very organic but not sweet at all, even following their percentages that's marked on the jugs it didn't seem according. The brussel sprouts were the best! read more

A salad for 11 dollars is very steep considering the overhead. Then to make it worst they portion it out...??? You shouldn't portion to your customers; that is rude for the amount they are paying. I will never be back. I choose to make better choices. read more

I would love this place if they cooked their ingredients better. Beets are raw and very hard, skin isn't removed from the squash, sweet potatoes are always burnt, and the wild rice is practically uncooked, which almost broke a tooth. read more

The salads are so good and very consistent from day to day. I've found it convenient to use their app to place my order and pick it up so I don't have to wait in line. The employees are great and I enjoy eating here. read more

I've been going to this location for about 3 years. It had a wonderful staff that knew me by name and always got my orders correct. Recently, it looks like they changed up their entire team because I don't recognize anyone. I made two online orders within the past 2 weeks and they both have been incorrect. None of my modifications were added correctly which is disappointing because the ticket is right on the salad box. Please bring back the old staff. read more

Great salad. Terrible service. Four employees went past me twice and noticed that I was standing there. I was the only person waiting there. Each one finished their service and instead of asking me what I wanted, they went into the kitchen. I waited for ten minutes before my order was noted. I have been here twice and both times I have witnessed bad service. So two stars less for that. read more

I've been eating here regularly for about a year. I generally order the same thing online (spicy thai salad, no tofu, add sweet potatoes and steelhead). They get it right about 10% of the time. Tonight it was the dressing they forgot. As I sit here eating my dry ass salad, I decided enough is enough. It's time to leave my first yelp review. I would say you might have better luck ordering in person, but the employees aren't exactly the most personable, which is why I started ordering online to begin with. That said, the food is amazing when you can get what you order. read more

Very fast service because they forget part of your order... they don't even redeliver the other half of your food instead you have to wait for a refund that takes 7-10 business days ... smh read more

I'm going to make this review very short and "sweet." (not so sweet, actually) After striking up a conversation with a woman at Wegmans the other day, I mentioned to her that I recently became a vegetarian. She suggested I try Sweet Green and raved about the food there, so I figured I'd try it out for myself. This visit was not even an hour ago, mind you. The prices aren't too bad, in my opinion. I ordered the Mexican Elote salad and it ended up being under $10. Not too bad. Unbeknownst to me, you also get bread with this salad. This is my first time ever going to Sweet Green, mind you. The girl who took my order could barely put any volume into her monotone voice, so I had to ask her to repeat herself twice. Once, when she asked if I wanted a lot or a little salad dressing ( I think that's what she said), and again when she told me my order total. If I wasn't so hungry, I would've proudly walked out and went to a nearby eatery just because the attitudes of the workers here was so poor. Once I remembered that I was supposed to get bread with my meal, I purposefully asked another girl there if I got bread with the meal, hoping I'd find a friendly person who actually gives somewhat of a damn about her job. Nope. She had just as much of a stank attitude as the other one. She didn't even answer me, she simply walked over to get some tongs and handed me the bread. The entire time I was there, they seemed very joyous and happy when in conversation amongst each other behind the counter, so I'm unclear as to what the issue was. God help them if I was supposed to get a drink, or anything else with that or I will be making a phone call tomorrow. Nevertheless, I ate a couple bites of the salad (which was very fresh and tasted great) asked for a container to go, and left. Needless to say, I will never come to this location again. The attitudes alone turned me off to this place for good. I'd advise whoever manages this place to reevaluate who you're hiring to service customers. And to the employees: I can imagine it must be hellishly depressing to work behind a food counter for barely above minimum wage pay at the age of 24, but don't take it out on us, please. Perhaps finding another job that doesn't require face-to-face interaction would be a better fit for you. Well, maybe not. I don't know. All I'm saying is, if you hate your job so much that you don't care about your performance or how you come across to people, I'd advise hitting up Indeed or the classifieds. Good luck! read more

Second time in the place, salad were generally good but the service is irritating. Both times I've been in this place the employees seem to hate working there or something. Faces they make when you ask a question or literally just order something is like they are doing you a favor. Makes me not want to return read more

Worst experience ever walked in asked to order a salad and the girl at the counter continued to refill all of the containers as though I had said nothing! She went through 4 of them before I walked out. I literally waited and watched as she poured quinoa onions etc into the display (at the end of the night no less ) and I wondered how many more she intended to fill before making my salad. I used to frequent this location all the time but after this I will not be coming back. Very poor customer service read more

Thank goodness for this place amongst the other restaurants. Great alternative for clean and organic lifestyles. Always fresh, variety and good for you. The staff is fast, clean, attentive and bilingual. This location is always packed and has plenty of seating. Love their seasonal menus. read more

Ever wish a restaurant had more healthy foods and drinks? Well here's a place. Has healthy soda pop too no high fructose corn syrup here! Stunningly decorated with recycled bowling alley parts and I'm guessing hickory paneling and ceiling that gives it a almost oriental look. A fantastic speaker system. Most of the dishes were under $10. Any sort of salad you could imagine. When I was there the wait staff had not much to do but step in tune to the fantastic sound system (hope you like contemporary rock loud) this may change. My daughter loves it and we have been there twice. I had the chic p (sheek) $8 with baked falafel as opposed to deep fried falafell that many places would serve. The wait staff looks bright colledge student types. My daughter wants to work there. I contemplate many returns. read more

For $21, I'd rather eat at the Whole Foods salad bar. This place is all branding and appearances. The staff was slow and confused behind the counter; the line was awkward and no one knew where to start ordering. The woman making salads started coughing a wet hacking cough after serving us, which is when I stopped eating. Also my girlfriend found a hair in her salad. Are you serious? FAIL. I wish Yelp had a way to rank something 0 stars. I've disliked the Sweetgreen franchise since it's inception in Georgetown. It's a great idea, but their salads taste bad and are over-priced. read more

As this store has only been open for a little over 24 hours, I was quite pleased with my first visit. Great choice of ingredients, with a majority of them being locally grown. I'll leave the tree-hugging to my westward-faring brother and sister-in-law, but you can't feel guilty about eating in a place that generates revenue for the local economy AND provides compostable flatware. Prices were comparable to SaladWorks ($8 for a salad with a protein), and a little less than what I remember spending at Chop't. Employees were friendly and helpful in that "we just opened yesterday" sense of the word. Best of all: They offer a customer loyalty card (i.e., free salad when you spend X dollars). That bumps SaladWorks off the top of the short list for salad restaurants in Reston/Herndon. read more

I was so in love with Sweetgreen that I even bought the Sweetgreen bowl, but I had to give it up after several bad experiences at this location. The good: delish salads and generally good customer service. The bad: You're definitely getting less salad in the to-go bowls but you're paying the same price. This annoys me given the price of the salads. But the thing that finally sent me over the edge and killed my loyalty was the inedible wild rice. The rice was absolutely not cooked and ROCK hard, and this happened multiple times. AND the bread was stale. I'm done. So sad. But I'm sure my wallet will appreciate it. read more

Much to my surprise, there are sweetgreen establishments in many places, but I had to go to Reston to actually discover it. Is it good? Yes, yes it is. Sweetgreen is a design-your-own salad spot, perfect for the quick lunch crowd looking for something healthy in the town center. They have a wide variety of fresh ingredients, everything from various greens, proteins and veggies. Your salad will be made completely to your specifications and it's fast! I got the harvest bowl and it was excellent and made quickly. Hard to say much else here. It's a good lunch spot, which I think explains the rest. Looking for lunch in Reston Town Center? You'll be happy you visited.and healthy! read more

Sweet Green is pretty much the only place I do lunch. They have a standard salad menu of favorites and have a rotating seasonal selection. All their ingredients are fresh and locally sourced. I usually get the Earth Bowl, but lately I've been liking the seasonal Spring Chicken. Both are around $10 and come with a slice of whole wheat bread. There are two drawbacks to Sweet Green, but neither warrant negative stars: 1) during lunch there is always a massive line, so go early or late or be ready to wait. With that said, the staff is incredibly friendly and quick so the back up is due solely to their popularity. 2) Their salads are a bit pricer than other places in the area. Be prepared to spend at least $10. There are a few good options for $8-9, but usually lack meat or premium ingredients. However, the fresh and delicious salads are well worth the price and I've never felt ripped off for paying more. It just means I go once or twice a week rather than everyday! read more

Food was good when I went there. Someone from there sent employees to where I work at to recruit people. Customers and employees. It was very awkward. read more