Fast food that leans towards a healthy lunch. Price was reasonable . Ordered a sirloin bowl with brown rice and vegetables. Vegetables were bright and tasted good. I would recommend it. read more

Wasn't sure what to expect but was pleasantly pleased! Yummy chicken rice bowls and friendly staff! They even offered my little grandson a drink cup as soon as we walked in! We will definitely be back! read more

This place is just unbelievable. WHY IS IT STILL OPEN?! I came an early afternoon and were out of "steak" and "chicken". Haha are you kidding me? And the people working here are just plain rude and have horrible customer service. Seriously, I'm surprised this place is still open. Don't waste your time here. There's a reason why the La Quinta location closed down. read more

Floor was filthy, chairs and floors were so sticky you literally stuck to them. No soap in the bathroom, no lids for your drinks and or napkins! Food wasn't great. Chicken was dry as the desert outside. read more

I ordered Doordash from this place yesterday, and would definitely NOT RECCOMEND it. Such a bad experience I wanted to cry. First, I noticed one item was missing. I called them, and as soon as I politely told him I was missing an item, he simply HUNG UP on me. I thought we just got disconnected and called back. They never picked up again. So we started eating. I had order one chicken rice bowl with no sauce and it came with sauce. The rice was super undercooked . The beef bowl came with no sauce instead, and also rice super undercooked.. I had also ordered a side of tofu, which looked NOTHING like the picture and it had no season at all. I thought everything couldn't get worse, and then I found a long hair on my chicken. At this point I was talking to Doordash Customer Service, who was super good and refunded me. I wish more people knew about how the food is terrible, the workers are careless and overall, how bad this place is. read more

PLEASE I REPEAT PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY!! Go to McDonald across the street. I walk up to order and it was closed (gas leek) you must order online if you want food according to the cashier. So I THEN ORDEER ONLINE and waaaaaait for my order . When I picked up my order the girl said "oh sorry I forgot to tell you earlier but we don't have a lot of items on the menu due to the gas leek)" The items you ordered where a few so we just substituted the items for ones we do have like excuse me this place is a JOKE. Customer service and food is very disappointing. read more

Man oh man, I don't usually write reviews but I'm driving to Phoenix ,AZ and this is the worst Waba grill around. Burnt dry meat, suspect kitchen and not really clean. Just bad read more

Leaving 2 stars because the food was decent. I feel like the veggies could've been cooked more. I walk in and the cashier (brownish/bronze hair) is on her phone. Could hardly hear her when she's talking. She called out our order and left the bag there, didn't ask if I needed something. She was eating at the register while on a FaceTime call. Multiple people just sitting down in the kitchen. The drink area was extremely dirty and so sticky. Multiple tables and booths were dirty as well. Training is needed ASAP!!! read more

Half of the fountain drinks and one of the iced tea flavors were out of order. Napkin dispensers were empty. Tables were dirty. Food is not bad. Seems like any kind of management is non existent. I won't be back. read more

I use to go to the Palm Springs one that was close to my work but today I decided to go to this one. We Spent over $26 dollars on 3 bowls. 2 steak and rice bowls and 1 chicken veggie bowl. Extremely disappointed in the amount of steak on our bowls. It looks like they just served us a complete rice bowl with a sprinkle of meat. This wasn't the case at the Palm Springs one. Don't think I'll be coming here anymore. read more

WaBa Grill - Fast Food Near Me - Indio, California

Long wait quality of food C minus and service very poor overall I am going to 86 this restaurant read more

Two stars because the cashier was nice and the food was ready before I finished filling my iced tea. Now the rest... This is probably the worst WaBa Grill. Had to ask for green onions, only one bottle of teriyaki sauce, hot sauce was in packets, generic iced tea, I can go on. The chicken bowl seemed a little short in the chicken and rice. I am usually full by half the bowl and take the rest for later. The iced tea made me sick to my stomach. After two sips, I could tell something was not right with it. The chicken was just ok, as was the rice. Overall this was a waste of almost $10 with plenty of other great choices in the area. Save yourself a trip here and go elsewhere or to another WaBa, this one feels like the owner is trying to penny pinch everything. read more

WaBa Grill - Chicken bowl - Fast Food Near Me - Indio, California

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Phone number does work, doordash cancelled my order after waiting 1.5 hours for the order. I'm not sure how a business can run without a working phone number as I was trying to call to see what happened. Based on other reviews this place seems terrible in other service aspects. Do not recommend read more

One employee using her Mom to run the cash register. Couldn't understand my English. Then ignored my request in Spanish. Vegetables were just plain nasty. The Kens salad dressing was expired but it tasted ok. The sauces were not tasty, as you might expect a prepackaged sauce to be. The grilled chicken was ok. The rice was fine. Just plain steamed. Not going back read more

If I could put 0 stars I would ! I spent $50 at this location and instead of white rice they gave me brown rice, my salad had no sauce, I opt for dumplings instead of fruit and I didn't get my dumplings but I got an orange with MOLD!!!!!!! I'm reporting this, I've never been so disappointed and grossed out at the same time !!!!! There was no people so I don't understand how they messed up so bad, I'm guessing because it was closed to closing. No one answered my calls to complain read more

WaBa Grill - I had to add so much sauce because it was so dry and stale (once I seen the orange I stopped eating - Fast Food Near Me - Indio, California

Went in on a non busy weekday at 630pm. No line, ordered right away. Took 30 minutes to receive my food, did not have steak, food was cold. One of the only waba grills in the valley, so it's disappointing. Weird vibe inside. One guy cooking, everyone else kind of standing around, chattin it up with each other. Probably won't be coming back, I'll op for flame broiler in Indio next time. read more

Ordered plant based steak. It was out of this world. And it wasn't for me. I eat meat. I tried it and let me tell you it was delicious.

We went here a few days ago for a quick lunch. As soon as we walked it we were smothered with a sewer stench. It reeked so bad people, like a sewer backed up in there or something. We immediately turned around and left. There was one other person in there, not sure how they could stand it. We left and got food elsewhere then went back to eat at the tables outside of waba. We sat on a bench right next to the side door and there was a dead cockroach right outside the door! So gross. We got up and left again. So disgusting they need to clean this place up and get employees that care. read more

They just don't care at this location. It's slow, understaffed and just plain bad. Credit card machine down, WaBa rewards system down...nobody has any care or sense of urgency. My wife free birthday bowl expires today and she can't even use it because their system is "down". If they were customer service orientated, they would realize this is THEIR problem and give her the bowl as a courtesy...but that makes too much sense apparently. read more

Placed order online only to drive down and find them closed at 7:15pm on. Friday night. To add, the male employee wouldn't even open door to talk. Even with showing them the confirmation receipt on my phone didn't matter. He just kept waving me off. Even called store 3 times while seeing them inside from a far and no answer. Employee had piss-poor attitude and owner should be embarrassed. read more

I was looking forward to this experience , I charged my Tesla at the same time, which was right across the street. This place was gloomy and dark. It was not your typical WaBa, I was used to the ones in the San Gabriel valley ,The food was good, except for the old broccoli. That was a disappointment. $29.00 for 2 people with drinks. It was a little steep. Finished eating and left. Considering this is the only WaBa within 50 miles I'd go again,just turn on the lights. read more

Stopped for a bite at 6pm and the chicken was tough! Probably in the cookers all day! Last time we will eat here! read more

Can't get a simple order correct. They talk in the back more then they seem to concentrate on work. Plus my order for a waba bowl with NO rice and easy veggies and no sauce took over 10 mins with only 2 other people waiting and 5 people working. Hmmmm the chicken was also overcooked and had burnt pieces on it. Now they are all in the back joking and no one was cooking while people were waiting. read more

WaBa Grill - Yes see how much I had to take off when I asked for no rice - Fast Food Near Me - Indio, California

Food was fine this time... except they put sauce on one of our bowls & the instructions on that one was No Sauce...They fixed it for us but poor girl didn't get to start eating when we got our food. The drink situation left a lot to be desired though... first off they ran out of the fountain drink cups... So, we were given the mini water cups... Our other choice was expired warm Pepsi that was stored in their center cooler situated between the two registers... The cooler was apparently not working... The other option was the standup cooler had a few choices in it but no regular Pepsi... that another thing make me wonder if they are going to stay in business... Maybe I'm jumping the gun... but then again their food is good... So, they probably will stay in business... it was just very sloppy in there... when we got in there there were probably about three other tables of people eating and or waiting for food... so, it wasn't slammed but a few tables had sauce packets and napkins and sauce droppings that need to be wiped off the tables. Kind of bummed about that as it limited our choice of tables... Three stars this trip at Waba... read more

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I ordered a chicken veggie bowl with extra chicken. I heard the lady cutting up the chicken so i stood up she had my bowl made all the extra chicken i paid for i saw her throwing in the trash. I said yo i paid for the extra chicken can you put it in an extra bowl there was barely any left. I had asked for a refund on thr extra chicken i paid for the over weight manager laughed at me and said she could charge me extra if i wanted extra chicken. I said look i already paid 4 dollars for extra chicken im not paying 4 more to get what i paid for. What does it take to hire competent people with some what of common sense and a high school education. read more

Went to this location 10/30/21 last night around 5:30 ish. I was so so stoked cause I've had Waba in the past & they never disappoint. However last night at this location in Indio had me really upset. It wasn't busy at all & all I ordered was the beef & veggie bowl & 5 dumplings, the wait for my food was 15 minutes. When I sat down to the eat, my bowl was refrigerator cold!! I kid you not!! I will never go to this location again. I didn't even bother taking the food back which now I'm beating myself up for not doing ... stupid anxiety . I'm still in shock at how cold everything was even the rice. Never again waba in Indio. Never. Again. read more

This place doesn't get enough credit. Food is fresh and healthy. 5 stars for the homies at waba grill.

I walked in the business to get something healthy to eat. There was four people inside eating. Three workers behind the counter.One worker was scooping rice into a bowl, looked at me, didn't say a word, and went back to scooping rice. The cook looked at me and went back to cooking not a word. The rice scooper looked at me again like oh you are still here, not a word. Grant it I wasn't there long but long enough not to feel welcome. I would have waited 5-10 mins had someone said I wil be right with you. It could've been the uniform i was wearing, maybe not. When i turned and walked away to leave she asked the one man behind me that just walked in if she could help him. I'm perfectly fine spending my money somewhere else. read more

Worst WaBa I have been to EVER! Elizabeth Q needs to be trained on customer service. I waited at the register for about 5 mins till I was finally approached. Was not greeted properly or an apology for the wait. ( the place was not busy at all just very hot). I had a free reward on the WaBa app and was almost charged regular price . Elizabeth did not know how to redeem the reward . I always come to this WaBa but the service this time around was so bad . I won't be returning . I had to even ask for my drink . no napkins in the Dispenser and every drink that wasn't soda was Out of order . Goodbye WaBa u will be missed but my dignity is worth much more . read more

Food is actually pretty OK. The service is abominable. We placed an order today at 12:37 while a manager was sitting there eating her lunch. We waited. Waited. Waited. Mind you there was nobody in front of us. We were it! At 12:55, I asked "does this normally take 15 - 20 minutes?" One of the people standing around in the back said "We have your order right here". OK - another 8 minutes and they finally started bagging it up. This is crazy. The staff is the single most unmotivated group I've ever seen, and they move like they have lead shoes. They're not even pleasant. We charge our Tesla in that parking lot so come here often. We always forget how absolutely mediocre this place is. To top it off, the floor is so sticky you'd lose a glider or a thong off your feet. Really gross. Icky plates - icky people. New ownership needed. read more

I always get my Waba either on my way to the Bay area or on my way Diego! I've stopped here in Indio about 4xs... this time around 5/11... it was AWFUL the salmon was piddly and freezer burnt and the Rice was CRUNCHY!!!! They also had a sign saying Free avocado for an entree so I asked if my order was an entree? Salmon Veg n rice... they acted like they didn't understand a word I said!! Money wasted and I will never stop at this location ever again. Oh and my bag had teriyaki on it and was sticky there was hardly any on my rice!!!!!! I saved my food fir takeout other than that I surely would have gotten a refund!!!!!! Sad!!! read more

This place was ok, what you can expect from a fast food place. I ordered the spicy Asian salad with chicken. The salad looked fresh, the meat was a little dry. Staff was friendly, overall ok place to stop by if you're on the go. read more

Absolutely the worst restaurant I've ever been to. Lights were off in the dining area, employees were talking about how early they'd be able to leave even thought it was only 7pm. I asked for dumplings and was told they only had 5 left. Wish they had none left because what we got were burnt, hard as rocks and inedible. They had to check to see if they had steak available also. While waiting for the food I realized the employees probably didn't want to prep more food because they wanted to get out early. They seemed to have plenty of steak available after we ordered and more customers came it. The customers that showed up after us asked if they were open because it was so dark. Possibly another ploy to discourage customers so they could leave early. The place was dirty, trash on the floor, broken kitchen door. we waited 20 minutes for our food even though there were no orders before ours. While waiting I used the restroom, which was more disgusting than a gas station restroom. When we finally got our food it looked unappetizing and after spending such a long time for out food and realizing how unsanitary the restaurant was decided against eating it. I don't know what happened to this Waba Grill, we haven't been there in about a year but it has definitely gone way down hill. I've never seen so many 1 star reviews on Yelp before and I'm sure most of them would be zero stars if that was an option. read more

WaBa Grill - Burnt dumplings - Fast Food Near Me - Indio, California

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I have never had WaBa Grill until my friend, Ashman E., convinced me to go. First off it was tucked away and hardly noticeable when you pull into the shopping complex. Parking is fair and they have outdoor seating too. The ambience was excellent, definitely felt like I was in some sort of Wreck-It-Ralph video game haha they had music playing that wasn't too loud and I was immediately greeted upon entry. Apparently, I showed up at the right time because it was not busy to the point I had to wait for a long period of time. If you hate waiting is recommend coming here 2pmish. I ordered a chicken bowl with the brown rice option...but failed to realize you can add Avocado for an extra charge, they should ask you or make that avocado on the menu huge haha. My food was warm and steamy when I received and delicious. The employees are friendly and professional. The negatives were seeing an employee stare at a pile of dropped food and walking by it like he didn't see it...luckily the owner, or whom I assume was the owner, saw it and immediately took care of it. Overall 4stars, because of lack of attention to detail from staff and visibility of store and of sides to add into bowls...AVOCADO! read more

WaBa Grill - Chicken Bowl with self added hot sauce - Fast Food Near Me - Indio, California

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I'm so disappointed how fast this place went downhill since its opening. Today I went in for the first time in several weeks, most of the tables were dirty and not wiped down, the beverage dispensing area was sticky and filthy. When I was in line I noticed they no longer have the self serving sauce dispensers and the worse thing I noticed was the Jalapeño container was empty and had the tongs all the way submerged inside. I mentioned it to the cashier that I want Jalapeños and she didn't even acknowledge me. The food was awful Served warm to cold like its been sitting since lunch time and my vegetables were gross and soggy. read more

WaBa Grill - This place is not worth visiting - Fast Food Near Me - Indio, California

Y'all need to get new and better employees told the girl that was working what I wanted, 3 times. She said the order was right and then gave me a different bowl. read more

This evening went to Jackson WaBa for my favorite chicken bowl. There was so much noise in the kitchen AND clearly a new clerk taking my order, was a challenge, aside from the fact I had two different items and ordered two each. I thought all was well, paid and sat down to wait. Got home only to find out they'd done 2 different meats on two of the orders, which wasn't even mentioned at difference of over $2 plus per item. I know, I should have checked each order individually but I didn't. I'm just out an additional 9 dollars. I tried to call to let them know but guess what! Their line is disconnected! read more

Worst service ever! I would not send my worst enemy here! Employees on the back ignoring customers at the counter . Not wearing gloves when making food. Rude and disrespectful . Food made wrong them attitude when asked for a refund . It takes a lot to get me to write a bad review . read more

Fairly slow service about every time I come here, but I do enjoy the food so I can't pass it up

Great chicken and salmon bowls! read more

WaBa Grill - Fast Food Near Me - Indio, California

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