we came in when they first opened like 11:30 and I ordered cheesy tortilla soup. when I got it it was not hot barley warm. I ask gal behind counter if they could just microwave it and got a shit load of attitude. then out loud asked her staff to temp it. it was barley 150 in the pot so you could imagine in a cold bowl. she made me wait until she helped everyone else then when she finally came out slid it across table where it spilled over! if she was my employee I would have fired her immediately! read more

For $20 you can get a small bowl of food and a drink. I would rather go hungry. Service is always amazing, I typically go the east side location. Tried out the downtown location, great atmosphere and ambiance. Quick service. For the price, I would rather have anything else. read more

café Yuck Gross food, bad prices. First time not finishing a plate of food. The service and facility were nice, but the food was from Low quality ingredients, and not good dishes. read more

"The service was exceptional, with immediate greetings upon entry, and the staff demonstrated attentiveness and remarkable friendliness." "The manager proactively engaged with every table on multiple occasions during our visit, and the entire team exhibited outstanding amiability. Our server, in particular, conveyed a genuine passion for her role and a keen interest in my dining preferences." "Staff facilitated a seamless experience, ensuring my comfort throughout the process. The customer service was exemplary, and I anticipate returning." "The staff consistently recognizes us by name, and the quality of the food remains consistently high." "Delivering authentic service necessitates the inclusion of elements that transcend monetary value or measurement, specifically sincerity and integrity." Ill definitely be letting everyone know to come to this beautiful warming restaurant. Thank you again to the Hospitality. read more

Very friendly staff. Manager was there and was very helpful and great to the staff and customers

Have always had great service , food is fresh and very flavorfu! Love Cafe Yumm at the old Mill!

The service was great. The people workin there was very patient and very informative. The downside was the pricing for the tiny bowl we got. The Yumm sauce was overpowering as well. I'd suggest getting it on the side if you go there.. I don't think I'll go again unfortunately, but it was definitely a good place to stop on the way. read more

When I visit Bend I always eat at Cafe Yumm at least once, sometimes more. The location at Old Mill is the OG when they first franchised. It's easy for take out or a casual meal. Order at counter or perfect for delivery. Love all their bowls, always get a BBQ tofu skewer bc they are so tasty and we never leave Bend without a bottle of Yumm sauce to take home. Was sad they no longer offer the tempeh Ruben but the jazzy bowl is still very satisfying. read more

I always feel good about what I'm putting in my body after I eat here. The ingredients are overall very healthy, fresh and tasty!

The service is wonderful, but the food is incredibly overpriced for a "bowl of rice". There were only three tiny pieces of chicken in my bowl! the bowl was 3/4 brown rice a tablespoon of black beans, and the almost invisible chicken! I won't go back. I'm sad they are so close to us. read more

I came here after several hours of exercise. I wanted a healthy lunch. It's basically a Mexican bowl. Brown rice, avocado, beans, salsa, cheese olives, sour cream and cilantro is the original, there are very little variations. You can have it in a wrap or salad. There are 3 sizes - S,M,L the M and L look very similar so I got the medium. All in all it was good. I've had better tasting bowls. Nonetheless, it was easy and what I needed at the time. All came out very fresh. read more

During my year and a half living in Bend, I only ate here twice. Have always been a fan of the Cafe Yumm brand since discovering them in the PDX Airport some years back and then seeing them pop up all over Portland. Good food, healthy and still quick putting it to the top of my "fast food" favorites if I need to grab something on the go. This location in Bend fits the mold and I felt like I didn't miss a beat in stopping here compared to the regular Yumm haunts I went to eat at in Portland. Cannot go wrong here and they have options for everyone in your group no doubt. read more

Anything but yummy. Horrible cold food. Made me nauseous. The teriyaki sauce was tasted artificial and filled with sugar and MSG. Friendly staff. read more

I tried café yumm east side and it was much better. It must of just been a bad day when I went before. Everything was properly cooked and much better. I can greatly appreciate the professional and curious response from the owner as well and shows good management. read more

Soooo delicious!! Fast and friendly.. the SW chicken yum bowl is soooo good! One of our favorites!!

I got a bowl, tasted "yum" but for medium it was quite small, disappointed because it really needed an extra spoon of rice. Bowl was not filled up ti the top. I felt a bit ripped off. I paid over $12 so I think I hog charged for extra sauce? I would try It again be use it was tasty. read more

Great food with a great price. Vegetarian friendly ! Good stop if you are looking for something

Absolutely love this place and wish I could eat there everyday. Always leave feeling full but not weighed down.

Not a fan of vegan-esque joints serving small portions of rice + greens slathered in sauce. It's fine that the distaff/yoga crowd finds it compelling. But my palate prefers more substantial grub over greens. It's all about the nail.... read more

I like the taste, but, $18 plus tip for a small bowl of rice, beans, carrots and about an ounce of chicken for lunch is ridiculous! Restaurants keep raising their prices because of the increase in food prices and increase in payroll costs etc. so I understand that, but I do not understand serving smaller portions with less meat on top of the higher prices. Pick one or the other. I know that the bowl I just ate was about $1-2 worth of ingredients. I feel like restaurants are taking advantage of the already inflated costs by shrinking portion size and I find it disturbing. Next time I will buy my own ingredients, toss them around in a pan with some sauce and save $16. read more

The Yumm! sauce... You have to try it. It is so, so good! The location is in a beautiful setting, with mountains in the background and a view of the Deschutes River. read more

Cafe Yumm! - Old Mill District - Beautiful location!! - Cafes Near Me - Bend, Oregon

I stopped in here while my wife was shopping. Had low expectations but was surprised at the great flavor of the Yum bowl. I had the spicy version and heat was just right. Beers on tap. A great option for lunch when in old mill. Different than my usual lunch choices so was a nice change. Will definitely be going back. Will also add to list of take out options when we don't feel like cooking at home. read more

Good food, good people but a very poor design to place your order. The menu board comes 8 feet after the register. So you if don't know the menu, start an order walk 8' to read the menu. It's not a simple menu so take your time to figure it out and make want you want. Then go back to the register place your order. Don't mind that the line is backed up. It's not your fault. It is designed for this to happen. There are many ways to fix this problem they just don't want to do it. It's my 4 time hre in 4 years. It has always worked this way so it must be what they want. I'll be back again in a year and once more experience this careless approach to customer oriented design. read more

An up and coming restaurant where you can get rice bowls. There are several to order from off the menu or you can choose your own toppings. You can choose from three different sizes. The small is very small - like a snack size, the medium would be a normal meal sized portion. The Yumm sauce is very good and they sell it to take home, in a small jar or a large bottle. I would go back and I would buy the Yumm sauce. read more

On hold for 25 minutes... never picked up then tried to call back and they hung up on me. Nice work. 6/8 530-550 pm

I get so excited when I'm traveling through a town that has a Café Yumm in it. Called my order in, drove straight there and it was ready for me. Couldn't decide on my drink and Amber behind the counter helped me figure out that their strawberry lemonade is rockstar. Had a great chat with her, she took such good care of me. Always consistent quality and taste, always such a treat. Took a bottle of sauce home with me, wish I could replicate it at home but I will always keep trying. Thanks, Café Yumm, for the inspiration to eat healthier. read more

Drove all the way here and they were closed with no signs. I called and no answer. Kept ringing for a long time.

Karli has done it again, opening a new Cafe Yumm! on the Eastside of Bend. Cafe Yumm! is my favorite go to spot for lunch here in central Oregon and I'm very excited for this new opening. I frequent my mother-in-law on the Eastside and we always make our way to the Old Mill location. But now we can run just down the street. Thank you Cafe Yumm! for being a great part of my culinary community read more

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Cafe Yumm in Bend is a franchised location of the mother company run out of Eugene. Like all Yumm locations, the one in Bend offers a menu of fresh combinations of mostly vegetarian and vegan food. at reasonable prices This review is based on four lunch time experiences at Yumm. BOTTOM LINE: While it is not a place I think of as "destination eating", for quick healthy food it is a decent option if you don't mind standing in line to order, cafeteria style, and carrying your food on a tray out to the table. Seating at tables that are "sardine can" tight. . In the Old Mill Shops so convenient for a bite before a movie at the nearby theater. But overall, there are many other options in a similar price point for food in the area that are a better dining experience. FOOD: Menu ranges from signature rice bowls (rice with different beans or veggies and different sauces and toppings), to wraps, to veggie or fish burgers to skewers (including chicken) to salads. The Yumm sauce, which is the originator's creation that launched this ship over two decades ago, has lots fans even if one of them is not me. . (I think it's available to purchase separately for home use?) ACCESSIBILITY: if someone with you uses a wheelchair or other mobility aid, as do about 11% of the American public, goes to Yumm they may find the following barriers: The entry is accessible but the order process at the counter is difficult for space. The service bar for accompaniments and serve ware is set too high, violating ADA standards and state code making the "stuff" there unreachable. The seating can be so tight that it fails to keep the 36 inches clear passage requirement of the standards making a wheelchair user's ability to get to a table very difficult. read more

Love the original Yumm sauce. Love the original Yumm sauce. Love the origonal Yumm sauce. Love the iroginal Yumm sauce. Love the irogonal Yumm sauce. Live the iriginal Yumm sauce. Live the oroginal Yumm sauce. Live the irogonal Yumm sauce. Love the original Yumm sauce. With carrots. Sorry, I had to try this just once. Seriously though, I get a lot of original Yumm sauce just to snack carrots with. Deliciously addicting! read more

We were looking for a small lunch. Something satisfying but not too filling. Cafe Yumm was perfect! Food was fresh and service was fast. My husband had a wrap and I had a small jazzy bowl. This was perfect! read more

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Wow. Dimitri is an excellent addition to your staff. Best ordering experience ever. I'm a fan anyway, but Dimitri was very personable, used my name when he spoke to me, repeated the order in a clear concise manner. Thank you! read more

Tasty vegetarian, vegan and omnivore options for the whole family! We were able to sit outside with a large group, a baby and dog and enjoyed views of the mountains. The teriyaki tempeh skewers were delish! read more

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Great friendly staff but the food was eh. It's supposed to be healthy but wasn't really--fried tofu, lots of oily sauces. My husband and I gated we couldn't get the stinky smell/taste of sesame oil out of our mouths. read more

You know, when you run a restaurant as poorly as this, one question keeps arising: why bother? If you're the owner, why would you allow your restaurant to operate with chipped walls, filthy floors, filthy kitchen, disinterested employees, and mediocre food? If you're a customer, why would you continue to patronize such an establishment, when there are numerous alternative choices available - all within minutes? If you're the property manager for the mall, why would you elect to renew the lease of a business clearly in decline, bringing down the perceived quality of the entire mall? All of these imponderables have an answer - I just can't come up with it. Being regular customers of Café Yumm! for the past five or so years, we've seen a steady decline at this restaurant. Initially, it provided hot, healthy and delicious food fairly quickly for a good price. However, we've seen the place gradually fall into disrepair over the past couple years, choosing to ignore the trend because we remembered how good it could be (and how good the Portland Airport location continues to be). However, tonight's "dinner" was intolerable. First, we were told that, because they were short staffed, we were encouraged to take our food to go, even though there were three visible employees. Second, when my wife ordered one of the soups, she was informed that they were almost out, and that they could serve her what was remaining (the dregs). Ugh. Third, the Yumm Bowls we got (served in paper, to-go bowls) came out cold (not even lukewarm), with hard rice, beans and avocados. The floor in the restaurant was grimy and filthy, and the kitchen (see attached picture) is an absolute joke. To add to the aforementioned problems, the staff appears to not care what image is presented, the quality of the food they serve, nor the cleanliness of the restaurant. I cannot in good conscience recommend this restaurant to anybody. I wish the Old Mill would revoke Café Yumm's lease and instead, find a tenant interested in providing another good dining option in Bend. This will be our last visit to this restaurant - although I don't expect the owner, manager or employees to notice or care. read more

Cafe Yumm! - Old Mill District - We don't care...and it shows. - Cafes Near Me - Bend, Oregon

Tried this place bec of the rave reviews here in yelp plus its a stonethrows to where we are currently staying. Place is fast food style order by the counter.Had their tofu and rice and felt that the tofu was kinda hard and dried up. Portions were just right. the sauces were yummy. Healthy alternative to burgers and fries. read more

Do NOT eat here! My friend ordered this place on DoorDash and I thought their tofu options were pretty innovative. However, next time, I went to the old mill location and there was a decent line to order inside. When it was about to be my turn to order, I see one of the safe members in the kitchen use there bare hand to wipe their nostrils and then proceeded to touch the food. Disgusting! I had to walk out due to their lack of cleanliness standards. Fast forward to me in need of a quick lunch a few weeks later. I decided to try a different location off of Neff road. BIG mistake! The person who took my order was nice and the food came out fast. I ordered the BBQ tofu skewer bento box and the coleslaw was just shredded lettuce that took up most of the plate. The sauce was flavorless and the tofu cube was HALLOW! Everything tasted over microwaved, chewy & NASTY! ZERO STARS!! read more

We frequent Cafe Yumm in the Eugene area and it is one of our favorite "go to" places to eat. Sorry to say this location in Bend did not measure up. We were there for dinner tonight. The young lady at the register was terrible. She didn't smile and barely spoke to us in a whisper. The dining area was in a poor state for a restaurant that was not busy. We were the only people in line and there were customers at one other table. Yet the drink station was dirty, there was a cleaning bucket in plain sight near the bus station and the floor was filthy with mashed food etc. The good news is we liked our bowls. Cafe Yumm you can do better. read more

I love the Yumm bowls! If you're tired of sandwiches, hamburgers, and tacos, this is a great change of pace! They are filling and delicious! Their Yumm sauce is so tasty! It's one of my favorite places to eat! read more

Welp. Don't order a TOGO if you plan on it being quick. This location doesn't have a "TOGO line". So you know that long line they're known for? Yep. You're standing in it. I ordered my TOGO order 15 min earlier than I needed it and not even during the lunch hour and I still waited 15 min in line...yea super fun When I finally got to the register the first thing the chick says to me, "So bad news. We're out of avocado". I'm vegan that's pretty much the only thing in my bowl. So I ask her why there isn't a TOGO line. Her response? "Our store isn't set up for one and we don't have the staff." Worst possible answer ever. So I wasted half my lunch in a line I didn't belong in and I didn't even get what I wanted as my bowl came with Sour Cream, Cheese and no Avocado...a vegan's dream. read more