Eaton Center - Urban Eatery Very rarely do I have a taste for a sandwich and when it hit me recently, I decided to come here after reading all the glowing reviews. I went with the sandwich + salad option, which comes out to $10.25 after taxes. There is a lot to think about and they try to make it easy. 1. Choose a bread and a spread 2. Choose a meat and a cheese 3. Choose a prepared veggie and a fresh veggie Bread: fancese roll, multigrain, olive loaf, rosemary focaccia, whole wheat, whole wheat wrap Spread: avocado, basil hummus, curried apple, roasted garlic, roasted red pepper, and sun-dried tomato Meat: roast beef, proscutto, salami, chicken, turkey Cheese: havarti, smoked cheddar, mozzarella, asiago, brie, goat Prepared Veg: caramelized onion, grilled eggplant, portobello mushroom, roasted red pepper Fresh Veg: argula, banana pepper, fresh tomato My selection: Focaccia, sun-dried tomato, roast beef, smoked cheddar, grilled eggplant, and argula. The bread was so hard I almost passed out trying to take the first bite. I think that just ruined the entire thing. The roast beef was ok and the rest didn't add up to much flavor. I was hoping the sun-dried tomato would do something, but it just added weirdness to the texture. The salad was good and I liked the dressing. It's probably a good thing I don't have a taste for sandwiches often. read more

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This is my go-to place at the Eaton Center food court. I always go for the custom sandwiches here. Basically, you get to choose your own type of bread or wrap, spread, meat, cheese, and two veggies. My usual is a whole wheat sandwich, with low-fat avocado salsa spread. Then, I add grilled chicken breast, french brie, roasted red pepper, and arugula. It comes with a salad drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette. The ingredients are fresh, and the portions are decent. It's a relatively healthy meal that's filling and makes me feel less guilty compared to other options in the food court. read more

One of the healthier options in the food court, their Superfood Hot Quinoa Bowl with Ginger Sesame dressing was tasty, sufficiently filling, and not at all heavy after finishing. I paired mine with an orange VitaminWater. read more

I had to write an update to my review as a few things have changed and I had the chance to try out the sandwich side of the restaurant. Regarding the sandwiches - they're custom made, just like the salads but the ingredients list is very limited, but has some very intriguing options, including Rosemary Focaccia (yum!), two whole wheat bread options, avocado salsa, roasted garlic aioli, prosciutto, turkey, french brie, goat cheese, caramelized onions and grilled eggplant, among others. There's about 6 different choices per category and you get one type of bread, one spread, one meat (or substitute meat for extra veg x2), one cheese and then your veggies. I ended up going with Rosemary Focaccia with garlic aioli, no meat, and goat cheese, caramelized onion, grilled eggplant, arugula and tomato. They oil it and then grill it on a panini press while they prepare your salad (with balsamic vinagrette) to go on the side. All in, its a cute little box meal that doesn't LOOK like much but sure packs a punch. Flavor on my sandwich was amazing, they seem to have picked just the right ingredients for the sandwich side that would all feasibly go together to make a wicked sandwich. The goat cheese was warmed through and just a smidge melty and everything else sort of melded together on my walk back to work. Genius... just genius. The side salad is a decent size and although my sandwich looked small w hen I opened the box, it definitely did the job for a late lunch on a day I was very hungry. A few things that have changed recently - they're giving out less of each salad topping as they used to (although this is probably a good thing for my waistline). While the portions are still really good, they're not amazing like they used to be. And I noticed today that the prices went up. Nothing astronomical (I think my meal with tax was 0.25 extra) but its worth noting for people who frequent this location. Overall, this location is still a winner for me. I go here at least twice a week and a few of my coworkers have started going here as well. It's nice to find healthy food that's fresh made and right to order. Probably the healthiest place to eat in the food fourt (and by far one of the best). read more

Fast Fresh Foods - Rosemary focaccia with arugula, tomato, grilled eggplant, caramelized onion and goat cheese with balsamic side salad - Sandwiches Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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This was the best camouflaged Cobb salad in the world... Maybe it looks disgusting but at least tastes nothing like a Cobb salad. Fail. read more

Fast Fresh Foods - Cobb salad lol - Sandwiches Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Not worth the price. Sandwiches are decent but again, expensive. For a place that specialized in salads and sandwiches for $10+, you'd expect them to not be stingy on vegetables. I bought the "crunch" salad today and as soon as I went to eat it I wanted a refund. The toppings other than the kale and quinoa were practically non-existent. With the exception of about 5-6 "big" chunks of apple and cucumber. They refused the refund, even after contacting the manager. I will not be going back. If you're looking for a healthy alternative, just go to Freshii. A little bit more pricey, at least they aren't stingy over such basic ingredients. read more

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This is the only place I get lunch from in the food court. I love the sandwich + salad combo. I was walking to the food court with 3 other friends, and without saying a word we all walked to Fast Fresh Foods. Then we started talking about how much we like it. This is my order (try it an tell me what you think): whole wheat bread, spicy chipotle, turkey, goat cheese, eggplant or roasted red pepper, and banana peppers. I'm drooling. I'm pretty sure Sandwich Box was around first, but I like FFF better. read more

Fast Fresh Foods - Roasted chicken, red pepper, banana pepper, goat cheese, spicy chipotle on whole wheat. - Sandwiches Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I come here often for lunch since my work is right beside the mall. It is one of the truly healthy options available in the food court (no, subway sandwiches are not considered healthy). A sandwich and side salad combo will run slightly over $10 and a entree salad for about the same. Both are delicious and highly recommended. Everything is customisable as well. Staff are friendly and work really fast to keep the line moving. They can get annoyed at people who don't know what they want so make sure you read the menu before holding up their long lunch lines. Highly recommended for anyone looking to be health conscious and still have a tasty lunch. read more

Fast Fresh Foods - Healthy lunch option for $10 - Sandwiches Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I came here for lunch and got a soup. There are three lines to order and it turns out I was in the wrong one. The soup is piping hot so you have to wait a while to eat it, and the quality is meh. The bread rolls are left out to harden. The best part of my meal was the packaged butter for the bread. read more

Fast Fresh Foods is one of my preferred food court vendors in Toronto as everything is quite tasty and it doesn't make me feel as guilty when I eat at subway. The service is very prompt and the design of their menu is clean and straight forward. The sandwiches taste very fresh as the vegetables are vibrant and crisp. My only complaint is that the prices are a bit steep as you end up paying over $10 after tax for a small sandwich and soup. Although the ingredients are probably quite premium compared to Subway's I feel that I would only eat at Fast Fresh Foods if I wanted to splurge on lunch. read more

After hearing about all the hypes of this new food court at Eaton Center, I finally get to come here for a lunch this weekend. There is a good variety of vendors here, really impress by the healthier choices too! I picked Fast Fresh Foods today, because I'm trying to watch out for my diet, summer is here soon. I ordered a large custom salad to share with my boyfriend. I think their custom salad is priced very competitively. For a small custom salad, you can pick 5 different basic toppings and it's only for $6 ish, and for medium you get can pick 6 toppings and large you get 7 toppings. You can pick your own vegetable base (lettuce, romaine, spring mix etc) and dressing. For toppings, within the basic toppings, there are tonnes of choices, pinenuts, sunflower seeds, almonds etc, and then cherry tomato, couscous, apple, tangerine, olives, cucumber etc If you want to add proteins (chicken, turkey, avocado, tofu etc), they charge like $1.50 - $2 each...but they give you one big cup of it for each order. And finally, they will throw it into a big salad mixing bowl and mix it up for you, so there's no messiness of trying to mix it up in a small bowl by yourself. Everything was really fresh for us this time, hopefully they can keep it up! read more

This was my first time at the Urban Eatery, and my first time at a Fast Fresh Foods - and I really enjoyed both! I love that the Urban Eatery is greener than most food courts, using real plates and cutlery. That gets major points in my books. But, this is a review of the restaurant not the food court, so I won't talk about that too much. After a quick tour of the offerings, and knowing we had reservations for a big bbq meal later that night, my brother and I wanted to keep our lunch light and chose Fast Fresh Foods. Glancing at the menu, I quickly realized that this was no Subway sandwich shop! You chose from a selection of gourmet breads, choose one meat, cheese and spread, then choose one option from each of the prepared and fresh veggies. I had roast chicken with brie on rosemary focaccia with avocado spread, caramelized onions, and arugula. They then lightly toast the sandwich and serve it beside a generous heap of mixed green salad. As someone who has worked the 9-5 for a few years now, I get pretty bored with sandwiches. In fact, I haven't made myself a sandwich in over a year. But these sandwiches were delicious. I only have a couple of comments/complaints. I wish I had been asked if I wanted my sandwich brushed with oil before toasting - I would have preferred it not been. I also wish the toasting could have penetrated through the bread to the ingredients, to melt the cheese and warm the meat (hey, Subway does some things well!). And I wish I could have added more veggie toppings. But, for about $8.50, you could do a lot worse. A little expensive for a sandwich in my opinion, but not ridiculously so. I would definitely consider it the next time I'm shopping around lunch hour. read more

Ordered the sandwich salad combo. Flavors were good and salad greens were fresh. The greens come with a standard balsamic vinaigrette. Only downside was the packaging. The lettuce and salad dressing quickly soaked through the container in which they were packaged. read more

HORRIBLE quantity provided for the value of your meal. If only you could see the photo I took of how a $9.00 salad got me half a container of salad. All options are extra pricing and they give you little to none of that topping. Today was my first and last experience with this company. Do yourself a favour & save yourself from making a mistake, DON'T eat here! read more

I've been here several times for lunch because it seems to be one of the healthiest options under $10. They actually post nutrition facts online (hint hint, La Prep). The rosemary focaccia for sammich goodness cannot be compared to the average Panini anywhere nearby. Generous side salads and friendly, quick service make this a mighty fine bet in my books. read more

Got a salad there today. Toppings behind the counter didn't look good - especially the tomatoes which were turning brown. Taste of the salad is far from great. Most probably will not return to Fast Fresh. read more

Let me start by saying I have food sensitivities. I had checked with a few other restaurants in the urban eatery to see if I might find something to eat and I wasn't able to. I saw that they made custom salads so I thought it was perfect. I cannot eat onion or garlic as I have a digestive issue. I've been on a strict cleanse to avoid all known sensitivities for a week and prior to that I'd been avoiding onion and garlic for two months. I order a custom salad and I ask if the chicken has any seasoning on it, I was told it didn't. Great! I added it to my salad. Now the dressing; I ask the server if it has onion or garlic in it. She doesn't know and checks with who I'm assuming was the manager at the time. The manager doesn't look at anything and says no. I've been to this restaurant on a Monday evening more than once, and the Attitude of that one leaves a lot to be desired. So, I'm assuming she has extensive knowledge of the dressings. I eat my salad, which was good only to realize some 30 mins later that something in it has onion or garlic in it. I have a bright red rash on my face. I barely sleep that night because I'm reeling in pain from digestive issues. When someone asks about ingredients it's obvious they have a sensitivity or an allergy and that should be taken seriously. This restaurant has set me back in my progress. I will be calling the head office to complain. read more

Just had my best spinach salad EVER at Fast Fresh Foods! A boat load of spinach, lots of great toppings, and a delicious dressing ... all for a very reasonable price! read more

I. LOVE. This place. There are so many great options to customize your salad! Every time I go I try something new but my favorite so far is a medium salad w/ a kale base, carrots, chick peas, mushrooms, broccoli and sliced almonds with honey mustard. The only thing I think they could do better is with prices. Gets really expensive when you start ordering larger salads and the kale base is an extra dollar. Still, LOVE it and I go atleast 3 times a week! :D read more

Long story short, Fast Fresh Foods is not fresh. Here is the long story: On February 5th 2013 at 7pm I ordered a sandwich from Fast Fresh Foods in the new urban eatery food court within the Eaton Center. I won't be eating there again and if you are looking for "fresh" food then I suggest you be cautious with this company. I am familiar with the "build your own" sandwich concept, as I am a big fan of the company Sandwich Box. I was excited when I saw this place and realized I could get something similar. I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich, on rosemary foccacia, with avocado spread, asiago cheese and caramelized onions. I was excited about this sandwich because Fast Fresh Foods (FFF) has all of their ingredients, the bread etc all on display and I could choose what I'd like. The lady behind the counter built the sandwich with the ingredients I asked for. I was a little hesitant adding the caramelized onions because they were sitting in a lot of water, it looked like they had been frozen and just finished thawing. I asked her to drain the onions before putting them on the sandwich (this is when I should have known better). She then asked if I wanted the sandwich grilled and I replied yes. While the sandwich was grilling she started getting plain salad greens out of a large plastic bin that was sitting open on the counter beside the cash machine. It looked old and wilty and I was concerned about it being so close to the germy money transaction area so I asked if she had any fresh salad. She complained a bit but she did pull a fresh container out of the fridge below and gave me some fresh salad. So far so good. She then collected my sandwich from the grill, I paid and then took my yummy looking sandwich and plain salad to a seat. I tried to take my first bite of the sandwich but the bread was rock hard. I couldn't bite through the edge of the bread. I know that sometime foccaccia bread can be tough, however this was clearly stale. So I turned the sandwich around to try the other side (an inside edge of the bread) and it wasn't stale. However I was surprised by the ice cold chicken and onions in the sandwich. The lady had the sandwich on the grill for a good 5 minutes, yet the middle of my sandwich was ice cold. I was also weird-ed out by how mushy and soggy the onions were. So I took the sandwich back. When I got to FFF, and explained that the bread was stale (rock had stale) and the middle was cold, the lady that served me the sandwich asked if I wanted to put it back on the grill. I know the grill will dry the bread out more, so I said no. At that point I was grossed out by the soggy onions and the stale bread and wanted a new sandwich or a refund. She said she couldn't do the refund and I had to wait for a manager (who had just gone to the washroom). She didn't offer to make me a different sandwich, even after I asked. I waited for 10 minutes for the manager to return from the bathroom, I was very hungry and angry at this point. I explained that the bread was stale, the onions soggy, mushy and ice cold, even after the sandwich was grilled. And that after waiting as long as I had I simply wanted my money back. The manager said sure and as she handed me the money she said "the bread has been out all day you know, what do you expect"? To which I replied "I expect you to serve fresh food, since you are called Fast Fresh Food, and if your food is old then you should put an "end of day discount" on it instead of charging full price." She had nothing to say to that. I won't be eating there again. The rest of the food court is very nice and I found a much tastier meal elsewhere. If you are looking for fresh food around dinnertime on a Tuesday, then just be cautious ordering food from FFF. read more

Had the Roast Beef sandwich today and I was not impressed. There was hardly any Roast Beef on the sandwich. It was pretty tasteless as well. The only good thing was the salad. A big change from my first experience. If your craving Roast Beef better walk on over to "Rare" which is just almost across the way form this joint. read more

Last year, while at the Eatons Centre, my friend had a sandwich from here. She swore it was the best thing she's ever had. A year later, I decided that I should probably give it a go. I was impressed. I usually get the olive bread with sundried tomato, mozzerella, grilled chicken breast with mushrooms and tomatos. It is so good! It is a bit on the pricy side (~10.25 w/ tax) but that's alright. It is a change from grabbing Subway. If anyone has any recommendations to try here, give me a shout! read more

I ordered a quesadilla and the lady across was rude so rude that when I asked her to add the beans she snapped that's not the way its to be done so I thought alright le her be..she was rude and uncooperative anyways and then despite me not wanting it she landed up piling loads of raw green peppers into my quesadilla..if that wasn't enough she over cooked and burnt my quesadilla and it tasted like yuck..burnt stuff..wat a waste of my money..I usually end up at chipotle and burrito boyz and then both alway give excellent customer service..but this was a "never go again"...I don't know if the quesadillas they serve are meant to be burnt like the one that was served to me but its a long shot from any quesadillas I have had so far from anywhere..they don't even custom make the quesadillas which is completely new and unheard off to me..I'm happy to post a burnt picture of the quesadillas if yelp allowed me to.... read more