We love Forage. The staff are always super friendly and the food is always delicious.

Probably the best food I've had in Madison in a long time! Fast fresh the atmosphere was great! I will be telling all my friends about this new location! read more

I love Forage Kitchen! I will definitely be back! Thank you for the great atmosphere!

It's hard to find "healthy" fast(er) food. I'm a fan of the Mole Bowl. I like the mix of ingredients and textures. I also like that they switch up the menu. Local place and they have a reward program. read more

Forage Kitchen - Mole Bowl - Salad Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

fast, convenient ordering-Quality of food is consistent-always fresh. love the flavors and variety Forage offers

Still really good, just the portion sizes the last two times I've ordered have gone down significantly. What there was of my bowl I still very much enjoyed, but was shocked to open my bag to see a half-empty bowl. Kind of not worth it for the price if this is the case. read more

Hilldale has added a number of promising new restaurants in the past several months and Forage Kitchen did not disappoint. Like its counterpart on State Street, the Hilldale outpost of Forage Kitchen does an impressive job of taking relatively simple ingredients and skillfully transforming them into flavorful, healthy meals. The bulk of the menu then consists mostly of various grain bowls and custom salads. Most of the bowls are vegetarian, but you can choose from a wide selection of animal or plant-based proteins to round out your meal. During my recent visit, I ordered the Thai Bowl (Thai sweet potato coconut sauce, forbidden black rice, roasted sweet potatoes, daikon, cucumber, cilantro, Thai basil) with coconut-braised pork belly, while my daughter elected to Club Med Bowl. Other than the protein, I immensely enjoyed the cornucopia of flavors and textures of the Thai Bowl. The roasted sweet potatoes contrasted nicely with the more savory elements of the bowl. The dry, stringy pork belly was the sole disappointment, did added little to the flavor profile of the meal. The roasted sweet potatoes with tamarind pepper jam from the shareables menu are also high recommended. So much better than the salty, often overcooked sweet potato fries from the nearby Café Hollander. The venue is clean and well maintained. The windows in the front of the restaurant open up, giving diners an opportunity for an al fresco experience during the warmer months. read more

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The food is quite fresh and healthy, good when you are craving healthy food. Not as good as Sweet Greens in regard of selection of greens and extremely freshness of ingredients and add-on. Perhaps the owners should visit all Sweet Greens restaurants to see how to make Forage better. read more

I have heard great things about this restaurant from friends and family and was excited to try them. I placed an order on Eat street for pickup and received notification that my order was ready 40 minutes later. When I arrived to pickup my order, no one had even seen it. I told two separate people that I had a newborn at home that I needed to get back to quickly and was assured that they would finish my order quickly. 20 minutes later, no one had worked on my order. I had a request a refund and am unlikely to try this site again in the future. read more

I really wanted to like this place. I think the food is great but management however needs training on how to treat employees. I came in one afternoon on my lunch to grab some food and over heard a manager speak rather condescendingly to another employee in front. I couldn't catch the name, Cheryl, Charlotte or Cheri. One of those. She was plain rude and I felt so bad I decided to leave. I am hoping the employee spoke up and upper management is aware. Not acceptable in my book!! I'll stick to the State St location. read more

Wonderful place with great healthy options, but the service is painfully slow and the employees made no effort to even move at a moderate pace despite there being a line of over 10 people. Food is good, but employees could use some additional training. read more

I didn't know food could be both really healthy and tasty! As a vegan, it's also nice to find a restaurant that has so many options and accommodations. The bowls look really colorful and the flavors blend together beautifully. The only thing I would change would be for them to add a little less salt to the mole bowl and the vegan chili, but otherwise it was a really fresh and unique taste that surprised me in a really good way. Finally, of course, my server was gracious and very helpful, which is always good. read more

I ate the Thai Cashew bowl with Salmon. It came with a ton of salmon. I thought it was delicious. I will be back.

If you love the Thai bowl at the State St location as much as I do, and you were expecting the same, you will be disappointed. You cannot call something a big mac and then make it without the patty. The Hilldale location does not come with the grilled chicken at State St location, and it thoroughly ruins the experience. read more

I work near the Hilldale Forage Kitchen and it's my favorite place for lunch. I am vegan and always order the Thai cashew bowl with tempeh. The tempeh here is so good and I love the Thai dressing. They do not skimp on serving size! I've been here several times and also tried the Thai Bowl (good curry sauce), my vegetarian husband liked the Club Med bowl too (which could be vegan). Really fresh ingredients! Happy to have this place by me! read more

Forage Kitchen - Thai cashew bowl with tempeh - Salad Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

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My first trip to Forage Kitchen definitely left me wanting more, and excitedly anticipating my next trip! The whole family would agree as well! When you can get the kids approval on healthy fast food then you know that the restaurant is doing something right! I also have to brag on this restaurant for their amazing customer service. We took forever trying to figure out what we were going to order, and everyone patiently waited on us without those looks of disgust and "hurry up." My kids and I did a Build-Your-Own-Bowl and the options were endless! I can't wait to go back and try more variations. We also ordered a Vegan Chili bowl (only $3!!!) and hubs got the Thai Bowl. I tasted a little of everything, and it was all amazing! All of our bowls were scraped clean at the end of the visit. Like I said before, we can't wait to go back! My kids are begging that visiting Forage, after a day of rock climbing, becomes a family tradition!!! read more

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I got the grain bowl with salmon, 15 dollars for a small bowl of veggies and maybe 2 oz of cold smoked salmon. I asked for dressing on the side, which they did, but even without adding the dressing the veggies and quinoa were oily. Ate less than half and threw it out. Hubby got the Thai bowl, good flavor but for 8.50 it was about a cup and 1/2 of food and the rest was sauce. Would NOT recommend or go back. Prices are way to high for what you get. read more

I came into the store today for a bowl and I got the fiesta bowl with chicken. The bowl was full of flavor, texture and rocked my taste buds. The staff was very helpful. I even signed up for rewards. We will be back. read more

I am a regular customer who orders from Forage on the regular. Today, however, I ordered a bowl online and I went to go pick it up and the portion was half the size of what it usually is, half of the bowl was empty. Then, the base (including the rice and beans) and vegetables inside were running liquid everywhere and extremely soggy, plus they forgot my tortilla strips that go with the order. I ordered this same bowl no different than how I usually order them, and other times they have been fantastic. Today was extremely disappointing considering I spend a significant amount of money on their bowls every time. I expect better. read more

I love their Thai bowl so I eat here about twice a week. For the quality of food and the nutritional value, it's relatively a steal.

The food used to be really good. Now it seems like the quality has decreased and prices have increased. Doesn't seem worth the prices.

Went for lunch during the rush today and the food was enjoyable. We had a mole bowl and a Thai cashew. Both were well made and filling. We found a table quickly and enjoyed our meal. The reason for two stars is that the gentleman prepping the food had a beard and did not have hair net on his beard, the one of the bowls had a significant chip out of the rim, and it took pulling 4 forks to get two cleans forks. read more

We've tried 4 bowls - power, Thai cashew, poke and fiesta. Power and Thai cashew were our faves but all 4 were great. Lots of flavor. I do wish they offered two sizes, because there's a LOT of food in each bowl. Some minor kinks in the accuracy and efficiency in the large staff, too, but it's still on the newer side at this location, so hopefully those work themselves out. read more

Lettuce wrap gritty and inedible. Asked if I wanted something else but did not offer to reimburse. Said we do wash our lettuce but not this time. Second unimpressive meal I've had there. Bummer. Great idea. The people working seemed nice but too young to be in charge. read more

I have eaten at this location and the downtown location and I like the food. The trouble is their food handling. Last weekend I was at this location and a guy working behind the counter kept taking his hair in and out of a pony tale while walking around by the food. He handled money and made bowls for people. He would go straight from handling his hair to putting on gloves, or straight from handling hair and then money to putting on gloves before making the next person's food. I'm not kidding when I say he took his hair in and out of a ponytail about 20 times while I was there. I asked for a manager and the girl standing next to him the whole time said she was shocked and it wasn't right, but she hadn't noticed. Hadn't noticed? He was 5 feet from her the whole time.....she also said he doesn't work here regularly...as if that matters. I have lost confidence in this place. Why not have some clear guidelines for your employees like: all of your grooming needs to happen BEFORE you get to work and have a dedicated register person....otherwise, they need to WASH their hands between toughing money and putting on gloves. This is basic food handling 101. Come on! read more

I live in the Hilldale "complex" and work at Hilldale so was thrilled to have a new addition to our neighborhood. The first time I tried it I fell in love! The ingredients are fresh and you can have exactly what you like! My go-to bowls are the "Local Roots" (love the roasted beets and maple-sherry dressing) and Poke Bowl. Pay attention if you check out the menu online--not all of the ingredients are accurate (i.e., online Local Roots comes with mixed greens, but in the restaurant it's kale--and A LOT of kale--so I swap it). I'm still confused about swapping items (i.e., on the Poke Bowl I like 1/2 black rice and 1/2 greens) because sometimes they upcharge and sometimes they don't...so it's good to ask first. All that said...I eat there at least twice a week! Give them your phone number to start a frequent buyer account! I've had a lot of free kombucha and $1.50 off my bowls several times already. It adds up quickly :-) read more