Food - fast and fresh. It's hard to win with both. I have a ton of choices. I love it! Environ - Just OK. It doesn't matter to me because I order to go. Room for Improvement - Quantity of protein. I've been heading to Hannah's Bretzel because they offer more protein. When I pay for protein at your place, I feel like I am not getting enough. read more

Everything is fresh. It's good. The thing is you need to be lucky on who's making salad for you. I like to have 4 topping salad. Some times, my bowl is just half way filled. It's like a appetizer portion for lunch. Bad... read more

This used to be our go to meal when we were ordering delivery. Over the course of a few months the quality steadily decreased. We noticed missing ingredients, and food also started to removed from the menu. We won't be continuing to order out from here regularly. read more

The salads are great and reasonably priced compared to other places in the area. I mean, you can pick your own ingredients, so if you don't like the salad, it's probably your own fault. The pizza on the other hand, gross. I had the ham and cheese pizza, which tasted like it was buried in salt. Not to mention the menu board makes no mention of a 1/2 order, so now I'm stuck with a ton of pizza left over. It was so salty I could only eat two pieces. Paninis are so-so. I've tried a few different kinds and none of them were great, but they weren't bad either. Soup - the butternut squash soup is AWESOME and the potato dill is pretty good as well. I'll keep going back here, but I'd recommend sticking with building your own salad or the soup. read more

This is a perfect lunch spot in River North. Most places in the area are over priced and pretentious. Mixed Greens is the perfect (and thankfully) the exception. Phenomenal salad bar options which offer fresh ingredients and tons of choices to never get bored. Best part, it's extremely affordable ($8 for a huge salad). They also have a great menu of sandwiches and pizza if you're in the mood as well. Since I've discovered this place, I'm there atleast 3 times a week. Thank you for bring sanity to the lunch restaurant scene in River North!! read more

Been there once only and although the line was super long, I got my food and to a counter in a very fast amount of time. My goat cheese salad was pretty tasty. Good place. read more

This is one of our go-to spots for lunch, and I like that we all can have variety from salad (warm goat cheese is unique and yummy) to the Cubano Panini (LOVE) to a decent pepperoni pizza. Sometimes we split meals too...Recently got a calzone lunch special. It contained ingredients not posted on the board and I didn't care for it. I went to the cashier/manager to complain and he promptly apologized and offered to make it again for me with the right ingredients. They didn't have exactly everything for my calzone so brought me an entire pizza AND a completed punch card so my next lunch was free on them for my inconvenience! A colleague had an issue one day waiting for her meal too long that they credited her a free meal at next visit. GREAT customer service experiences - there aren't many places I know that go above and beyond like that :) read more

they were out of kalamata olives so they gave me artichoke hearts as a substitute i was like *bingo!* plus those girls are so damn cute read more

Coming from Washington DC, this place didn't quite live up to my salad-joint standards. The restaurant was disorganized, the options on pre-designed salads slim, and the employees seemed to just be throwing things together without much attention to quantities or portions. I especially missed the ability to weigh in on how much dressing was put on my salad. All that said, the salad I did get was solid for the price - and given the dearth of options in the area I definitely will frequent again! read more

I love this place and really appreciate a place to get a fresh tasty salad to take home for dinner - one of their specialties or build your own - without the hassle and expense of a typical restaurant. The service is fast and friendly, and the variety of ingredients offer opportunities for unique build your own:-) read more

Stick to the salads. For sure don't order the meatball sandwich. Cheap melted cheese, some tomato flavoring, two tiny meatballs, all between two huge slices of white bread. But at least it costs $8 and took 8 minutes to cook. read more

This place is one of my favorite lunch places around work. Pretty much everything is great. I eat here nearly every week and do not get tired of it. The pizzas and paninis are mostly all delicious, and the salad bar is so great. The Turkey Club Panini, the Chicken Pesto Pizza and the Buffalo Blue Salad are my top choices. Their daily soups are hit and miss, but I do enjoy the Tomato Basil. It's all really convenient to grab and go. The salmon isn't the best, so I'd stay away, but they have lots of great options. read more

My co-workers and i order here about once a week and every time it's fantastic. I recommend any of the salads, the chili is fantastic, mama's meatball panini is to die for. read more

The shorter of the two female servers has quite the attitude. Managed to irritate both my wife and I independently with her sarcastic, lazy and unpleasant manner. Will not be returning. read more

Love this place! Always fresh salads, great cookies and warm bread. The best option is to build your own salad, and get a protein..it comes out to a great lunch for under ten dollars! I will say it's best to go there yourself, as opposed to delivery. I've never had a problem with ordering online...so i'm not sure what the other reviewers are talking about. read more

Salads here are great. I go here all the time. The last time they forgot my delivery and I waited 2 hours starving but other than that they are great. Would recommend to healthy eaters. read more

The food is great. Customer service.... Well I went about 11:45 and wanted some pita bread with my salad. I was told there was none but the guy behind me they just asked and they gave him some?? I then proceeded to check out and asked the cashier for some pita bread and she told me she would bring to my table. I got up and asked her 2 times and she said ok. The third time I asked the other cashier and she completely looked at me as if she didn't understand what I was asking for.. On my way out I asked if you still get pita bread with your salad? I was told that the person who make the pita bread cane in late today; and she is trying to catch up. I told the cashier you could have told me. Remember initially she told me she would bring yo my table when I first asked. Oh well what can you do? read more

This place is pretty great. Saladsare fresh and there are lots of choices of ingredients and dressings.

Wow...just tried the sesame chicken panini, may have been the best panini I've ever had! Coming back tomorrow for another. Great light meals at great prices. read more

I wish Mixed Greens would open a location in Andersonville or Lincoln Square! My co-workers and I order from here every week. This is a Great lunch place full of options that are fresh and light! Definitely recommend the Goat Cheese Salad. read more

Its great food, but when my delivery driver came with the food, half the salad was in the bag... and my dressing was not even half way full. Not sure if I'll order again due to only being able to eat half a salad but paid for a full one. At least I had enough dressing for a half a salad. read more

For what I want - which is fast, fresh, and interesting salad that actually encourages me to eat a healthy lunch - Mixed Greens can't be beat. I can eat there every day and not get bored, and I only ever get the salads so that's saying something. I haven't done the build your own because I like their choices - especially the Mexicali with spicy peanut dressing and Super Greens with kale. I also love the salmon Caesar and the seared tuna sashimi with wasabi peas - although with both of those, I agree with some of the reviews that those two are frequently way smaller in portion size than the others. I think it's because the fish is a small set portion (vs chicken or steak where they grab a handful). The salad makers leave too much room at the beginning and you're left with a light bowl at the end. So, Mixed Greens management who may be reading this, you may want to train the makers to grab more lettuce for those two. That's minor though, in general these guys are fast and there are a ton of choices. I don't think it's pricey - I feel like I'm paying for freshness, speed, and variety and entree salads are typically around the $8-10 mark anyway. I always walk there and order in person so I can't speak to delivery/pre-order. But I'm so glad they're near work! read more

Food is great...service is terrible, one they always have music to loud and can't hear your delivery order and two they always give unrealistic times of delivery arriving. Both girls at cash register ask you to constantly repeat your order...this is the 7th or 8th this has occurred and our order was wrong again and she overcharged us. I hope management does something about this..... Update: Management listened. Service is much better for delivery! Thanks read more

Terrific salad place! One of my favorite;s in the city. Only issue is one of the lady's that works behind the salad bar at night. She is there almost every night during the week. She is EXTREMELY cheap with the toppings. It pains her to give more than one artichoke. She hardly puts on any toppings. I have to ask each time to put on a little more. Everyone else that works there is great! This lady gives horrible service every time I am there. read more

Good salads but they need more kitchen organization so that they pass the salads down a line instead of having individual salad makers. It takes forever to get a salad tossed! Plus $10.00 for a salad that cost $3.00 at most to produce is a little ridiculous. read more

First off, Mixed Greens, update your website with the correct hours for your Erie location. I went to the Erie location tonight at 8:25pm and the restaurant was closed, even though the Mixed Greens website says the location is open until 9pm. When I called the store, the woman on the phone said the store is never open until 9pm. So, my conclusion is that either the Mixed Green staff decided to close early because the location doesn't get much business late at night and/or the staff wanted to get home, or the website is just wrong. I had this same problem about a year ago, and I think the person on the phone (I called because I saw staff in the restaurant) said something about summer or winter hours, which I thought was weird at the time. Also, I just tried emailing the "info" email address listed at the bottom of the Mixed Greens website, and the email instantly bounced back to me. Nice. Second, about a year ago, I was doing a random check of my credit card charges and noticed a bunch of charges from a placed called "OrganicLife". I had no idea what "OrganicLife" was, and I assumed I was getting fraudulently billed by some bogus place selling vitamins. I did a Google search and found the website for OrganicLife. About ten minutes later, I finally discovered that OrganicLife owns Mixed Greens. If you want a lesson in terrible information architecture, go to the OrganicLife website and see how long it takes you to find out that OrganicLife is the parent company of Mixed Greens. Do it with some of your friends and see who can find the information the fastest. When I called OrganicLife to tell them that they really should make it so Mixed Greens charges show up as "Mixed Greens", I was told they had heard that feedback before. When I give someone legitimate feedback or suggestions, I like to believe he or she will take action, and I did not get that feeling. Maybe OrganicLife has since made that change, but my intuition suggests otherwise. I would be able to know for sure if I could have gotten into the restaurant tonight and charged a salad. Finally, as far as my actual Mixed Greens experiences. In the roughly ten times I've been to the Erie Mixed Greens, the quality of my experience has been mixed. Sometimes the quality of the staff and my salad is great, other times both are disappointing. Many times I have felt like the Mixed Greens restaurant is kind of an afterthought. A restaurant that someone (I believe a food catering company) opened and never improved or properly managed. In fact, I'm not totally sure the Erie location actually has a manager. It's important to note that almost all of my visits to Mixed Greens visits have been at dinnertime. It's entirely possible that Mixed Greens goes way downhill at night. Given how busy the restaurant is at lunch compared to how almost entirely empty it is at night (I think the late night Erie hours are not long for this world), I'd expect most Yelp reviews to be written by people that go to Mixed Greens for Lunch. That could explain some of the disparity between my 2-star review and the 3.5 average. Overall, I find Mixed Greens to be relatively mediocre, and I have an abusive relationship the restaurant. I've been annoyed by Mixed Greens way more than I've been satisfied or thrilled, but the unlimited ingredient salads and the aged balsamic dressing have me forgetting my disappointment and coming back every couple of months. read more

Ordered online (through Doordash.com) for a large lunch delivery (12 people). Mixed Greens delivered earlier than expected, with labeled orders, and the entire order was correct AND delicious. I was shocked! The group has already asked to make this a staple lunch delivery. Thanks Mixed Greens! read more

Let me just start off by saying I've been getting the same unlimited ingredient salad here for the past 3 years. I work across the street and the first time I tried it in 2014, I was hooked. The endless fresh ingredients, the warm pita bread. It was the most delicious salad I'd ever created and I would crave it. But over the past couple of months, they started cutting back to save money and it's annoyingly obvious. As if charging $14 for a salad wasn't enough. They started giving smaller portions of the ingredients and charging extra for guacamole. I used to be stuffed after I finished my salad, not anymore, not even close! They used to give you 4 pita triangles in a pack, then they went down to 3, now it's two and they keep it behind the counter, so you have to ask for it. Frankly, it's not worth it anymore for a takeout salad and it's a slap in the face for the folks that had been going there for while. read more

This place should definitely have a higher rating! They have so many different ingredient options, their soup is amazing and I am always happy with the food. Highly recommend! read more

During class I was hit with a pang of hunger and stomach growling ensued. You can imagine how embarrassing this in a quiet room of artists alongside you drawing a nude model. I decided to step out momentarily and searched for food places nearby via GrubHub in order to pay with my PayPal account since I didn't have cash on me. My options were limited but in the end I decided on Mixed Greens and ordered a Turkey Panini and soup of the day (despite the 85 degree whether outside. That's just how I roll). I was alerted my food would be ready at 1:01 which was perfect since my class ended at 12:30. I arrived at 12:45 thinking that maybe JUST MAYBE (and hopefully) they had finished my order early. Nope nope nope. I was kept waiting until around 1:20. And when I first asked about my order I was given a bad vibe from the woman who seems to hate her job and wasn't very concerned about when I got my order. She simply told me to "wait a minute." Well I waited a minute. I waited five minutes. 15 ... 20 .... 30 ... And still no sign of my order or any indication it was on its way. It was only after another young woman came to the counter to help out the weird-vibe-lady that she asked me my name and got me my order. She apologized but by then I was already late for my next class. I decided to just sit outside and eat it there. Unfortunately my panini wasn't even worth it. Pretty lame actually. Something I could make at home. I'm unimpressed. read more

Love this spot. Such a great addition to the River North hood since we don't have much to choose from and it's actually reasonable and has healthy options! read more

great lunch spot if you are in river north. healthy lunch options are limited near my office and mixed greens is a great addition to the neighborhood. read more

To avoid getting sick and tired of eating salads every day for lunch, you need variety, and this place has plenty of it. Other reviewers have pointed out that they tend to screw up on the menu salads and make them sorta small, but you can't go wrong with the build your own. They have just about every topping known to man. It's $9 for the BYO salad and it's plenty big when you have them pack on the unlimited toppings. Adding a protein is an extra $2, but you can add bacon bits (big chunks of real bacon) for free. And the pita bread is free. And you get free water in a nice plastic cup, not the tiny dixie cup most places give you for water. All around a solid spot. read more

Tasty salads - you can order a signature salad or build your own. Definitely the healthiest option by my work. A little pricey (this IS River North), and not the best eat-in atmosphere, but taking it to go worked fine. I got a French salad with bleu cheese, fruit, nuts, and chicken. Very nice. read more

This place has a variety of things which are all so good and good portions too. I usually get their flat breads but have also had the meatball panini which was amazing! Their soup and salads are also good and actually fill you up! read more

This place is not handicap or stroller friendly. There is no elevator. Not sure how this is allowed in 2016.

I like this place. Been here a few times and had dinner here last night. It is my go to place when I want a cheap and good salad for dinner. The ingredients have always been fresh every time that I came in and the quality and value for my money is good. Their chicken pizza was surprisingly delicious. I'm not a fan of paninis but it was well executed. They don't get five stars because of service. I actually want to give them 3 stars because of service but because I have always enjoyed my food I gave them 4 stars. I assume that their employee issues are due to poor management which can be easily fixed. The employees making the food do a good job, but the cashiers and management not so much. While the people are mostly friendly they provide poor customer service. One time I called in and asked what their soups of the day were and the lady that answered the phone said she "didn't really know, it's just the regular stuff we normally have" which to me is an immediate red flag but I didn't really want soup anyway so I let it go, I was asking for a friend but that wasn't professional. Also I came in at 8:00pm with my girlfriend one night and was turned away. The hours posted in their restaurant and online say they close at 9:00pm and I've gone in there before closer to 9 and gotten service. I mentioned this to the lady behind the cash register and she said, "Sorry we're closing at 8 today". That was irritating to say the least. I have also come into Mixed Greens and seen the staff using the facilities to make their own meals, focused more on that, while customers are waiting. This happened on a late afternoon. I came in with a couple of friends and we waited near the ingredients to be helped. A man that worked in the back and a woman that makes the salads were tending to two fryers they had set up in the back corner McGuyver like. They were frying chicken wings for themselves and laughing and talking about it. Not a big deal if I don't have to wait for service. My friend said, "I thought this was a healthy place, I didn't know you guys served chicken wings." The lady then replied that the wings were for them and not for sale. Then she asked us what we wanted. Also, pay attention when they make your salad, I like salads and different ingredients in mine, so I don't make a fuss, but I have gone in here several times, ordered a salad and the server put all kinds of different ingredients in it as if she didn't know what the salad was composed of e.g beats in the cobb salad or chickpeas in another. I like beats and chickpeas though so I didn't trip. read more

This place is delicious!! Just ordered here for the first time today and it was great! I had the Pizano Panino (it's a little spicy) and the Cream of Broccoli soup and my friend had the Parlez Vous Francais Salad. It was very tasty and the food was still warm when it got here, and it came 15 minutes before the expected delivery time! We were 2 very happy customers. read more

good salad...nice healthy lunch place right next to my office.

This place could be great but it's not. My main gripe is that one day your salad is a decent size or even huge, and the next day it's tiny. There's some serious variation from one staffperson to the next on how much of each item they're putting in your bowl. The assortment of items and freshness are both very good, but if I'm hungry two hours after I finish eating that's a problem. I haven't tried their pizzas or paninis yet but I probably will as the descriptions look good, and that would hopefully help with the portion problem. read more