Salad Days

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Only been twice and I am absolutely in love with Salad Days !! I frequent the cafeteria at the Hudson’s Bay Center for lunch and I always pass this place, too intimidated by the huge line up that goes out the door.
However, I read the online reviews for this place as well as the one in Cumberland Terrance and decided why not? I love that this location is accessible from the Yonge subway station without having to leave the building. Perfect for these cold winter days where it’s too cold to step foot outside to its Bloor West location.
They are exceptionally accommodating to any requests and substitutions. I ordered the Cobb salad on Grabb (an app to order food for take out) and being a vegetarian, opted to have either hummus or mushrooms to my order instead of chicken. When I opened the box, I saw that they gave me both the items generously. A small was more than enough to fill me up, the styrofoam container was packed to the extreme.
Be prepared for a 10 – 15 wait for your food during rush hour but that’s a standard wait time for any decent place that isn’t fast food junk. So glad to have finally tried this place out!

I love this place — cheapest/​best lunch in the area. I love the cobb sad — for $ 5.50 for s small — it’s HUGE.

It’s a salad bar. Not a whole lot of prep work goes into it so you would expect fresh ingredients. And they are. I ordered a salmon salad while my friend ordered the special (which was chicken breast with some veggies, mash, stuffed grape leaves and Greek salad). I added some capers into my salmon salad which I recommend since it adds more flavour to the salad. The base was a garden mix (so red lettuce, spinach and those dandelion-​type leaves) with a few cucumbers, tomatoes and mixed peppers placed on top. Drizzled with a balsamic vinegar, I think. Finally the smoked fish meat and capers. The salmon tasted fresh and was quite hearty. The leaves were fine and all veggies had a crispness to them, so fresh.
My one complaint comes from tasting the chicken. The chicken had no flavour whatsoever. I’m not sure why, since the stuffed grape leaves had more taste than the chicken. Being super healthy doesn’t mean you should give up on flavour!

Not a big fan of buying salad outside but this place is sweet!
It’s relatively cheap, fresh, delicious, and located right next to Bloor subway. Always walked passed it and never stopped to try, but today I managed to with my coworkers. They have a good variety of pre-​built salad and wrap choices. I tried the Cobb Salad (small) — it was only $ 4.95 ($ 5.60 after tax) and they fill the salad box up to the max! I loved the ingredients they give and for the Cobb, you can choose either Feta or Blue cheese yummmms!
I’m pretty filled up even with their small salad portion. Next time, I would want to try their Smoked Salmon Salad, Hummus Salad, or their Special (large) for only $ 6.49.
Their staff and service is alright. Pretty quick given the many employees during lunch rush. Never go around 12PM noon, or else the line up is huge!

There’s always a line during lunch. Always! Luckily, it moves fast and there’s lots of regulars who know how to order with as few words as possible.
What I love:
— A filling lunch that’s fresh and I don’t feel ridiculous after.
— The lunch special (currently) is Greek Salad with grilled chicken/​salmon, sweet mashed potato, and stuff grape leaves for $~7!
— You can substitute ingredients (I like avocado rather than tomato)
Simple, fast, feel-​good lunch!

I never thought that I would pay for salad, but this place changed my mind. You can see the line and the fans during lunch service, which loops 3 times outside the place. However, the line moves very quick, as their skilled servers are pros and will get your salad to you with remarkable speed. And really, you can’t beat the price. Though they have recently raised their prices around $ 0.50 across the board, you can still get the lunch special for under $ 7.50. This is a long styrofoam box stuffed with an assortment of greens, sweet potato mash, vine leaf wraps, scoops of tzatziki and hummus, and your choice of chicken or salmon. Of course, you can get their other salads too or build your own. When I worked near, we came here 2 – 3 times/​week. Amazing value and super healthy.

It’s hard to find good salad reasonable priced. Guess that’s why the line up is like crazy and people are rave about it. Had the lunch special that is with Greek salad and either smoke salmon /​grilled chicken vine wrap and some tahini sauce and yogurt with cucumber sauce and two scoped mashed sweet potatoes. Also you can substitute ingredients you are dislike. They do have a great selection of greens and variety to choose from. You could even make your own salad. But the thing is it’s poorly executed without tossing and seasoning just pile of ingredients layer on top one of the other so I won’t give credit to the flavor. Flavor combination is poorly paired. I can hardly think of tahini go with smoke salmon. There are two locations in the same area. The one in the subway looks fresher it’s new and people always line up for it.
Salad is always overpriced in most fine dining restaurants but I have to say they do put more care in constructing it both flavor wise and the presentation

Hands down the best salad bar in the city. I’m not lying when I say they stuff the containers full. Their ingredients are always fresh. The daily special with chicken is my go to! It tastes delicious. I’ve also had a Cobb salad which was just as tasty.
You must try this place if you are in the area. Most, if not all, large salads will run you less than $ 10. You cannot get this good of a deal with fresh items, anywhere else in the area.

So glad Salad Days opened at Yonge and Bloor! Great quality at a fantastic price point! It’s become my new go to lunch and sometime dinner place — making it easier for me to stay on track with my diet :) I love their Cobb salad! They do get very very busy during lunch time but they are well staffed — the line moves fast considering the crowd. The service is great as well! If you don’t want a certain ingredient in your special salad, they are open to substituting with another ingredient which is great! I used to frequent Freshii across the street for salad, Salad Days is now my new favourite!

Best salad place in the city hands down! I love Salad Days, ever since i changed jobs and had to leave the Yonge and Bloor area, I’ve been missing my amazing, healthy and affordable lunch. I’m thrilled that their new location is open late. Great portions, great taste, great value, what more could you want! And kudos to the staff who just helped me tonight, thanks for the amazing service! Bring one to the downtown core please near the ACC!

Ok so Salad Days is pretty legendary when it comes to serving a cheap and healthy meal so once I happened upon the newish location inside Hudson Bay concourse I was pretty stoked.
Unfortunately this location isn’t up to par with the service, quality and reliability of the original location inside Cumberland Terrace and here’s why
–service is a crap shoot especially whenever the owner isn’t around to oversee the «salad tossers» if you happen upon here after 4 or 5pm there’s some semblance of organized chaos and good luck getting your order just right as the staff often have a look of bewilderment in their eyes. At least they are polite, but the lack of training attention to detail and organization clearly shows when the boss isn’t around
–the quality isn’t really «Market Fresh» like the menu states… I’ve been ordering the chicken salads and wraps on a regular basis and over the course of a month the chicken has gone from chewy/​flakey (dare I say normal?) to soft and rubbery, like poultry jello yuck! Seriously is Salad Days using fake rubber chickens from the nearby Dollarama to supplement their supply because it tastes disgusting, it’s worse tasting than any McChicken or Subway fake overprocessed frozen chicken bullshit, just terrible!
On the upside this location has a nice green striped walls… It’s a 2 from me

Came to the new location after work for the first time and 1) it’s open after 5pm (Win! Great opportunity to pickup last minute dinner options) and 2) the portions are loaded for the large sizes and is very much affordable. A large salad averages $ 8 and is pretty much «all you can stuff» in a box. What makes it even better is that each salad comes with lots of toppings which you can easily opt for something else on the table.
As it was my first time there I didn’t know what was in each salad to start with so couldn’t customize as much as I wanted to, but now I know better. You live and you learn!

I am not of a salad eater, although I should be. I discovered this take-​out while on my way to work. Line Ups all the time. I thought I would try it out. I want to give it 4 or 5 stars, and I almost did. Until today. I ordered the recommended cobb salad, which is the third time I have ordered in one week. The problem with the last is the quality of the avocado. When I opened my salad, which was 2 minutes after ordering, I noticed my avocado mostly black. I love avocado, but I will not eat avocado with black in it. So I had to pick it out. Its just me.
But generally, good value for your money, and the flavour is there.

Having been to the old Salad Days location at 2 Bloor Street West, I already knew how good the food is. I am glad they moved even closer to my apartment as they serve great quality salads at reasonable prices, and the portions are HUGE!
I chose a large salad with chicken and added four toppings. The total came to $ 9.66 including tax which is pretty good value, considering they CRAM the container full of food.
The line ups are very long around lunch time so I would suggest getting their earlier rather than later. Having said that, the line moves fast and I was in and out in 15 minutes.

Perfect place if you are looking for a healthy lunch option.
I decided to make my own salad.
I ordered a large baby spinach salad with grilled chicken and pomegranate dressing. This tasted terrible! This was completely my fault, I’ve mixed all the wrong ingredients.
When I was ready to eat my salad I realized that the attendant had forgotten to add the grilled chicken. I came back to the store for the rest of my sald, the staff was apologetic and quickly chopped up some chicken for me.
While I was waiting I noticed a lot of people ordering the same thing, the small cobb salad. I might try that next time.

Working in the Yorkville/​Church-​Bloor area, it can be quite the endeavour to find good cheap food. When I saw the sign that Salad Days was opening up soon right next to the subway, I got excited but I tempered my expectation understanding that rent must be exorbitantly high and that prices wouldn’t be the same as the Cumberland location.
To my surprise, the prices were the exact same. I think the best deal is to get a cobb salad or their chicken special.
I already have a review on the old location, so I’ll just speak to some of the positive and negative differences.
Positive:
–Same price, as mentioned above.
–Chicken is now cooked fresh as opposed to being brought in (I saw the oven)
–They have falafel wraps now (don’t think they have it at the other location).
–They take debit
Negative:
–None really, except this place gets lineups at around 11:15 to 11:30, whereas the lineups don’t really start until 11:45 to 12 at the other location.
–For some reason, I find the chicken saltier at this loction.
Verdict: This is a great place to get a good cheap healthy meal for under $ 5.

It takes about 15 minutes for human skin to freeze in –18 degrees weather and I’ve suffered through this walk again and again during lunchtime to enjoy their awesome salads. The cob salad is my favourite — fresh avocados, greens, corn, and everything in between. They also have this kick ass lunch special — Greek salad, vine leaves, sweet potato mash, and your choice of chicken or salmon for $ 5.99. You get such a hefty pile of food for the lunch and it makes me feel less guilty for eating carbs at dinner. The hours are so much better here than Cumberland Court, and they take debt/​credit!
The queue is a bit long during lunch, but they zip through really quickly and it’s definitely worth the wait.

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that Salad Days finally opened at the Hudson’s Bay Centre. But what really had me jumping from joy were their hours. They are open from 10am-​7pm Monday to Saturday! Don’t fret, the 2 Bloor location is still open, but they close at 4pm and are closed on weekends. I hated never being able to get food from Salad Days because my office is too far away to get it for lunch, and they closed too early to get a salad after work. But now I can get my fix after I finish work or on a Saturday! Funny, but I bought a small cobb salad today from them even though I am not hungry. Since they were open, I just had to! Also, they take debit and credit cards! And the portions are still amazing!
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