Sweet Tomatoes

I eat at Sweet Tomatoes 6 days a week and I find the food exceptional, we have many hotels here in Las Vegas and they all have buffets but NONE can compare with the freshness of all the vegetables soups that taste your mother was in the kitchen cooking. the small various little pieces of pizza are also great. the only negative would be they have a hard time keeping the. coffee hot, other than that it’s great otherwise I would not eat there almost everyday. the manager April Presley is a real joy, she is very accommodating. my favorite place to eat.

We went to Sweet Tomatoes last Monday and were pleasantly surprised to see the hard boiled eggs have returned and that they had a tostada special. The tostada was actually very good. The chicken was moist and tender and the vegetables in the fajita mix were very flavorful. There was so much of the delicious juice that the hard shell tostada softened. So last night I suggested we revisit Sweet Tomatoes to take advantage of the tostada special before it ended. What a mistake! Unlike Monday’s experience the chicken was tough, dry and tasteless. The vegetable mix had no juice or liquid at all and no flavor either. It was inedible.
We’ve been going to this Sweet Tomatoes for years and normally it’s pretty good, not necessarily consistent but pretty good. Last night was an exception that I hope will not be repeated. We’ll return but it won’t be for a while.

I just have to say how impressed I am over the change this location has made. The place was redone and looks fantastic. The make your own tostadas and nachos are a great add on this month. I recognize the effort and appreciate this restaurant for trying to change things up for the better. I spent 2 years working for souplantaion in the 90s and have always enjoyed it. Sometimes it felt like the same o same o but now it has a new energized feel to the restaurant and the menu. Great job

Weekdays are usually a good time to go. Weekends are busy and long lines are not cool. Nice atmosphere plenty of clean tables and plenty of food to choose from.
This is restaurant is a good place to eat especially during the weekdays. Weekends is a different issue altogether.

First time here for dinner. Lots of salad choices and soups. Everything fresh and delicious. Good customer service. Highly recommend.

We absolutely love, love, love Sweet Tomatoes and eat here quite often with family and friends. Everything is exquisite! The price is right, the food is the best and the choices are many and hard to choose from. You will never leave their hungry! The employees are very efficient and friendly.

I’ve been here a couple times and liked it a lot. The staff was nice and they seemed to pump out fresh food pretty quickly.

What on God’s green earth is this place! Nothing special nothing great half decent soup n salad place!

We started coming here 11 years ago. It has been great, good, fair, poor, and great! I enjoy having date night with my 6 year old here and he loves it! Prices went up a little, however, so did everything else. Always know what you are getting when you come here, and never have we gotten any food poisoning… ever.

I like this place probably more than I should. Spending most of my life in SoCal, I know this place better as Souplantation. It’s a simple concept: You pick up your tray, create your salad, and pay! Easy, right?
The food is always fresh since it’s constantly being made. I first start with a huge salad filled with veggies like mushrooms, carrots, olives, and cucumbers. There’s lots of options for you to choose from. For some subtle protein, I add kidney beans and garbanzo beans. Top it off with their homemade ranch, and I’m good to go!
I usually spend the rest of the evening stuffing my face with carbs. I (shamefully) have about 3 plates of just mac & cheese. I also have an entire plate of blueberry muffins. They’re just so fluffy & warm, I can’t control myself! The pizza here is pretty good, too. It’s cut into small pieces which is smart because my Hubby would probably take the whole pie for himself. :o)
On to the soups! I always have a bowl of Clam Chowder with Oyster crackers. Sometimes they don’t serve it which makes me sad inside. Most of the other soups are too salty, especially the Chicken Noodle soup. Their chili is decent, and you can top it off with cheese and sour cream. Mmm!
After eating waaay more than we should, I visit the dessert station and have myself a bowl of soft serve ice cream. It’s the kind you can swirl with vanilla & chocolate and add toppings if you please.
It is a bit pricy in my opinion. We’re paying almost $ 12/​per person for carbs, carbs, and more carbs. I will attest to their awesome service though. We came here once close to 9pm, and the staff continued to place fresh food out until everyone was finished eating. That was really nice since this is a buffet after all.
Again, I don’t know why I like this place so much. I just do, so bring on the food coma!!!

Where do I start? Salad bar I would say was fresh, soup had no flavor. The pasta from 1 – 10 I give it a 5. The bread and ice cream where the only thing decent. The service was good BUT come on folks you want people to come back not never come again. I’ll never be back again sorry…

We come here so frequently due to the simple fact that it’s delicious and inexpensive. They recently had a huge remodel, providing a cleaner and more professional atmosphere to clientele.
I’ve never encountered old food (everything is usually fresh), and very rarely do I not like what I try. It’s always pretty loud, but, then again, what can you expect from a quick buffet like this?
We once encountered an issue with the food, but the manager was on top of it. My fiancé took a bite of his salad and found a literal screw in the bowl (I assume that it was from a very rushed remodel). He wasn’t hurt, wasn’t offended, and calmly called over a waiter to find the manager. To me, the whole screw incident is an anomaly. The possibility of some idiot contractor leaving screws on a kitchen shelf where it could fall into a bowl is high. Immediately, before anything else, the manager pulled the salads and had them replaced. He apologized to us profusely and gave us several coupons for free meals with drinks. Awesome.
Honesty, I won’t hold the whole screw thing against them. It was only a couple days after the remodel. Shit happens.
Either way, we’re still happy to come in an devour all the cornbread. Because if I sit down at a restaurant with my fiancé, or I drive up for fast food, it will cost about $ 20.00+. Sweet Tomatoes is about $ 22 for two people with a coupon (which are constantly available). Might as well put in the extra two bucks for great food.

UPDATE 2−17−16 PRICES HAVE GONE UP RIDICULOUSLY FOR TOGO. This place is one of my favs when I don’t feel like cooking. Make your own salad and pick your soup and you are ready to go! I most always do a to go order, and it so convenient, I’m always in and out. My absolute fav is the Tuna Tarragon. I could eat that stuff all day. I love Lemon Chicken Orzo soup, when it’s in season, and the Udon Sriracha soup is great! They know I’ll be back!

Love this restaurant, been coming here ever since we moved here in 2003. Used to frequent every Sunday after church, and then they had a breakfast buffet for a little bit which we tried a few times, but we were more for the soup and salads. The pastas used to be overdone and tasteless but it’s a little better now, but still not something I eat a lot of anyway. We’ve seen management come and go, even the ladies who pick up dishes. There’s one whose been there since we’ve been going. But we don’t see her as often nowadays.
The Chinese chicken salad is their staple there and it’s one of my favorites along with the Ceasars salad. The best things I like that they have to offer on a rotation is the Greek salad, taco salad, lemon, chicken and rice soup, albondigos soup, mushroom soup just to name a few.
I like how they stay on top of keeping the salads, toppings and dressings filled, although, most times there are always drippings of the dressings into each other. I have never seen it not dripped. and a lot of the times lately, the pizza is a little overdone. it’s used to come out nice and cheesy and not burnt on the edges. it still goes fast, but if you can get it out of the oven, you can get the middle pieces. I love the muffins, cornbread and brownies as well. After filling up here, who needs dinner? we usually have a snack for dinner if we feel hungry.

Mmmm. Time for some salads, soups, and a few other indulgences. I really like Sweet Tomatoes at Best of the West shopping plaza. On this visit, I was pleased to see that the buffet restaurant has gotten a fresh new look! From the new wooden floors, to fresh coats of paint, and even a few new seating updates. How cool? Smart move Sweet Tomatoes as the place was kinda worn before the remodel.
I found the salads to be very fresh along with all of the veggies and the ton of other toppings that vie for space on the plate. My two pasta salad weaknesses are Broccoli Madness and Tuna Tarragon; I could get seriously fat eating these «healthy salads».
Then made my way over to the soup section where there is always about 6 or 7 kettles of piping hot soup from which to choose. Decided on the Irish Potato Leek this time which I found to be creamy and very tasty. Yummy! Another bowl please. Don’t tell anyone, but I always snag a piece or two of sourdough bread to dunk in the soup. My favorite soup for sourdough dunking is the Chicken Noodle.
Until next time Sweet Tomatoes…

I love Sweet tomatoes. Well, I really keep coming back for their Caesar salad and this tuna pasta dish that I never bother to remember its name. Also, I just love their blueberry muffins. It is moist, warm, with a crisp to it. I sometimes indulge by adding a little of their whipped honey butter on it. Yummm!
Oh, you don’t have to get the Caesar salad. You can totally build your own salad! Lots of choices to choose for sure in that department.
They have a variety of soups which will vary. They usually have a themed month (mexican, asian, i. e…) so usually you’ll find a specialty soup customed to the theme. Honestly, I don’t really eat the soups. My husband does, the kids usually get the chicken noodle soup… which I’ve tasted and is actually pretty good. Chunky noodles and chunky pieced of chicken.
They also. serve a few pastas like mac n cheese, a penne type pasta, and even serve bake potatoes in which you can just add all the fixings yourself. Note, the potatoe isn’t pre-​cut opened so you’ll have to slice that thing yourself or just put all the toppings you want in it on a side dish and do it at your seat.
I can only give them 3 stars though I’d wanna say 5, especially if you are on a trek or on a track to a healthy lifestyle… but they keep raising their prices to the point that almost 40 bucks (that’s WITH THE coupon) isn’t worthed. I could actually eat for the same amount of money elsewhere, still eat a salad, then at least my boys can indulge into something more of their liking.
But we’ll eat here because as I said… they make a really good Caesar salad and those blueberry muffins are deelish. Love fulfilling my Caesar salad crave from here. You don’t have to buffet-​it. They do have to-​go boxes that you just fill yourself. I don’t know how they charge in that way… i should find out.
My advice is join their email club before going in so you can take advantage of any offers. They recently renovated, the place looks great. We certainly do no frequent here as much as we used to. However, we’ll be back… we always come back at least a few times a year. I’d recommend this place for someone who is looking for an alternative route.
Note, they don’t serve much protein. Whatever protein you find would be the ones they add into their soups, or a small cup of chicken to add into your salad.
Definitely kid and stroller friendly!

They recently remodeled this location and now it looks a lot nicer, especially with the new wood floors. I used to come here regularly but since they keep raising their prices I don’t see how it’s worth it anymore, especially when their food has little proteins and service is mediocre. Takes forever just to pay for your food since they only have 1 cashier despite having 2 separate lines at the salad bar.
Sign up for their e-​club to get regular coupons sent to you. During the holidays they also have gift card deals where you get a free meal with every $ 50 in gift cards purchased. Makes it a lot easier on your wallet when you get a craving for a DIY soup and salad spot

Dirty.
I love this chain in other locations but this one is ill kept. The bathrooms are dirty. The floor in the dining area is dirty. The chair I sat on was dirty. The table was dirty. The salad bar was dirty.
Decent food. Not as much of it as other locations. Some bins were empty and never refilled while I was there … Maybe cuz they were dirty. :)

Freshness and variety are two words that come to mind when dining at Sweet Tomatoes. The staff always do a good job to keep the salad, soup, pasta and dessert bars clean, stocked and fresh. Even the premade concoctions at the very beginning that can get soggy because they are already dressed.
Soup is one of my favorite things to sample. I love that they always have 8 different varieties to choose from and include many vegetarian options as well. I have not had a bad soup yet. Even when they creamy potato gets burned from sitting in the well all day it still is very tasty.
Sweet Tomatoes will highlight a different ingredient it seems every season. That ingredient will be incorporated in many of their salads or sides dishes. This mean the selection will vary slightly if you space your visits out enough. So make each plate your own and make frequent trips to the soup and salad bar. Get creative and try something new.
The one issue I have with this concept is the price for soup and salad. Over $ 11.00 for each adult not including a drink for dinner seems a little steep in my opinion. Also why have a lunch and dinner price when there is really no different choices offered at 4 pm when dinner price kicks into effect. Overall good choice for dining in Las Vegas for quick self serve lunch or dinner.

Sweet Tomatoes is best described as a soup and salad buffet. Considering there is no meat on the menu, I think the price is a bit steep @ $ 11.49/pp NOT including a drink. Drinks will set you back an additional $ 2.49. So basically almost $ 14/​pp for lettuce and soup! The good news is if you sign up for their rewards club, you get an email every 2 weeks or so with coupons that take about $ 5 off. Luckily I had just received a coupon when my aunt invited me to dinner. The cashiers can scan the coupon code right from your smart phone, in case you forget to print it out.
The buffet line begins as soon as you walk in the door. You grab a tray and a plate and proceed down the salad line where you can build your own, or try some of the pre-​made ones they have, like my favorite the Asian wonton. At the end of the line you pay and then seat yourself. Then you make your way over to the hot food items, where they have ⁵⁄₆ different types of soup and chili, a few different breads and muffins, baked potatoes, and a few pasta’s. This particular visit I tried the tomato soup and cream of rosemary potato, which were both very good. The pasta I tend to stay away from because it is too watery. For dessert they have a soft-​serve ice cream machine as well as pudding and fresh fruit. I usually take the brownie muffins and put them in a bowl with some chocolate soft serve on top and some hot fudge and it makes for a pretty tasty dessert.
Unilocal 2015 Review #18