Roost - Chicken Salad & Deli — Restaurant in Athens

Was just okay. No offer, but chicken salad on both of our sandwiches was just okay. Shredded chicken. Kinda sweet. Ordered their Thai chicken salad sandwich on croissant. Few sprinkles of peanuts. Little drip of nothing sauce. No cilantro. Croissant was good though. Mine came on a metal tray versus everyone else's coming on a plate. Crackers with my soup. The others was the Southwest chicken salad. Little sprinkle of seasoning. No jalapeno peppers or relish(?)- is the relish supposed to be Pico de Gallo? Theirs came on a plate with soup. But no crackers with soup. The Poblano pepper soup with Gouda was good. But tasted more like tomato soup. Large chunks of tomatoes in the soup. Not consistent and chicken salad needs improvement. Get away from the sweet. Especially if your going to pair the salads with other flavors. Bigger pieces of chicken. Not shredded fine or blended like a store bought salad. Will try other things another trip. See...

Had high hopes for this place. Had their breakfast awhile back and it was good, so today I opted for a monte cristo sandwich. I was surprised when ordering from Door Dash the “plain” bread option— what I received is not simply a ‘misunderstanding’ on my part--why would it be asked if I wanted the bread “toasted” or “griddled” when it’s universally known that a monte cristo sandwich is deep fried but sometimes pan fried (key word being FRIED). Seems to me, a professional menu planner/cook/chef would know this is not a matter of “semantics” & wording does make a difference. I left the option on “plain” because it didn’t make sense to “toast” or “griddle” the bread since it’s a fried sandwich. This is what I got: a dreary ham and cheese on white bread, not fried, no “light” on the powdered sugar (another option, but an option that actually made sense—except it made no sense on my order, because there was none on there).

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I am so glad we tried this place. The owner and staff are amazing! My husband got the Roost and was very pleased but how do you go wrong with brisket & egg on a burger? The pasta salad is perfect! Just the right blend of basil pesto with pine nuts, I was very pleased.

We tried the Candy Pecan cinnamon roll and oh my gosh guys, it's crazy good! I'm hard to please when it comes to cinnamon rolls. This one is unique - it's a light & crispy pastry with a wonderful cream-cheese buttercream which is perfectly balanced and not overly sweet. The crunchy candied pecans, oh my 😋 yeah we'll be back

I'm super excited to find quality food in Athens and can't wait to try the chicken salad we brought home for lunch tomorrow.

By the way, they have grab & go casseroles! Next time you need a quick dinner give their fresh take-home & warm...