sweetgreen - Healthy Salads, Bowls and Plates — Restaurant in Edina

My daughter and I went here for lunch around 130 pm so we are fortunate not to have to wait in line long. It's a very popular place so often lines are long to order food. It's one of her favorite places but I have only been here a few times. We love that that have organic food and source locally. We were very happy to see they use Stickney Hill goat cheese which is our favorite goat cheese ( also known as the Humble Goat brand) from Minnesota! The line to order behind us got long fast and there was only one person creating the made to order meals. They eventually got one more person to help. I was happy to see they had Kombucha to drink which isn't normal at places yet. I have the Etole bowl which is pictured. It was delicious and the portions are huge so I recommend sharing if you aren't able to bring home leftovers. I had to throw 1/2 out because it would have gone bad sitting in the hot car while we shopped.I also provided a pic of the list of the locally sourced ingredients. They don't have a ton of seating, the patio ( which is their largest area ) was full as were the few inside the restaurant so we sat at tables in Galleria. Parking is available in the Galleria lot which is often packed but they also have parking underneath the Galleria. I read they have e-car charging as well underneath. I am not vegan but they appear to have several vegan options. Organic is important to me so I was thrilled to see all the organic...

Ugh, Sweetgreen. As a DoorDasher, we're already on a tight schedule, hustling to get people their overpriced salads. So when nature calls, and you see a glimmer of hope in the form of a Sweetgreen restroom, you think, "Finally, a moment of relief!" Wrong. So wrong. I walked into Sweet green, doors were open, so I said good morning! quickly walking to use the restroom, and the employee I spoke to looked at me, remind I come to this location everyday as dasher and delivery food, so I know they all know who I am. I get it, maybe it's "customers only." I guess being one of door dash delivery drivers that come here everyday doesn't qualify as customer or an employee But then again, as I'm in there, trying to make it a quick pit stop, there's this aggressive banging on the door. Like, seriously? I yelled that I'd be out in a second, and then this same employee has the audacity to stand outside the door, arms crossed, with the most sour look on their face. Newsflash, Sweetgreen employee: Dashers are part of the food service ecosystem. We're picking up your food and delivering it, which ultimately benefits your business. Treating us like we're some kind of inconvenience when we have a basic human need is just ridiculous and frankly, insulting. Maybe focus less on perfecting your kale-quinoa ratio and more on basic customer (and Dasher) courtesy. Avoid this location if you can, fellow drivers. Your bladder...

My overall experience was positive however the prices are wayyyy too high for what it’s worth.

I like the build your own bowl option and I put in a ton of veggies and plan protein in mine. Their focaccia was very ordinary, cold and dried out and hard to even bite into - super bummed because I was really looking forward to it. The positives were that the vegetables were fresh, and the grilled tofu was great.

I paid 16 usd for my bowl, pictured here with the dressing on the side. A few of my colleagues’ bowls are also included. All in all, it’s healthy and fresh but I don’t know that I’d come here just because of that. I can eat healthy and fresh food like this at my own work place for much less than half this price. Or even buy some vegetables and put it together myself. I haven’t been to restaurants similar to this, so cannot compare price points to competition but to me this is still very pricey.

But, if you do decide to come here I think you’ll like the bowls and salads that they have to offer. I’d suggest to not pay the 2.5 usd for the focaccia.

Service was pretty quick despite the long lines, there’s some seating inside the restaurant but there’s more outside for the warm summer days and some at the galleria mall’s common seating areas.

Bumping it up to 4 stars would ideally...