Croutons Redmond — Restaurant in Redmond

My wife and I used to love this place...what happened?? I visited last weekend with a couple of my kids to celebrate an end to their soccer season, and the service/food was terrible. First off, the girl working the counter acted like a wet towel. No smiles, no greeting, and no enthusiasm what-so-ever. Only one other customer in the whole entire restaurant when we ordered. I felt like I was interrupting her free time of doing absolutely nothing. I'm so sick of young employees acting like zombies. Then came ordering. My kids both wanted kids meals of which the girl working the counter told me the included desert items were all out of stock. Fine...but no sorry, no discount, no offering of a decent substitution (they gave us double fruit which didn't seem like double fruit). The only thing I did get were more lackluster responses. Then we get our food. It was like glorified microwaved meals. My sandwich was semi cold lunch meat with tons of onions and barely any cheese. Completely boring and uninspired. Then my kids' mac and cheese was half hard and nasty. So I essentially paid over $30 for garbage. And then the icing on top— I got mild food poisoning from my sandwich the following night. I'll never give this place my...

I am a big fan of the Croutons on the westside of Bend, but today was my first time at the one in Redmond. It was pretty disappointing. They were very busy (it was lunch time) so I am hoping it was just an off day. But, the bread on my sandwich was under baked and super doughy, not enough pesto spread on the sandwich and all I could taste was the flour from the dough. I also got the Cobb salad and by the time I pulled the brown/wilted lettuce out, I had less than half of my salad left. Staff was very friendly and seemed to be doing their best, but it was a disappointing experience, made worse by the fact that I have been craving the chicken...

After a fun morning thrifting and antiquing, we decided to try Croutons, whose menu invited us to consider some healthy options. Their salad and sandwich options sounded delicious and healthy. The Napa Valley salad was chock full of fresh greens, turkey, almonds and other yummy things. The accompanying raspberry vinaigrette was delicious. We also split a Californian panini. That with the salad hit the spot! The salad was enough for two of us, with leftovers for the next day. Very satisfying, tasty and filling. Not heavy at all. If you get tired of fried heavy food when vacationing, Croutons is a great place to find yummy and...