SoBol Sayville — Restaurant in Town of Islip

It is good to come here for a very healthy meal when my road bike training is almost completed for the day and I am on my way home. The pricepoint is high, and considering I can make any of these menu items from home for less than the cost of a gallon of gas, the visit is merely an incentive to complete the goal that day of thirty to one hundred miles. The slightly more difficult challenge would be to source ingredients such as kiwi.

To simplify my life while consuming enough sodium, potassium, B-complex and Vitamin C with protein, I can make a 20 oz. yogurt, banana, antioxidant berry blend with granola at home for a cost of less than two dollars per serving. The hype here at SoBol is the benefit that each drink or bowl affords. You can afford to Google what is needed like I do and use your blender and/or food processor to get the job done.

Let me illustrate. On a recent high speed, long-distance cycling run my quadriceps were severely cramping and I COULD NOT MOVE. I did not realize that extreme sports requires a different nutritional level than operating your television remote control. I had rapidly depleted my sodium and potassium levels going into my second hour riding at twenty two miles per hour on a hot day. Dehydration wasn't the problem as my fellow riders were erroneously diagnosing. It was nutrient and essential salts depletion. The Solution: make a smoothie using yellow squash for sodium and yellow bananas for potassium with a water, soy or milk base. Simple. It is best not to consume anything else for thirty minutes. It worked like a miracle for every ride since then. I did not know a sixty year old guy needed a different dietary protocol than a twenty year old. That means SoBol is merely a nice alternative to Starbucks. Learn what YOU need. Acquire what you need. Execute.

This is why I come here merely to "top off my tank". There is absolutely no reason to pay Sobol's prices because it is merely buying into the owner's hype. Many Sayville residents are customers. It does not mean they are smart. The ladies will come here to assuage their guilt because they had that slice of triple chocolate cake and cannot wear a size two. Real athletes like myself will eat the whole friggin cake and drink half a gallon of whole milk and not gain an ounce. For breakfast, I consume my granola or shredded wheat or bran flake cereal with an antioxidant berry smoothie and bananas, followed by one liter of water. On my bike I will carry an extra liter of water for a hard run. SoBol is a place to stop at the ride's near completion or Starbucks at a cafe table where I sip my java watching the skinny ladies (whom wives hate) coming from SoBol wearing yoga pants. As for atmosphere, SoBol is not a comfortable place to spend thirty minutes to eat. I prefer a booth such as what one would find at a good diner. After sitting atop a narrow bike seat for three hours that wants to have its way with me, I have come to the conclusion that tight glutes have a purpose in life. Let me clarify: I am a Navy veteran who cannot sit on hard chairs due to chronic lower back pain and bursitis. I cycle for the cardio and to maintain the 44 inch chest and 32 inch waist. My lower back needs comfortable seating to recover from the long distance run just completed, so I prefer a well-padded bench seat.

SoBol provides Spartan accommodations.

One star deduction for the uncomfortable cafeteria design. A second star deduction because of pricepoint and hype to make a large profit.

NOTE: My concern is if I see a Google rave review posted and it is the author's sole contribution, it is usually "fake news" and should be ignored. Most likely it is planted by the owner or a friend of the same. I write for Yelp and Google: informative and thorough. These reviews are not for...

This place is run by kids that are lazy and not attentive to their customers. I walked in today and as soon as I got to the counter and exchanged greetings with with the girl who was about to help me, the phone rang. She picked it up as I was expecting her too, but also thought she’d say “please hold” as I then had to wait for her to have a conversation with someone and then take their order. After a few minutes, she got off the phone and continued a conversation with her co worker as I’m still waiting! Visibly annoyed I finally gave her my order and sensing that I was upset, she got nasty with me and kept giving me death stares. I finally paid and waited. After about 10-15 min of waiting for a single smoothie and noticing the people who came in 5 minutes after me got their order and I wasn’t called up to the counter yet, I asked where my smoothie was. The guy was confused and thought I was picking up and I had to explain that I ordered 15 min ago. They had my smoothie in the refrigerator !! I feel this was definitely intentional and it was such an inconvenience to be there for 30 minutes for 1 smoothie. I hope Madison, the manager, does...

We have been customers for years (since they opened) but this place has really gone down hill! A few days ago I ordered a large açaí bowl. I found MANY pieces of blue plastic mixed In to the bowl. When I brought it back and showed them the plastic pieces they apologized and gave me a credit for the original purchase price. I truly believe in supporting local business so I figured I’d give them another chance. The following day I went back and ordered 2 more açaí bowls. This time they were filled only half way. $19 for 2 small açaí bowls filled half way. The worst part of this is that when I looked at other reviews I saw that several other people reported the same issue with pieces of plastic being in their food. Why hasn’t this problem been fixed!? I think we are done...