Marketplace Café at Nordstrom — Restaurant in Walnut Creek

Normally I love this place for lunch. But today, and once before, the salad they served was inedible, with rotten lettuce leaves sprinkled among the fresh. I tried to eat it but gave up: simply too much bad stuff. I called the waiter and asked for another salad, which was brought (no charge). However, this had the same rotted lettuce and this one, the Asian chicken had a rotten, very old piece of mandarin orange. I was starving so again, picked out the worse and lined my dish with these pieces, so show the chef. I called my waiter and asked to see the manager. I think it was the chef for the day who came out. He was polite and said, 'I see what you mean; I wouldn't have eaten that either.' Wow: then why did they serve it to a customer? Two salads, both with rotted lettuce and fruits. And they did not return my money. This is not the normal way Nordstrom's is. 90 % of the time the salads are fresh, tasty, wonderful, thus the 2 star rating for food. Nordstrom: wake up and make your restaurant as consistently good as your other merchandise. Please take...

Whoa! What’s going on Nordstrom’s?? We ate here this evening and I had to give your location the benefit of the doubt because your Stoneridge location is so good but Walnut Creek is closer to where I live. I definitely will drive the extra 10 min to Pleasanton because your food isn’t cheap and with the prices you charge I expect my Santa Fe panini to not be hard around the edges or my kids Mac and Cheese cold and watery or my Cilantro Lime salad with watered down dressing. We paid $60 for our food and while the service was good the food taste nothing like the cafe at Stoneridge. I’m assuming new management? Perhaps poor management. Maybe it’s time to get trained...

All I’m gonna say is don’t sleep on the marketplace Café.

This place is great for simple eats like soups, salads, and sandwiches but the spicy shrimp Pomodoro and the pepperoni and mushroom pizza were surprisingly tasty. They also have seasonal specials like birria pizza, yum!

The pizza reminded me of the pizzas that you get at an artisanal pizza joint. It was handmade and executed really well.

The blackened salmon Caesar is so delish and I order it frequently for lunch.

My server Oscar was pleasant, kind...