Pockets

I’ve only been here once but once was enough for me to know I really didn’t like their calzones. It tasted like something out of a frozen food aisle that I would microwave on high for a couple minutes and then eat. That being said the size of the calzone was nice and big and for a reasonable price.

Beware, you can order Frozen Yogurt delivery (since Pockets is paired with a Kingoberry yogurt)
Healthy, large, and tasty food, very rare in Hyde Park. And right on the East shuttle route, so easy to get to. Just place an order online, jump on the shuttle, and it’s ready for you when you get there (I pick up food on the way home all the time). My personal favorite is the Asian Pocket, because of the Sesame Ginger dressing, really takes the dish to the next level. The Greek pocket are a bit salty, can’t recommend that. The calzones are pretty large, I recommend the BBQ Chicken and BBC. And the pizzas are pretty tasty, just the White pizza a bit salty (well I order extra black olives so that might be part of it)
Now I usually hear that people didn’t like this pocket or that pocket because there was too much bread and not enough flavor. I can respect this argument, but what it really means is that you can’t evenly spread your sauce. I typically cube my bread, stir it up in the box while drizzling the sauce on top. Can evenly coat everything, and you eat it like a salad, and everything still tastes the same.

Love their calzones my favorite to get is the buffalo chicken one. It does take a minute for them to make your food but it’s not terribly long, I’ve been satisfied for the most part. And I like how there’s Kingoberry next to it if you want some frozen yogurt for dessert. I remember the first time I came I got frozen yogurt before ordering my food, and being scared it would melt before I got to enjoy it after eating my mean one of the workers offered to put in the freezer, so this place has friendly staff too!

Been to this restaurant for the first time on a Saturday afternoon and it was awesome. I was impressed with the genuine welcoming feel from staff. They managed to provide a good customer service to us without forcing themselves. I ate calzone and salad — plain and simple dishes that were surprisingly good.
Now that I have seen the reviews here, I guess everyone’s opinion is different from mine. I know it is difficult to please everybody, but this location did please me. I can’t tell whether or not their experience would happen to me but for now, my verdict is 5 stars.

I got the meaty calzone. I was really good. I was also filling I couldn’t eat it all in one sitting.

This healthy eating has assisted my quest in weight loss! Fresh vegetables! Met manager today, good person. Good everyday eating place.

Great service and great food! Who could ask for more!

Fresh ingredients, a good selection to choose from, healthy, and OVER SIZED (possibly enough for 2 people), quick, and filling. This is my «to-​go» place in between whatever (as long as I am in the neighborhood).

This place makes the damn tastiest calzones. I thought my mother makes the best calzones but theirs are way different. I am not saying theirs are better than my mother’s, which is something I can never say to her, but their calzones are large!!! LARGE I DARE SAY THAT AGAIN! And they are not just large… they are bloated with fillings that when I cut it in half, the fillings just overflow. Wow, it just thinking about it is making me crave one right now.
Oh, their pizza is good too. I suggest you try them as well. Heck, I suggest you try everything on the menu.

Good food… tasty chili… decent froyo. Could be a bit cheaper but meh… there’s really not much else to say about this place. There are better fast casual options along 53^rd, but maybe I’d come back if there’s a deal or something.

The food at Pockets probably gets 4-​Stars from me. But it’s the service at the Hyde Park location that pushed my review to 5-​Stars. I’ve been going to the Hyde Park location for years and every time the service has been excellent. This store is well-​managed and always seems to have really great people working there.

Their salads are a treat! I love the freshness of their ingredients & the homemade light ranch dressing is the
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The calzones are also great! Probably the only place you can get a good calzone in Hyde Park! If you’re in the neighborhood, don’t hesitate to try Pockets. You won’t be disappointed.

When I was a child, I stayed with my grandparents, who lived around the corner, frequently. Their favorite weekday lunch? The sandwich. Mine? Anything but.
For my sweet Gram, a sandwich was composed of two slices of bread and even the most meager presence of a slice of Oscar Meyer meat and cheap American cheese, maybe a dab of light mayo and a little mustard. It would be twenty years before I would actually learn to love a sandwich as my father-​in-​law, all of us fresh from a day at the lake, set out to make what I’ll affectionately forever address as: The Most Wonderful Sandwich Of My Life. A wheat hoagie bun could hardly contain the varied meats and cheeses, the mayo, seasonings, lettuce, tomato, something crunchy. A potato chip? And oh my God, I think I recall a piece of fruit. Was that a granny smith? A halved grape?
Pockets is not that sandwich. But it is somewhere between the two I mentioned.
When you order a pocket, it’s going to come on some seriously dense bread, like a pita but with added density. And it’s going to be chock-​full of lettuce and the varied toppings that comes on your particular choice, dressing on the side. So full, in fact, that the toppings will be scattered all onto your plate (or take-​out box). I’ve never ordered Pockets and still felt hungry. Not even a little. And I almost always order their salads as the bread is just a little too much for me. You still get a nice nob of it, though, wrapped up in foil, which smells amazing and tastes decently.
The thing about Pockets that keeps it at A-​OK rather seriously impressive is that, despite what you order (I’m talking only salads and sandwiches here), it’s always going to be a one-​dimensional experience, much like my grandparents’ sandwiches. You can have some varied toppings, dress it up a little, but there’s really one unified taste going on, which is to its credit a nice, crisp, fresh one, but nothing overly impactful. That’s why, in odd form, I order a side of the chips to go along with my meal, simply to mix it up a little.
The one thing that I do really like about Pockets is that their dressings manage to save an otherwise bland meal into something with a bit of zing. That, and ordering the salad rather than the bread saves the taste from being too carb-​laden which tends to mask the punch the dressing packs. For bold flavor, The Popeye and its complementary house dressing is the winner. Asking for both bacon and chicken takes it up a notch as well. Honorable mentions include The Original w/​Turkey (aptly named, a simple and classic taste) and The Waldorf w/​Turkey (very sweet, almost like a dessert salad).
All in all, Pockets is an A-​OK choice for those nights when you’d rather not spend your time in your own kitchen whipping up a meal instead. Order the right thing the right way and you may even find yourself craving it from time to time. 3 stars.

I have never been to Pockets and I never thought I would be eating here.
My friends and I were at downtown, wandering aimlessly and just trying to have fun when suddenly we realize it was way past lunchtime already and we haven’t still had our lunch. By stroke of luck, we were near Pockets. One thing led to another and we found ourselves ordering our lunch. After a momentary stay in this restaurant, I gotta admit that it is a good place for food.
Yep, they don’t have the meaty and juicy dishes of most fast food restaurants but they do have healthy sandwiches that aren’t that bad at all. In fact, I found my Greek sandwich quite appetizing and fulfilling.
Boy, how I regret not having tried this place before!

Omg… I am embarrassed to say that I have just now tried pockets. It’s so friggin delicious! I’ve only had the gobbler and the original calzone so far, but they were both really good. This is a nice food option in the Hyde Park area. Definitely check it out!

Amazingly fresh and fast! The bread is always warm! Have an appetite because you will easily have enough food for two meals. The build your own salad is my fave.

The best freakin pizza with whole wheat crust. YUMMMMM!!! Bbq chicken or Meatness, both are my fav!

I’m a fan of Pockets after my most recent experience ordering the Asian pocket here. A few months prior, I had ordered a calzone and was not particularly impressed. So, in the interest of seeing what else the Pockets menu had to offer, I decided on the aforementioned Asian pocket.
We ordered out and upon opening the box, I discovered what looked like a mound of delicious vegetables with a sesame oil sauce on the side. The bounty of vegetables overflowing out of the barely visible pocket automatically won me over as a fan of this restaurant. The sauce was perfectly flavored– not too salty or heavy. I are most of the pocket with a fork! My only complaint was that the pocket itself was very bready and thick, especially at the edges. It’s no wonder so much overflowed out of the pocket when it was not hollow enough to carry much in the first place.
I can’t wIt to order here again and to explore the menu some more! I know that the Asian pocket is abode sure home run!

This is a great place for a healthy, quick, and affordable bite of food. I usually build my own salad, so I always get exactly what I want. It comes with some delicious and piping hot roll thats the perfect compliment to my salad. There’s plenty of seating, and you can also get it delivered, though I’ve never gotten delivery. They also have some frozen yogurt place inside, but I’ve never seen it open.

Let me start by saying that I love pockets restaurants in general.
This particular restaurant needs major updates and a cleaning crew.
We were the only two customers in there but the wait was amazingly long.
The eating area was disgusting. All the tables were dirty and riddled with food. Paint on walls were chipping off (very visible to the naked eye). Beverage station was not only dirty but set so high that I couldn’t see the top of my cup when trying to fill up with a drink. The iced tea station had the most horrendous smelling water. It was a combination of sewer water and wet mold. It was so gross. The employee allowed us to get bottled drinks after taking a whiff of that.
There is mismatched artwork hanging on walls. Some have prices next to them. Does that mean they were for sale?
On to the food… not too many complaints here except that they got my order wrong. I just ate it because I was hungry and couldn’t afford to wait any longer.
I will not be returning to this location ever… unless there is a major renovation.