Fresh&Co

It beats fast food… the chopped salads are always very good… the line moves fast and the staff is pleasant…

It isn’t as great as the other Fresh and Co. restaurants that I’ve been to. It looks huge, but has very few seatings to sit down. Some of the sandwiches don’t taste like they’re supposed to, or too frozen. No one wants to eat sandwiches that were sitting in the refrigerator for too long with frozen crusts and lettuce. Wifi never works, manager has an attitude and would rather brush off any complaints than deal with customers.

We are salads fans. This restaurant is very clean, friendly, very fresh, very healthy feeling. The food is fantastic here.
However, if you to eat healthier, you need to be prepared to pay a bit of higher price.

Love it! Had the Bangkok quinoa bowl. Fresh, delicious and quick. Just started working at Penn Station area and wanted something healthy. I was pleasantly surprised at the quantity of food. I will return to try the sandwiches and salads!

Horrible, salty, stale sandwiches, and they don’t sell regular Coke? Next!

This is a good place for someone who likes to eat healthy, but it is not one of the best options. I would try elsewhere and personally, I am not sure if I will be returning in the future.
The food was mostly quinoa based but I opted to get a turkey, bacon, lettuce and tomato (pre-​made) sandwich. The fresh food did not really appeal to me because they did not really look «fresh.» The fountain drinks were very bitter and I had to pour at least 5 packets of sugar in the cup.
The staff member at the register was not friendly and maybe we caught her attitude at the wrong time, but it might have been because it was Easter Sunday and she did not want to be at work.
The sandwich was just okay; I think I could find a better sandwich elsewhere (even CVS pre-​made sandwiches tasted and looked better/​fresher)!

Ordered a broccoli melt. On display, it looked like it was overflowing with broccoli, but when I got the sandwich I realized that the broccoli was strategically placed on the front edge of the sandwich. ²⁄₃ of the sandwich was empty. WTF?

Fresh&Co? More like Old&Co, I ordered a flat whole wheat bagel and not only was it stale but it seemed like the bagel has been there for weeks.
After giving me my bagel the man behind the counter hid the bagels behind the other stuff almost to prevent others from ordering it?
Not going back.

Had fruits and yogurt here. Fruit bowl was the regular stuff– nothing spectacular and nothing bad. The strawberry and granola yogurt was good. The berries and walnuts not so much.

One of my go to lunch spots in the city. The build your own salad has so many options, it’s hard to pick just a few! The ingredients always seem very fresh and they definitely aren’t skimpy on them. Try the Avocado chimichurri, the best dressing they have! The line gets pretty long during peak times, but they go pretty fast so it’s never too long of a wait.

Good spot to have a healthy lunch or dinner. They have a very good selection of salads, soups, sandwiches and quinoa/​kale hot bowls. So it actually suits all moods and choices. So my list of favorites here below:
1. Asian Energy Bowl (Vegan): smoked tofu, gluten free quinoa, kale, daikon, red peppers, edamame, shaved brussels sprouts, scallions with sweet chili sauce;
2. South Beach Salad^ grilled chicken, craisins, walnuts, fresh apple, crumbled blue cheese, local mesclun & romaine.
3. Turkey Chili Soup
The loose leaf tea is good to try, but coffee is very mainstream here, so I would avoid.
And don’t forget to check in and get your 0.5 L spring water for free.

The Santa Fe salad is a dreeeaammmmm.
Grilled chicken, avocado, corn (though I always ask to switch this out for olives and they happily oblige), jack and cheddar, grape tomatoes, onions, tortilla strips, local kale & romaine, with chipotle lime vinaigrette and lime.
Fresch&Co is basically Chop’t, but cleaner and way less chaotic. I love.

Fresh&Co was on my way and I stopped in for a tea and breakfast. The station and lines don’t make much sense to me which is why I’m not a fan. There’s a lot to choose and well, the eggs and turkey bacon sandwich I was got was tasteless but I guess that’s what «healthy» is these days. I don’t have much to complain about the food.
My complaints though are the lines. It was like herding cats. I don’t know where the line starts/​begins, people are waiting, scattered near the cashiers. If you’re ordering a sandwich, go the station where they’ll hand you a slip of paper which you take to the cashier. I didn’t see anyone else doing this so I didn’t know the convention. Once I was checking out, the cashier didn’t ask me for a receipt which I had to go back and ask for. Ugh… slight pain to wait while customers behind me are trying to pay. Just a big logistical mess that I don’t care to experience again even if I know how it works now.

This is one of the best place for a quick bite of organic food. I ordered a bowl of of veggies which cost me less than 10 bucks. It’s almost unbelievable in the city. I like their flavor, and will return for more.

I absolutely love the food here. Simple, light and very tasty. They have a selection of quinoa and kale bowls, sandwiches and tossed salads.
The eating area is inviting bright and clean. And the staff are friendly and warm.
I took one star off because the food I think is a dollar more than it should be and the order line is very confusing.

Awesome for what they are intended for which is a quick healthy breakfast/​snack on 7^th amidst other options. As a Californian, I was pumped to see the options and the prices were all reasonable for what they offer.
If you think they’re high prices, it’s possible that you’re not in this environment regularly. For what they offer, $ 7.50 juice, $ 7.50 quinoa huevos rancheros (amazing!), $ 5.95 collard greens vegan tuna wrap (amazing!), $ 4 breakfast Sandos– you can’t go wrong especially if you’re staying nearby.

I don’t often write reviews but this place is terrible. Ordering a breakfast sandwich was a total ordeal. The person behind the counter didn’t understand what I meant by sausage egg and cheese, and didn’t even know the types of bread he could put the sandwich on.
Then, the manager comes out. Hastily making us pay before we got the sandwiches thrown in our face. The price was ridiculous — $ 12 for two breakfast sandwiches and here’s the best part — it didn’t even have cheese! Yes. After all that we ended up with a mediocre sandwich that we were over charged for.
I’ll not be going to any fresh & co’s ever again. I wish there was a rating less than a star.

Avis à tous ceux qui n’ont pas droit au gluten. Ils ont des salades que vous pouvez composer. Vous aurez l’embarras du choix. Ils proposent aussi des repas chauds et un petit-​déjeuner mais que je n’ai pas encore testés. À suivre
Petit-​déjeuner sympa avec plats chauds présentés.

This is my go-​to healthy lunch spot while at work — nothing more, nothing less.
I usually get salads here, but their quinoa bowls are decent too. The variety of options here is what initially attracted me — I never get bored here. Even if I just get salads for the week, they offer a ton of different proteins, so I’m in no danger of getting sick of chicken/​chicken/​chicken/​tuna (sorry coworkers) /chicken/chicken…etc. I’ve gotten their turkey, tofu (smoked, so it’s actually better than the tofu at a lot of salad bars), tuna, falafel, and, yes, chicken. And as the name suggests, the ingredients do indeed taste pretty fresh.
Also — the pace could not be better. Considering the volume of hungry corporate bodies that come in here between 12 – 3, this place is damn efficient. I do have to say that as far as the salad bar is concerned, I think that topping quantity is inversely proportional to speed. These custom-​made salads are expensive, and I want my money’s worth. I’d honestly prefer a slower pace if it meant getting an adequate amount of each topping, but that’s not exactly not the New York way — especially in midtown. I just I really like food and stinginess is not cool. So when the line for the salad bar is shorter, more often than not I get more bang for my buck. The few times I’ve mentioned perceived stinginess (in less loaded terms, of course), the response has been a bit hostile, but oh well. At the end of the day, I get a nice healthy lunch and I go on with my life.

I dropped by right before boarding a bus for a few hours. I decided to try one of their quinoa bowls, the bangkok bowl but without cilantro and subbing pickled ginger. They were training a new hire so it was a bit slow getting my bowl done but they were pretty nice so I let it go even though I was on a tight time crunch.
The bowl itself is like average stir fry on top of some quinoa. The liquid from the stir fry does soak into the quinoa so it doesn’t stay as chewy. I honestly though these bowls would be served cold but it’s an interesting take. I would probably order it again.

After passing Fresh & Co’s numerous locations so many times, I finally decided to pop in here and I’m so happy that I did. It’s great because they have a good amount of healthy options as well as vegeterian/​vegan options. There is a section for salads, sandwiches as well as a section where they make various quinoa bowls.
I got the Asian Energy Bowl, which is smoked tofu, gluten free quinoa, kale, daikon, red peppers, edamame, shaved brussels sprouts and scallions with sweet chili sauce. I honestly didn’t know what to expect from this dish, but it turned out to be very good and tasted extremely healthy. The portion size is also filling. It ended up being the perfect vegan take out meal since I was on the go and the whole process from order to paying took about 5 minutes. They also have a great selection of healthy drinks.
Solid place if you want something healthy, filling and fast.