Salad World

I was craving a salad at 2:30pm, as one is wont to do, but also did not want to travel far. Even though they close at 3, there was still an ok selection of salad fixings out, and the greens were in good shape, fresh and green and not gross or slimy. I got just the salad I was pining for: some mixed greens with fresh mushrooms, dried cranberries, goat cheese, and walnuts. I tried the poppyseed dressing, a little too sweet but still good. Next time I’ll try the balsamic vinaigrette (and get it on the side, so I can distribute it more evenly). This place is the best for afternoon salad cravings!

I love it here. I eat a diet that is not typical of an American (no grains, processed foods, legumes, or dairy) and am able to eat here with a big smile on my face.
They are friendly and helpful. Can’t say enough good things about this place. I am ecstatic they are close to my work.
I really appreciate them and their business!!!
God bless.

I seriously love this place! It’s clean, well-​stocked with delicious options and variety, and has some hot food options. This is my go-​to place for lunch since I work two blocks away. Generally, I can get a decent sized spinach salad with about 4 toppings and a chicken breast for about $ 4! You can’t go wrong! Try it at least once… I promise you’ll enjoy it!

If you think $ 6.50 per pound is expensive, you’ll spend $ 7.99-$ 9.99 at Safeway, New Seasons, Whole Foods, and other similar grocery store salad bars. GET REAL, people! I had a lunch late (after 2:00pm) and still found plenty of fresh greens and other veggies, toppings like boiled eggs and nuts and dried berries. Plus, they greeted me very nicely. I’M GOING BACK!

Unless you eat like a rabbit, this place is WAY too expensive. This is «by the pound», so, as you pile on the trimmings, it adds up to an expensive lunch. I felt ripped off. I will not be back or recommend it.

This little hole in the wall is one of my personal favorites. A guilty pleasure without the guilt.
Lots — LOTS — of different veggies, everything you could think of for a salad bar, sushi, 6 different fruits, and always fresh. Not to mention an Asian style hot buffet in back to keep carnivores happy.
It’s pay by the pound, (currently $ 6.50/lb) but if you pay attention you realize that the salad/​meat/​sushi prices are all the same, so you can pile on whatever you want and not worry about it.
Downsides might be: that it’s not very big — you won’t be able to comfortably seat more than 2 people together. The bathroom is not real nice and they’ll have to direct you through the kitchen to get to it. It’s in an old building with a strange layout.
From the outside it doesn’t look like much, and I sometimes think they should fix it up to make the appearance match the fare, but then again I’d rather the prices don’t go up.

Great little hole in the wall for a healthy lunch option. It’s a very basic set up and none of the food items are labelled. There isn’t anything weird that they put out there that necessarily needs labeling, but for visual purposes, it would be nice to have. There is an island of salad options, vegetables, some sushi pieces (quite delicious actually), pasta salads, and hot foods towards the back of the restaurant.
The boxes are located right above the island and you put as much healthy goodness as your wholesome heart desires. When you fill up what you want to eat, you bring it to the front and they weigh it for you. It’s $ 6.50/lb and whenever I go, I get enough to eat that it doesn’t even cost the whole pound! Cheap eats, but eating healthy at the same time. That’s hard to find these days.
The process seems more of like a to-​go establishment, but they do have tables along the left wall if you want to dine in. Once it’s nicer out, you can always grab your food here and enjoy it along the Waterfront just a few blocks away! This is how I will be spending my lunch when the sun comes out… tomorrow! — or whenever the clouds decide to leave…

This is the place that I always wanted to find when lunch rolls around. It always seems like it costs a fortune to get a simple salad and if you are in a hurry it tends to be pretty much impossible. At Salad world you can get on your way in under 5 minutes and it’ll be good healthy food.

Vegetarian Review: I’ve ignored this place since I started working in downtown Portland — 12 years. Today, just my luck of not being able to go to the usual places that I get lunch (one is closed, the other one is packed), I ended up at this place. I circles around the bar and scope out the food selection and they have salad, sushi and hot food as well (chicken teriyaki, pot stickers, etc.). I got the avocado and cucumber sushi, steamed asparagus, Asian noodle salad, and hard boiled egg. They tasted all really well especially the asparagus! They’re the crunchiest asparagus I’ve ever had. I was a little skeptical about coming here but I will definitely come here again. They charge $ 6.50/pound, which I think is a good deal.
Even though the whole set up is to-​go style, they have 7 tables along the wall that customers could use. I used one of the tables. The place is a little cold so keep your coat on! They have a space heater but it wasn’t on. :P. The old hardwood floor us old so it looks like it’s dirty but it looks pretty clean, containers are well organized and they have ambiance music.

I was a bit turned off by the name and exterior, (insert cliché)
The place is clean and inviting. All the food was fresh, I watched someone bring out fresh sushi. The selection was great as well, with a few hot Chinese dishes.
TBH, I went to prove that this place was going to be gross, I was pleasantly humbled.

The salad is fresh! The service was fast! (buffet) They do have other options aside from the greens stuff. The salad was great… However I think they could do a lot with this place and a makeover could only add!

I love Salad World! The food is always fresh and the selection is very good. It is a little salad bar place in downtown Portland. They charge I believe $ 6.25 per pound of food on your plate, for the average salad it is probably $ 5 – 7 I would say. There is a hot bar with egg rolls, terikyaki chicken, etc, and rice also. This is a nice quick place to go to lunch with a friend if you work in downtown. It would not be appropriate to bring a client or a large group, as it is a very small place.

This is an awesome «by the pound» place. You go in, get your recepticle, pick your veggies, and leave happy. They have a salad bar with both loose veggies and premade salads (think tuna salad, etc), some sushi, fruit, and a hot bar with spring rolls and such.
If you want a good, healthy lunch that let’s you be picky, squeeze through the giant line at Luc Lac and go to Salad World.

It’s a world of grapes, a world of greens
It’s a world of beets and a world of beans
There’s so much that it weighs, that it’s time that I pays
It’s a Salad World after all

Not much to look at from the outside, but inside you’ll find a salad bar chock full of leafy greens (even Kale!) with all the fixins. There’s even fresh fruit, sushi and lots of pasta dishes to choose from. Delicious and well priced when you want a big salad with lots of stuff on it for lunch.

Delicious food by the pound. Also fairly cheap and very convenient in downtown PDX. Friendly staff too. :)

I have been filling up my container for many years at Salad World. I work downtown and I have not been able to find any other salad bars. Not only is this the only salad bar downtown that I know of, but I have to say the quality and freshness of the food is pretty close to top notch. They constantly clean, replace, and keep things tidy. Not only only can you build a heaping pile of veggies, but you can grab a few items like egg rolls, tofu & veggies, fried rice, teriyaki chicken, and even sushi. It’s all the same price since you pay by the pound. I love this place and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a salad bar downtown.

Salad World is a great take out or sit down restaurant when you’re craving a good salad bar. As a traveling IT consultant, I appreciate the opportunity to make my own salad and add exactly what I want and how much I want. At $ 6.25 a pound, you can get quite a bit of food for a reasonable price.
A lot of the other reviews on here are from years ago and are irrelevant now. I was greeted with a smile and a «hello» and had a positive experience the whole time. I will definitely be visiting Salad World again when I’m in Portland on business.
Salad bar includes: sushi, pasta salads, all the salad options you could want, shrimp, fruit, hot food, etc.

Pros Cheap salad, LOTS of options,
Cons dark inside, no greeting, kept trying to stock/​clean the stuff I was trying to use forcing me to move when there wasn’t more than 3 of us in there and it was near closing, so I didn’t see the urgent need to move me

I’ve been here many times and this place is totally no frills so don’t expect any. You walk in, circle the salad bar, get what you want, pay and leave. It’s that simple. This is great in the summer because you can just take your lunch to the park. It’s good for what it is, a quick lunch and nothing else.