Snappy Salads

Obviously, I like the salads or I wouldn’t keep coming back, right? Right.
My rotation includes the Cobb, Crispy Artichoke (those little fried artichokes are dayum good), Grilled Avacado (the hot tomatoes are a little weird) and Sauteed Salmon (takes 10 minutes to cook). If flavored lettuce is your thing, this is your place.
Here’s what I like about the chain overall:
~Fresh ingredients + fresh preparation = healthyish lunch. Makes me feel better about myself as a person than a cheeseburger does. Although the cheeseburger makes me smile more. Sayin.
~Snappy Salads keeps an eye on environmental issues. LED lighting, paper straws, environmentally friendly water bottles, Fair Trade Tea. I may not be a hippie but I can get on board with a company that tries to reduce their impact on the planet a little.
~I like that in addition to the pre-​chosen recipes, you can just go crazy and add a shit ton of toppings to your salad. Careful with this tho, it can get pricey. I’ve also heard other folks say there’s a topping limit, might want to ask before you go nuts.
~I like the 2 sizes of salads. The half snap runs about $ 10 (a little more for more expensive toppings, like salmon) and is just enough food to fill up my lunchtime belly.
Here’s what I really don’t like about this particular location:
~Lunch is an asswhip. I get it, it’s lunchtime in a busy as hell part of town. It’s an asswhip for all of us. But for some reason this staff just doesn’t ever have their shit together, no matter how early or late you show up (and believe me, you don’t want to show up at noon). Everyone is friendly enough but they’re all doing too many things at once. Or something. The only person who really listens to you is the person making your salad (thank goodness). Every other person, including the person trying to check you out, is scrambling and yelling and running around. It’s tiring.
I like Snappy Salads (really). I just don’t like the stress of lunchtime at this spot.
Maybe I shoulda had that cheeseburger after all.

Food great! Especially the poblano soup! Grilled avo yummy too. Salads priced very fairly for quantity, freshness and taste. Help is knowledgeable, customer-​service oriented and friendly. Restaurant clean. Only thing we didn’t like was the paper straws.

Great healthy option. This location is just as good as the other snappy salad locations I’ve been too. Glad to have one in Richardson.

8 items for $ 8 dollars! The bowl is HUGE! 2 people can share 1 bowl, No joke. Plus. checking in via Unilocal earns you a FREE DRINK !

So for the first time ever I am amending one of my reviews. I have been to this place several more times and now unfortunately I am addicted. I followed a friend’s advice and created my own salad. That’s the way to go for sure. Way better outcome. Clearly I was not impressed by the salad I chose off the menu. I will stick with my original post in the fact that this place is pricy, but it’s healthy so that comes with the territory I suppose. Also, the ordering line is intimidating so I have found ordering online is way easier. Trying to pick 12 toppings while 20 people are standing behind you is very nerve racking lol. So, there you have it, amended my review-​eat here.

This is my go-​to lunch spot. I love the variety of extremely fresh ingredients. For a half snap (which is a hearty portion) you get to choose up to 8 toppings. Try adding grilled avocado! Also love their slogan «So good, even guys like our salads.»

Pretty sweet for a salad joint. I love that every visit can mean a different salad. Great dinner after a good workout.

My bf and I came here for the first time one evening. We ordered a full snappy salad bowl of the seared rare Yellowfin Tuna and large bowl of broccoli potato soup. The salad and soup was just okay, not as I expected. The tuna pieces were really tiny, not fresh and rare enough.
I would give this place 2 stars for the food but 4 stars just because of excellent service.

For my one day of trying to get into shape, I came here with a friend after working out. She told me that this place had great salads, but that they were a little overpriced. Her favorite, and now my favorite, salad would have to be the Yellowfin Tuna. It contains celery, cucumbers, water chestnuts, wasabi peas, avocado, and yellowfin tuna. It probably has other items in there, but those are the ones I remember and could make out. The half size salad is more than enough for one person, my friend got the sauteed salmon and couldn’t even finish it. The service was extremely friendly and helpful. My friend is lactose so she can’t eat anything with dairy, and they were more than happy to help her add different options to her salad.
Will definitely be back when I have a craving to be somewhat healthy… or when I’m just hungry!

This is my third review in 5 years, and I have to again give five stars.
I come here waaaaaayyy too often. Let’s be honest, I don’t always keep tabs on my food consumption over the weekend so by Monday morning, my body is screaming for GREENS. Due to the close proximity to my office, Snappy is the natural choice.
They are also the natural choice due to their fresh ingredients, large portion sizes, and great customer service. Their ingredients are presentable and make you excited to down those veggies! A «half» salad gets you a large bowl of your choice of lettuce, 8 toppings including nuts and cheese, plus dressing. Protein additions are extra. They also have some «pre-​designed» salads, made to order but for those indecisive days when you don’t want to think about what toppings would mesh well.
To touch on their customer service, I had an outstanding experience here one day. I was running back from a doc appointment and had only 10 minutes to grab some lunch. Ran into Snappy to see that the line was to the door, then quickly went back out said door. An employee had seen me and ran after me, saying that he didn’t want to see me go saladless. He proceeded to take me to the to-​go line and whipped me up a salad I could run out the door with. As a dues-​paying line stander, it was nice to be able to skip it on a day I was running late. I didn’t get his name, but kudos to that sweet employee!
All that said, can you quickly spend $ 12 on a salad? Yes, but your weekend body will thank you for it! To me they are worth every penny.

The grilled avocado IS very tasty! The store itself is cute and not smoky either. Will come back!

My husband and I just tried Snappy Salads for the first time, as it’s close to our home. I’m a regular at Salata in Addison, which is close to my job. I came into Snappy Salads without any preconceived notions and without reading any reviews.
This place ended up being a BIG step down from Salata, where you get as many toppings you want for free, there are about 4x as many toppings to choose from, the prices are better, the service is faster and friendlier, and the store is cleaner. Also, right after eating at Snappy Salads, my husband and I both got stomach aches from something we must have eaten. Sticking to Salata from now on!

Rats! No photo’s since it was a business lunch!
Bygones…
What I really loved:
— The selection of fastidiously fresh ingredients.
— The flavor sensation of the pre-​designed salads.
— The handsome male staff.
— The metal bowls.
— Green & environmental friendly
Needs Improvement:
— Ordering and designing salads during the lunch rush is frenetic and chaotic. You never know if you are in the right place.
— The staff is overwhelmed at the counter.
— I despised the seating, huge «picnic tables» and hard shairs (stool/​chairs).
— They clearly need more room and some sort of directional markers in the ordering — area.
— The prices are really really HIGH. You could easily pay $ 16 or more for just a half salad, drink and generous tip depending on the protein you order.
— My party was not offered bread as is referenced as delicious in the online menu. That would have gotten another star.
It reminded me a lot of Freebirds, but without the bizarre interior.
I ordered a half snap because that is what one of the cute male staff suggested. Should have ordered the full snap since the boss was picking up the tab. I was eyeing leftover salads on the tables because I was still hungry.

I’ve been here so many times for my quick lunch, and they haven’t disappointed me so far!
I’ve come a couple times, and ordered a couple of other things; BUT I’m in love with their Gaucho and Grilled Avocado. What word can I use to explain the tastes? FRESH, TASTY, and HEALTHY!

Good place to get a salad. They are pricey salads though.
But for the amount they give you, number of ingredients available, dressings, and meat options, it’s worth it. The line gets long during lunch but it goes pretty fast. I like their interior design. It’s accommodating to the modern/​hipster (?) feel. It seems really healthy, but they give you a lot of food so I think I’m actually eating more than usual. And eating salad requires so much chewing…
I am not a fan of salads. I am a meat lover. But I will go here once in a while when I want fresh ingredients and vegetables.
I really like their jalapeño ranch dressing. Their mushroom soup is really good too, but they don’t always have it so that’s a bummer.
For a quick lunch, I would recommend this place.
I’m not giving this restaurant 5 stars because I personally don’t think it’s worth the price and there’s not really a «wow!» factor. Salad is just salad… But they did put in a lot of effort into building a great menu with great ingredients.

So this was my first time at Snappy Salad ever, but after hearing so much about the grilled avocado salad, I had to try it!
The salad itself was pretty pricy in my opinion, I had both two, one half size and one full size and it came out to $ 25. For salads, I’d say thats pricy.
But the salad itself was pretty good and it has a kick to it, so it def isn’t bland.
It is a good salad, BUT idk how often I would go back to pay that much money for a salad.

Why have I just now discovered this place??? Amazing signature salads, but even more amazing selection of ingredients so you can make your own salad. Come here for lunch or dinner! You won’t be disappointed. The selection of proteins was even more impressive.

Decent place to grab a healthy salad. No frills, easy in and out.
Came here for lunch one sunny and hot afternoon as I was craving something healthy. It’s fast casual time place and so you just walk up to the counter and pick out the kind of salad you want. Some of the ingredients looked fresh but some of the items looked soggy and not appetizing. I ordered a mixed greens salad, and it just had waaaaay too much dressing in it, and I wanted to wash it out with water. The dressing was also very sugary and completely countered the nutrients of the salad.
Probably would not go out of my way to come here.

I first drove by while searching for something decent to eat on lunch. When I saw how crowded it was inside, I kept going because I didn’t feel like waiting that long, but figured it must be alright since they had so many patrons.
I had the opportunity to go early one evening, went inside, loud music and only 4 other customers. Great, no line.
There were several pre-​set options on the menu. No thanks.
Oh, and I am SUPER picky about my lettuce. I can’t stand iceberg, will actually take the time to pick out those chunky white pieces. So I did like the options: red leaf, romaine, spinach, artisan mix, and… iceberg.
I chose spinach and red leaf, didn’t see any withered or brown edges (I said I was super picky), lots of ingredients, and dressing.
It was all tossed together in a big bowl, then placed in a to-​go container.
Now, I’m not a fan of not having control of my dressing, because I do like a lot. I found the salad to be too dry, especially since the meat (chicken) was just added on top AFTER it had all been tossed, so it had zero dressing on it.
I knew it would be pricey, but $ 10.50? (a co-​worker called me crazy for paying that much)/
Was it worth it? I suppose. If you want a decent salad without having to buy all the ingredients yourself, sure. Wasn’t the best I’ve ever had, but not bad.
Service was very friendly.

I wanted to try Salata out before reviewing this place, and I have to say that Salata wins in my book. That is not to say that I don’t like Snappy Salads at all, but when it comes to looking at the freshness of ingredients, variety of ingredients, and overall bang for your buck, I think Salata triumphs all.
Snappy Salads offers a pre-​set menu which is nice for those who are too lazy to pick their own ingredients. I ordered the Bam Bam. It was good, delicious, and I would get it again. However, there was so little dressing that I had to go up to the counter and ask for me. Not that big of a deal. Also, after eating this $ 10+ salad, I honestly wasn’t that full.
This place is very convenient for those on the go. A salad can be made in about a minute versus Salata which takes a good bit to pick ingredients.