Waters Fine Foods

Overpriced and the Turkey and Cranberry sandwich i had was very dry needed some more elements to it Employees were friendly and place was busy but unfortunately i wouldn’t go back because of the prices some times you only get one chance to make a 1^st impression

Disappointed but I should have known better. Not all that upscale for it’s priciness. Ordered a Chicken Salad sandwich — but it came loaded with mayonnaise. Somehow expect better from Waters. Outdoor seating on a parking lot… over all it’s overpriced strip mall fast food. They will pass you an Ipad asking for a tip but provide no table service.

Fresh, simple and quality! We have used their Catering services and café, and can only say we’ve always had good experiences. Also, their staff is always friendly and helpful. Will return!

I really love this place so it pains me to only give it 3 stars. But, after going in today I feel like I have to.
I come here A LOT, like once a week for the last two years. And pretty much always get the same thing: portobello sandwich with no red peppers. Pretty simple but really delicious. Today I ordered and the girl got to making my sandwich. About a minute or so later I realized she was putting red peppers on it, which I had asked not to. When I politely brought it to her attention she actually ROLLED her eyes. Like really? Totally unwarranted.
In addition to this last awful experience I noticed that they have recently raised their already high prices. I especially find this ridiculous considering their location. I’d expect this in La Jolla or downtown maybe but not Linda Vista.

Why would a restaurant with great food and great servers and the highest prices anywhere not take $ 100 bills for payment? Owner, please change your policy to help customers and your staff.

Good quality and tasty food. Perfect for a quick bite or take out. I knocked off a star for dirty tables and a staff member who was idle and could have easily not allowed that as an impression when your walked through the door. It was not busy at the time. Just myself and daughter and one other customer. The food is very good! the atmosphere, location and parking are nothing special.

For the cost of take out food I expect to have excellent service. I do not expect to stand there for 5 minutes wondering why I am not acknowledged and waited on when there is no line and no one in front of me.
Finally someone noticed that I was standing there waiting to be waited on when she looked up from playing with the cord of the cash register. I asked if there was cilantro in the Moroccan meatballs. After some discussion behind the counter I was told that it only said herbs and not which ones were in the meatballs. She told me which I could barely hear over the loud music that they could call the kitchen to find out. I said great, she asked me four more times if I wanted her to call. Yes, I kept repeating. Finally I decided to give up. The one who was supposed waiting on me started joining in an effort to open a bottle of soda and not continue helping me. I said I still wanted the container of mashed potatoes that I had said I wanted and she did not take out for me. Did I want anything else, yes soup and someone to actually pay attention to me and my order!
It is the second time that I waited in there without being acknowledged or waited on with no line. I am surely not invisible but the workers there might think so.
Too bad I like their food. I hope they get some better employees or train them better.
They might have a limit on the sound level of the music also. I could not hear them and they seemed to not be able to hear me. A logical solution would have been to turn down the music.

Was okay. I was so excited to try this place but sadly was disappointed. There’s a small parking lot, tight spaces. Inside the space is bright and open. There are a few tables and the staff was relatively friendly. I looked in the display case at the ready made foods but couldn’t see anything as there was heavy condensation. Finally decided on a few items: beets salad, Acini de Pepe, salmon, a chicken Caesar wrap and a peanut butter cookie. All the food was average. Nothing blew my mind or tasted gourmet. Just yesterday, I checked out Stehly Farms in Kensington and although the prices were high/​comparable, I was wowed with their BLT, beet salad, kale & cauliflower tabbouli and pesto pasta. I will say that Water’s peanut butter cookie was good, very moist. But I was hoping the food would be amassing. :(

The food is good, but nothing special. Definitely not worth what you pay, especially not with all of the other fun food in that neighborhood

We have been using Waters sine they opened many years ago and still love it! Great food and nice folks.

Best baked goods ever! I’m such a sweets person and come here once a week to get my fix!
Their food is really good too. It’s a bit pricey but worth it.

What a hidden treasure! This place has organic, gluten free, vegan, and vegetarian options. If that doesn’t excite you than the food will! I must say its a bit every time I go! Best coffee that is freshly grounded and brewed to order. Overall I love this place!

What a sophisticated eatery — too sophisticated. I felt like a peasant among self-​proclaimed royalty. Upon walking in I was impressed with the quaint décor, but I was only given about 30 seconds between walking in and being demanded to order. I am sorry, I do not frequent this relatively expensive sandwich shop. Now for my second apology — I do not like to judge people, but the girl taking my order was very snobby and I felt as if she was looking down on me, and not simply because I am short.
After ordering a sandwich I asked for coffee, but they were out! «We’ve run out of beans. There’s cold brew in the fridge». If I wanted to purchase a $ 5 cold brew I would have gone elsewhere, a simple coffee would have sufficed. I had to leave decaffeinated and disappointed. I actually came to Waters over J&T because I thought there would be coffee.
While waiting for our to-​go orders we had to ask for water cups, which greatly inconvenienced the cashier — ironic considering the name of the restaurant. Anyways, I ordered the House-​Roasted Turkey Pesto Sandwich as was suggested by the girl not much older than me but still overly condescending. Oh, Jarlsberg cheese, sounds so exotic and exciting! False — it is basically indistinguishable from Swiss cheese. The sandwich was nothing special and very overpriced considering its mediocrity.
My main problem with this place is how their hide under the façade of sophistication while looking down upon the common folk like my friends and me — that is how we felt anyways. Usually businesses policies are «the customer is always right», either that or they at least respect the customer, but sometimes youth in conjunction with lack of funds demands belittling from the sellers of «fine foods».

Excellent little place to grab lunch! The place is very inviting and has an excellent menu with great options for healthy food. Definitely will be coming by on my lunch breaks! Shout out to Shannon! She knows what’s going on and is very helpful with selecting the perfect lunch.

Waters is a fantastic place for a quick lunch or dinner, offering many choices and types of meals such as soups, sandwiches, side dishes, salads, meat dishes, and desserts. Everything is made fresh daily, and I have never gotten something here that I did not enjoy. Waters has a consistent menu on the wall where sandwiches and salads that are available every day are written down, but I also really like the surprise element that Waters offers as you never know what the display case will have in it each day to try.
My absolute favorite thing to get at Waters is and always has been a slice of the Spinach Feta Quiche. It is without a doubt the best quiche I have ever had in my life, and the slices are always very generous. I also frequently get the kale salad (there are usually a few types of this in the display case, and each one is excellent). The soup changes each day, but I have enjoyed the Veggie Chili and Tomato Bisque. Additionally, there is usually a healthy chicken or fish dish. Waters also always features fresh grilled vegetables in the display case along with other sides such as mashed potatoes or mac & cheese, which vary every day. While I do not have a huge sweet tooth, there are usually a hefty supply of desserts in the display case as well, with dishes like Chocolate Mousse or Lemon Bars. With the consistent menu on the wall, I have gotten the Chicken Salad Sandwich many times. The chicken salad is so creamy and delicious, and the bread is always fresh!
The only issue that is a bummer is that around dinnertime, Waters runs out of many of their items in the display case, so I would definitely recommend coming earlier in the day if you are picking up something for dinner.
Waters has a nice selection of wine (both red and white) as well as crackers and casual snacks available for purchase. They also have a fridge offering beers, teas, and drinks for children. At checkout, there are other small sweets that you can buy such as cupcakes, or my personal favorite, the chocolate chip or cowgirl cookies.
Honestly, I could probably eat at Waters every single day and die happy. There is such a great variety of healthy, fresh cuisine to try and everything always tastes excellent. The employees are very helpful and sweet, too, which makes for a pleasant experience all-​around!

Great place!
Stopped in today for the first time, and I can already see myself being a regular.
They had a great variety of foods: quiches, chicken meatballs, chicken piccata, braised beef, sweet potato purée, sandwiches, salads… the list goes on.
It was really hard for me to decide on what I wanted– I wanted to try it all! I ended up ordering two pieces of salmon, cauliflower and celery root purée, and a kale and pomegranate salad.
Everything was SO good!
I can’t wait to go back and try more of their food

Lunch was on the menu when I visited this small eatery, looking for a fine sandwich, I stumbled upon the all white meat Albacore pole caught tuna salad sandwich, I ordered it, but instead of the focaccia, I had them make it on multi-​grain bread. For dessert, I tried a couple of cookies: the chocolate chip and oatmeal currant.
The multi-​grain bread was of very good quality with hidden nuts and whole grains hidden here and there, not to mention the great flavor it had (
). I was pleasantly surprised with the nice amount of albacore tuna the sandwich came with: tuna that tasted terrific mixed with the lemon aioli and olive tapenade spread (
). By the way, the albacore was had a very mild pleasant flavor. It may of came out of a can, but it was of very good quality and humanely caught (
).
Both cookies I enjoyed for dessert were great. The chocolate chips was the most moist and sweet (
). Misleading from the outside, the cookie had a a lot more chocolate chips than I would of presumed by looking at it from the outside (
). The chips had that melt in your mouth quality and tasted great. The oatmeal currant cookies was good. The oatmeal was mild in flavor, but the cookie was a little dry (
). This cookie had an abundant amount tasty little currants throughout the cookie (
).
The girls behind the counter were hip and had a good system going. It did take a little long for the food to come out of the kitchen, but with nice service and a great Albacore Tuna sandwich it’s easy to forgive.
Well done…

I’ve eaten here numerous times and the food is UUUH-​MAZING! My favorite is the chicken club sandwich (bacon, tomato, red leaf lettuce, lemon aioli on toasted baguette. It’s $ 8.50 or $ 9.18 after tax which is a little expensive for such a small sandwich, but you’re paying for good quality food. Their freshly-​made gourmet soups and salads are delicious too. They use fresh produce and locally raised meats and free range poultry. If I rated this based on the food alone, I would give them 5 stars!
The service, however, was not so good and the ladies working behind the counter were not very friendly. –1point They had a sign that said free cookie if you mention us on social media. I mentioned to the lady that I’ll «check in» on Unilocal and even showed it to her on my phone and mentioned I’ll write them a review. She saw me checking in but said sorry, they ran out. If you ran out, why don’t you take your sign down!!! If you still have it up, at least offer me another one of your bakery items! I didn’t want your cookie anyways… I wanted it for my husband actually who has a huge sweet tooth. He was sitting down at one of the tables holding our baby while I was ordering, and when I told him he didn’t get his cookie, he was surprised too that they didn’t offer me something else. By the way, he was holding our baby the whole time because they don’t have a high chair. –1point for not being kid friendly.

How did I not know this place existed till today? I work about a mile from here and am always on the lookout for new lunch spots. I was scouring Unilocal today and found Waters! I had a veggie panini and side of roasted vegetables. The veggies were so good! Very similar to Tender Greens but better! Overall, I’d say the prices, quality and concept are quite comparable to Tender Greens. The food is fresh and not processed. My panini was tasty but quite small for $ 7.50. It was like the size of a normal piece of white bread with the crusts cut off with a thin layer of cheese and veggies inside.
The staff were helpful and knowledgeable, but this place is far from a well-​oiled machine. They only had one girl at the register, but really needed two people b/​c it took like seriously five minutes to pay after you order. There’s a decent amount of room for improvements to streamline the process. The best part about Tender Greens is when you approach the register, your food is ready when you pay. At Waters, we waited forever to pay and then still waited for food. Wouldn’t have minded waiting for the food if we could have paid and gotten out of people’s way. The line is in a tight area.
I am always happy to find a new spot to add into the lunch rotation. I’ll def be back!

Came here solo and enjoyed the hipster vibe in this small café and open windows for people watching. It was an easy choice as from the outside it appeared to be the cutest and cleanest restaurant within the little plaza. I also fancied the word” fine”.
I ordered the Turkey Panini and thought it was tasty, but a little crunchier than I’d like. It was jammed pack with great herbalicious flavor. It was my first time trying jarlsberg cheese, which comes on a lot of their sandwiches by the way. I thought it complemented the fresh pesto very well.
The prices are a bit on the higher side, but you’re getting gourmet and organic items. I paid about $ 12 + tip for a sandwich and bottle of honestea, yea. Customer service was okay.
They have one large table for a group. If you’re coming with a group, I’m crossing my fingers for ya. This may sound weird, but they had really soft napkins that felt like cotton. I liked them, I liked them a lot.