I am a simple man. Apparently too simply for the likes of Paradise as I really, really struggled trying to order a bowl of soup and a sandwich. Where do I go? Do I order all at one counter or go to the different stations? Is one person going to walk me through or do I meet everyone working today? Semi- buffet style just doesn't click with my brain. Outside of my obvious inability to order food, the fair was pretty decent. The soup selection was better than the sandwich I ordered and the pricing wasn't "oh my hell" expensive but it is up there. We did find our glutinous selves ordering extra cookies. They were awesome.
(3)
Michelle G.
I'm pretty easy to please but am compelled to write about my experience here because It left me so completely underwhelmed and disappointed. Veggie omlet was made by microwaving the veggies and then folding them into the middle of what appeared to be a scrambled egg patty. The feta inside consisted of hard flat pieces that had reminded me of plastic. And there was no sign of the Greek yoghurt topping promised on the menu board. To top it off the side of fruit looked like it may have been prepared a few days ago and the latte I ordered arrived a good 5 minutes after the food. All this with the restaurant on about 10% full. Maybe the place runs better when it's busy?
(2)
Candice S.
There are things to love and things to hate about this eatery. First the pros: Oatmeal with fruit Soft, fresh cookies Fresh salads Excellent soup Diet Coke! Cons: Overpriced The kids meals are measly and quite frankly, disgusting The lunch hour gets crazy busy with "ladies who lunch" types Sandwiches are uninspired Boils down to this: Come for the soup or salad, leave the kids at home and avoid lunch hour like the plague.
(3)
Shannon L.
Love the Fuji apple salad and Roasted Tomato Soup. Only problem here is the staff always seems grumpy and stressed out.
(3)
Steve F.
Panera copy and not as good. The ordering system sucks and the menu is confusing. Hardly any one in there but it was very loud it is a big place. They have sandwich, salads and baked goods but expensive for what you get.
(3)
Nathan A.
This place seems to be a good place to eat I have only had a salad of theirs which was really good it was some kind of berry salad and the dressing was poppy seed dressing it was very well made and served. The thing I have had the most is the Endless French toast it is so very good I love it the syrup they serve with it is warm and delicious I hear they have to soak the french toast overnight mmmmm. The service is not the best sometimes it is good and other days they seem to not care. One day I have to wait 15 minutes for 1 french toast refill which is just one piece. One complaint I have i their high chairs are hardly cleaned it would be nice if they paid attention to them and also put seat belts on them all 3 of them they have don't buckle at all that could not be pretty if a toddler climbs out of one and breaks their head open on the floor just saying.
(3)
Melyssa B.
They really have stepped up their game. I must say every time I have came back to this location the service is great! They are finally listening to what I'm asking for and leaving the tomato off!!! In all seriousness the food is great, cookies so yummy and the tuna sandwich (which is my favorite) is amazing. My view of this location has definitely changed. Glad they started caring about their customers!
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Melanie M.
One of my favorite places to eat! Quick, super friendly, always helpful, and always delicious. I'm hesitant to venture outside my comfort zone of tomato soup and Fuji apple chicken salad, but every time I do I'm never disappointed! My daughter orders the crumbly bleu cheese salad every time, and we've been there enough that they start making it when she walks in! I love feeling like a valued (obviously regular!) customer!
(4)
Layne P.
Went for the first time this week. Had an early dinner. It was very good overall. Both of our dinners were tasty. We got out of there for just over $20. We didn't order soda, just water. I will go back and try it again.
(4)
Patrick A.
Good salad s and sandwiches. Service can be slow and unfriendly at times. Free wifi
(3)
Dan T.
Variable service, but I love the massive custom salad option. Btw, at this location, you will be dinning with the entire relief society and kids.
(3)
Jennifer W.
Good quick food. breads, muffins and cookies are all yummy
(3)
Steven F.
Bloody DREADFUL. I may have had expectations? Big mistake. Crowded, pre Christmas looked good, great promotion, graphics, photography, interior design..etc. Food was aweful. The advertised Sonoma Stew, sounded great, tasted like THICK-flour laden MSG. Served sloppy' spilt onto serving tray. I ordered Cranberry-Turkey sandw. addit. Black bread was dry, sandwich only edible is you are truly starving. I will NEVER return. review my other reviews, this is my ONLY bad.
(1)
Tye B.
Great manager. I've eaten here quite a bit. I wish the relief society would hold their meetings elsewhere, but oh well. It's noisy, but one can sit outside.
(4)
Douglas D.
The place slays me every time. It's a consistent collection of mildly strange experiences which faithfully follow the same script with every visit. To start, you don't walk up to the counter, you sort of meander into it. All the time feeling as if you've landed in the wrong line, or shouldn't yet be in line, or maybe there's another line, but the staff has decided to take pity on you and let you have your way. Someone takes your order, you move a little further down the line and they ask if you'd like to order more... a salad, some soup, or a pile of cookies. Then they forget about you for a season while the poor cashier addresses the real, but odd concern of a customer wondering if they really need the tray to carry the little plastic number, as their order is still being prepared a ways back. Once your turn arrives, you discover this is one expensive little lunch. For some reason the sandwich didn't look that expensive on the menu. Then you carry your little plastic number on your tray, find a table and remember you forgot a trusty pair of ear plugs. I've been to several Paradise franchises, and they are all incredibly noisy. Maybe I'm growing old and tired of all these kids and their rock-and-roll music. Or maybe all their restaurants are designed to be really, really noisy. When your sandwich makes it out of the gauntlet, your previous discovery of this being an expensive little lunch is lessened a touch by the surprise cookie on your plate. Then the feeling comes rushing back as you address the sandwich and find it's made of roughly 113% bread with a minor binding agent in between. Outside of everything else the best part of Paradise is ordering cookies. Remember that scene from Taken where Liam Nesson ties up the bad guy to a fully wired lawn chair? Yeah. Pretend the bad guy is logic and Liam Nesson is the Paradise employee assigned to sell the cookies. They offer them on a "Buy One, Get One Free (with entree)" basis. With that, logic would assume that if you bought a dozen you could get an additional dozen. Not so fast (imagine Liam cranking the switch; logic begins to convulse in agony). "The cookies are sold for $1.35 each, if you buy six, you'll get six free, but they couldn't do the same deal for a dozen because then they'd be less than .70 cents each." That's the tortured explanation we've received each and every time. We continue to ask just for the fun of hearing the poor employee attempt to recite the line. You do the math: Two trains leave the station traveling 60 mph, er, if a cookie is sold for .70 cents, how does the value of the cookie change if you buy two, or two-hundred? I go to Paradise more often than I'd like, and I'm thankful for the reliable cookie kabuki. Overall, the food is okay. You can tell the employees really, really wish it were better, and you do too. In the end, you and the staff simply stare longingly at each other wanting both dreams to come true. After your meal, order some cookies and ask why you can buy six and get six free, but can't buy 12 and get 12 free. You won't be disappointed. Perplexed and bewildered, but not disappointed.
(3)
Nicole C.
You can't go wrong here. The sandwiches are tasty, the soups are really good and the cookies....ooooh the cookies. Heaven. LOVE their cookies. We ordered a turkey wrap, bowl of tomato soup and a roast beef sandwich (and you get 1 free cookie with each meal) and the bill was 17.59.
(4)
Christine J.
Went here for lunch with my boyfriend and his family. I ordered the Turkey Cranberry sandwich which was different yet good. Not sure if I like the cranberry sauce, but I ended up eating it all so I guess it wasn't half bad! Or maybe it was... I ate all of one half of the sandwich because it was HUGE! I highly recommend ordering half a sandwich unless you are STARVING to death or need to gain weight. Makes good leftovers though! They give you a cookie with every meal, but I actually didn't get a chance to eating it. I ordered a raspberry bar as my dessert, and it was pretty good though pretty rich. Save it for after you're over your "full belly" feeling and are ready to stomach some sweetness! The atmosphere was big and crowded, which was kind of cool. I felt like I was in a hip lunch joint. Kinda noisy but I was too into my meal to really notice or care.
(4)
Mari C.
I don't have too much experience in the culinary competition here, but this place wouldn't get my vote in San Francisco. That being said, it was a perfectly decent place to eat after dislodging myself from the paperclip that flew me into Utah. I got a turkey sando, which was actually not so great. "Haphazard" is the best word to describe it. But it came with a little uber-sweet cookie and could be accompanied by a salad, I chose Caesar. Not that bad, but the kids behind the counter seemed miserable and undedicated, but the Latina woman who cleaned our table was a peach. Though it was a tasteful chain restaurant, I have faith that there are better places to eat around here. There has to be.
(3)
Greg J.
Very good, cookies are extraordinary!
(4)
Jason F.
This is another location in the chain of restaurants in the Salt Lake City area. They have a good selection of sandwiches, salads, and soups. They also have lots of deserts to choose from with cookies seemingly the most popular choice based on my lunch partners comments. You place your order and pick up your food cafeteria style. Be sure to be smart enough to skip ahead to the station you want if people are queuing up at a station you don't want to order from. Most of the time they have very fresh ingredients but this location seems to serve lettuce that is wilting. Probably in an a attempt to save money. Not being much of a fan of browning and rotting lettuce I actually said something one time and I think they were shocked. Most people around here are not the kind to speak up and say something even though they know it is wrong. Anyway, they replaced my salad with a smile, as I watched them make it. They have soups du jour and they always seem to satisfy. Having eaten here several times the food is good and the staff is friendly enough. Good alternative to burgers and fries for lunch.
(3)
Brooke B.
The cookies at this bakery are AMAZING!! Talk about foreplay for women! The brownie alone satisfies any woman's desires or any chocoholic for that matter. Don't forget to try their blonde brownie too. I had a hard time ordering a yucky old sandwich after passing all the treats! But I did and got a roast beef. Unfortunately the bread was TOO much and it wasn't hot, like I ordered. But it still tasted good. The vegetable soup was nice as well. But I'm sorry... COOKIES COOKIES COOKIES!! AND they serve breakfast so I'm going back in the morning to try that out! Check out their website. Good stuff. Update: I came back for breakfast AND lunch again. I tried their breakfast croissant sandwich and it was GREAT. For lunch, I tried the BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad, not so great. I think I'll refer to Paradise Bakery for their desserts and breakfast.
(4)
Chelsea M.
Expensive and crowded. And they stopped doing cookie samples, which is a huge bummer.
Takes Reservations : No Delivery : No Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Good For : Lunch Parking : Private Lot Wheelchair Accessible : Yes Good for Kids : Yes Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Ambience : Casual Noise Level : Quiet Alcohol : No Outdoor Seating : Yes Wi-Fi : Free Has TV : No Waiter Service : No Caters : Yes
Travis B.
I am a simple man. Apparently too simply for the likes of Paradise as I really, really struggled trying to order a bowl of soup and a sandwich. Where do I go? Do I order all at one counter or go to the different stations? Is one person going to walk me through or do I meet everyone working today? Semi- buffet style just doesn't click with my brain. Outside of my obvious inability to order food, the fair was pretty decent. The soup selection was better than the sandwich I ordered and the pricing wasn't "oh my hell" expensive but it is up there. We did find our glutinous selves ordering extra cookies. They were awesome.
(3)Michelle G.
I'm pretty easy to please but am compelled to write about my experience here because It left me so completely underwhelmed and disappointed. Veggie omlet was made by microwaving the veggies and then folding them into the middle of what appeared to be a scrambled egg patty. The feta inside consisted of hard flat pieces that had reminded me of plastic. And there was no sign of the Greek yoghurt topping promised on the menu board. To top it off the side of fruit looked like it may have been prepared a few days ago and the latte I ordered arrived a good 5 minutes after the food. All this with the restaurant on about 10% full. Maybe the place runs better when it's busy?
(2)Candice S.
There are things to love and things to hate about this eatery. First the pros: Oatmeal with fruit Soft, fresh cookies Fresh salads Excellent soup Diet Coke! Cons: Overpriced The kids meals are measly and quite frankly, disgusting The lunch hour gets crazy busy with "ladies who lunch" types Sandwiches are uninspired Boils down to this: Come for the soup or salad, leave the kids at home and avoid lunch hour like the plague.
(3)Shannon L.
Love the Fuji apple salad and Roasted Tomato Soup. Only problem here is the staff always seems grumpy and stressed out.
(3)Steve F.
Panera copy and not as good. The ordering system sucks and the menu is confusing. Hardly any one in there but it was very loud it is a big place. They have sandwich, salads and baked goods but expensive for what you get.
(3)Nathan A.
This place seems to be a good place to eat I have only had a salad of theirs which was really good it was some kind of berry salad and the dressing was poppy seed dressing it was very well made and served. The thing I have had the most is the Endless French toast it is so very good I love it the syrup they serve with it is warm and delicious I hear they have to soak the french toast overnight mmmmm. The service is not the best sometimes it is good and other days they seem to not care. One day I have to wait 15 minutes for 1 french toast refill which is just one piece. One complaint I have i their high chairs are hardly cleaned it would be nice if they paid attention to them and also put seat belts on them all 3 of them they have don't buckle at all that could not be pretty if a toddler climbs out of one and breaks their head open on the floor just saying.
(3)Melyssa B.
They really have stepped up their game. I must say every time I have came back to this location the service is great! They are finally listening to what I'm asking for and leaving the tomato off!!! In all seriousness the food is great, cookies so yummy and the tuna sandwich (which is my favorite) is amazing. My view of this location has definitely changed. Glad they started caring about their customers!
(4)Melanie M.
One of my favorite places to eat! Quick, super friendly, always helpful, and always delicious. I'm hesitant to venture outside my comfort zone of tomato soup and Fuji apple chicken salad, but every time I do I'm never disappointed! My daughter orders the crumbly bleu cheese salad every time, and we've been there enough that they start making it when she walks in! I love feeling like a valued (obviously regular!) customer!
(4)Layne P.
Went for the first time this week. Had an early dinner. It was very good overall. Both of our dinners were tasty. We got out of there for just over $20. We didn't order soda, just water. I will go back and try it again.
(4)Patrick A.
Good salad s and sandwiches. Service can be slow and unfriendly at times. Free wifi
(3)Dan T.
Variable service, but I love the massive custom salad option. Btw, at this location, you will be dinning with the entire relief society and kids.
(3)Jennifer W.
Good quick food. breads, muffins and cookies are all yummy
(3)Steven F.
Bloody DREADFUL. I may have had expectations? Big mistake. Crowded, pre Christmas looked good, great promotion, graphics, photography, interior design..etc. Food was aweful. The advertised Sonoma Stew, sounded great, tasted like THICK-flour laden MSG. Served sloppy' spilt onto serving tray. I ordered Cranberry-Turkey sandw. addit. Black bread was dry, sandwich only edible is you are truly starving. I will NEVER return. review my other reviews, this is my ONLY bad.
(1)Tye B.
Great manager. I've eaten here quite a bit. I wish the relief society would hold their meetings elsewhere, but oh well. It's noisy, but one can sit outside.
(4)Douglas D.
The place slays me every time. It's a consistent collection of mildly strange experiences which faithfully follow the same script with every visit. To start, you don't walk up to the counter, you sort of meander into it. All the time feeling as if you've landed in the wrong line, or shouldn't yet be in line, or maybe there's another line, but the staff has decided to take pity on you and let you have your way. Someone takes your order, you move a little further down the line and they ask if you'd like to order more... a salad, some soup, or a pile of cookies. Then they forget about you for a season while the poor cashier addresses the real, but odd concern of a customer wondering if they really need the tray to carry the little plastic number, as their order is still being prepared a ways back. Once your turn arrives, you discover this is one expensive little lunch. For some reason the sandwich didn't look that expensive on the menu. Then you carry your little plastic number on your tray, find a table and remember you forgot a trusty pair of ear plugs. I've been to several Paradise franchises, and they are all incredibly noisy. Maybe I'm growing old and tired of all these kids and their rock-and-roll music. Or maybe all their restaurants are designed to be really, really noisy. When your sandwich makes it out of the gauntlet, your previous discovery of this being an expensive little lunch is lessened a touch by the surprise cookie on your plate. Then the feeling comes rushing back as you address the sandwich and find it's made of roughly 113% bread with a minor binding agent in between. Outside of everything else the best part of Paradise is ordering cookies. Remember that scene from Taken where Liam Nesson ties up the bad guy to a fully wired lawn chair? Yeah. Pretend the bad guy is logic and Liam Nesson is the Paradise employee assigned to sell the cookies. They offer them on a "Buy One, Get One Free (with entree)" basis. With that, logic would assume that if you bought a dozen you could get an additional dozen. Not so fast (imagine Liam cranking the switch; logic begins to convulse in agony). "The cookies are sold for $1.35 each, if you buy six, you'll get six free, but they couldn't do the same deal for a dozen because then they'd be less than .70 cents each." That's the tortured explanation we've received each and every time. We continue to ask just for the fun of hearing the poor employee attempt to recite the line. You do the math: Two trains leave the station traveling 60 mph, er, if a cookie is sold for .70 cents, how does the value of the cookie change if you buy two, or two-hundred? I go to Paradise more often than I'd like, and I'm thankful for the reliable cookie kabuki. Overall, the food is okay. You can tell the employees really, really wish it were better, and you do too. In the end, you and the staff simply stare longingly at each other wanting both dreams to come true. After your meal, order some cookies and ask why you can buy six and get six free, but can't buy 12 and get 12 free. You won't be disappointed. Perplexed and bewildered, but not disappointed.
(3)Nicole C.
You can't go wrong here. The sandwiches are tasty, the soups are really good and the cookies....ooooh the cookies. Heaven. LOVE their cookies. We ordered a turkey wrap, bowl of tomato soup and a roast beef sandwich (and you get 1 free cookie with each meal) and the bill was 17.59.
(4)Christine J.
Went here for lunch with my boyfriend and his family. I ordered the Turkey Cranberry sandwich which was different yet good. Not sure if I like the cranberry sauce, but I ended up eating it all so I guess it wasn't half bad! Or maybe it was... I ate all of one half of the sandwich because it was HUGE! I highly recommend ordering half a sandwich unless you are STARVING to death or need to gain weight. Makes good leftovers though! They give you a cookie with every meal, but I actually didn't get a chance to eating it. I ordered a raspberry bar as my dessert, and it was pretty good though pretty rich. Save it for after you're over your "full belly" feeling and are ready to stomach some sweetness! The atmosphere was big and crowded, which was kind of cool. I felt like I was in a hip lunch joint. Kinda noisy but I was too into my meal to really notice or care.
(4)Mari C.
I don't have too much experience in the culinary competition here, but this place wouldn't get my vote in San Francisco. That being said, it was a perfectly decent place to eat after dislodging myself from the paperclip that flew me into Utah. I got a turkey sando, which was actually not so great. "Haphazard" is the best word to describe it. But it came with a little uber-sweet cookie and could be accompanied by a salad, I chose Caesar. Not that bad, but the kids behind the counter seemed miserable and undedicated, but the Latina woman who cleaned our table was a peach. Though it was a tasteful chain restaurant, I have faith that there are better places to eat around here. There has to be.
(3)Greg J.
Very good, cookies are extraordinary!
(4)Jason F.
This is another location in the chain of restaurants in the Salt Lake City area. They have a good selection of sandwiches, salads, and soups. They also have lots of deserts to choose from with cookies seemingly the most popular choice based on my lunch partners comments. You place your order and pick up your food cafeteria style. Be sure to be smart enough to skip ahead to the station you want if people are queuing up at a station you don't want to order from. Most of the time they have very fresh ingredients but this location seems to serve lettuce that is wilting. Probably in an a attempt to save money. Not being much of a fan of browning and rotting lettuce I actually said something one time and I think they were shocked. Most people around here are not the kind to speak up and say something even though they know it is wrong. Anyway, they replaced my salad with a smile, as I watched them make it. They have soups du jour and they always seem to satisfy. Having eaten here several times the food is good and the staff is friendly enough. Good alternative to burgers and fries for lunch.
(3)Brooke B.
The cookies at this bakery are AMAZING!! Talk about foreplay for women! The brownie alone satisfies any woman's desires or any chocoholic for that matter. Don't forget to try their blonde brownie too. I had a hard time ordering a yucky old sandwich after passing all the treats! But I did and got a roast beef. Unfortunately the bread was TOO much and it wasn't hot, like I ordered. But it still tasted good. The vegetable soup was nice as well. But I'm sorry... COOKIES COOKIES COOKIES!! AND they serve breakfast so I'm going back in the morning to try that out! Check out their website. Good stuff. Update: I came back for breakfast AND lunch again. I tried their breakfast croissant sandwich and it was GREAT. For lunch, I tried the BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad, not so great. I think I'll refer to Paradise Bakery for their desserts and breakfast.
(4)Chelsea M.
Expensive and crowded. And they stopped doing cookie samples, which is a huge bummer.
(2)