What's not to love? Â Inside the Water Tower place so easy walking distance even in a Chicago snow storm. Â Plenty to do if its busy with a whole mall. Â
Two things let me and the fam avoid this though. Â First, we eat there on the weekdays in the evening. Â Being local has its perks. Â Second, if you are in a pinch, skip the FoodLife and grab a ticket to Might Nice in the back. Â Same Lettuce Entertain You owners but a traditional sit down with its own fabulous menu.
Back to FoodLife though. Â Great food options. Â All or at least most of the wonderful Lettuce Entertain You food specialties, each with its own little mini menu. Â Mexican, Italian, Chinese, soup, Southern comfort food. Â They even added wine a few years back.
Best part is that when it is less crowded like when we go, it is a great place to take the kids. Â My kids love having their own "credit card" to go and buy their own food without mom and dad looking over their shoulder. Â A little on the pricey side for your typical food court but the food is really better and the atmosphere is too. Â Great family event for us.
Easy five-star review served right up! Just like they serve your food right up at this "glorious buffet." That's what I'm calling it anyway. It's not some "mall food court" - no, this is the Disneyworld of Mall Food Courts if you want to think of it that way.
First, you are properly welcomed (by aromas!) but also by the greeter/host. You are handed a plastic card and then taken to a table that has become "reserved" for you. Run wild now in this theme park of food...charge like you are a ten-year-old with your parents' credit card! Hand it over every counter from which you want to receive some sustenance. Â Pizza, salad, soups, mexican food, stir-fry, sushi....(There's also beer, wine, soft drinks & tea - the latter two are self-serve & all you can drink.)
I usually get crazy with the build-your-own stir fry. On one of my most recent visits - there was a table of about 12 Chicago Firefighters who looked on in awe of this little old lady with snap peas and alfalfa sprouts precariously towering at least three feet above her brown bowl. Â Did they have to come to the rescue? NOPE! She agilely handed it up and over the counter where it was wok-ed up hot by the ready chef.
When you are finished enjoying your visit...flip your "reserved" indicator to "finished" (or whatever, I don't recall exactly the word) and pop up to the exit. Here, you hand over that little plastic card & pay to exit. (Kind of the opposite of a theme park where you pay to get in, but you won't be throwing up any of this food after riding too many rides!) I have seen some folks gag a little though upon finding out that there is a surcharge added (like a gratuity) but I have never balked at this. The service here has always been outstanding - the place is clean and delightful - and you pay for what you get!
PS they have some excellent daily specials on both food and wine - so look around for the chalkboards or ask someone.
As a frequent traveler I am always stoked when I find a healthy and affordable place near my hotel. Â
During my trip to Chicago I was referred to foodlife and I am so thankful I was! Â Their build your own salad bar is AMAZING. Â Fresh and plentiful toppings, a variety of oils and vinegars, prepared salads, lots of protein and grains line to long salad bars.
There are also hot entree items to pick from, a sushi bar, panini station and a wine bar.
I will for sure be returning... maybe as soon as tomorrow!
Yes, it is a food court. In a mall. Kind of.
It is cafeteria style, and there are several Lettuce restaurant options including Big Bowl. Comfort food options like BBQ ribs & Rotisserie chicken. Pasta as well as a Taqueria. The sushi deal is pretty sweet. Â 2 Rolls for $12.00. And a glass of wine for $3.95 while you wait.
If you need something warm, the bottomless soup bowl for $6.99 is great for cold Chicago winter nights.
Typically I would deduct a star for the tourists, but that is hardly the fault of Foodlife. They need to eat too, I guess. Maybe they couldn't find The Cheesecake Factory.
I've been to Watertower a million times but never visited their food court. Boy oh boy have I Â been missing out!
Came here with the boyfriend since we had shopping to do and all I wanted to eat was soup ...crazy amounts of soup. They've a great deal $7 unlimited bowls of soups....good soups too! They also give you the sweetest cornbread ever...no need for butter. Kinda nice they seat you...no fighting over tables. Holiday shoppers can be ccrrrazzyy!!
The great thing I really liked about this food court is that they've something for everybody. A grilled meat section, soul food section, soup section, sushi section, pasta, pizza, .....well you get the  idea. Needless to say even the most picky eaters will like this. It doesn't hurt that most meals are less than 7 bucks.
Probably one of the most diverse selections of hot and cold foods in one place that I have ever experienced. If you can't find something that you would enjoy, I don't know what it is that you are looking for.
Everything (with the exception of bread and baked goods, which are sold by the piece) is sold by fixed price weight- if you are not a good estimator of what your selections will weigh, you may be surprised to have a larger bill than you expected at check-out.
I was there during the lunch hour and made myself a nice salad out of the large number of choices offered. I noticed too late that they had "wedge" lettuce available, perhaps the thing to do is to look around a bit before starting to load up your plate? Overall everything that I took from the salad bar looked fresh and inviting. There was 8-10 different salad dressings available in easy-serve carafes.
Plastic "to-go" containers are available for those who would like to take home a ready-prepared meal to enjoy later. Plates and cardboard (wax lined) containers are discounted (my recyclable box earned a 90 cent discount on my bill at the cashier). I was surprised and pleased that actual "metal" eating utensils are given for use rather than plastic disposables.
TIP: check out the baked goods section for something to go with your meal. I tried a Jalapeño corn muffin and was very pleased.
This is probably not a good choice for people having young children because 1- things are at "adult" height and youngsters will not be able to see what is available 2- there are so many choices that children may be visually overwhelmed.
Other sit-down dining options in the Mezzanine area might be better for families and those with young children.
Tables in Foodlife are somewhat limited but there are "common" tables for use around the elevator area. Â If you are with a group, be prepared to get past the "need" to sit together at one table, it will not kill you to break up into groups of 4-6 people per table for the few minutes that you are dining.
During my visit I observed families picking out a table and then abandoning it to get their food. I feel that it would be probably a better strategy to leave at least one adult at the table while everyone else picked out what they want. Predictably, people who wanted a place to sit during the noon hour rush took over what a reasonable person would assume were empty tables. Leaving the chagrined families with no place to sit.
It's right before Christmas, my girlfriend and I have shopping to do, and she's sick and wants soup. Well thank you Yelp for leading us here! Also, if you've ever wondered if you can get full on soup - the answer is yes. Yes you can.
For $7 you can get unlimited soup, barring their specialty soups which you can add on for a dollar. The premium soups when we went were lobster bisque and...I think it was baked potato? But the regular soups are pretty varied as well - lentil, tomato, Italian wedding, beef vegetable, and more. I got three bowls (well, I finished two and a half):
Turkey chili - hearty and meaty; you can't really tell it's turkey, which is good. Not that much spice to it, but still pretty good.
Clam chowder - not too creamy, but you could tell there was decent sized clams in it.
Chicken noodle - pretty salty (or maybe MSG-y). The noodles were in fun shapes, but I couldn't finish it in good conscience.
We looked around and saw some pretty appetizing looking food, but we stayed disciplined enough to just stick to the soup. And really, $7 + tax per person for lunch in downtown (and in a mall) isn't too shabby of a deal.
Foodlife may be one of the best food courts I have ever been to. Â Located in the bottom of Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile, it has not only a prime location for tourists and locals, but also high quality food with a huge variety of choices. Â All the food is cooked made-to-order but the costs is kept reasonable by having you order, pick up, and bring your meal to your table. Â The lack of waiters and waitresses is definitely a great way to pass savings on to the customers. Â As I have mentioned, the variety is incredible. Â Your choices include BBQ, Chinese, Thai, Italian, pizzas, hot dogs, burgers, soul food, sushi, crepes, and much more. Â Each of the stations has its own speciality so just check out my review of some of my favorites below. Â The overall atmosphere is fun and busy mainly because everyone is just happy to be shopping and enjoying a nice break in downtown Chicago. Â I especially love coming here during the holiday seasons because of the decorations and friendliness of everyone. Â I gave it a 4 mile rating because of the wonderful food at atmosphere, but couldn't rate it perfect because none of the dishes are flawless and sometimes the close quarters between tables gets a little annoying, especially when shopping bags are littered on the floors
Make sure to check out their lunch special for only $7.00. Â It varies with the day, but there is always something good.
If you got a family like mine that is eclectic in tastes and moods, this is the place while hanging out in Chicago. Â You just give each member a card and they scatter to get whatever they want. Â It's a food court, but higher end than any you find at a mall. Â Without breaking the bank, everyone is happy with their various ethnic dishes.
Review Source:So I've been patronizing this and other LEYE properties for years and recently blogged about a bad experience at FoodEase, after which I silently vowed not to return to any of them again.  But I got sucked in on a recent shopping trip and decided what the hell, forget about the bad experience.  So I went to foodlife because I really had a taste for spaghetti and ordered it as a side dish, which I had done in the past.  Last time I recall it costs $2.99 or $3.99, it's a small amount enough of spaghetti with a little sauce on the side.  I was overcharged at the checkout and the manager was called over and she informed me they did not do 1/2 orders.  I explained I had gotten it before and told her what I paid, but whatever.  Then she randomly decided she would  charge me $4.99 for the dish, I guess she pulled the figure out of the air.  Way to alienate the customer!
I was still hungry and went to foodease (why??) and got some tilapia, broccoli and a spoonful of sweet and sour pork and it weighed in at over a pound  over $9.00 ?????????????  I simply could not believe it, as I have loaded up on the tilapia & veg before and it does not weigh much.  This was an even smaller portion of fish, 1/2 piece.
But I guess I'm poisoned by past experience and wondered in the checkout line WHY I was there and handing this group money.
I consider foodlife greatly overpriced and the concept is dated, i.e. if you're walking around you should be able to sample from each station, like Taste of Chicago. Â But the portions are too big and the taste is pretty blah. Menu is not updated to reflect that green chicken chile is no longer offered. Â Guacamole ridiculously overpriced as are the salads. Â They''ve run dinner deals in the past and I went to their wine tastings, but whatever. Â I'm over it.
I think LEYE has become smug and complacent with their success & ubiquity, and some of their newer concepts have also fallen flat with me,like RPM & Hub 51, for the I wanna be celibri-seen crowd.  Too much of their stuff is overpriced Italian (Petterino's, Scoozi) ,which is probably the cheapest food to produce.   Good from a business perspective; except  once again I'm alienated and this time I mean it, not coming back to any of your spots.
At Water Tower take the elevator to the other choices or better yet visit the restaurants across the street for a much better experience than foodlife or foodease.
I have two reviews; one for the wine tasting event and one for the food
Wine Tasting Event
Was excited to check this out. Â $15 for a 2-hour wine tasting with appetizers. Â I went this past Friday with my meetup group. Â The space they hold this event in is small. Â I feel they were pushing the limit of the fire code with the amount of people crowded into that small space. Â Â There were 3 tables of wines set up, with only one person pouring. Â They poured less than 1 ounce, barely a sip. Â Â The food was different cheeses and pizza squres. Â I think the concept of this event is good, but the execution is poor. Â I would not go back. Â I probably drank about $3 worth of wine.
FoodLife Food
With the above event, you can purchase a wrist band for FoodLife, to eat after the event. Â It is $15 and gives you access to all the kitchens, with unlmited food. Â Again, the concept is good and can be a great deal if you plan to eat like pig. Â I ate about $12 in food and was stuffed. Â I had yellow curry chicken and brown rice and the food was good, and plentiful. Â If in Water Tower, I would go back here to eat.
This has been a staple for me since my days at UIC. Â It is one of the most reasonably-priced restaurants in the area. Â You also receive huge portions. Â Foodlife has gone through many incarnations over the past ten years with different stands, but it has always remained consistent. Â Yes, it is more expensive than your typical mall food court, but the quality shows.
It is a good place to take a group with varying tastes. Â The food court-style location will please almost everyone. Â They even have a dessert station with killer baked goods! Â Service is usually good with a pleasant staff.
Foodlife can get busy during weekday lunches and at dinnertime so there may be a wait for a table. Â The wait is never long, however.
This place can be a bit overwhelming if you're hungry but not quite sure what you're in the mood for. It's a bit overpriced, but given the location, variety, and convenience, I understand the ticket price isn't just for the food I will eat. I settled on gumbo, and it was a good choice. It was tasty and it came with cornbread. The vegetable juice I had with it? Now, that was gross but I can't fault them for it. It's not like I expected my celery, beets, carrots, and apple juice to tasty like a Mai tai. I wanted an easy way to get in my serving of veggies, and I got it. Nobody said being healthy was easy.
Review Source:Been here a few times. Too expensive for this quality of food. This time we had dry brisket and very over-salted turkey.
While you're choking down your meal, take a look around and notice the dust and webs on the plants, everywhere in the ceiling and dirt in the corners
Loud, obnoxious music too. Â Like they want you to eat and leave quickly.
What a bad experience.
This was a good place to get a decent meal and an entertaining dinner. Â It was a lot of fun to walk around and try a little bit of everything. Â I would definitely recommend going when you have a lot of time. Â Items were inexpensive, but it adds up fast, our total for 2 was $50, but we got a laundry list of things (I also had a glass of wine). Â
-BBQ: Brisket, baked beans, mac n' cheese and jalapeno cornbread. Brisket was really good, all the sides were just ok.
-Soup: Tomato basil...not recommended.
-Sushi: Good...the Acapulco was the one to get
-Crepes: Delicious!
-Juicebar: We finished up with a shot of wheat-grass, this place has it all!
It's not the best food, but its a fun dining experience and there were some very enjoyable bites...choose wisely!
I can't believe it's taken me so long to review Foodlife. I think this is a staple to take any of my friends visiting to the city. It's got everything any one would want, and it's actually pretty good food. The fact I can get soup, a salad, Chinese, BBQ, a burrito, and ice cream all in one spot is outstanding. If I were a pregnant woman I'm sure I'd weep in joy. It's a little pricy but tip is built in.
Review Source:I am obsessed with Foodlife. Â I am obsessed with Lettuce Entertain You in general, so this is my mecca.
Hungry for fried chicken and sauteed green beans? Â They've got it (this is what my hubs always orders).
Feel like Chinese or Thai food? Â They have all of the best dishes from Big Bowl here.
Tacos or burritos? Â They have a Mexican restaurant. Â Had a veggie burrito there recently- awesome.
They also have a salad counter, coffee shop, bbq, sushi, juice/smoothie bar, pizza place, and- wait for it- an M BURGER! Â (Please read my M Burger review if you want to know why this is in all caps).
Want a taco, sushi roll and a pulled pork sandwich? Â Your husband wants mongolian beef but you want a burrito? Â This is the place to come. Â They also have wine (for a wino like me this is a big plus) and always have a "wine of the week" (or month) that is ~$5/glass. Â Nice!
This is a cafeteria-style setting. Â You get in line, they give you a credit card type thing, they seat you at a table, and then you walk around to the different counters and order what you want. Â You don't pay at the counter- they swipe your card and you pay a total when you leave. Â This is CASUAL dining and it is often packed as it is in the Water Tower Shopping Center (one of my favorite places to shop since I was about 3 years old). Â Parking on the street is do-able if you have 15 minutes to drive around. Â The payboxes limit you to 2 hours so spots open up. Â Otherwise it is pricey to park here and you are better off taking public transportation. Â A million bus lines stop at the Water Tower- and the red line is 2 blocks away.
WOW, this is a cafeteria that knows how to do it!! Â I had no expectations coming here for lunch before a show and I was pleasantly surprised. Â Not only are the meals decently priced (I had stir-fry for $8.95), there is a TON of establishments to chose from! Â I wish I could have spent longer in there.
Instead of using your $ at every single stop, you get a pay-card that you give to each place and they put the charges on it. Â Once you are done with your dining experience, you give the cashier your card and pay however you like. Â
And it is just HUGE--I cannot believe I have never visited this place in the mall before! Â Will definitely be coming back :)
It is as good as it gets! I was not expecting that much from the food court of Water Tower Place. The Penne Arrabiata with Sausage I ordered turned out to be a GREAT deal! It was a Penne type pasta with Spicy Marinara Sauce with Sausage, sizable in portion and reasonably priced at approx. $8. Def recommend this item.
Watch out for the sushi though...it did not look that good.
In short, a food court that's ok in a pinch. Â If you have time, you'd probably be better served to go to one of the attached restaurants (like Mity Nice). Â You're going to spend at least $10 a plate here, but there's plenty of diversity. Â There are people who bus your tables, and the chefs and people at the different stations are very pleasant, but that is the extent of the service here. Â Again, not a bad place, and a solid stop if you want a quick meal.
Review Source:In all of the years I have been coming here (since it first opened) I have seen the concept change slightly in terms of menu offerings but always for the better.
The chicken soup is a treat, the roasted chicken warms your soul and somehow the stir-fry chicken is NEVER overcooked!
It's not a $5 lunch but nice to treat yourself sometimes when you work downtown and need to 'grab & go'.
I mean they have just about any standard cuisine available. Â You walk into one of the most glorified food courts a mall could offer.
If there is a line, tell the person you are getting take-out to bump the line--if you are *wink.*
You swipe your card wherever you order, getting a taste of this or that, or commit yourself to one destination. Â Seating is reserved for groups or on busy days, but you can always sit at the bar.
The salad station is my current favorite, but M Burger does a good job since we don't have a Shake Shack in Chicago. Â The pizza is decent and the bottomless soup in the winter is amazing.
Grade: B+
One of the lesser places to get food in Streeterville (THIS PLACE IS NOT A RESTAURANT). Unless you like high prices for poor quality food, throngs of tourists, and club music ghetto-blasting in a dirty cafeteria, DO NOT GO HERE.
I spent $13 on two medium sized vegetable and cheese raviolis (dried and stale at the end of day) and a small fountain drink. The pasta bar is one of the worst places in the entire food court and should be removed in my opinion. You'll notice that the pasta bar has NO LINE, for good reason.
Pretty much everything aside from the desert looks stale and decrepit by evening, especially the pizza and hotdogs which remind you of the disease ridden rotisserie "meat" in 7-11, not to mention they charge like $7 for Chicago style hot dogs!
You don't get a waiter but I think they charge you MANDATORY GRATUITY anyway for someone to show you how to find a table and sit down.
There are plenty of other places in Streeterville that live up to infinitely better standards; however, I prefer that the throngs of tourists stay out of my quant local restaurants, so I'm ambivalent in that regard.
Everyone can always find something they would like to eat here. It is ever expanding now to include a personal favorite of MBurger. They have the best shakes.
The endless soup bar is great for those who love soup. You can get a different soup with each refill. They usually have at least 10 soups a day.
The sushi selection is a bit small but it was fresh.
They also have Chinese, bbq, potato bar, tacos. Defiantly a place to go to when everyone can not decide on one type of cuisine.
The kids love that they can go with their own card around and get whatever they want.
Note to parents be sure you give the kids a budget otherwise the items sure do add up.
Europeans will dislike this place, and I suggest you do too. Â Overpriced fancy cafeteria with annoying loud music blared by dozens of speakers pounding out the bass at near ear-splitting levels. Â I go here for one thing: the bottomless soup which hasn't changed its price in over ten years and has most of the same soups since then.
This is a weird place. Â LEYE has tinkered with the offerings a little bit, but so much of it is regrettable: the pizza slices are dry and have a paltry amount of toppings, the little sushi trays are the same packages you'd get at grocery stores, and a lot of the Mexican food looks overcooked and bland. Â Sure, everyone can get whatever they want, but you're still in a cafeteria.
Tip: You can try to ask the manager politely if they'll turn the music down; seriously, it's that loud! Â Also, the additional service charge they add can be removed if you ask the cashier during check-out.
MAJOR TIP: check the amount they ring up versus what you are charged on your credit card. Â At least three times, they've overcharged me a buck or two extra. Â I've called up each time, and they've refunded me.
this place is so awesome. It's like a cafeteria on steroids. Â You wait in line, get your "credit card" and just have at it and go to wherever you want to go and order whatever you want all on this card and pay at the end. Â I think it's a genius idea especially if you're like me and like eating a variety of different things. Â The price is good too- for a hot dog, a cup of soup and chili cheese fries came up to 12 bucks or something like that. (then again, i'm from cali where everything is way expensive)
They don't have anything like this in California so it was a really cool and awesome way to see a new type of food court thing going on. Â I hope to visit again one day!
So many options. We were there during the downtime, evidently, so I can't speak to the speediness of getting our food but we were there around 6pm and got our food pretty quickly.
You get pretty decent portions for what you pay for. The soup selection was great and even had some combinations I never heard of... and I know soups!
There were soda fountain stations nearby everywhere so that was VERY convenient. It's a shame you can't eat everything at once. So many things looked great and, for the most part, made fresh on the spot!
We also had a Red Velvet Cupcake and a Carrot Cupcake. Both were huge and delicious.
If you can stand the lines, loud tourist crowds, and flimsy plastic chairs, this is actually a decent food court. Â It is a bit expensive, but all the entrees come with a free drink, with free refills, so if you are here with a group that can't make up it's mind on what to eat downtown, it might fit the bill. Â I found it to be good place to bring out of town guests for a quick taste of several kinds of American food including barbecue, Chinese American dishes, Chicago style hot dogs, deep dish pizza, and salads. Â Everything was better than average. Â
The unexpected knock out dish? Â The baked beans from the BBQ joint. Â It was sweet and savory and had some serious chunks of brisket and several types of beans. Â My mother and I examined it for 5 minutes with our forks to try and figure out the recipe. Â Delish!
It also helps that I was serenaded by the lovely waiters at the BBQ counter. Â Thanks guys, the food tastes even better after that!
Like the concept of food courts..
got table before ordering food, came back with drinks and seat was taken. Got another table with the card on it saying 'seat is taken' or whatever, left drinks on table while waiting for food, come back and drinks are gone! card flipped over to vacant..
Maybe it was some bussers first day on the job!
Somethings are a bit pricey but I supposed that is to be expected.
Don't judge a food court by it's cover? I was very surprised to enjoy foodlife as much as I did. Â It gives you a bunch of options, most cooked to order, at a reasonable price.
I really enjoyed my stir fry (fresh ingredients served atop brown rice) fresh squeezed lemonade and egg rolls (they may be the best in the city. Â I know that is surprising but it's true). Â
If  you are in the area, I recommend you give it a try (second chance?)
Foodlife has an interesting concept with the recharge cards. However, if you really think about it is essentially a big gourmet cafeteria. It has various food types: chinese, italian, japanese, etc. However, there are things that strike me as somewhat odd.
There is a station in the restaurant where you can directly wash your hands which is pretty neat. However, if they are promoting sanitary conditions (their statement was washing hands prevents flus and colds), why do they not sanitize those red cards that they give you upon entry? You know they reuse those things all the time. I think that has to be unsanitary. Also, paying at the end may be a good thing or bad thing. We encountered a long line paying. However, I suppose that it is better to get your food when you are hungry first and then pay after you have eaten.
I had some of the Japanese sushi, seaweed salad and noodles which were decent. I really wanted to try the other stations though as they looked and smelled delicious. I think that I will have to come back to try the other different types of food here.
Yes it's a glorified food court with some nice options but stay away on the weekend, obvi. Â We sorta had no choice as my son and I were meeting some fam after their trip to the AGS on a Saturday afternoon, yikes! Â
Predictably, the place was crazy busy and seating is fairly limited outside Foodlife. Â You can also dine in/be seated at a few of the restaurants....I see an M Burger will be coming soon. Â
We grabbed some food, trekked downstairs to ground level and copped a seat just outside the entrance where they had a line of bar stools with window seating.
The good:
The gelato and sweets area is DELICIOUS!!!! My favorite was the oatmeal cookie gelato and the rice krispie treats on a stick, frosted and with sprinkles. Sugar OD for sure, but so good.
The "make your own baked potato" area is cool.
The bad: Everything else.
It's overpriced.
The pay stations are always crowded and the card system seems counterintuitive; It would just make sense and save time to pay who serves you.
It's PACKED with tourists. all day long.
I think the food is just BLAH. If I ate it in a cafeteria at school, i'd be ok with it. But to pay foodlife prices, i'd expect more.
The restaurant manager emailed me after she read my review. She apologized and informed me that she will be addressing the yelp check-in issue this week.
That is good to know.
I appreciate people's efforts even if they make an error. We are  in an era where consumers have a plethora of choices, I think dependable service is a must.
I am now changing my rating to 5 stars because I do appreciate it when managers takes the time to address the situation, and make every effort correct the mistakes.
I've been a regular here for years. It's a great place to stop off and pick up a reasonably priced, hot meal after a hard day's work.
Today I stopped in at the Homestyle cooking area and got my usual - the pot roast to go. Â As the gentleman was preparing my to-go box, I mentioned that the meat look too red, as if it wasn't cooked sufficiently. He 'assured' me that it was.
I get it home, and it's barely cooked and completely inedible. I've been making pot roast for years and eating it for longer, and I should have trusted my gut. Â It's appalling that they elected to serve this.
I've got edible mashed potatoes at least. Â But I won't be back.
Dear Lord I love this place.
The concept is ingenious: give customers a "charge card" and let them roam through a dining hall made up of about 10 different "stations," including Chinese, stir-fry, BBQ, comfort food, salad, Italian, and more (even a juice bar!) When you're done, take your card to the register (loaded with all the food you just ate on it) and pay! This is the place I have dreamed of my entire life.
The food is delicious, the prices are decent, and the atmosphere is really cool. The concept obviously works, and it is one that definitely needs to be replicated or expanded.
Be careful not to go overboard. I know if I was not kept in check by the people I was dining with, I easily could have spent $50.
Have you ever had that feeling of being really hungry, but not knowing what you were hungry for? And you end up either waiting until you are starving to make a decision or you just munch on lots of snacks until you aren't hungry anymore? Well this place was designed just for that!
There are 9 different stations for you visit to satisfy your taste buds. I enjoyed my meal made of mac and cheese, fried chicken, dumplings, sushi and crepes! I was in heaven! I mean, where else are you going to get a meal like that in one place?! Huh? Yeah! I didn't think so....
I went here for a wedding rehearsal dinner of 100+ people and it was amazing! No one had to settle and no one had a complaint about the food. They have a secret room for large parties that you can rent out.
Because I didn't really pay for the food, I'm not sure if the place is expensive or not. I would go back again for sure. The secret to success here is definitely controlling your portions! Don't get too much of one thing!
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