Fast Fresh Foods

I come here often for lunch since my work is right beside the mall. It is one of the truly healthy options available in the food court (no, subway sandwiches are not considered healthy).
A sandwich and side salad combo will run slightly over $ 10 and a entrée salad for about the same. Both are delicious and highly recommended. Everything is customisable as well.
Staff are friendly and work really fast to keep the line moving. They can get annoyed at people who don’t know what they want so make sure you read the menu before holding up their long lunch lines.
Highly recommended for anyone looking to be health conscious and still have a tasty lunch.

Got a salad there today. Toppings behind the counter didn’t look good — especially the tomatoes which were turning brown. Taste of the salad is far from great. Most probably will not return to Fast Fresh.

Last year, while at the Eatons Centre, my friend had a sandwich from here. She swore it was the best thing she’s ever had. A year later, I decided that I should probably give it a go. I was impressed. I usually get the olive bread with sundried tomato, mozzerella, grilled chicken breast with mushrooms and tomatos. It is so good! It is a bit on the pricy side (~10.25 w/​tax) but that’s alright. It is a change from grabbing Subway. If anyone has any recommendations to try here, give me a shout!

Fast Fresh Foods is one of my preferred food court vendors in Toronto as everything is quite tasty and it doesn’t make me feel as guilty when I eat at subway. The service is very prompt and the design of their menu is clean and straight forward.
The sandwiches taste very fresh as the vegetables are vibrant and crisp. My only complaint is that the prices are a bit steep as you end up paying over $ 10 after tax for a small sandwich and soup. Although the ingredients are probably quite premium compared to Subway’s I feel that I would only eat at Fast Fresh Foods if I wanted to splurge on lunch.

Eaton Center — Urban Eatery
Very rarely do I have a taste for a sandwich and when it hit me recently, I decided to come here after reading all the glowing reviews. I went with the sandwich + salad option, which comes out to $ 10.25 after taxes. There is a lot to think about and they try to make it easy.
1. Choose a bread and a spread
2. Choose a meat and a cheese
3. Choose a prepared veggie and a fresh veggie
Bread: fancese roll, multigrain, olive loaf, rosemary focaccia, whole wheat, whole wheat wrap
Spread: avocado, basil hummus, curried apple, roasted garlic, roasted red pepper, and sun-​dried tomato
Meat: roast beef, proscutto, salami, chicken, turkey
Cheese: havarti, smoked cheddar, mozzarella, asiago, brie, goat
Prepared Veg: caramelized onion, grilled eggplant, portobello mushroom, roasted red pepper
Fresh Veg: argula, banana pepper, fresh tomato
My selection: Focaccia, sun-​dried tomato, roast beef, smoked cheddar, grilled eggplant, and argula.
The bread was so hard I almost passed out trying to take the first bite. I think that just ruined the entire thing. The roast beef was ok and the rest didn’t add up to much flavor. I was hoping the sun-​dried tomato would do something, but it just added weirdness to the texture. The salad was good and I liked the dressing. It’s probably a good thing I don’t have a taste for sandwiches often.

I’ve been here several times for lunch because it seems to be one of the healthiest options under $ 10. They actually post nutrition facts online (hint hint, La Prep). The rosemary focaccia for sammich goodness cannot be compared to the average Panini anywhere nearby. Generous side salads and friendly, quick service make this a mighty fine bet in my books.

Had the Roast Beef sandwich today and I was not impressed. There was hardly any Roast Beef on the sandwich. It was pretty tasteless as well. The only good thing was the salad. A big change from my first experience. If your craving Roast Beef better walk on over to «Rare» which is just almost across the way form this joint.

This is the only place I get lunch from in the food court. I love the sandwich + salad combo. I was walking to the food court with 3 other friends, and without saying a word we all walked to Fast Fresh Foods. Then we started talking about how much we like it.
This is my order (try it an tell me what you think):
whole wheat bread, spicy chipotle, turkey, goat cheese, eggplant or roasted red pepper, and banana peppers. I’m drooling.
I’m pretty sure Sandwich Box was around first, but I like FFF better.

I had to write an update to my review as a few things have changed and I had the chance to try out the sandwich side of the restaurant.
Regarding the sandwiches — they’re custom made, just like the salads but the ingredients list is very limited, but has some very intriguing options, including Rosemary Focaccia (yum!), two whole wheat bread options, avocado salsa, roasted garlic aioli, prosciutto, turkey, french brie, goat cheese, caramelized onions and grilled eggplant, among others. There’s about 6 different choices per category and you get one type of bread, one spread, one meat (or substitute meat for extra veg x2), one cheese and then your veggies. I ended up going with Rosemary Focaccia with garlic aioli, no meat, and goat cheese, caramelized onion, grilled eggplant, arugula and tomato. They oil it and then grill it on a panini press while they prepare your salad (with balsamic vinagrette) to go on the side. All in, its a cute little box meal that doesn’t LOOK like much but sure packs a punch.
Flavor on my sandwich was amazing, they seem to have picked just the right ingredients for the sandwich side that would all feasibly go together to make a wicked sandwich. The goat cheese was warmed through and just a smidge melty and everything else sort of melded together on my walk back to work. Genius… just genius. The side salad is a decent size and although my sandwich looked small w hen I opened the box, it definitely did the job for a late lunch on a day I was very hungry.
A few things that have changed recently — they’re giving out less of each salad topping as they used to (although this is probably a good thing for my waistline). While the portions are still really good, they’re not amazing like they used to be. And I noticed today that the prices went up. Nothing astronomical (I think my meal with tax was 0.25 extra) but its worth noting for people who frequent this location.
Overall, this location is still a winner for me. I go here at least twice a week and a few of my coworkers have started going here as well. It’s nice to find healthy food that’s fresh made and right to order. Probably the healthiest place to eat in the food fourt (and by far one of the best).

After hearing about all the hypes of this new food court at Eaton Center, I finally get to come here for a lunch this weekend. There is a good variety of vendors here, really impress by the healthier choices too!
I picked Fast Fresh Foods today, because I’m trying to watch out for my diet, summer is here soon. I ordered a large custom salad to share with my boyfriend. I think their custom salad is priced very competitively. For a small custom salad, you can pick 5 different basic toppings and it’s only for $ 6 ish, and for medium you get can pick 6 toppings and large you get 7 toppings. You can pick your own vegetable base (lettuce, romaine, spring mix etc) and dressing. For toppings, within the basic toppings, there are tonnes of choices, pinenuts, sunflower seeds, almonds etc, and then cherry tomato, couscous, apple, tangerine, olives, cucumber etc If you want to add proteins (chicken, turkey, avocado, tofu etc), they charge like $ 1.50 — $ 2 each… but they give you one big cup of it for each order.
And finally, they will throw it into a big salad mixing bowl and mix it up for you, so there’s no messiness of trying to mix it up in a small bowl by yourself. Everything was really fresh for us this time, hopefully they can keep it up!

This was my first time at the Urban Eatery, and my first time at a Fast Fresh Foods — and I really enjoyed both! I love that the Urban Eatery is greener than most food courts, using real plates and cutlery. That gets major points in my books. But, this is a review of the restaurant not the food court, so I won’t talk about that too much.
After a quick tour of the offerings, and knowing we had reservations for a big bbq meal later that night, my brother and I wanted to keep our lunch light and chose Fast Fresh Foods. Glancing at the menu, I quickly realized that this was no Subway sandwich shop! You chose from a selection of gourmet breads, choose one meat, cheese and spread, then choose one option from each of the prepared and fresh veggies. I had roast chicken with brie on rosemary focaccia with avocado spread, caramelized onions, and arugula. They then lightly toast the sandwich and serve it beside a generous heap of mixed green salad.
As someone who has worked the 9 – 5 for a few years now, I get pretty bored with sandwiches. In fact, I haven’t made myself a sandwich in over a year. But these sandwiches were delicious. I only have a couple of comments/​complaints. I wish I had been asked if I wanted my sandwich brushed with oil before toasting — I would have preferred it not been. I also wish the toasting could have penetrated through the bread to the ingredients, to melt the cheese and warm the meat (hey, Subway does some things well!). And I wish I could have added more veggie toppings. But, for about $ 8.50, you could do a lot worse. A little expensive for a sandwich in my opinion, but not ridiculously so. I would definitely consider it the next time I’m shopping around lunch hour.