Protein Bar

I love this place! I haven’t been disappointed once in their different options in bowls and salads. I also LOVE their Aspen Acai’d blended drink. All around tasty and healthy place to eat!

What a refreshing change for lunch– first of all its all made fresh, and it’s very flavorful. Great variety of choices meat/​sans meat/​vegan.

Love this place! Healthy options, an über friendly staff, and a killer buffalo salad. Vegetarian? They will sub tofu or black beans in the salad instead! Highly recommend! Their shakes are also delicious; the Mile High PeK is my personal fav.

I just happened to come across this place while I was at 29^th st mall yesterday.
1^st star for good variety on the menu
2^nd star for outlining nutritional information
3^rd star cause it tasted pretty good too
The reason it misses out on 2 other stars is the place is VERY generic looking and bland. It need some excitement and personality– however I believe it is a franchise? They should really do something about this as it doesn’t seem inviting. The serving size was also too large, I don’t need a bucket of salad for lunch, perhaps offering a small and large size? Also the guy who placed my order on the counter was blunt and rude, no smile or have a nice day — he could have taken a lesson from the gentleman who took my order who was very polite and happy.
Might be back to try a smoothie… but wouldn’t be phased if I never did.

I don’t get here often. Their regular portions are more than I usually want for lunch but I am not often in this area for dinner. I would end up wasting the leftovers. I have never had anything that I did not like here. But there are many popular selections in categories I would rarely choose to order. I usually get a quinoa bowl of some sort and I have eaten the whole regular serving once. I love the flavor of the Beet Box drink but it is only offered prepackaged now (fresh poured when this location first opened) and the serving size is also larger than I would drink in one sitting.
My favorite bowl has been the «Green Monster» on the kid’s menu, which I appreciated greatly that they allowed me to order without a child in tow. Right size in volume and calories for me for lunch. I wish more places would allow this. At my age and size, it is a good choice and I have found that a few places give me this option. I certainly intend to frequent such places more often for lunch. I also think it is a great choice for kids. Good mix of flavors and attractive in appearance.
This shop is clean and has nice seating and friendly staff. They also do takeout with responsible eco containers.

Their menu is healthy and the combination if ingredients were quite impressive as well. I tried two of the barritos (that’s how they spell it) and their «market» juice. Despite having lots of kale and other greens, juice was sweet because of the apple inside. Very good.
Barritos were packed nicely with a variety of greens, chicken, quinoa, and quac.
Enjoyed it very much. Got all my carb, protein and vitamins in one meal.

I have eaten here once and will go back
The Buffalo chicken bowl was good and filling. All my favorite flavors in their, nutty quinoa, zesty chicken and tangy cheese
I will try a deink next time mile high perk sounds exactly what I want.
Service was great. I learned the Protein Bars originate in Chicago. Very friendly, knowledgeable staff. Great music overhead, «HAPPY» and clean space made for a perfect quick meal.

Great food! I enjoy all the burritos and go there probably once a week. One of the few places where health and deliciousness meet prices that aren’t ridiculous. The smoothies are great too. Their seasonal one at the moment, avo-​matcha I believe it’s called, is probably my favorite. Really hope they keep the seasonal selection going and expand it to other offerings, like burritos. The people are really nice and friendly too, Tony is super chipper!
Should be noted the focus is definitely on health/​whey protein/​quinoa and yogurt burritos, etc. Don’t go there expecting Mexican food. I like that about it, there’s plenty of great Mexican places in town and this offers a different experience. The more types of burritos, the better!

Staff is awesome! Patio is perfect in the sun! Food is healthy and soooo good! Love it here! Order the Olympia Salad with Chicken!

I haven’t had a menu item at Protein Bar that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy.
The bowls are awesome. The buffalo chicken definitely has some kick, but very very good.
I tried my first smoothie the other day. I had the one with espresso; so satisfying.
Tony and team have been amazing hosts and food service gurus.
If you are in or near Boulder stop in and hook yourself up with something both healthy and tasty.

Spinach Pesto bowl was awesome. I like the quick and easy. Tasted very fresh with quality ingredients. Atmosphere was similar to any other fast casual.
Great food but could use better service.

I’m glad I finally got a chance to try this place! I ordered the peanut butter chocolate smoothie with almond milk and whey. I like that they give you lots of milk and protein options.
The smoothie was delicious, but a little pricey for the size.
Next time I will come and try their quinoa bowls.

It’s a organic meat-​eater/​vegetarian/​vegan McDonald’s. Using some good ingredients and mixing it with ok ingredients and than turning it into some bland concoction.
Even when I was still eating vegan junk food I would have never liked this… ever.
The place was clean and huge but I can’t even imagine it fully occupied.

I’ve been wanting to stop in here for awhile now and finally got the chance to do so today for lunch to go. I had the Buffalo bar-​rito and it was wonderful! I was very happy with my choice. Good flavor and very tasty. A good option if you are trying to eat healthy and dont want thew typical fast food choices.
Quick and friendly service, outdoor seating and plenty of room on the inside with a modern but décor. Prices are decent, maybe over priced if you’re comparing other burrito places in town. But the difference here is in the ingredients, natural chicken, organic quinoa, whole wheat tortillas, etc. I will gladly pay «extra» for those any day. But Protein Bar isnt just bar-​ritos, there are breakfast items and healthy protein drinks, salads and more!
I will definitely come back and try their breakfast options and a maybe blended drink as well.
Thanks Protein Bar, it was nice to finally meet you!

Buffalo chicken wrap tasted funky. The Fruit Loop’d shake tasted like a bland blueberry shake mixed with ice and bananas. The service was great though! Everybody is upbeat and super nice. Too bad their service doesn’t match their product. I get a feeling this place is riding the «All natural/​organic» train. Once that phase goes away, I wonder if they will still be effective with any new offerings.

I love checking out new places that offer healthy alternatives so when I saw a Groupon for Protein Bar, game was on! We stopped here after hiking at RMNP and we were hungry. I was bummed to see that they open at 11am on a Saturday because I was hungry but more so because they are missing out on a huge market, they could be serving quinoa breakfast bowls, egg white omelets, etc. So we waited outside for them to open and a crowd started to form until the doors open.
They had quinoa bowls, bar-​ritos, salads, smoothies, juices and such. I ordered the Guac and Roll bar-​rito and Mile High Perk smoothie (coffee+protein=love!). I really like how they offered different milk and protein options for whatever your preference may be AND they don’t up charge if you want silk milk or soy protein. I love when places don’t want to bank off of your weird preferences are!
We waited for a few minutes and our food and smoothies were up. As some others have mentioned, the bar-​ritos are small for the price they charge ($ 7) and it tasted good but I had to add some Cholula to it to kick it up a notch. The Mile High Perk was absolutely delightful, I would come back alone for this smoothie. It was good but I probably wouldn’t come back without a coupon. I love the concept and that they post the calorie content right on the menu but something’s missing and that bothers me. It could be that they need longer hours, more flavor or more variety but I hope they thrive in Boulder, we need more places like this!

I had a lovely Unilocal meet-​up lunch here with the Unilocal Lunch Bunch. The lovely Sara M. organized it and it was my first time meeting some fellow Boulder Unilocalers! I could only stay for a short time but it was a great experience.
The Protein Bar space is very comfortable and modern with lots of written info and photos on the walls. The ordering process is quick and seamless and my BBQ Chicken Barrito was quickly available. Chock full of healthy ingredients like quinoa, broccoli, and agave-​sweetened BBQ sauce, I definitely tasted the healthfulness of what I was eating and appreciated the cornucopia of offerings such as this.
I look forward to trying the juices and smoothies next.

So dorable cute fresh looking interior with plenty of aeating space just welcoming first of all!
Good outdoor view also!
Thought that they only have smoothies and drinks but full meals and snacks too!
Healthy meal and drinks and good for vegans :)

Protein Bar is A-​OK. This out-​of-​state chain will have to step up their game here in Boulder if they really want to compete — in the healthy restaurant market and/​or among the other businesses in the 29^th St. shopping district. Seriously.
Lunch with friends and acquaintances today. Did try the Bar-​rito. It was tasty, but the portion size was ~medium and the price was high. Over 8 dollars with tax, for something less than half the size of a burrito at Chipotle, which also uses healthy ingredients and is also in this same shopping district, is just way too expensive.
I totally realize that restaurants seldom increase their portion sizes over time, nor do they lower their prices.
Maybe offering lunch or happy hour specials, or perhaps combo specials would be nice. As the menu now stands, it would be almost 20 dollars to get a salad, bar rito, and a fruit or vegetable drink. That’s just way too much.
A suggestion would be maybe a small salad portion for a few bucks to go with lunch? Something like that.
Service was friendly and efficient.
I hope this place will do what it will probably take for them to make it in this town. I really do.

Food is good, service is superb!
Popped in for a quick, healthy bite — baby in tow all snuggled in the wrap carrier. As soon as I settled on the Tuscan White Bean with Kale & Pesto, baby boy started wailing… And boy did it echo in this place. I placed my to-​go order and made my way out to the patio seating with my buzzer thingy to free the few other patrons and the employees of the seriously loud noise coming from my tiny 8 lb offspring. When my buzzer went off, I got up to grab my food and the cashier was already on her way towards me with a smile and my order. She was extremely attentive and made sure I had everything I needed before I turned to head back out. Not only did she handle taking my order with a screaming baby in front of her like a cool, calm, collected and very understanding pro, but her stellar all around customer service will bring me back to Protein Bar again. I dig and appreciate excellent customer service.
Oh, and the soup was hearty, chock full of fresh veggies, and satisfying. Can’t wait to try something else next time. Four stars bc I wasn’t floored by this place, but it definitely won another regular customer.