Just Fresh Bakery Cafe

I was so bummed today after I went in for a smoothie. Their smoothies are delicious, but for some reason they had the machine taken down for the day at 3 in the afternoon.
The staff is ruder than I remember. When I asked for a smoothie a lady behind the counter seemed annoyed that I asked for one, and the cashier was not friendly or personable at all. She wasn’t thrilled to be at work.
The food:
The sandwiches are yummy and it’s a good idea to get a smoothie with your sandwich if their machine hasn’t been taken down and you can find someone friendly to make you one. Zero initiative here.

Pimento cheese sandwich is out of this world! Speedy lunch service although I recommend getting there a little early because parking can be a bit… tight. One of my favorite lunch spots though!

I love going here for breakfast after I take a yoga class. They have great coffee too!

I needed a quick bite before a meeting and settled here by default. At first I thought the long line was trouble, but it moved along quickly as the staff knows what they’re doing with the lunch crowd. Once I got my food, though, any relief went out the window. I know it’s a simple sandwich/​salad lunch spot but man, this was bad. I couldn’t even finish my chicken «gumbo.» That’s saying something for me. I love gumbo. The turkey sandwich filled me up, at least.

Good, healthy food. Good variety of sandwiches, salads and wraps if you are looking for healthy options. Been here for lunch and breakfast and never had a problem and was always satisfied with our order. Fair prices, good staff.

Can’t beat the daily specials! Went on Thursday for half sandwich, soup or salad combo. $ 6.48 for that deal including a drink. The portion was really big. I love the Mozzabella salad-​mozzarella, Portabella’s, roasted red peppers. I tried the Turkey in the Straw sandwich for the first time which was awesome! Warm sandwich with turkey coleslaw and honey mustard. So good. I also love that they have powerade in their drink machine because I’m obsessed with it.

Unfortunately my past two visits have been very disappointing. The service appears to be very inconsistent, one day the staff is friendly and great, the other rude and almost annoyed. I have tried many of the soups, all pretty bland. The chicken noodle soup, on my last visit, was thick noodles with one piece of chicken and NO flavor. The vegetable is missing a little flavor as well and the broccoli cheddar, where is the broccoli? Unlike other places, one I will not name, that serves amazing broccoli florets, Just Fresh serves the brocooli stems in a runny cheese sauce… I’ll pass! As for the sandwhiches, definitely nothing to write home about. And, one thing to note, both sandwiches I have tried were wrong. So, if this is a to-​go order, around lunch time, be sure to check your bag for the right sandwich.

Fresh, yes. The salads are much better than the sandwiches, in my opinion. Great place for lunch and if you can get nice weather, a great place to sit outside too. The staff was very friendly and helped with cleaning up tables after I ate and finished up a little laptop work.

I have always loved Just Fresh. Yes, they may be a little pricey on some items, but their food is top quality and «fresh.» You can’t go wrong with a combo at lunch-it’s cheap and delicious! Conveniently located in Dilworth in the Harris Teeter parking lot.

Good sandwich place, great location right by Harris Teeter-​convenient for meeting someone for lunch. It’s similar to a Panera or Crisp (which happens to be right across the street) and is perfect for healthier fare options.

This chain was kind of a fail. Not an epic fail, mind you. More like a mediocre, «why the hell did I waste my money on this sub-​par lunch» fail.
I got a chicken salad salad. Service was 3.5 stars, they were happy to swap out a spinach base for the romaine. Salad didn’t really taste like much. A bunch of random ingredients thrown haphazardly together in a massive portion with a huge side of bread. Sort of like eating at the Olive Garden: come for the crappy food, stay for the weight gain.
Yeah, I won’t be back.

The food was stale, not fresh.
My wife and I went here on Sunday for lunch. She had a cinnamon roll: dry and stale. I had the Little Red Rooster wrap; the wrapbread was stale and crunchy and very hard to chew.
On the plus side, the facility is great. Plenty of seating, free Wi-​Fi, and a nice large shaded outdoor patio.

Friendly staff, great food, atmosphere is fast-​foodish. I will continue to eat here.

A decent place to hang out, similar to Panera Bread or such. Power outlets available at the booths along the walls. Free wi-​fi. Some seats outside overlook East Blvd if you want to watch the passers-​by.
I found it to be quieter than Starbucks and I’m a fan of free refills on coffee. The chocolate chip with walnuts cookie was excellent.
The parking lot is rather tight and most of the spaces are for compacts. Which seems to stop no one from cramming their SUV in there.

Just Fresh seemed a bit stale to me. This restaurant reminds me of McAlisters crossed with Panera and then cheapened somehow. I was hoping it would be better since the guy I went with seemed smitten with the place but I have had better. Granted, I am not a chain fan but even still, I expect more from a place called Just Fresh. The food was not fresh by any means and the employees seemed to be just slogging through their shift.

It’s not that I hate Just Fresh, it’s that I’m not head over heels in love with it. However, if I do go to a Just Fresh, it’s definitely this location. I prefer to go for dinner since there is rarely anyone else in there. It’s creepy yet comforting at the same time for somewhere in Dilworth to be dead. They’re open to 8pm on the weeknights though so that could be the reason? They have a great selection of «just fresh» sandwiches, soups, salads, etc. Their mozzabella salad is one of my favorites out there and they have a good selection of vegetarian friendly items. Plus they offer a punch card for sandwiches and salads so when you get ten, you get a free one, who doesn’t love that?
Free wifi too and quick!

Just Fresh was just what I needed for a quick bite to eat in the middle of the day. As part of the Queen City Tour break, Just Fresh was located in the shopping plaza we stopped in.
I ordered the Bellissimo hot wrap and my husband ordered a veggie sandwich. A side is included: fruit cup or potato salad (I think there were other choices, but those were what we picked). As I was eating my lunch I thought, «This tastes… fresh, just fresh.» I think that is how they got their name. It did the trick and I enjoyed it.
For something fast, fresh, and will not make you feel guilty about eating, try Just Fresh.

I have not visited the one on East Blvd, but have at the Rivergate location. The place is incredibly clean and a great place to go for lunch. The staff is already really friendly, and they always get my order right. Perhaps the East Blvd location isn’t as fabulous.
I recommend ALL the salads, though they have a rough time going easy on the dressing if you ask them to toss it with the salad. The turkey burger and oven sweet potato fries are great. This place is not as cheap as fast food, but it’s still really good, and rather healthy.

Hmmm… no. I definitely will not be returning here. Got kind of a wierd vibe walking through the door, there was a lack of cleanliness about the place that made me re-​think getting in line. But I did. I noticed they had coffee smoothies, so I asked the guy behind the counter if those were available in decaf. Blank stare. I spoke up and asked again. Blank stare. And then… a shake of the head no. OKAY… looked around at the prepared foods and baked goods, none of which looked in the least bit appealing. At the risk of making a bad pun, the only thing Just Fresh about this place was the attitudes of the servers.

My boyfriend and I went here for lunch, and despite the huge line that took ten minutes to get through (it was Sunday, across from a church, at 12:15PM – ick), it just wasn’t good.
At this establishment, you order at the counter, then they bring you your food. The guy who took our order had to have us repeat our order three times just to get it right. And it wasn’t complex: I ordered a half and half combo, which is on the menu. My BF ordered a full sandwich with a cup of soup. Again, nothing strange about that.
We got our food relatively quickly, so that was nice. But the food wasn’t. I got a dill chicken sandwich, which didn’t have much flavor at all. I also had a cup of chicken chili on the side — again, just so so. BF got the Oven Roasted Turkey sandwich — bland again. His soup was a cream of broccoli, I think. Forgettable, obviously.
At one point, in the middle of chewing, my BF stopped and proclaimed, «This is kinda gross.»
I concur.
The restaurant is very cafeteria-​style. No character to speak of. The only nice thing was there was ample parking because it is in a Harris Teeter parking lot.
We will not be returning.