Salad Sprigs

I’m standing between McDonald’s and Sprigs Salads and decided to go the healthy route and chose a salad. Had the Southwest Chicken Chipolte which had a a lot flavor.
Prices are higher than McD but I feel much better with not going the hamburger direction.
They have a good choice of salad selections or you could make your own. I like seeing my meal being made in front of me and knowing what’s in it.
Service was good and I would make this choice again.

For airport food, I am IMPRESSED. 7.59 pre-​tax for a huge (meatless) fresh Caesar salad bursting with crisp greens, croutons, and cheese is a steal, anyway you slice it. At other airports, I have eaten sad looking pre-​packaged salads that contain similar ingredients, but to the tune of 10 – 11 bucks, and often in smaller portions and more precarious to mix.
Other things I liked:
–the idea of someone tossing my salad for me (minds out of gutter, please)… even coverage of dressing is a nice thing to have, on the go!
–the diversity of choices. I went for a pre-​made option but you can definitely build your own too
–compostable bowl, cutlery, and to-​go bag

This was a decent option during my recent layover but I definitely would order a vegetarian salad next time. I should’ve known better than to try salmon at an airport fast food counter. On the bright side, you can have spinach (as well as iceberg, romaine or spring mix) as your base and add plenty of decent veggies (you can pick 5, for example I picked chickpeas, grilled corn, diced red peppers, carrots and mushrooms) so you can get out of there with something edible but the chicken, turkey and other meats I could see in the trays looked awful. Had I seem the salmon first (it was not displayed), I probably would have passed on it as well. The employees were cranky as hell on my visit but they did a decent job assembling my picks and then stirring them up (I hate places that don’t stir). They also sell multi-​grain chips, juices and coconut water and Kind bars.

While I was very excited to see a healthy alternative to the usual airport options, I wasn’t entirely impressed with this place. The salad I had gotten just tasted only of the balsamic vinaigrette I had with it. I had red onions, corn salsa, and tomatoes in my salad but they we tasteless — which I took to mean that they weren’t fresh. I would request to have little bit of dressing in the future because their normal pour is just too much.
The workers were also not very polite.
The reason I gave the place two stars is because they had a efficient system down that made the line go very quickly. And as I said, it was a quick and healthy alternative to the other places in the airport.
Realistically though, I probably wouldn’t go here again.

This is a very sad salad spot. I feel sad enough about eating salads, but it’s kind of hard to screw up salads … Nothing tasted fresh here, and I can’t even call them a wannabe Chop’t because they don’t seem to be trying. Also late in the day they were out of all lettuce except iceberg and spinach. Chicken tasted like frozen store brand just dethawed. $ 12 for this. Yikes.

One of the better paleo options at the airport. The quality isn’t as bad as everything else here. Salad was fresh and there were plenty of veggie options. I was glad to see olive oil as a dressing. It’s really too bad the service is so rude. The workers ignored me for a couple minutes and then demanded that I «pick 5» inbetween their conversation about some guy. I really don’t want to go back. It was kind of humiliating.

The chicken is gross. Too much salad dressing and canned pieces of cubed chicken are served. A Caesar salad with chicken and water set me back $ 14.62. Skip this place!

Service is fast and efficient here. I like the autonomy of selecting and watching my meal being prepared, however the fish is not good here. The first time I ate here I ordered a spring mix/​spinach salad w salmon and the fish was just not fresh. It turned the whole salad wonky. The second time I ordered the same salad but with tuna. The tuna was better than the salmon but also did not taste fresh. I know you can’t expect much with airport fish, but Oak St. managed to figure it out! Perhaps if they added lemon to salads with fish it would help, but for now I’ll be going strictly vegetarian when I order from this spot!

Pleasant, fast airport food. I’ve been here a total of 5 – 6 times and have always enjoyed good service, fresh greens and veggies, and a filling lunch.

The staff for sure doesn’t listen. I gave my order asking for no olives in the salad & substitute spinach for iceberg lettuce. She took my order and then walked away for no reason. No other workers were behind the counter to help even though I could see 3 other workers in the back. She came back and began to make my salad and put olives in it just like I asked her not to do. I told her I asked for no olives and she asked, «Do you want me to start over?» Obviously, I do since you weren’t listening. Then I stepped up to the counter to pay and she ended up using iceberg lettuce instead of spinach like I asked. I gave up at this point. It was also very frustrating when she gave me grief when I asked for my dressing on the side too. I ordered a bottled water with my salad and the woman who rang me up completely forgot and walked away before giving me my water. Terrible service and attitude.

The chicken tastes terrible, in both mine and my brothers salad. I’m not sure if they gave us old chicken but it didn’t taste right. I gave it two stars because I like the idea but they need to offer quality ingredients.

This is my Midway go to. I appreciate a heathy option at the airport, and this is certainly it. Great choice of greens and mix-​ins. Despite other reviews they don’t scrimp. It is a good-​sized salad with ample toppings. My only problem with the place is they are usually out of something and the customer service is about what you would expect at the airport. It is still the best thing going at Midway for my tastes.

A surprisingly good tasting, healthy option at Midway Airport. I found the ingredients to be very fresh tasting with many options to chose from. The kiosk offers a few «pre-​set» recipes with choice of meat and salad dressing or a «choose your own» option which gives you full control of the greens, meats, up to 5 ingredients, and salad dressing.
I found the portion size to be just right. At first I thought the ingredient scoops seemed small, but once blended provided a full meal for the $ 10.49 price.
When compared to its neighbor, McDonald’s, I found Sprigs to be a great choice for the quick lunch between flights.

It’s an airport so generally, you shouldn’t have the mindset that you are going to be eating an outstanding meal. My main objective for eating at an airport is to avoid a gut ache. up until somewhat recently, I feel like the only options at an airport were very unhealthy, so I very much appreciate a place like sprigs. I have gotten salads here probably four or five times. The service has never been good, but again you’re at an airport. However, the salad ingredients have always been fresh. The greens have not been wilted or brown. On my most recent trip they were out of a couple of key ingredients of the salad that I ordered, so that was a bummer. I love that you can customize a salad of your choice or select one from their menu. When I am at Midway, Sprigs is probably going to be my top dining choice.

When I stepped off my plane for a very short layover with the desire to eat as healthy as possible, I was shocked and delighted to see Salad Sprigs right in front of me. I lucked out at a time when the line was short, but the extremely slow service contributed to a line of about 25 building up behind me then. While the staff members themselves were slow, the real issue was an efficiency and staffing issue. Only one person was preparing the salads and only one person checking out people. They need to better prepare and adjust to rushes.
I chose the 5 toppings + meat option to make my own instead of a pre-​planned option, and I was very happy with the portions, though some other reviewers have complained. The toppings weren’t labeled, though, so that did make things more difficult. They let me get double of one of the toppings since I only liked 4 of them.
The chicken was also good quality and not cheap or pressed like I expected. I also appreciated getting to choose the different types of lettuce, and the dressing options were ample. The price was also reasonable considering it’s a fresh salad in an airport. The container and bag were all biodegradable, which was a nice touch!
Will definitely stop here next time I’m in this terminal.

Similar to what others said below – I was served an overwhelming portion of salad, but not proportional amounts of toppings. This resulted in a raspberry vinegarette mixed green salad that had little hits of toppings/​chicken. Only thing that made it decent was the fact that I knew it was healthy.

Portions for toppings are very small. I asked for only a small amount of lettuce but he wouldn’t reduce the quantity even though I was willing to pay full price. That makes no sense whatsoever. Why waste food?
I purchased the custom salad with no meat or fish, but they still limited me to 5 toppings. I’m happy this option exists at an airport but I’m still hungry and headed to another restaurant. Skip this place and get a grab n go salad instead.

Even in the context of «airport salad» this is not the greatest. I do like the build your own concept but there is a lot of room for improvement here.
First, you pick 5 ingredients (veggies & cheese) — unfortunately the choices aren’t listed anywhere, nor are they labeled on the bar. I can figure out most of the things but couldn’t tell the difference between the cheeses and had to ask what meat choices were available (because they’re all proportioned and wrapped in cellophane.
As others have noted, be sure to be upfront that you want dressing on the side or they’ll drench your salad in it. I used less than ½ the cup they gave me and it was plenty. Also, no one here is going to win employee of the month. Ever. The girl who made my salad personified «job hate».
In all, pretty typical airport eating experience albeit «healthier».

Disappointing.
Yay for a healthy option (5 pre-​fab salad recipes or make your own) but you have to ruin it with all full-​fat dressings (except one).
And I learned the hard way that they make the salad including mixing the dressing with your salad at that time, despite my assumption (and common sense) that the dressing is on the side.
Why common sense you say? Picked up a salad at 5pm and the people in front of me who did also did not specify dressing on the side received it in a small dressing cup. Guess my salad maker wanted me to eat soggy salad for my evening flight. Lucky me.

In the midst of Manny’s, Mac-Deezy’s, and many other options that I wouldn’t exactly call good for you I can appreciate a salad spot to grab a quick bite before a flight.
Only problem is Sprigs is basically an obese person’s idea of a healthy lunch. All the pre-​made menu items are filled with junk, which basically defeats the purpose of getting a salad in the first place.
Yeah, you can create your own and make it a bit better for you, but even doing that I still got a gigantic glob of dressing that took my calorie count from a 10 minute treadmill sesh to a 25 minute one.
In theory this place could be a good option for a health conscious traveler, but you gotta be specific about what you want cause they’re definitely not healthy by default.