Cafe Express

What happened to the flavor of the food? I stop by after months have gone by thinking things will go back to the way they tasted, but I’m always wrong.
I’m over the overpriced flavorless food.
I’m starting to think that the chicken breast filet for the sandwhich and beef patty for the burger are not chargrilled in the kitchen but frozen. I might add well go to Chick fil A or Fudruckers..

I’m horribly disappointed in the Café Express at this location. I am currently dealing with a dairy allergy and didn’t find any information on their website about allergen information to determine what items I could order. The website clearly states that management is knowledgeable about ingredients in their menu items and to ask the store manager when I get to the restaurant about accommodating any allergies.
So I go to the restaurant — they throw me a «gluten free» menu when I tell them I have a dairy allergy. When I tell them I don’t have a gluten allergy — i have a dairy allergy — and to please let me know if so and so items on the menu have butter/​milk/​cheese/​etc, they dismissively say everything is cooked in butter. So I ask if salads have meat (cooked in butter) or cheese/​dairy in their ingredients. The manager dismisses my allergy concern as non-​important and says I can pick the items out.
In the end, I ordered a full veggie salad — had to pick the croutons out, and I’m still not sure if the pecans in the salad were toasted in butter…
So much for «store management being more than willing to accommodate allergy concerns». My dad ordered a horrible fettuccine alfredo which wasn’t worth the 10 bucks he paid for it, and my salad was only so-​so as well.
I won’t ever be coming back and recommend against anyone with food allergies ever coming to this place because they obviously don’t care about the health of their patrons.

Food was good and service was fast but I found the prices a bit high. Thought the food was good it was nothing special. I 3 star review would of been to hard on them. I did find the staff member that gave me my food was a bit rude.

Roaches
Worse of all a baby roach that went from my table to another one
The kicker the asst manager was only entitled to give me $ 5 Each for two other friends.
I should have demanded all 3 of our meals compensated.
Also several of the tables were not cleared off
1. Poor management
2. Not many tables open so we had to sit on a small table.
3. Maybe that’s why there is roaches.
4. Previous reviews have said the same thing.
The only saving grace is that I go to all of the café express restaurants around town and this is the only bad one.

I must have been out of the loop for a while, but I had no idea Café Express served breakfast. Whaaat? I ordered the Provençal omelet for breakfast and it was pretty good. I guess all breakfast foods are always «overpriced,» for being what it is (flour, eggs, butter), but it’s my favorite meal of the day so I don’t like to skip out on it! The good thing is that there’s a variety of salsas you can choose from to put on your eggs which makes the Provencal omelet more of a French+Mex Omelet. I don’t care what you say, but I truly believe salsa goes on everything, including my eggs!

Delicious food and fast service! Went around 11 for lunch good parking and not crowded at that time. I ordered the Shrimp Capri pasta with a cup of black bean soup about $ 20 for lunch. I will definitely be back and order the yummy pasta again

Ordered the morning club and breakfast BLT sandwiches, which were honestly very very similar! Nothing too special, and prices are reasonable — not too expensive, but no steal either. Prefer lunchtime when the self serve salad topping bar is open.

Came for brunch and had Morning Club and Breakfast BLT, both very good! Fast service and very competitive prices!
Overall very good!

Always thought Café Express was just ok but now they’ve gone down on my list as being sucky! We didn’t have a roach in our food like one Unilocal reviewer, but we did see one crawling on the bar in front of us! Gross! We won’t be back. Ever. If a manager is reading this, get it together!

One of my favorite places for lunch. The potato soup is always a great choice. The turkey burger is really good, just be sure to ask for the Turkey «burger» not «sandwich». Not saying that the sandwich is a bad choice but the burger is much better. And of course the fries are pretty good.

I used to love this Café Express, until today when I found a roach in my burger, you couldn’t pay attention enough to make sure it didn’t end up in my food!

It’s Café Express. Decent food, but expensive for what it is. Granted, this past time, I enjoyed it more than I probably ever have (I think I had a burger). Either way, they could afford to drop those prices a little bit.

My wife and son have come here for dinner twice in the last couple of weeks as very conveniently located close to home. We have all been very pleased with our meals, service and atmosphere. Very clean and well run joint. The cashiers are friendly and well trained. On both occasions we ordered meals to take home to 2 daughters and they were spot on. I had one issue with not getting an appetizer out before the meal, however, when I walked to front several workers approached me and got it out shortly after and before meal; manager apologized for oversight. Oh, and all meals were very good.

This place does not believe in wiping the tables! Gross! Food is ok…

I loved this place. I had the veggie sandwich with fruit. There’s a nice condiment and fruit bar to dress your meal with fresh olives, nuts and sauces. This place is great for plant based meals.

So I’ve been back to Café Express three times since my last posting. Two very good breakfasts and I just finished a great dinner sitting outside watching the rain but staying dry.
I had to chuckle looking at the ceiling tiles because they don’t match. But I’m over the whole painting while eating thing. And they apologized too. So I’ve revised my score to give five stars. The food is good and the service quick and pleasant. For a fast meal cooked well this is a great location

I have been coming to this Café Express for several years now. This place is always consistent. This being the Meyerland location, the crowd is usually more conservative and family oriented. The food is always really fresh and higher quality in my opinion. It matches the price for sure. Extra bonus for the pickle/​condiment bar they bring out at lunch.

Easy parking and friendly cashiers to start with. It took 15 minutes to get our food. The coffee was good but warm, I don’t really know what was up with the coffee machine. I had the new menu item, the lobster roll with fries which cost $ 15.99! I love Main Ly’s lobster rolls so I wanted to compare. It was way over priced but good. Not as good as Main Ly lobster rolls. I like it but I don’t think I would buy it again, it’s not worth $ 15.99. Their prices went up I noticed. My husband loved his cheeseburger. We will be back.

Easy parking, easy to locate, fresh clean looking, ample seating.
I think I saw a patio are. I was in a rush.
Having been my first time here I asked several questions before ordering.
Finally selecting the grilled chicken sandwich i was set for my to go order.
BESIDE the grilled chicken was written «bacon $» with an extra charge.
I did not say I wanted bacon since I’m trying to eat healthy and have my eye on a tiny red bikini for my Summer play time.
HOWEVER, when opening my to go at work, there was bacon on the sandwich anyhow.
Management said their new menu is confusing and that its not written out well.
Be aware when you order, you might not get what your ordering so ask questions.
Super nice people.
Efficient in and out.

UPDATE: came here recently and was miffed that I paid nearly $ 12 for a burger & fries. Friend got a unreasonably priced salad. Either they increased their prices or I just got cheaper.
You can hate on ‘em all you want, but Café Express is solid. I hate the way I just used that word. I’m going to write this review with all the sayings I hate.
The Sweet Potato Fries here are ON POINT! They’re the right amount of crispy, so they’re HELLA delicious. Many times when I come on a budget, I just order the Kids’ Meals, and then I stock up on their free pickles. Free pickles are LEGIT.
Their pastas are DA BOMB. Burgers are commendable. The Soup/​Salad combo is huge. EPIC huge.