VMware Cafeteria

Prom C: Probably the worst food I have ever had in a cafeteria in my working life.
Just bad /​overcooked/​over spicy food. Cannot get anything with clean, healthy flavors. Service people toss food all over the place with disrespect and serve you as if they are doing you a favor by making you a plate. Much prefer if it were self serve. The prices for a subsidized meal aren’t low ($ 7 – 10 for entrees). Salad bar is below average. No variety.
Hilltop C on the other hand is great food and service.
I bring my own food now (first time in my life) but really not worth the daily stress of dealing with the people there.

Usually like the food here but have to watch who is making the specially salad. It’s not good when 3 salads are mixed together for customers. I ordered a beet salad and had 1 small beet in it. Not every café person does it this way. I am buying based on the sample which mine did not look like. Disappointed.
I’m making my own salad from now on.

It’s like dogfood that’s been overcooked and had all flavor removed

I will give the VMware café 5 stars as far as corporate cafeterias go. I work at VMware, and have been going here almost daily for several years. The Mexican station is amazing — fresh salsas rotating each day with homemade pickled vegetables & chilis to die for. They even have added grilled vegetables which makes a vegan like me jump for joy. I also enjoy the «Pan Fried» — wok stir-​fry. They always have a tofu option, but the meat options look like they must be good too. Sometimes I get the veggie burger and fries at the grill. The bun is fried on the grill too. The fries are really tasty — so bad for you… but sooo good. The salad bar is awesome as well, with lots of fresh organic veggies plus protein options. This café has all the bases covered. Feeling like a pure and healthy eater? You’re good. Feeling like a rebel? You’re covered.
If you don’t work at VMware, you don’t get the VMware subsidy, plan and simple. It’s an employee benefit, not a benefit to everyone who happens to work in Palo Alto. :)

Although I bring lunch almost everyday, it is hard to resist the urge to not buy anything from the VMware café. The menu changes on a daily basis and always have a ton of healthy options for those who are health conscience. The indian and mexican food are the best options in the café. The dishes are served fresh and flavorful.

This is a cool venue to snag lunch. Lots of options and nice campus layout although it is a walk to get to the actual cafeteria.

You know, it’s funny. I work at the VA hospital. I walk almost every day to TIBCO Café for lunch, because the Canteen at the VA is… well… let’s just say we never have people from TIBCO or VMWare walking to our campus to eat lunch.
But for a year, I never made it to VMWare. Not sure why. My coworkers were just somehow convinced that TIBCO was the bomb.
Except today they were closed. I learned the hard way, after walking half a mile. So off to VMWare I went.
I little more expensive than TIBCO, and maybe not QUITE as good, at least at first impression. But close to the same price, close to the same quality. Pretty decent, really.
A nice change when you work in this neighborhood and have, like, those three options and that’s about it.

What’s wrong with you guys? Have been eating here for more than half a year now with my whole team. I do not work for VMware but had the feeling that I was always welcome to eat here. This has, all of a sudden, changed now. 35% surcharge on everything for non-​VMware employees? Just close our place for non-​VMware employees if this is the plan behind this. Really disappointing! Going to other places now.

This place is outrageous. They now charge a 35% guest charge if you aren’t an employee.

So lucky to work at VMware — love this cafeteria. It has delicious fresh salad ingredients, awesome hot food and reasonable prices. Plus the drinks are free! :-D

My workplace has a cafeteria. It’s not all that great and doesn’t have any ethnic variety. So when my colleagues and I have a little extra time, we go to one of the cafeterias at the surrounding businesses. Now, I’m not in the tech industry and I don’t know if there is a particular standard of quality that is expected, but as grab-​and-​go food goes, I think this place is pretty good. It gets crowded, to be certain. Lines can be long, but we’ve never had any difficulty finding a place to sit (finding parking, however, is a different story). I like the Indian food line; I’m not a connoisseur of South Asian fare but I know what tastes good to me, and this good tastes good. The grill line often has interesting options as well. Decent salad bar variety. Free sodas — that’s a plus.

Good food, inexpensive, quick and convenient. I’ve enjoyed every meal I’ve eaten here.

Quality is steadily declining. It might be because of the horrible parking situation, in which employees rush for the valet parking tent, trying to beat everyone else before they are completely out of double-​parked spots. And now major construction is happening on many campuses, forcing everyone into one parking lot.
Not many people leave for lunch anymore and everyone is stuck eating at the cafeteria. Longer lines + mass cooking = messy food. The grilled chicken special turned out to be severely charred, to the point where my co-​worker could no longer eat it and had to swap it for something else.
I hope something can be done to increase the quality of the food, otherwise we may all be tempted to starve.
TIP: There is no ketchup — repeat, no ketchup — here. How can a cafeteria not have any ketchup?!?

Standard quality for a silicon valley software company.
Sushi is better than average, there’s always multiple vegetarian entrée options, and the salad bar and panini bar are good reliable bets if none of the rotating options sound good.
Would LOVE to see them use the brick oven for personal pizzas made to order.
Very nice to always have veggie sliders of some type, in addition to the traditional kind.

Entirely decent cafeteria food, with a few reservations. The desserts tend to look great, but taste mediocre, the pizza and grill station are hit and miss.
Stand outs:
1.) Sushi. It’s ok, not great when compared to restaurants — but for a cafeteria, it’s superb.
2.) Specials. Most of the time, the daily special ends up being the best tasting item of the day. If the ingredients intrigue you, go for it.
3.) Panini station — all their sandwiches are good, but the Cuban in particular is a real stand out.
4.) Mexican station. It’s often overlooked, there’s rarely a line and the burritos are decent and quite large.

VMWare Cafeteria has a Unilocal page? Really? Really!!!
Went there for lunch couple of times. Haven’t tried that many, but I’m pretty happy with the Indian food there – even though I don’t usually eat Indian food :) The Chinese/​Thai food I don’t really like it much. The sushi… I guess it’s too little to fill me up, so usually don’t pick that one, haha!
Seems salad bar is free… but since I don’t eat salad, doesn’t matter to me. Important thing is drinks are free!!!

I missed out on the gelato and the Sushi station when I went over for lunch today… I choose a duck dish that was pretty tasty, and the salad bar looks great with variety and healthy ingredients.
They are located on a much bigger campus thus a much bigger cafeteria and a few more station with choices. All in all, a great place to have a chat with friends over lunch.
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I can’t believe VMware Café has a Unilocal page! What isn’t on Unilocal,oh my!
I work at VMware and eat in the café almost daily and it’s great! Prices are very reasonable (highly subsidized by VMware) and the food is truly delicious and authentic. Let me give you some examples:
– When Japanese businessmen fly across the world to meet our executives, we serve them the sushi, and they remark how good it is. The chef is Japanese.
– We are a software company with a large number of Indian engineers. I have unanimously heard that VMware has the best Indian food in the Bay Area. The chef is Indian.
– My couple Italian friends (and I) love the paninis, especially the Chipotle Chicken. The chef is Italian.
– The mexican food rivals that of the mission and even the smallest order will fill you for days. The chef is Mexican.
– The one exception to my authentic rule is the Asian station, which is usually something on par with General Gao’s chicken, but it’s delicious none-​the-​less (just think of it as «fusion»).
– Salad bar, sandwiches, a grill, and specials of the day complete the selection
– Oh, and of course, the dessert and gelato bar. Gelato is great, dessert is sub-​par.
As if that isn’t enough, soda, lemonade, tea, and coffee are all free!
Before joining VMware I was a consultant and traveled from one company to another, so I can say with some authority that this is the one of the best company cafes in the world. (Yes, Google’s is also great.)

**WE HAVE A CAFETERIA ON CAMPUS and IT’S NOT BAD**
I am GRATEFUL that we have a cafeteria on campus and it’s not bad.
SALAD BAR IS GOOD.
A small salad (subsidized) with tax is $ 4.63. True steal. Fresh organic greens, wonderful and tasty seasonal vegetables, with healthy dressings and toppings.
Optionally, you can add a small soup for $ 1.25. Soups are made fresh and I love the chicken noodle the best (great chicken portions, not salty, and the perfect amount of vegetables).
There are also different stations. Most popular: Sushi, Indian, and Grill.
TURKEY BURGER IS ALSO GOOD.
I highly recommend the turkey burger. Add some provolone cheese, grilled onions, and mushrooms. .. game over.
There is also a gelato station as well.
No complaints from previous guests I have taken here.
RECOMMEND.

Amazing selection and convenience. Indoor and outdoor tables, 10+ stations to choose from: Indian (longest lines and a local favorite), fresh panini, 1 or 2 scrumptious daily ‘uniques’, a standard faire grille, a very nice sushi station, chicken roast, incredible pizza and a robust salad bar, desert station, and ice-​cream bar. Prices are reasonable. Staff are simply amazing — up and coming local chefs — each with a story to tell, and they aim to please with their dishes. They will ‘take care of you’!
Standard faire breakfast menu as well.
VMware employees and contractors only.