Cava - Pasadena

"This Mediterranean restaurant is quite unique. They offer a variety of dishes that are innovative and delicious. The aroma near the entrance is very enticing. My friends and I enjoyed our meal here and we were very impressed. The service provided by the waitstaff was excellent."

This restaurant is delicious! Everything on the menu is full of flavor and so tasty. It has an American Mediterranean style, similar to Chipotle (Mexican) or Lemonade (American). You can customize your meal by choosing veggies and meats to create a bowl of food. I ordered lamb meatballs with veggies, lettuce, brown rice, hummus, tzatziki sauce, spicy sauce, and garlic sauce. I can't wait to come back!

CAVA is absolutely fantastic! Their Mediterranean bowls are exceptional and priced very affordably. They offer a wide variety of greens and grains as a base, along with proteins such as chicken, falafel, and beef. The toppings are also delicious, including cucumber, tomato mix, onions, corn, and cabbage, as well as a variety of dips and spreads. I always enjoy my experience at CAVA!

I like eating at CAVA because the food healthy and tasty, but the best part is their staff. Today manager asked me if I preferred to wait a few minutes for a fresh batch of brown rice, since there was only a little left on the line up and I said yes. He gave me a free drink. The rice took just a few mins longer than he thought, so he didn’t charge me at all and thanked me along with the cook for being patient. I told him it was unnecessary, that I would pay, but he kindly refused to charge me and thanked me again.

I used to love coming to this place a few times per week. Lately the experience has been far from stellar. Came here last night 6/29 and every single employee had the worst attitude. It just seemed like they were annoyed by customers coming in, mind you, a full 2 hours before closing time. I heard of few of them mutter to each other ‘why do they keep coming in’ ‘start telling them we are out of all toppings’. For starters, they always seem to be out of everything, even on days when I have gone in for lunch. Last night this didn’t stop an employee from telling me they were out of certain items and then go in the back and fill their personal bowl with items they were ‘out’ of after I had already sat down a few feet away. The employees are not only rude to customers, but each other as well, making for an awkward experience for the customer. One employee making mobile order bowls kept reaching in and in between the employee making my bowl, almost as if they were playing some weird game of twister, the person serving my bowl seemed annoyed that not even an ‘excuse me’ was used. Every employee I encountered seemed miserable and they definitely conveyed that message to the customer. Honestly, if it weren’t for the food I would never return.