Cafe Zupas

Today I got the chicken pesto again. I love that sandwich! I tried the red pepper lobster soup and was not disappointed. Very tasty with a kick that doesn’t burn until it hits the back of my throat. My only complaint, I ordered it to go and wasn’t given any utensils. I see complaints about loud music. I’ve never experienced that. The last two times I was there around 6pm.

The four stars is based on my food today. I would give it 2.5 for ambiance.
Café Zupa is very close to my work, and I have been meaning to check it out.
When you walk up to the doors you can hear the music blaring out on the patio. Never really been a fan of loud music for lunch places, or any other for that matter.
I entered and there is a counter where you are greeted. They have paper menus available, and I like that. I had the vegetarian sandwich and the lobster bisque. I really like that they let you try a little bit of soup if you would like a sample. I tried the tomato basil and the lobster bisque. I ended up with the bisque, but wished I chose the tomato. The bisque was good, but I think the tomato would have agreed with me more.
The vegetarian sandwich was excellent! The bread was soft, loved the flavor of the pesto sauce. Overall very nice.
I also ordered some marshmallow chocolate bar thing for dessert. It was good, not sure I would get again, but good.
Overall service was friendly, although when I approached the counter after my meal for a bag to put my leftovers in, the girl said, «A bag???» Like I was asking for something so completely foreign to her, and as if I was really bothering her. Oh teen, twenty something counter help… sigh. Sorry to bother you while you are standing at the register. How dare I ask for a bag!
The downside:
It was very loud in there. I need a place to relax on my lunch break, and the music was blaring. The lights in there are like floodlights. Depending where you sit, you might have a spotlight in your face.
I enjoyed the sandwich and the sample of tomato basil enough to return. I would like to try a salad next time! Bring earplugs! ;-)

Tried it for the first time today since it opened.
Service was great. Presentation was beautiful but wasn’t too impressed otherwise.
I had the Chicken Enchilada Chili — good flavor but was lacking in chicken and substance, especially for a chili. My friend commented on the bread that comes with their soups, a rustic roll or at least toasting the generic bread would have given it a little more interest. We also felt like full price for a half full cup of soup was a little unfortunate.
The Turkey Artichoke sandwich had good flavor but again wasn’t substantial. Kind of reminded me of Paradise Bakery’s Cuban sandwich. Paradise’s version has more to it with great flavor. Zoe’s Kitchen is another alternative with great flavor and a better fill for about the same price.
Didn’t try their salads but they did look fresh.
I had the chocolate crème brûlée for dessert. It was the best jello pudding cup topped with Hershey syrup that I’ve ever had.

Nickel and Dime!!!
Whatever you do don’t try and make your own salad here. Want an extra tablespoon of bell peppers? $.70
Want a tablespoon of cheese? $.70
By the time you’re done you have a barely satisfying $ 11 small salad mindlessly prepared by a 20yr old with an attitude.
Pass!

Went in because Chili’s had a long wait, so I thought I’d check it out. Should have turned around and left immediately. Extremely bright as you enter. Went through line and ordered soup and sandwich. Get to pick up station, my sandwich was not made, then made wrong. Took wrong sandwich to counter they told me to hold on to it and they’d make a new one. Long story short ate the small sandwich and went to Chili’s for a burger.
Only reason they get one star is because the place was clean.

Love this place! Tons of variety and each meal is served with a chocolate covered strawberry! Great value for the fresh quality of food.

The soup is hit or miss. I have had a watered down clam chowder more than once. Both the garden chowder and the New England clam. It’s so loud when ordering it’s hard to get your order right and having to repeat it several times. They need some soft surfaces to help deaden sound.

Food is was ok, big problem I had was that they are pretty skimpy when creating own salad. Got 4 croutons, which counted as 1 of my toppings along with apx. 5 strands of tiny bell peppers (which person picked out one by one) to add onto salad. Would give a better rating, but my salad «Lettuce with dressing» was nothing special.

You’d think ordering a salad would be easy. High school dropout workers complete with gothic eyeshadow and matching spacey intellects literally scowl at you if you slightly deviate from the pre-​planned food. I asked for extra cucumbers. Was given three, and an evil eye while being commanded that ITS EXTRA! That’s ok guys. I have a job, I can afford it. I asked for extra tomatoes and was given three halves of a grape tomato. They stuck seventeen toothpicks into the salad as they glared at me. Went down the line with my voodoo doll salad, toothpicks and all, and they required a powwow to figure out how much extra to charge me. Nobody could figure it out.
It’s just extra veggies guys. Not rocket science. Why glare and sneer at paying customers and make them feel guilty about their order. This was a painful process just for lunch. Painful.
Soup was barely lukewarm.
Not only do I not recommend this place, I say go elsewhere where employees and management appreciate your patronage, provide cheery service (come on its even the holiday season where’s the CHEEEEER), and your food isn’t doled out piece by piece served with vitriol.
Two thumbs down, guys. I expected better. I will say the bread was good. So there’s that…
Save your time and money. Don’t eat here.

This is my new favorite place. The menu has a wide variety and the taste and quality of the food is top notch.

have been here a few times and I love the fresh drinks/​tea options. I also love several soups and so far my favorite salad is the cherry balsamic and the pesto chicken panini and Cuban panini are great.
now the one gripe I have is the ordering process. after placing my order for a family of five at the beginning i then have to remember everything I ordered and repeat to the people at the end of the line who gather all the food to place on trays. very irritating especially when having a large order to repeat. they need to come up with a better system.

Upon entering The lined moved slowly. Stood in line for 15 minutes, and with 5 year old twins it feels even longer. The staff forgot our grilled cheese for my son so we had to wait for that. The soups are extremely salty. I ordered the tomato soup and could only take two bites. Yuck! The bbq chicken salad is pretty delicious but nothing extraordinary. I enjoyed their coconut water berry green tea. Was hoping there would be a better selection for black tea, all they have is the «Honest Tea» which is never good. I will come back to try more of their sandwiches and salads. It’s really the only semi healthy option for the area.

I would give itv1.5 if I could, but the service was pleasant. We finally tried Zupas! My salad was ok, not fantastic and not filling either. The soups were disappointing, don’t truths cauliflower it’s bland and pasty:(. My biggest complaint is that the portions are tiny! Significantly smaller than Paradise Bakery, by way of comparison. We left hungry :(. The prices were pretty high, especially considering the portion sizes. And the crime brûlée? It was basically pudding, not really brûlée. Save yourself the time (long lines which I don’t get?) and money and go somewhere else.

I’m giving them 4 when they should really get 3.5; my rating is based solely on service. When I’m in the area, I tend to try whatever is around. Being as this place is new, I thought I’d give it another try while in the area shopping.
When you walk in you are immediately greeted by someone standing at the door; at least I have on both occasions. The place is generally clean and the workers are super friendly. 5 stars for that.
For a soup, sandwich, salad establishment I’m not all that impresses with the sandwiches.
The line starts with salads and sandwiches. Moving down the line you have toppings at the second station and soup at the third (you can sample every single one of their soups). So far, I haven’t sampled one that I didn’t like. The fouth station is the dessert window; quite the variety to choose from. (You meal will come with either a chocolate dipped strawberry or Oreo cookie and a section of french bread).
While I only tried two different panini’s, they didn’t taste real (if that makes sense). I don’t know if it was the sauces/​spreads but, I definitely won’t try those again. Their soups are rather tasty! DEFINITELY will try again; Wild Mushroom and Wisconsin Cauliflower are delish!
As an fyi, toppings are $.69. Now, while I have NO problem paying for anything extra, I do expect to get what I pay for. Rather disappointed in the lack of cheddar I paid for to top off my soup. My next visit I may try salad only.
This isn’t my first choice for soup/​salad combo’s but, they’re not totally off the list of options.

It was a super busy night but the food was fast. They served us quickly and had employees trying to keep up with the crowd.
The carnitas sandwich is sweet. Too sweet for me but I’m sure others would love it. The strawberry salad was also sweet but very good, as was the bread. Loved my husbands tortilla soup.
They were out of strawberries so we received Belgian chocolate dipped Oreos instead. We will be back for more healthy dining with fun drink options!

Little on the expensive side, but I usually don’t paying more $$ for good food and good ingredients. Usually don’t have any complaints when I go there. However 2 things from my trip this evening. On the California Cobb the guac scoops are WAY too small for a large salad I kind of expect at least two scoops. That’s just being nit picky I guess but I want what I pay for.
Second, soups are way too salty. I want to go here to eat healthy, not to drink sodium.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? My favorite new place! OMG, Are you tired of the same old burger or boring sandwich? Get your behind into your car, get over here and be ready to taste quality and freshness like never before. I can’t believe how good the food is. The Sandwiches are SooOOOoooOoooO different!!! So insane good! The soup, Look out!!! WOW!!! I have been here twice, My family loves it as well. FRESH food, so different, such a nice change! My taste buds were blown away!!! Very long line today, I DON’T CARE!!! The wait is so worth it!!! Great prices, but the food itself, is why we came back and will come back again and again!!! This review was so easy to write. It’s so nice when you finally try a new place and your exceptions are met beyond what you had hoped. Great staff here, nice and courteous as well. This is a no brainer, i give «Café Zupas» in Gilbert Az. A great big «WOO HOO!!!“‘Happy Holidays to everyone here and everyone who reads this!!!
PS… They are closed on Sundays, DOH! but how nice is that? They let their employees have a day off on the weekend, too cool.

This place is fine. It’s new, so it’s relatively well kept. There was a small puddle near the door that we had to walk around, but that doesn’t really affect how I feel about the restaurant. I’m sure they were working on cleaning it up or something.
The first time I went, I got the food to go, and they were falling behind on the order so I got a free drink while I waited. They also lost part of my order at some point, and started serving up a new soup and making a new sandwich before they found it, so I got a free soup out of it. My boyfriend got the chipotle chicken salad and he loves it. He orders it every time. We got sandwiches that were pretty good, and the cauliflower soup was great.
The second time was with my mother-​in-​law, and she was disappointed. She felt that they branded themselves as something of a fresh, healthy place, and as a diabetic, she didn’t like that they didn’t have any bread alternatives. She got a tomato soup, and she said it was really sweet, so we all tried a bite. It was more butternut squash than anything, with maybe a hint of tomato. It wasn’t what she was going for with ordering a tomato soup, so with that on top of the lack of diabetic-​friendly options, she was left really disappointed. I forget what I ordered, but I had an okay experience.
This is the third time we’ve been to Zupas, and it has again just been okay. We ordered two salads to go. My boyfriend again loved the chipotle chicken salad. I ordered the garden chicken chop, but the ranch wasn’t ready, so they offered chipotle ranch or herb vinaigrette instead. I opted for the vinaigrette thinking «herb» meant earthy and savory, it ended up being very, very sweet. My salad also barely had any toppings, so I’m fairly unsatisfied. Overall, again, it’s an okay place. I think I’d prefer Paradise Bakery/​Panera.

The Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup is AMAZING! Very busy location, but fast service with a smile!

SO HAPPY this place has finally opened. I was just complaining about how this area needs a fast casual, healthy eatery… And here it is! I was driving to Chipotle and veered off course when I saw Café Zupas was open.
So many choices, and everything is made in-​house. Sandwiches are better than places nearby like Paradise Bakery, and finally we have actually delicious salad options.
Now there’s an affordable alternative to the usual processed, greasy junk. The chocolate strawberries are a plus!