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Freshii
Category: Restaurants Sandwiches Sandwiches [Edit]
1250 Bay StToronto, ON M5R
Neighbourhood: Yorkville
(416) 921-2300
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
15 reviews for Freshii
15 reviews in English
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Review from Michelle R.
Toronto, ON
5/23/2012
This place is amazing for a quick, healthy cheap lunch! The manager (I think he is called David,) is pretty efficient.
Everytime they are adding a lot more variety to the menu.
A must go place! -
Review from Sara K. P.
Toronto, ON
11/4/2011
When Subway sandwiches (which I rather despise) simply won't do in the "healthy" lunch category, I will by default pick up something from Freshii to fill that niche.
It is a tiny albeit high ceilinged spot where the line-up for lunch inevitably ends up spilling out into the side walk, so it's not a great place to sit and eat as it only seats about 3 persons and your ambiance is either facing a wall or watching Freshii patrons agonize over whether they should put quinoa or brown rice in their lunch bowl...very boring indeed.
Being that I'm too slow and indecisive to "design" my own wrap or salad from the myriad of ingredients that are available, I stick to the featured menu items. I've tried the Bangkok Burrito, the Fiesta Burrito and the tuna Garden wrap, along with the Warrior chicken bowl.
They all pretty much taste the same kinda like the food your roomate from college who thought he was" the shit" at making meals, who was actually just haphazardly throwing ingredients together, thus making "shitty" meals in the end. The burritos and the bowls are fairly large but there is a LOT of filler in the form of brown rice and very little chicken or meat.
I'll give Freshii this, at least it's not the uber-blandness of a Subway or the artery clogging treachery of McDonald's, but like the irate little old lady in those 80's Wendy's commercials my query to Freshii is "Where's the meat?"Listed in: November is my b*tch(kinda)…
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Review from Robin D.
5/4/2011
I do not like this place. Tried the bangkok and warrior chicken.
I have to admit they have very cool names, but bleh. -
Review from Chad M.
7/15/2010
This place is confusing and nobody seems to know where to stand. Are you in line? No, I'm waiting for my wrap. Excuse me, I'm just trying to get out the fucking door, thank you very much. Sorry, I'm just trying to figure out where to stand. Will you hand me a pencil please?
The game Twister isn't even fun at home, I certainly don't want to play it while I'm trying to eat.
The place is too small to enjoy dining in and then you peer into your wallet and start to cry. $26 for 2 wraps, 2 drinks and a bag o' chip.
It would have been much more had we built our own wraps. It starts out around $6, but that's only the wrap and veggies. If you want cheese and a protein, be prepared to fork over another $4-6 bucks.
If you want a coke you can forget it because all they have are Diet Coke and Coke Zero. I get the whole 'healthy' eating thing, but please don't push your religion on me. Diet Coke and Coke Zero are easily just as bad as regular coke!
I'm willing to give this place another shot, so maybe I'll go back when it's not so busy. -
Review from Avitania B.
Toronto, ON
7/16/2010 1 Check-in Here
My first time at Freshii felt like I got dropped into the middle of a salsa club's dance floor and expected to know how to dance. Except the dance floor was the size of a postage stamp, and my body had been replaced with that of a hippopotamus. However, once I got over the initial shock of a) what the frack I was supposed to do to get any food around there, and b) the exorbitant pricel, the experience wasn't so bad.
I enjoyed my Turkey Cobb wrap immensely; it's probably not that healthy (considering I subbed ranch dressing for the honey dijon) but I got the illusion of it being so (given the fresh vegetables, turkey, and whole wheat tortilla) -- but I'm cool with that. (And maybe there's a Tooth Fairy.)
Also, no Coke? Really? Just Coke Zero and Diet Coke? Those aren't so great for you either! Help a soda-loving sister out and offer at least Mexican Coke, please! -
Review from Teresa B.
East York, ON
2/7/2012
Awful, awful service. Quality of food rating was Zero for vegetarian dish and a large salad was slimy and smelled worse. Couldnt eat it and returned the food, the place was truly awful.
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Review from Melissa G.
North York, ON
1/5/2010 1 photo
Freshii has become my latest obsession! With this Bay Street location 3 minutes away from my work by foot, it is great because I have access to so many healthy choices and at a reasonable cost.
Ten years ago, you wouldn't be able to find such exciting "slimming" choices when it came to fast food. Now with such a place like Freshii, I can always depend on their delicious salads, wraps, burritos and bowls.
For the salads, wraps, burritos and bowls, all customers have the option of building their own meal or ordering one of the chef's choices (pre-made with a good combination of ingredients).
For the "build your own" meal, you have a HUGE list of toppings, flavours and sauces/dressings to choose for.
For example, if you are going to build your own salad, you have 20 choices of unlimited toppings (all veggies and eggs) and close to 30 premium toppings (meat, cheeses and seasonal fruit).
Then you top it off with your favourite dressing! How amazing is that?
And if you build your own meal, you can easily look up the nutritional value online or ask one of your servers about the cal/fat count.
If you are going to go with a chef's choice, I would recommend the following (which I tasted myself!):
- Cajun Chicken Salad ($8.45)
- Asian Chop Salad ($7.95)
- Turkey Cobb Wrap ($7.65)
- Vegan Wrap ($6.95)
- Teriyaki Burrito ($6.95)
- Warrior Chicken Bowl ($7.50)
- Salmon Bowl ($9.75)
I know what some of you are thinking....it is a little more pricey than your average McDonalds burger, but it is super healthy.
For anyone looking for a healthy fast food choice or are trying to stick to your New Year's resolution of eating better, Freshii is a great place to start! -
Review from Lauren M.
4/8/2010 12 Check-ins Here
This is another place I absolutely love, I often get my lunch here. Healthy eaters will love this place!
They do fantastic custom salads, there is a list of about 20 free ingredients and a list of "premium" ingredients which cost between 50 cents and $2 or so. There are also 15 different dressings to select from and you can specify how much you want (regular amount, half, double, or dressing on the side) So salad combinations are endless ;)
A huge salad with no premium toppings comes to about $7. My only moan is that the premium toppings do add up. Although tasty, paying $12-13 for a takeaway salad seems a little ridiculous to me!
I do love their monthly punch cards. My boss often sends me out to pick up lunch for 4-5 people, and the staff at Freshii are always happy to punch my card once for each salad/wrap/bowl I buy. This accumulates to a free meal for me every week or so.
There are only a few stools to sit down at so your best bet is to queue up, buy your food and take it back to the office or eat it in the Yorkville square around the corner if the weather is nice.Listed in: Places I can still %^$!% eat…
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Review from Sophia K.
Toronto, ON
9/17/2009
I recently moved to a new neighbourhood and have been seeking out more affordable options to grab food from. If I'm not mistaken, is this what the former "Lettuce Eatery" has been rebranded as? Anyway it looks super similar to me, and it's just as delicious either way!
They have a bunch of different options from salads to rice bowls to burritos. You grab a little clipboard and check off what kinds of things you want included and then they make it for you. Or you can choose one of the suggested combinations from the menu. I've tried a salad and a rice bowl and wasn't disappointed. They were both pretty tasty and healthy.
But what really has me going back to this place far too often is their frozen yogurt! They have a variety of toppings from fresh mango to "vanilla chips" and it's fairly inexpensive.
Also if you work in retail and show them your nametag/ID or uniform you can get 10% off! -
Review from Karen S.
5/29/2010
When I crave something healthy in the middle of the work week, freshii is my go-to choice! I love the freshness, high quality and quantity of their ingredients. No dinky little salads here! I'm always lusting after their Cobb salad which while super pricy at $9.89, has never left me wanting more 'stuff'. This salad has all the ingredients that I love (avocado! bacon! chicken! sweet corn! etc etc...). You can also custom build your salads, and there are so many unlimited ingredients that you don't have to pay extra for.
It's a super small location, and when I go mid-week it's always full of the lunch crowd from surrounding businesses who do take-out. Since it's in Yorkville, there are lots of outdoor spaces to sit at and eat in the summer. You order menu items by grabbing and writing on their order form which they have in abundance attached to clipboards at the entrance. My only beef is... over $10... for a salad! -
Review from Emese A.
Toronto, ON
2/5/2010
I haven't been there since October, when I was taking advantage of their "buy nine, get one free" punch card. I think I OD'd on their vegetarian wraps that month.
But overall, I love freshii. Their ingredients are always, as the name suggests, fresh. For someone who is used to eating rabbit food, it's a great place to have a quick meal/snack.
Also, they offer neighbourhood discounts (10%) to those who work in retail stores around their locations. -
Review from André C.
Toronto, ON
7/4/2011
I like this place. I go there frequently...healthy and good food... With lots of options. Fast and friendly. However utterly confusing first time there, the little form you have to fill out if you want to "build" your own salad is crap (several times I have managed to cross out the wrong thing and wind up getting a wrap when I really wanted a salad... and I am not THAT slow...they need to redesign that thing!). Dont think about sitting down during busy hours! Not cheap.. I will continue to go there though given its a fast and healthy option.
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Review from Hassan A.
Toronto, ON
4/14/2011 1 Check-in Here
best salad, wraps and soups. and the best part is that they deliver. They are in the US, Austria, Canada, and UAE. Perfect, nutritious and attentive staff!!! and the best part is....at least in Toronto they deliver and they'z ONLY healthy!! I'm sold for life!
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Review from Chris P.
8/20/2009
Yummy in mah tummy. I had the teriyaki burrito. It was a great size and wasn't too filling. The ingredients were fresh and tasty. This is a grab-n-go location as they only have 4-5 seats at a bar to sit at. The staff were friendly and fast.
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Review from Chris M.
6/30/2010
A hole in the wall space-wise keeps it at three stars but ingredients are top notch. Great place to stop for healthy (or healthy aspiring) people. Service could be faster but I wouldn't want them to give up on the quality to move people through more quickly.
