The Chopped Leaf - Red Deer

I loved this Chopped Leaf! It is in the perfect location for me as I drive from Edmonton to Calgary almost every second week.

The food is typically fine here but there is always something off each visit.

Chopped Leaf is my new favourite alternative to fast food. The food is fresh, well priced, and consistently good. The Sunshine salad and veg salad rolls are a must!

This is our 3rd visit since December 2016 and I wonder if the ownership or management has changed and not for the better. I specifically ordered a dish that supposedly had cilantro in it. From what I could gather they may have waved a sprig of it over the dish which doesn't count. I went to counter with my dish saying that it looked like the cilantro was not added and expected a: "sorry about that - let me give you some" but instead: "oh we add it but very little" to which I said that what ever they added it didn't cut it since I couldn't pick it out nor taste it. She reluctantly gave me a 1/4 spoonful but at least I could taste it now. After my second bite I noticed the carrots in the dish tasted weird - kind of a chlorine taste. I picked them out, ate the rest of salad and went back to counter to tell the fellow he should taste their carrots because the had a funny taste. He did say thanks but did not enquirer further to me picking that up. To top it all up my daughter went back for some more dressing which this time was going to cost her $0.53 - last time we were there it was free. Needles to say we are not stopping there again and the staff should look up the definition of customer service. I know this is a semi fast food joint but that is no excuse for unfriendly service.

I stopped for lunch when travelling between Edmonton and Calgary and was glad I picked this lunch stop. The food was fresh, served up quickly, the staff was friendly. I appreciated all the variety on the menu boards.