I never write reviews but as a matter of principle, I felt I needed to write this one.
I work across the road from Ricarda's and I was excited to see that they had a "build your own salad" option on their menu. I went in today to order a salad to go. At the last minute, I decided to add chicken to my salad for an extra $5.95 which I thought was a little steep but proceeded with because I was quite hungry. When my salad came out I was shocked to see three TINY, thin slices of chicken on it. I was blown away and said to the waitress..."this is an awfully small portion of chicken for $6" and she just nodded apologetically. She offered to ask the chef to add more and normally I wouldn't have said ok but the salad was almost $19 and I was pretty appalled. I saw her walk over to the chef and say something to him, she then grimaced as he said something back to her before storming off with my bowl. She came back a minute later and said "I hope this is OK", I looked down to see he'd added HALF of one more tiny slice of chicken. I shook my head, took the salad and walked out.
I get it Ricarda's, you're fancy and appeal to a certain demographic, but that's no excuse to blatantly rip people off. There are many options in the area, especially when it comes to salad. I'll be spreading the word.