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| - I brought my coworkers out here for lunch and left expecting a bit more after reading the other reviews.
Soup Du Jour is styled in a subway-like business where you can get a sandwich/wrap/salad and they prepare everything in front of you. One of the first issues that our group had was deciding what to get, as all the options can be overwhelming for someone that has never been there before.
Choice anxiety is real here. We saw choices between 6 different soups, and several combinations of salads/wraps/sandwiches with chicken, deli meats, roasted vegetables and more options. Most places have signature sandwiches or wraps, this place does not and leaves me to figure out what is good or not between the meats/sauces/other combination of foods you can make.
I had a chicken wrap topped with lettuce, onions, peppers, olives, and topped with their maple dijon mustard (which was recommended by our server). They will panini press your wrap, which leaves nice grill marks but doesn't heat up your wrap that well. Because they don't cook your chicken (or grilled veggies) when ordered, the cold chicken was only marginally warmer than when it was pulled from the line. I don't have any issues with my chicken or veggies being pulled from a line like they do at many other restaurants (think chipotle or subway), but I could tell it was overcooked and left there because it was dry and tasteless and barely warm after the being taken out of the press.
My 2 coworkers and I thought that all 3 different soups we tried were lacking in substance. The curry soup I had was very watery and had little flavor. The lentil soup also seemed watery and the chili was not thick and more akin to a vegetable stew than a real chili.
With so many options at this place I wish they would consolidate the menu and focus on having better, richer, thicker soups and serve fresh and hot sandwiches.
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