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| - I love salads, soups, and bread, period. So its hard to mess up a restaurant that serves these three things. For a $7 buffet, the bar is set pretty low anyway. But Souper Salad well exceeded my mediocre expectations on my first (and subsequent) visits.
The salad bar is one of the best salad bars I've seen. You have a choice between three "bases"-Caesar salad, iceberg lettuce with carrots and cabbage, or some romaine base with walnuts. Then you can add topping to heart's delight. I've never seen wilted lettuce or less-than-fresh toppings, so I'm already impressed.
The soups are pretty good as well. I love the vegetable beef (which is a staple) and the bread sticks are comparable to Olive Garden. I've never felt daring enough to get a taco, something about looking at the seasoned ground meat in large quantities makes me queasy. The self-serve ice cream is way too sweet, but who needs ice cream after pigging out on salad and bread sticks?
The staff are friendly and generally keep drinks refilled. Yeah, its a little impersonal and not particularly charming, but what would you expect from a chain salad buffet? If you're tired of the fast food circuit in Matthews, Souper Salad is a nice diversion.
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