Best resturant in El Segundo location. They have the best food. I had their Sweet Heat Crispy Thai Chicken sandwich. It was one of the greatest sandwich I ever had. Staff were helpful and order was super quick. They also have different drink options. Outside table, as well and inside dine-in available. Overall great environment and good olace to hangout with your friends, as well as work colleagues.
Ordered an avocado quinoa salad with chicken and was very impressed. Super fresh with great taste and a delicious sauce. Perfect meal for one or a snack to share. Wish we had food like this back home. Highly recommended.
Poor experience. Took very long for someone to take our order despite limited customers. One half of our order wasn’t ready for over 20min despite checking in multiple times. Finally I see it sitting there and it’s luke warm so it had clearly been sitting there. Why not utilize the pager you made me hang onto? The person running the food to people was socializing with another customer the entire time. The staff offered no apologies and went back to socializing with one another.
We were ok with ordering at the counter and the food brought to our outside table. We each tried a different sandwich, mediocre at best. My sandwich was pretty bland, the toasted bread was tasteless. Don’t ask for regular mayo or mustard, they don’t have either. Portion size was good. Service was fast. Not worth a second try.
So sad. This used to be such a great chain before the pandemic, but everything has gone downhill since. Obviously, something so good wouldnt last. They sold out to a mega conglomerate and no longer serve organic. They made their reputation off of farm to table, and now theyre just another fresh *themed* chain without the family attention to wholistic integrity. Masks became optional at the begining of the pandemic, for all cooks and food prepp'rs, which was really sad considering all the farm worker deaths and lack of health plans. But the menu still retains many of the flavors from when better owners existed. Some things are just too good to last.
I've eaten at the Mendocino Farms in downtown LA for more than a decade. My favorite sandwich is always a Study in Heat. I got the same sandwich here in El Segundo but it doesn't have any heat. Other than that food was fresh and good.
A victim of their own success. If you order pickup during peak lunch hours, odds are you'll encounter chaos as they try to figure out what happened to your food and to the orders called in by the rest of the mob. But, still, great stuff when they get it right.
When you think of Mendocino Farms, you assume the food is supposed to be on the lighter side of the spectrum. Although the food is always top notch, I can’t say the same about this location. While the not-so-fried chicken was delicious, it irks me that the staff felt like not making enough beverages or order enough produce for their lemonades and aguas frescas, and as a result they ran out of their drinks on, out of all days, a nice warm beach day. Yes, they had sodas available, but the point of this restaurant is to eat light. When complaining to the staff, they brushed it off like it’s no big deal. If this were my business, I’d be embarrassed, sympathetic and more transparent as to why my restaurant ran out of drinks, whether it’s poor management or supply chain issues. Probably won’t return until they get the beverage situation sorted out.
Cobb salad: 5/5 (delicious high quality bacon, juicy tomatoes, generous egg portion, delicious dressing (standard mustard vinaigrette), good blue cheese and spinach). Note: basil pesto dressing is good but not as good as the mustard vinaigrette.Thai Mango Salad: 4/5The sophisticated chicken and prosciutto salad: 3/5 (I don't like prosciutto)
The pork belly banh mi was excellent. The bread and proportion of aoili were ?The kale salad was...mostly raisins and walnuts. Avoid it if you're actually looking for kale.