Urban Plates

Had lunch here for the first time. I like the variety of veggie options, gluten free friendly selections, and customer service. Food arrived promptly. Ashley was friendly and helpful to us. 5 star for service, 3 for food because the food seems too heavy for the healthy options, way too much sauce and dressing for my preference compared to True Food Kitchen.

This place is interesting, I thought it was restaurant style, where a server waits on you and takes your order. It's not, You order your food and pay before you sit down. Then, a server will bring out your dishes. The food options are all mostly gluten free, vegan. Think of clean eating. I ordered the chimichurri grass fed steak with mash potatoes and the house salad, and to drink, I got their watermelon pineapple aqua Fresca. Wait time for our food was less than 5 minutes, but also when we ordered there weren't many people. We ate around 6 pm. The rush of ppl happened around 7-8pm. The food was good, but nothing I'd rave about to others to try. I think it's great for the prices and if you want to eat out with a large group as everyone can order and pay their own plate before hand and enjoy it all together at one large table with out trying to figure out how to split the bill. Price point, pretty reasonable, but still on the $$ side. I believe my plate was 18 +tax and the drink was $4 and change(refills are available). It's fast food style (in how you order) but restaurant appearance. In total, with a plate and drink, it came out to 28. it's a little on the pricer side (which I think they can pull off because it's on lake and menu item options are gluten / vegan/ grass fed mumbo jumbo. Friendly staff all around, great atmosphere, indoor dining, and outside patio. Also, if you give a review on Yelp and show a worker, they'll give you a free cookie. Parking is either paid street parking, but I think after 6pm your fine. There's tons of free parking after 6 behind the walgreens (shoppers lane) or in the Macy's/ trader joes lot. (Which is where I parked), and then I just crossed the street. Again, we went on a Tuesday, so parking was pretty easy to find. I'm sure during the weekend it's madness.

Highly recommend! The food is amazing and the staff is very friendly. I am gluten free but my family isn't and they can always accommodate my dietary restrictions. Ask for Parker and Uma they are always very helpful! We'll be back again soon.