Garden Monsters

Loved this place! I was craving a big and yummy (but still healthy) salad and this checked all the boxes. You order off an iPad and it lets you customize everything, which I appreciated. I asked for no tomatoes and the staff asked if it was for an allergy. It wasn’t but made me think they would be careful about any allergies.

On the hunt for the best chicken caeser wrap. The ingredients were good and very fresh but not mixed well so the first half of the wrap had no dressing or chicken. No croutons in the wrap either which is my favorite part of a good caeser wrap. The hunt continues.

They didn’t even mix my salad. Kind of hard to eat it. I don’t have a separate mixing bowl. Don’t order a full. It’s just full of lettuce and not the other goodies. Very disappointing.

😎 Salads can be cool! My wife got the Oregon Trail with chicken. I got mine with artichoke hearts. ❤️ I got good portions of the ingredients. I like how you can add good stuff to the salad. It is cheap but in my opinion it's worth it especially for its size. A Fred Meyer salad can be $8 with 4 topings and half the size so I choose Garden Monster hands down. The food cart area is nice too. Seating with umbrellas. Beer and coffee next door. A salad is not just a salad by the way to all out there that poopoo food salad carts. We will go back to try some of the other salads. It was a nice outing on Division.

We get lunch catering everday for Twist Bioscience!!! Monster salad has change my life I love lunch time now. Amazing!!! I can’t stop trying.

Nice selection, over dressed for my liking. Lots of green, little protein. Food cart pod, nice if weather is dry

I had The Oregon Trail salad (full disclosure, I did order it with the double serving of grilled chicken as the protein, but I asked for the chicken on the side, so that the photograph would essentially be representative of the un-tossed, "Skip the protein and save $3" version, which would be vegetarian, but could easily be made vegan via substitutions). The greens were fresh and crisp, the quantities of toppings were well-balanced, and were high-quality. The vinaigrette dressing was very mild / light compared to most others I have had, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing - it allowed the other ingredients to shine, whereas often, a dressing can overpower a salad. The grilled chicken was good, and I have always enjoyed fancy / bougie salad toppings. It was possibly a tiny bit pricey for even a fancy salad, but not absurdly so; I do plan to return to try other menu items - likely the build your own salads and wraps. If they are good, I will probably bump the rating up to five stars. Garden Monsters has multiple locations, SE Division and NE Alberta in Portland and SW Rose Biggie in Beaverton. They specialize in salads, bowls and wraps, have plant-based proteins available, such as veggie chicken, soy curls and organic tofu and they also have numerous vegetarian and vegan toppings. Essentially, it appears that they can (very capably) cater to vegetarian, vegan, omnivore, and possibly even gluten free diets - I saw it mentioned (I believe online) that they have a grill that doesn't touch animal products, but I don't know about a completely gluten-free preparation area, so I would definitely still recommend calling ahead to ask about gluten practices, if you have Celiac disease (as I am certain is standard procedure for those who suffer from it). I also read online that all of the to-go packaging they provide is 100% biodegradable. If you like my photo, and would like to see more local Portland-area food, feel free to check out my foodie Instagram at IG: jonathan.grubb and follow me for more foodventure ideas!

Great food cart in Portland. Fast service, easy to navigate menu with a million ways to customize your order.