Amy G.
Yelp
I'm always looking for more healthful restaurants, but we all have different health needs. So many "healthy" restaurants end up being high carb and low protein, and Honest Mary's is no different. So it's not high high carb, but it's not high high protein either. I try to eat high protein, with limited processed carbs. Of course we can pay extra for more protein, but the protein choices were a little limited - no cheesy cheeses (only feta and goat cheese) and no salmon, tuna, bacon, or other meat and dairy that lend a lot of flavor to our veggies. Fortunately, we can customize our bowls, which makes up for a lot of the disappointment. So many other restaurants leave you stuck with things you don't want to eat, in order to get the things you want. There was none of this here! I meant to be good and get spinach as my base, but I was curious to try the farro even though it's a higher carb grain. They let me do part farro and part spinach as my base. Once I was doing that kind of thing, I also asked for half beef, half chicken, which they were cool with. After that, I stopped the special requests. There were lots of veggies that I wanted to try, and my bowl turned out pretty good. Still, it didn't quite satisfy me, and I ended up overeating later, because I was still craving more.
My friend planned for a group of five of us ladies to meet here for a healthy birthday brunch this past Sunday. We had the place to ourselves when we got there at 11, and so ordering went quickly and smoothly. We ended up staying and talking for a long long time, but there were enough other empty seats that we didn't seem to be imposing on them. One of the staff members was kind enough to take our picture!
I'm sure I'll be back, because my friends love this place. As long as I temper my expectations, I can get a decent meal here too.