Vic C.
Yelp
Whole Foods Market has underground parking. Take the escalator up to the first level (please note that you are unable to take a shopping cart from this underground parking lot but there are plenty of carts on the first level when you arrive).
My husband and I decided to come by here on a Thursday afternoon to pick up some food to eat for a late lunch and some food for dinner at the airport, since this was our last day in Austin before flying back home to Los Angeles.
What I love about Whole Foods in general is their hot and cold food bar. There are just so many delicious options to choose from and very easy to scoop your favorites in a cardboard container. But that can add up and get rather costly, keep in mind that it cost $9.99 per lb (hot and cold food).
I ended up choosing a salad of kale, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, chickpeas and so forth for my late lunch. Very filling and felt healthy eating it (after dining out for 2 weeks for our long winter vacation in Austin, San Antonio and Las Vegas, it is nice to get something healthy for a change).
For my meal to eat at the airport later that evening, I picked a little brown rice, tofu stir fry, cha siu (Chinese barbecue pork, which surprised me how tender and flavorful it was) and a little macaroni and cheese because I Was curious hot it tasted (which it tasted good). It was pretty filling and I really liked the flavors of the stir fry.
My husband and I ate our late lunch upstairs, which surprised me to see so much seating (there is seating downstairs too but it was all taken). Tables, plastic utensil dispenser with napkins, plastic cup and water, etc. Really nice. There are clean restrooms up here too so you don't have to walk back downstairs if you need to use it. Also there is free WiFi so you can surf the net while you eat (saw plenty of people with their laptops up there, but didn't see any outlets though).
During my shopping trip, I also ended up purchasing some cookies too, which cost $11.99 per pound of delicious assorted cookies. You can pick whatever you wish, which the option of cookies available reminds me of what I would typically be able to buy at a Jewish deli that I frequent back at home.
Granted I know that Whole Foods is a bit pricey, even with the additional discount that Amazon prime users get (don't forget to download the app to take advantage of selected items discounted). I don't shop often because of the prices, but I like the selection they have of food, produce, etc. Every now and then I do like to pop in, especially for the food items ready to eat.
I really like this Whole Foods store. Great layout and love all of the seating available. Would come by here again if I lived in this area.