Roundhouse Cafe

We came by today to grab a quick lunch. the roasted Turkey was yummy, the mash potato, along with the vegetable medley and spinach was great, the price was very reasonable as well. The cafeteria was clean and organize and the cashier was very friendly and professional.

The breakfast bar is pretty good with a nice selection and it's less expensive than most of the alternatives in the area. They always have two types of scrambled eggs - plain and cheese/pepper/and or/ spinach. The pizza lunch is fairly mediocre, but they have teriyaki lunch dish from time to time which is pretty good. It includes grilled chicken dipped in a teriyaki sauce, rice, a salad with wasabi dressing, and a fried egg roll. Comes out to about $8.50.

The cafeteria has a lot of choices: a grill, a deli, a salad bar, freshly made sushi, pizza and calzones, a pho and Vietnamese sandwich station, a weekly action station (e.g., taco salads, teriyaki chicken platters, sizzling Caesar salads), a Chef's table (two daily entrees, plus Halal rotisserie chicken every day except Thursday), a weekly international station (e.g., pad Thai with choice of protein, chicken, beef or falafel kabob, marinara pasta with choice of protein). There are also some pre-made salads and sushi in a cold case near the international station. Lunch is served between 11-2 and highlights include the chicken souvlaki and kabobs, when available, the fish tacos from the grill, the rotisserie chicken from the Chef's table station, and the sushi. The absolute best things hands down are the All-American BBQ/Home Cooking specials they sometimes have on Thursdays. For the BBQ day you can get spare ribs, pulled pork sandwich, BBQ chicken or a smoked turkey leg, plus sides such as baked beans, Cole slaw, and potato salad. Home Cooking gives you the choice of white or dark roasted turkey, roast beef, or carved ham, with sides such as mashed potatoes and gravy, macaroni and cheese, sweet potatoes, and collard greens. Get there early if you want to enjoy the BBQ or home cooking-the line is always long and they usually run out of one or more of the meat selections.They also serve breakfast from 7-10. You can purchase hot food by weight or get something made to order from the grill. Oatmeal and grits are available by weight, and there are donuts and pastries for sale too. And they serve Starbucks coffee-four different varieties.

There's so much to choose from.I usually get the fatoosh salad with salmon. For this area, I think it's one of the better choices for affordable salads. At 7.59 for salmon and a salad, why not? The serving lady was really nice and gave me a good amount of salmon too.There is also pizza, a grill, lots of hot foods, salad bar, asian food (?), lots of fountain and bottled drinks to choose from.I guess this review is mostly for examiners or for visitors, but not too bad. I'm just tired of everything else in this area..

I ordered an Ancho barbecue chicken mango chopped salad with chipotle orange vinaigrette dressing for $7.59. The salad was mostly romaine lettuce, and the chicken and dressing had no flavor whatsoever. I would not return.

Wings were okay, a bit stale and greasy for the price.

I had the fish tacos for lunch today and was actually quite impressed with the quality for a cafeteria. They were priced at $1.99 each and for the price, it was quite good. Tilapia, slaw, carrots, cilantro, and mango drizzled with a chipotle sauce on a flour tortilla- they were listed under the healthy section at 156 calories (quite precise!)?per taco, so I had two. My boyfriend, a former patent examiner who was in house today doing work for his law firm (yes he has turned to the dark side lol) had a Cuban sandwich which smelled amazing and since he polished it off nicely, I suspect the rate was on point too. The biggest negative was the wait for the tacos- his sandwich cane up quickly but the tacos, that's another story. We were waiting at least twenty minutes for the tacos and there were hardly any orders in front of us, only behind us. I felt sorry for the sole cook on that station who had at least eight orders Behind me and no help at all! Shame on Sodexho for the poor staffing! Otherwise, our Neal total plus one bottled drink was under $13- pretty reasonable to say the least. Given there is Quiznos, Potbelly, Panera, and countless restaurants in the general area, I'm not sure I'd come here again but since we were eating with a current examiner, this was quite convenient for a quick lunch.

I had my first Falafel here and was blown away and regretted what I have been missing all this time. Since then I have branched out and tried many Falafel's in the area none of which could even come close. I'm hoping someone else can review this and let me know if this is the best Falafel ever or simply since its my first everything else seems wrong to me.

Food is average, but a lot of choices. Be prepared to spend no less than $10 at the register.