Hi guys,
We went on another food escapade in lekki and decided to go healthy eating on a saturday morning in Lekki. You would be surprised not so many places open so early weekends in lagos but we have a few on our list we will share in another post.
We stopped by Beetroot another healthy new spot located at the palms shopping mall oniru lekki and decided to try out their famous healthy options. The first on the list was the quinoa.
Anyways see pictures from what we had at Beetroot healthy bar in lekki
Summary
The healthy bar is located in the food court section at the mall. It looks pretty cool and we had been waiting to try out their meals after all the tags on Instagram. We were expecting more (on display) but it was a little past 10 in the morning so people were not around.
When we got there, we wanted to try out their ‘build your own salad’ option, stir fry quinoa and eventually added smoothie and fruit bowl.
The Good
The Shrimp strawberry salad and Mangorie smoothie – We wanted everything fresh so we decided to try out the salad and smoothie. Even though the shrimp did not look fresh the waitress convinced us we would like it so we went ahead to build the salad with vegetables and then strawberry toppings (N200). The waitress recommended the Russian salad dressing which looked better than the Italian. The salad wasn’t bad and the smoothie was really nice because it was fresh.
The bad
When we got there and saw their options we wanted to have the fruit bowl to snack on and we saw they had one on display in the fridge. We asked if it was fresh and the attendant said YES, so we said we will buy it as take away. While waiting for the other meals we decided to check it out and realized it wasn’t fresh. The apples were colored and also the pineapples were soggy which means it was from the day before. Then we showed them again and she said sorry it is fresh from yesterday night. We couldn’t eat the apples and most of the fruits in the bowl. The grapes were still alright.
The Ugly
When we first asked for the Stir fry Quinoa the attendant brought out a bowl from the freezer showing us the shrimp stir fry quinoa and we said it wasn’t freshly made, She replied that it is fresh. We mentioned that we assumed everything would be made immediately and not from the fridge, she mentioned that when it is microwaved, it will look better. So, she brought out the bowl of quinoa made by their Chef yesterday and it smelt spoilt (The ugly), we said we did not want and she kept saying no it will taste better when we microwave it. After a while we decided to try out the stir fry and she served it in their takeaway bowl on opening the pack, it smelt spoilt. And we tried to take a scoop and it was so soggy like spoilt food. We told them to take it away and refund us N2000 for the Quinoa.
It was a terrible experience because you would assume a place promoting healthy eating will follow basic rules for offering fresh food and not stale food from the day before. The manager started to beg and apologize but we had already spent the money and everything was a waste.
What we had & Where
Shrimp strawberry salad
Fruit bowl
Mangorie smoothie
Stir fry Quinoa – N2000
Total = N7,200
at Beetroot healthy bar at the palms Shopping Mall Lekki (Click to locate in Map)
Have you tried any meals at Beetroot in lekki? Share your experience in the comment section below.