Cava used to be my favorite spot
I hate writing negative reviews, but after two consecutive Sundays making the drive from Queens to Cava on Old Country Road in Westbury, I feel compelled to share my experience.
Both visits were around 9:00 PM, a full two hours before the restaurant’s stated 11:00 PM closing time, yet a significant portion of the menu was unavailable. During my visits, they were out of pickled onions, multiple dressings, lentils, soda caps, and even straws. Last week, the lentils that were available appeared overcooked and burnt. This week, there were no lentils at all.
The most concerning part of my experience happened today. While preparing my bowl, the employee accidentally added two extra pieces of falafel. Instead of leaving them in the bowl or using a utensil to remove them, she reached directly into my food with her hand, removed the falafel, and threw it away. I found this to be unsanitary and unnecessarily wasteful.
I understand that restaurants can occasionally run out of ingredients, but when the same issues occur on multiple visits—especially well before closing time—it points to a larger problem with inventory management and customer service.
Driving from Queens to Long Island only to find so many menu items unavailable, combined with the food handling practices I witnessed, left me very disappointed. I hope management takes these concerns seriously because the restaurant has potential, but the experience has not matched expectations.








