Corelife Eatery - Syracuse

Korean bbq bowl. Great for dairy free options ! Love the beet lemonade ! Very fresh and wholesome foods ! The regular portion for the bowl was hefty ! They give plenty of food ! Dietary restrictions: Tons of dairy free options, veggies, salads, broths, everything is labeled ! Also smoothies that are made with oatmilk

It was nice, quick too, but my cheese and chicken quesadillas lacked the chicken part. Weird sticky juice on the ground too got stuck to my shoe but other than that it was amazing I also got steak bacon and blue but with chicken and that was yummy in my tummy, but a bit smaller than it used to be.

I’ve always loved Core. Everything I’ve had is great. Today’s visit was far from that. I always place an online order as I know lunchtime is very busy. I placed my order at 11:50 with a 12:07 pickup time. I walked in at 12:05 knowing it might not be ready since I hadn’t placed it that long ago. What I didn’t expect was to stand there until 12:25 before I was acknowledged. There were 2 people working in the pickup area of which neither acknowledged me until this time. They were unable to find my order or a ticket for me. The girl came over to look it up and was visibly annoyed and put out that she had to assist me, but did remake my order. What I also thought was unnecessary was the dropping of metal bowls on the floor. Not sure why a metal mixing bowl needs to be dropped on a tile floor multiple times. The entire visit this time was not great. I’m not naïve to the fact of us as humans having a bad day, but to make the customer feel as if they’re being a burden is when some work needs to be done.

Buckley Road Core Life was absolutely filthy on Friday night May 3, 2024 at 5:00 pm. My husband and I were both appalled at the level of uncleanliness there was. The food bins were all noted to have dried food all around them different foods spilled/ mixed in each pan. Allergies? Every table was dirty, every single one and several employees milling around and not one with a cleaning cloth in their hand. My comment was that the only thing missing were the flies. My husband responded “even they did not want to eat there.” I am a medical professional and I think the DOH needs to pay a visit and soon.

I paid with my credit card and chose not add tip on credit but would rather give cash tip. The young woman cashing me out did not smile and gave a weird look as I was saying thank you and handing me my receipt . Felt very strange which made me not want to tip at all. Only gave change and not anything more for that reason. She will lose tips for all her other coworkers with that attitude.