The first time I ever had Goop Kitchen was on an LAX to JFK flight in an economy middle seat. I had dinner delivered to my hotel, brought it in the car to the airport and through security (no, TSA didn’t take the carrot ginger dressing), and ate it a few hours later on the plane. It didn’t just hold up: it was very good. Even if I didn’t want to admit it—as someone who eats at restaurants for a living—that mid-sky meal made me wish Goop Kitchen would become bicoastal. And as of last week, it finally has.
The upscale fast-casual culinary temple from Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Floresca, her VP of Culinary, debuted in Los Angeles in 2021. Now with 11 locations in that city, in addition to three recent openings in the Bay Area, Goop Kitchen just opened its first ghost kitchen location in Manhattan, with seven total to debut by the end of 2026 with a focus on pickup and delivery. When developing new menu items, the team waits 45 minutes before tasting them to mimic realistic delivery times.
The menu is big. There are whole rotisserie chickens, four different pastas, bone broth, pizza, and all the salads, bowls, and rolls flooding social media feeds. You can also opt to order most items, whether proteins or sauces, à la carte. Everything is gluten-free and free from refined sugars, seed oils, peanuts, and corn. While there are some New York–exclusive items like the chicken salad wrap, a riff on the traditional Waldorf salad in the brand’s signature cassava flour wrap, most of the La-La Land favorites remain. Here’s every menu item I tried and my honest thoughts.
The Hall-of-Fame Order
The Best Salad: Brentwood Chinese Chicken Salad ($18.50)
I love her, I really do. Hand-pulled organic chicken, shredded bok choy and cabbage, avocado (a lot of it), and bright veggies like watermelon radish and snow peas, all come together with the help of the carrot-ginger vinaigrette. If I could only consume one Goop sauce for the rest of time, it would be this one. (Though it could use a wee more gingery kick, IMO.) I also love the side of grain-free cauliflower “wonton” crisps, made with toasted quinoa, crispy shallots and garlic, and roasted almonds.
The Best Dinner Option: The Goop Teriyaki Bowl ($18.95)
The well-seasoned portion of grilled chicken is surprisingly decent in size, and the shiitake and brown rice blend (no option for white rice sadly) clings onto the teriyaki sauce nicely. I dig the sesame-marinated kale, which is properly massaged until soft, sliced avocado sprinkled with furikake, steamed broccoli, and a few slices of pickled ginger. It’s the most filling of the bowls.
