Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken

What's in the Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken?

At 780 calories per serving, the Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken represents about 39% of a 2,000-calorie daily intake. On the macronutrient side, roughly 27% of those calories come from protein, 60% from fat, and 22% from carbohydrates — a profile typical of Yard House's Salad section. Sodium is often the line to watch with sit-down chain entrees, and this dish delivers 1690mg, or about 73% of the FDA's daily reference value. If you're watching salt, pairing the Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken with a side salad (dressing on the side) and water rather than a sweetened beverage is the standard mitigation. Like most items at Yard House, the dish is built for shareable portions and is plated at restaurant scale rather than a strict single serving. Boxing half of it before you start is one of the simplest ways to bring the per-meal calorie load down meaningfully without giving up the experience.

How this fits a 2,000-calorie day

One serving of the Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken supplies 780 calories, which represents roughly 39% of a 2,000-calorie reference day. That is a moderate restaurant-portion meal — generous compared to a home-cooked plate but not at the upper end of the chain's menu. A side salad or a smaller appetizer can round it out without pushing the day over budget.

The macronutrient split lands at roughly 25% protein, 20% carbohydrate and 55% fat by calorie share — a useful frame because raw gram counts often understate how much of a dish's energy actually comes from fat. Protein delivery is meaningful here at 52g per serving, which can keep satiety high relative to carb-heavy or fat-heavy alternatives.

Sodium clocks in at 1690mg, or about 73% of the FDA's 2,300mg daily reference value. That is on the higher end for a single restaurant serving. It still fits a normal day if other meals are light, but two restaurant meals in a row at this sodium level will add up quickly. Saturated fat is the other line worth watching at 12g — about 60% of the daily reference value — primarily a long-term cardiovascular consideration rather than a single-meal one.

Allergen profile

Milk Wheat Eggs Fish

The Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken is flagged for Milk, Wheat, Eggs and Fish in the chain's posted allergen panel. The dairy component is most often in the sauce, the cheese topping or the butter used to finish the plate; an unsauced or sauce-on-the-side preparation can sometimes reduce — but rarely eliminate — the exposure. Wheat exposure typically comes from breading, pasta, the bun or batter; chains that publish gluten-friendly menus list specific substitution paths. Egg appears most commonly in the pasta, the breading wash or the mayonnaise-based dressings rather than as a stand-alone ingredient. Fish-derived ingredients can appear in unexpected places — Worcestershire-style sauces and Caesar dressings being the classic examples. Cross-contact in a shared kitchen is always possible, so when in doubt, ask the floor manager.

How it stacks up against the casual-dining category

Across the 33 Salad entries we track in this category — averaging 609 calories and 1,222mg sodium per serving — the Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken at Yard House sits roughly 28% heavier than the category average. It also delivers 468mg more sodium than the typical Salad item we list, which is the more useful number if you're cross-shopping menus on the way to a reservation.

For direct cross-shopping, here are the closest Salad matches we track at competing chains:

Ordering strategy

If the Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken is the entrée you want, the highest-leverage adjustments are usually the ones that change the surrounding meal rather than the dish itself. Pairing the dish with a vegetable-forward side instead of a starch-heavy one keeps total carb load reasonable, and ordering water rather than a sweetened beverage avoids the easy 200–400 calorie tack-on that most people don't account for. Sauces, dressings and finishing oils are routinely the largest hidden source of calories on a casual-dining plate; getting them on the side gives you direct portion control without changing the dish you actually want to eat.

Ingredients summary

Romaine, caesar, parmesan, croutons, chicken

The bottom line

The Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken from Yard House is a moderate entry on the chain's menu at 780 calories and 1,690mg of sodium per serving. Protein delivery is strong, which is the dish's most useful nutritional feature. Anyone tracking sodium specifically — including most people on blood-pressure medication — should weigh this dish against the chain's lower-sodium options on the same menu before committing.