Serves meat, vegan options available. Italian-run restaurant in San Diego's Little Italy since 2015. Menu has a vegan section offering items like spinach ravioli, lasagna, fettucine, fried mushrooms, and cheese substitute. Vegan gelato and tiramisu for dessert. Makes pasta in-house. Open Mon 12:00pm-9:30pm, Tue-Thu 4:00pm-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 12:00pm-10:30pm, Sun 12:00pm-9:30pm.
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1845 India St (at Little Italy), San Diego, California, USA, 92101
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Last update on 05 Jan 2022 by Vegnrnr
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Added by mutant_pie on 11 Jun 2015
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146 Reviews
First Review by vsvihla
BaltiVegn
Points +260
Best Vegan Italian I have ever had - Edit
There is a special EXTENSIVE VEGAN menu. Also the alcoholic beverages specify which is vegan. I had the oyster mushroom "calamari," potato pesto, and strawberry cake. All were AMAZING! Very fun friendly romantic atmosphere. Friendly attentive service.
Read morePros: Extensive vegan special menu, EXCELLENT food, friendly staff
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Iworkforwine
Points +62
Another FANTASTIC vegan Italian meal! - Edit
A MUST VISIT!
Read moreDedicated vegan section included on the regular menu.
Plenty of options.
The meal was DELICIOUS.
Even the foccacia was served with vegan pesto. YUM!
Photos of CALAMARI, FUSILLI del Sud, Lasagna.
Updated from previous review on 2026-02-23
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JoshHyatt
Points +540
Amazing vegan Italian - Edit
Civic is an amazing Italian restaurant with incredible food and a wonderful vibe in Little Italy. It has a full authentic vegan menu. I had the vegan fried calamari, the vegan lasagna, and vegan cannoli. All of them were amazing. I would give this place five stars if I could, but they do serve a traditional Italian menu that is not vegan as well. It’s a great place for vegans and non-vegans to travel too something for everyone.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-02-06
Pros: Food, Atmosphere, Staff
Cons: None
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JadaH.
Points +89
Expensive but worth it - Edit
The puttanesca was very good and a pretty generous portion. So cool to see multiple vegan options. Would definitely come back to try the other items!
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-01-21
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adriagarriga
Points +32
Delicious Italian food for vegans - Edit
Their pasta dishes with fully vegan sauce were delicious. Their free focaccia with basil sauce is probably vegan too, though I’m not completely sure. The owner used to be vegan and developed versions of Italian dishes to match.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-12-24
Cons: A bit expensive, expect to spend ~$50 per person
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MaryT
Points +528
Very nice menu options - Edit
Very nice menu for vegans. Besides pasta, pizza, antipasti there were desserts, wines, and happy hour foods. A little pricey but we were happy with the food and service.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-12-16
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Isabelmoo
Points +309
Incredible pasta (separate vegan menu) - Edit
Expensive but some of the best vegan pasta I’ve had. They offer a separate vegan menu which is nice. My vegetarian friend also LOVED her meal and cocktail. Good service too.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-11-27
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NigelGentry
Points +94
Great variety of vegan items - Edit
It's great that Civico 1845 has a separate vegan menu and a nice choice of vegan items on there. We had the vegan calamari, vegan pepperoni pizza and the vegan caprese.
Read moreThe latter two were delicious. The calamari was very much like real calamari. I've only had calamari once before, decades ago, and wasn't keen on it, but we'd thought we'd try the vegan version. The marinara sauce that came with it was delicious.
The owner greeted us when we went in and said goodbye when we left. They seem to care about their customers a lot here.
Pros: Delicious food, Friendly staff
Cons: The calamari is just like the real thing!
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TAEVeganOH
Points +107
Absolutely Amazing - Edit
Vegan Calamari is crazy delicious. Vegan lasagna amazing. And a nice selection of vegan desserts as well. So good. Will be back.
Read morePros: Selection for vegans, scratch made dishes, Vegan and sustainable wines
Cons: Parking difficult in area of town-use ride share
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cocobean1989
Points +22
Vegan options - Edit
Amazing place that caters to vegans looking for authentic Italian food. I went there the other day and had their Caprese Salad, so fresh with basil, Mozzarella, and heirloom tomatoes. Their calamari made from pea protein was so delicious. I will definitely be back!!
Read morePros: Atmosphere, Food, Service
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LauraDreisbach
Points +280
Amazing Italian vegan menu! - Edit
Treated my niece to a nice birthday dinner and we were so happy at Civico. We each did mocktails and they offered us free beautifully made focaccia with olive oil. My niece ordered the fusili with vodka sauce and I had the mushroom pasta with this delicious meaty jackfruit. We were blown away by the flavor and how rich everything was. The one disappointment was the tiramisu, we ordered it to go and it was put in a paper cup and didn't have much flavor. But overall a beautiful restaurant that's proudly served vegan options since 2015!
Read morePros: Fresh pasta, So flavorful, Big portions
Cons: Tiramisu was a miss, Quite pricey!
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amalija
Points +32
Extremely disappointing - Edit
Besides the technical failures of our meal, the worst part of my experience here was the dishonesty. The menu lists “homemade” pasta, and in many of the photos online (whether it’s via their website’s menu, third party delivery services, or review sites like Happy Cow or Yelp) it’s evident that the pasta does look homemade (namely the fusilli). I paid $32 for a small plate of store bought pasta, bland tomato sauce, and plain eggplant with maybe 1/2tsp cheese and 1/2tsp basil. It was supposed to have some kind of vegan sausage, but there was none. The most redeeming part of the meal was the basil pesto that came with the bread, and the vegan calamari which was actually tasty. The artichoke salad was just like 1C of quartered artichoke hearts from a jar—for $10.
Read moreOther aspects of our meal, for my non-vegan family, was equally disappointing in terms of how their food was prepared. I was embarrassed to have ordered it for us.
Pros: Basil pesto with the bread, Vegan calamari
Cons: Dishonest, overpriced “homemade” pasta, Bland sauces, Small portions
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5150_68
Points +300
30th Anniversary with my Wife - Edit
What's not to like?! The fact that an Italian restaurant even has a full vegan menu is amazing in and of itself. This was our first time here, and my wife isn't vegan, so it truly is an amazing option for us. Service was great (thanks Naomi 😊), and my vegan calamari and pasta was out of this world!!! 😋
Read morePros: Vegan calamari, Vegan pasta choices
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zoierose
Points +720
Such good vegan italian - Edit
We love this place, it’s a great spot for true italian vibes that don’t sacrifice flavor when veganized. It’s probably my favorite vegan lasagna of anywhere! We usually do make a reservation to be safe. I love a variety of options that are all decent portions too.
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CullenBair
Points +56
Ok - Edit
Calamari was good but a bit salty. Lasagna was okay but very heavy on the ground beef. For the price I wouldn’t recommend
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VRunner
Points +377
Yum Lasagna - Edit
I ordered take out a night before a half marathon. I know you’re not supposed to mess with your diet the night before a race but I had no issues the next day. I have been eating a low salt diet lately and the lasagna, while delicious , tasted really salty to me. I think this is due to my taste buds changing. I also ordered the bruschetta which was quite small and I wouldn’t order it again due to the cost was $19 through a delivery app.
Read morePros: Lasagna was close to the real thing. , Several vegan choices including dessert
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ArielaSchnitman
Points +1453
Really good and lots of options - Edit
They have a separated vegan menus with lots of options.
Read moreThe pasta was really good!
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KarenCantwell
Points +68
Outstanding ! - Edit
This was the best vegan Italian food I’ve ever had at restaurant. Homemade pasta. The sauce was incredibly flavorful. Vegan caprese salad that my Omni friends couldn’t believe was vegan. Vegan tiramisu that was off the hook. If I lived in San Diego I would be a regular at this place. Truly outstanding.
Read morePros: Excellent appetizers!, Excellent pasta!, Excellent desserts!
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theokaforceawakens
Points +98
Great Vegan Italian - Edit
My family went here in December and had a fantastic experience. We ate outside. Staff was friendly. The cook (owner?) came out and talked to us for a while about vegan food. Everything was at least solid, with few things standing out. As simple as it was, I really liked the bread. The calamari was creative and is probably my favorite vegan version. We love their Bruschetta. And the olives make their Spaghetti pop.
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archaeofiero
Points +1635
Rats - Edit
Wish I'd read the previous review about their health department issues before I ate here 🤢🤮. The food was pretty bad, as much as I appreciate vegan options, it's not good.
Read moreThe vegan calamari was the only thing we liked out of the 4 dishes we ordered.
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hlcurtis29
Points +60
Wasn’t as good as hoping - Edit
Vegan lasagna was just okay.., ambiance was just okay.., bread was not that good, kids pasta was not great at all.., overall, left slightly dissatisfied.
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PaulaSaracen
Points +24
Temporarily Closed for Health Violations - Edit
Due to a health inspection on 3/12/25, Civico is temporarily closed. One of the major reasons is due to vermin infestation (rats). They have been struggling with this for years and this is why I never eat there. I walk by in the mornings and you can see rats running in and out from the street.
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kbarthol9
Points +61
Great flavors! - Edit
Menu had about half a dozen app and entree vegan options and it was hard to decide! The caprese was ample with a nice vegan mozz but the winner was the spaghetti and meatballs. After being in Rome last month, the noodles were really almost the same texture. The veg-balls were so flavorful, eggplant, olive, and tomato sauce was delicious. Definite winner
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EricKenichi
Points +85
excepcional italian vegan food - Edit
the vegan lasagna was excepcional, they have a part of the menu exclusive to vegan dishes, expensive, but worthy.
Read morein the other side, the dessert were not good at all, especially the tiramisu and the affogato
in general, very good food and nice serving
Pros: lasagna , focaccia
Cons: tiramisu , affogato
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DonnaGillespie
Points +133
Dedicated vegan menu - Edit
It was lovely to have a selection of authentic Italian vegan dishes in a warm, friendly atmosphere.
Read morePros: Choices, Lasagna, Dessert options
Cons: Wish they had vegan pizza
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CarmenCollar
Points +47
Absolutely delicious - Edit
Nice selection of vegan options. We had the carbonara, vegan calamari and puttanesca. The food was absolutely delicious with nice portions. Cocktails and beer were very good. I absolutely recommend this restaurant. My non vegan boyfriend loved it as much as me.
Read morePros: Delicious food, good selection., Great service. Knowledgeable and helpful staff., Great atmosphere
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AuntAlisa
Points +151
Delicious vegan options - Edit
Started with great bread. Delicious vegan mushroom lasagna. Nice service. Comfortable setting.
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