Offers meatless and dairy-free food using produce from local area farmers. Has daily specials, sandwiches, plates, desserts, and weekend brunch. Weekday happy hours 3-6pm. Weekend brunch 11am-3pm. Oil free, gluten-free, and soy-free options. Blue-walled interior. Move here in 2012 from E North Loop. Open Mon-Fri 11:00am-10:00pm, Sat-Sun 11:00am-3:00pm.
Categories: Vegan, American, Organic, Raw, Juice bar, Beer/Wine, Take-out
64 Reviews
First Review by pjw2000
Contributions +118
Good food, long waits - Edit
The food is great but I generally avoid it due to long waits for a table and long waits for food.
I've been there half a dozen times and 5 of those 6 times it's been a long wait for my order to come out to the point where I was tempted to ask if the order was even put in.
Maybe I've just been unlucky but thats been my experience.
Pros: Good Food
Cons: Long waits for seating and food
Contributions +103
Decent meal - Edit
Southern fried seitan was delicious. Caesar salad confused me as there was no creamy dressing. The bbq jackfruit was decent. Portion quite big.
Pros: Good seitan
Cons: place seems a little dirty, they lost our reservation and had us wait 30 minut
Contributions +42
Pure Vegan Heaven - Edit
Has amazing menu with plenty of gluten free options! Everyone was super happy with their meal. I’m from out of town and will definitely be going their again before I leave.
Pros: A plethora of vegan options, Healthy comfort food, Many gluten free items
Cons: Server was a bit blaaah
Contributions +38
Best Vegan place in Austin! - Edit
This is my favorite vegan spot in Austin bar-none and I’ve tried all of them multiple times when I come to town. The staff is super helpful and friendly and the food is absolutely incredible. The only issue I have is that I always order way too much food and leave absolutely stuffed.
Contributions +98
OK Brunch - Edit
I wish I’d gone here for another meal since most reviews comment on items not on their brunch menu. I was a bit disappointed by brunch and I think Vegan Nom across the street is much better food.
Contributions +16
Terrible service - Edit
Some of the worst service I've seen at any restaurant. Wish I could say something better but go to Vegan Nom's instead (practically across the street).
Contributions +102
Great all vegan restaurant - Edit
Counter Culture is definitely one of my favorite spots, but it is ALWAYS packed. Because of this, we don't go very often as we don't like a long wait. When we do happen to go, our food is always amazing and delicious. The prices are pretty high compared to other vegan restaurants and trucks, but it's not too big of a deal as we know they shoot for local, organic, and zero waste. My favorite thing to order is the mac n cheese! If not that, the reuben. They also have amazing desserts and plenty of gluten free options.
Pros: All vegan, Environmentally friendly, Gluten free options
Cons: There's usually a long wait, High prices, Little to no parking
Contributions +110
Leftovers?? - Edit
Maybe this was a slow night so they weren’t making a lot of fresh food, but...our dishes looked and tasted and felt like warmed up leftovers.
Also, our waitress even said they couldn’t make plain quinoa for our child because everything is pre-made.
The choice is yours - only reason I gave two stars and not one is because they’re vegan.
1 Response
Peanut4 12 Jan 2018 - I'm sorry this was not explained very well to you. We can not make each side of quinoa to order, we make enough for the day in the morning- just like an Asian restaurant would make a batch of rice for the shift and not a bunch of small batches of rice per order. All of our food is made in house from scratch, including all of our cheeze and seitan. We don't make it per order, but in bulk. If we made each plate from sctach, one at a time, the wait time would exceed two hours per plate. We do not pre make our salads but do pre-make our dressings, again to not do this would be impossible. From your review I can't tell what you had but if you would like to email us at countercultureaustin787@gmail.com this small vegan business would appreciate it. A review like this doesn't really help us to improve.
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Great Food - Edit
Ate here on New Years Day and waited an hour. The wait was worth it. There was an all you can eat buffet with so many yummy options.
Cons: service was slow even for a buffet
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Great place during happy hour (3-6) - Edit
Relaxed atmosphere, friendly employees, and great food. They have a happy hour with 30% appetizers and 3 dollar beer. They have an outside patio area for when the weather is well. Also has local beer!
Pros: Great local beer, Happy hour, plenty of vegetarian options, most things can be v
Cons: located by a busy street, can be loud, service was kind of slow, but that only had one Wa
Contributions +16
Great affordable food - Edit
Stopped here on my first time in Texas. BBQ Seitan was awesome. And I was worried about finding Vegan BBQ!
Contributions +88
fantastic vegan comfort food - Edit
I went on a Saturday and got the weekend brunch menu which was fantastic. I shared with my mom and together we had the quesadilla (cheese and sauces were incredible), pancakes, sausage, a tofu scramble, house made kombucha, and fresh watermelon juice. Everything was great, and what made it even better was that I was able to bring my dog and sit with her on the patio since it is a pet friendly establishment. 100% recommend to anyone passing through Austin.
Pros: pet friendly, fantastic options, 100% vegan!
Contributions +67
We loved eating here. - Edit
So much variety and so delicious!! We had the nachos and the taco of the day (pinto beans, pineapple, potatoes with spinach, cilantro and smoked cashew cheeze). The menu was amazing and I would love to try everything on it. Service was excellent. Cannot recommend more highly!
Contributions +94
Hella good - Edit
The nachos, Ruben, pizza, and ice cream were all excellent.
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Best soul food in Austin! - Edit
We love love love counter culture ! Tried a variety of dishes which are always tasty , personal favorite in the burrito they have for brunch on the weekends! Its amazing !!
Pros: great price, delicious food, cute restaurant
Cons: brunch can be busy , get there early
Contributions +60
Good food great deserts - Edit
Loved the selection of food. Good place for sandwiches and ice cream
Contributions +26
okay. - Edit
Okay food, super nice staff. No AC, which was unfortunate. Glad it's there and is a good place to stop if you're just looking for an all veg restaurant, but not the best food I've ever had.
Pros: nice staff, lots of options, desert
Cons: no air conditioning
Contributions +20
Tasty variety - Edit
This colorful restaurant had lots of options for drinks, entrees, and sides. We shared an interesting mimosa (watermelon, strawberry, and lime), both decided to order their delicious lentil loaf entree, and got two sides with it: I loved the jalepeno cornbread and sweets&beets. We ended with a scrumptious brownie sundae.
Pros: Sides, Friendly staff, Dessert
Cons: Chilly
Contributions +53
Yummy - Edit
It's a nice little place. Very cozy, great staff, and delicious food.
Contributions +13
We had a very good dinner - Edit
Great food, a nice selection of beers, mostly regional, and very friendly service. Highly recommended and definitely return on our next visit to Austin.
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One of the best! - Edit
Excellent vegan fare. We came all the way from CT to dine here after seeing recipes in The Happy Cow cookbook.
The Seitan cold cut sandwich was great, just one of many options on the diverse menu. Prices are incredibly cheap and the service is quick and friendly.
Pros: low cost, outdoor seating
Contributions +1948
Comforting Counter Culture - Edit
Deliciously tasty, affordable comfort food, all 100% vegan. Locally sourced ingredients when available. Regular menu enhanced with daily specials. Kids menu, delectable desserts. Beers and wines. Happy hour specials on appetizers, drinks. Clean comfortable space, dine indoors or on patio outside. Very small parking lot, with plenty on street parking on nearby side streets. Friendly, knowledgeable, helpful staff. Non-vegans in our group really enjoyed the food. Recommend Buffalo Mac & cheeze balls for starters, roasted sweet potatoes & beets for a side. Everything was so good, looking forward to next visit to Austin to try more of the food.
Pros: Delicious vegan comfort food, 100% vegan, Friendly knowledgeable staff
Cons: Small parking lot
Contributions +43
Great vegan spot - Edit
Great food. Great atmosphere. Great kombucha. Highly recommended.
Contributions +16
Solid Brunch Spot - Edit
Awesome food, great vibe, super friendly people. All vegan, serves wine & beer but sadly no mimosas. Good kombucha & coffee though! Highly recommend
1 Response
Peanut4 24 Nov 2016 - Sorry you missed it but we DO have mimosas on our menu. You can have them with the Juice Of The Day, Lavender Lemonade or Fresh Orange Juice. We hope you come back and try one (or two:) soon.
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Such good food! - Edit
We tried so many different things and they were all so good. I was especially fond of the "cheese"plate. Very yummy! Very friendly and attentive staff.
We couldn't eat all of our food and got the rest to go :)
Pros: friendly staff , good food, good selection
Contributions +66
awesome spot - Edit
Very good service and food. Nice patio
Contributions +16
An Austin Must! - Edit
This place is amazing! I'd been hankering for some biscuits and gravy and their biscuit and gravy bowl hit the spot. For $7.50 I got so much food and left feeling stuffed. The lavender lemonade was very refreshing.
I had to wait a few minutes for a server to get to me, but it gave me time to look over the menu. Everyone was very friendly.
My only complaint would be that it was a little warm, but it's the middle of the summer and much hotter outside.
Pros: 100% Vegan Locally sourced Friendly Variety of cho
Cons: Just a tad warm during summer
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