Vegan cafe, juice bar, and bakery. Uses local and fair trade and organic products whenever possible. Open Mon-Sat 9:00am-9:00pm, Sun 5:00pm-9:00pm. Breakfast served from 9am-12pm.
Category: Vegan, American, Organic, Juice bar, Take-out, Bakery
Vegan cafe, juice bar, and bakery. Uses local and fair trade and organic products whenever possible. Open Mon-Sat 9:00am-9:00pm, Sun 5:00pm-9:00pm. Breakfast served from 9am-12pm.
Category: Vegan, American, Organic, Juice bar, Take-out, Bakery
Reviews (38)
First Review by MrsMaggie
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deceptively good - Edit
Definitely the old timer amongst the surrounding areas vegan restaurants. Not as trendy or fancy but BY FAR the tastiest vegan fare around ❤️❤️❤️
Pros: flavorful food, extensive menu, gluten free options
Cons: small, tight space , servers can be grouchy
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Beat Seitan in NJ - Edit
A tiny cafe that offers a large and broad menu meeting the needs of all types of vegans. Mostly a sandwich and salad stop, it has worldly number of different types of choices.
The setian bowl is my favorite, but they run daily specials all the time. A bit pricey, but the food is great. The sandwiches suffer from way too much bread and too little in between.
One of, if not the best vegan cafe in NJ.
Pros: numerous types of choices, great taste, daily specials
Cons: desserts are forgettable , cookies and snacks are on the old/dry side, very limited seating
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Nirvana Near the Navesink - Edit
I've eaten here for years. It is one of the best vegetarian/vegan/deli restaurants in New Jersey, The quality of the food is excellent. The menu offers lots of items (including gluten free and raw). They offer some impressive desserts. There are also a bunch of different baked items for sale. The staff is always friendly and it is located right near the center of town.
Pros: Food quality, menu breadth, very clean, cool bathr
Cons: moderately priced
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wow! - Edit
Ordered the buffalo tempeh wings and they were spicy and delicious. A little on the salty side, but once dipping them in the vegan ranch sauce it goes away ;)
Would definitely return to try other items on the list.
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the best - Edit
Vegan crack. But high-quality crack. Gotta check out the Crunch Wrap breakfast burrito. Everything here is phenomenal, and because it's crack we keep coming back. Addicted.
Delila is the best waitress!
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Live Spaghetti - Edit
Food was great with Awesome service
Pros: All Vegan
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Large ALL vegan menu :) - Edit
Their menu is great and the food is even better. Very large menu with various items ranging from appetizers to desserts. All the food is prepared fresh and taste delicious. It can get very busy during certain times and you may have to wait, but its worth it :)
Pros: large menu
Cons: small seating area
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Deserving of their stellar reputation - Edit
There's a good reason that vegans smile when you mention Good Karma. It's simply the best, hands down.
Pros: Great service, creative food
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AMAZING FOOD - Edit
Ive been to a handful of vegan restaurants since becoming vegetarian, and I have to tell you, this one beats em all by a long shot. I've tried 3 different entrées as well as 2 appetizers and the cheesecake for dessert. It was all flawless, the kind of food you scrape the bottom of your plate for to ensure you've devoured every last bit of flavor and crumb.
I Highly recommend this joint, and will definitely return again. Happy Cow Approved :)
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great food - Edit
very good food. friendly service. only bad thing is it's very small so sometimes you have to wait a while to get a seat
Pros: all vegan, delicious
Cons: small, expensive
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Tacos?!?!?!?!??!!!??!!! - Edit
Pros:
-the juice & twinkies were great
Cons:
-the tacos*** Were slices of mildly warm tofu on cabbage. Did not look like a slight resemblance of a taco.
-the lasagna has something sour/pungent inside and was therefore inedible. When I told them this they replied "have you had it before?"
-the buffalo tenders were almost ok, if they weren't cold.
-they forgot to give me my soup & Twinkie.
-they did not offer utensils or napkins.
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Awesome food! - Edit
My friend and I are not from this area but we decided to stop by to grab some lunch since we were nearby. This was our first time at Good Karma and it definitely exceeded our expectations. We shared a slice of their krusty krab pizza and it was amazing! She ordered a southwestern bowl and I had the kimchee bowl and they were both delicious. We will definitely be making the 1 hr and a half trip again to try some more items off the menu.
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Favorite Vegan place in New Jersey - Edit
This is by far my favorite place in New Jersey for vegan food! So far everything I have gotten from there has been amazing. I've stopped by for some shakes too after a workout at the local crossfit gym, and it was glorious! I've tried a few of the baked goods, awesome, some of the unbaked goods, awesome. I've also tried their raw and baked entrees. Perfect!
Only downside is that everyone knows this place rocks, so it can get crowded fast and super busy. So I would recommend coming during off hours or ordering for pick up. Maybe one day they will move to a bigger location.
Pros: Excellent Food
Cons: Super small, very popular/busy
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perf - Edit
my partner and i will drive two hours to eat here- the food is SO GOOD. i have been to countless restaurants that serve raw food and feel as if good karma has spoiled me.... wish they had more locations (currently thinking about the raw nachos and salivating....)
Pros: amazing food, huge portions, so many options
Cons: small dining area, very busy whenever i am there
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Great - Edit
The food was great especially the black bean soup. I had the Vegan lasagna and it was light and loved the cream they used in it, as well as the Parmesan crisps. The live lemonade was amazing. Great place for vegan food.
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great place - Edit
great foods lots of choices. great raw foods. staff friendly.
Updated from previous review on Friday August 28, 2015
Pros: great selection of gluten free items
Cons: small dining area
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Excellent food - Edit
Top notch food that any vegan or non-vegan can enjoy!
Pros: Great food, Great location in Red Bank
Cons: Size of dining room
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All good things... - Edit
...come in small packages. And this place is no exception. It's a very, very small place. They don't do reservations or call ahead seating so your best bet is to plan to wait for a half hour (during the busier times it can easily go over an hour), swing by to put your name/number down, and do something else until they call you. Be prepared to dine in close proximity to all the other guests, which has it's pros/cons, depending on your personality type. The food is excellent. They are constantly updating the menu and offering up delicious specials. The steak sandwich is pretty good...I like that they don't use Daiya cheese and instead use their own, homemade cheese. Everything I've tried there has been delicious, including the desserts.
Also, parking can be a pain. There is no lot so you have to find a spot on the street. It's all worth it though!
Pros: Food, Friendly staff
Cons: Small, Parking
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Worth the wait! - Edit
Wonderful food. You will feel pampered and healthy after eating here. The place is small and you might have to wait to be seated...but it is worth it!!!
Pros: Great food
Cons: Small
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We like it a lot - Edit
Good Karma is a 50 minute drive for us, usually in awful traffic.
We make the journey nevertheless because the food is very enjoyable.
There is a shortage of vegetarian / vegan places in NJ so we often discover that our fellow diners came as far as we did.
They seem to do a roaring take-out trade and I've often thought that if we lived locally we'd be broke from ordering take-out all the time.
My favorite dish is any special entree that comes with mashed potato and greens, they do them really well. I also like their seitan; it's nice and crispy. I've been to too many upscale vegan restaurants where the flavor is good but the seitan is a limp floppy blob. Not in Good Karma! Their seitan and tofu are just right. My daughter who doesn't normally like tempeh tofu or seitan likes the Pad Thai with tofu and my son likes everything on the menu except the vegan cheese. When new braces meant he couldn't possibly eat salad, he still managed to eat a Good Karma salad. It was their ranch dressing that did it. The live lemonade and the Hawaii-5-O (drink) are good too. I sometimes get a takeout Hawaii-5-O as dessert. We always get a takeout chocolate cake. We now keep forks in the car just to eat that cake, because we felt so guilty using plastic forks every trip. We should be feeling guilty driving 50 miles for dinner. It just always feels worth it.
Updated from previous review on Wednesday January 28, 2015
Pros: Friendly staff, Good food
Cons: Very small
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Vegan mecca of NJ - Edit
I've been coming here since they opened and GKC is the vegan mecca of NJ. There's a reason you sometimes have to wait for a table at dinner rush times.
I feel like I could write 10,000 words but I won't. This place is vegan comfort food and health food. Everything from their sandwiches to entrees to raw food is perfection. Their weekend specials are always on-point.
My personal favs: buffalo tempeh, caesar salad with tempeh, love bowl, coconut mango tempeh, seitan cheesesteck, banh mi (YES!), chocolate cake, and bliss cup.
Pros: Large menu with variety, Weekly specials, Desserts and juices
Cons: Small
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Worth the ride! - Edit
Took my non-vegetarian daughter to Good Karma for lunch last week. It was my first visit as well. The restaurant is very small but the food is delicious! I had the Buffalo Soldier Wrap and she had a Grilled Portobello Sandwich. We shared a Raw Pie for dessert although my daughter ate most of it!
Definitely a place I will visit again.
Pros: excellent food, friendly staff, cozy
Cons: small number of tables
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Great Place - Edit
As a new vegan it felt good to be able to pick anything on the menu and know that it was vegan. The food was delicious and I will definitely be going again.
Pros: Good Price, Large Selection
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Like being in mom's kitchen - Edit
Good karma is like a home away from home to me. Friendly engaging humans stand before you in an open kitchen with the best everyday plant based ingredients and make you this excellent meal from scratch of delicious comfort food, and then smile and tell you good bye by name. The chef creates mouth-watering specials every weekend which are just about as gourmet as you can get, but less expensive than any gourmet restaurant I know. When near Red Bank, Good Karma is almost exclusively my choice for restaurant dining. Note: portions are big so I often split with a friend and we have just about the right amount of entree. We can always split a salad if we are hungrier than usual. If alone, taking home leftovers us s good option but it is not easy to do because the food is so delicious !
Pros: Plant based food, Home cooked type comfort food, Surprising care and detail
Cons: Often crowded or have to wait for table, Have to carefully monitor amount of inta, Street parking is not handy at times
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This Place Has Vastly Improved - Edit
I went to Good Karma when they first opened up and was sort indifferent to it. The food was not bad, but it didn't totally wow me.
Fast forward to a month ago. I gave this place another chance and certainly glad that I did. They have improved their game quite a bit. The food is fresh, with interesting flavors and creative presentations. Don't forget about the excellent deserts. Plenty of gluten free options here if needed without sacrificing taste.
I would recommend the vegan cheese plate, the love bowl, any of the cashew-based deserts and if you still have room try the "cotton candy" smoothie. All in all, a great experience.
Pros: Great Food, Good Service
Cons: Small Place
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Delicious All Vegan Restaurant! - Edit
This is actually the only all vegan, organic, full kitchen restaurant in New Jersey. That said it's still way better than any other "veg option" place in the area. They have a few really great raw dishes as well as healthy macrobiotic type dishes (try the Love Bowl!).
Pros: All Vegan!, Great Food!, Good Service!
Cons: Red Bank parking, Small space
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good karma all around! - Edit
Food is delicious! I keep ordering the pineapple mango tempeh when I go there. It's out of this world. The staff is so pleasant and down to earth. I love the whole look of the place. Very earth, yet colorful, but they may need to move to a bigger spot soon because it is always packed and don't have enough seats.
Pros: food, staff, environment
Cons: space, seating
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