Vegan
American
International
Organic
Juice bar
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Breakfast
One of the two Herbivore vegan restaurants in San Francisco city; there is another in Berkeley. Serves contemporary vegetarian cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Wide range of offerings from fresh squeeze juices and pancakes to sandwiches, salads, main entrees, and cocktails. Breakfast served daily til 2pm. Casual, modern decor. Prices cheap to moderate. Confirmed closed, Oct 2015.
60 Reviews
First Review by Janelle
Desh
Points +1458
Belated farewell - Edit
It sucks when dope places with good food close. I used to go here before the pandemic now I find out it’s closed 😢
Read moreZombiecynthia
💔 I had totally forgotten about the SF Location - thanks for reminding us of the gems we used to have! The one in Berkeley was my go to! 🥺
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AliyaSchwengler
Points +38
perfectly delicious - Edit
Honestly one of the best vegan places I've visited in San Francisco so far, had the portobello sandwich and soup of the day, it was amazing and healthy. Can't wait to come back to this magical place.
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Tantrix4u
Points +656
very tasty - Edit
Always love going to a place where everything on the menu is "fair game." Delicious food. Ate breakfast before catching a flight home. Somewhat noisy. Basil pesto tofu scrambles w/ veggies was fantastic. Service was somewhat slow. Would definitely go back.
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JsemVeganski
Points +58
WANT BLAND!? COME HERE! - Edit
We ordered tofu scrambles, and it's another case where people that aren't vegan are making vegan food, and I am not sure if they are tasting it. It tasted like the color yellow.
Read moreThe tempeh bacon had cinnamon or something on it, so adding salt made it worse.
One waiter told a couple outdoor seating was closed when no one was sitting out there. Only for another waiter to seat two people outside ten minutes later.
I wondered why on a Saturday at 10:30am, this place wasn't busy. It's because the food just isn't good.
Pros: lots of seating, large portions
Cons: bland food
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lizardlucas
Points +1291
Excellent choice - Edit
I went last night right around closing with two of my friends who are omnivores but open to vegan eating - I got the deluxe shawarma, and my friends got the deluxe falafel and the lemon penne pasta. We all got different sides with ours, all delicious! All the dishes had a lot of flavor, and at a very good price for SF! The desserts were a little pricey; I grabbed the chaos cookie for 2.50. Although we had to get our food to go, the atmosphere inside was very open and friendly, and the staff were more than willing to help us despite our arrival 10 minutes before closing!
Read moreI was slightly disappointed that they use daiya instead of a nut-based cheese, but that's just personal preference. None of us got a dish that used it.
Pros: good food, not too expensive, good service
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KatieBatty
Points +1512
Best Vegan Place for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner! - Edit
Herbivore is so amazing - we went there 4 times on our 2 day trip to San Fran!
Read moreThe first time we went for breakfast and got grilled corn cakes with a side of tempeh bacon. The house potatoes were amazing, especially dipped in the sour cream. The tofu and the corn cakes were really delicious too. The tempeh bacon was really good but only came out once we'd eaten everything else - would have been nice to eat it with the other stuff rather than by itself. We also ordered a sweet crepe which was a perfect "breakfast dessert" after our tofu scramble.
The next time we went back there we got a take away pizza. The pizzas are a set price and you just choose which toppings you want and pay extra for each topping - comes with Daiya cheese! Pizza was great, really fresh toppings, loved the BBQ chicken.
We went there for breakfast again and this time ordered the southwestern tofu scramble - similar to the savoury breakfast we had before, except this time with blueberry corn bread, which was amazing! We also ordered some french toast, which was hands down the best vegan breakfast I ever had. The vegan butter was absolutely incredible and just how I remember dairy butter tasting.
Before we left San Fran we got some takeaway pizza which was perfect for the plane :) It also happened to be right next to a laundromat so we were able to do some washing before we left for our flight.
Very reasonably priced, especially for San Francisco, excellent service, amazing breakfast options, definitely worth multiple visits!
Pros: Great prices, Amazing all vegan food, Good hours
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kasia
Points +144
Great place. - Edit
We had a red curry, meatballs and a blueberry pie. The curry was gorgeous, meatballs ok (nothing special) and the pie was my least favourite but I think that's what that pie must be, not to my taste.
Read moreThe menu is amazing and the service was quite fast.
Pros: choice, quality, all vegan
Cons: cakes too pricey
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dlau
Points +16
It was okay - Edit
Tried some of their vegetarian dishes and it came up short. Wish it had more flavor. Meh.
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SylviaA
Points +28
Worth it - Edit
I had the delicious combo plate with a pancake, tofu scramble with veggies, and house potatoes with fresh OJ. Lots of selections on the menu that make me want to return. Definitely priced right. Friendly service. No wait for Sunday brunch. Highly recommend.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on Sunday March 15, 2015
Pros: No wait, Delicious food, Great service
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Sweganic
Points +124
Brilliant! - Edit
Outstanding service, amazing scrambled tofu, deeeelicious waffles - and admirable patience with my tired toddler.
Read moreLove this place, will go back again and again and again.
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Vetvegan
Points +56
Herbivore--Divisidero, S.F. - Edit
Fun place. Many choices. Good noodle dishes & salads. Organic beer on tap.
Read morePros: Generous portions, Friendly staff, Good value
Cons: Accoustics need improvement
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jankp
Points +116
If only we had more of these..... - Edit
This is a restaurant with large varieties of different vegan food. You can get starters, Italien, Mexican, and American food. Desserts, juices and shakes. You can basically get all you desire and not just one meal but there are different meals for several visits. And the best part is that the food is fresh and very tasty. If I lived in San Francisco, this would be my regular restaurant....
Read moreService was ok and we did not have to wait long to get our food neither of the times we visited. The only smaller minus is that the place it self is not the most cosy place, but the quality of the food makes up for that. If you are in San Francisco this place is a "must try".
Pros: Goooood food, Many different courses, Reasonable prices
Cons: Not the most cosy place
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EllenPerl
Points +49
Amazing blueberry corn bread!! - Edit
Amazing service, diverse menu, incredible cornbread. Love this place.
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reallyjilly
Points +118
Love Herbivore - Edit
Sorry - I couldn't figure out how to change the restaurant - this should have been Mission District Herbivore. But I love them both! I'm not a big fan of fake meat (which they have a lot of here), but I love a restaurant where I can order and eat ANYTHING on the menu! This is my first visit to the Mission District restaurant, and we had a good time here. I had the falafel wrap and it was very good (and huge). A couple of people had large plates of pasta that looked great. This is a small, basic restaurant, all vegan and very affordable.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on Monday September 29, 2014
Pros: Large menu, Friendly staff
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Eva*
Points +291
Nice place - Edit
Went here for lunch and both ordered a cheese steak sandwich and - yay - a Dutch beer. Nice people, good service and free water, but the sandwich was a bit too sticky as in that I'd like to have had some more veggies on it. I could hardly eat the whole thing and got offered a doggybag so I could Enjoy the other half elsewhere. But maybe that's just the way of eating i'm used to now ;)
Read morePros: Good service, Serves alcohol, Doggybags
Cons: Would've liked more veggies
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JodiS
Points +28
Disappointing - Edit
I remember coming to herbivore about ten years ago and being blown away. On my most recent trip to san francisco I came here twice and was pretty disappointed. The menu is just boring and the food was mediocre at best. I ordered penne with meatballs and the sauce was ok but the meatballs were not good and I could barely eat it. My husband ordered the bbq seitan sandwich, which was ok, but nothing special. On my next visit I tried their brunch. I ordered tofu scramble with potatoes and french toast. The potatoes were underdone and very bland. I ordered a brownie to go which was pretty dry. Again, just very mediocre and not what it used to be:(
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dkinjer
Points +305
Good vegan food - Edit
This is not a fancy place, but pleasant for lunch or an informal dinner. We ate here two times. One time I had the pizza and a small salad and thoroughly enjoyed. If you eat real cheese, don't order a vegan pizza, but if you don't eat real cheese, this was very satisfying, the bread used was thin and crisp. The other time I ordered the grilled beef and vegetable tahini salad. It was good, but could have used more tahini. I would have ordered the phillo (that's how they spell it) dough pie, but was told that it is not whole grain flour. My spouse ordered a combo - soup and a grilled sandwich one time and enjoyed it but not amazing and the second time he had beef stroganoff, which was good, and garlic bread, which wasn't anything so impressive.
Read morePros: a lot of variety on the menu
Cons: a bit expensive for the type of place, not such amazing decor
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corinal
Points +1892
Excellent food with huge variety! - Edit
It was so difficult to choose what to order because there were so many things I wanted to try! We ended up ordering the cheese steak sandwich, which was delicious and really hit the spot! We also had the meatball sandwich, which was nice and cheesy, but didn't have veggies so I preferred the cheese steak sandwich. Ordered macaroni salad as a side and it was delicious! I really need to make that at home.
Read moreThe raspberry cheesecake was good and the German chocolate cake was mediocre - it could have had more flavor.
The atmosphere was really fun with good music and we enjoyed sitting outside in the private back yard shaded by trees.
The staff were super friendly and one of the guys who was cleaning the table ended up chatting with me and the next thing I knew he brought me out a sample of the broccoli soup (very creamy and tasty!). He also highly recommended the chicken shawarma for next time.
Pros: Wide variety of vegan food, Excellent sandwiches, Great atmosphere
Cons: Desserts could have been more flavorful
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grantxvx
Points +84
Nice! - Edit
We've been here a few times. The first time I got an amazing chicken caesar salad, which I still think about today. The next time we got many entrees and everything was very good. Nice little neighborhood, too!
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csbench
Points +70
Kinda Haphazard But Pretty Good - Edit
Pretty Good Food...lentil load was a little dry and lacking in spice. Shooting tools were tasty though. Meatball sandwich "meat" was not really ball-shaped, by any means, but it was sweet, savory, and pleasant. Restaurant was pretty understaffed, but server was efficient and pleasant. So..you know, pretty ok good.
Read morePros: Varied Menu
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JonJon
Points +20881
Nice vegan place - Edit
I tried this restaurant after a full day visit of the city and I was very hungry. This place totally met my expectations in terms of vegan american food, with big portions. I ordered a burger with fries which was good (even if a little bit dry). The staff was friendly, the place was pleasant and prices were fair. Try it without fear.
Read morePros: good food, friendly staff, big portions
Cons: burgers and fries may be a bit dry
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vaportrail
Points +48
Best Selection - Edit
This place has the largest-variety menu that I have ever seen in ANY restaurant. Everything from pizza to burrito, to asian food. I had a very tasty pho-type noodle soup with a side of garlic bread. The staff that served me was friendly and competent.
Read morePros: great food, great selection, friendly staff
Cons: none
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RocketGomez
Points +381
Service is horrendeous - Edit
A couple weeks ago my partner and I ate there, for probably about the 20th time. The service has always ranged from "relaxed" to "slow", but something was really wrong this time. One waitress took our order, then totally ignored us. When we finally flagged her down, she told us we'd been reassigned to another waitress. The other waitress then gave us the worst service I have ever had in my life. Like, both waitresses were sitting at one of the back tables themselves eating, while we were waiting for our food, which was sitting on the counter in from of the cooks. We had to finally ask one of the cooks if we could take our own plates to the table. That's just one example--had to ask for my beverage literally three times before it arrived, lots of other ways the device just sucked.
Read moreI think what happened is when both waitresses realized that there'd been a problem, they both thought "oh well, they're not going to tip well, so why even bother giving them a modicum of service."
And the grossest part? One waitress (long blond wavy hair, in her mid 20s I would guess) was at the table by the bathroom. She saw my husband heading for the bathroom, and jumped up and ran into the bathroom before him. She was in there quite a while. Then the toilet flushed, and half a second later she opened the door. There is no way she washed her hands after she used the toilet!
BTW, husband and I ate at the Berkeley Herbivore about a week later. Service and food were both great.
Pros: food, location
Cons: service, service, service
RocketGomez
I'm responding to my own post, in order to give an update. I have dined at this restaurant a couple times recently (it is late July, 2014) and had excellent service.
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Blondies
Points +119
I loved Herbivore! - Edit
Yum, yum, yum! My husband and I went out of our way to eat here and I was thrilled that we did. The food was very good! We even stayed for desert...brownies with coconut ice cream :o) My only complaint is that the service was not all that great. We had two people waiting on us, one was nice enough, the other wasn't so much. Too bad because otherwise it would have been a great total package experience.
Read morePros: Very good food, Nice atmosphere
Cons: Staff not always friendly
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pipistrella
Points +28
Very unfriendly staff. - Edit
I can't say a lot about the food, i just had a grilled tempeh burger, which tasted good, but the staff was so unfriendly that it totally ruined my experience at the Herbivore.
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no whey!
Points +227
Greasebomb - Edit
My first time in San Francisco, so I found this place online and the menu had me drooling. Their options sound like an exciting, balanced variety. I admit I didn't read any reviews before ordering..
Read moreThe staff was friendly and helpful, and that combined with the potential awesomeness of *other* dishes on the menu keep me from giving Herbivore two stars. I ordered a sandwich, side of macaroni salad, and slice of carrot cake. The cake was lovely (but with lemony icing?) and the rest was very disappointing.
I'm not concerned with avoiding unhealthy or guilty pleasure food. I completely embrace junk food. But what I ordered turned out to be a slimy mess! I had to wash my hands halfway through my sandwich because my hands were completely glazed.
I made it 2/3 through my meal and my stomach was not pleased. Grease bomb. The cake, I had for breakfast the next day and it was redeeming. I'd give this place a second chance sometime, but I was disappointed with what I had.
Pros: fast, carrot cake
Cons: slimy
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SoledadMoretti
Points +95
My favorite in San Francisco - Edit
I love herbivore. I've been to San Francisco twice, and both time repeated my visit to this great restaurant.
Read moreKid friendly food, very tasty, plenty of options, entrees, main dishes.
Very well served, friendly staff (also spanish speaking). It's clean and affordable.
I highly recommend it.
Pros: great food, affordable, many options
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