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1775 E Palm Canyon Dr (at Smoke Tree Village), Palm Springs, California, USA, 92264
The first location of the Native Foods chain of vegan restaurants, renovated and re-opened in 2012. Offers a menu of sandwiches, veggie burgers, bowls, salads, and others. Order at the counter and food is brought to your table. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-9:00pm.
Category: Vegan, American, Fast food, Take-out, Fusion
Reviews (38)
First Review by nessers
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Gourmet Vegan Eatery For Everyone - Edit
We were searching for a good affordable vegan eatery while staying in Palm Springs for a few weeks. Native Foods is the best vegan spot in town. We've eaten here almost daily since we arrived and have tried most of their menu. The Avo Bacon Club sandwich is out of world and the desserts are luscious, try the carrot cupcake or oatmeal cookie creme pie. It can be busy during lunch and dinner but that's a good thing, we love seeing an all-vegan restaurant flourish.
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Delicious salads, interesting entrees - Edit
I had a delicious salad and my partner had a portobello sandwich with plantain "bread." Yum! The service is good and the atmosphere is cute.
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For healthy WFPB -choose a bowl! - Edit
I'm not a fan of mock meat so I really love the variety of "bowls" offered here. The portions are generous, the food is cooked to perfection and the flavors are outstanding! Employees are warm, friendly, and helpful. Service is unfortunately lacking when it comes to bussing tables and wiping table tops and chairs off. It is really unfortunate because otherwise this place is awesome! Also, the desserts (Carrot Caramel Cupcake and Oatmeal cookie cream cheese sandwich) are delish!
Pros: Great whole food options, Friendly service, Great hours of operation
Cons: need to take more care/pride in cleaning/bussing t
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Great place! - Edit
The food is very good. However, the hours are different than Happy Cow thinks. This location is open from 11-9 everyday. You won't be disappointed when you eat here though. Enjoy!
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(vegan) junk food - Edit
I probably ordered the wrong dish, but the avocado bacon chicken club was overdressed. Soy chicken was very artificial. I could not eat it, it was like the supermarket mock meat. Food was junk food, even if vegan. I would not come back. My husband had a cheeseburger, and it has too much BBQ sauce. He could not taste any ingredient but the sauce. If you crave junk food, this is your place, otherwise you better go somewhere else.
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Home away from home - Edit
Whenever I visit the desert, this is my go to spot. Sometimes I eat here twice a day! I love everything! There isn't a bad item on the menu. If I had to pick a favorite it'd be a toss-up between the Ensalada Azteca and the Native Chicken Run Ranch. The potato salad and lavender lemonade are also pretty amazing!
Pros: all vegan, good prices, large servings
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Great for the munchies - Edit
Loved the wrap with the smooth sauce. I don't really like mockmeat (because it tastes like meat ;-)), but this 'chicken' tasted pretty good.
Carrot cupcake is mouthwatering good.
Pros: Homemade lemonade, Not tens of dishes to choose from, but enough choi, The creamysmooth sauce
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Different than it used to be, but still a go-to - Edit
Disappointed from our Palm Springs visit a few years ago. Now it's more of a vegan fast food joint. Not as much selection, and so-so food. The location makes for a questionable dining experience (think strip mall!).
But still grateful it's there! Best is to get the food to go...
Contributions +39
Love it! - Edit
We first tried Native Foods in VA, but that branch closed before we could make a return visit, so I was ecstatic to find that the original store is still open in Palm Springs. We have been here three days and visited twice, and I would go every day if I could. I got the build-your-own-burger the first night, with the bean, lentil and brown rice patty, and it was delicious! Then yesterday I got the Baja Tacos, which were also scrumptious. My non-vegan husband also loved his Native Chicken, Bacon & Avo Club, and the Japanese Sesame Crusted Native Chicken Bites. Because I do better on a gluten-free diet, Native Foods is a great choice, with many GF options. I highly recommend this restaurant to any vegan or vegetarian in Palm Springs, as well as to anyone who needs convincing that veg/vegan food can be amazing!
Pros: Excellent food , Friendly staff, Affordable
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Great Place - Edit
Loved the menu selection, had a hard time choosing out of so many delicious options. Ended up building my own burger, with the bean and rice burger patty. It was definitely different and unlike anything I've ever had, but good. Fries are delicious. Very fast and friendly service.
Pros: Lavender Lemonade is delicious!, Fast service. , Outside patio available to eat in.
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Love this restaurant. - Edit
We stop here every visit to Palm Springs. Every dish that I've tried I have loved. The chicken wings are awesome. Great staff that is always friendly and helpful. Must try.
Pros: Always Vegan
Cons: None
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Good Selection, Tasty Food - Edit
An extensive vegan menu with a range dishes, although a little too heavy on mock meat dishes in my opinion. I wonder if this is a strategy to attract non-veg*ns...
Of the dishes my wife & I ordered, the Ensalada Azteca, supposedly their 'best salad', was indeed delicious. The portabello burger tasted great but isn't the healthiest option. And the sweet potato fries were decent, although I have had better.
The prices here are very reasonable for the portion sizes, and the service is very friendly. Overall, with limited options in Palm Springs, I would certainly recommend Native Foods.
Pros: Extensive vegan menu, Excellent value for money, Excellent salad options
Cons: Too much mock meat
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Best Food & Service - Edit
Very nice location in beautiful California, since I walked through the door for the very first time I received a very welcoming service until I walked out the door. The food was delicious and in a good amount. And you could eat abundantly with your conscience clean.
Pros: Location, Quality, Service
Cons: Not enough locations
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My oasis in Palm Springs - Edit
My first two days in Palm Springs yielded very few vegan options, until I found this place. The food was excellent and even my carnivorous dad liked his meal. I have eaten at the one in Portland Oregon as well great place. Please come to Seattle!!
Pros: staff is great Scotty was our point man, very lika
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Delicious! - Edit
It's Native Foods, of course it's good. This was my first time here but everybody raves about this place. I had the Twisted Twister Wrap, fries, and I tried a bit of the Watermelon Fresca and the Lavender Lemonade (I think I like the Lavender Lemonade a little bit better.) Everything was really good. I absolutely loved the blue cheese dressing on the wrap, and the buffalo sauce was good too, and the chicken bites were probably the closest to actual chicken I've ever tried, with a good texture, and really fresh. We went near Thanksgiving so they gave us a sample of the Native Wellington, which was also delicious. I especially liked the gravy. I thought it was odd though that the inside eating area of the restaurant was so small, especially since people have said that they closed it down to renovate and expand (maybe that was just for the kitchen area?) They do also have outdoor seating though.
Pros: Great food, including comfort food, Yummy homemade drinks
Cons: The inside eating space is a bit small
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Good choice in Palm Springs - Edit
Palm Springs has few veggie or vegan options, and this is a good place. We came here twice on our recent 3-night trip to P.S.
It's very casual. You order at the counter, and they bring you the food later. Not a real sit-down restaurant. Prices are reasonable, about $10 for a sandwich, wrap, or bowl. Good quality. Sides are small and not really worth the money, though.
Friendly service. It's not in downtown Palm Springs. However, on Thurs-Sun, the free Buzz shuttle bus takes you from downtown to the Smoke Tree Shopping Center, where this place is located.
Updated from previous review on Monday February 02, 2015
Pros: good food & prices, good service
Cons: away from downtown Palm Springs
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My new favorite - Edit
We recently vacationed near Palm Springs with our dog, and were delighted to discover that there was a vegan restaurant which had a shady, dog-friendly patio area! Being from the Bay Area, we'd never before had the wonderful opportunity to eat at this great vegan place. We made up for it by having two lunches there, and getting take-out for both our dinners, on the 2 full days we were in the area! Oh wow, the Key Lime Pie! And the Lavender Lemonade! Everything we had was delicious, and extremely generous portions. All the staff were cheerful and friendly. The biggest thrill of all, though, was finding out that they are planning to open a new branch in Berkeley, CA, in 2015! Hooray! We live just a few miles from Berkeley. They haven't even opened, but have already futuristically become my new favorite local restaurant. Where is the Tardis when I need it?
Pros: Delicious food, Friendly staff, Dog-friendly patio
Cons: Not in Berkeley CA - yet
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delicious as always - Edit
We stopped to eat at this location twice during our weekend visit. We've been to many other locations and this one is smaller than the others, but has now been remodeled to match the other locations in décor. There is both indoor and outdoor seating with water misters. Over both visits, we ordered the new ancho BBQ bisket and French Market muffaletta sandwiches as well as the weekend special of cauliflower power sub and the classic Oklahoma bacon cheeseburger. For dessert, the strawberry shortcake parfait and oatmeal cream pie were both tasty. The food is always consistently good at every location and the staff are helpful and friendly. As Native Foods is the only all vegan place in the valley, make sure to stop by. Easy parking too.
Pros: delicious food, friendly service, easy parking
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First time at this location - Edit
We've eaten at other NC's but never this one and as usual...not disappointed. The location and layout are perhaps not as nice as newer spots but that has no effect on the excellent food.
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great place - Edit
Great selection of plant based food here.
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Great Place - Edit
Enjoyed this place again on this visit. Friendly, good food. Enjoyed the Ensalada Azteca Salad (yes, salad salad) and watermelon Agua Fresca. May try their LA locations some day.
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wonderful! - Edit
Great food, great prices! Loved the faux chicken burger, salads, desserts and lemonade!
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Awesome! - Edit
The food is wonderful. Though I do have a favorite and have a hard time ordering anything else. The chicken sandwich is my go to. Yummy!! They have outdoor seating with heat that I love and I always bring my dog. The same staff always seems to be working when I go in so it's always nice to see familiar faces and get great service. This isn't a fancy $$$ place, more of a sit down fast food/diner type. Also, it's kinda hard to find. It is in a strip mall, hidden down a hallway.
Pros: Great food, Outdoor seating, Wi-fi
Cons: Location
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Good variety of vegan options - try the root beer - Edit
The food options were of great variety, including sandwiches, salad, moroccan bowls, desert, etc. Very reasonable cost. The outside dining area is really nice. It was about 50 degrees in January and they had heaters going to make it nice and comfortable.
It is in a bit of an odd place. It's not visible from the street. It's in a strip mall, but you actually have to go through a walk way and to the right, behind the strip mall to find the seating area. Once we found it, though, the food was really good. The deserts were particularly yummy.
My main thing would be that the menu is almost completely full of meat substitutes. It would be nice to have just straight up vegan food - veggies all the way!
Pros: inexpensive, variety
Cons: hidden behind a strip mall, all meat substitutes
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I am in LOVE - Edit
I wish this place was closer. Everything my table tried was cooked to perfection. The food was so delicious and innovative and flavorful. I can see why the place was packed. There was no place to sit at the restaurant, but there were plenty of tables outside. Drinks are a choice of lavendar-infused lemonade, watermelon fresca or iced tea. Each one as tasty as the next and not too sweet. The best part is the its all you can drink and is self-serve.
Pros: Great selection, Delicious food, Helpful Staff
Cons: Long line to order
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closed until? - Edit
Native Foods in Palm Springs is remodeling and is closed until at least Oct. 2012 (they keep changing their estimated date to reopen, so it's hard to tell).
Pros: great food
Cons: closed
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The Best Vegan Food! - Edit
Native Foods is hands down the best vegan restaurant! I love the food so much that I even bought their cook book! I highly recommend this restaurant and the cook book!
Pros: healthy cuisine, good value, friendly staff
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