Long-time established Santa Monica vegan restaurant offering choices from starters, salads, sandwiches and daily soups to hot plates featuring beans, tofu, seitan, and/or tempeh. Also fresh juices, coffee drinks, alcoholic beverages, and desserts. Brunch menu is available on the weekend. Cozy space and very busy on weekends. Prices moderate to expensive. Other location in Southern California. LAST DAY April 27, 2016, other locations remain open.
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514 Santa Monica Blvd (at 5th St), Santa Monica, California, USA, 90401
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Last update on 27 Apr 2016 by Guest
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59 Reviews
First Review by xtfrclqn
jennamichelle1
Points +337
Hit or Miss - Edit
The nachos and mashed potatoes are excellent, but anytime we've veered from the nachos the food has been pretty disgusting. The cupcakes are good but the cookies are really dry and they use carob instead of chocolate so you wont like them if you're not a carob fan. The rice was overcooked and the bbq salad was really horrible with slimy yucky tofu pieces in it. The restaurant is cramped and crowded and I'd avoid sitting upstairs. The waitstaff is a bit snobby.
Read morePros: nachos
Cons: food, cramped and crowded, waitstaff
Guest
groovyvegan
Points +299
Food ranges from excellent to bad - Edit
In a restaurant where all the food is vegan and organic, I would think I'd have a lot of choices of delicious entrees. Unfortunately, every time I vary from the same 3 items, my meal is mediocre. I recommend the TV dinner, the Salsbury Seitan, and the Nachos. The TV dinner and Salsbury Seitan both come with vegan mashed potatoes which aren't bad. Occasionally there's a good special. Their desserts are hit or miss. I highly recommend their chocolate pudding, and when they have it, peach pie, made with fresh peaches. The banana pie is also pretty good. My omni partner and I find their carob mint cookies about 50% tasty, and 50% boring.
Read moreDefinitely stay away from the BBQ tofu chop. It's mostly recooked frozen vegetables with cold barely BBQ'd tofu on top. Also, while I usually love cornbread, theres is the worst I've ever had: tasteless wet mixture containing a lot of rice. The hemp bread is good though. Caesar salad is so-so.
The wait staff is friendly and helpful. However, there's one waiter who doesn't write down orders, who often messes up something in the order.
Be advised that this place gets quite noisy when crowded, particularly upstairs. We find it so unpleasant, that we will only sit downstairs or get carryout. Also, there's a single one-seater restroom, and there's often a line.
Link to their menu: http://www.realfood.com/menu.htm
Pros: Vegan, Organic, Some very good dishes
Cons: Some bad dishes, Very Noisy!, Often a restroom line
Guest
heatherveganmom
Points +55
great food - Edit
great food, a bit expensive and small portions though. seating is TERRIBLE. we are a large vegan family - there are 6 of us. we can never get seating there since it is so small.
Read morePros: wonderful food, healthy, clean
Cons: small, expensive
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juliotnunes
Points +744
RFD - Edit
Very good for dinner....or lunch. I always enjoy going here because everything is vegan and love everything on the menu. A little pricy but well worth it.
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xtfrclqn
Points +37
my partner loves it; I give it a B- - Edit
My partner likes comforting, plain food. I like flavor. He loves this restaurant, so when it's his choice, we go. There's creativity in the kitchen, but it's mostly displayed in the creation of vegan versions of boring food. The desserts are pretty good.
Read morePros: desserts, organic wine, happy partner
Cons: value, plainness, noise
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