American
Juice bar
Delivery
Take-out
Honey
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Casual service fresh juice, smoothie, and kombucha bar that also offers a light food menu which includes a vegan burrito. Uses honey and bee pollen but vegans can customize the drinks. Here since Apr 2015 at the location of the previous and short-lived Simply Raw. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-7:00pm.


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15 Reviews

First Review by Chia

JaneRichards

Points +141

Vegan
24 May 2024

Healthy and delicious vegan options

Clearly marked vegan choices. Good variety and healthy fresh food.

Pros: Shroom and Buddha bowls were great value and very , All pastries are vegan and gluten-free, Nice casual vibe

Plantasaur

Points +196

Vegan
21 Jan 2024

Great little spot!

Got Vegan options for each category which is really nice. Definitely will come back! #Veganuary

I.am.XOA

Points +584

Vegan
09 Dec 2023

Great for Quick Bites

Stopped here for a smoothie and ended up with a build your own bowl! I really like the ability to customize a bowl and the smoothie was delicious too! I gave 4 stars because it's great for a quick bite, it's not 4 star eat in restaurant (more like a 3 in that case).

Pros: Quick bites, Great smoothies, Customizable

The_Seitanist

Points +1506

Vegan
27 Nov 2023

Great little spot

Staff are super friendly and helpful. Came here with my mother who is celiac, and they double checked so many times to make sure they had everything right for her. The meals were huge, and after some joking around with the staff, we were given a free gf cookie and gf donut. Has a small section to buy vegan and gluten free snacks and protein bars etc. Would definitely eat here again.

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Gluten free options , Easy parking & friendly staff

·X·

Points +19618

Vegan
26 Oct 2022

The Hive - 3.5 Stars

Nice vegan avocado toast and iced Jasmine tea.

PedroBeltrao

Points +2373

Vegan
21 Jul 2022

Nice place with some Vegan options

Nice place for a quick meal with some vegan options, I tried an Açai Bowl (I thought it could be a bit bigger, didn't find it filling enough), a juice and an avocado toast. All was good and fresh.
Also seems a nice place to grab a juice on the go.

KelsieLinnell

Points +23

Vegetarian
27 Oct 2019

Great vego burrito & smoothie bowl

We had a vego ‘power burrito’ where the meat is made from walnuts and goji berries which I’ve never heard of before. I had a ‘power up açai bowl’ Both were awesome!! 👌 would Feinstein go back!

Pros: Heaps of choices, Nice atmosphere, Feels healthy & fresh

derfj

Points +64

Vegan
21 Oct 2019

Decent Açai Bowls

Decent bowls, ordering seemed more complicated than it needs to be. Watch out for the honey.

ilovetoeatveggies

Points +225

Vegan
10 Feb 2019

Loved this Place

On vacation and ate here for brekky every morning! The smoothies and salad bowls were so phenomenal. As were the little snacks that I grabbed to keep on me for the day when I needed a pick me up!

siennaeee

Points +20

Vegan
05 Jun 2018

Nice place

Overall a nice place for breakfast/lunch, but a little overpriced. Some of the açaí bowls cost $14 and juices $12. They have several vegan options and the açaí bowl and coffee I got tasted good.

Pros: Good food, Good coffee , Vegan options

Cons: Expensive

kellycop

Points +45

Non Veg
22 Aug 2017

Yummy and lots of options!

I ordered the "World's Healthiest Tacos" here and they were DELICIOUS! The lime-cashew cream that came on them was to die for! They also had quite a few vegan options / options that could be made vegan such as: Hive Burger, Power Burrito, Kale Goddess Salad, and a few others. The service was a bit slow, however. I would definitely recommend this place as long as you're not on a time crunch.

Pros: Delicious, Quite a few vegan options

Cons: Expensive, Slow

KaceyElmore

Points +52

Vegan
08 Dec 2016

Excellent All Around

Would happily give this place 5-stars! My favorite acai bowl in Santa Monica yet, next to Nekter. The texture is thick and not lacking in acai. There was TONS of topping! Arguably too much coconut shreds, my husband got the power bowl and didn't love it due to the heaps of topping, but second visit he built his own with added almond butter and it was fantastic! I had the classic acai (w/out bee pollen & honey) and after 2 visits and 4 different bowls I was impressed that the bananas used to top the bowls were RIPE (not slimy or green) every time!! If you prefer a less creamy (like coconut water/apple juice vs milk for a liquid) then this prob isn't the best for you. But otherwise, very happy with this place and their acai claims of being the best! The vegan breakfast burrito is also wonderful. It has a very nice eggy-ness to it, that we both agreed had a more "sophisticated" taste than most tofu burritos we've had. Service was very friendly and vegan-conscious.

jackie.r.7289

Points +141

Vegetarian
24 May 2016

Mediocre acai bowls left us hungry...

We wanted to like this place a lot. It's pretty close to us, you can customize your acai as you like it, the inside looks clean and service is fast and friendly. The acai bowls missed then boat for us though, and my fiancé was so hungry afterward he had to go down the street to Swingers and get a second breakfast. He felt for $10, he shouldn't leave feeling as hungry as he did.

Overall, the concept is good. Pick a base (acai, dragonfruit, greek yogurt, chia pudding), pick two crunches (almond, cocoa nibs, hemp seeds, coconut, etc.), pick two fruits (strawberries, blueberries, bananas, dried cranberries, goji berries, etc.) and pick a sweetener (honey, agave, maple syrup, coconut nectar, bee pollen). For $3 extra, you can choose to "supercharge" it with something like spinach. The bowls came out within 5 minutes, and they were filled with a good amount (though not a lot) of toppings. I went with the acai, hemp seeds, coconut, strawberries, bananas and honey - keeping it to a pretty traditional acai bowl. The texture of the acai was good, a mix between a thicker version of a smoothie but not quite as thick as gelato, and it wasn't the italian ice texture I dislike for an acai bowl. But something was off on the base acai's taste, it was almost licorice tasting, which is not something I like. My fiancé agreed it was off and wasn't pleased with it generally. I'll also note there was a weird hair on the outside of his bowl that definitely wasn't ours.

Generally, it wasn't bad, it just wasn't great. I will say I was full for a few hours. It didn't hit me initially, but then I was solidly full for awhile. We likely won't be back though, given there are many options in this area for acai bowls.

lauraismynametoo

Points +228

Vegan
24 May 2016

Simply delicious!

Nothing better than some delicious kombucha! Had a fantastic vegan meal here while visiting friends in LA and was not disappointed. Shared the tacos and some guac with my partner and we were pleasantly satisfied. Would definitely go back.

Pros: tasty food, pleasant service, kombucha!

Chia

Points +3635

Vegetarian
16 May 2015

Large list of juices + kombucha on tap

Peeked in to have a look and saw that the cafe is up and running again after the previous venture, Simply Raw, had unexpectedly shut. The concept is entirely different -- not raw food.

The focus is primarily on drinks and casual bite. Kombucha on tap or mixed with different fruit juices plus lots of smoothies and combinations of fresh pressed juices.

Got a 12-ounce "de-liver" juice that tasted great with a kick though not cheap ($9).




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