Vegan
American
Gluten-free
All Raw

Opened Jul 2015 a raw food restaurant offering an array of smoothies and juices, salads, and has liquid nitrogen ice cream. Located across from Boulder High School and caters meals to the wider Boulder and Denver county areas. Reported closed December 2024.


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94 Reviews

First Review by Jranda

FoxxSau

Points +266

Vegan
09 May 2018

Magic

Thrive is awesome. Delicious AND nutritious. Foods infused with magic crystal energy, doesn’t get any better than that! Go to have your soul and body cleansed by their blessed foods.

camiprovencher

Points +18

Vegan
15 Mar 2018

Great food, Great atmosphere

This place is amazing!!! I got the Rainbow Magic Salad (dressing was fantastic) and Green Dream chia pudding. Being from Chicago which is very quick paced, I had to wait way longer than I expected for the food I got, but it was 100% worth the wait.

XOXO

Points +2033

Vegan
18 Feb 2018

Best in Boulder

Lookin for raw food, vegan and GF while in Boulder?
Look no further :-)

eee135

Points +892

Vegan
12 Sep 2017

Raw vegan food

Thrive is a 'hardcore' raw vegan restaurant that is also gluten free and soy free. The food that I tasted (rainbow salad and pesto zoodles) was pretty good although not especially filling. The entire menu is full of healthy and delicious sounding dishes. There are a lot of additional items not written on the menu that can be ordered so be sure to look at the chalk board before ordering. Plenty of parking at the restaurant.

Pros: Reasonable price, Healthy

Cons: Not all dishes are filling

xvxola

Points +30

Vegan
09 Aug 2017

:D

Always a positive experience when I go here. The owners definitely really care about health and quality of food.
Very into spiritual influences in this environment, which is of interest to my life.
There is even rose quartz embedded into the doorway! The prices are all using perfect numerology which is unique. Each item you may order has an intention listed underneath of it, which I find useful (especially because I get super indecisive when I go to eat and I can order ANYTHING from the menu).

I've only visited one handful of times and have tried the ZEN smoothie, Tropical smoothie, Egyptian chocolate mousse, Broccoli and Cheddar soup, Spring rolls, and Acai Cheesecake.
The cheesecake and mousse definitely stand out to me as something awesome and different to try that you won't find elsewhere. Delicious! The smoothies are loaded (priced at 8.88$ and charge 1.11$ extra for more add-ins) with plenty of plant ingreds, but with formulated with intention. I could feel a difference after consumption for sure. Especially on a cold, rainy day!
If I could afford to go here every day, I would.

Pros: Good energy from staff, environment, food, Abundance to select from- everything is good!, COMPOSTABLE utensils and plates

Cons: higher end price range, Small space indoors, but enough

bhowerter

Points +136

Vegan
05 Nov 2016

Raw Food at its Best

Really interesting decor, friendly and fast service, great food, and reasonable prices. Plenty of parking, too. Try it!

Updated from previous review on 2015-11-28

Pros: Excellent food, good value, friendly staff

Cons: can be slow if busy

vegankt

Points +134

Vegan
28 Jun 2016

gluten free, raw, and organic!

Really great place! Smoothies are awesome, especially the Natural High smoothie. Flax crackers and dip are also good. Staff super friendly.

steppielee

Points +71

Vegetarian
18 Apr 2016

Not worth it

I was so excited to visit this place and then I was so bummed that I will never go back. Went to get ice cream which after ordering it, took 20 minutes to make (there are no pre-made flavors which is good and bad). When we finally got the ice cream (chocolate with vanilla and raspberry) it was nearly flavorless. One top of it, the small cup we got was close to $7.

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Took way too long, Too expensive

AshleyAutumn

Points +126

Vegan
20 Feb 2016

great space!

The employees are beyond friendly and the environment is very welcoming! The entire restaurant is decorated beautifully and gives off a very hippie vibe. I tried the natural high, green Gaia, and lavender smoothie. All were incredible!! Definitely recommend

Munchi-chi

Points +969

Vegan
13 Oct 2015

Vibrant flavors and space

I wanted to try more things before I wrote a review, but I keep going back for the Pad Thai. It's full of flavor and gets me full. Win, Win I'd say :)
I have also tried the Yacon Berry Salad, which was a beautiful array fruit & spinach with a dressing I would describe as yogurt like. If I were looking for a lighter meal I would get that again.
I've also had the Natural High smoothie and the Upstart Kombucha on tap is delicious.
The restaurant itself if full of crystals and energy healing qualities. The staff have been nothing but lovely and friendly. There is a ton of outdoor seating which I wish to have time one day to enjoy my meal there.
I've been disappointed by other raw restaurants, but this one does NOT Disappoint! Make the journey and experience Thrive!

Pros: Pad Thai

Cons: nothing

Flyingmare

Points +24

Vegan
16 Sep 2015

High Vibe Food in Boulder!

Pad Thai salad was super fresh and full of lots of veggies love love. I will be back!

Kholmesmcgov

Points +12

Mostly Veg
16 Aug 2015

amazing!!

super nice people. great smoothie and the 'sushi' roll is definitely something I want again. keep up the amazing creations!

Jranda

Points +36

Vegan
01 Aug 2015

Finally a RAW food Resturant in Colorado

Wow Megan was awesome! We loved everything we ate. We had their flax and vegetable crackers with the 4 different dips and everyone of them was savory and full of flavor. My husband is a meat and potatoes guy and found himself very happy with the cheesecake, dips and crackers. Getting ready to try their nitrogen chocolate ice-cream no sugar (agave) instead! This place is a must visit for those who are looking for full flavored, ORGANIC & HEALTHY food. Parking was simple as they have their own parking lot, worth the trip from Castle Rock, we will be back. Oh yes and the prices were extremely reasonable too




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