Los Angeles & Southern California Raw Vegan Restaurants – Reviews

 
Terra Bella

Terra Bella Living Cuisine, in Redondo Beach, has excellent food selection and the energy of the people and environment is a delightful experience.

 
Euphoria Loves RAWvolution

Euphoria Loves RAWvolution, in Santa Monica, has a great sandwich and salad selections.  Generous portion of delicious food and a nice laid-back beach attitude.

 
Leaf Cuisine – Los Angeles

Leaf Cuisine, in Los Angeles, is a nice relaxing place to eat.  The selection consists of primarily what you can buy pre-packaged at most markets, but with that said the food is still good as I do buy their products at the market, when I don't have time to prepare the food myself.

 
Real. Raw. Live!

Real. Raw. Live!, in Hollywood, didn't meet my expectations as it sounds like a restaurant with a wide selection of dishes.  The reality is it sells only pre-packaged food and the fresh made items are only various juices.  The positive side of this place is it is a great resource for supplements and reading materials—plus they work with people on educating them on raw eating regiments.

Leaf (now Earthbar) – West Hollywood

Leaf, in West Hollywood, has been changed to Earthbar.  This is a "Great Earth Vitamin" store that has been trying to change their image.  This is a location that I am actually boycotting and have encouraged all my associates to boycott as well.  The working staff are very friendly and nice; however, the major complaint is the inconsistency on prices charged for the exact same drink. 

I always order the same combination of ingredients, same size drink, and have always been willing to substitute items if one of the ingredients is not available.  I have been charged up to 50% more for this drink at times.  When I confronted management, they advised me the owner would call me to discuss, as I am always willing to provide information to management, so smaller businesses will survive.  They don't seem to want to address the issue as I have not heard a thing. (P.S.  I am not one to expect or accept a free beverage or anything.  I just want consistency so I know what to expect when they go to ring it up). 

The other issue is Leaf is open until 8:00pm in the evening, but they inconsistently shut down their juicers anytime from 7:00pm – 8:00pm and try to get you to switch to smoothies (higher-priced) because that equipment is still used.  As you can tell, my experiences here have not been good and it is a shame that they don't care as I was spending about $50 – $100 a week here because I was also buying pre-packaged food and Raw ingredient and Organic Toiletries from this store.  They now get zero dollars from me and I have gone to the major stores like Erewhon and Whole Foods to get the products that I could be supporting small businesses with.

Au Lac

Au Lac in Fountain Valley…all I can say is absolutely fabulous.  Besides hearing about it through you, I also heard about it from Go Raw Cafe in Las Vegas and am thankful for your recommendations.

Go Raw Cafe – Las Vegas Raw Vegan Restaurant

David recently visited Go Raw Cafe in Las Vegas, NV and discovered that Go Raw offers delivery and "goes the extra mile."

Go Raw Cafe…what a treasure in Las Vegas.  Excellent food and nice people.  It cost me a lot of money (over $30) to get there, and they wouldn't let me take a cab back to the hotel.  They DROVE me back themselves.  That was a pleasant, unexpected treat.  I don't know whether this is on your site, but Go Raw offers delivery to the Strip for $10 with a minimum purchase of $25, I think.

Thanks David for sharing your experiences!