As far as I know, there are 2 branches in the Los Angeles region: Melrose Avenue and the Arts District. I've only been to the one at the Arts District, and I was pretty impressed by the cleanliness and elegance. I absolutely love it. In contrast, I heard that the branch in Melrose is less grand because it is an older branch.
Interior of the cafe
Apart from serving vegan and healthy food, the cafe also aims to create positivity among its patrons. Its probably a marketing strategy but I really liked how their menu brings out this whole idea of being grateful and appreciative of people and things around us. Each item on the menu is named after a value, principle or a positive and motivating word. The servers will also present you with a question of the day to give customers a topic to talk about while waiting for the food to arrive. Impressive, although slightly forced in my opinion. But in return, they do expect a higher than average gratituity a.k.a. tip. Talk about being grateful towards your waiters. They recommend a minimum of 18% for tipping.
I really enjoyed their vegan bowls. It was super healthy and natural tasting, and I do applaud them for being creative about it as well. Chewy seaweed, azuki beans, quinoa and all sorts of healthy goodness in a bowl. It was pretty delicious because they knew how to add natural ingredients to enhance the flavour of other items in the bowl.
They also had super healthy flax seed chips with guacamole which was slightly too healthy tasting in my opinion. The chips were hard to chew and tasted like card board. But it's not too bad. Just not something that I enjoyed much because of the texture of the biscuit.
We also ordered a tostada which was topped with avocado and mushrooms. Delicious.
All the food that we ordered
Flourless chocolate banana cake
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