Veggie Grill

O Veggie Grill é uma rede de fast food vegana presente com diversas unidades na Califórnia, Oregon e Washington.
A proposta deles é oferecer opções isentas de carne e derivados, colesterol e gorduras trans.
O cardápio é extensi e possui entradas, petiscos, lanches e pratos. A melhor larte é que o prato mais caro fica em U$ 12.
Escolhi o Papas Portobello com hamburguer de cogumelos, cebola caramelizada, alface, tomate, pepino e fritas de acompanhamento! U$ 9,25.
Vale muito a pena!

For a 100% Vegan spot this place is impressive. Very happy that someone created a wholesome and earth friendly restaurant like this, I used to be vegan so I am really happy that vegans have a spot like this to eat at instead of having to always eat at home due to limited restaurant options. I recommend their santa fe chicken sandwhich with sweet potato fries (so damn good) and their lemonade is super fresh and sweet!
Perfection

Best fish Tacos! The Tres Fish Tacos plate was beautiful, the organic green tea was delicious, and the fish tacos were out of this world. Came with a small greens salad with guacamole, jalapeños and ¼ wedge of line for EACH of my 3 corn fish tacos. Thank you! Highly recommend!

Probably the best salad I’ve ever eaten: the Quinoa Power Salad. This is my first time coming to Veggie Grill and let me tell you that I am BLOWN away at how good it all tastes! Big fan already! Looking forward to trying everything on the menu!

Not being to fond of vegetarian/​vegan food, this is the first place I tried out and really enjoyed the food they served.
Location: The Veggie Grill is located within the same plaza as Arclight Cinemas, 24 Hour Fitness, and Cinedome. It’s a great spot if you plan on doing dinner and a movie, or get your workout on and want to get a meal in afterwards.
Food: I was pretty skeptical at first abiut how the food would taste, considering its not actually meat/​chicken, but I was impressed at how tasty and flavorful it actually was; it’s like you’re eating the actual thing.
My Order: I got the Santa Fe Chicken Sandwhich which comes with: chicken, lettuce, tomato, avocado and spicy mayo. Also ordered the Mac ‘N Cheese, but I was not impressed with the Mac n cheese. It had somewhat of a weird taste to it and wouldn’t get it again.
Overall, it’s pretty good quality food and comes at a great price.
Recommendations: Santa Fe Chicken Sandwhich and Buffalo Wings.

My first time here (about a year ago) I ate the Mondo Nachos. They tasted pretty good (for a dairy/​meat lover), but weren’t mind blowing (I could tell it was for vegans).
HOWEVER, recently I’ve tried the BWings, sweet potato fries and green bean stacks… And WOW! I’m slightly in love! The vegan ranch— YESSSSSS!
I can’t wait to taste the rest of the menu!
This is the first vegan restaurant that’s persuaded me to be vegan… at least part time. LOL!

I came here with my friend JC after checking out the Hollywood Farmers’ Market nearby. This Veggie Grill is located in the Arclight Cinemas plaza; they provide validation for the parking garage – $ 3 for 2 hours. (But if you are going to watch a movie at ArcLight, get validation from there instead since their validation is good for 4 hours).
We got the following:
– (EK) SANTA FE CRISPY CHICKIN’: Fried Chickin’, lettuce, tomato, red onion, avocado, spicy mayo. Blackened (non-​fried) upon request.
You can get their sandwiches on a wheat bun, on a spinach wrap, or bread-​free Kale style. I chose to get mine on a spinach wrap with fries. The fried «chickin» is really good and I enjoyed my wrap.
– (JC) MAC-​N-​CHEESE: Organic, non-​GMO rice pasta, VG-​Cheese sauce, bread crumbs
She ordered something else as well, but this was the dish of hers that I tried. She took a few spoonfuls of this and then asked me to try it because she felt like it tasted odd. I tried it and immediately agreed – I tasted a weird caramel flavour. Why would mac&cheese have a caramel flavour to it? She could not agree on the caramel flavour, but she definitely felt that the flavour was off. Something was funky about this dish and neither of us liked it.
I usually like Veggie Grill, and I definitely liked my order here. But I feel like I have to give them three stars instead of four because of that funky mac&cheese.

Wow, again? Really? This experience was even worse than the previous.
They give me poorly cooked tempeh, practically uncooked. They forget the ginger on the side. They redo it and it’s slightly less raw. Gross.
There goes my free credit for signing up on the app.
I’ve had good experiences at other Veggie Grills.

Wow! I can’t believe I just ate a veggie burger… Usually I avoid vegetarian places such as this because I never get full :(
I ordered the veggie burger and shared half with a friend. The burger came with a side of fries but the burger itself was on the smaller side. The fake patty though was very well done. It didn’t taste like tofu at all and it even had the texture and consistency of ground beef. My taste buds were completely fooled.
Overall the burger was good and quite tasty. I would come here again… But it felt like I ate a snack… Maybe I was just really hungry haha.

Healthy options!
If you are in the area and are looking for a tasty healthy option, look no further. I came here over the weekend and I must say it was perfect. We had one hour to go until the movie began and we needed something fresh and healthy. This place definitely came through for us. There were long lines but the lines move fairly quickly and the food came out in decent time.
This place is located right next to the Archlight cinemas so makes it very convenient. They have plenty of seating inside and outside.
The food was very tasty, I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich with cole slaw and it was perfect. The slaw was not too creamy or too sweet and the sandwich tasted fresh and perfectly grilled. The downside is how busy the place gets, but again, luckily the lines move and you are helped in good time.
Sometimes seating is an issue but it wasn’t too bad. I would stop by this place again for sure. Definitely a to-​go place for a healthy but quick bite.

YOU’RE TAKING ME TO A VEGAN PLACE?
Actually, Veggie Grill was alright. I was extremely skeptical before coming here… I have the option of ordering a chicken sandwich that isn’t really chicken? Hmm.
Anyways, I ordered the Santa Fe Crispy Chickin’ and it wasn’t that bad. If you told me it wasn’t real chicken, I don’t think I would’ve noticed to be honest. The sandwich reminded me of the chicken sandwiches I used to get in grade school from the cafeteria… The guac that comes with it is a great addition to the sandwich. I even got them to substitute the fries for the sweet potato fries.
I got a mac-​n-​cheese just for kicks and it was too creamy for my liking. I am usually a big fan of creamy mac-​n-​cheeses but there is such a thing as TOO creamy.
At the end of the day, if I’m craving a healthy meal, I’d rather go to Tender Greens for basically the same price I am paying here. Parking at this location is also a pain. It’s $ 3 for the lot connected to the plaza and the restaurant doesn’t validate.

Testé en avril 2014 lors de notre american trip
Une adresse à tester à Los Angeles
Service très rapide, prix correct
Testé la salade de quinoa, les oignons frits, les nachos au cheddar et piments
Tout était délicieux
Bu les limonades citron et fraise
Un des meilleures snacks essayés pendant nos vacances
On y retournera l’année prochaine c’est sur!

Première journée à LA, j’ai tenté de remonter à pied Sunset Bd depuis Echo Park Lake. Après un arrêt à The Home Depot (une histoire de rideaux…), j’avoue qu’au bout de 1h45 de marche, j’ai un peu la faim, pas de là à attaquer un chevreuil à main nue mais quand même…
Et puis je suis passé devant le Veggie Grill. Hum, un truc végétarien !? Pourquoi pas. Surtout que cette mode du végétarien m’interpelle quand même un peu. Un petit espace d’une dizaine de places dehors, mais en retrait par rapport à la rue, une salle sobre. A l’entrée, des cartes pour se faire une idée de ce que l’on va pouvoir manger. Comme dirait mon oncle boucher, «c’est de l’herbe, c’est pour les lapins !». Bön déjà, le vrai obstacle c’est de faire un choix sur la carte, d’essayer surtout de comprendre ce que je vais pouvoir prendre, surtout que la langue qui m’arrive en premier quand je suis aux USA est l’espagnol. En tout cas, elle était tout de même charmante.
Je vais me faire une salade. «Hi, I want this one» (Avec un accent des montagnes de Savoie à couper au couteau). Je sens que la jeune fille qui prends les commandes derrières son comptoir à la SB veut entrer en contact, me proposer des variantes, etc. Vu que je panne rien et que j’ai déjà fais mon choix (et que mon copain n’est pas avec moi), j’essaye de communiquer en indiquant que je né veux QUE ce truc là sur la carte: D Ca sera donc une «Savory Kale Caesar» (8,95 $) et d’une boisson (2,25 $) dont on peut se servir à volonté en salle.
La salade est une belle assiette et chose qui me surprend ça a du goût. C’est même très bon. Pour, la boissson, plusieurs lemonades ou thés froids sont proposés. J’ai essayé le Strawberry Lemonade (bon c’est pas de la limonade comme je m’y attendais) c’était pas mal du tout, pas trop écoeurant et un vrai goût de fraise.
Au final, je suis plutôt content de cette petite expérience. A retenter à l’occasion !