RAW Organic Food & Juices

Closed??? Well, I’d call that just desserts! You see, my fellow Unilocalers, when you cut corners, and take the easy way out, you ultimately get burned. What happened is that the word got out that this place was a fraud, and after that happened it never stood a chance. People, ultimately, want integrity from a business. I (and others) tried to say as much in a review, but the owner was deaf to our clanging alarm bells. Try Sunshine Superfoods in Scottsdale for what this place only promised.

I remember when I first saw the sign displaying «RAW Organic Food & Juice,» before they opened their doors, and I was so excited to have a vegan eatery within walking distance of my home. I’m not even a raw vegan, but the idea still excited me!
I walked in… No one spoke. I looked at their overhead menu boards and saw things like chicken and salmon, but no indication of them being faux. So I asked the girl behind the counter about vegan items and she had NO clue what I was talking about. She called some other lady from the back. Lady #2 came out and advised that she could make a bowl or wrap vegan with lentils, black beans, or quinoa as their protein options. Oh. So this is not a raw vegan place. That is my fault for assuming. They had fresh juices, some raw veggies (i.e. carrots & spinach), and that’s about the end of their raw line. I was so disgusted that I left without buying anything that day.
I finally went back this weekend (months later) and tried the Fiesta Bowl. Per their online menu, it’s $ 6 for a brown rice bowl. It comes with tomatoes, but I requested to get spinach instead of tomatoes (since I don’t eat tomatoes). I was charged $ 8 as a base price for this $ 6 bowl.
The bowl was large and contained hot, cooked brown rice, black beans, and corn, raw onions, raw spinach, avocado, and a red basil dressing/​sauce. It was ok. The red basil dressing/​sauce (vegan) was pretty tasty, but overall it was just an ok meal. Nothing special or memorable about it, and I definitely wouldn’t go even 2 steps out of my way for it.
They no longer had the fresh juice machines. I heard another customer inquiring about them as I was leaving. They directed her to some refrigerated, bottled juices. This business looks like it may be on its last leg. I personally still feel jaded by their name. Branding your business as RAW Food & Juice, but having minimal raw options? With a name like that, you know you’re going to attract raw foodist and veg*ns. It just seems shady. AND they overcharged me! Not a fan. Won’t return.

Not sure what happened to this place. Used to love it. I just stopped by today and the place looks like its on its way out of business. Menu boards pulled off the wall… Leaving peeled paint areas. They don’t do the cold pressed drinks anymore. They sell bottles of premade juices. Their regular menu items are not listed anywhere… as I said, menu board was taken down. The existing menu board is changed to only show build your own everything and a few drinks. Needless to say this visit has me feeling weary of this place and I don’t think I’ll be returning. Also noticed a weird smell when I walked in today… Unsure of what it was.

Argh. I wanted this place to be awesome. I mean the name — I thought we hit a gold mine!
I walked in and was greeted by a super friendly girl making the food and a blond woman at the register. I happily announced «This is my first time here!», and she said oh, paused and with extreme lack of enthusiasm, asked if I needed any explanations on the menu. I ordered a salad and she asked large or small, and I asked what they looked like and the price difference — apparently this really agitated her. Sorry! Geez!
After being totally turned off by our first greeting, the salad we got was very good and we enjoyed it. For $ 8, we thought it was a decent deal for North Scottsdale. But we then got the avocado comfort wrap, which was basically spinach, tomatoes, onions and avocado, with cashew cream sauce. For $ 9.50. Not worth the price for a pretty small wrap with no side. Additionally, I was pulling out about ¹⁄₃ of the avocado inside because it was BLACK and had gone bad.
I don’t like leaving negative reviews, but we REALLY had our hopes up, being vegetarian and loving raw food.

Saw this place out of the corner of my eye while dropping off a package at FedEx. The place was really clean and there was upbeat music playing. John (I learned he was the owner) greeted us and explained the menu options.
He and his staff were super friendly. Before I ordered I asked for the ingredients of the tortilla they use in the burritos. John pleasantly grabbed the bag and read the ingredients to me. FYI they are organic and are FREE from sugar and hydrogenated oils.
I had the Avocado Comfort wrap and it was fantastic! Totally hit the spot. If you like sauce and/​or spicy ask for a side of the spicy dressing. It uses vegginaise as a base with cayenne pepper and basil. Sooooo good.
My wife had the Fountain of Youth smoothie. Very, Very Good!!! This is out new favorite place.

I liked everything but their location. Maybe that’s my own personal preference, but I’d probably frequent it more if it was further down on Scottsdale road. The acai bowl came in a large portion with very fresh large berries and granola. The service was very helpful and friendly.

St. Raw Berry is divine!!!

I had the avocado comfort wrap. It was supposed to have «cashew sour cream» as a sauce but if it was there, it was very little. There was bunched up spinach on one end and mashed avocados with some hard chunks, tomatoes, onions and cilantro at the other end in a whole wheat wrap. No sauce or flavoring or any kind that I could taste.
Basically a small salad without dressing and a piece of bread — period.
Also had carrot juice. The server had a hard time preparing it, the pulp and the juice were all over the place, a mess.
Usually, when you go to a place that focuses on organic and clean food, the whole staff is excited and knowledgeable about healthy food. I didn’t feel that way about the people who work here. It turns out, when I went to pay the bill, she turned the monitor around so I could finish the transaction, and there were three apparent choices: a tip of 15, 20 or 25 percent! (In a small, un-​highlighted box, you could enter a fee of your choice.) When I mentioned that this was a bad idea since customers had to come to the counter to order and and to pick up their food and were not being served in the traditional way — I was told, «Well, the reason why is that we are not paid minimum wage. That is why those are on there.»
So, my take on the place is someone is hip to the idea the clean and organic are trendy, wants to make a quick buck, pays his staff under minimum wages and the customers are supposed to take up the slack. And the food lacked the kind of lip smacking goodness that comes from an appreciation for and love of good and nutritious food. I would recommend The Pomegranate Café, Nourish, Green, Organic Shores and even pricey True Foods over this place.

Well, the first time I came here was on opening day, and I ended up leaving before ordering because it was so crazy busy! A lady who was leaving told us at the end of the line that she waited in line for an hour. I did make a return visit recently though, and there was no line at all so that was nice.
I would give this place 4 stars, but the service knocked it down one. I do understand that this place is still relatively new, but the two guys working there seemed to have no clue what was going on. My friend and I asked questions about the menu, and they weren’t able to answer our questions. They also had to keep looking at the menu to know how to make our food. I mean, the place had been open long enough, would have expected them to be more prepared.
I ordered the curried lentil wrap. The guy making it put way too many lentils in it, and I saw the panic in his eyes as he attempted to wrap it haha. Needless to say it was a huge mess, very difficult to eat neatly. Luckily, it tasted amazing! It was a great healthy vegan option, I left satisfied. Would gladly come again now that they have been open for longer and hopefully the staff has improved.

This place was just okay. I had the Miso bowl with quinoa, it was good but definitely not worth the $ 14 I paid for the bowl and an iced tea!
I’ve read through all the reviews and it looks like there are quite a few people claiming that they don’t use 100% organic food, if this is the case then it infuriates me that they have «organic» in their name and are misleading customers! It’s wrong on so many levels!
I will just stick with what I can trust and go to the organic salad bar at Whole Foods… I will not be back to Raw!

Many things right, many things wrong. It’s going to take a lot for me to come back.
In many ways I was impressed by this restaurant. It’s evident that it’s a one-​off build, built with a budget in mind. The service area is very well done with great equipment, a nice layout and great materials. The lobby is budget oriented with stained garden lattice on the wall, rope stanchions that look like they were taken from a seafood restaurant and other «homey» touches.
The food was okay. Fresh vegetables are fresh vegetables — they weren’t treated to any cooking or flavoring. The sauce I had was weak, almost watery, and the bowl in general lacked flavor. As she finished building my bowl I asked about protein (I think they are supposed to ask at the beginning). She gave me my choices and I selected shrimp. «Oh, that’ll be five to seven minutes.» What about salmon? «That’ll be five to seven minutes.» It was the same for chicken. I immediately thought about «Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?» Well, ain’t this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!
The shrimp they used were the tiny salad shrimp. I wasn’t impressed. I’d rather see a medium sized shrimp on my entrée.
More impressive was their juice setup. It was great seeing them wash and store the veggies in the front.
Between weak flavors and high prices — the bowl was about $ 12 and my iced tea was $ 3.50 — I can’t recommend this place. I’ll go if I get dragged there or if I hear of material changes. In the meantime, I’ll go to ChopHouse.

I work near here and saw a groupon (two $ 10 vouchers for $ 12) and went for it. First time I had whatever the Mexican bowl is with added chicken and an almond awe smoothie (delicious) and then the 2^nd time I had the sum yum bowl w/​added chicken (also delish). Both times the employees were friendly and I enjoyed my food. The food is clean /​can be tailored to paleo and is therefore a great healthy, non GMO, gluten free lunch option for me.

Absolutely loved the green orchard juice and the 1oz. shot of wheatgrass. My pocketbook did not love the 11.98 price tag. I imagine the prices are so high because it’s all organic. Would suggest offering a 12oz option on juices –i don’t need 16 oz– both my belly and my wallet would be happier. :-)

Been meaning to try this place since it’s 2 minutes from my house. I think they are a good concept with huge portions making the price worth it. I got the baby Bleu with chicken. It was fantastic and the girl cut up ½ an apple on the spot right there. So fresh and yummy.
Only suggestions for improvement
1. Put an «exit» and «entrance» sign on the ropes. It isn’t obvious and everyone who came in got confused.
2. A salad carton that has a firmly secured lid. To toss a salad in a to go carton requires the ability to pour the dressing on and shaking it up. I tried with the container and the lid popped up in the corners.
Other than that it was great and we will be back

This was without question, the BEST $ 7 organic salad I’ve had to date. (No protein) They let me substitute other ingredients when I omitted some. Unlike other places that just give you less of a salad, this one was awesome and filling.
And the price was right for organic too!
This is my second visit. Awesome salads both times! First time there though, they did have a major fishy smell, but it seems to be gone now! Yeah!

Service was very slow. Only two people working on a Friday night. Also was very disorganized, two workers were jumping all over the place. Table were dirty when we tried to sit at two of them.
Food: Food was really good looked and tasted great.
They just opened so I’m sure they will work out the kinks on service. We will back to give it a try again because the food was good and fresh.

I’ve been to RAW more than 10 times since they’ve open, and I’ve loved everything on their menu! The service at times could be faster but with time, and hopefully switching to a production line of service like Chipotle, they will improve. It’s hard to find places that offer organic food for a relatively decent price. RAW has everything I’m looking for in a restaurant when I don’t have time to spend hours in the kitchen. I highly recommend this place!

RAW just opened up recently. If it wasn’t for the far distance, I would come here once a week because they make fresh raw juices however you want it for a fair price. The ingredients are absolutely fresh. They do not use too much sugary fruits if you specify how you want to make your juice. The juice gave me a ton of natural energy for my leg workout day. I came here with a Groupon as this is a new business that just opened up.

Mixed feelings about this place. Wish I could give it 3 ½ stars. I’ve been there a few times, with varied results. The first time I just got a juice, and it was fine. But it’s hard to mess up juice. What was not fine was the $ 8 price – for the smallest size! Same juice is less than $ 5 at Nekter. Went back another time for a salad and it was very good and priced well. Just wish they had more dressing choices. My husband ordered the salmon wrap and said it was amazing. In fact he’s still talking about it. And it only cost one dollar more than the small juice.
This is definitely a good addition to the neighborhood and I’ll keep going back, but not for juice. Not crazy about the smell inside and there are only a few tables outside. I’m hoping they either add tables outside or improve their ventilation system.

The Fiesta Bowl was the bomb ! I turned it into a salad :) it was so fresh with generous amounts of fresh avacado, the lime ranch was perfect I’m a total ranch fan so I was impressed
If you like it spicy them ask for a little squirt of the Chipotle habanero sauce ! It’s so dam good! but very spicy like a donkey punch!
The staff were really friendly but didn’t know the nutritional content of the smoothies. They couldn’t tell me how many carbs were in the smoothies so that was a turn off because they all sound so
freaking D-​lish. I decided to order the blue sunset so my son could enjoy it he’s 6 and was like wow mom this is a yummy treat can we come back. He also had a cheese quesadilla which was really good according to him as he ate the whole thing. It was oozing of fresh cheese 4 slices total
The portions are generous the staff is cool and the atmosphere is chill we will absolutely be back I just wish I knew how many Carbs are in the smoothies especially the cocoa nut umm almond awe sound good too !