The Vegan Joint - West LA (California Certified Green Business)

This place is wonderful for anyone entering the vegan journey and want vegan versions of foods they love. We tried the dumplings and the tacos for starters and we recommend both of them. We also tried the stir fried veggies and pad Thai for our main course. Loved the veggies but the pad Thai was okay. Check out their vegan ice creams and cheesecakes too if you have some room left! There's tons of food choices here that will make you want to come a few times to try all of them.

Eating at this place is not a great experience. Lots of flies outdoors indicating not much outdoor cleanliness. The food is not anything to write home about, and the quality of the food is not great either. Coffee consistently has grounds in it and isn’t fresh. Presentation of the food is lacking. Please see pictures. A request for adding mushrooms to tofu scramble was met with resistance and statements such as (no customizations; all pre-made no changes). The staff is not friendly but also not mean. They just seem to not care at all if you’re there. Small talk and conversation with the staff here you can tell they’re not interested and give the vibe (what do you want to eat, pay, leave, thank your for your donation!) good luck on asking what’s a tasty dish... on top of that, I didn’t feel great eating what ate. It didn’t satisfy any feelings of “wow. That was nutritious/delicious and I’m glad I ate here”. The two times I ate here during Covid, I ended up getting at mother meal at another restaurant due to my dissatisfaction. Nothing salacious about these meals.

I always passed by this place going to and from work and finally decided to bit the bullet and try it out. I'm very glad I did. The first thing that called to me was the nachos because it's hard to find a simple vegan nacho in the area. It was smaller than I expected but the so chicken and salsa had very nice flavors and paired well with the fresh tortilla chips, I would prefer a different cheese though as it was somewhere between melty and saucey but not to my taste. I've probably ordered her for myself and my sister about 10 times in the last month. The menu is extensive and it seems they're very hesitant to put salt on the food, but I'd strongly recommend the soy chikn tacos, fried soy chikn, pancakes, fries (salted to taste)and chow mien (without tofu because the tofu seriously lacks flavor, depth and feels dried out) The best thing to drink was the Thai Iced tea. I LOVE it. I get it with every order. Order takeout because it's hard to find parking unless youre willing to walk a block.

This place is fantastic. Excellent vegan breakfast, the best I had in my trip to California. There, "eggs" were very delicious and I'm not kidding when I say that (I typically dislike pancakes) their pancakes were OUT OF THIS WORLD delicious. We got the blueberry and banana ones and I couldn't believe the flavor. The restaurant was clean and so was the bathroom. Great service work delicious food!

Yummy food! However, the waitress was giving attitude about my dog, my service dog! Hello?!? “You need to hide it or people would complain and leave without paying”. We literally had to beg to stay since we were starving. After that I can tell she tried being nice, but kept handling us utensils and ketchup like she was about to start a fight lol we just kept smiling at her😉