The Natural Cafe Hitchcock Way

Like a lot of the order-at-the-counter natural food places. Being whole-food wheat-free vegan it's a cross-over place and I need to be picky and choosy here, but it is not a complaint.

Has a complete vegetarian menu. not all items are vegan, but they can ask for replacement if required. I have the Veggie Tofu shell. would definitely recommend sharing with more than one person because the portions are massive.

I have been to several Natural Cafes, many times to the one closest to me San Luis Obispo. I just tried this one last Monday. I cannot resist the sauteed tofu here, even when I am trying to reduce the amount of fat in my diet. It is just not to be missed. The restaurant is large, airy, has a nice outdoor patio (dog friendly perhaps? . As with the other Natural Cafes, you order at the counter, then find a seat and wait for your food to come to you. There are more veg choices here than there are meat, which makes this cafe stand out in my opinion. You can also get sides to make up a meal that meets your dietary needs brown rice steamed veggies, for example. I always enjoy eating here. This location has the advantage of being on the way out of town for me, not caught in the downtown parking dilemma.

I love this place and come to him. many dishes have to be made vegan by removing objects (e.g. cheese or sour cream), and I had never forgotten a problem with them to do this. They now offer chao cheese instead of regular cheese without an extra price! (2018) in my experience, the personal is quite well versed on what's vegan and what's not. depending on who's in register, they can replace in guacamole for acid cream free, but their guave is not the best. the salads are great here, with lots of variety and sweet on them. and they can never go wrong with sauteed tofu, which is deliciously sowed! Just make sure that they have an eye for acidic looking on some of the salads that are clearly indicated on the menu. it seems as if most of their food is quite healthy starting from sweet, black bean, brown rice. Of course, if it is covered with cheese and sour cream, it is not all that healthy. Someone mentions that their brot 't vegan I'm quite sure that 's true, so avoid that if they're vegan. black enchiladas replacement cheao and take the acid cream. tempeh tacos not the best seasoned, but they can substitute cheese for the vegan chai cheese that is quite good. natural salat quite simple, but many sweets (letter, tomato, wobbles, carrot, jicama, cauliflower, spice very delicious salat, especially when they get tahini dressing and sauteed tofu. tostada salad fill salad with beans and rice (remove acid cream.) again I love the tahini dressing and tofu added. they remain away from the falafel. I think falafel is best roasted in oil. as a healthy place, they seem to bake it. not very good. they have been warned; updated by previous review on 2018 05 21

All the Natural Café locations serve the same middle-of-the-road fare: nothing stellar, but plenty of OK options. Our main complaint about the Natural Café, besides the fact that it serves meat and doesn 't always get special orders right (e.g. vegan dishes without dairy, etc. , is that the food is neither remarkably flavorful nor remarkably healthful. It 's perfectly acceptable and better than a restaurant that makes no effort to use healthful, natural ingredients, but that 's about all we can say in praise of the food. They do not make a point of using organic produce, and a lot of the food is fattening, so though natural is in the name, that doesn 't strongly equate with genuinely healthful food. Put less delicately: the Natural Cafe serves food that tastes like health food but isn 't in fact especially healthful. That said, we still prefer it to most other restaurants in Santa Barbara because at least they do have some OK vegan options and at least they do make a minimal effort to use fresh and natural (though not organic ingredients. Recommended (though not very enthusiastically are the tempeh tacos (order without cheese and the natural tamale (order without sour cream . In the end, if flavor is more important to you than the minimal attempt at natural cuisine, you might be happier with one of Santa Barbara 's several veg*n-friendly Asian and Italian restaurants.