What can I tell you, I happen to like it here… sure beats having to fight with all the traffic and congestion and inflated rents over the hill. I have lived plenty of other places in my time that were much, much worse. I think North Hollywood has come a long way and is continuing to change. Lots of development planned for the next few years are going to change it up a whole lot more in the future as well. Back to the food…

That’s a drag you and your friend were disappointed. It’s as if you had the exact opposite experience from mine! I’ve been back there again since my first visit and I still thought the food was great. Service has been super nice and attentive both times I’ve visited. There is a young lady waitress that has been there on my visits that is super sweet, if she was the one who gave you crap service than I’m very surprised. When I was there the place was clean so I’m not sure how it got grunged up so quickly for your visit. On my first time there they had these really cool giant comfy chairs that looked like something from an airport or an old theater. Next I went those chairs were gone and they had in those newer chairs… the problem was that the big comfy chairs took up too much room and they didn’t have enough places to seat all the people who’ve been showing up to eat there. I’d say give them some time to work out their tables and seating configuration… I don’t they were expecting to be as busy as they have been from the start.

The cigarette smoke floating over from next door… ok… that’s disgusting, and I do hope they can work something out with their neighbors to prevent that from happening. I’ve only been there during the day so far and I don’t think there was anything happening next door so the smoke was not an issue. Had it been going on while I was there, it would have seriously bothered me as well.

What can be said? I like their food. I like the people who run the place and I think their hearts are in the right place and they put tasty food on my plate. I wouldn’t say it’s award winning cuisine or anything like that, but for a quick and tasty vegan lunch with a huge menu of options to choose from, I had no complaints. Would I travel out of my way to come here or suggest that others do? No, maybe not considering that there’s similar stuff to be had elsewhere. But for those in the area I feel it’s one more good vegan option, and the more vegan options I have near me, the happier I am!

I think it’s only fair to cut these guys some slack too, considering that the restaurant hasn’t even been open a month yet. I have no vested interest in it of course (other than wanting to see them succeed so I can keep eating there), but I’d say you might want to give them a chance and try again once they’ve been open a while and worked out their kinks. Or not.

as far as the food goes… i ordered the pineapple fried rice with tofu and got the fresh rolls as an appetizer. my friend ordered the crispy chicken dinner. the crispy chicken came out, about 5 minutes later the pineapple fried rice came and a good 10 minutes after that my appetizer showed up as i was just about done with my entree. the crispy chicken was just like every other thai “vegan” place. decent, but nothing to write home about. the fried rice was ok, a big portion but a little skimpy on the tofu. and the fresh rolls were really wimpy… a lot of glass noodles wrapped inseide of rice paper and a few sprigs of mint(?) inside. two small rolls served on a giant plate of decoration shredded carrots. disappointing to say the least.

maybe i’m spoiled with so many places to eat around here, but that being said, since there are so many better places i think i would be a fool if i went back.