Vegan Fresh

Great healthy vegan spot in Loma Linda! Stopped here for lunch after an overnight hiking trip to San Jacinto State Park. Called ahead to place an order for pickup - it wasn't ready when we arrived but I also added a side of fries upon arrival. I got the plantain combo platter and my partner got the sweet n sour tofu platter. I was tempted to get their pumpkin chocolate chip muffin but already had one in the morning :) The food portions are generous - the takeout containers felt heavy! Mostly due to all the rice & beans. It was a delicious and filling meal. Good flavor all around I'm both combo platters and even the fries. I would gladly stop here again for a healthy meal!

Really delicious food! I tried the curry tofu plate with added plantains. At $4-5 the plantains were not cheap for the portion size, but wow did it not complete the dish! The curry tofu was very flavorful. Eaten with beans and rice the dish as a whole was on the heavy side (perfect for if you're hungry, though!) the sweet plantains really brightened up the entire dish and made the entire experience even better. The dressing for the salad/plate as a whole is very garlic heavy - may not be appropriate if you're going into a work meeting after lunch. Service was great. It is always nice to see owner-operators at work who turned their passion into a successful business and delicious food for the rest of us :)

Sweet and Sour Tofu plate is pretty good. It's firm tofu with a good bite, nicely seasoned black eye peas, steamed brown rice and a simple salad. Add the chili sauce they give you on the side to complete the flavor. Super juice smoothie (pineapple, strawberry, banana and ginger) is tart without being overly sweet. I think it's unsweetened anyway. Soup of the Day was lentil, bean and vegetable. Excellent. Tasted like split pea with some mushrooms.

The only all-vegan restaurant in the Blue Zone and the only restaurant that serves fresh, healthy and delicious food. The owner is wonderful and doesn't use packaged products, you'll only find real plant-based traditional recipes here. You can feel the heart and passion in this place and you can taste it in the food. I had the mango smoothie and the plantain plate.The smoothie had ginger and pineapple, and tasted amazing. The plate had plantains, black beans, rice and salad. The plantains were the absolute best plantains I've ever had in my entire life. I dream about those plantains, I just wish I had an unlimited amount because I could never get enough of them.Generous portions for the price, especially when you consider the fresh food you're getting. The food is phenomenal and worth every penny. Please, please, pleaseee order the plantains and the mango smoothie. So freaking bomb. I can't wait to come here time and time again for lunch. Food that fulfills the soul.

Had a good lunch here. Couldn't necessarily get want I wanted because most of the offerings seemed to have some spiciness to it.I ordered one that appeared to not have anything spicy to it. The tofu burger. While it was definitely delicious there was some kick to it that didn't allow me to fully enjoy it. But you definitely want to get the fries. Slightly on the more pricey side but not too bad.

Good food. Great service. My fav was the spicy tofu. prices were reasonable. Virginia was knowledgeable and friendly. Felt like I was eating at grandmas house. My only advice would be to carry desserts and use less oil. I will definitely be back when in town. Thank you Virginia for such great food and conversation.

There is a decent sized parking lot with plenty of food options all around. At the corner of two major streets and close too huge plazas all around, this spot stands out for its options and, seriously; it really doesn't get better than Vegan Fresh!!! Virginia is of the kindest owners in the world! She has a great and upbeat attitude that is encouraging and very assuring to those who wander in through the doors. She will give recommendations, explain her menu, and accommodate to your needs, which is awesome. It smells amazing when you go inside and the food items are so fresh and delicious, it's unbelievable that I hadn't been here before! For those of you who love garlic (my family especially), their pink garlic dipping sauce is PHENOMENAL!! Not only does it taste like garlic, it tastes like FRESH garlic, which is difficult to pull off these days. Their fries are like thick mashed potato sticks without much salt and lots of original flavor. As more of a minimalist and purist of flavor, I LOVED these fries! My friend ordered extra plantains for all to enjoy and enjoy them, we did. It was delicious, not too oily, and very fresh. Better flavored than turons, but very similar. The plantain combo plate was wonderfully packaged and filled 2+ people up! The baked beans were smoky, the rice was fresh, plantains mad a great wall separating the hotter items from the fresh salad. It was beautifully arranged and wonderful to see and taste. There were no heavy handed flavors and we enjoyed the variety within that box! This is a great spot that I plan to visit again and encourage others to visit as well! Wow!

I reserve my one star ratings for restaurants who fail to produce anything edible. So this restaurant doesn't deserve a two star because I liked the fries w/ the dipping sauce and the spicy tofu I ordered was spicy and it was tofu and it was edible. In other words I got what I ordered. That is the good start to our story. The salad came with a pink sauce that tasted like onions and radishes that made the salad completely inedible. Now I always eat my food no matter where I go because I believe in not wasting food. This was not food so I didn't feel as bad. It's one of the few times I didn't finish my plate as you can see in the picture below. My wife didn't fare any better. She was starving so she did her best to eat her Blue Zone Burger but it was burned and difficult to swallow as it had the SAME ONION RADISH SAUCE from the salad it was like a horror movie. Perhaps the cook that cooked all those other 4 star meals was not there that day. Perhaps we were wrong where hundreds of other reviews were right and 3.5 years of operation don't lie. Or maybe this is the beginning of the end for this vegan choice. Only time will tell. We will not return to find out.

Vegan - I'm in. THE AMBIANCE:Small restaurant. Cafeteria-style dining. It has a home cooking feel. I'm not vegan, but I enjoy vegan food.THE FOOD:I had a plate with black beans, enchilada, plantain, and I think a cauliflower hash. I enjoy healthy eating, so I was happy with my meal. I wasn't a big fan of the enchilada; it was bland. The rest was tasty. Love me some plantains.I will be back!

Such amazingly fresh food and ingredients! This is the place to go if you want to know exactly what's in your food. Definitely plant based ingredients, nothing processed and very delicious! I had the spicy curry tofu & it was amazing. It comes with a pretty big serving of brown rice, black beans, plantains, the curry, and a salad. We will be back.