Hive cafe is just one of those dirt cheap vegan food joints that try to enforce a non-existent oppression concept of austerity fabricated by an authoritarian self-entitled liberal hive-mind extremely vocal minority. It is a cafe that employs atrociously inefficient and lazy students sporting typical hipster-like apparel. The kind of place you try to avoid unless you practically live in a cardboard box.
The staff seems to be composed of every kind of individual unable to keep a job. This is easily demonstrated by their complete inability to serve a meal under 10 minutes resulting in absolutely atrocious line-ups (up to 40-50 minutes). Also, obviously, the staff is too amazing and great to wear hair nets. They seem to sometimes put on a cap that is apparently, from observation, very optional. One girl behind the counter was even dressed in a tank top proudly displaying armpit hair that would put Chewbacca to shame.
Admittedly, the food is cheap... which is uniquely due to the portions being very small and the place being partially paid with our student fees.
My friend wanted to share food from there once, I nearly barfed out the hot chocolate he got from there. I didn't know anyone could possibly make hot chocolate that tastes worse than Tim Horton's. I had to make him swear he didn't pee in it. I won't even try to describe the salad.
Very hipster-like atmosphere, don't forget your beanies, your macbooks and your iphones to be part of the mass!
2/5 for cheap food... even if it tastes like an old cardboard box that was left under the Californian sun for a good 2 weeks.
Edit: I was just told by a friend of mine that she was HOSPITALIZED after ingesting their macaroni salad. As such, this review just lost 2/5 and went back to 1/5. Don't risk it.