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| - Okay. Today is the day... I am submitting my very first 1 star Yelp review. Please forgive me.
So, I must first state that I am not a vegetarian or vegan, but I am an open minded person ESPECIALLY when it comes to food. I frequently visit vegetarian/vegan-friendly restaurants--My favorite being VeggieGrill in LA. Today, my vegetarian friend and I decide to make a trip to Go Raw Cafe because 1. My friend is a vegetarian and we typically cater to his preference when dining and 2. It is Ash Wednesday when Catholics observe by not consuming meat.
We arrive at Go Raw Cafe pretty excited being that it was our first time. We even mention this to the woman behind the counter who didn't receive our enthusiasm as we thought. She simply tells us to take a seat at the tables and she'd be there shortly. To her, "shortly" meant ten minutes.
We politely asked the waitress what she would recommend. We went with a few of her recommendations and ordered the Mexicali Pizza, the Neat Loaf and "Fries," and a Tropical Smoothie. We were also served two glasses of water with about one ice cube in each glass. We asked for more ice which never came.
So... our food arrived. As soon as it was placed in front of us, we were somewhat satisfied. Presentation was pretty decent. The Mexicali Pizza looked very well put together, the Neat Loaf and "Fries" looked "interesting" and the smoothie was well, not worth the couple cents shy of $7.00. It was about the size of a small in most places.
Onto the taste. The Mexicali Pizza tasted how it looked--decent. The buckwheat crust was just not what I imagined it to be. It was about the consistency of what you would imagine biting into a dog biscuit would be like. The toppings tasted very similar to a 7 layer dip which wasn't bad. The Neat Loaf was in my opinion, disgusting. We knew the second we took our fork to it, it wasn't going to be a great experience. The consistency was like that of poop. Kind of looked like it too to be honest. The "fries" were what I believe to be breaded avocados. I have never wanted to endulge in the greasy goodness of REAL fries ever in my life until after biting into those things.
I honestly try to make the best of every moment, and my friend and I were willing to order something else off the menu. When they waitress came, my friend had told her the Neat Loaf was not what it imagined it to be and asked about another item on the menu. I'm sure she took this as an insult, and she disregarded his question about the other item and asked "do you want to box it up?" My friend replied, "Um, no, I don't think we're going to eat it later." She then says, "then give it to your parents." Puzzled, he says, "Um. No." Turned off and no longer interested in ordering something else, my friend reminds her of the ice she never brought us and she comes back with it ten minutes later.
After all that, I asked for the check, paid the $40.00 tab (in which I did leave a tip that my friend said I shouldn't have based on our poor service), and we left in search of something to eat. We wished we had just gone to Yardhouse for their Gardein items.
I do not plan to return to Go Raw Cafe... Or maybe I shall call it "NO Raw Cafe."
Note: It is obvious that Go Raw Cafe caters mainly to their "regulars." Sitting there for the time that we did, it was clear that we were not treated like their "regular" patrons were and not only felt ignored, but felt unwelcomed. First impressions often are lasting impressions.
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