I Love Vegan
| Address: | 2264 Pacific Ave, Long Beach, CA 90806, USA |
| Phone: | +1 562-981-8700 |
| Site: | iloveveganlongbeach.com |
| Rating: | 4.1 |
| Working: | 11AM–2:30PM 11AM–2:30PM 11AM–2:30PM 11AM–2:30PM 11AM–2:30PM 11AM–2:30PM 11AM–2:30PM |
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Marcus Jacobson
Very casual atmosphere. All items offered are free animal products, but I think their meat analogues beat real Thai food meats from animal flesh. I tried the smokey drumsticks and man they were good. So much better than chicken drumsticks mainly cos the protein is the bulk of the drumsticks, the rest being a small stick which you eat the meat off of. No connective tissue, no fatty skin, no cartilage, its just all meat. I also tried the ginger soy chicken, which blew my mind when I realized there were real chunks of ginger. The meat was not perfect but the gingeriffic sauce and veggies tasted very fresh. I recommend this place highly - you dont have to be vegan to love some of their food!
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Mathew Meskin
For starters, the pad thai sucked. I barely ate 1/3 of it and I was starving. To top it off, the service was very poor and their information online and on their menu is apparently wrong. I went around 1:30 and the cashier said they were closed, even though both online and on their menu it says they close at 2:30. Mind you there was a couple in there eating and it looked like their food was just served... Cashier said I could get food to-go, but not the item I had wanted, which was dine-in only. Even if that didnt happen, I still wouldnt go back because the pad thai (which she recommended) was god awful.
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Lindsay Robinson
For a reasonably priced casual vegan spot, this place is great! Low price options are available among other pricier options. I got the healthy combo, veggie pad Thai with soup and salad with a wonton. Very good! Roommate got drunken noodle which was also delicious. The meat substitutes arent the greatest, but then again, this is meant to be a casual Thai gone vegan spot. Thai bubble tea w whip was also AMAZING. I wasnt blown away, but I was full, it was good food, and it wasnt expensive. Overall very pleasant experience, and my server was very polite. Ill be back!
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Gjenes Belamide
My friends and I came here for our first time and left feeling very full and satisfied. We decided to do family style and order a bunch of dishes. The basil fried rice was my favorite along with the drunken noodles and Mongolian beef. Well...I also loved the Tom ka and orange chicken lol...pretty much everything we ordered. Oh! We also got the mushrooms, chicken nuggets and won tons for appetizers. All super good! The price is fair, the food is good, and the customer service was great. Would love to come back when we are back in the area.
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Thubten Dagmey
The food is pretty good and well priced but the restaurant sucks, terrible terrible service and a homeless person came by each table and asked for money. No one working there did anything. It looked clean back in the kitchen so maybe ill order pickup sometime. I hope the owner reads this and pulls it together the restaurant has potential.
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Chris Pee
My favorite Thai restaurant in Long Beach!!!! Great portions at a great price! Very flavorful & not greasy like most Thai places Ive eaten at! Drunken noodle, panang curry & the Smokey drumsticks are my go-tos! Ive basically had everything on the menu & its all amazing!!! Oh!! & Bingo once a month!!! what more can one ask for ?! :-)
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Annmarie Benitez
Literally located right on campus by the religious center, I could not have asked for a more convenient location. This little café has either all vegan Indian food or Italian food twice a week. It is a buffet, so bring Tupperware to store your extra food! I love the curry rice and the delicious almond dressing they put on the salad!
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Animesh Pathak
Excellent service, good food, and affordable prices. We had the lunch special, and it was delicious. The only sad part was the "vegan chicken", which felt like soy nuggets and nothing like real chicken. I recommend going there and ordering the fried Tofu instead as the protein. The coconut ice-cream was delicious :)
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Gabriel Padilla
Wow, fabulous, superb, thats what my taste buds said after eating a hearty, healthy meal at I Love Vegan. If you are looking to give your fellow animal friends and your stomach a break from all that meat you have been eating, I recommend you to try this place. I can assure you will consider going the vegan route.
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Ilya Elyashkevich
Went there after rock climbing with the kids at a gym near by, so we were really hungry. Place has mostly Asian dishes, we ordered pad Thai, curry and grilled vegetables. The latter was barely edible, the pad Thai and curry was plain horrible. The place also had a very bad smell to it. Summary, stay away!
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kili martinez
We had a girls night here. It was amazing the food was great! Im from Alhambra and I would drive this far for this restaurant. The service was great! The owner was wonderful, he came over and wanted to know how we were doing the young man who was our server was very helpful and very nice.
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Mike Trow
The yellow curry is amazing. My work colleagues and I come every Thursday and have coined it "Curry Thursdays". Were in here minimum one to two times per week. Best curry Ive ever had. Stoked on these vegan eats. You wont be disappointed, the food is consistent and the staff is very polite.
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Chinta
I like this place, they have boba tea with soy whip cream. I come just for that. My husband doesnt like the food, he says it all tastes the same to him. He prefers veggie wokery in cerritos, perhaps if they didnt refrigerate their spring rolls Id convince him to come more often.
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Rony C
Very disappointing. Ordered the awesome pad Thai from the noodle section of the menu but it wasnt a noodle dish... The sesame salad dressing was good but they use iceberg lettuce and yellowed out cucumbers, very low quality ingredients. I dont recommend this place.
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Bill Scott
Had 3 dishes, pineapple stir fried rice (delicious), drunken noodle (better than my favorite spot), and orange chicken (kinda chewy). It was a lovely night, great service and all our food plus drinks were under 40 bucks. Going balk for sure!
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Matthew Ryan Fertal
6 of us, she brought 2 waters and like one or 2 of the appetizers/salads...kept asking if everything was ok, and after 45 min we just had to say something. I dont think they knew what they were doing at all. Best of luck in the future.
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Jennifer Solis
My father-in-law and mother-in-law are not vegan, but we "kiddos" are. My brother-in-law selected this restaurant for his birthday dinner and the entire family loved it!!! We will definitely be visiting on a regular basis.
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Chris Morris
Saw that this place was vegan, tried it out, and it sucked. Everything was overpriced and the chicken substitute tasted like dogfood. Extra rice was 3 dollars and the curry didnt come with rice or bread. Dont do it.
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Frankie Worth
First time at a vegan restaurant and it was amazing! I would seriously recommend the Yellow tofu curry, you will not go wrong with the flavors that dish packs! Will always come here for every Cali road trip!
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Andrew Dang
I would give 0 stars if I could. The hours of business state they open at 11. I arrived at 12 noon and they were closed. I called multiple times and no answer. One word UNPROFESSIONAL!!
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Joseph Wilson
This place is amazing. Wanted to try it for so long. Then one day we finally went and it is now our favorite Thai place. The yellow curry and the tom kah noodle soup are my favorite.
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aliskydiver
Greatly enjoyed my soup and 2 appetizers here. Prompt no-nonsense service, tasty food and ample seating area plus free parking all helped. They close between 2:00 and 5:00, btw.
