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A non-profit experiential educational community center and restaurant. Provides breakfast, lunch, and dinner using seasonal ingredients and serves complimentary organic kukicha tea. Communal table seating. Located near hike and bike trails on the Colorado River and includes an oasis of gardens, a Montessori school, rental rooms, and onsite massage therapist. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-8:30pm. Open 365 days a year.
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129 Reviews
First Review by Masalaflower
CBS
Points +24
A great sanctuary - Edit
Love the community that oscillates around Casa De Luz. Food and environment consistently great!
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DaveMiami
Points +96
A great super healthy place! - Edit
The food is very healthy and high quality. They basically do an organic macrobiotic deal. You don't really get to choose what to get, they just have a soup, salad, and entree, but it is very good and it's a must if you are into health food visiting or living in Austin! Trust me. :)
Read morePros: Quality of food, Positive atmosphere
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Vegparty
Points +113
Great and Healthy - Edit
Each night, the chefs cook one dinner with soup. We had about 6 different items on each plate. Very healthy - you can feel your body thanking you. Long tables add to the zen monastery type setting.,Everyone busses their own plates. What a must see - eat - do. Loved it!
Read morePros: Healthy, Reasonable, Community experience
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VegDan
Points +115
Great Macro in Austin - Edit
This wonderful place changes their menu everyday, but is delightful every time.
Read moreIt is highly self serve, so don't forget the soup, the salad and they will usually bring your main dish to you.
I usually skip on the desserts, but they have a lot to choose from too.
Pros: Macro, community
Cons: parking
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kfritz
Points +56
Outstanding Vegan Macrobiotic Wonderland - Edit
I was visiting Austin on a business trip, found Casa de Luz on this website, and decided to give it a try. I was impressed and will be back the next time I visit Austin. I might even skip the oatmeal at the hotel and visit for breakfast.
Read moreThe night I visited (2/11/2013), the soup was a Miso vegetable with ginger. The ginger was just a subtle background note, and the was great. The salad was mixed greens with sunflower hemp cucumber dressing. The main course included red beans that were cooked to perfection, a pilaf with basmati rice, onions, celery, carrots, and almonds, steamed sweet potato, blanched greens with a tahini-basil sauce, and a small pile of pickled cucumber, etc. Everything was prepared perfectly.
If you're interested in healthy eating and cooking, then you cannot find a meal that's healthier than this. Outstanding!
They also sell some of the harder-to-find ingredients for macrobiotic cooking and a selection of related books.
Pros: Friendly atmosphere, Healthy cuisine
Cons: Bus your own dishes (OK by me...), BBQ-loving friends may not enjoy
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vegman444
Points +70
Warm, homey, healthy food! - Edit
A great discovery in Austin. Very healthy, clean, tasty food prepared for you fresh in front of your eyes. The blend of spices and flavors were unique and very appealing to the taste buds. The portions were large and you leave feeling satiated, but in a clean, not stuffed way. The soup on our night was sweet potato, which I'm not usually a fan of, but this was very good. The hummus had a mashed potato feel and taste to it, again, in a good way..VERY good! The greens were prepared perfectly. No dish was over salty or over spiced, which is so common these days--kudos to Casa de Luz for not doing that! You could actually taste the delicious food. The 2 cold herb teas were equally delicious and satisfying. I would highly recommend eating here and enjoying the outside deck during a nice warm evening. Oh, and setting is very lovely, inspired by Japanese architecture, with areas for children to play, adults to meditate, or just lie in the hammock...this place has it all!
Read morePros: Food variety, Friendly staff, Nice, peaceful atmosphere surrounds you
Cons: Silverware was wet, Dessert should be included
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Namaste2u
Points +34
Amazing food! - Edit
Relaxing environment, extremely healthy and tasty food (always!)...honestly my favorite restaurant in Austin. The food will make you buzz :)
Read morePros: Macrobiotic, Delicious, Awesome environment
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sirhin
Points +161
Excellent - Edit
I love this place and because it's a little far and tucked away, I feel as if it's this special place. The atmosphere and the way it works is definitely unique, including how it's communal and largely self-serve, and I love being surprised every time I come with what they have to offer that day. No matter what they have, I always love it as it's not overly seasoned, delicious, and fresh. The only thing is that it's a bit far and because of the prices, I wouldn't go regularly, but other than that, on those special outings or just for a treat, I would definitely go.
Read morePros: fresh, healthy, delicious
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Healthy4life
Points +60
I am in love! - Edit
My husband and I had a buffet style brunch here. I fell in love with this cafeteria style restaurant. I have a lot of food allergies so it is perfect for me. I can see the whole food and identify it easily. I wish they would expand and open a restaurant in every city in the USA!!!!!!!! I live in Dallas and it is hard to find a macrobiotic place to eat.
Read morePros: whole foods, organic foods, allergy friendly
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elles_belles
Points +1323
Delicious and healthy - Edit
The food here makes me feel so amazing afterwards. Some of the side dishes can be bland though.
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pentagoth79
Points +104
Vegan Cult - Edit
This place was a bit weird. I liked it but it was weird. It's sort of like a vegan cult. They people are very nice and they have the same principles as me. You pay when you walk in. There is a menu by the register. Then you serve yourself salad and soup. Eventually someone brings you the main course.
Read moreThe food is very delicious and healthy. I felt very good after eating there.
The price is right too and there are lots of desserts to pick from but they cost extra.
Pros: healthy, vegan
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LuvPlants
Points +24
Delicious healthy food - Edit
This is a gem! Delicious healthy food - we enjoyed it!
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mathimp
Points +84
Delicious - a guaranteed spot hitter - Edit
The food is incredible. Amazing that food that healthy can taste that good. I definitely recommend going during the all-you-can-eat buffet. I'm not as fond of the pay per plate-full style of service,(which is the only reason I don't give it a perfect score) though it's understandable from a business standpoint. The outside seating and gardens are very nice. also dog friendly.
Read morePros: Delicious, Healthy, Buffet
Cons: Pay per plate
eatyourveggies
Actually you can get as much as you like even on the non-buffet days. You just go up and ask them for what you want and they will give you more.
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SonjaCPA
Points +5270
Basic macrobiotic - Edit
While visiting friends in Austin, they brought us here to eat. The grounds are beautiful and tranquil. As they only serve the same meal to everyone, we were able to easily compare. The soup and salad were self serve while the meal was brought out to us. The vegetable soup was barely lukewarm and the salad was just greens with dressing although there was another side salad of quinoa which was quite good. The main entree had butternut squash, beans, rice, collard greens and pickled cabbage. While there was nothing bad about it, it wasn't anything special either. It was just basic and plain. We all agreed the best part was the collard greens due to the terrific miso dressing they used on it, so we had seconds of that. We also bought additional desserts of cherry apple kanten and lemon tart. They were good, but our friend got a carob pie that had an odd gelatinous like texture to it and he didn't finish it. You also have to bus your own table. While the food is healthy and fresh, we all agreed that we'd probably not be back as there are other options in town.
Read morePros: healthy and fresh, beautiful setting
Cons: same meal for everyone, basic and plain
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gr8vegan
Points +2357
Amazing place, really earned this fantastic review - Edit
I was treated so wonderfully at Casa De Luz. I'm on the McDougall Diet, which is a low fat no added oil vegan diet and the cooks at Casa De Luz worked out a special bowl of rice, beans and lemon flavored steamed veggies. They were so wonderful and accommodating. My simple dish was beyond amazing. I'm craving it as I write this. Its so refreshing to have such great service. The tea was fantastic, too. I called ahead and the extremely nice hostess said, just come on in and we'll take care of you... and that they did! THANK YOU!
Read morePros: delicious, great community atmosphere, so kind!
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esestud
Points +65
Again, food is decent, but unreasonably pricey - Edit
And there really wasn't much of a menu. You have a soup and salad, and they bring you a standard meal which everybody else gets, for $12. I thought this was a buffet, from the way it was advertised. Not really in the mood to go here again.
Read moreCons: Price, Portions, Limited Options
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bhenrich
Points +98
More than a meal, an experience - Edit
I eat at Casa de Luz every time I visit Austin and it is always wonderful. It is like stepping out of the city and into a meditation retreat. It is difficult for me to try other restaurants when I'm in Austin. The community seating is really cool- I have met some great people at Casa de Luz.
Read moreIs is very unusual and kind of intimidating if you don't know what you are doing the first time. It is run like a community cafeteria, so read Matthews post above so you won't be surprised by the proceedings.
There is no printed menu- you eat what they have prepared for the day. Today I had (pasted from their website):
July 6, 2010 11:30-2:00 pm
Organic, Vegan, Gluten Free
Posole soup w/fresh condiments
Garden SALAD with Casa Dressing
Brown rice w/ mushroom, tamari gravy
Red Beans
Summer Squash, beets & garlic
Blanched GREENS with a pecan Sauce
Green sauerkraut
Made with Love by
Nora, Blanca, Melvin, Uciel, Mr. Lee, Zack & Ben
It was fantastic, as it was every other time I have been there. I highly recommend this place. You will leave feeling full and refreshed. I love visiting Austin, and eating here is a big part of the reason.
Pros: Ultimate Vegan Food, Community seating and enviroment, Beautiful gardens & relaxing enviroment
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comahony
Points +336
Awsome food and cool atmosphere - Edit
I loved this restaurant. The meal was fantastic and the desserts were so creative and delicious. We actually took several home to-go.
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kbdragon
Points +52
Great Place - Edit
The atmosphere of this place is so peaceful and relaxed. There is a garden path leading to the restaurant. The staff is friendly and helpful. When the girl found out it was our first time there, she gladly explained how the buffet/set menu worked. The food was very good, especially the cauliflower/zucchini soup. The buffet is all you can eat, but I was full after my first round.
Read morePros: great food, great relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff
Cons: i live too far away
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Barefoot
Points +37
Feeling the Yin and Yang - Edit
Casa has a beautiful atmosphere with such a wonderful community of people, its hard to not want to come back. But for being a macrobiotic (or macrophsycotic for some)resaurant a lot of important things go overlooked... For example the tamari that they put in EVERYTHING contains iodized table salt instead of sea salt. When they management found out, they did't mention it to the customers... Granted, you dont want to look bad when make a mistake like that, but when people are coming to Casa to eat because they have cancer or some other serious concern, you shouldn't fool them in to unhealth. Their have been other various accounts of slip ups that they have decided to ride out, sugar in the bottle drinks, dairy in the chutney, gluten when it says "gluten free" on the menu. Claiming to be completely organic when only about 50% of the food really is... Its really sad to see the standards drop lower and lower for this beautiful place. In the future I wish to see more of the community working with the management to listen and share ideas for upholding the macrobiotic title, which really is the only thing that keeps them in buisness. The food is wonderful the lead cooks are spectacular at bringing flavors together. I love all of the community, most of which visit on a daily basis. All of the employees rock and I'm glad I got to know Casa de Luz, its definately part of my heart.
Read morePros: amazing food, community atmosphere, all you can eat
Cons: macrobiotic slip-ups, poor community/management relationship, organic standards
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Masalaflower
Points +37
A Hideaway Worth Finding - Edit
Set back from the street, and nestled in verdant magical trees and plants, this veg haven has a "retreat center" vibe to it. Always a welcome relief from this tech-heavy world, and a guaranteed way to catch up on homestyle veg food, if you've been on the road. It's ALL YOU CAN EAT, for $12 ($14 Sunday buffet), so arrive very hungry. They have an excellent intense pizza night once a month. But their "indian" cuisine needs some major spice tutoring... understandable, being a macrobiotic, brown rice kinda place. Be prepared to snag your own private table for 2, or else you will likely share a larger table, schooldays style.
Read morePros: Superb ambience & service, Plentiful condiments, Very colorful meals
Cons: Bathrooms are adjacent, Spicing can be bland
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