Est. 2013. Fully vegan cafe in a strip mall with a parking lot. Offers a large menu of all-day breakfast items as well lunch, dinner, and baked goods. Choices include waffles, pancakes, French toast, crepes, burritos, sandwiches, burgers, pizza, muffins and cakes. Gluten-, soy-, and nut-free markings on the menu. Confirmed fully vegan Aug. 2023. Confirmed open May 2025. Open Mon-Thu 6:00am-10:00pm, Fri-Sat 6:00am-12:00am, Sun 6:00am-11:00pm.
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4222 W Pico Blvd (at Mid-City), Los Angeles, California, USA, 90019
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Accepts credit cards
- Free Wi-Fi
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Last update on 19 May 2025 by KatrinaJi
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141 Reviews
First Review by AJ_Foodie
JcRodriguez
Points +110
awesomeness - Edit
Our first time here , we loved it. We are coming for more. Service amazing.
Read morePros: everything
Cons: none
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Pasadena4
Points +156
Delicious - Edit
Mole Burrito: Delicious and Huge. Was driving by on the 10 - Can't believe this place exists in this neighborhood.
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Hungwy
Points +265
best ever - Edit
Absolutely most amazing food. Great people. Very friendly. About 100 times better than anything you might compare it with. Best vegan hole in the wall in LA, outstanding, surprising, excellent. A rare find.
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thrash632
Points +41
Love this place - Edit
I absolutely love this place. Grain Cafe has some of the best vegan comfort food I've ever had. Burritos, pizza, sandwiches, crepes, you name it. It all tastes amazing.
Read moreMy favorite part though is the home made lemonade. They mix it with fresh strawberries. Sometimes they mix it with blueberries. It's seriously the best lemonade you will ever have.
The deserts are just as good. My favorite so far is the strawberry cake. Vanilla cake with pieces of strawberries and strawberry frosting.
One of the reviewers below said that the menu was "stolen". I'm not sure about that. All of the items are pretty standard (burritos, pizza, bagel sandwiches, scrambled tofu, etc). There's tons of restaurants with these same items. Grain Cafe is exceptionally good though.
The portions are also tremendous. I've gone home with leftovers plenty of times.
My dad isn't a vegan, but he's dined out at a ton of vegan restaurants with me. He claims that Grain Cafe is the best vegan restaurant he's been too. That's coming from a meat-eater.
Updated from previous review on Tuesday September 10, 2013
Pros: Some of the best vegan comfort-food, Friendly staff, Great decor inside
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Chia
Points +3631
Food tastes good - Edit
I read about this place on happycow and decided to come by and try it out. Here's my Grain Cafe review.
Read moreIt's located in Mid-City in an area where one would not expect vegan and natural food. Mostly here you see auto shops, paycheck cash advance shops, Mexican fast food, Korean stores.
The cafe is small and basic with a handful of tables for seating inside. You order food at the counter or seat yourself and a staff will come by to take your order. On the day we went there were several other customers dining here.
The menu is typical of what I would expect from a Westside vegan cafe--I hear that the owner at Grain Cafe used to work in the Golden Means Vegan Cafe kitchen and is applying most of what he learned there here. Vegan cheese in sandwiches, pizza, quesadilla; colorful salads; coffee drinks with almond and soymilk.
My friend and I shared:
- Rueben sandwich which came with a side salad. The tempeh inside was marinated in a dark savory sauce and very tender, combined well with vegan cheese and sauerkraut. Delicious. $7.50
- Deluxe burger which also came with a side salad. Grain patty with vegan cheese, smoked tempeh bacon, and greens. The flavor was good, though my bacon was a bit burnt. $8.50
- Slice of coconut cake. Yummy. $5
A woman next to us got a cobb salad that looked quite fantastic. Another woman got waffles. Another got the club sandwich. A man had a curry chicken salad. All looked appetizing.
Overall our food tasted good. Portion is fair though I did still feel a bit hungry shortly after. I would definitely return to try the other dishes the next time I come to the area.
Pros: tasty food, kitchen knows what it's doing
Cons: ventilation could be better
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AJ_Foodie
Points +16
ENTIRE MENU STOLEN - Edit
ALL RECIPES ARE STOLEN< BAD KARMA! I was far away from home and happy to see the word organic I popped in- cash only- okay be right back! Got my cash I noticed the guy in the back and girl in the front were so familiar, they used to work at GOLDEN MEAN in Santa Monica where my friend used to work! Then I see the menu! O M G! They stole the whole menus and the recipes:-0 Bad taste in my mouth already! But I was starving! Got the chic club! Looked just like the original at Golden Mean, tasted The same! Word to the owner make sure your stuff is fresh! Above was my review on Yelp, to which I go I got a VERY rude and nasty comment form the owners. [Original review edited by staff - see ToS]
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