Loving Hut is a vegan chain of restaurants with over 200 locations that boasts to be the largest family of vegan restaurants in the world. My children and I always wonder how long it will take for someone to develop the first successful vegan fast food chain. Loving Hut is the closest restaurant to it with a strength in numbers, but this strength is also its weakness.
We have eaten at four different Loving Huts: Upland, San Francisco Westfield & Sunset, CA and Phoenix, AZ and they have all been different. We fell in love with the one in Phoenix. Their menu was unique and included multiple dishes with unique twists such as the Chinese based Sizzling Rice Soup and Saintly Seaweed and American-based Spicy Cha Cha and Philly Dream. They had tons of vegan desserts and for a starved family on a road trip between CO and CA it was vegan heaven. We were amazed by what we had found and when we heard there were more Loving Huts we were excited to try!
The San Francisco locations have been satisfying and the staff and atmosphere very welcoming, but we wish their menus provided more variety. The majority of the dishes are mock Chinese dishes that are common for Chinese vegetarian restaurants though the food always tastes healthy and fresh and is reasonably priced. The Loving Hut we have found most disappointing is located in Upland. When we visited, the restaurant had very few items on their menu and none of them appealed to Urijah who was five at the time. They seemed exotic and over-priced, and I was not happy with the amount of food that came. Jamari enjoyed it though he agreed that the meal could have been a few dollars cheaper. I think they have updated their menu recently, so things could be better.
All in all, Loving Hut has a great purpose, you just have to be careful with which one you visit. The experiences are not consistent due to various owners and food styles, but they are all operated by vegans who believe in love, peace and kindness. They are great at uniting their followers and combining spiritual fervor with food compassion. I hope they continue showing the world how great it is to be vegan, and maybe in the future they will be the first vegan restaurant you can find in any city.
We have eaten at four different Loving Huts: Upland, San Francisco Westfield & Sunset, CA and Phoenix, AZ and they have all been different. We fell in love with the one in Phoenix. Their menu was unique and included multiple dishes with unique twists such as the Chinese based Sizzling Rice Soup and Saintly Seaweed and American-based Spicy Cha Cha and Philly Dream. They had tons of vegan desserts and for a starved family on a road trip between CO and CA it was vegan heaven. We were amazed by what we had found and when we heard there were more Loving Huts we were excited to try!
The San Francisco locations have been satisfying and the staff and atmosphere very welcoming, but we wish their menus provided more variety. The majority of the dishes are mock Chinese dishes that are common for Chinese vegetarian restaurants though the food always tastes healthy and fresh and is reasonably priced. The Loving Hut we have found most disappointing is located in Upland. When we visited, the restaurant had very few items on their menu and none of them appealed to Urijah who was five at the time. They seemed exotic and over-priced, and I was not happy with the amount of food that came. Jamari enjoyed it though he agreed that the meal could have been a few dollars cheaper. I think they have updated their menu recently, so things could be better.
All in all, Loving Hut has a great purpose, you just have to be careful with which one you visit. The experiences are not consistent due to various owners and food styles, but they are all operated by vegans who believe in love, peace and kindness. They are great at uniting their followers and combining spiritual fervor with food compassion. I hope they continue showing the world how great it is to be vegan, and maybe in the future they will be the first vegan restaurant you can find in any city.
Visit their website: http://www.lovinghut.us/
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