Loving Hut Plantbased Vegan

Food AND service are EXCELLENT! I have taken multiple Non Vegans here and they too rave about the food. One of my most Non Vegan friends (the guy owns 3 traeger grills/smokers) absolutely loves the California Burrito here. He enjoys it so much that he stops by Loving Hut when he is in town and grabs one... ON HIS OWN and then quickly texts me to show off. He loves that it's "very easy to get to and is located right off the 15 freeway with plenty of parking" -his words. My Go To is either The "Spicy Cha Cha" dish with white rice and a salad or the "Kung Pao" ....as I type this I wish I was sitting there with chopsticks in hand.... now I am hungry... so good. They offer a classic "American Style" burger/sandwich menu. The spicy chicken sandwich is ridiculously good. Have to mention the "SeaCo Catch platter" bc If you haven't tried SeaCo Catch yet... it's the best vegan version of fysh anywhere and they are a San Diego based company. The SHAKES are freaking the best shakes in SD... seriously. This last time I visited, the server mentioned home made lemonade... I went with the Pina Colada style and WOW. It was 32 oz and over the top good. I ordered another one with no ice to take home and put it in the freezer. The Loving Hut in Mira Mesa is an absolute MUST. The FOOD, the Vibe, the Drinks, the Service and the SHAKES.

A few years ago I would have given this Loving Hut 5 stars, unfortunately more recently things have gone down hill. Is it still the best vegan food in San Diego? I would no longer say so and a main reason is the fact that it's not organic, the portions have gotten small and even some organic restaurants are cheaper. The menu ranges from Thai food and Asian fusion to American comfort food. The menu is a little different each time I come here but it has stayed mostly the same. One questionable decision was removing the Surf and Turf burrito and just having fish tacos now instead. Upon looking at the menu online there is a friendly but questionable message that reads: "Modifications kindly declined". With the prices for items here I have to question that decision and the reason for it itself. While the outside of the restaurant looks cute with a little hobbit door it is also very much attached to the cleaners building next door, not exactly the most appetizing thing. As far as the inside of the restaurant well, it's not very special and feels dated which is why I usually order to-go. The food is not organic and that's worth pointing out, especially at the price-point. In recent years the prices have not only gone up but the portions have gotten smaller and the sides that are included with some items are especially small. For example I ordered the Cali burrito and while it comes with a side of chips that portion was very small (see picture). My girlfriend ordered the chow chow garlic noodles with "shrimp" and while it was good it literally just had 3 pieces of "shrimp" and chowmein noodles and was $16. My Cali burrito was cut in half despite ordering to-go which is a big no-no in my book. Overall the prices and small portions make me question if it's worth it to come here again, as much as I want to support small-ish businesses. Additionally the hours are a little strange

Such a hidden treasure. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but the food is out of this world. Homemade, fresh, and full of love.

OMG....if you are a truffle-lover, the Inzane burger will change. your. life!. Vegitarian/vegan burgers have gotten CRAZY expensive at regular burger joints, with some places charging even MORE for veggie patties than they charge for beef! The prices here were very reasonable, and I'll be dreaming of that burger tonight!!! The vegan biscoff cookie butter cake was also amazing...and the people who work there are so very sweet. Just a great experience all-around.

This is my favorite vegan restaurant in San Diego — especially this location! The food is always fresh and super delicious, and the little market inside is full of unique plant-based goodies I hadn’t seen before. I also really love that they care for a stray cat near the restaurant — such a kind and compassionate touch. 💚

Some of the best all veagn food in town.

Wooooooooowww!!! Everything they serve fresh is fiiiiiiiyeerrrrerr!!! Everything!! 🔥🔥🔥

A nice quiet place for lunch. We had the cha cha garlic noodles, which are always good Inzane burger with gluten-free bun and sweet potato fries Garlic fries, too The burger was very good. Bun was good. For the price, however, the burger was tiny. The ranch, which I was charged extra for, was amazingly bad, and the sweet potato fries were fine but would have been eaten and maybe even enjoyed had there been real ranch or good ranch. This was the most expensive burger I have ever had once you add in the bun and fries and ranch. Not worth that. This restaurant is definitely not good for gluten-free people. There are so many tasty looking dishes, but the majority have gluten, so I have no reason to come back. Servers were very kind and friendly.

If you're looking for a good meal and you're in the area on Mira Mesa, look no further and come here. The menu at Loving Hut is a bit daunting and global, with Thai currys next to pasta dishes and a separate burger and chicken menu, however, if you are with kids, it is especially nice to have variety especially if you were hungry and want a good meal. Our kids ended up ordering burger and chicken sandwich which were excellent, our daughter usually has burgers without toppings but ordered one with a huge stack of mushrooms and lettuce and ended up eating the entire thing. Our other daughter ordered a chicken sandwich which she ended up eating as well despite housing a bunch of appetizers beforehand. We had a variety of items including the Korean wings, eggplant curry, udon noodles with chicken, and spam musubi rolls. Everything was so good. You probably noticed from my descriptions that I failed to mention that everything is vegan. We are vegetarian and love plant-based items. This place does not feel vegan and their food looks and appears like any other restaurant. What's best is that the service is really good, the owners were kind enough to come to our table and greet us and chat about their favorite items on the menu and their story about opening loving hut approximately 15 years ago. At the end of our meal, we were so full but our daughters wanted to try the milkshakes. Oh my goodness, they were so good. One of them had the caramel chocolate shake and the other had the ube. They were quite heavy but worth it and we suck them down on the drive home. The only critique, if there is any, is that there is a lot of fried food on the menu. But this does not mean all of the food is fried, we just happen to order a lot of the plant-based meats that were fried and heavy. There are many salads and soups which we did not get to yet. I'm sure we can have a more balanced meal and not leave so stuffed next time. Anytime we are on Mira Mesa, we are going to forget looking at Yelp or maps for dinner, we're just going to go to Loving Hut!

Cheesy bread and soups. Wow.