This is not a food truck, you literally have to order from the bar. The smell of booze was a huge turn off so we went to the vegan yacht instead.

Why is vegan/vegetarian food so bad in Austin? I mean this is not to say that it’s not edible. But seriously, if I am going to go out to eat and spend money for a place such as Arlo’s, that isn’t cheap, it should be pretty f***ing amazing. I don’t want to be eating something that I could have made better in my own kitchen. I’ve been vegetarian for 20 years now (vegan for 2) and moved to Austin from another state. What strikes me about all the vegan/vegetarian places is that when you start to eat the food served, it’s more than obvious that you’re eating a veggie patty or some other fake version of meat. Typically if I go to a vegan/vegetarian restaurant, I’m taking a meat eating friend with me to show them that eating vegan/vegetarian is just as good if not better than what they would have had with animal flesh. I want them to say to me “are you sure this isn’t meat” like a carnivore friend of mine said to me when I took him to the Bodhi Tree (not in Texas). And, he was genuinely sincere as he bit in to the Crispy “Chicken,” eyes lighting up as he questioned what he’d just ate.

When one bites into the burger at Arlo’s, it’s oh so grainy like the old school Garden Burgers of the 90’s with a taste that is rather bland to say at best. At $8 bucks for a burger, you’re better off spending $6 bucks for a 4 pack of Fieldroast vegan burgers from Whole Foods and serving them to your friends. For the same price you can serve 4 of your friends and not only will they be questioning if it wasn’t a real burger that they just ate, but so will you because it’s that good. Arlo’s on the other hand, I guess if you’re vegan and in a pinch and have to eat out, you can at least eat there being fully aware that you’re eating a vegan burger with every dry grainy bite of your hard spent $8 dollars. To all the vegan/vegetarian places in Austin, you seriously need to up your game. Check out places like Native Foods, Wheel of Life or the Bodhi Tree to get an idea of how good vegan food can really be.