Part of international chain of vegan food restaurants inspired by Supreme Master Ching Hai, an advocate for veg living. Each location is individually owned, this one est. 2009 in the 7 Eleven shopping plaza with lot parking. Small but with plenty of tables, brightly lit with large front windows. Offers a mix of Asian and western dishes such as fried rice, spring rolls, lemon chickn with rice, bbq sandwich, and fries. Open Tue-Sun 11:30am-3:00pm, 4:00pm-8:30pm. Closed Mon.
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1905 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, California, USA, 92104
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Added by lindatran on 04 Jun 2009
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85 Reviews
First Review by Elizabeth
katroshka
Points +91
Great food at great prices, friendly atmosphere - Edit
My whole family loves this place. There are a wide variety of foods to choose from, affordable and yummy desserts, and very nice servers. The TV can be distracting, but it is on mute and usually shows soothing images of happy animals and Ching Hai talking.
Read morePros: great food, cheap, clean
Cons: can't think of any
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westcornersville
Points +659
Decent Place - Edit
This place has a lot of good east and southeast Asian vegan dishes, ranging from the commonly found chow mein to the not so commonly found bun hue soup (which I had one time--it's a Vietnamese soup). There are a few Western dishes as well. The portions and price are both quite reasonable, and the food was tasty. The service is fast. It'd be nice if they added a few Malaysian and/or Indonesian dishes (after all, this chain has branches in those countries).
Read morePros: tasty, reasonably priced, vegan
Cons: could expand variety slightly, no alcohol (not too much of a con)
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RocketGomez
Points +355
You'll have to watch animal abuse videos!! - Edit
My vegan partner and I went there tonight, SO excited that a new vegan restaurant had opened in San Diego. Soon after we ordered we realized they were showing videos of horrific animal abuse on two huge wall mounted TVs. I'm talking cutting up live cattle, and other stuff I won't mention. It was surreal!! We jumped up and told the staff we couldn't bear to watch the images. They were apologetic, and one worker said "We don't usually have this video on at this time" whatever that means!
Read moreAnyway, we took our food to go. I'm sorry to say it wasn't very good. Perhaps after the restaurant has been opened longer the food quality will improve. The workers were nice and insisted on giving us free dessert to make up for our horror, so I won't comment on the dessert's quality.
On the other hand, the restaurant staff seemed really friendly and seemed genuinely apologetic for the offense we took at having gruesome animal abuse videos playing as we dined, though also a little surprised that we were offended. The restrooms and dining area looked very clean.
It was beyond bizarre--how could the operators of a vegan restaurant possibly think that its patrons want to watch graphic scenes of animal abuse while they eat?
Pros: Friendly staff, Clean, Good portions
Cons: animal abuse videos, food wasn't good
vtnh1984
I think they have a live SMTV channel which airs 24/7, and "unfortunately" you were at the moment they showed that animal cruelty video, which is hard to see. It is really breaking my heart when I see such video also. Supreme Master Ching Hai is controversial, but based on my knowledge through friends and relatives, she is a very respectable person. When you come back to Loving Hut, I guess you'll see some different video. Last time I went there, I saw some video that people were singing, quite entertaining.
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Elizabeth
Points +207
Yum! - Edit
The Loving Hut isn't officially open yet, they still have to finish some items for the inspector. So, they are open for dinner only. The menu has appetizers, soups, salads, and combos. I had the Lemon Grass "chicken". It came on a bed of lettuce, slices of cucumber, and slices of tomatoes. You can get a side of rice, if you want. It was really flavorful and crunchy. My husband had the Spicy Cha Cha, it was also on a bed of lettuce, minced peppers, and breaded "shrimp". He really was impressed on how tasty the dish was. We also got the drumsticks, which was made with mushrooms and an unknown item. We both didn't care for it. The other appetizers looked decent. We will try the other options next time.
Read moreThe prices are very reasonable, for the both of us it was $20 and some change.
The staff was really friendly. It's nice to have another vegan restaurant in our neighborhood, it will definitely be on our regular rotation.
Pros: Affordable, friendly staff, Flavorful food
Cons: small parking lot
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