Vegan-friendly
American
Take-out
Catering
Vegetarian restaurant est. 2014. Offers a variety of traditional American cuisine and comfort foods in vegetarian and vegan versions. Relocated from 1023 K St. Open Tue-Thu 11:00am-8:00pm, Fri-Sat 11:00am-9:00pm, Sun 11:00am-2:00pm. Closed Mon.
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2319 K St, Ste B, Sacramento, California, USA, 95814
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Added by condekedar on 23 Jan 2014
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25 Reviews
First Review by Groveey
GaryHill
Points +21
First Class Faire - Edit
Everything about Mother was top shelf. From the prompt professional service who was knowledgeable about the offerings to the most delicious vegan/vegetarian food I've ever tasted. The soup and foccacia bread was marvelous. Followed by the best po' boy and chips in NorCal. We'll be back.
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kristinak83
Points +58
Outside the box vegan menu + lots of flavor - Edit
One of my favorite vegan-friendly spots in Sacramento. Really interesting menu, recently I’ve enjoyed the focaccia, the sweet potato cakes, and the fried mushrooms. Highly recommend, but it gets busy at lunch on the weekdays so go early or later for a more relaxed meal.
Read morePros: Inspired vegan menu, Lots of flavor, Funky, fun vibe
Cons: Gets busy at lunch on weekdays, Shared bathroom with other restaurants (dirty)
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brookedm
Points +96
Love this place - Edit
So delicious, a must go-to veggie joint!
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Karin&Cor
Points +797
Great place - Edit
Great place to go to
Read morePros: Love their salade, Many choices, They know how to cook.
Cons: None
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Nicknselena
Points +338
Truly artistic presentation of a wide variety of vegan offerings - Edit
It's not often we find a restaurant where we are constantly surprised by the menu. This place manages to come up with such interesting dishes that we always try something new. We've been here 3-4 times on our way through our while visiting Sac, and have always had a very pleasant experience.
Read morePros: The dishes are creative, interesting, & delicious, There is always something new, Most of the menu is vegan or veganizable
Cons: Not all vegan (they serve animal secretions), A bit pricey
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770veg
Points +3618
Delicious! - Edit
Stopped off on our way from Tahoe to SF. Came highly regarded from friends and let me tell you it hits the spot! Oyster mushrooms were super crispy and the Nur burger was a delight. Nice people in a chill environment. Right in the middle of downtown Sac.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options , Fresh tasting , Many options
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MsDana
Points +28
Love the atmosphere! - Edit
Great atmosphere and the food is amazingly delicious 😋
Read moreI just wish the drinks were listed because you pay before you dine in , so I had to go back and get in line to order a drink. However ,I wasn’t disappointed because the food was great! Bon appetite.
Pros: Everything can be made vegan 🌱 😋, Reasonably price ❤️
Cons: Drinks not listed on the menu🙃, You have to get your own silverware 🙃, 1st timers won’t know the process of the 2☝🏽
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Ramseslives
Points +244
Hit or miss - Edit
I have eaten here a few times. It's really hit or miss as far as the food goes. Today I got the white bean and kale soup, which was excellent. I have had their salads before, which were DROWNING in dressing, so if you get a salad do yourself a favor and get the dressing on the side.
Read morePros: vegan options
Cons: no free parking, just metered and garage
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Vegan1221
Points +60
Must try it! - Edit
Very cute ambiance, and delicious menu! One of the best places I’ve eaten at in a long while! Vegetarian place with many vegan options! Everything my friend and I ordered was delicious! We had a wonderful but burger, wholesome white bean soup with incredible bread/cornbread, and Brussel sprouts with a delectable umami flavor! For dessert we had perfectly baked cookies! I saved a chocolate chip cookie for a trip almost 12 hours later, it was still soft and chewy, and had the perfect sprinkle of salt over the chocolate chips, I’m drooling just thinking about it! I wish I could live in Sacramento just to eat here every day!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options , Diverse menu, Absolutely delicious!
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veganwholefoodfiend
Points +200
Delicious, mostly vegetarian - Edit
Delicious food but a lot of it is not vegan. There are vegan options though. Kombucha on tap. I wish there were more drink options though. Only have lemonade, kombucha, or alcohol.
Read morePros: Vegan options, Delicious, Kombucha on tap
Cons: Expensive , Not enough vegan stuff
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UpenderMehan
Points +27
Nice friendly place with good food - Edit
This was a nice place in downtown Sacramento. Not very busy but the staff were very nice and friendly. Lot of it is self serve. Grab your own cutlery and plates and napkins and this gets you seated and ready quickly. Food was very good. Quick service. Burger with onion rings inside( rings were good as a side also) was great as was the kale Cesar salad though the chilli was so-so. Very healthy but not as tasty as the other choices. They did keep us informed of what was vegan and gluten-free. Enjoyed our time there!
Read morePros: All vegetarian and vegan, Good prices and service
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Dcvegjess
Points +146
Not so vegan-friendly - Edit
I'm surprised at the number of positive reviews: Mother is vegetarian, but almost everything is ovo-lacto. *Some* dishes can be made vegan by leaving out the eggs/dairy, but 1) the price stays the same (though there's an upcharge to swap for vegan cheese in the single dish where it's available), and 2) the staff are consistently snotty about it.
Read moreFor those who care, the same people also own Empress Tavern, a (much larger) meat palace down the street that the owners describe as "somewhere between a barbecue place, a steakhouse and a Boston Market." (http://www.sacmag.com/Sacramento-Magazine/October-2015/Theatrical-Release/).
Pros: Vegan chocolate chip cookies are good, Outdoor seating is pleasant
Cons: Not really vegan-friendly. At all.
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cassetta13
Points +20
very good! - Edit
Had the Nut Burger and Coin Fries. The coin fries are a meal alone. Both very tasty. Highly recommend!
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LenaStar
Points +204
Yum - Edit
Loved the fried mushroom po’boy, but there was a little too much bread and too much filling and it was hard to eat. The portion was certainly generous. There were not very many vegan options, but that was OK on our one visit from out-of-town, because our vegan choice was fantastic. Enjoyed the Mikeller beer (hard to find it in San Francisco!). Our child said her minestrone (soup of the day)—with giant beans!—was super delicious. The vegan chocolate chip cookies were scrumptious and not soggy.
Read morePros: fried goodness in an all-veg fryer , excellent beer, vegan cookies
Cons: bathroom is outside through the storeroom and down, our party of 3 had to sit at a counter (mostly 2-t
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MooseMalloy
Points +26
creative vegan options - Edit
Loved the mushroom poboy
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traveljunkie00
Points +276
good stuff - Edit
I’ve tried the mushroom po boy, kombucha on tap, and vegan sea salt chocolate chip cookies. All very good (and I consider myself a cookie snob).
Read morePros: vegan options clearly marked, tasty comfort food, vegan cookies!
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Jon G.
Points +58
We Love Mother!!! - Edit
We're visiting Sacramento or the weekend and our first meal here was @ Mother (thanks Happy Cow!). The food is farm to table fresh and delicious. We started with the cucumber and tomato salad in an arugula pesto which was crisp and delicious. Then we had the chicken fried mushroom Po-Boy sandwich which was savory perfection! Homemade teas and lemonades were tasty and the white wine was a nice option too. Staff was friendly and engaged with the food, chefs and customers. A lovely dining experience on K Street in Sacramento. We're going back...maybe tomorrow!!!
Read morePros: Great food!, Amazing prices!, Nice people who care about what they're cooking!
Cons: I wish we lived closer and could go more often!, I wish we could have eaten more!, I wish they were open on Sundays too!
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sncpapa
Points +160
Great Place - Edit
Plenty of vegan options. If you see a vegetarian item, ask if they can make it vegan. Often they can - like the yummy chile verde. GET THERE EARLY FOR LUNCH because seating is limited.
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BridgetChase
Points +77
Tasty vegetarian restaurant - Edit
This place is fantastic. I am vegan, but I don't really like most vegetarian restaurants. I feel like they often do well just because they are vegetarian but are nothing special. This is not one of those places! The food is very innovative and different here, but delicious. I tried the Avocado and Summer Squash Salad, Carrot Nut Burger, and their vegan truffles and they were all fantastic. They were a little small, oily, and expensive for me and that is why I only gave the restaurant 4 stars. I would love to see more vegan options on the menu! The Kombucha on tap was fantastic too!
Read morePros: Vegetarian, Excellent food
Cons: Only a couple vegan options, Small Portions - order sides seperately
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catbone
Points +574
“Well Worth the “Hunt” & “Hike” - Edit
The Bottom-Line Regarding Mother Restaurant: The food is definitely worth the "hunt" and “hike” to find, but save yourself some time by calling the restaurant first for a description of their location. It is a small restaurant that is recessed from the street and slightly overshadowed by a chain-link fence that surrounds the building next door which is currently under construction.
Read moreLatkes, Brussel Sprouts and Carrot Nut Burger are all thumbs up. Especially the Brussel Sprouts that are flash-fried and caramelized in a sauce that is unbelievably delicious!
The food presentation is outstanding and even the flamboyant, artsy menu board that is so creative and eye-catching seem to all make sense in this eclectic food spot. The Happy Cow-ish food choices here really hold its own. But, loud music warning: Consider placing a Take-Out order if you are sensitive to loud music.
Pros: Fabulous Food! , Outstanding Food Presentation , Cool, Artsy Surroundings
Cons: Hard to Locate , Loud Music , Parking Problems
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RachelenPerez
Points +67
Never returning - Edit
I would give zero stars if I could. They are NOT accommodating to vegans, and the manager harasses people who don't give him four stars or more on Yelp. They do not deserve your money. Don't waste your time.
Read moreCons: Mostly vegetarian, very few vegan options, Poor service , Manager is a jerk
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alisonjoywillard
Points +44
Mother - Edit
Great ambience, real farm to table cuisine. Great service. Good food. I wish they had more vegan options, but I'm glad this place exists.
Read moreYou can ask your server what menu items can be made vegan, that helps increase the options.
Pros: Atmosphere , Service , Good Food
Cons: Needs More Vegan Stuff
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warmstorage
Points +242
Delicious, fun, oily, salty vegan comfort food! - Edit
Went to Mother (we'll call the restaurant M2) today for the first time with my mother (we'll call her M1: the woman who actually birthed me.) Both M1 and I loved M2.
Read moreWe both love greasy, salty food. M1 tolerates my veganism. So does M2. Most of the appetizers are vegan (today, only the jalapeno cornbread wasn't.) But most of the sandwiches and large plates are ovo lacto vegetarian, and the vegan option was removing the cheese (with no offered substitute.)
Which is to say that veganism is easy enough here, but they are really an ovo-lacto vegetarian restaurant that is happy to accommodate vegans. I think I recall pre-opening media where they even shied away from being described as vegetarian, which, like Dirt Candy NYC, I find a little precious.
We had:
* blistered shishito peppers ($5) delicious, oily, occasional flakes of salt. Oily and salty, and delicious.
* Chicken fried mushrooms ($5) amazing battered and fried (they had to do something special to veganize them). Oily and salty. Delicious.
* fried cauliflower and broccolini ($5) just damned delicious, with nice roasty caramelized bits. Oily and salty. Delicious.
* jalapeno cornbread ($6) with molasses butter, not vegan, but M1 loved it
* carrot nut burger ($10) with fresh pickles, it was delicious. the burger patty doesn't much hold together, but it all tastes so good that I didn't care
Be clear that their southern-inspired vegetarian cooking is greasy, oily, and delicious.
I drank a very tasty vanilla pine Zeal kombucha ($5, good sized glass) and M1 liked her strawberry lemonade ($3).
Opened up in a space right next to the historic Crest Theater, it's a smallish space: two four tops, and a row of maybe six two tops. We'd waited a while to come, since we were hearing of it getting slammed by downtown workers during their lunch break. It was easy to walk in at 2pm and score the best table in the place, in the front window.
Transit is ridiculously easy, being on the K Street Mall with light rail running running in front, and all sorts of Sac RT buses nearby. Parking is easy enough but will cost you, the city owned lot around the corner is $3/hour.
I grew up in Sacramento and have always loved K Street, warts and all, through all of its incarnations. It's perfectly safe, but not a sterilized suburb experience.
M1 and I absolutely agreed we'll be delighted to go back to M2, sticking with the off-rush-hours.
What a lovely addition to the Sacramento vegan-friendly scene!
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Pros: DELICIOUS!, plenty of vegan available, super friendly, cute space
Cons: vegan feels kinda like an afterthought
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MatthewConarroe
Points +26
excellent - Edit
Vegan and vegetarian options. Fresh flavors and wonderful presentation. Now offering table service.
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Groveey
Points +34
pleasing atmosphere - Edit
Easy menu
Read moreDraft drinks like zeal kombucha
9th day of being open
Artsiy place
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