KBBQ bowl was soggy and underwhelming. Taste was bland to bad. Environment and atmosphere is nice but doesn’t make up for mediocre at best food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
Bronson Watts
Worst place I’ve ever been too, constantly messes up my order, never gets it right! I took my burrito back because I specifically asked for it not to be spicy, and of course it’s extremely spicy. Plus they added pic de gallo when I said no and also used sour-cream when I said no.The burrito they gave back was not better at all and still contained sour cream absolute waste of money and I’m never coming back again!
Mike Barrett
My fourth time in and each time I am pleasantly surprised. Various healthy bowls with a LOT of ingredients. They don’t skimp the size. Lots of good food served hot with a smile. My new favorite spot.
Cliff H (AntiXSocialXHero)
Came in and ordered. Two people came in after me and ordered. Both received their food before I did mine. How does that work?? Maybe its because I wasnt white like the other two patrons
Thuy N.
Love this place! Super yummy smoothies and clean eating options galore! I also love the customer service: super delicious.
Betsy B.
Welp Yelp, I just did a review for another Laughing Planet location, but since we ate here too, I better write one here too! For more info & menu, please read the other one too. So I had my usual vegan Harvest Bowl which is so amazing! You don't even miss the meat & dairy! Vegan cheese is an option and tempeh and tofu take the place of the meat. I never had their tofu, but the tempeh is awesome! They chose the perfect combination of ingredients to go in this bowl - 5 stars! My friend had the Bollywood bowl with pork because they ran out of chicken. It also was very good. Though next time I will get it without the crunchy chickpeas. The pork is way better than their chicken which is kind of flavorless. You'll notice in the photos that there was almost no sauce in the chicken one & much more in the pork one, more is definitely better. 3.5 stars! The bowls run around $12.75. It wasn't long ago that they were $10 :( I've told Yelp the more correct address is Lake Oswego, which is a suburb of Portland, but they refuse to update the address, which is really odd to me. I live here, I know these things lol, and it's easily verifiable.
K P.
I used to love this location and ate here at least once a week. I've been in to the LO location 3 times since August. The first time was fine but the food was not as good as usual. The second time, I stood in line along with 7 other customers. After waiting about 5 minutes the front counter person announced they were going to stop taking order for a bit. With 7 people waiting in line! The third and likely final stop was early afternoon on a weekend. The restaurant had 2 tables eating and 1 table of 2 waiting for food. After ordering I was told it would take 30 minutes to get my food. I ordered a burrito. 30 minutes for a burrito. Sure the place is probably understaffed but the watching the sloth speed of the cook and 2 front counter people tells me that it more likely that these people need a manager to guide them. At one point during my wait in line, one person refilled the water scooping ice about 5 cubes at a time. The bad service almost seems intentional.
Jeff Bohrer
Needed a quick lunch, ordered 2 pork tacos to go. These were the WORST tacos I have ever had. I will never eat at this place again.
Scott Baumgartner
I called in for take out and Josh answered the phone. Im new to the place and Josh was very friendly and kind and helped me chose something awesome from their menu! Was very tasty! Will be back, thanks Josh and team!
notamandolin
Laughing Planet has lots of clearly marked vegan options and is willing and able to modify other menu items to make them vegan. All their salad dressings are vegan (including a vegan caesar and an oil-free garlic tahini) and they have tofu, tempeh, and vegan cheese. It's a good spot for a quick, healthy, and satisfying bite. They have multiple locations around Portland which I have made use of many times when out and about with people who are resistant to going to an all-vegan restaurant (and also when I'm by myself). I like the Thai bowl (tofu, green beans, broccoli, rice, cilantro-lime slaw, Thai peanut sauce), the tempeh royale burrito (rice, beans, tempeh, kale, guac), and the kale caesar.
Laughing Planet has lots of clearly marked vegan options and is willing and able to modify other menu items to make them vegan. All their salad dressings are vegan (including a vegan caesar and an oil-free garlic tahini) and they have tofu, tempeh, and vegan cheese. It's a good spot for a quick, healthy, and satisfying bite. They have multiple locations around Portland which I have made use of many times when out and about with people who are resistant to going to an all-vegan restaurant (and also when I'm by myself).
I like the Thai bowl (tofu, green beans, broccoli, rice, cilantro-lime slaw, Thai peanut sauce), the tempeh royale burrito (rice, beans, tempeh, kale, guac), and the kale caesar.
Christina V.
Food is pretty good but service is quite bad.. I ordered 3 items to-go and waited almost an hour for the food to be ready (30+ minutes standing there past the time they said it would be ready). I appreciate the vegan options though.
Sulvi Nulkrin
Unfortunately we had a bad experience. We ordered through their website, a Hungarian mushroom soup and the Bollywood bowl. We selected add beef to the Bollywood bowl which already had chicken in it. It was missing the beef so when I brought this to their attention they remade the entire bowl with only beef. When I brought it back again they added a side of chicken. Thank you for not wasting food a second time. The Hungarian mushroom soup was substituted for a very bland cauliflower chickpea soup with no warning. This is not what we paid for and this is not what we wanted. The staff didn’t seem to care much that we got some horrible substitution for our soup. Sadly I will not be coming back to this location. Other locations are better.
Michelle Carrier
Had a mini pork verde burrito with their green sauce and a Mexican lager. I've eaten at other locations and they have consistent quality food. The service was very good. Will definitely be back and highly recommend.
Sarah
Yum! Although it is slow, the wait is worth it. Food is tasty and healthy.
KBBQ bowl was soggy and underwhelming. Taste was bland to bad. Environment and atmosphere is nice but doesn’t make up for mediocre at best food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
Worst place I’ve ever been too, constantly messes up my order, never gets it right! I took my burrito back because I specifically asked for it not to be spicy, and of course it’s extremely spicy. Plus they added pic de gallo when I said no and also used sour-cream when I said no.The burrito they gave back was not better at all and still contained sour cream absolute waste of money and I’m never coming back again!
My fourth time in and each time I am pleasantly surprised. Various healthy bowls with a LOT of ingredients. They don’t skimp the size. Lots of good food served hot with a smile. My new favorite spot.
Came in and ordered. Two people came in after me and ordered. Both received their food before I did mine. How does that work?? Maybe its because I wasnt white like the other two patrons
Love this place! Super yummy smoothies and clean eating options galore! I also love the customer service: super delicious.
Welp Yelp, I just did a review for another Laughing Planet location, but since we ate here too, I better write one here too! For more info & menu, please read the other one too. So I had my usual vegan Harvest Bowl which is so amazing! You don't even miss the meat & dairy! Vegan cheese is an option and tempeh and tofu take the place of the meat. I never had their tofu, but the tempeh is awesome! They chose the perfect combination of ingredients to go in this bowl - 5 stars! My friend had the Bollywood bowl with pork because they ran out of chicken. It also was very good. Though next time I will get it without the crunchy chickpeas. The pork is way better than their chicken which is kind of flavorless. You'll notice in the photos that there was almost no sauce in the chicken one & much more in the pork one, more is definitely better. 3.5 stars! The bowls run around $12.75. It wasn't long ago that they were $10 :( I've told Yelp the more correct address is Lake Oswego, which is a suburb of Portland, but they refuse to update the address, which is really odd to me. I live here, I know these things lol, and it's easily verifiable.
I used to love this location and ate here at least once a week. I've been in to the LO location 3 times since August. The first time was fine but the food was not as good as usual. The second time, I stood in line along with 7 other customers. After waiting about 5 minutes the front counter person announced they were going to stop taking order for a bit. With 7 people waiting in line! The third and likely final stop was early afternoon on a weekend. The restaurant had 2 tables eating and 1 table of 2 waiting for food. After ordering I was told it would take 30 minutes to get my food. I ordered a burrito. 30 minutes for a burrito. Sure the place is probably understaffed but the watching the sloth speed of the cook and 2 front counter people tells me that it more likely that these people need a manager to guide them. At one point during my wait in line, one person refilled the water scooping ice about 5 cubes at a time. The bad service almost seems intentional.
Needed a quick lunch, ordered 2 pork tacos to go. These were the WORST tacos I have ever had. I will never eat at this place again.
I called in for take out and Josh answered the phone. Im new to the place and Josh was very friendly and kind and helped me chose something awesome from their menu! Was very tasty! Will be back, thanks Josh and team!
Laughing Planet has lots of clearly marked vegan options and is willing and able to modify other menu items to make them vegan. All their salad dressings are vegan (including a vegan caesar and an oil-free garlic tahini) and they have tofu, tempeh, and vegan cheese. It's a good spot for a quick, healthy, and satisfying bite. They have multiple locations around Portland which I have made use of many times when out and about with people who are resistant to going to an all-vegan restaurant (and also when I'm by myself). I like the Thai bowl (tofu, green beans, broccoli, rice, cilantro-lime slaw, Thai peanut sauce), the tempeh royale burrito (rice, beans, tempeh, kale, guac), and the kale caesar.
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Laughing Planet has lots of clearly marked vegan options and is willing and able to modify other menu items to make them vegan. All their salad dressings are vegan (including a vegan caesar and an oil-free garlic tahini) and they have tofu, tempeh, and vegan cheese. It's a good spot for a quick, healthy, and satisfying bite. They have multiple locations around Portland which I have made use of many times when out and about with people who are resistant to going to an all-vegan restaurant (and also when I'm by myself). I like the Thai bowl (tofu, green beans, broccoli, rice, cilantro-lime slaw, Thai peanut sauce), the tempeh royale burrito (rice, beans, tempeh, kale, guac), and the kale caesar.
Food is pretty good but service is quite bad.. I ordered 3 items to-go and waited almost an hour for the food to be ready (30+ minutes standing there past the time they said it would be ready). I appreciate the vegan options though.
Unfortunately we had a bad experience. We ordered through their website, a Hungarian mushroom soup and the Bollywood bowl. We selected add beef to the Bollywood bowl which already had chicken in it. It was missing the beef so when I brought this to their attention they remade the entire bowl with only beef. When I brought it back again they added a side of chicken. Thank you for not wasting food a second time. The Hungarian mushroom soup was substituted for a very bland cauliflower chickpea soup with no warning. This is not what we paid for and this is not what we wanted. The staff didn’t seem to care much that we got some horrible substitution for our soup. Sadly I will not be coming back to this location. Other locations are better.
Had a mini pork verde burrito with their green sauce and a Mexican lager. I've eaten at other locations and they have consistent quality food. The service was very good. Will definitely be back and highly recommend.
Yum! Although it is slow, the wait is worth it. Food is tasty and healthy.