Green Leaves
$ - inexpensive
American, Chinese, Eclectic (Varied)
Extremely eclectic vegan food
Asian influenced and serves various noodle and rice dishes, but serves pretty much everything under the sun, including wraps, sandwiches, soups, pancakes fried chicken & shrimp, and more. They also offer interesting combinations like pancakes paired with fried chicken.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This restaurant was formerly named Hollywood Vegan and the decor looks sort of like an old fast food restaurant.
From 5 - take Los Feliz exit west, left on Hillhurst on corner of Hillhurst and Melbourne
From 101 - take Vermont exit north, left on Melbourne park on corner of Melbourne and Hillhurst
- Large Group-Friendly
Added by SH on Mar 12 06 (updated Jul 22 07)
Reviews
I went here when they first opened and were not done redecorating...at first I thought it was great...however I discovered after going several times that some of the food has MSG and the pre-made chicken has whey in it. I have seen them bring in the food they buy and I have seen these products in Asian grocers and most pre-made meat in the Asian markets have whey protein, you need to check to make sure. They also have a picture of items they supposedly use but discovered this was not the case. On several occasions I have asked what kind of syrup or soyanaise they were using to only find out that the wait staff had no clue and when prodded more, discovered they were not vegan products. I have witnessed other customers suffer from food allergies even though the menu and wait staff had said there were no allergens in the dish...only to ask the cook and discover that somehow those items had found there way into the dish. When confronted about this several times, the wait staff seemed to not have any idea of what was going on in the back nor did my waitress know what whey was when I asked her. Here's a real case of eat at your own risk, but if you aren't vegan it's fine. It's just dangerously misleading to those of us who are vegan.
I have heard that this restaurant, despite claiming to be vegan, use whey in their entrees, and, when telephoned, admitted to this, but said they had no plans to change! If you plan on going there, please call them first to double check this info.
Hi there!
This is our new favorite spot for dining! My sister and I absolutely love this new addition to los feliz! The food here is soooo yummy! We used to go to California Vegan on Sunset but this is closer and the food is great! the fish dinner is very flavorful and much liter than at california vegan -- where most dishes are drowning in thick sauces. I personally love the tango dinner or the wraps with grilled seitan! Fish wrap is also to die for... Just saw the sign that they'll be open til 3am friday/sat nights! Wishing this new restaurant all the best and continued success!
My friend and I have been trying to go to new restaurants for about 3 months now but we keep getting sucked into the vortex that is Hollywood Vegan (now Green Leaves). We love this place and have sampled more then 1/2 of the menu and not once have we had a disappointing meal. All the breakfast burritos are amazing and it's hard not to order the fish wrap every time. I do have to say, and only out of love, the service can improve. However, I know a lot of the staff is still learning the ropes so I will continue to give them the benefit of the doubt. To comment on the negative review on here. The people of Hollywood Vegan really tried hard to redecorate the place. I was there the morning they were getting all their new decor and they were really proud of it. So it's not to your liking, but they worked hard for it and I appreciate what they've done. Do the world a favor and stay home and make yourself a crappy Boca Burger while watching reruns of Will and Grace with your 5 cats. I do have to say the name Green Leaves sucks ass I'm not into that hippy s*@t so to me it will always be Hollywood Vegan. Do yourself a favor dine in and enjoy. By the way we found out on our last visit you can bring wine!!!!
I decided to be adventurous last night and try Hollywood Vegan, now called "Green Leaves" on Hillhurst. Oh, what a mistake. With the restaurant barely occupied it took 25 minutes to get a 'to go' order, and they still got my order wrong. The atmosphere is soul-crushing. LCD TV's are mounted on every wall broadcasting as many different programs. The decor is tacky and the staff, although well meaning, are clueless. I just wanted a quick grilled vegetable sandwich and fries to take with me. Instead, when I got home, it was the soy chicken sandwich. At that point I was hungry and just dealt with it. The soy patty was tough and chewy and the food was cold. I don't recommend this for dining (I had to park in the Sotheby's lot next door), take out, and god help you if you try delivery. Just head down the street to Vegan Star.
I wish I would have read the last person's post regarding non-vegan products before eating here! I will base my rating on my experience, assuming all the foods were vegan.
We ordered the chicken satay, which was tasty and came with a delicious peanut dipping sauce. We also had the onion rings, which were SO good, and were perfect with the tangy BBQ sauce they give you--definitely better than ordinary ketchup.
I had the "gravy noodles" which were wide rice noodles with tofu, broccoli, and a miso "gravy", which was more like a regular sauce. It was pretty good, but I wish I would have ordered the fried chicken and blueberry pancake (which were called "tropical," for some reason), which my friend ordered because they were outstanding.