Sipz Cafe
Restaurant, Coffee/Tea/Juice
$ - inexpensive
Vegetarian (mostly vegan) serving primarily asian dishes and deserts, as well as teas,coffee, and boba drinks. All vegan desserts.
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Added by JF on Jan 4 04 (updated Jul 13 07)
Reviews
I recently went to Sipz Cafe with 6 non-vegetarians, and all of us thought the food was incredible. My husband stated that they had the best Orange Chikn he'd ever eaten, and he is a "meat and potatoes" person. The Tom Yum soup was great, and so were the spring rolls and Chikn drummies. The only reason I gave it a 9 was because I didn't care too much for the atmosphere. The servers were very friendly and they were prompt in serving us our dinners. If you are ever in the San Diego area, you must stop here with your non-vegetarian friends. They will wonder no more how wonderful vegan food can really be!
Sipz is casual but clean, and the amount of Vegan items on the menu is far higher than most places in San Diego. The Poway Sipz is closed now but Clairemont is still open and still fabulous. Portions are big and the mock chicken is really good.
The food is really good. My favorite so far is the chicken basil and the orange "chicken". The mango dessert is awesome too! My food came a bit too fast. Slow down guys.
I have gone to the SIPZ in Clairemont since they opened. I WANT to love this place but its the service or lack there of that leaves a bad taste in my mouth every time. I agree with posts I have read that ask the question do we have no choice but to put up with bad service in order to get vegetarian food? We have a negative reputation developing here, not a good sign by any standard.
I visited SIPZ in Poway last night, bringing with me a party of 4 who had never been. I politely asked our waiter if he could EITHER turn down the loud Frank Sanatra music OR the equally loud television, set up so that the owner/cook could watch television while he worked? I was given a dirty look and then told that he would have to ask the other employee. Their decision was to turn up the volume on both. Personally if I wanted to watch TV I could have saved my money and stayed home. I admit that I am not a multi tasker. Music, television and good conversation with my guests can get all jumbled and give me a headache.
This behavior and the smallest portion of lasagna that I have ever seen did nothing but embarrass me in front of the friends from Poway that I had talked into going to SIPZ in the first place. Will I ever go to the Poway SIPZ again? Not a chance. Will I recommend either SIPZ in the future? Probably not. The service has always been sub standard, the food has never been consistently good, the Kung Po is closer to sweet and sour minus the sour. Their strong suit is attitude, for that I give them a 10.
The food is pretty good. I like it for the most part. It really is too inconsistent though. I can't go there and count on my food being done well. One day, the Kung Pao chicken is really great, the next day it is way off.
I have stopped ordering any noodle dishes but the Japanese Fire Noodles. Because that is the only dish that consistently isn't served to me as a bowl of noodles stuck together. The Pad Thai comes out with a bunch of sticky noodles that are hopelessly stuck together and nearly impossible to pick up without bringing the whole mass up with it. SAD!
I find myself going back even though the service isn't the best. But I find that all the veg restaurants have pretty bad service... what gives? I mean at Sipz, every time I order an appetizer (which is almost always- can't beat the chicken drumstickz) it comes out at the same time as my meal. That is just unheard of. I want my appetizer first and then my entree, is that so wrong? Get it together people.
And the last time we went, the young man with the punk rock hairdo refused to let us have the table we wanted. He seated us next to this overcrowded table jammed with toddlers who were crying and trying to interact with us at our table. We were not pleased. He seated us a a four top and there were only two of us. We asked to be seated away from the toddlers and there were three open four tops and he refused to let us have one further away... then proceeded to seat the next couple who came in at the four top we wanted... and they got their food first even though they came in fifteen minutes after we did. GRRRR!
The carryout is also lacking. Three times they have forgotten to give us a dressing or a sauce...so now we have to check the bag thoroughly before driving the ten miles back home. What we put up with for some vegetarian food that we didn't have to make at home.
If anyone from Sipz reads this... could you please cut back on the canned straw mushrooms? When ordering, I find a hard time just finding one dish that doesn't have them in it. I hate those tinned straw mushrooms and for some reason they can't resist drowning everything in them. YUK!
Sipz is my favorite vegetarian restaurant in San Diego. They also have a new Poway location (see their website for info). They have a large menu with all of the standard (and a few non-standard) Asian dishes. My favorites are the Chinese "chicken" salad and the Broccoli "Beef." I've heard that others really like the Kung Pao "Chicken." The decor is kind of plain, but clean and the service is efficient.
Sipz offers an extensive menu of delightful vegetarian specialties. Selections include Japanese fire noodles, mock chicken salad, Vietnamese summer rolls, and Thai curry dishes. The drink selections are also extensive, ranging from expresso to bubble tea specialties and delicious fruit drinks. The atmosphere is crisp and informal, and the friendly staff is always ready with a familiar greeting. Already the new San Diego restaurant has become a big hit. Check it out!
Sipz has a large menu featuring hearty, simple Asian dishes (and some non-Asian dishes). All their entrees are under $8 and they come in portion sizes that are perfect for a single meal (though not big enough for me to have leftovers!). The food was tasty, but not superb by any means; sometimes it seemed a bit too greasy or sweet, but on a whole it was good. The service was a bit slow, especially when trying to get the check.