Kali’s Garden Cafe

I really enjoy stopping by this place for a fresh juice and plant based meal.
They use this amazing tasting hemp milk that’s very delicious in their iced coffees.
The avocado toast was great as well as the beans and cheese burrito and smoothie bowl with granola! I highly recommend the sunset juice very fresh & very good for you! The staff was very friendly and I will be returning everytime I am visiting Julian.

We drove 2 hours to experience Kali's Garden. I reviewed their menu months ago and finely said, "we are going!". I had the eggplant lasagna, my husband had the mushroom penne. One of my children ordered fries and because my other child really wanted a grilled cheese sandwich, they made it for him though it was not on the menu. The food was amazing. The lasagna was bursting with flavour as well as the penne. The grilled cheese tasted very similar to a non-vegan grilled cheese and the fries were fresh and crisp. The children had chocolate chip cookies that were still warm...talk about fresh. I also had a soy matcha latte and the matcha was top grade. Be sure to try their strawberry, passion fruit lemonade. It is sugar free yet sweet enough. I wish they were located closer to me so that I could get catering.

My daughter and I stopped in here finally when we were over in Julian and we have found our new favorite Julian spot! It’s an all plant based cafe and it’s truly delicious. I can’t wait to go back.

The service was amazing, the person who took our order, Fay, was so fun and sweet, and she did an amazing job! The first impression was excellent and I love that.

The place is clean, comfortable, welcoming and beautifully decorated. Good music, too, right up my girl and I’s alley!

She got the caramel apple pie iced chai and a cinnamon roll. I got the regular iced chai and a blueberry lemon scone. We are big chia drinkers and I want to say, theirs is amazing! Not overly sweet and perfectly prepared.

The cinnamon roll is the best I’ve had in years, truly mouth watering! I had a lot of feelings about the taste I got!

The scone was so tender and wonderful. I don’t prefer my scones warmed and this one blew my mind with how tender and delicious it was. Very good!

I am also thrilled to learn they kept the Pay with a Post It board the previous owners installed. Reading the notes and knowing people are providing for others in this special way makes me feel so good whenever we go in. 100% love to support businesses with fun and sweet things like this!

100% recommend you give this place a try if you’re in the area! You won’t disappointed!

We are back for round 2 a few weeks later, and I had to come back to this review and update. Last time we came for a snack, this time we came for lunch.

I just want to say that I’ve been a fan of vegan food for many many years even though I am not a vegan. I just love good food! So does my daughter, she has been raised in the garden and on flavorful whole foods .

Today she had the asada fries and I had the jack fruit tacos. The flavor and deliciousness of these dishes is remarkable. So many toppings on the fries and tacos, and so many flavors you might worry it would be too much, but it is delightful! It feels good to have such a healthy and creative option for our Friday Julian trips, Kali’s is solidified as our Julian favorite!

She drank a pumpkin spice chai, which was wonderfully crafted and balanced. She doesn’t usually do pumpkin spice but she was so happy she chose this drink today! I had a caramel latte, also wonderfully made. Devika also had a wellness shot, and reports that it was super good!

If I could award more than 5 stars to this establishment I sure would! All this great food, amazing drinks and then to meet the super nice owner Alex, who has good energy and that same wonderful customer service we talked about before.

Bravo, Kali’s! See you next week!

Delicious food and friendly service. Great to have vegan options in Julian.