Don’t you hate it when the one thing labelled ‘vegan’ on the menu isn’t even vegan 😞😑 I went here in my lunch break and found this açai bowl as the only vegan food option in the place. Because I’ve been burnt before about non-100% vegan places not giving a rat’s about proper ingredient checking and labelling, I trusted my suspicions and inquired after the granola about whether it had honey in it. It did. I got the açai without the granola and peanut butter in its place. The dude serving me weirdly put the peanut butter in this takeaway coffee cup because he ‘didn’t know how to mix it in’ 🧐 Which is fine, I guess, but like, maybe drizzle it on top like every other place? 🤷♀️ Or maybe put it in a nice ramekin and not waste a takeaway cup? I politely spoke to the manager about the misleading labelling issue afterwards and he didn’t really take the issue seriously, saying they order different brands of granola with and without honey in it all the time for that dish but no one really checks. Why not just find a non-honey brand and stick to it?? The manager made no indication that he intended to fix the untrue and misleading labelling in the future and just kind of shrugged. For the açai bowl itself, the açai was half-melted when it came out under a pile of fruit lazily thrown on top of it with no visible effort given for presentation. The chia seeds? One pinch. The apple shards were kind of a weird choice too and difficult to try to eat with the soup spoon they gave me. The variety of fruits there was good (green apple, strawberries, watermelon cubes, some banana slices, kiwi fruit, some coconut flakes, and a slice of passion fruit), but the whole thing was definitely not worth anything close to the ridiculous $20 they charge for it. They're also one of the few cafes I've come across that uses milk-solid-containing chocolate power and chai powder, so vegans can't even get chai lattes, mochas, hot chocolates, or even chocolate-powder dusted cappuccinos there. Moral of the story: stay away from this place and always check, double check, and triple check the options at non-100%-dedicated vegan joints. They can’t be trusted. Stay vigilant, my vegans ✌️
