Reviews of Rawthentic Eatery (Coffee Shop)

Stephanie Collins

Staff lacking in the basics of customer service and could be better trained. I drove out of my way to try this eatery and was disappointed by my experience there. The food is probably nice.

Graham Weatherby

Stopped for a healthy smoothy ... what a find! A little out of the way, but worth the drive. Very healthy and diverse menu ... beats a trip to some fast food joint ... eat here!

Em von Euw

Decent place for your juice and smoothie needs! Feels like an old school, authentic health food cafe. Serves up raw sweets and treats too. I'll be back! Got a green juice this time. Not cheap, but hey it's good quality food. Tons of vegan and gluten free options.

Särä Lëë

Awesome smoothies and macaroons

Laura Carolina

Great fresh, hot and cold meals, beverages and treats. I got the excellent walnut-sausage bowl and a treat. The next time, I had the Comfort Bowl, which was topped with the daily soup, a thick horseradish flavour. Yum. The mini apple tarts are very good.

Noah Gould

I stopped in at Rawthentic for the first time after bicycling from Parksville. I ordered the Buffalo bill burger. Not only was it delicious and nutritious, but the customer service was exceptional. All staff were working as fast and diligently as they could, maintaining quality while moving customers. Even though I felt I had only been waiting a few minutes, I was given a free peanut butter delight as a courtesy for the wait. I enjoyed my meal so much that I decided to come back. I was once again treated with the same level of care. This time the server juggled orders effectively and calmly. Preparing meals quickly and beautifully I got the teriyaki bowl and the sour berry blast. It was absolutely divine. They nailed it with their customer service, quality of food and sustainability. I reccomend to anyone whether they are passing through or residents.

Zack Penn

Ordered extra sauce. Came with no sauce. C'mon.

Nat Esser

The food at Rawthentic is incredible, I loved the avocado wrap! I would hesitate to continue patronizing this restaurant, however, as the staff were less than friendly on both the occasions I ate there. The food left me feeling great, but the experience felt as though, by making an order, we were an inconvenience.

Kindle

Sweet place to pop in for Gluten Free!

Dustin the wind

Food was amazing. Menu has a lot of selection.

Sonia Marie

This is one of my favorite places to eat! It's awesome to have somewhere I can go to and pick anything on the menu. Its delicious and guilt free too!

Greg Martin

Good food even if you arent vegan and cute friendly girls behind the counter. Great healthy advise on products and choices! And bright comfortable sitting area as well as outdoor seating for the sunny days!

Emma Chibnall

Delicious, healthy, vegetarian options. Quick service and friendly staff.

Dillon Ray

Just recently changed up my diet to go vegan, did not realize just how good vegan food could be till I went here. My new favourite spot. Will definitely be seeing me in there several times a week

Fox Animates

Food was excellent, but customer service was lacking. Sat 5 minutes waiting to order at the order here spot

kelli gal

I give five stars for the food but do wish they would eliminate plastic containers and straws. Use biodegradable / cornstarch plastic.

Corey Hobbis

amazing staff and yummmmmmy plant based food . Mandi Always welcomes me by name

Lucinda Teague

Great service, super fresh and delicious food even at the end of the day!

Comox Valley Boxing Club

Great food. Staff might need a more friendly front end person

Matt Pokrant

Wonderful Staff!!! Cheerful employees. Very happy environment! Will give 5 stars if you stop it with the plastic straws tho.

Yonas Jongkind

Healthy and delicious.

Travis Downs

The food was reasonable, but there is no washroom available for customers (in contravention of the BC Food Premises Regulation, I might add) so my wife had to spend 15 minutes trying at 5 nearby establishments until someone let her use the bathroom. Update: I have modified the original star rating (2 to 3) in light of the positive response by the owner shown below. Lack of bathroom is not acceptable but a commitment to resolve the situation is certainly better than nothing.

Sarah

Thank you for the delicious eats! While I’m on the road I’m always looking for FRESH, QUALITY, and RAW options! Great options, all plant based and amazing tasty food! Try the smoothly bowls and even pick up some bulk items!

Daniel Riley

Juices hit the spot, and the bowls were satisfying and nutritious. I really wanted to try the baked goods as they looked delicious! The staff were all super friendly!

Circus Tea

The Caesar wraps were awesome. The actual wraps are not too thick, and the Caesar filling was delicious.

Whitney Biden

So fresh and delicious

Carolyn Pigott

Alive and delicious

dre coutts

Yummy vegan treats and smoothies. I came here 6 years ago whilst visiting the island and never forgot! Happy to visit again and stock up on treats for my trip!

Leif Jason

We get the raw wraps for home on the regular, yum! The OMGs are appropriately named and the taco salad is insane. It's all great stuff.

Chad

Went here today for the first time, had a delicious rice bowl. Really great place for healthy, tasty food. The smoothies are great too.

Arlene Longson

Absolutely superb. This is the very first restaurant that can fake flavours using totally high-end nutritious ingredients. Your ceasar salad is awesome, and your noodle dishes are mouth watering.

Shaya Murphy

Great raw vegan place. Lots of yummy deserts and savoury food. Reasonable cost and there's parking even tho it's downtown. Will definitely keep coming back.

Conor MacLoclen

Once upon a time, I used to get smoothies here. And macha powder. Then I stopped going for whatever reason. I went back the other day and ordered a salad I remembered liking before only to have the cashier ogle me as if she had no idea a meat eater could look so good.

Mike

I'm not a vegan, but I enjoy the delicious food served here.

Jo G (JayBar)

The driest worst food I’ve ever had. Doesn’t compare with vegan places in Vancouver. Also crazy expensive for a dry wrap filled with salad and barely anything else.

Shelby Smith

Pleasant service, we only tried the smoothie and didn't like it. The veggies over powered the fruit flavours ????

Vicki White

Great service and the food is Soooo good ????

Jeremy White

3.75 stars. Wish they could offer more in the way of protein power. Reminds me a lot of how rebar in Victoria lòoked when it first started.

Jordon Olson

Walked into this place looking to try something different. Greeted by the staff with high energy and smiling faces. I don't normally eat this type of food but thought i would venture out on this occasion. The shakes taste awesome and full of flavor! Definitely will have to go back and try something else new. Thank you for the great experience!

Chris Halliday

Always pleased to eat here. Everything is super fresh and tastes amazing. My body is very happy with me after eating or drinking here.

Thomas Thomas

Great healthy food options at reasonable prices with amazing staff. Love this place

Max Charles

I'd give it a zero, but unfortunately the lowest you can go is one star. These guys offer everything, but can't really deliver. I waited for 40 minutes for a 'premade' soup just to find out they don't have the soup. So I got my money back and left. Thanks guys

Cheema Canada

Well managed place. Neat and clean . Staff was friendly.

Matthew van der Zee

Great places for smoothies and raw food. Would recommend to anyone wanting to improve their diet.

Gee

Delicious raw food selection! Tons to choose from and very creative. The kale chips are also delicious but everything here is great and large portions. Veggeroni and raw burger with a freshly squeezed juice is what I had. All very good.

Roman Krzaczek Quadra Island Cortes Island and Cam

Delicious!!! Food was fresh and absolutely delicious. Served very quickly by very friendly and professional staff. I enjoyed the experience and when I’m back in the area I’ll make sure to eat there again. Is this a franchise?

Christine Paquette

They're one of the best.

Ben Carrington

The food is healthy and great tasting. A fresh coat of paint and new tables and chairs to replace the sticky mismatched furniture from valu village.... would be my recommendation.

Samzyn Isis

Amazing food. I wish every McDonald’s in the world was replaced with this restaurant.

Justin Smith

Nice organic place good vegan food

Marie Jelonek

Delicious! Thks

Findhorn Bay

Really good vegan food and smoothies. Well worth a try.

Ryan

Nice food and friendly staff.

Keisha Deanne

Went to get some after-dinner treats tonight, Google and the sign on the door says the hours for Saturday are until 8pm. Arrived at 7:50pm, store is closed, lights off and locked. I knocked and nobody responded. Fix your hours signs to not frustrate potential customers. This is not the first time I have been frustrated by this Rawthentic location. I do not recommend. Edit: I would like to note that I previously left a review for Rawthentic in Victoria, which was not the location that this took place. It was indeed in the location in Courtenay.

Brenda Hunt

We recently held our 2021 YANA Big Love Benefit and want to thank you for your generous donation of two - 7 Day Cleanse Gift Certificates. The Comox Valley has embraced the concept that it takes a community to raise a child. We are grateful for Rawthentic Eatery's donation which helped create a memorable evening and a successful fundraiser. Thank you on behalf of YANA (You Are Not Alone) Comox Valley Board of Directors

Willem Schokking

Very tasty food! Very happy with the celiac friendly atmosphere and good, healthy food.

Alex Field

I love that Rawthentic is one of the only places in town I can go to knowing that everything on their menu is something I can eat. Tired of trying to find vegetarian/vegan options at fast food places. Rawthentic is fast and delicious. The people working there are very nice and I even got a little bit of a sample from one of the ladies one time of a drink I never would have considered and it is now one of my favorites. Today my daughter dropped her smoothie and the woman who cleaned up after her was so polite. This restraunt is well worth the prices for quality, healthy, and fast food and incredible service. And to be quite honest, the prices are pretty reasonable. the cost to make it at home would be equal if not greater. I would give them even more stars if it was possible.

Heidi Schreiner

Fantastic! Really fresh and flavourful. A must-stop any time I'm in the area!

Jehsj Hehshshs

Have been coming here for many years, and it’s usually consistent and delicious. The last time I was there though, was not great. I ordered the warrior wrap (which I know not to be super spicy, as I’ve had it many times) and it was unbearably spicy. It was too late to go back and ask for a refund/exchange. I had to take it home and dismantle it and throw away the spicy bits. I hope next time I come back this won’t be the case.

Wade Plante

Delicious juice, nice food options. Gluten free options.

Brooke Burtch

The smoothies are really good. They put really good ingredients in them them like Goji berrys and ginger and coconut milk ???? Fast and friendly service. The only reason I don't go there all the time is it is a bit pricey.

Luiza Cassaro

Just left the place and was very vey disappointed. The server was extremely rude and the food was ok. I expected to have a warm bowl, not a cold salad. I get it is a raw place, then just call everything salad - not bowl! The sauce was really good but I paid 12 bucks for the zucchini to be cut into spaghetti shape and a bunch of spinach leaves.

David Hofforth

So far I've tried three different wraps and liked each one. They were very flavorful. I tried several deserts as well, they were ok. I'm an omnivore and enjoyed their food. There are several other items on their menu I want to try.

T.K Luu

Where to start. I stood around for over 15 minutes before someone took my order, the sad part was that there was only one other customer ahead of me. I suppose the 3 high school girls working the shop couldnt decide who should be doing what. After 30 mins I was able to get my food and leave. I suggest to go to union street grill and get a burger and salad for roughly the same price.

Sabrina

I ordered the pesto zucchini noodles from here. When I got home and opened up the container to eat, I was overwhelmed by spinach. I thought maybe the noodles and sauce is at the bottom. I take out all the spinach and get to the bottom, where I was greeted with much more spinach, and only a little bit of sauce and zucchini noodles. I ended up throwing it all away because I didn’t want to eat a container of raw spinach with no sauce.

Frankie

Stopped in for a quick juice this afternoon, only to not be greeted at all while standing waiting in line, and watching orders get forgotten on counters and customers being helped all out of order.. I get we all have off days but it takes nothing to say hi be right there... But oh well. Also Super weird they don't have the glory bowl anymore ????

Andy Karas

Great food, fresh and all raw.

R. W.

Great food. Good prices. Good service. Call ahead to order and save time. It's become a regular haunt for us

Cameron Haight

Very great tasting food and very fitting for the valley! I find the bathroom situation a little weird as they share a bathroom with 1 or two other businesses.

ChristineM West Coast Munch

New place for me and really like the selection of foods offered. Meals are filling and delicious.

Ivneet Kaur

Just what I am always in search of. Amazing healthy vegan food. We ordered a Beet burger*, avocado wrap, orange lime drink and a superhero shake. Everything was super fresh and tasty. A clean meal. Oh and those kale chips were awesome! I am definitely going back.

Evan Southern

Ordered on skip the dishes. Ordered a falafel wrap, bread fries with chipotle, and 2x carrot cake. I wasn't aware that the carrot cakes, at $2.50 each, are the size of a toonie but at least a toonie is made from valuable metals. Too small for sure. I also only received one. Way, way, WAY overpriced. The falafel wrap was very dry and 96% lettuce and 4% carrot. Was there any falafel in it? Don't think so.... The bready fries are OK and the chipotle dip really good. Absolutely not worth the 20-something dollars I spent. I wouldn't pay again, and it really was not tasty.

Jenn T

I am so happy places like this exist. My daughter and I come here all the time.

CC Duncan

Love this place. Tumeric/kombucha Juice was great as well Buddha bowl. Healthy and good for you too. Staff terrific, friendly and fast.

Debbie B

I have a few favourite dishes. Yummm... And I am not vegan.

tallulah patterson

Absolutely delicious food of great quality. Main meals, plus drinks and yummy desert treats. The staff are a bit hit or miss...not always the most friendly or dedicated....seems to have improved lately though.

Joanna Whincup

Delicious foods and lots of options

Cindy Simpkins

I'm not a vegan, but when my co-worker came to work with a salad from here I knew I had to try it. Most amazing soup and salad I've had in a very long time. It's a bit pricey but the taste was vibrant, fresh and on point. Will be returning soon!

Sean M

My gosh, the food here is amazing and so healthy, yummy and reasonably priced! Plus the staff, Ronny, Satvir, Kristina, Carie i have met here so far are so nice and concerned about making sure you have a great experience here! Thanks, I will be coming often!

Jarrett Jacklin

I was in Courtenay for the day, and being Coeliac, it's difficult for me to travel and safely find somewhere to eat. The man that served me was super welcoming and informative, though I am remiss that I did not ask his name. While making the thing I ordered, he informed he that they didn't actually have the sauce that normally goes on this dish, and after selecting a new one, he opted to comp me a delicious dessert so my first experience there would not be sullied. I appreciate the friendliness of this man who worked there and that I was able to enjoy the great food I got without worrying at all if it were contaminated! Thank you!