Healthy Creations Cafe

376 N El Camino Real, Encinitas
(760) 479-0500

Recent Reviews

Jim Rieber

Great gluten free

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Justin B

Great breakfast and treats all gluten free!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Diane J.

Great healthy food! I love the California sandwich on focaccia bread. Desserts are lovely, especially the raw lemon bar. Fresh baked good are all gluten free. My favorites are waffles and nut and seed bread.

Doro Pirino

The food is so good and healthy. They recently remolded and the place looks great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Buddha Bowl, Salad, Wrap

Alan G.

Something for everyone here. I get the Reuben, wifey loves the salmon salad, kids get smoothies. The service is good just slow. I still recommend though!

Vaile Gouveia

The California Sandwich WAS AMAZING!! You have to try it. The herb bread is the best!!!! Have to try!!:)Kid-friendliness: So awesome, and friendly to kids

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Misty Franco

Healthy creations hold a very special place in my heart. Not only do i have a gluten intolerance, i also have an intolerance to terrible service. This place is the opposite of that. John always makes me feel welcome no matter what - sometimes i come in there a hot mess and theyll have my favorite drink waiting for me to purchase cause they know me so well!If you ever see tori, lucy, john or eduardo - be sure to say hi! They are so friendly and they always keep me coming back !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ashley S.

Really loved stumbling upon this place. Was searching for a healthy lunch spot, I ordered their panini on their focaccia (melts in your mouth) and subbed for their house made cashew mozzarella and vegan pesto. The side salad was drenched in dressing, but it was good and made as a nice dipping sauce for the end of the crusty ends of my sandwich after the meal. I wish their baked goods had some non dairy options (only complaint). I came in around 1pm on a Thursday and almost every table was full and a line out the door so I knew I came to the right place. They also have mini grocery items that are paleo, keto and vegan friendly. Would recommend and will be back!

Trina Flanary

I love this place! Organic and gluten free, it's one of the few restaurants my daughter with celiac can safely eat

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

WOM Kat

This used to be one of my favorite places to go. The food is still delicious, and the remodel is nice. But the employees used to be so much more friendly and kind. It used to be one of those places you walked in and just felt welcomed. When deciding between two places to eat, I would lean toward this, because it was such a pleasant place to be. Unfortunately, that is no longer so.Granted, there are still a few employees who are nice and friendly. But overall the staff is just not as nice as it used to be. (Not that they've changed the staff. It's just the people that are there are not that friendly anymore.)I think it may be due the new manager, at least the manager I've seen there in the last 9 months or so. She doesn't interact with the customers, and when she does, she is curt and rarely smiles. I've overheard her goofing around and laughing loudly with the employees in the back, but when she comes out to the front of the story, she's miss sourpuss. It's like she thinks of the customers as an inconvenience to her, and it shows.A good manager would know the locals' names by heart and greet them and ask them how their day was or how their uncle Joe was doing or whatever. I can't imagine that this manager knows a single customer's name!Since this new manager's arrival, there also seems to be an over-emphasis on efficiency over providing a nice atmosphere. Not too long ago, I had someone mopping at my feet a full 30-45 minutes before closing!It is no longer welcoming there. It no longer has that friendly local vibe it used to have. Sad.I'm really hoping that the owner will read this review and either talk to the manager about the customers being more important than her daily tasks (or replaces this manager soon), so this place can go back to the friendly place it once was.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 2

M T.

Clean, Organic, Local. Reasonably priced. I am a local and it's hard to find good clean food that is delicious like this restaurant. This is definitely a gem and I will be back. The breakfast was absolutely delicious. And the cookies were excellent.

Kari M.

I was so beyond excited to try Healthy Creations Cafe! My friend and I were waiting until they reopened. Today was the day, my friend's birthday breakfast! I was so excited to try all they had to offer, and then I just wanted to cry!!! The PALEO WAFFLE was hard as a rock! I mean my fork couldn't cut it so I had to use my knife and finally gave up and ate it like a cracker. Best part was the fresh berries and 3 grapes on the side. Also I had a very busy day and so I ordered the CALIFORNIA CHICKEN SANDWICH ON MULTIGRAIN BREAD for dinner to eat later. At breakfast, again I was excited so I broke off a piece of the multi grain bread. Ummmm tasted like a moldy rock. So hard and the flavor turned my stomach. I decided I would try and salvage the filling and discovered the chicken was way over cooked. No moisture at all, good thing I had dressing on the side to give it moisture! Again the best part of the meal was the berries on the side. One star rating was for the speed of our order and the berries. Oh and my friend ordered the cashew coconut coffee for over $6 & threw it away. Splitting the check w my friend I paid $33 In my opinion it was $33 wasted!

Karen B.

I love this restaurant! Everything I have ordered is delicious! So great to order anything off of the menu and know it's gluten-free.

Jessica J.

Really amazing food! I got the "ricotta" quiche, Buddha bowl, and a lemon vinaigrette side salad. Plus the cupcake was delicious too. Food tasted fresh, light, and flavorful. Vegan-friendly and paleo-friendly! Also the matcha was good but very

Shelly S.

Considering this is a dedicated gluten free shop and one with clear top allergen signs I would think they would be a safe place. I can't have nuts or seeds. I ordered a tuna wrap and the employee was very helpful with making sure the wrap was safe for me. Considering I told him how important it is for me not to have nuts or seeds, when I asked him about the side salad dressing he seems very sure that it is safe. After eating it I notice spots and knew it was mustard- mustard is a seed. I very much understand how this can be missed although he should have looked at the ingredients when he saw how severe this is for me. When I talked to him about it all he said "maybe you should be more safe and ask for ingredients list" super rude and totally threw me off. The warps it self was so plain. Better off going to Nectarine a few miles away

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