This review is for their bakery cakes. I needed a vegan cake for my mom's 60th birthday and I was…read morepleasantly surprised to be able to order and all organic vegan cake locally! So happy they offer this. The cake was 6" and 3 layers and beautifully done. The cake itself was dense but full of flavor. My vegan parents LOVED the cake, my non vegan husband said the texture was off, not fluffy like a traditional cake but more dense like a cookie. While I agree with that description, I thought it was absolutely delicious. 6" cake was PLENTY of cake for 5 adults. With the 3 layers you can cut them in half. The prices for the cakes after 6" are a little steep in my opinion. I was quoted $75 for 6", $170 for 9" and $285 for 12". I am having my daughter's birthday in a few months and will probably do a couple different 6" cakes (thinking I might as well go with multiple flavors) for less than the price of 12".

After we had just got done at the beach, we were craving a cold and refreshing treat. I looked up…read moresmoothie spots and decided to go with Pacific Health Foods. This is a health grocery store, which carries a variety of supplements, snacks, beverages and other food items. When you walk inside, it has the "healthy" smell to it, if you know what I mean. At the very back of the store is where they have a walk-up counter where drinks are made to order. The menu is displayed above and there were so many options to choose from (and ingredients were listed, so you knew what was in it). Almost everything had a little healthy twist to it, so it was like ordering a guilt-free sweet treat! When they make your drink you take your receipt up to the register to pay. And while they were making our drinks it also gave us time to browse around the store. Definitely great if you need some snacks for the road! I left with the Piña Colada smoothie and it was simple, but delicious! The perfect beverage to help me cool down. It's a great store! Highly recommend!

I absolutely love my neighborhood natural foods store! They had everything I needed today…read more An extra special thank you to Matt for going above and beyond to help me!

This store has been an integral part of Montecito since the 1960's!. It first opened in the Von's…read moreShopping Center (Montecito Country Mart). They relocated to the Upper Montecito Village, across from Montecito Village Grocery in 2023. They have an amazing staff with a combined experience of over 100 years in the health food market!. What an amazing collection of supplement knowledge.

I love this store. I shop there once a week after my class in Santa Barbara. This week. I…read moreaccidentally left my phone over by the apples and didn't know where it went. I wound up getting really upset and there was a young guy named Cole who stuck with me during my search and I just want to shout out his name because he is a very very special employee and human being. COLE!! Thank you!! Sincerely, Deborah PW (a very impressed and grateful Customer)

OMG, I'm so grossed out right now. I went to get a sandwich. I'm standing at the counter. The lady…read morenever acknowledges me. She's just refilling items like the cucumbers and things she's got gloves on, but she is touching everything not just the food. She was touching her dirty pants, touching everything with the gloves on and then touching all the food. Every item the cheese, everything I think I just threw up in my mouth.

Most of the baked goods here are vegan, with the exception of a couple sweeter pastries. The vegan…read moremorning buns are delicious. The focaccia and sourdough loafs are hearty and are good toasted at home. It's a tiny store so there's nowhere to sit and eat, but it's great to grab some treats and take home or eat by the beach. Very sweet girl helped us this weekend!

Really great bakery with fresh items and high quality ingredients. Parking can be difficult to find…read moreon the street. I also wish they did espresso, that would make it really great. But, their main purpose is being a bakery so not a dealbreaker. Anyway, blueberry ricotta toast is delicious and comes with a generous amount of ricotta. The bread is good too.

i had a great experience! super cute small grocery store with a great variety of different items. i…read morewas assisted without even asking and it was super helpful! also love the fact that it is a all natural food grocery store.

I visited Rainbow Bridge Natural Foods in Ojai and while the food was great, the service was very…read moredisappointing. Three employees saw us at the register and ignored us. I had to call one over, and she asked me to walk to her instead of coming to the cashier. I ordered a hamburger with just cheese and a juice (which I repeated twice). The juice never came, and the burger arrived with lettuce and tomato. The attitude from the staff was not friendly, and even others in line noticed. Great food, but service is part of the experience. I hope they improve their customer service.

I love Lassen's. It's been a staple in the community for years. Now there is a car wash adjacent &…read moresharing their parking lot. I want to say that "The Wash" cars are interfering with the parking for shoppers at Lassen's Health Foods. I went to Lassen's recently and was completely blocked in by cars coming out of "The Wash" tunnel, complicated further by two cars trying to back out of "The Wash" car slots and backing out into the Lassen's area. Unbelievable and frustrating!! My car nearly was hit even though I was not moving. I was blocked in because cars continued to come out of the tunnel, but couldn't yet access the other area until those people moved. This caused a pile up of vehicles around the Lassen's area, blocking me in, where I could not move into a parking slot. Who planned this anyway? Was any thought given to how these pileups can occur? In addition, "The Wash" causes a lot of unwanted noise for the Lassen's customers, especially when they eat outside. My thoughts: Move the car wash somewhere else.

I needed to buy a supplement so I decided to check out Lassens. I had no idea where it was located…read moreand had it not been for me looking it up on Yelp, I likely would never have realized it was where it's at. The street sign is low and not obvious. I have driven by it hundreds of times and never seen it before. The store seems to be comparable to Whole Foods prices. A clerk saw me looking at the supplements and offered to help me. She knew exactly where the one I wanted was. I love checking out all the low sugar or no sugar snacks. I was surprised to not see any low carb tortillas though. I bought some organic spices and pork chorizo. The spices were about $1-2 more than organic herbs and spices sold on regular grocery stores. The produce looked really nice. The Romaine lettuce was big, leafy and fresh looking for $3.99; the same price I paid for non-organic and subpar product at Red Barn Market that is close to me. It's a great little store to check out.

The Juice Bar inside Lazy Acres is top notch! Every morning I go and grab a fresh 32 ounce celery…read morejuice. It's always perfect. Their juicing vegetables always look fresh and clean and taste great. I've also tried some of their prepared salads - Pumpkin, Spinach, & Feta Salad, Broccoli Crunch Salad, and the Kale Recharge Salad. Very good and high quality. I love having this store in my neighborhood so I don't have to break out my juicer.

Great grocery store overall. They have a really solid selection of higher-quality health food…read morebrands and supplements, a great deli, and I love the lunch and salad bar . It's one of my favorite health, food stores in town and a grew place for lunch. My only complaint lately is the cold food and olive bar. The last few times I've been in , usually it seems to be happening after 4 o'clock, , I've seen unsupervised kids (today a group of 6-8 year olds , last time 16ish year olds ) grabbing food with their hands, licking their fingers, and going right back in for more. Basically double dipping their way through the olives, peppers, tomatoes, etc. The staff are busy, so this really comes down to parents keeping an eye on their kids or having some kind of guidelines. Love the store, just maybe inspect the olive bar and baby tomatoes before committing.

I worked at Erewhon nearly a decade ago and have been a shopper ever since…read more.. Let's start with what should be obvious. Produce. Erewhon's advantage here is that they can get produce from small, local farms. Read the label, but outside of that, avoid the produce. Their tonic bar is ahead of the game. Most smoothies are sugar bombs disguised through "healthy" ingredients, but if you can read through them like Peyton Manning at the line, you can find one's worth ordering. The cafe is 80% hit and 20% miss. From the taquitos to the buffalo cauliflower...they pack a punch. But then you get the chicken pot pie, and you'll learn to appreciate the frozen ones. When it comes to grocery items, they are always a step ahead. Whether you want Jose Andres potato chips or chicken noodle soup the way abuelita makes it, they've got you covered. Really, Erewhon is a store with value if you have the eye to spot it. If you want to hate on it because influencers love to post "and we're at the most expensive grocery store in the world," or you choose to love it because you feel special for being able to afford it, you're wrong either way. Find your reason to appreciate it because it meets your needs.

This is a larger one. But the same thing goes for this one as I would say for any other Erwhon:…read more Just another overpriced Erewhon. To be fair, the prepared food is pretty good and it's clean with a nice ambience. The service is usually pretty good as well. The downside is that it's very very very very overpriced. I don't like using repetition of words like this, but in this case, I think it's relevant. It's nice in terms of window shopping but most things in there I would never buy because they are not worth the price in my opinion.

Love this store for fresh produce. Love the sourdough bread…read morefrom Ojai. Love the honey.

Popped in here for some nibbles before hitting the funk zone for wine tasting. They are a small…read moretraditional style market. I was expecting a more local focused flavor with stalls, more like a farmer's market, but this is more like a small open air Sprouts. It was fine, we got some crackers and cheese (pro tip, do this before hitting the wineriens) and had a good time.

I visit here multiple times every time I'm in the area, I can't stay away! It's amazing!…read more If you're looking for somewhere delicious and healthy to eat, dine here for your meals! Their food is way better and way cleaner than the restaurants. They have indoor and outdoor seating and serve breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, juice and snacks! Of course, get your groceries here too. What's not to love? Live, laugh, love, New Frontiers! Hahah.

Stopped in to this very nice market with many healthy choices from the deli to their selections on…read moreevery aisle. We got what we needed and headed back to our home on Wheels. Great selection, fair pricing and friendly, professional staff. The parking lot is quite busy and a bit hectic as many drivers don't really pay attention as it's not a frwy. Recommended