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Laughing Planet

3.7 (129 reviews)
Updated 2 months ago

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Moderate noise
Outdoor seating

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Green chile burrito
Winter B.

I've been to laughing planet many times and it's always a reliable spot to get something healthy and tasty. They have bowls, salads, burritos, quesadillas, smoothies, and more. I got the green chile burrito this time and it was pretty good. It was huge and I did really like how packed it was with veggies. Only $9.50 which I think is pretty reasonable given the size. I do think the better thing to get here are their bowls or salads though. If you have dietary restrictions or are vegetarian etc this is a great spot to try out. Indoor and outdoor seating. They have an online ordering system and do delivery as well.

Needs more pickles and sauce, but otherwise a heap of perfection!
Tricia K.

Best place in Eugene for healthy, tasty food with extensive vegan options. Everything is great but I especially like the Spanky's bowl (w. added spinach and medium salsa) and Veggie bowl (w. extra pickles and tahini dressing). Their cookies are superdelish! Super clean and pleasant atmosphere, friendly service. I love the Blair Street location but based on this past week's meals (5/8 days - don't judge!), this location may be even better. Long live the Laughing Planet Café!

Amaizin' Grace missing the chicken I added, and a sloppy mess. Still tasty though.
James T.

I really do like the food here, when they get it right. The issue at Laughing Planet is their quality control, both in food prep and in order accuracy. I've been coming to their various locations for years, and this maybe was always an issue - but given they've messed something up two of the three times I've gone recently, that's not a great recent record. The first time I ordered the amaizin' Grace quesadilla plus chicken, and got a veggie quesadilla - mostly an issue because the one and only food I can't stand are non crispy mushrooms (flavor is great, I don't dig the slimy texture). Thankfully, I noticed before taking the order home. This time, I ordered the same, and they got the quesadilla right except forgot the chicken (which I definitely paid for). Additionally, the quesadilla got soggy in the four minutes it took to get home. I'll always come back here, but please get your sh together!

Breanne W.

Tougher than expected to find Whole30, was sad that the 100% apple juice advertised was just normal apple juice. My meal hit the spot though :) I was happy to be able to get a bowl with pico de Gallo

Bollywood Bowl minus the rice
Melinda G.

One of my favorite spots in Eugene. Was so happy to learn they opened a second location on Willamette. I had the Bollywood bowl with no rice. This is my go to dish. Very good! It is chicken breast, steamed broccoli with roasted cauliflower, garlic green beans (my favorite), spinach and yams. It has a real tasty Indian spicy coconut sauce and they top it with these delicious curry roasted chick peas. Yes! Delicious in every aspect and it's healthy. That is a win win. My son had the crunchero quesadilla. Wow! That was amazingness in itself. Jack cheese, black bean hummus, lettuce, avocado crema and they garnish it with cilantro and radish. I almost wanted to trade dishes and eat his! They both were excellent choices and you can really taste each individual flavor in each dish. They used to have a lavendar lemonade to die for but I didn't see it on the menu. Give this place a go if you haven't already.

Korean BBQ Bowl
Nathan A.

I love Laughing Planet. I have frequented both this location (Willamette) and Blair, and ordered out from the Hillsboro a few times. Some may see the following as a small gripe, but every bowl containing beans comes out closer to soup than burrito fillings. I have ordered more than 20 bowls (thanks, punch cards, for counting!) at this location over the last couple of years, so believe me when I say it is a consistent issue unique to this location. I finally had enough and asked them to re-make the pictured bowl, and they brought out a slightly drier bowl with the sauce on the side, as if that was the main contributor to the problem. I have covered my bases, dropping several written suggestions in the box, asking the manager nicely, and trying to remember to request a more thorough every time I order. Maybe a negative online review will finally grab their attention. I will gladly revise or delete my review when something changes. UPDATE: 4 years later and all their bowls are still soup. Come on y'all! This rice bowl is full of water!!!! Get it together!!!!

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Healthy and affordable. Tasted great and could tell they have high quality of ingredients. Highly recommend

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literally took 30 minutes to get food and there is no one else in here. staff don't seem to know what they are doing.

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There food is always on point, and it's healthy while also being delicious. It's decently priced and they are relatively inexpensive.

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Lion and Owl - Excellent espresso

Lion and Owl

(420 reviews)

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Really great fresh food with some interesting combinations. We came here on a whim (no…read morereservations) while visiting my wife's niece at UofO at around noon on a Saturday. Busy but they had a table for us. Very nice decor, rotating menu. We had the buckwheat pancakes with caramelized bananas, dates, and pineapple syrup which was sweet but not overly so since the pancakes underneath were not touched by the syrup ended up being a really nice balance. Bacon was like a cross between pork belly and bacon (very thick) but really tasty. Breakfast Sando was good with in-house ground pork and a nice aioli. We also tried the savory macarons (Brie and truffle) which are delicious. Creamy and a tad sweet. Not too much truffle. Coffee was a bright tangy pour over-not my favorite type but some people really like that style. Oh, and we had a blood orange mimosa which was really good Overall an excellent experience! Definitely going to again when we are in town!

There are restaurants that seduce you with promise, and others that test your patience before…read morerevealing their intent. Lion & Owl, on this particular morning, proved to be both--a place of evident talent, yet uneven discipline, where flashes of brilliance are offset by lapses that no serious kitchen should permit. Let us begin with the triumph. The buckwheat pancakes arrive not merely as breakfast, but as a composition. A stack of admirable loft and structure--evidence of a properly developed batter, handled with restraint and precision. The crumb is airy yet resilient, each bite yielding gently before dissolving into a delicate nuttiness inherent to buckwheat. A caramelized banana sauce pools generously, glossy and fragrant, its sweetness tempered by the cultured tang of crème fraîche. Toasted coconut chips scatter across the top like crisp punctuation, lending both aroma and texture. This is cooking that understands balance--sweetness checked by acidity, softness lifted by crunch, comfort elevated by technique. It is, quite simply, a five out of five dish. The kitchen, here, remembers what it means to nourish and delight. And then--alas--we encounter its counterpoint. The mushroom brioche toast, in conception, should be a study in harmony: buttery bread, earthy fungi, silken eggs, fresh greens. Yet the execution falters at its very foundation. The brioche--so essential, so central--is pushed past the threshold of caramelization into bitterness. In a bread so rich with butter and sugar, precision is everything; overcook it, and the entire structure collapses under a shadow of char. The garnish, too, feels careless--large stems of greenery draped without intention, rather than composed with purpose. It is a dish that looks promising from a distance but betrays its flaws upon inspection. A two out of five--a failure not of imagination, but of discipline. The brie and truffle macaron arrives as an afterthought--set aside, unannounced, uncentered, as though it were a spare utensil rather than a composed pastry. Presentation matters. It signals care. Here, there is none. And the macaron itself? A confection that should whisper with delicacy instead resists with age. The shell is hardened, the interior overly chewy--signs of time having passed unkindly. The flavor is confused: a sweet, almost vanilla shell encasing a mild, savory filling of whipped brie and timid truffle. Neither side asserts itself; neither yields to the other. It is neither dessert nor savory course, but a muddled compromise. A two out of five, and left unfinished--a silent verdict more damning than words. The mimosa, I am told, is bright and pleasing, though presented without flourish--a small omission, but telling in a restaurant aspiring to polish. A four out of five, competent yet unadorned. The pour-over coffee reveals a lighter roast profile: bright acidity at the fore, a nutty mid-palate, a gently lingering finish. It is, as you observed, "hipster coffee"--intentionally expressive, though perhaps too acidic for a more classical palate. On flavor alone, a three out of five. Yet the experience is marred by a most unforgivable intrusion: a hair in the initial cup. Such a thing should never reach a guest. Ever. And beyond the plate--there is service. Dishes arriving out of sequence. Eggs meant for one guest appearing with another's delayed entrée. A table divided, one diner finished while the other waits. Explanations that do not align with reality. Items placed without acknowledgment or intention. These are not minor stumbles; they are fractures in the very architecture of hospitality. The Verdict Lion & Owl is a restaurant caught between what it is capable of and what it consistently delivers. There is real talent in this kitchen--evident in the pancakes, in the conceptual ambition of the menu, in flashes of thoughtful composition. But talent without rigor is unreliable. And hospitality without coordination is hollow. For every moment of genuine pleasure, there is another of carelessness--overcooked bread, stale pastry, inattentive plating, lapses in cleanliness, and disjointed service. In the end, one must judge the whole, not the highlights. Overall score: 2 out of 5. A restaurant with promise--undeniably--but one that must remember that excellence is not achieved in moments. It is achieved in consistency, in care, and in respect for the guest at every stage of the meal. Until then, Lion & Owl remains... a place that almost is.

Laughing Planet - newamerican - Updated May 2026

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