This place is AMAZING. Especially for a vegetarian who hasn't had catsu in forever. I accidentally came across it while stuck in traffic and we've been craving it and coming back a couple times within a month. We live over an hour away. The chicken stays crispy for a long time and reheats nicely as leftovers. Everything we've ordered is really good and crave-worthy. We got the lucky catsu, curry catsu, crispy shrimp, spam masubi, catsu masubi, orange chicken, crispy chicken. Top two favorites are lucky and curry catsu. Small things I'd personally wish to change is that the onion is too strong in the macaroni salad. Wish it wasn't in there period. And the rice is a little on the dryer side and it sticks to the container- so when you scrape up the last bits of rice, you could be eating the paper from the container. I like that they use compostable containers though!! But yeah the rice is on the harder side especially as leftovers. But whatever, their main items are bomb and makes me not care about anything else. Service is quick! Note: it is not a sit down restaurant. You order (ahead) and park on the street and call them to let them know you're outside. They'll bring the food out. Reception isn't great outside fyi. I've been here 3 times and never last long enough to get a photo before digging in. There are two other vegan restaurants right next to it, same concept - order and pick up. Great for different options if one is craving Mexican from Cena or hot dogs from All franks. read more

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Overall 3.5/5 I really enjoyed the honey walnut "shrimp". My family's favorite was the bulgogi. Everything was quite decent. My only gripe is that the portions are a bit small for the price. read more

Lucky Catsu - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

You people here at this business really need to learn how to update your hours of operation. It's not that hard to indicate this on your website or Yelp if your facility is open or not. This is the second time that we drove here and the place is not open. Yelp says they're open but they don't even bother changing their hours or indicating this anywhere. They don't update anything, nor do they care. It's just bad business. We don't live in the area and commute 40 minutes just to get here. This place really needs to work on their communication. It really leaves a bad rep for your business. As loyal customers this problem needs to be fixed. We left messages on their phone, left messages on their Yelp and even texted their number. NO ONE EVEN REPLIED. Last time they said they had a "family emergency" but now I think an ongoing and recurring bs to make up excuses for their failure. BEWARE to customers--you'll end up wasting your time and money and efforts supporting the business if this persists. read more

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To be very honest, I love this place so much. I am currently sad because they are not open. I've been looking every day to see when they will open back up from the macaroni to the spam. Anything that you get here is good. read more

Lucky Catsu - Island Fried Chicken Plate - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Yummy yummy vegan food. This not a restaurant; pickup only. Order online. Then when they notify that your order is ready and you drive up to the curb, you can call them when you're at the door. Catsu Frank was outstanding and my ultimate favorite. Loaded Island Fried Chicken Fries was really good and they put sauces on the side. Never disappointed with the Mac box. Hibachi spam and egg fried rice was expectedly salty which we loved. Asian fire wings was pleasantly tasty; glad it didn't set my mouth on fire. Chow mein was okay. When you carry it to your car, just be careful as sometimes the sauces are tilted and the lids might pop off and leak a bit. We order ahead so we can pick up and go. You can add utensils to the order. If you're extremely hungry and want to eat right away, there is a convenient park across the street but be on the look out for homeless. read more

Those Vegan prices almost got me deep breathing until I actually tried their amazing food. It's pickup only but worth the excursion and almost speakeasy feeling of picking up your order. I've been Vegan for *a few* years and this is the only Hawaiian style plate I've had that seems worthy of the praise I've seen hyped upon the cuisine. The catsu curry was everything and more I could hope for. Curry sauce? BOMB! Catsu? BOMB! Macaroni? BOMB! Rice? Just like anywhere else. That catsu was oddly perfect. I couldn't figure out which chicken they use but they chose the right one, or it's made in house? I could pretty much drink that rich, thick, spicy curry sauce. The breakfast burrito was the real highlight of this meal. I've ordered these all over the world. This may just be our favorite. The price is top tier but so is that gosh darn burrito! It's fully loaded with expensive ingredients and it shows. They nailed this bad boy. It's a must order! Don't let the location and pickup only experience scare you. Come here, grab some food, and find someplace like a chill park to enjoy your spoils. read more

The food was very tasty and flavorful. Their portion size will definitely fill you up. I love the vegan Mac salad! It's the best I've had so far. The Musubi was so flavorful. I think it has a Hawaiian sweet sauce that elevates the flavors. I do suggest less rice. I think too much rice takes away from the flavor. Overall, great food! read more

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I almost never give such low reviews :( but when your stomach feels like it got mutilated and you know it's the food cause it happened instantly like within 25 minutes after ingestion and it's the only thing you ate all day and was perfectly fine after your other meals the days prior.... Youll probably get a little scared to come back. Was about to go on a night out but nope backtracked it all the way back to home ! Idk what's in the food but ... yikes . No bueno ! And for anyone that's wondering what I got, it was the "all day breakfast burrito"..... took one bite of the spam macsubi but wasn't really a fan of the sour sauce taste . I'll throw in an extra star just cause they had that really good canned Hawaiian guava drink read more

YUM! I had both the curry catsu and spam musubi. Incredibly delicious and completely plant based! The food was also ready super fast. And the prices are reasonable (for LA) :) definitely worth another visit...maybe to try the fried rice next time. read more

The veg-heads at work are OBSESSED with this place. Especially those who thought it was just a normal place with some veggie options, but then they found out it was completely Veg'd and lost their damn minds that everything on the menu was vegetarian/vegan; they ordered it three days in a row. Now at least once a week. I'm not a Veg, but even I will admit that the few things I've had from here were excellent, especially the 'fried chicken'. I'll definitely be trying more items in the near future. read more

Perfect texture and saltiness. The catsu is awesome and worth the drive to get. Couldn't say it more. Simplistic kitchen concept with a unique flare! read more

Lucky Catsu - Catsu Moco Plate - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

this place has prob became a go to for us bc it's close, vegan, stays open late, and literally SOOO good like wtf..! it pretty much checks all the boxes. tried the breakfast french toast plate and the potatoes were the best breakfast potatoes i've had in forever. my only thing was that the eggs were very salty but nothing good ol ketchup couldn't fix because i'd def get this plate again. then weeks later, tried the beef bulgogi and fried catsu with curry plate. the absolute STAR was the macaroni salad omg pure mac salad perfection..i could've just ate a plate of that. the rice was the perfect texture and the catsu with the curry was crazy, even the curry poured over rice was a must. i wasn't a huge fan of the bulgogi because of the texture; it was like wet jerky imo but the flavor was there. i just hope this business never disappears! GO SUPPORT VEGAN KITCHENS! read more

Lucky Catsu - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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There are a plethora of vegan Asian/Polynesian staples, however, I can't really think of more than TWO places that offer specifically Hawaiian food! Diana has wonderful concept here! Bold flavors, big portions, & having customizable options. Her loco moco is outstanding & the very first thing I tried when she had a pop-up (that unfortunately closed). The gravy, the rice, the patties, the "egg", the mac salad... BOMB! The mac salad & lumpia together are a meal on that alone. Majority of their sauces are housemade! I love that! Their breakfast items are a repeat for me! The pancakes with ube drizzle keep me coming back. I love the staff here, like Destiny. Very friendly & lovely. They work hard! I have had majority of the menu... & I know there are more options to come. I personally am a very busy person, I don't mind ordering my food in person, over the phone, or online and going to pick up my food & being on my way. read more

Lucky Catsu - deep fried spam breakfast plate - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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This is a late review but I need more vegans and non vegans to go to this place. I finally got to try Lucky Catsu about a week ago and I am still dreaming about their food! I got the Catsu Sando, the regular spam musubi and the one that had Mac salad in it and for desert I had to get their Ube pancakes I love Hawaiian food and this place is THAT place. I also shared my food with someone who isn't vegan and he was blown away at how "real" everything tasted and had me double check that it was all vegan. I've been vegan for 5 years now and I will say that when my non vegan friends bug me to go somewhere that is all vegan it's a huge win! So if you're ever in the area and you're craving so good food, stop by Lucky Catsu! read more

OH.MY.GOODNESS. I am from Hawaii and got so excited when I ran across Lucky Catsu. I can't find local-style vegan food like this at home, so I was shocked when I found it in LA! I tried the spam musubi and mochiko chicken plate...totally blown away by the flavor profiles and how spot-on it was compared to the "real thing". Broke da mouth for sure - mahalo!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND read more

Lucky Catsu - Vegan mochiko "chicken" plate - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

The food from here is fresh and has amazing flavor! I always want to go back and try something new since it has always been so good. I always forget to take a picture since I just want to dig in. I have ordered from ubereats and have been in person once and the food is always out pretty quick. The staff are friendly and the area has a nice view while you wait. read more

Lucky Catsu - Fried "chicken" plate with spicy sauce, rice and Mac. Side order of "spam" musubi - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

THIS WAS THE BEST VEGAN ORANGE CHICKEN, NOODLES & MACARONI I HAVE EVER HADDDDD. My new favorite vegan restaurant omfg it was sooooo good. I live in SD but now want to make a trip to LA just for this food. It was that good. 10/10 amazing food amazing service and large portions. read more

Lucky Catsu is now at a ghost kitchen located in the same building as Cena Vegan and All Vegan Franks. They are typically a pop up at Vegan Playground on Wednesday nights at Boomtown Brewery. I've been a fan of their food since their debut. I placed an order ahead of time on their website for their Island Fried Chicken Plate, Spam Macsubi, Catsu Moco Plate, and their Fries Box. When I arrived, I just happened to arrive at the same time as 5 other people so my order took like 5-10 minutes longer to come out but that's no problem. Staff were nice. I'm not sure what system they have but they want you to call or text when you arrive for your food. It's curbside pick up only. Catsu Moco Plate sauce came on the side. Food was delicious as usual. Next time I want to order the curry again. Her curry is bomb! read more

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Yeah they know what they're doing here!!! I've had this a few times now - every time at Mayumi Market and IGS my absolute fave vendor there. I'm not even vegan and everything about their Lucky Catsu plate is so fire. I LOVE THEIR MAC SALAD. So bomb. read more

Lucky Catsu - Lucky Catsu Plate - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Lucky Catsu is a vegan and or Plant based restaurant. They serve Hawaiian BBQ and Asian comfort food. Let me tell you that they offer some of the best options that challenge your taste buds in a way that makes it seem unbelievable that this is not a meat and dairy version of the food. Some very inspirational seasoning that leads to wonderful tasting dishes from Spam Musubi to the lucky catsu, enjoy your new adventure. read more

Ordered through yelp. The service delivery was faster than expected. Ordered the bbq bulgogi plate which was good. 4/5, the sauce on the bulgogi can be a little empowering midway through the plate but paired off with the white rice and Macaroni salad it held off. Overall 4/5. ALL VEGAN!! read more

Wow. What can I really say? I ordered from here completely unaware that this was meant to be vegan. I ordered the orange chicken plate with white rice & chow mein, and a macsubi buy 1 get 1. (Ordered from postmates) I did not question at all how much it tasted like chicken, and the spam tasted like real spam. Everything was astoundingly well seasoned, the chow mein was a little salty for my taste but very flavorful nonetheless. On the photos in Postmates it shows a very large portion of orange chicken--which it wasn't really, but I did place the order around 10:30 or so, and they closed at 12 so would be an unfair assessment. If I had not received their paper ad from the order, or looked them up AFTER eating, I promise I would have never known this was not real meat. I was a little confused why it was so pricey but now I know why. It was so good, definitely recommend. read more

10/10 recommend! Love everything about this place. Everything I've had has been good and I've been more times than I can count. Customer service, timing, flavor, and quality are all great. One of the best vegan spots in LA for sure. read more

I had the most mind-blowing masubi from this place! It's called a "macsubi" - a fried piece of spam layered with their macaroni salad with the option of having the pineapple teriyaki dressing. OMG the harmony of flavors was soooooooo delicious! HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Especially if you love masubis in general- this place really leveled up the flavor and combo of textures. So delicious, still thinking about it! Would absolutely order here again. read more

The food is great! Brings back old flavors as a vegan. It's a hybrid kitchen so only to go. Place always has a wait but that's because It's that Good read more

One of my favorite vegan restaurants in LA! I got the Katsu Chicken Plate and it was chef's kiss. Crispy, flavorful, and so satisfying without being heavy. You'd never guess it was plant-based. I love the macaroni too. I've tried most of the items on the menu and everything is really really good read more

I just want to say I'm extremely disappointed by this place. I called over the phone to simply ask a question and the girl was extremely rude to me. I asked for her name and she said it was Tenisha like I wouldn't say anything or write a review. When I got my order handed to me it was very passive aggressive. My order was very messy and it seemed like they just threw it in there. There was no sauces nor napkins. The food itself was really mediocre, and nothing I couldn't get elsewhere. Coming from a different county I was excited and it just seems like this establishment doesn't care at all about their food, staff, and customers. read more

Food was DELICIOUS! And I love that every thing is vegan. Some of the best vegan food around. I got a spam masubi and katsu plate with the macaroni salad and every thing was ON PAR. Absolutely recommend to everyone that wants to try delicious Japanese vegan food. read more

I'm not even done eating my food and I'm writing a review; that's how good it is! Im going to jump to the point, I ordered off the reviews and of course how appetizing the food looks alone and it doesn't disappoint! Everything was 10/10 and I can't wait to order again. Place is a bit hard to find but when you got it you won't forget for next time read more

Have you ever looked at pictures of food and instantly crave that pictured food? Now imagine being pregnant and craving what you see, but not being able to have it (because it wasn't available yet) GUESS what ! You won't know that crisis because I went through it for you lol Lucky Catsu was all I craved and due to their pictures and once I finally had them- well let's just say I've lost count of how many times I've traveled to have a taste of their vegan goodness. Truly impressive flavors, I can't recommend it enough!! At this point I've basically have tried the whole menu (also a walking sponsorship because I never shut up about how good their food is) Favorites and go-to: Lumpias (A MUST) Loco moco (YES it has vegan egg) Any of the musubis Island fried shrimp and/or chicken plate (You also can't go wrong with the og lucky catsu plate also dolla hits ($1 A DOLLA) ) More recommendations on my instagram: Soybienvegana read more

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Short story: You cannot trust this place! I placed an order. They charged my card. I waited 20-25 minutes. They didn't answer the phone. They were not even there! This is the second time they have failed me. Long story: I had their food once, when I stumbled across their popup. The food was really good! I was excited when they opened this location in my neighborhood. When they first opened, they listed their hours starting at 11:00am. I told a friend of mine about them and we planned to have lunch Friday, 4/19/24. I was excited to introduce her to their food. When we went to order, their website would only take orders starting at 4:00pm. I contacted them through Instagram and they said, "We unexpectedly had a delay, but will be open at 4:00pm today." Well, 4:00pm was too late. So, my friend and I ate somewhere else. Fast forward to yesterday, 5/31/24. It took me this long to work out a date and time for my friend and I to try Lucky Catsu again. In the morning, I checked out their website and placed an order for pickup at 5:00pm. So did my friend. See screen shot of my text confirmation of my order. I picked up my friend and we drove to the location. Note, this location is a ghost kitchen. It's in a brick building with a metal door. There are no windows, no place you can enter. You park at the curb, and they bring your food out to you. There are other businesses there serving food the same way. We waited and waited. We tried three times to call the phone number on their website. We got voicemail every time. No one called us back. We sat there for 20-25 minutes waiting and trying to figure out why they were not bringing our food out. While we were waiting, a woman working for Cena Vegan brought out many orders to people waiting. We asked if she knew if Lucky Catsu was there. She said she had not seen them all day long. THERE WAS NO ONE THERE FROM LUCKY CATSU!!! She said that if we wanted to order from them, she could have our food ready in a couple minutes. So, we placed orders with Cena Vegan, and she brought our food out in 4 minutes!!! I have eaten Cena Vegan's food for years. It's good. They are reliable and they are expanding. Thank you to Cena Vegan for rescuing our dinner! Lucky Catsu needs to talk with Cena Vegan and learn from them. Since no one at Lucky Catsu was there and they were not answering the phone, I later tried to contact them again through Instagram. They asked me where I placed my order, and I told them through their website. They said it should have said they were closed. IT DID NOT! (After I contacted them, their website was updated to show they were not taking orders.) See screen shot showing that they are supposed to be open Friday at 4:00pm! Only after I told them that they had charged my credit card, did they issue me a refund! When I told them I placed an order, they should have refunded me then. I should NOT have to ask for them to refund me. They had all day to see my order and reach out to me that they were closed and issue a refund. They did not! This time I did not get a single apology from them! After having failed twice, I expected a huge apology. Especially after my friend and I sat there for almost 25 minutes waiting. I did not get "Let us try and make this up to you." I got nothing from them! My friend now refuses to try them again and I'm feeling pretty much the same. You can't trust their phone number on their website. They won't answer during business hours and they will not call you back. You can't trust the hours or days on their website. You can't trust their ordering system. I asked them to explain to me what happened and to give me a reason why I should ever trust them enough to place another order. I got no response from them. So, I guess the answer is that YOU CANNOT TRUST THEM! I'm still waiting for them to respond to my questions. Clearly, they do not care about their customers, nor do they care about customer service. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me! Unless they make drastic changes and get their act together, they are going to fail. When they do, they will only have themselves to blame. read more

Lucky Catsu - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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I only got to try one of their plates because they didn't have many gluten free options :/ That's the only reason I'm giving it 4 stars. The food itself was so delicious though I got the island plate and my partner got the sandwich both were FANTASTIC so I just know everything else on their menu is amazing too. read more

Absolute one of my favorites in the area! The staff are super friendly, the food is prepped quickly, and I cannot say enough about how BOMB the food is! Great vegan Hawaiian cuisine that gives very generous portions that are well priced for the amount of food you get! I'd recommend anything on the menu because it's that good! So far I've tried the Catsu Curry plate and the Island Fried Chicken plate, and I'd recommend both. I can't wait to try more of their options, and look out for new dishes too. I've noticed they're always expanding their options read more

Lucky Catsu - Catsu Curry Plate - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

My partner said "one of the best meals of their life" Service was quick: I think the one star review was a one off. Had this place at the vegan playground and had to come back for more. Definitely get the catsu. I'm gonna try with curry next time. Also, grab a dollar hit white you can (skewer). You might as well. Fed two people with one plate. Great price for great food. Give them your business read more

Lucky Catsu - Lucky Catsu Plate, dollar hit, Spicy Mayo - Vegan Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Food is amazing !! Honey walnut shrimp is firrreeeeee! I've had it a few times and highly recommend

Food was good, it the ordering process was super strange. I ordered this late night, but the "accepting orders" cut off kept changing. I called to confirm if they would be open, if I could order, if not electronically over the phone. I called literally 4x and they kept pushing it back by 30 minutes each time, so my late night meal started at 10:30pm and I wasn't able to order until midnight 30 - which was especially grating because there are just so few options that are convenient. I hope they improve their system because they advertise very good hours but are you really open if you can't fulfill orders ? read more

The food here is great. I think you can't go wrong with any dish they make. I've tried like three plates and everything tastes great! read more

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Some of the best food i've had honestly. Ever since I went mostly plant based I have not been able to find any filipino food, and while this is hawaiian, many of the items on the menu are similar/have similar taste profiles to the food i had as a kid. This type of food does not really exist for vegans to order and it's all i've ever wanted! read more

The food is really good here. Every time I go they are friendly and quick, and the ambiance can't really be beat- your own car! Get the taro GF pancakes and vegan sausage! read more