Great menu if you're looking for organic, gluten-free, grass-fed meat, non-gmo, and/or vegetarian options. The burger is delicious- my girlfriend only spared me one bite so I'll be returning soon for the full experience. Really good gluten-free bun. My omelet was also delicious, especially with the house Fresno chili hot sauce. read more

I love Zeal!! I dine here quite often and would recommend it to anyone. Not only is the food here delicious but it is quite nutritious too! The atmosphere and service here is outstanding coupled with the scrumptious food this place is a must for dinner. read more

Food was original and tasty. Loved it all. Service was perfect, kaelyn. Coming dow from mountain living and being a city girl at heart, I loved the vibe, and the sunset read more

The food is fabulous! The wait staff is kind. There is sometimes a wait yet the food is worth it. the fresh juices are great too. I recommend the juice flight. I have taken several friends here and had a great experience. read more

I don't want to hurt any business and feel bad for leaving a bad review because in the end, Yelp itself is hurting small business in this country. read more

This place is so good! I eat paleo and there were a lot of options for me. They are very accommodating to dietary restrictions. I will definitely be back! read more

Zeal - ZEAL BEEF BRAISE - New American Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

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Amazing vegan/gluten free Mac n cheese, and Curry! Also loved the potato wedges with their delicious sauces

OMG! Best. Food. Ever! Lovely patio and/or indoor dining. I am looking forward to trying EACH menu item! Love the house Kombucha and each menu item I've tried so far. I will continue to return here many times! I highly recommend!! read more

Super rude staff... food late. Ignored when came in, paid $20 for mac and cheese. Expect better service.

I've never felt so ripped off. Got a breakfast bowl at the farmers market and asked for double the eggs for a bit of extra money. tipped well when i ordered but shouldn't have. With the tip cost me $13.50. they then took 25 minutes even though there were only two people ahead of me in line to cook the food and present me with the smallest portion I've seen. This should be $5. Food was fine but nothing special at all. Go anywhere else but here! read more

Zeal - New American Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Just awful. Avoid. My boyfriend and I ordered takeout from this place. I'm vegan and eat gluten free and he's an omnivore. We've experienced our share of bad food trying out restaurants that meet my dietary needs and satisfy his tastes, but this was by far the worst food experience we've had across multiple states. The ordering experience: We ordered three items for takeout with an estimated 20 min wait time. We show up a couple minutes after the estimated time and our food isn't ready. I'm usually pretty lax about these things but we ended up waiting an additional 30 minutes, so 50+ mins in total for two entrees and a side with not even an apology. If the food were good, maybe I could overlook that, but it wasn't... The food: The "mighty bowl" is pictured as containing a mix of beans and veggies and grains in a sauce. The description includes hot sauce. What I got was a mostly a container full of rice and little veggies. There was no sauce to be seen, hot sauce or otherwise. The description included chickpeas, mung beans, and pepitas, and if those were there I missed them. This was bland, dry, and unappealing mix of rice and clusters of some other grain. The side of the mac and cheese was already cold. Many of the noodles didn't have sauce on them. I thought the mushroom flavor was nice but didn't really get any of the pesto. My boyfriend thought it was tasteless. My boyfriend got some kind of pulled pork sandwich which was missing the slaw and looked completely dry. Meat aside the whole thing looked unappetizing. There was also a huge bone (about the diameter of a quarter and width of a dime) in his sandwich that he fortunately noticed while trying to add some kind of sauce to it that I'm glad he didn't choke on. He called the restaurant to express concern about the bone and they brushed him off. Never again. read more

I can tell this place want to provide quality healthy food. Both times I ate there I've very much enjoyed it! Feels like clean comfort food! read more

What a great lunch we had today at Zeal. We haven't been there since they moved. Really good. Both of our dishes were really well done. I would definitely recommending Zeal for both vegetarians and non alike. We will be back soon! read more

Absolutely my favorite breakfast/brunch spot in this city!! Great dairy free options. Food is exceptional as are the staff! Go!

This place gets an A+ for Instagram decor but the food here is just awful. I get that it's trying to be healthy food but the flavors are terrible. Perhaps the worst cooks at any restaurant I've ever been to. I would avoid. There are way better spots around Boulder read more

This incarnation of Zeal is not quite as good as its previous one on West Pearl Street. Compared to the latter, this one's menu seems pared down they are not as meticulous as they once were. I was regular at the former West Pearl St. Zeal, but rarely go to this one. I don't seem to enjoy the food as much & the location is noisy (street/car noise) and not as pleasant to sit in. read more

The smoothies from here are excellent! My husband and I ordered some to be delivered, and they came in a sealed glass jar like juice. I appreciated that both had just a hint of sweetness. Smoothies often taste like a dessert to me so I was pleasantly surprised at the low sugar content. We got the carrot cake and the green machine flavors. read more

First time eating from Zeal and it was to go- I was very pleasantly surprised! I'm definitely ordering from here again, I had the avocado quinoa salad and the vegan Mac- both awesome! Every element of the salad was perfectly seasoned and I love the pickled radish. read more

Great experience, great food. We ordered takeout, but decided to stay + eat outside on their patio. So glad we did. The food was fresh, healthy and delicious! We will definitely be back. read more

Needed a spot for 13 people on a Thursday Evening with outdoor seating. Zeal over delivered! The burger was cooked perfectly and all of the cocktails were on point! Can't wait to come back! Service was quick and attentive and the price should be a lot higher than it is for the quality! read more

Open your mind and your palate will follow. Everything on the menu is on point. Clean flavors and great cocktails. read more

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I visited the new Zeal location for lunch (while on vacation in Estes Park) and give them a 3-star rating based on my overall experience, with a focus on COVID-19 procedures, quality of the food, and service. COVID-19 procedures: They do ask screening questions upon arrival and have the option for a digital menu. The QR code didn't work for us so we got single-use paper menus. The host and our server wore masks that covered both their nose and mouth. We sat outside, and the tables were well-spaced. They were clear that if we used the bathroom inside the restaurant that we needed to go in a specific entrance and wear a mask. It was very hot at our 2 pm lunch so some fans would have been nice. Food: We are dairy- and egg-free but do eat meat. We were vegan when we previously ate at Zeal in 2016 and absolutely loved this place. I am comparing the food from 2016 to the food today in 2020. Since 2016, Zeal has changed locations (see below) and chefs. We ordered the lavender lemonade which was very good, not too sweet. We skipped the booze, but it looks like they had some decent options. We started with the fried guacamole which was awesome. I ordered the vegan mac n' cheese with chix, and my partner had chicken tacos. She liked her food quite a bit. The mac n' cheese was pretty good. It is supposed to contain pesto, but the dish had very little flavor. I didn't taste any garlic or basil; I guess it just wasn't that kind of pesto. The bright spot of the dish was the roasted mushrooms. I asked for more, and they were provided free of charge. The chix turned out to be real chicken (thought it was going to be fake chicken given the spelling and vegan-friendly lunch menu). Even though I eat chicken, I prefer the fake stuff from my vegan days. The chicken had very little flavor. While we're talking about being vegan-friendly, the dinner/entree menu had no vegan options, but the dessert menu seemed to be all vegan. One more note about the food: I came to Zeal planning to order the vegan caesar salad that was so delicious in 2016, but it's no longer on the menu. Location: I liked the old Zeal location more as it was more in the middle of things. The new location was kind of isolated, and there isn't much to look at except a construction site and residential building. Not ideal for date night. Service: The whole experience was snappy because of our server and the fast food prep. Probably the best part of the experience. Overall: This place is solid from the standpoint of COVID-19 procedures and service. Food is pretty good, but I bet there is tastier vegan, dairy-free food in Boulder. read more

We had by far the most amazing takeout from Zeal! The burger was the best in Boulder by far and it did not suffer like most in the time between takeout and eating at home! The Rainbow veggie curry was outstanding and of course the Eridu Salad was equally as good as it was when Eridu was open. Truly great food and the portions are huge! We'll be back! read more

Food was delicious!!!! Got the vege sandwich and conscious kale. Super fresh and yummy. Also great setup with outdoor seating and heaters and felt cozy even on a cool afternoon. Staff was extremely friendly and accommodating and even gave us free cookies!!! Highly recommend! read more

I liked the falafel plate with hummus and a small salad of cumber and some pepper, pieces, too. I also ordered bowl of the Tom Gai Kai soup, with chicken as my option. The soup had a yummy taste, BUT, the chicken was one lone chicken wing in the bowl of soup. I guess I was expecting small pieces of chicken, not a whole wing with the skin still on it. At first I thought, well, ok... I'll go for it! I picked it up and tried to eat it, but gave up immediately after my first try. It was just... too... something. Slimy? Slippery in a way that went beyond the obvious wetness of the soup? Bless the server, she noted my complaint, and brought me the other option of tofu. On the side. A small plate with two decent sized pieces of tofu. I tried again! Nope. I ate a small piece of it, and gave up. I drank the rest of the soup down (sans protein), gave the tofu to my friend (who said she'd eat it later), paid my bill, and left with my friend. I suggested to the nice waitperson that in the future they may want to explain what the soup with chicken seems to mean: a chicken whole chicken wing in the soup. read more

Amazing GF vegan Mac and cheese! Loved the unique flavors in it. Even the mushrooms were delicious (usually don't even like mushrooms). Super excited zeal is open back up and can't wait to try more options. read more

Food was very sub and not even close to being worth the cost I got the veggy sandwich and it was the driest thing I'm ever eaten. I also sent back the berry cocktail it was only simple syrup and still got charged for it. read more

Zeal is just incredible. We celebrated a birthday dinner there the other night and had such an amazing time. The atmosphere is warm and the menu is FULL to the brim with creative, intentional, and delicious food. We couldn't help but order (almost) all of the small plates and even threw in an extra main dish to share for the table. The vegan mac and cheese is DELICIOUS, and the tofu was locally sourced. You can so easily tell that so much love, intention, and thoughtfulness is infused into every dish on Zeal's menu. Cannot wait to go back and try something new! read more

I ordered two large acai bowls to go and waited 30 minutes for them to be ready and the place was not busy. After the long delay with no "sorry for the wait" - we received the acai bowls and they were terrible - very thin layer of melted acai on the bottom of a bowl with the toppings over powering the dish. Do not recommend this place. read more

Avoid their fried foods and sandwiches. They are made with awful smelling rancid coconut oil, which is highly toxic. Their tostones, falafels and quinoa balls! They taste like vomit, due to rancid coconut oil they are fried in. This is not an understatement. Also, my husband got indigestion immediately after eating his quinoa Veggie burger. I invited three guests and spent almost $100 for the worst meal. Zeal, get your act together! Try using avocado oil instead. read more

Terrible food for the price. Spent $75 for 2 entrees an appetizer and an iced tea and lemonade. The falafel sandwich was dry and flavorless and I got the braised beef which was way over priced for a small piece of roast and a huge pile of marginal rice . Was supposed to have potatoes and carrots- found one tiny piece of carrot and 3 halves of fingerling potatoes that were undercooked. The rice was stone cold. Do not waste your money. read more

This is my favorite restaurant in town! Absolutely delicious food and consciously sourced ingredients. I adore the Power Burrito and the Curry with Tofu, but you literally can't go wrong!! Everything on the menu is vibrant, healthy, and delicious. (P.S Do yourself a favor and try the mojo sauce... it is INCREDIBLE). read more

My wife and I went for a meal early Saturday evening. Food was OK, a bit pricey, $21.00 for a bacon cheeseburger. When we got the check we tried to pay with a Zeal gift card , and were told the restaurant doesn't honor them since they moved from their previous location on Pearl Street. So all you have to do , is move your location, get a different partner and keep your restaurant name, to get out of your financial obligations. I don't think I will ever go back. read more

Great healthy food. They are sensitive to food allergies and they have heaters for outside seating. Two big wins for us! Try the cauliflower - amazing! read more

Delish meal and staff was great. Very fulfilling meal. Sat outside and very Covid friendly.