The Red Dot Vegetarian Kitchen — Restaurant in California

The Red Dot is hard to explain.  I love places like this because you can not describe it, but 100% (maybe 200%) worth the effort to get here.  We started with a hand made pizza.  Actually we biked to the restaurant from I-5 all the way up a long hill in a single gear bike.   We called ahead to check hours and after making sure they were open the cafe suggested that we order our appetizer now and it will be ready when we got there.   Thank God for that, it was a long hill and by the time we got there we devoured the pizza.  We sat outside in our bike gear and ordered a few more things Tofu Curry, finally Pad Thai.  All made to order all excellent!

I was reading a few things about the cafe and Frazier Park California.  Everything was calm, polite, easy going everywhere we went.  At first I thought I was transported back to the 60's into a hippie commune.  Then I though a cult had taken over the town.   On both cases I was wrong.  Just friendly people far enough away from LA, SF and other cities to remind you that Life Is Good.

So please take the time and go out of your way to eat and visit a wonderful place with wonderful people and wonderful food.

Oh yeah, I kept forgetting to take pictures of the food.  When ever the food showed up we dug right in.  By the time I remembered to take a picture either there was nothing  left...nothing, or the picture​ would not have photographed well.   Yes no pictures = we licked the bowl...Really!

We did not get dessert, we usually do not but was tempted.  We were surprised to get 2 delicious bananas, truly unexpected and awesome.

We stayed till the sun was low on the patio and the fog was sweeping in down over the bills from the Pacific then went over to our bikes in...

WOW! I read reviews and had this place saved for months before coming here so I knew it would be worth the drive, but I was blown away! The vegan samosas, vegan naan, and vegan Malaysian laksa were absolutely phenomenal. Many have cited slow service. We stopped on our way back from San Francisco to LA on Tuesday around 3:30pm and were the only ones there and food came out quite quickly actually. We also had the cooler of the day which was watermelon strawberry and it was delish! So fresh. The staff was very kind as well. I wish it was closer to our home in LA so I could visit more frequently. I’ll definitely be returning though! It’s worth the 2 hour round trip. That’s how good it was. Sooooo flavorful it’s incredible. Open another in LA please? My only knock is that some items, not all, are priced far too high for this level of dining. It makes it not worth it to try the item and a shame in my opinion. We had lunch for 2 with appetizer and drinks and had leftovers for $50 including tip. So not bad, but also not cheap and we avoided some of the pricier things. I’d suggest management make tweaks to the recipe to use lower cost alternative items that can lower the price of certain dishes. $11 for a dessert is what you pay at a trendy, high end restaurant in LA or Miami, not at a casual restaurant in a tiny town on truck route. Even for organic and vegan, I’d say $8 max. Which, being in the food biz myself, you should always price menu items at 5x cost. So if 2 samosas cost $1.50 to make (overestimating here for quality) then that’s $7.50. Anything more than that is too high. Anyway, I’ll be back! Thanks...

Yes, the food is delicious. Do YOU have 2.5 hours for dinner? We do not have any choices for vegan food on the mountain, let alone good vegan good. This place has it. More than you can ever imagine. If ANY restaurant has served everyone in a party, appetizers, entree’s, desert, and the final bill comes and one person ( me) whom was there for their birthday and who ordered first was not served their dinner because they forgot, THAT makes for a very unpleasant experience. Being gracious I said YES I would still like my dinner. The seating was outside and, by this time, everyone were freezing(temp. In the 30’s) but all set outside waiting for me to finally have my dinner over an hour after everyone else had finished. BUT, I was charged for my dinner. The expectation is, of course, that you pay for the food that you eat. That would be assuming everyone is served during the same time frame as liberal as that should be. If all people in a party ( 5 in this instance) have to wait until all have finished eating ant then wait for one more person in that party to begin their dinner order, that dinner order should be complimentary. Did I eat the food, yes. Was it good, yes. Was it painful for 4 others to sit outside in 30 degree weather for an hour to wait for one person to eat, yes. In my opinion, this place owes me one free dinner. My advice to anyone going here is to request visual confirmation that their order is being cooked. If not, you too may not receive dinner for hours after you have ordered and everyone else in your party has finished like...