Earth Bistro Cafe — Restaurant in Cleveland

My fiancee and I have been wondering when this place was going to open for a long time because it advertised itself as being a healthy place to eat. Like many 20 something couples, healthy options for eating out appeal to us, especially since I was required to eliminate gluten from my diet for health reasons.

As it happens, the correlation between health-conscious and gluten-free options was present here. All of their paninis were available with gluten-free variations at a minimal upcharge of 50 cents. I'm basically not interested in an entree that doesn't have meat in it so I didn't look too hard at their extensive vegan and vegetarian options, but all of the paninis (which all looked delicious) were available between 10 and 11 bucks.

My fiancee got some really delicious looking wrap with chicken, hummus, and avocado. As for myself, I decided (based on the guy who was running the front of the restaurant's recommendation) to go with the Cuban Panini. I've had a number of Cuban Sandwiches in my day, and like most of them it had the staples: ham, pickles, and mustard.

This one was comprised of thick cut pork to go with the black forest ham, very thinly sliced pickles, mustard that might have been house-made, and cheese. What set it apart (aside from a generally high quality of ingredients) was the inclusion of a lush slice of pineapple. The combination of all of these elements with whatever spices they used made it the best iteration of a Cuban sandwich that I've tasted. The gluten-free bread was good too!

As for the environment, it was laid-back and pretty cool. It was kind of like a living-room that got modified to being a dining-room. The service was informal but very kind and attentive, which was a nice change of pace. Being limited to places that serve gluten-free food, we normally feel exhausted by the facade of trendy hyper-hipsterism that comes along with caring about the source of your food (I've heard of a popular place around here where people actually eat hamburgers with a fork and knife...). Earth Bistro Cafe was, conversely, devoid of superficial pretention. What you got was a laid-back, comfortable environment with delicious, healthy food made by people who take pride in what they serve and treat their...

The food was excellent and gluttonous in it's portion sizes. The smoothies are pretty milky, maybe think twice about that but otherwise eat until you're full and take the extras home.

I've driven by this place probably a trillion times before, by chance, seeing the lavish reviews thrown onto Earth Bistro and deciding to sup there. I ordered a tofu sandwich and my SO had the perogie melt, and both were really, surprisingly good. Maybe it was the low key location, maybe it was the extremely relaxed ambiance, but either way we were not anticipating the awesome culinary experience that we had. The tofu especially was incredibly textured and well-fried in a way that complimented the sandwich perfectly. The accompanying dill-vinegar slaw was simple, light, and tasty; you could tell that there was careful thought in the composition of their food and menu. Both of our meals ended up being more like one and a half meals (having each saved a bit for the next day) and that was despite our huge appetites. We would absolutely love to try more on the menu but the one surprising facet of Earth Bistro was the limited offering towards vegetarians and, especially, vegans - I won't allow that hypothetical from deriding my actual experience, which was awesome, and the menu does suggest that items can be substituted in order to make it vegan, but it seems like most things on there (there's quite a bit of chicken on the menu) can only be served as is. I...

I made reservations at this restaurant it was a party of 2. This was my first time going to this place, I was looking for a vegan restaurant to go to I wanted to try something different and healthy so I searched Google and found this place. I read the reviews and it has good ratings everybody was saying how good the food is and I must admit the food is very good but my complaint is with the customer service this man that fixed the food and served us must be the owner and when I tell you he's crazy he's crazy. He was so disrespectful to us and especially me He came to the table handed us a menu and I told him I wanted a vegan meal and he wanted to know why I wanted vegan meal have I tasted vegan meals before and kept asking how did I know about this place like why am I here. Do I live around here, and have I been to any other vegan places. He talked with a attitude. I felt so uncomfortable. He said the food is expensive and I said this not expensive what's expensive my meal was only $15.00 then he kept on talking crazy. I felt like he didn't want me there and I'm a black lady and the environment felt very racist I asked him to pack my food to go because I didn't feel comfortable or safe in there. This is a weird place and the owner is weird to and I had reservations to dine in there but I left because he made me feel so uncomfortable saying a lot of crazy stuff to me I...