The Green Room Cafe — Restaurant in Cocoa Beach

Green Room Cafe- Cocoa Beach- 3.75-Stars

Looking at my random name generator I thought to myself, "Cool, maybe it's an old-time Hollywood themed place," as I read the next name, The Green Room Cafe. With thoughts of the late, great Johnny Carson and the Green room we infrequently got a peek inside of where his guests mingled and apparently had access to a full bar. Remember that feeling when you were a kid opening a birthday present from Grandma and you are hoping for the latest GI Joe with all the trimmings only to find yet another hand-knitted ill-fitting ugly sweater? That's how I felt as I pulled up to The Green Room Cafe as it turned out to be another health food place that serves (gasp) açai! In case you are a new follower or missed my feelings on health food in a previous review let me inform/remind you that I feel the same way as Robert Redford when he said, "Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better." However, as they say, "the show must go on" so I exited the BBDO mobile and headed inside.

Once inside I was greeted warmly by the staff and shown to a table. Soon I was approached by a lovely young lady by the name of Kaelyn (spelling?) who was peppy, helpful and extremely attentive. With her suggestion, I went with an order of Raspberry tea, The Sunrise sandwich, and The Gold Coast wrap. Waiting for my order I couldn't help but pick up the vibe of the place. The walls were busy, yet relaxing and happy and the whole place made me feel like I wasn't in Brevard County anymore and not to knock Brevard, but that is a good feeling. It was almost like I was transported to a cafe hut overlooking the Banzai Pipeline for an afternoon of chill food and relaxing waves.

The charming Kaelyn soon returned with my order and I must say, right off the start, the Raspberry tea is the real deal. It was straightforward, no added preservatives from scratch Raspberry tea and it was as delicious as it was refreshing. The Sunrise is their take on the standard tuna fish sandwich and what a take it is. With fresh everything including tuna, jalapenos, apples, alfalfa sprouts, red cabbage, romaine, tomato and carrot mixed with just the right amount of homemade spicy sauce then grilled to perfection it is the new King of tuna sandwiches. Long live the King! Oh, it also had some gluten-free chips on the side and some homemade salsa, if you're into that sort of thing. The salsa was fresh and delightful and while the chips were fine, they were unnecessary for me.

Moving on to the Gold Coast Wrap. This was also spectacular (for tofu). The tofu was seasoned to perfection and grilled to the same standard. Accompanied by perfectly steamed brown rice, fresh carrots, mandarin orange slices, walnuts, red cabbage, spring salad mix and a Tamari ginger dressing this was too good to be health food. I had to open it up a little bit to peek inside to make sure it was tofu and not some other protein. This was served with the same gluten-free chips and homemade salsa as the Sunrise was and did I mention the salsa? It is really fresh and extremely flavorful with just the right amount of oomph to remind you it's salsa and not some kind of fancy ketchup.

Overall I found the Green Room to be an eclectic happy dive with great service and above average health food. Honestly, it's almost too good to be called as such.

The Big Boy Says, "For happy vibes and tasty treats you can't go wrong with a stop at the Green Room." #iamthebigboy...

Based on other reviews and a recommendation from someone at the Dinosaur Store and Museum, we decided to have dinner at The Green Room Cafe, in Cocoa Beach Florida. We are vegetarian, so the menu was perfect for us. They specialize in vegan and vegetarian smoothies, bowls, sandwiches, wraps, and desserts. A few of the items do have chicken, for those who are so inclined. We all had a Yogi Wrap, and it was delicious! There was more wrap there than we could eat, so we took our other halves home with us for later in the week. The chips and salsa that come with the wrap were also delicious. The cafe is very clean and it has a funky surf vibe that fits right in with the Cocoa Beach area. The staff at the cafe were really, really friendly and helpful. Our server did a wonderful job explaining the menu to us and she recommended the Yogi Wrap, and it was great. Later, since it was our first visit to Cocoa Beach, she recommended a beach access point that was just perfect for my mother-in-law, my wife, and I to use to get to the beach. It was raining, when we got there, so beach time was limited, but her recommendation was spot on. It was also my mother-in-law's birthday when we visited, and the staff really made her feel special. We didn't dive into the Chocolate Chunk Cookie that we left with, but it looks heavenly and will certainly be devoured today. All in all, our visit was about as great as it gets! We will certainly check in to the Green Room Cafe on our next visit to Cocoa Beach. We...

Service: 4/5, Quality: 3/5, Value: 4/5

I am always glad to see a truly vegetarian friendly restaurant and want to default "5-star" any that I visit, but If I'm to give an honest review then the above is what I would rate when comparing to other vegetarian restaurants. The service was great and was slightly more than what I expected. The wait-staff was friendly and cheerful and more than happy to explain their menu and give recommendations. The quality I rated as average because it wasn't bad, but didn't "Wow" me either. Another reviewer mentioned the food tasted quite bland and I'd have to agree. My burrito tasted bland and the thing that helped make that better was some home-made sauce (chipotle?) that wasn't on the menu for my entree but had been recommended when I asked what the waitress' favorite meal was. I'd really like to see those options on the menu or to give more flavor to the entree by default. The actual quality of the ingredients seemed great, but the taste just wasn't up to par for other vegetarian restaurants I've been to. Value wise, this place was pretty good and slightly above average. The burrito I got was fairly large and filling. I wasn't super impressed with the amount of chips that were included with entree.

Overall I rated 4/5. I liked it and I would go again if I ever found myself...