Plant Power Fast Food — Restaurant in Encinitas

Plant Power Fast Food: Where the Future is Vegan, Cashless, and Slightly Petty

Welcome to Plant Power, the restaurant chain boldly pioneering a dystopian utopia where the food is ethical, but the policies are ethically questionable.

Let’s start with the big one: no cash accepted. That’s right—Plant Power has bravely declared war on paper money. Apparently, Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Hamilton are no longer welcome here. Instead, you must tap, swipe, or insert your plastic tribute to the gods of fintech. Want to buy a burger with a crumpled five-dollar bill like some sort of unwashed peasant? Too bad. At Plant Power, currency is green, but only if it’s a Chase Sapphire.

The official explanation? “Faster service,” “employee safety,” “modernization.” The unofficial vibe? “We think poor people are kinda inconvenient.” It’s like they saw the phrase “cashless society” and thought it meant “soulless society.”

Now let’s talk loyalty. Plant Power once offered a glimmer of hope to its faithful customers through a point-based rewards system. Every purchase brought you closer to the vegan Promised Land—a free meal! But now? Your points expire after three months. Yes, like yogurt. Nothing says “We appreciate your loyalty” like penalizing you for not coming back fast enough. Honestly, this isn’t a loyalty program—it’s emotional blackmail wrapped in a kale tortilla.

Some say the company is becoming greedy. Others say it’s evolving into a plant-based Ponzi scheme. I say: they’ve cracked the code on how to alienate both the broke and the loyal in one smooth, eco-friendly swipe.

But let’s not forget the food. It’s good. Like, “Wow, this is made from plants?” good. Burgers, fries, shakes—delicious, ethical, Instagrammable. Just don’t forget your debit card or you’ll be stuck outside, looking longingly through the window like a Dickens character craving oat milk.

In conclusion, Plant Power is a delicious contradiction: sustainable meals served by an unsustainable business model. Come for the impossible burger, stay for the existential crisis. Just make sure your bank account is as rich as their cashew cheese.

Rating: 4 stars for the food, 1 star for the policies, and a bonus star for...

David gave EXCELLENT customer service just now and was very professional, conscientious and kind! Give that young man a raise!! Don’t want to lose a great employee like him!!

Part II: Shockingly, you just wowed me AGAIN (5 days later and another visit to SoCal)!! 😳 I didn’t think it could happen twice, but Marisol just gave us such excellent service with a complicated order. I always feel like an idiot with my special orders, but she made me feel like it was NO PROBLEM and made me feel comfortable when she told me she does special orders all the time. She was so friendly and happy, she just elevates your mood talking to her!! I don’t know what it is about this location, but the culture MUST be great to have 2 different employees give such great service that really went above and beyond!! Kudos to the Encinitas location for being so personable, helpful and having great interpersonal skills!! 👏🏼 I’m very impressed and grateful!! 🙏🏼 Oh, the food is great, too!! 😂👍🏼

Part III: After my part II review, we had forgotten to get onion rings so we came back later that night, just before closing, and were wowed again by Elena. She was personable, funny and professional! It’s definitely the culture at this location!! Keep up the great customer service, it brings...

I got a gluten free bun with my gf burger yesterday at this location and it was burnt, like charred bread, edges were just hard and black. I do not usually ask to change out my food at any restaurant for fear of what they may do to it once it comes back to me (because I have worked in the food industry in the past and have seen some shady angry people try & do some crazy things to people’s food because they were upset that they had to re do or remake something ). Anyhow the bread was inedible and could only eat the burger so I wasted the extra money on ordering a gf bun. I also found a piece of blondish/ light brown hair inside the bag of my french fries so that was a big disappointment!! I had to get ketchup and the young person at the window acted annoyed when I asked for it. I honestly couldn’t wait to try this place; we came from Arizona & I was highly disappointed in this place and it was a big bummer for me!!! Our family of 4 came here and spent over 60 bucks and since only 2 of us are vegan we will probably never come back or even want to try this place again and it really bums me out because it’s highly talked about in our vegan community in AZ. However the strawberry milkshake was good, but nothing...