Urbane Cafe — Restaurant in Los Angeles

The UC Bahn Mi chicken sandwich & adult grilled cheese 10/10. Both were extremely excellent. Unique in flavor/quality, perfect meal size portioning and competitively priced. 10 out of 10 points for both sandwiches.

Urbane Cafe has a excellent variety of healthy food options for all dietary restrictions.

This location also had, excellent customer service, a clean/new establishment environment and a polished feel.

The sandwiches were still warm 15 minutes later when we got home and the smell of the sandwiches in the car while driving home really stood out to both of us.

First I will speak of their new "UC Bahn Mi" sandwich which I ordered for myself. It is extremely unique in it's flavor profile. The portioning was perfect, the amount of sauce on the sandwich was perfect, the sandwich was filling yet felt like a healthy light option.

Tastewise, my tongue felt this sandwich was an artful expression of local and exotic world flavors combined perfectly at once.

Hands down, I would recommend getting this sandwich over all others if this is your first time coming.

Also, all sandwiches come with a quality side salad of spring mix, a couple Mandarin orange pieces, feta cheese sprinkle and balsamic oil and vinaigrette mixed dressing on the side. It's my first time coming here and the food is extremely fresh and the flavor combinations in their sandwiches are spot on. During our visit we purchased two sandwiches so I cannot speak of anything other than that. However, if the food that we got is a good representation of the unique flavor profiles of the rest of their food then I would rate their menu an A+. I give top scores for presentation, flavor profile, unique combinations, freshness, menu options, and customer service. Also, apparently you can get extra sandwich sauce on the side which comes in a pretty large portion cup.

We placed a to-go order at the register around 2:30p they are fairly busy & it took about 12 minutes for our food. They bake their sandwich bread inside what looks like a large brick type open oven as a pizza place would do. When you order a sandwich, your bread is pretty much baked to order as you watch. They're able to do this as the sandwiches use a flat bread style. You place your order at the register they give you a number and you can wait anywhere in the cafe where they will bring you your food regardless if it is for here to go. It appeared as though it was the manager who was filling the roll of expediter, inspecting, packing & running completed orders to guests. I have to hand it to the person that was handling this at 2:27pm 3/8/24. This gentleman was extremely friendly, gracious, professional, warm, welcoming & part of why I would come back sooner.

Please, pass on to him how noticeable good he is at the things that he does.

I left feeling like I had made a good decision to go there and I would like to come back. The guests in this location appeared well put together with a mix of middle and lower classes.

My final comment is not one directed to this establishment itself. My only complaint, if you can call it a complaint, is the general cost of eating out. The final bill with two sandwiches, each coming with a small side salad automatically was a competitive $24 which is a tidbit too high for me. The cash register uses a system to ring you where you are automatically asked to accept or deny leaving a tip to which paying customers likely never appreciate. The location seemed steadily busy at 1:30 in the afternoon on a weekday but not so busy where it was uncomfortable or a noticeable wait for food. There is plenty of seating inside and out with umbrellas outside and a fenced-in patio which is across the street from a park. It's very nice location where Inside the establishment I saw a nurse on her computer on her lunch break, families, professionals on lunch breaks and just local people or couples out getting lunch here.

The seating arrangement inside is extremely variable from cushioned bench, booth, chair and high barstool style of seating options. The patio is very...

I'm REALLY glad I came back a 2nd time, My first experience here was a bit interesting. The people working here are SUPER nice. Like REALLY nice. That's very valuable to me. The establishment itself is really clean and well put together. I really like that they don't use coke/pepsi products in their fountains. The first sandwich I tried was the Pastrami Tri-Tip. The bread is amazing. The meat is cooked very well, and the portions are great. The Only issue I had with this sandwich was how sweet it was. There were really no flavor contrasts to speak of. You had a healthy mound of meat, on some nicely baked bread, but a slice of cheese, but then they added a coleslaw cabbage mixture (which is fine) but what made it a bit too sweet was the butter pickle and golden mustard. There was no savory taste to this sandwich at all. It was a sweet sandwich by all accounts. Texturally it was great. What would have made this sandwich awesome was a nice dill pickle slice or something. We came back a few days later and I tried the Chimichurri Steak sandwich. Awesome. Absolutely awesome. Mild flavors. You could identify all of them. None of them overpowered the other. This was the sandwich that made me decide to come back here for lunch again. It had a nice blend of fresh and savory that is super nice in a beef based sandwich. I'd order this repeatedly. Super tasty.

Lovely spot. Please try it. Great people. Nice atmosphere. What more...

I went their the second day it opened. I ordered online and went to go pick it up. As soon as I got their I told the cashier and she told me to go to the pick up section. Their a man with glasses to me to wait outside and that they were going to bring my order. I was confused as to why he told me that despite saying that my order was ready. I waited for 10 minutes and I was starting to wonder what happened to my food. I went back inside and spoke to another person and he told me that online orders are always on the rack at the entrance and my order was there. I told him why did they say to wait outside. They could have told me my order was there and he was apologetic but I was upset on the fact that I was treated like that. However there food was delicious but customer service needs to...