Rooted: North Medford — Restaurant in Medford

It’s a really nice space. Everyone’s super friendly. It’s very clean, little loud because it’s an open kitchen. Maybe the vegan food is good but it’s the worst smoothie I’ve ever had, no contest. $11 and the pea protein completely ruined the smoothie, tasted like chalk, and gave me horrible indigestion. This was not an add-on, I just purchased it as it came and they sell a smoothie tasting like that on purpose? They should be using a much higher quality vegan protein supplement for the cost and size of the smoothie, so you’re not left hungry with a stomach ache and a bad taste in...

Am I a vegan? If so, all of my other restaurant reviews would be bogus 😁 That said, my nourish burrito (that's the name of the one I got) was absolutely loaded with great flavors and textures to make a dish much greater than the sum of it's parts. Super friendly service with a sample of their nachos that made me read the menu to find out the cheesy sauce was made out of cashews 🤔. I spent well under 20 bucks AFTER a reasonable tip and was really close to leftovers but couldn't stop because it was yum....

Food— Ordered the spicy Thai bowl, which was OK. Edible, but not amazing. Then ordered a mango matcha smoothie and asked for the protein powder. This brings us to the hospitality review. Hospitality— Smoothie was made way too sweet with the protein powder that contained stevia, the plant version of saccharin. Yuck! I indicated that I did not like it, and the hostess was completely unconcerned. No offer to remake it. Atmosphere—Casual, like a teriyaki or pho restaurant. No...