NEST Cafe — Restaurant in Rock Island

I've been going to NEST since it first opened, and the freshness and taste of the food have not been disappointing! Today's meal was a make your own quesadilla with a side option of chips and salsa or rice and beans. Also included a small salad and dessert option between a vegan fruit crumble or a reeses peanut butter cookie. (Pictures below) For drinks they had water and iced Hibiscus Tea.

All of the offerings are fresh and prepared in the cafe and are served to you via volunteers!

This cafe is pay what you can making it more accessible for the community to have fresh meals. If you can't afford to pay, they simply ask you volunteer in return.

I love NEST cafe and its message of community. It's definitely a...

I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect when I first came to NEST Café. I was overwhelmingly impressed with all aspects with this restaurant. The food is so delicious and well thought out. The vegan and vegetarian options are top notch. The fact that everything is organic and locally sourced for $10 is just mind blowing. The level of care and love that the people who work there put into this restaurant makes it one of my absolutely favorite places to go in the entire Quad Cities. I cannot recommend it highly enough to bring your friends to or eat there with...

I had a wonderful experience here. We went when they had Hawaiian food that day. Everything from the dishes and napkins to the service and food was wonderful. I enjoyed the people that work here! The atmosphere was so welcoming and lovely. I loved the way the tofu was cooked. A donation based restaurant is definitely something beautiful this community needed and I'm so happy that it was busy when we went there. I'll be back because it's really nice to have so many veggie options available to me at all...