Crossroads - Los Angeles

I’ve tried every vegan and vegetarian place in town and Crossroads is incomparable. You know a place is great when you take meat eaters who find themselves asking time and time again “are you sure this is vegan?” The standout dishes include the lions mane skewers (or the lions mane steak if you get there before it sells out each night), the carbonara with a vegan egg on top that’s too realistic to believe, and their calamari which had connoisseurs say it was the best calamari they’ve ever had! Their cocktail AND mocktail selection is equally as spectacular with the bartenders knowing exactly what to pair with your meal. And last but definitely not least is the service. Friendly staff everyone from the host to the bussers appear happy and proud to be there. They treat every guest like a VIP even when there’s A List guests dining!

Sitting in the restaurant while writing this and the overall vibe is nice but the pasta here absolutely sucks. We ordered the Cacio e Pepe and it is so so bland. We’ve had cacio e Pepe in some of the best restaurants in LA like Felix/scopa etc. but this literally tastes like butter pasta. The server is rude and refuses to make any substitutions at all. We asked for extra cheese after telling her that we’re confused because the pasta doesn’t taste good at all and she has the audacity to tell us that they’ll charge us extra for the cheese on top of the $25 pasta. It’s absolutely ridiculous. The apps are good but stay away from their pasta. Would not recommend.

I'm sitting here writing this. The water leaves a aftertaste maybe it needs to be infused I'm a water connoisseur sorry. Pros: They seated us pretty quickly for a Saturday. Get the blossoms ! Cons: the bathroom was dusty and dark nowhere to hang my bag, but this affected my impression greatly. We waited quite some time for someone to come ask if we'd like water, definitely should just bring it no matter what. I'm very confused about the music. It's great 50s 70's music, but it is clashing with the more classic vibe idk sorry it's not horrible I was singing along in my head but I thought this was for a younger crowd. My friend says the drink was strong. The food was amazing so yea made up for everything else.

Chicken and waffles were good but nothing special. The Caesar salad, whipped feta were exceptional. Baba ganoosh was good. Beautiful restaurant, loved the patio. Service was excellent.

Love this place one of the best vegan restaurants in LA for sure. Staff are always nice and welcoming. will be coming back for sure