Mother’s Market & Kitchen

Second time here had breakfast and it was delicious. Folks here are kind and friendly my fiancé is not a fan of healthy eating. But the chilaquiles changed his mind he’s considering shopping here .yay for me I’ve been wanting to shop here. Change is good even if it starts with chilaquiles
Stop by and make a change.

I love their juice bar, ask for Natalie!!! She’s so nice and knows how to make the best juices. I do think that their ready made foods could be better (presentation and variety)

I’m sorry to say, but Mother’s Market has truly gone downhill. The quality of the juice bar has taken a turn for the worse and yet, the pricing has gone up significantly in recent years. At one point, they literally hiked up the price of their juices by $ 2 – 3 across every size, which would probably be fine because of inflation — except they have been shorting the cups, so you actually end up with less juice than what you’re paying for. The juice bar employees are also downright rude, condescending, and refuse to make any substitutions. As I mentioned, the quality of the juice has also worsened — I feel like they don’t use enough of the ingredients that are listed on their menu (i.e. ginger, lemon, etc.), so the juices end up tasting watery and almost like ready-​made juices you can just buy out of a fridge. It’s heartbreaking because the juice bar used to be one of the most redeeming qualities about Mother’s Market!
In addition, the produce doesn’t look as fresh as it once did and the prices for everything (vitamins, crackers, nuts, etc.) have spiked significantly. I also haven’t seen very many specials on fruit, like I used to. Furthermore, the service has always been extremely slow and non-​existent inside the restaurant, but recently it’s gotten even worse — to the point where they can’t even seem to execute orders correctly. Sigh, I really miss the days when Rick was the manager here because he genuinely cared about the community, humbly accepted feedback, and was constantly striving to improve this place! Sadly, Mother’s is now on the decline — no wonder TJ’s, Sprouts and now Whole Foods are so jam-​packed these days. Seems like most people would rather go there instead.

I came here for dinner and ordered the inferno wrap with avocados and a side of nachos. The portions were definitely generous! The wrap left me feeling healthy and full! It can be a bit bland but it pairs perfectly with hot sauce!

I love the prices here! They have such a great selection of acai bowl toppings and coconut waters. Super grateful for their skincare supplements and locally farmed bee pollen too!

I haven’t purchased a whole lot here, mainly because of the prices however coming here for teas, gluten free stuff, single meals, and healthy skin stuff seems to be at a reasonable price. I do like this place because everyone seems very helpful and nice. I also like the HUGE selection of tea they have here for just about everything you might be wanting in a tea: detox, healthy skin, digestive, energy, whatever! I mainly come for this because most stores don’t carry they brands they have here and they’re so good for you. Love this location however, the isles are so small it’s quite annoying having to shuffle between people.

This is a great place to find healthy, natural, or organic food. Besides the grocery store, there is a kitchen where you can dine in and a fresh juice bar. My spouse and I come here more for the kitchen than anything else. Since she’s a vegetarian, she has many options there. One of her absolute favorites is the chili and cornbread, which I do have to admit is pretty damn good. Two of my favorite dishes are the tuna melt (which is one of the few items with meat in it) and the French toast (breakfast is served all day). I’ve never been disappointed with the food there.
The only juice I’ve tried from the juice bar is a drink called the Cold Comfort. It’s $ 5 for about 8 ounces of fresh carrot juice, ginger, ginseng, and cayenne pepper. It’s meant to provide relief when you’re sick. I was sick when I tried it, and man, it’s potent stuff. From my first sip, it was a flavor explosion in my mouth and instantly cleared up my sinuses. It was tough to drink because the taste was so strong, but it did make me feel better.

I was very disappointed
I got food poisoning from there, talk to the manager. She said she pass it onto the main manager never heard back from them and they never offered to pay for my meal that had me SICK over 24 hours.
Here’s my up
I did hear back from the manager after the weekend he apologize for not getting back to me sooner. He was very concerned about me being sick and also offered to pay for my lunch
So on a good note everything is good thank you

Mothers juice and smoothie bar is open late, thank goodness, cos I’m in need of that Green goddess! 16oz (6.25) 32 oz (11.50). Incredibly fresh veggies and fruits, probably organic too. Pricier than nekter but at least it’s open til 10pm and that makes me one happy customer :)

I love this place. It’s smaller than Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods and the staff is always nice. They have a wide selection of natural, organic products from granola to baby products to make up! Also, they serve food and have a café + outside dining area. I come here often to eat and get my groceries, and always leave feeling happy, healthy and satisfied. :)

I cannot express how ecstatic I am for finding out about this place! At first I thought this was just a marketplace with some food you could order to go, but right at the entrance there is a little gateway to the right side leading to a cute dining area where you can sit and eat. They offer a variety of vegan dishes, along with non vegan dishes as well, that all sound so delicious! I tried the vegan patty melt and the harvest breakfast sandwich (holiday specials). They were both mouth watering but I’d say the vegan patty melt took the gold. I also tried the vegan peppermint hot chocolate which tasted exactly like regular peppermint hot chocolate, I’m sure no one could really tell the difference! My friend ordered the grapefruit ginger cooler, which had a VERY strong ginger taste. Not really something I’d prefer, but if you need something to really wake you up, this would definitely do it. The vegan cherry pie and vanilla cupcake were both okay in my book. They were very small and a little bland but not disgusting. I am an avid dessert lover though so my taste for sweets have very high standards. The servers were all kind and accommodating and the price for everything came out to be about $ 34 which is pretty reasonable.
After eating, my friend and I decided to walk around the marketplace and see what products they sold. They had a lot of organic, vegan, non GMO, and overall healthy items everywhere. They even had vegan beauty products! I really like the whole concept of this place and how eco friendly and health conscious it is. I saw that they also have many other branches all located in the OC area. I hope they expand to more locations very soon!

This review is solely on the restaurant vegan food.
First and foremost the staff was very nice and helpful.
My wife and I are vegan and we wanted to try a new spot since vegan restaurants are hard to come by. We saw the reviews here and we decided to try it. I’m not reviewing any of the other non vegan food just the vegan dishes that we ordered.
I ordered the Pesto Pasta with Broccoli with vegan meatballs and my wife ordered the Pumpkin Flaps Pancakes. So here’s my review on the food:
1. Pesto Pasta
It looked appetizing when I got it in front of me, but as soon as I took a bite I instantly didn’t like it. It was very bland and lacked any taste. I had to put salt on it to give it some kind of flavor. The meatballs were very soggy and not thoroughly cooked.
2. Pumpkin Flaps Pancakes
Soggy soggy soggy. They were not cooked thoroughly and the first bite was half cooked half batter uncooked.
I will not be coming back here for the food maybe just the groceries.

I’ve recently taken a liking to strolling down market aisles. I guess I developed this hobby during my third trimester of pregnancy cause there is only so much you can do.
I like looking through all the different local, organic and unique labels mother’s market has to offer. This is where I stock up on all my cereals (because I need to have like 15 boxes, variety ya know?) and it’s so much fun to peruse all the options! I can probably spend an hour just looking through labels and packaging designs on their goods — maybe it’s the designer within me?
I have yet to check out the juice bar that everyone raves about. Will do that soon and update accordingly!

Kind of a mixed bag but still pretty decent… i love that they have santa monica seafood since sprouts seafood always looks slightly questionable to me. On the other hand the produce can be really hit or miss. I just don’t think there is enough turnover at this location. Juices are pretty good. Prices here are definitely higher than sprouts though and the quality of produce doesn’t justify it some of the time. The selection of vegetables is not super great either… not a place to come looking for that hard to find produce item. This is more like a 3.5 than a 3… but i can’t help but think this place is going to get crushed when the whole foods opens.

I came here looking to purchase Little Miracles organic tea and fruit juice blend.
This market is located in the same plaza as California Fish Grill on Associated. Plenty of parking in their lot, and lots of people coming and going. The market resembles a Trader’s Joe but with a small kitchen and a juice bar! They carry healthy and organic produce as well as snacks and other dried foods.
The people working there are very approachable and nice. However, I did not receive the help I sought since they were not very familiar with the products that they carry. After searching through the shelves and juice sections, I approached an associate but was told that they might not carry the Little Miracles brand anymore. On my way out, I took a last look around anyways, and there they were stocked on the shelves!
I was more than happy to have found what I was looking for, but time is money and I spent a lot of time looking around or waiting for assistance.

So me and my boyfriend decided to eat breakfast inside the café or dining area here on a Sunday morning .
We approach this waitress at the front desk and she looks at us and we look at her and she does not say … Anything. And so we ask, «Do we wait or seat ourselves?» She goes «Are you trying to dine in?» … Really?. No … I was just checking out your unbelievably black boxy eyebrows … * sarcasm *
The food really is ok. Service here is. Don’t expect any
This other guy who brought out our food. I was just going to simply ask him for a cup of ice. And before I can even finish asking he goes. Oh I’m not a waiter and walks away …
Seriously? I just wanted some ice to go with my grapefruit juice :(
So I wait like 5 min … While she is walkin by not making eye contact. And I am not the one to yell for my server
Maybe I came here on a bad day? Possibly the day after a long Halloween night? Which explains the eyebrows .
Anyways if you don’t care. Come here because the food is actually not bad ;)

This review is for the dining side only. I happen to love the market side and will continue to shop there!
I’ve shopped at Mother’s Market for a while, and finally had a chance to eat there this past weekend. I dined there on a Sun morning, there was only a couple other customers dining at that time. Right when our food was about to come, I spotted a HUGE cockroach on the top part of our booth!!!
Thankfully, our server was on his way with our food, and spotted it as well. He quickly put the food down, and went back to the kitchen to get some napkins to kill it.
When he came back, the cockroach had moved to the other side of the booth, and I’m not sure if the server was scared to kill it with just a few napkins (because I sure as heck would be), but he hesitated, and the cockroach disappeared in the cracks of the seat.
The craziest part is that none of the staff were surprised by the cockroach — it’s apparently a «normal» occurrence for them!!! Our server just nodded and said «yeah, they come in from outside», and another staff told us «they come in from the sewer». This is actually the reason I’m writing this review — to warn you — that if you dine here, you may spot a cockroach since it seems to happen regularly.
At that point, we asked the hostess to pack our food to-​go. She was rolled her eyes and proceeded to give us an attitude as if we were inconveniencing her (I’m not sure why, as she was standing around since there weren’t many other diners).
I was half expecting to get a discount due to the ginormous cockroach, or at the very least, an apology. But neither happened.

I don’t know why but I love the prepared foods at this place.
They have fresh authentic raw foods…
Healthy and refreshing!
I came once out of curiosity and saw this Living Hummus Wrap and so wanted to try it… but I couldn’t so I came back another time got it and damn I was like this is sooo good…
Next time I got it again and saw this lentil loaf… tried that and was like DAMN this is so good…
I definitely love this place!!!

Prices: $ 17.99/lb for farmed salmon = highway robbery
Food bar: Bland. We all know healthy doesn’t have to be so. Whole Foods’ selection and taste far superior.
Service: Varies. Dude at the juice bar that day was very nice and helpful, even made conversation with my toddler. But the young lady at checkout, not so much. No hello, no how are you today, just a blank face. But of course the next guy in line gets all of those.

Excellent juice bar and good sandwiches for a healthy and nutritious lunch on the go.
Good number of gluten free and non GMO groceries and even gluten free shampoo and conditioner for people with allergies!
Ample supplement department.
Some of my favorites from the beauty department:
alba green aloe and green tea lotion
Crystal chamomile green tea deodorant
Twinlab Na-​PCA with aloe Vera natural moisturizing spray
Also love the pur gum!