Elixir Organic Cafe & Lounge

Very good food, unusual set up and slow service but will definitely return for more! If your looking for something unique and interesting definitely try this place out the food is great

Not all that.
Went at night and after dinner ordered desert. They only had 3 choices of the 7 – 8 on the menu, no biggy I assumed they ran out of the rest and picked from what they had.
Went midday, no one there except 1 or 2 tables coming in with Groupons. Only had 3 desserts available from the 7 – 8 on the menu. This time I knew it was cause they don’t make them, probably won’t sell them with no customers. Service was not as good as the previous visit. Food sat on the line for 5 minutes b4 it was brought to us. I could see it from my seat and hear the «order up bell.» A smile would b nice too.
They need a smaller menu, consistency and more smiles. :)

Choose-​your-​own 5 ingredient juice, $ 6.95 for 16 oz., delicious. Thai-​style peanut ‘veggie chicken’ pizza could’ve only been better if the onions were cooked and some sort of asian chile sauce were available (Siracha?)
So happy for so many vegan and vegetarian options. It took a while to decide. Service was great and friendly. Definitely recommend for those of us who enjoy healthier eating.

This place is HORRIBLE! The service is the worst I’ve ever seen. The waiter and some chick sat in the corner practically making out while we sat patiently waiting for drink refills and our food. Did I mention that we were the only customers in the whole place??? The food was BLAH! They overcharged us (I suppose that’s what happens when you have an empty restaurant and rent to pay)! Not for me!

This was the most interesting restaurant I have been in. Place sucks. The food was like it was made in a microwave by a 8 year old. Super expensive for some really bland, boring food.
Just because its vegan/​vege does not mean it has to be terrible.
The décor is 100% salvation army, pieced together from a thrift store!
I used my groupon, paid an additional $ 20 and went to baja fresh after.
And it took an hour

Went here for the first time a couple weeks ago, and was surprised to see how big this place was. For some reason, I expected to open the door and find a small café with few tables all of which were going to be filled with people. I found the exact opposite. This place is pretty big, and sadly empty.
This place has a pretty big menu. I ended up getting the asian beef sandwich… I forgot what it was called exactly, haha. It was pretty good, but a small portion for the price. I also ordered one of her fresh juices, and man was it good !
The service was good at first, but kind of became over bearing. Since my friends and I were the only ones there, they were checking up on us way too often. I mean, I appreciate the sentiment, but there’s a difference between good customer service, and being too attentive.
Would I go back here? Probably not. I don’t live near it, and the price and ambience just weren’t good enough to capture my attention.

Started with the hummus and pita bread. Moved on to the Santa Fe turkey burger and the spicy burger with grass fed beef and enjoyed a piña colada smoothie. Everything was great and refreshing!
The atmosphere was a little bizarre, the place opened at 11am, we got there around 12 noon and the doors were still locked. The place was pretty empty on a Sunday morning. Part of the establishment didn’t seem fully settled.
The place is a bit pricey, but worth it because of all the healthy options available, and my Groupon was helpful. For once I didn’t feel guilty for eating out.

I bought a groupon for elixir back in April. I usually always Unilocal before I groupon but of course this time I didn’t. Lesson learned! When I finally did my research & saw all the negative reviews, I chalked it up to them being a newer business & figured I would wait a while for them to work out the kinks out before giving them a shot. Silly me, thinking that this business owner might pay attention to Unilocal & surely the types of issues people were talking about would be dealt with.
Well, fast forward 4 months to this past Thursday when the hubby & I finally got a chance to give this place a try. We walked in a little after 5pm to a completely empty restaurant. I tried to push aside any lingering doubts & keep an optimistic attitude. The sign said please wait to be seated but the lady behind the juice bar didn’t so much as glance our way or acknowledge that we had even walked in. We started walking towards a table while asking if it would be ok to sit down. I think she grunted or something but definitely did not give a clear answer. We sat down & waited for her to bring over a menu, say hi, smile, something! Nothing. She continued to clean or do whatever it was she was doing behind the counter & then finally brought over some menus after close to 5 minutes. Sorry to put you out!
She took our drink orders, water with lemon for me & a sugar cane soda for hubby which she said they were out of b/​c Whole Foods was out of it. Um, ok. He asked for just water with lemon too. We also ordered the Vietnamese spring rolls as a starter. I noticed that it came with a choice of dipping sauces but she never asked which one we wanted & hurried away before we could tell her. She came back with the 2 waters, no lemon. I asked for some lemon again & she came back with a tiny wedge of lemon in a filthy little bowl (pic attached) which I unfortunately didn’t notice until after I had squeezed the lemon into my water :/​Then I realized we had no place settings therefore no napkins to wipe my lemon-​juice covered hands on. I got her attention & asked for some napkins which she brought over, but again like I was putting her out.
A couple minutes later, she came back to take our dinner order. I asked if I could have my chicken sandwich on a multi-​grain bun to which she replied «that’s what it comes on» The menu has several different bun options listed, so I’m not sure why that is the default bun for that sandwich. I guess if I had wanted another type of bun, they would have been out of it.
Another 10 minutes or so & she brought out the spring rolls with a sweet chili sauce. Still no silverware so I guess it was good it was finger-​food. We asked if we could get some of the peanut sauce instead & she informed us that they don’t have peanut sauce. I mentioned that I had noticed it on the menu & she said «oh yeah, the manager is really bad about updating the menu» Way to call out your manager! O. O
We finally got our dinners after another 20 minutes or so. Cobb salad wrap for hubby, Mediterranean grilled chicken sandwich for me. Hubby’s came with 4 grapes, a tiny pickle & a pepperoncini pepper. Mine came with some mango salsa &, no joke-​I counted, 7 blue corn tortilla chips.
The food itself was pretty good, albeit a little pricey for what you get. I’m glad we had the groupon! I wouldn’t mind going back to try other things on the menu but you could not pay me to go back there & sit through another dinner that was as awkward, uncomfortable & slow as that was.
I usually don’t discount a place on service alone & always understand that people can have bad days. Yes, even a waiter/​waitress! But when I see Unilocal review after Unilocal review stating pretty much the same thing, I get a little ticked off. If some business owners took the time to read through reviews & fix the problems that are glaringly staring back at them, more businesses would succeed!

Very slow!!!
My boyfriend and I have been twice. Each time was almost the same experience. We walked into an empty place. It was almost like twilight zone. Seemed like the staff was irritated to even be there. Not very welcoming.
The food was great! That’s why we went back the second time. I loved the veggie wrap and my boyfriend enjoyed the vegan Philly cheesesteak. The sides that came with were skimpy! I got 4 grapes, a tiny pickle, and a pepper. My boyfriend had 5 chips and a tiny salsa in a 2oz cup. Maybe they have to ration between all 4 patrons that were there? Ha! We shared the vegetarian spring rolls which we thought were fantastic!
Bad: slow, slow, slow, pricey
Good: food tastes great
We may not go again, finding an extra 90 min to grab a quick bite will be difficult.

Came here with the Unilocal deal of $ 17 for $ 25 worth. I must say, I am quite impressed with the food that they serve here. But every other surrounding aspect of the café needs some sort of improvement if not more. First off, the graphical design/​theme of the restaurant needs MAJOR change. If I didn’t read this about Unilocal and walked by the store, I would’ve thought that this joint is some acupuncture office. The Website also needs major reconstruction as well.
The service wasn’t bad but the waitress seemed a bit awkward. Not to say it hinders her performance as a waitress, but she can use a little more personality.
The atmosphere also didn’t really remind me of a café or even a restaurant. To me, it looked more like a furniture store. And it was dead silent in there. No music and a TV that wasn’t even on. The waitress also seemed to be fulfilling duties that aren’t really resembled of a waitress. She was spending way too much time cleaning the place.
I got the Guacamole burger with whole wheat + grass fed beef. It was juicy and cooked on point. Could have used more guacamole since it is a «guacamole burger.» But in all, the taste was delicious. On the other hand, my girlfriend got the Santa Fe burger with whole wheat bread and grass fed beef in which was practically the exact same as the Guacamole burger… I have no idea why. Nevertheless, it was very tasty. On the sides, I got blue corn chips. Not enough to fulfill the side that I want but still somewhat good. On the other hand, my girlfriend got baked fries which is an additional $ 1.50. I recommend getting baked fries over any other side just because I’m a potato type of guy but it really complements a burger well.
Later on, the cook came out and greeted us to check up and see how we liked the food. I felt very welcomed and he definitely makes me wanna come back on numerous occasions. On a real note though, this restaurant needs major reconstruction other than its foods because they seem to be struggling just a little. And to make matters a bit more difficult, they are competing with another restaurant with the same focus of organic foods in Green & Proteins, which is about a quarter mile north from Elixir. Nevertheless, they can see me coming back.

This place is absolutely terrible.
My mom is a bit of a health-​nut and took me for lunch here one day and it was UNBELIEVABLE how bad this place fails on all levels.
We walked in and the place was relatively empty, save for one table of two women sitting in the back of the restaurant. The waitress sat us down and left to get us menus… and five minutes rolled by. She asked us what we wanted to drink, left the table and another ten minutes rolled by while we waited for those. She came back and we placed our order… thirty minutes later the waitress returned with our food.
I understand that fresh food sometimes takes a long time to prepare, but this was outrageous because all we ordered was two burgers. If I remember correctly, Mom had a Vegan burger and I had a good old-​fashioned beef burger. I’ll go on the record right now as saying that this was one of the worst burgers I had ever had. I ordered a «Cajun Spicy Burger,» but there was nothing spicy, nor flavorful about it. The menu stated that the burgers come up with blue corn chips and mango salsa, which they did… five blue corn chips and a dixie cup-​size Mango Salsa, which was also not especially tasty. At $ 9.99, these burgers were overpriced… especially because they didn’t even come closing to filling either of us up.
Long after we had already finished eating, the waitress came and took our plates, and after another wait, we received the check. Leaving this place was a DREAM.
I can only speculate that our bad service was the Elixir Café’s way of punishing us for not ordering all veggie burgers or taking any shots of wheat grass. If I want a burger, I’ll take my business to Bachi Burger, Sliding Thru… even McDonald’s before I come to this joint again.

Came here on the Groupon and for the promo value of $ 24, here are the items we ordered:
–Berry Blaster Smoothie (non-​fat yogurt based): This was quite healthy. Again, seems like no sugar was added, but that’s all good. Healthier this way.
–Basil lemonade: Tasted very pure, like no sugar added.
–Lemongrass Burger (turkey): Oh my Gawd, this was super tasty. If I knew it was this good, I would have ordered a burger for myself vs halfing it with my bf. I could devour a whole one by myself easily. It’s not a typical burger. The veggies on there were cucumber, daikon, carrot, and lettuce. The sauce was unique and flavorful. The turkey was not a patty that I was expecting. Instead, it was a nice thick slice of turkey that seems to be carved from a whole turkey. Muy Bueno.
–Black Forest Cake: This was super delicious as well. Very moist and airy. Aahhh… I felt guilty for eating it because it was so delicious.
Food was awesome.
Service was awesome.
Price could be better.
Gosh, eating healthy is expensive. :(But I will cough up $ 10 for that burger and $ 5 for the slice of cake once in a while.
My mouth is watering just thinking about those 2 items.

As Misti, our Las Vegas CM, mentioned you could come here and chill and read a book and have some food or a beverage.
However,…
The atmosphere is less than desirable. Yes, there are couches. Yes there’s some tables. But the place needs more color and sound. I asked the manager to put on some music in the future. They had a movie playing on the TV when I arrived. Totally not a movie I would associate with Elixir, mindful eating or general well-​being. Like,… put on a surfing movie at least. Not National Lampoon’s European Vacation!
The space reminds me of a café that used to be in the Lower Haight in San Francisco called, «Common Ground.» The coffee was good. The music (which ranged from Reggae to Indy-​rock) was decent and there were some good food choices. This place needs to embrace their café/​lounge attitude and play some darn music!
The Caesar salad was fair. The blue cheese burger was overcooked like… well, well done, and I wasn’t asked a temperature by the server. The server didn’t bring enough setups and I was given the reasoning that the table was small so they try to conserve. Um… utensils are utensils. I need them to eat.
Some things should just be a given when it comes to service.
I think she saw two entrees ordered and brought just two setups because of it. But… there were 3 of us. And yes, I had to ask for an extra plate. Good service should predict a customers needs. This place needs some serious training.
Back to the food… as someone else said, they have good intentions. I liked the choices of bread, meats and veggie options for their burgers. Presentation of the food needs some work. Right now, I might as well be at the Waffle House and not a healthy choice restaurant.
With competition like Greens and Protein and the Raw Café, this place is going to need to pull it together with their atmosphere, service and food in order to stay in the game.

slooooowwww awfully slooooow to the point of behind hysterical laughter, like we were laughing at first, then it became downright retarded.
We ordered smoothies, after about 40 mins we cancelled our smoothie order, and just ordered some waters… the smoothies never showed up. We sat without a drink for 40 mins prior to that, not even a water, or being asked if we’d like something else to drink. no attempt at all and probably no notice at all that we had nothing to drink.
There was 7 of us, they messed up all of our orders, AND we were supposed to get chips with our sandwiches. After an hour & a half of being there we *finally* got our food. No chips. After inquiring about the chips, the waiter did agree we were supposed to have chips on the side somehow he had missed this when he was bringing us the food. Then we were told they were totally out of chips. Instead we got 7 grapes in a cup. No attempt to ask us what we’d like instead, fries, salad something. It was awful.
Unfortunately this place has good food. It’s poorly managed and the waitstaff is horrible. I’ll never go back. I’d suggest unless you have 2 spare hours you skip it as well.
They also have no music on or TV on in this place at all. IT was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

I stopped over here with my mom after she got her hair done, since we were pretty much starving. It was early afternoon, and there were only 2 other couples there, so service was pretty good. We ended up sitting at a small table for two vs. the nice plush couches and sofas, but maybe next time I come back, I’ll wanna get comfy.
I’ll admit that I only tried this place out because of the Groupon, but for the amount of food, it was a deal I couldn’t pass up – 2 burgers/​wraps, 2 drinks, and a dessert for $ 17.
My mom and I ordered the following: Lemongrass Burger made of grass fed beef on Gluten-​free bread, 2 orders of chips and mango salsa, 2 Pomegranate Green Teas, the Veggie Italian Burger with grilled Portobello Mushroom on Multi-​grain bread, and the Black Forest Cake.
The burgers were delicious, so yummy and juicy. They were actually quite huge, and my mom and I had a hard time finishing our burgers and blue corn chips n salsa. I honestly thought that the burgers were good, the teas were refreshing, and the service was excellent – she came around quite often to check up on us.
However, I didn’t appreciate the fact that the menus were not updated and I changed my order a few times because the menus didn’t accurately reflect what was being served – burgers and dessert options, as well as tea selection. I didn’t feel like a wrap so I don’t know if they have updated that section or not. They actually only had one option for dessert, and I wish that I would’ve known that prior to walking in, as the black forest cake looked delicious, but was a bit dry in my opinion (had to eat it later on since I was so stuffed).
I was lucky enough to find a parking spot when I did, since it is in a plaza that shares parking with a lot of other restaurants and shops.
I like this place and hope to return at another time since I did like the food, atmosphere, and service. I also noticed that they had a stage setup, so I may return for some live music or open mic?
When I checked in on Unilocal,they had a deal for a free garlic/​herb pita with any entrée, but I couldn’t combine the offer with the Groupon, so I’ll be returning sometime to take advantage of this too.

I read the reviews about waiting 20 minutes for a sandwich, but I still wanted to try this place because they have Boba smoothies. One would think a smoothie would take 5 – 10 minutes. I waited OVER 30 minutes for a drink! The owner tried to justify this by saying they cook their boba fresh.
I ordered a chocolate banana smoothie, which has chocolate, banana and strawberry. The smoothie was really good minus the fresh cooked Boba. I slurped around them. If you’re used to Boba you get from a traditional Bubble teashop, skip theirs.
Good product, but not worth the wait. Many options within 1 – 3 miles.

On a mid morning Sunday, the restaurant was a ghost town. This normally is not a good sign and I almost darted. Heard that Elixir tends to be on the more expensive side, so my friend and I had purchased a Groupon Now before come here. In the end, we were unable to use it. If you purchase one to be used before 11:30am make sure to order breakfast, because it does not cover lunch.
We had ordered lunch, because their breakfast specials did not sound appealing. I had ordered the Lemongrass Turkey Burger on a grain bun ($ 9.99). The juicy patty was topped with pickled diakon and carrots, lettuce, cilantro, cucumbers, and raw onions. All this talk about banh mi has got me subconsciously seeking out these flavors. It was absolutely delicious. Each sandwich comes with a side of chips and chunky mango salsa. For the price compared to quality, it was really reasonable. I would definitely come back for this burger.

For some reason this review got moved to my Unilocal Book Club review and I don’t know why. Made my Unilocal Book Club review nonsensical. So I’m posting it here again. Unilocal,sometimes you are such a mystery.
Came here for the Unilocal Book Club. They have fancy chairs couches — even a recliner that rocks! It’s a large, comfortable environment. The servers are nice and kept refilling our tea without interrupting the book club. There was something going on with a blender behind the bar which was a little annoying, but the servers have to do what they have to do to make the drinks.
It closes at 7pm, which is a little early. But the servers let us stay a little longer along with other customers. Nice restrooms in the back, even if they are single stall. Seems like a nice place to just hang out on the weekends.

I’m always excited to hear about a new vegan-​friendly eatery in town, so I couldn’t wait to check this place out! The café is open and bright, and they have both tables or sofa seating available. They also have a stage, so maybe they will be having live music at some point? Or maybe an open mic poetry night where I can read my vegan sonnets? (Kidding!)
They have a standard café menu of soups, salads, and sandwiches (including wraps and panini). They have a list of like 6 vegan soups (!!) including vegan chix noodle, minestrone, chili, lentil, and butternut squash. However, only the lentil was available. Booooo!
There is a vegan/​vegetarian version of the standard menu that is almost exactly the same — they just replace the meat and/​or cheese with a vegan version (they have Tofurkey and Crown meats, and it looks like Daiya cheez). My server told me that all of the vegan/​veggie menu is vegan (or can be made as such). Yay!!!
They also have a juice bar, various teas, boba (which is organic and not as sweet as regular boba — I overheard a discussion about this) and frozen yogurt. You can dine in or do takeout.
The service was pretty quick, I was seated immediately with a menu, then a couple minutes later I was brought a little dish of dried fruit to gnaw on while making my menu decision. What a cute idea!
I opted for the Vegan Cobb Salad ($ 9.99) with vegan ranch dressing. I will admit I was a little underwhelmed, although, to be fair, it came exactly as described on the menu — lettuce, tomatoes (only a few), croutons bacon bits, fake turkey, a little cheez, and avocado. I could have used a few more veggies in there (carrots? cucumber?). But what the hell, I’ve never had a real Cobb salad so maybe that’s right on the money.
Regardless, it was a good size, very tasty. and they did not skimp on the avocado! The dressing was so good. They only gave me a little tiny cup, but that’s really all I needed… and if they’d doled out more, I would have just slopped on some unnecessary calories. The salad also came with some very fluffy whole wheat pita that was delish. I just had a black iced tea to drink, which was fine but nothing special (and $ 2.99?!?).
They have a deal going on now that you get half off your drink with the purchase of an entrée. It’s a bit pricey, but it is organic food, so you’re getting really good quality. I think this place has a lot of potential. As is, I’d give it a 3.5, so we might be rounding this score up to 4 if my next visit (and there will definitely be one) goes well.

I made a beeline for Elixir once I saw the word «Organic» on its promotional sign in the parking lot where the fresh52 Farmer’s Market is held. There are not too many Organic restaurant/​cafes in Henderson and needless to say, I was stoked. They have only recently opened (a ‘soft’ opening) and don’t have their full menu just yet, but there is already plenty of deliciousness to enjoy.
I started by devouring their sumptuous vegan chocolate cake, since other people had already finished up the red velvet cake (boo!), while waiting for my Caesar wrap on a spinach tortilla. The cake was wonderfully light and fluffy and adequately moist, and I was still quite hungry when the wrap came out. The wrap was perfect. The presentation was lovely, and it was served with a little cup of cold grapes, a pickle, and a hot pepper. The wrap itself was one of the most gorgeous, tastiest spinach wraps I’ve ever seen — whole wheat with flecks of spinach, rather than the green ones I’ve seen elsewhere. The Caesar dressing was light and tasty, and the veggies were fresh and finely chopped. This sandwich normally comes with chicken, but I am vegetarian and they were happy to substitute tomatoes.
They plan to add hot sandwiches to the menu as well as a breakfast menu — yum. Currently there are a variety of fresh fruit /​yogurt /​boba tea smoothies as well as salads, other sandwiches, and a few other things I can’t remember. I plan to return frequently. Great addition to the neighborhood!