Zen Garden Market & Lotus Cafe

Unique spot in PCB! Between the coffee bar, lotus café (serving breakfast, lunch/​early dinner, smoothies, juices), the shop, and yoga studio, my friend and I spent a few hours here on our morning in PCB! We had their awesome breakfast burrito, fresh fruit bowl (mango, goji berries, pineapple, yum!), and a few smoothies. They have an extensive lunch menu too! We also bought a few plants at the store and loved browsing through (they sell all kinds of things-​plants, organic foods and teas, decorative pieces).
Everyone who works here treated us so kindly and made conversation, which was lovely as a tourist and not something you always find in a place like PCB. Take a break from all of the fried seafood pubs and chains while on vacation spend a relaxing morning or afternoon here. We cannot wait to come back.

Nice juice/​smoothie bar in walking distance from the beach. Peanut butter smoothie was delicious. Love the décor.

What a great Zen location. We went for breakfast and had a wonderful time. The food was wonderful and exactly what we expected. Son had the breakfast burrito and was stuffed after. Came with some very tasty home fries to top it off. I enjoyed a eggs and toast and topped it off with some delicious vegan sausage. Want some place great to enjoy and a break from typical in area… go here.

Really wonderful organic, healthy, delicious food. Well seasoned, and perfectly cooked. They also have fresh juices and smoothies. The restaurant opens up into a beautiful garden and an attached health foods store.

I got the raw wrap and a V-​12 juice. It was delicious. So glad this place is here. I needed to eat something healthy instead of frozen alcoholic drinks and fried foods (the main foods at all the other area restaurants) at least I can be sure I got some nutrients when visiting Panama city beach because I stopped here!
The café is very cute and the menu had a lot of great options!

Great vegetarian place with the best outdoor space you can ask for. Lots of greenery, a little pond and wildlife surrounding the area. Organic juices, food and retail. If you are looking for health options, vegetarian, juices, smoothies or just a great salad this is the place to go.

Everything I’ve had from here has been delicious! Tastey and organic! I live 2 hours away or I would have much more often!

Best café in all of Panama City Beach. The food is healthy and delicious. They also serve smoothies that are amazing. Also — they have a yoga schedule here.

Biked over for a smoothie! Loved the Buddha ordered a power wrap to go… reminds of the heritage at home

This place is awesome! The atmosphere is so relaxing with the trickle from the waterfall and the lotus pond. The food is fantastic. Highly recommend!

Good food, friendly staff. I’d go back! The café has smoothies, salads, raw nut cheese and homemade veggie burgers along with other options. The market had just gotten in relishes and other foods from a South Carolina company that makes everything by hand. My wife, grandmother and I loved it all!

Absolutely great! We looked all around the beach area for a quality restaurant that serves organic and vegan food. This is the only real one and we have tried them all. We had a lovely veggie burger made from scratch featuring nice thick gluten free bread. We also loved the Salmon and think it was the best we have ever had.
The atmosphere is wonderful, and the staff is great. They care about the food quality and its expert preparation. Everything was first class and the prices are reasonable. Don’t miss this one.

Friend and I decided to come here after a long swim on the beach and she was parched. I had my doubts but since she’s a vegetarian and I told her this was a healthy smoothie bar option she jumped on the idea. Off we go! Beware the parking since backing out will lead you into a huge blind spot on to the main road. Well she or a antioxidant smoothie and I had a taste, wasn’t too sweet and it tasted amazing! Plus they gave her a refill to finish off the freshly blended fruits. The environment is very chill and friendly. I had some root beer and they let us walk around the gardens before I paid. One of many places i will return to. The gardens are beautiful! Despite the fact that the water smells like sewage (common thing apparently) it was very serene and I’m thoroughly glad I picked this spot, great addition to a perfect day that I will never forget.

My favorite weekday lunch pleasure. The salmon plate and the chili sauce is SO good. Shrimp tacos are delicious as well. Love sitting in the garden next to the water features and listening to the birds with my iced green tea. Love love love this place!

What a great and wonderful place! We are visiting from Tennessee and found the café on here looking for vegetarian or whole food eateries and luckily found this place!
My wife had the veggie burger and I had the micro plate! Both were very delightful! So glad to find a sweet little gem while out visiting!

I initially I almost didn’t make it here because gps leads you to the wrong location. My suggestion is to put the comfort inn into gps and it’s across the street.
Few basics, first:
Free parking
Connected to other interests
Closed Sunday but open the rest of the weekdays
Food:
Healthy. Okay, so healthy to me isn’t just low fat cheese. This is healthy as in raw, fresh ingredients that are prepared without grease dripping out of every angle. I went with my craving and dove into a veggie burger and a side of black bean and rice.
Instantly, I thought that if I wanted to cook something tasty and healthy, this would be it. Thinly sliced bread, lettuce, onion, guacamole ($), a patty and mayo (?)…simple, easy. The beans and rice were warm and treated as a soup. I’d gladly come back for more on the menu.
The dining areas are spread out (inside, outside, both) and surrounding is a zen like area ie. Buddha, artwork, small pond, garden… THAT is what makes this different from the other mom and pop health eateries. It’s not a wow type of zen but considering the area, it’s away from the busy streets.
Service is the type that CHEERS had, owner knows your name. There’s regulars and they come in for food, some just come in for a juice cleansing and others are there to shuffle paperwork (school/​business).
Returnable: 100%

Loved my smoothie. Loved my veggie burger. Loved my wife’s salmon salad. She did not love that I loved her food. She loved it too. It was tense.
In addition to the café, there are various activities and components (live music, painting studio, yoga studio, plant nursery, and so forth) that make this place more than a tasty destination, but a local cultural appendage. I like it. Nay, I love it.

Such a peaceful place to enjoy a meal. It doesn’t look like much from the outside view of the front, but you enter into the back into this peaceful garden with waterfalls and ponds, trees, flowers and plants. I instantly felt at ease. I met I’m assuming the owner who was watering the vegetation, he greeted me and we talked for a bit. Even though they don’t start serving lunch until 11 he was still cool with serving me a curry chicken wrap, which was mind blowing at 10am. I also went with the peanut butter Buddha smoothie was was exquisite. I will make it a point to come back to this place for sure

I don’t have an inch of healthy-​eating bone in my body. I am the typical Chinese who eats everything on this planet, of course, in a smaller portion.
I was running a vegetable deficit after devoured delightful fresh seafood for days. A nice aesthetic salad can fill the gap. Zen is the only darling on the Panama Cit Beach meets the task. It is not a easy task when you drag your better half whom I consider as a devil-​alike spoiled Viking prig.
Let’s cut the chase. Let’s get onto the salad, Kale-​Avo. On a small flat square shape plate, was a pile of seasoned fresh chopped bite size kale leafs mixed with thin sliced green apple, radish, carrots, finished with a pinch of bean spouts on top. My first impression was filled with doubts. It looked dry. Where was the dazzling dressing? Where did that rich flavor come from?
I figured it out till the last bite. A hint of green paste at the bottom of the dish enlightened me. Fresh Avocado, mashed, mixed with seasoning, rubbed into kale leafs. It is called sophisticated cooking in my dictionary. Overlooking at the Viking’s side, he had a salmon salad. It was perfectly cooked. Glazed with ginger flavor soy sauce, the salmon was lightly pan fried. It was slightly pink in the middle. The heat perfectly penetrated. Viking was quiet. Usually, it is a good sign.
To me, a pure spiritually infused Zen conflicts with mine, an opposite character hopelessly influenced by the darn ruthless Viking. On the bright side, my taste buds bowed to the heavenly blessed creativity. On the dark side, my inner organ that is used to accustomed food protested. It whispered to me: Where is my grease?
The Viking calmly spited out a single word at my vulnerable moment: Detoxification.

What a remarkable find in PCB!
The outdoor seating area with plants and pond makes one want to bust out in vinyasa at any given moment.
The music and environment is somewhat trendy and holistic at the same time. I really appreciate the fresh offerings here. I opted for the kale salad, and it actually was very satisfying.
Loose leaf teas and other gifts may be purchased here as well.
So great to have a healthy choice in a city filled with seafood and wings.