Healthy options! Nice staff and FAST!! Really enjoyed everything here! 5 stars because it is exactly what it advertised and more. Please keep places like this in business, it's hard to travel with dietary restrictions without places like this along the way! Thank you for the nourishment! read more

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Love love this place. The gals are always very nice and helpful. Been in Mt Shasta 47 years and this is a great addition to the town.

It's a nice organic casual place. The sandwiches and smoothies are good but it appears that they are short of staff and their staff members look really pressed. The fruit smoothie was fresh and delicious making us want to return for more. The kombucha was definitely watery and a bit of a disappointment. Nice little place in town read more

I have been trying this awesome place for the last month! Love it! The Açaí bowls love them all. Totally love the smoothies delicious and nutritious. Turkey bagel is so delicious and feels great to devour it. I'm a fan of this place for surewho would have thought hamburger boy is getting schooled up by Hippy Food read more

Customer service was great. I got a avalanche açaí bowl and this was unfortunately the blandest açaí i've ever had. It honestly didn't have much of a taste. The toppings like the banana and strawberries were good. Although i did find it weird that i was given a packet of honey instead of them putting it inside the bowl. It was just underwhelming for the price paid, but unfortunately i feel thats the norm here in mt shasta. Since theres a lot of tourism people jack up the prices for okay quality just because they can, which is unfortunate for the locals. Although i only had one item here so my opinion on this plate is limited, maybe if they didn't water down the açaí it would be better read more

Run by a great couple who care about the local Community and offering something more healthy. I never cared for kombucha until they offered me some samples of their kombucha at a farmer's market. I am a twice a week regular now and have been since before they opened the Thrive Bar. I love the atmosphere of the Thrive Bar. You can see the work and care that went into creating the space. On a nice day, you can sit outside which I love. The coffee is to die for. Possibly the best in town (and we have some good coffee spots - and I'm not talking Starbucks-I mean really?!). Food is fresh and delicious and a great alternative to the burger, sandwich, pizza centric faire so common in town. And I've always gotten excellent and polite service, even when they are slammed. I appreciate the healthy alternative they offer and the care that they show their customers and the community. read more

Great food, great service, and great menu! Super friendly and accommodating staff. We will back when traveling through.

Hidden jewel. Friendly service really good food and kombuchas. Hard to find. Take the exit to the big bear diner pass it an Starbucks. Turn left at 1st after Main drag. It's the left read more

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Shocked again by amazing food in this small town! The avocado toast and the bagels were incredible...and smoothies are so good.

The gluten free food, coffee and service were all incredible! That mushroom mocha coffee with the 7 mushroom blend was exceptional! read more

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I'm disappointed by the owner's response to my initial review. 4 stars is a good score and I had many complimentary things to say about my experience. I understand it's disappointing to not get a perfect score but my experience did not deserve 5 stars. Customer service and acting professional are a vital part of running a successful business - I highly encourage the owner to handle constructive feedback with more grace in the future. read more

Kombucha is good. Smoothie taste did not meet my expectations. I wish they used dates for more sweetness. However hiking and eating here feels great. It's a nice spot with clean bathrooms and good outdoor space. The view is beautiful. Customer service was excellent, lady took her time explaining each menu item even tho there was a huge line behind us. Really appreciated that and I came back for more. Healthy food! I recommend the bagels they're much bigger than the avacado toast. But avacado toast is great as an appetizer. read more

The food here was so delicious and healthy. The view of Mount Shasta from the restaurant is beautiful. Service was a bit slow because of a rush but overall great staff. read more

I had a great breakfast this morning at Alua's Thrive Bar!! It's be developed by a local couple and is the place for a quiet health meal or snack! Great local coffee from Northbound Coffee here in Mount Shasta. OH! Alua's makes the best Kombucha within 100 miles !! read more

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I LOVE THIS PLACE. I stop every time I come up and refill my bottles to take home. But I'm leaving a review today because I am officially obsessed with a new flavor of kombucha I tried today: Palo Santo! I sincerely hope they have it again, I made it into a little mocktail with some muddled mint. And now I have to go back tomorrow and get more before I leave so I bring back to all my friends in the Bay Area. Keep it up you guys, so happy to have a wonderful place to stop and get a drink and healthy delicious snack! read more

After quite a few decent experiences here, I had such a horrible one that it canceled all previous visits out. This place sells "growlers" for their kombucha and other drinks, and I came in once to fill one. A local and a regular since they opened. They refused to rinse out the growler for me, telling me I am supposed to clean it at home. It wasn't gross... just the slightly sticky remnants of the last fill maybe a day or so old. They wouldn't even run water into the growler and pour it out, telling me I could either buy a new growler or have my kombucha poured into the old one as is. !?!? The owner comes out and doubles down on this, refusing the simple courtesy of rinsing a pricey growler they had sold me at a clear premium. In shock, I told them there was a 3rd option... that I leave and never give them my money again for their overpriced, mediocre fizzy water. As for ambiance, the place is alarmingly bad. The blue paint and hipster vibe is fine, but the place had NO air conditioning and an outmatched fan does nothing to alleviate the sweltering atmosphere. All summer long, the poor girls behind the counter are sweaty and I have seen them drip into the drinks. In the winter it is colder than a fridge. There is a reason the clientele is mostly tourists passing through. Food is decent but portions are small, overpriced, and with the hygiene on display... very suspect. TO OWNER'S REPLY: Wow. What is that, FIVE edits of your "reply" in as many days? Sad. Dude, your protest monologue just makes it clear that you are unprofessional. Calling me a liar doesn't make it so. Stating that it was never sweltering in your concrete brick house doesn't erase everyone's memories. This is the only "review" I have ever posted about you, so if you are getting bad reviews "all over the internet" it is probably because you are not a nice person and lack the very aloha spirit you try and ride on? YOU were rude to me, and to others I know in town. You reply to every review that isn't 5 stars here pushing people to rate higher, which is needy and neurotic. It is a small town and you should be nicer to your local customers. I wasn't told to leave, I walked out and will never come back due to YOU and your gruff ways. Your "rebuttal" alone shows how defensive and unprofessional you are. (Seems you finally wised up and erased 95% of your reply... but that doesn't change the hostile, neurotic vibe you were putting down, so I won't bother to change what I have written.) You say that the events never happened, and then go on to admit it is "your policy," and then make it as if the customers are at fault for violating your self-made policy that no brewery ever in the history of breweries would impose. Maybe it was your manager who was so rude... but you still hired him. If you "lose money" on your growlers... you are a terrible businessman and don't know how to use the internet. LOL. You can buy them on Amazon for $2. Acting like YELP isn't here to warn people about businesses that they should perhaps avoid or high-strung individuals like yourself who want to whine about a bad review and call names at someone who had previously given them a good chunk of change, means you don't understand how the service industry works. How about being polite, and trying to make the customer happy? Just a thought. Would it have killed you guys to run some water in the growler and not tried to embarrass me throwing your petty tyrant weight around? Yelp is not your free advertising domain. It is for CUSTOMERS to complain about businesses free from owners spending $ to inflate their ratings. You want undeserved ratings, give your money to Google. Gaming this system by having all your friends post favorable reviews is too pathetic for words. This one review didn't dent your numbers at all and you freak out trying to intimidate a genuine disgruntled customer from doing what YELP was designed to be used for... yelping about bad service! Everyone in town knows your place has been hotter than a henhouse. 2 of my girlfriends worked for you and quit due to conditions. Maybe this summer you will have better AC... who knows? Last summer you didn't. LOL. That you would even deny it is silly. Maybe you have purchased a better AC unit since last summer, but I wouldn't know because I will never patronize your venue again. I remember when you were just a small stand on the farmer's market and I was a loyal customer despite the fact that many of us make our own Jun and Kombucha here. Your demeanor and attitude about something as simple as giving a growler a quick rinse is on you. Whining about someone posting a bad review is petty. This is quite literally what Yelp was created for. Suggesting I am a competitor? You have no competitors. You are the only Kombucha Brewery in town... LOL. As if Handsome John gave a crap about your clientele. Thanks for the laughs. read more

It was very expensive, and it was quite a long wait for my food, but the vegan bowl I had was very tasty and the staff was very friendly

Delicious coffee and kombucha all of the dishes smelled so go and such a beautiful presentation. I highly recommend this place very nice staff and quick service. read more

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I am not at all into health food, vegan food or anything like that. Normally. I tried the blackberry kombucha. Very refreshing. I also ordered the vegan blast, which featured tempeh. I had never tried tempeh before, abd was very pleasantly surprised. Delicious. The bagel bread was awesome and wholesome. Highly recommend this place to anyone read more

Place is awesome. Def try the vegan chili. Also, awesome drink and coffees. Great patio w a view of the Mountain. Enjoy!

This was my first time in this Thrive Bar... I have to say this is the best place in Mt. Shasta. I ordered two drinks to try they are Kombucha on Tap Jalapeño Lime, and I had an Avocado Smoothie. I highly recommend this place to other people. read more

Great food and great people. I eat there frequently and buy their kambucha often. Try it you'll like it.

I just had lunch with my coworkers and we all felt like it was a good experience. Good healthy food at a reasonable price. I had the Mothership Telos salad. I would order it again but I want to try something different next time! They were pretty busy but got our food out in a reasonable amount of time. read more

My friends went to buy me delicious smoothies and salads during the past two days. So fresh and good tasting! The salad is beautiful to look at! I'm glad I found healthy food to eat during my stay while here in Shasta! read more

Stopped by briefly to grab two Blasted Vegan Bagels for a quick to go lunch. The two Blasted Vegan Bagels were excellent as well as a Turmeric Ginger Chai. A little expensive, but good. However, they had a bit of a fly problem in the dining room that could be easily remedied with a zapper of some sort. read more

The food is absolutely delicious and the environment is great! Also if you sit on the patio you get amazing views of Mount Shasta

Options are so yummy and very flexible with subbing ingredients. Staff is so chill and laid back too. Kinda pricey but as is most healthier spots! I've tried the bowls, smoothies and açaí bowl and I have no complaints read more

Enjoyed the very best açaí bowl ever!!! It's was my Mama's first time having one and I told her this one would be hard to beat any place else. The staff was very friendly and wait time pretty good. I highly recommend and will be coming back every time I'm in the area! read more

This was a pleasant find in Mount Shasta as it was off the Main Street one block behind all the other hot spots in town. It looked new modern clean with a great selection of healthy items. There was plenty of seating inside and out with a great view of Mount Shasta from the front patio. I had the açaí bowl which was a good size with plenty of toppings only fault was the açaí itself tasty a bit watered down needs more açaí punch to put it over the top!! read more

Very slow during rushes. Best clean food in Mt Shasta if you have patience of a monk.

PRO: Friendly staff, great variety, tasty wraps CON: The Kombucha is not good. The kombucha tastes very watered down, or like they didn't ferment it long enough. To me it just tastes like the base tea since it's so flat, mellow, and lacks any kombucha "punch". I hope they re-work their formula because all 5 flavors I tasted were all like that. Each was $5 Now the wraps we had was a HIT! So much flavor in the tempeh peanut wrap, me and my mom wolfed it down fast. Each were $10. Lovely staff, cute spot, I just hope they focus on better quality kombucha then they will really be a hit! read more

Now that the summer rush has dissipated, the noise level inside has subsided. However, the other day the front door was stuck wide open so that the guests inside were forced to hear the "musician" on the patio play his guitar with the amplifier turned up. Flies were buzzing in and out. However, I must say that the sauce on the cooked dishes is delicious. I also enjoyed the toast with avocado and egg. The smoothies are good too. read more

Stopped here after a hike, and it was refreshing. I got a fresh smoothie. I don't remember which kind but it had dragonfruit. It's nice that they had fresh food options. It is a spacious building inside. The employees are really nice. If you're seeking healthy snacks I think this is the place to check out. They also have fresh kombucha if you're interested. read more

Finally some great healthy food!! We've needed a place like this here. Great food, good service, and yummy kombucha. I wish them much success because it's definitely the best food around, and actually worth the $. Can't say that for a lot of spots up here. read more

I absolutely recommend this place. It's got fabulous food and great community service are great. Can't expect more.

We absolutely love this restaurant! I first had their kombucha at a farmer's market while visiting a friend in Mt Shasta, and every time we are in the area (we live 4.5 hours away) we make sure to stop by and fill up our empty glass containers and have a healthy and delicious meal! We even make sure we plan our annual road trip to be able to eat here! They have the best vegetarian food and great options for our whole family. I really wish they had more locations :) read more

Nice heathy spot in the mountains! Recommend their salad with the vegan ranch. That dressing was everything!

Best Turmeric Mocha !!! They are the best coffee source at Mt. Shasta ! Also Kombucha is a Must read more

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I didn't try any of their food or drinks due to allergies. Ideal for vegans with no nut allergies whatever. I appreciated their clean public restroom. I don't plan to return due to cross-contamination issues. read more

The Thrive Bar is my favorite place to eat in town! It's honestly the only place you can easily get healthy food for breakfast and lunch, but it's not the kind of healthy food that leaves you unsatisfied and still hungry. The mushroom mocha is my favorite coffee drink and the Pesto Majesto Bagel sandwich is unbelievably good. Plus, the on-tap kombucha is fantastic and it's so nice to be able to sample before you buy. Definitely recommend! read more

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