Visiting the True Food Kitchen in Chicago for the first time. The food was delicious. I had a turkey burger and Kale salad. This was the best turkey sandwich I have ever had. Our server Zelma was very knowledgeable and friendly. The manager even stopped by to bring food to our table. The ambiance was nice and relaxing. Great selection of music that played while we enjoyed our food. Glad we selected to stop in at the Chicago True Food location. read more

Tasty food. Bright and cozy atmosphere. Kurt's service = top shelf. Will be back again soon!

gluten free and vegan options, excellent service and ambiance. Food was delicious, gluten free lasagna and spaghetti highly recommended. The only cons, spaghetti plate was too small. We were at their location in Florida as well, we loved it. read more

Our server Dylan was awesome and the food was great. The cauliflower appetizer is must! Can't go wrong with any of the entree options.

I make the drive to Chicago from Indiana for its wonderful eateries. True Foods being at the top of the list!! The food is so delicious, fresh and colorful. We had a wonderful dining experience and our server Lizzy was very kind and attentive. It's extremely important for me to dine places with vegan options that are tasty! True Foods never disappoints. We ordered the vegan cheeseburger, edamame guacamole and apple lemonade. YUMMY! To add: The manager is Christian Fikki. He's a class act and offers top notch service. He was running food, checking on tables and really interacting with the guests to make sure we were taken care of. Really going above and beyond. I look forward to returning soon! read more

True Food Kitchen - Vegan cheeseburger, side of kale and sweet potatoes. - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Absolutely loved the service, food and wine! I will go there again when we visit Chicago. Well kept secret right now. read more

True Food Kitchen - Teriyaki quinoa bowl - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

really disappointing. The spicy peanut bowl was super one note and desperately needed lime juice and chicken that was not entirely dried out. The cauliflower appetizer just tasted burned, and the veggie burger was average at best. Service was solid. read more

Good food consistently, service can be hit or miss. My favorite dishes are kale salad and chicken lasagna. My husband loves the curry with steak and the kale aid is always good too read more

True Food Kitchen - Panang curry - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Overpriced. Tasted terrible. Service was great and drinks were delicious. But the food and portion size was a ripoff.

I wasn't a huge fan of this place - I got the Cobb salad which was okay. We also tried the tuna sushi appetizer which wasn't so good. For the prices, it's really not worth the food in my opinion! Nothing great in flavor but lots of healthy options for those that want to dine out. read more

True Food Kitchen - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I try to go here at least once during every trip to Chicago. Service is always spot on, food is delicious and ambiance is trendy. I got the curry tofu dish & added shrimp. Big portion and 8 pc of shrimp for $7 add on Daughter got a full bowl of quinoa + tofu dish and we each got the choc chip cookie + coconut vanilla icecream w/choc nubs which was very rich and creamy. Worth it! read more

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Well... I'm usually not one to leave a bad review but this place needs some serious overhaul. Completely understaffed & overwhelmed, but kind through it all. There was a large party of 25+ people around the corner that was slowing the entire restaurant down, so we just shouldn't have been seated. Food was undercooked, unseasoned, and took an hour to arrive. I've had better times here but overall this was a pretty mid experience. Glad they're using InKind tho! read more

When traveling it's great to find an establishment that offers high quality, healthy menu options. Pretty much all of True Food's menu fits that bill. From there, it's simply a matter of choosing which item best matches your tastes or craving-of-the-moment (and that's hard given that so many menu choices sound absolutely delicious). Daughter and I stopped in for a late lunch, arriving just after 2 PM. I'd totally forgotten it was a Sunday, but was reminded when we were given a "brunch" menu! The place was hoppin', with most tables filled; however, given the hour, it grew less crowded. Nevertheless, we were seated at an awesome window table right away and settled in to scrutinize the menu. Impressions on this visit: Atmosphere- gorgeous, vibrant interior. Bright lighting without being garish, plants, wood accents.... a lovely place to enjoy our meals. Food / drink - just what I hoped for. Flavorful food that was also very fresh and healthful. After a tough time deciding, I selected the "ancient grains bowl" minus the portobello mushroom. They added additional veggies in place of the portobello. The bowl was plentiful and wonderfully prepared. The sweet potato, snow peas, and onion were not cooked to death, just perfect. I couldn't finish the whole thing and have some leftovers to look forward to. :) Daughter (who is less health-enthused than I am) ordered the Grilled Chicken Avocado Wrap with the side cucumber salad. She was happy with her choice & finished it off. The side cucumber salad also had good flavor. She also ordered the Medicine Man Refresher. She reports that it tasted good and felt really healthful. Service - our overall service is the only reason this a 4-star, rather than a 5-star review. We were welcomed & seated promptly. Our server started off great. He explained/highlighted menu options, answered questions about the refreshers, etc. But once our food was brought out (by another employee), he basically ignored us. He never came soon after our food was dropped off to make sure everything was prepared well. I had to call him over to ask for a water refill. (Though he was walking by and glanced at our table, he didn't approach to check on us.) Later, I observed him basically chatting back by the kitchen area with fellow staff for quite a while. He was always polite when he did interact with us, but good service also means checking on guests periodically after their food is served to see if they need anything and if their order is okay. True Food is pricey. For the three items we ordered, plus tax/tip, the bill was around $45. But, it is downtown Chicago and the food is high quality so that's not a complete surprise. Overall, a positive first visit and given the quality of the food, I would return if I'm back in town. read more

Had a nice meal here on a Saturday evening after snagging a last minute reservation. The restaurant is big and open and very clean. I had a gin based cocktail that was very refreshing with a nice flavor. We shared the edamame guacamole which we both enjoyed. I had a seasonal curry with tofu added for my entree and he had the vegan burger. We both enjoyed our meal and left very satisfied. The prices are a little expensive but nothing out of the ordinary for River North. read more

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Came here on a Thursday evening around 5:45pm as a party of three. It was pretty empty when we walked in but the place filled up fast! My boyfriend became a vegan beginning of this year, so we were both excited about this place. We started off with the Edamame Guacamole, which came with very thin pita chips. I got the Teriyaki Quinoa Bowl with tofu. It tasted good but it is definitely pricey. The bowl is $15 and then an extra $4 for tofu. It's $5 extra for chicken and I believe $7 extra for shrimp. There were probably only four pieces of tofu so don't think it was worth $4. The main grain is brown rice and has a small amount of quinoa mixed in. I felt healthy but also super full after eating it. My boyfriend had the Winter Immunity Bowl. This is a seasonal highlight item. He loved it! There was not a single drop of broth or spec of food left in the bowl. My only complaint is that the workers were super eager to clean the table even though we were still sitting. For example, they cleaned up our water glasses and lemon right after we paid. I could feel them trying to push us out the door. read more

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True Kitchen's appetizers were so light, refreshing, and tasty. Atmosphere was open and sunny. The drinks were delicious! The monarch was fun because you get to pour the purple gin in yourself and watch it come to life. As you can tell in the photo i was enjoying my time here with friends. I wish you could do half star ratings, the only reason I am marking a star down is because service was a lot slow as it seemed our waitress was preoccupied cleaning. read more

True Food Kitchen - The Monarch - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Placed an order for pickup, and when I arrived it was being prepared and ready only a few moments after my scheduled time. The portion sizes were generous, and the pizza was surprisingly tasty given this restaurant's vibe is health-consciousness. The flourless chocolate cake was also delish, and was the perfect gooey decadence you want for dessert. Would definitely order food here again! read more

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Love TFK! Unfortunately salmon was cold upon arrival to the table but butternut squash soup was amazing! Chilly in the restaurant so would bring sweater. read more

I was on a quick trip for work in Chicago and wanted something healthy to grab and eat in my hotel. True Food Kitchen was less than a block away, so I ordered online and it was ready pretty quickly after that. When I walked in, the host complimented my jacket, so of course that made me smile. The food was delicious, and I was happy with the service. Would recommend! Can't wait to try the one in Columbus. read more

Sam, our server was awesome! She was personable and gave great recommendations. The butternut squash pizza (vegan) was AMAZING. read more

True Food Kitchen - Butternut squash pizza. AMAZING - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Good service across the board, but food was not as true as they made it seem if I'm being honest.

Had a horrible experience with True Food Kitchen today. First ordered on GrubHub and the order got cancelled, no explanation. Then I tried and ordered again for our company lunch and the order went through. While we were waiting for the food to arrive I then added a second order for someone joining us. I called to make sure they had both orders and all they had in the works was the new addition, none of the rest of the company order. I told them I needed to cancel if that was the case and they said no. It's a waste of food, and we will never order a company lunch from them again. read more

very yummy food and great atmosphere. sat outside with my in-laws and really enjoyed it. The coconut cream cold brew was to DIE for and the salmon was super flavourful. Our lovely waiter, Elma, was great at managing our table and provided good service. The prices are a bit high but you're in downtown chicago (HELLO). Would totally come again - even just for a cold brew. read more

True Food Kitchen - coconut cream cold brew - YUM!! - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This is for a take out experience. Food is very good but take out service can be slow, staff is very friendly, apologized and made up for it. read more

I'm a big fan of True Food Kitchen. The environment is clean and vibrant. The staff is well trained and polite. The food is healthy and delicious. I always get salmon salad with brown rice. The salmon is juicy, tender and fresh. The vinegar sauce is a beautiful touch to balance the fish & sour taste. It's a truly enjoy full food journey and worth every penny spent. $$$ On average $25 is normal. Keep up the good work! read more

Delicious food, went off our server Sawyer's recommendations and weren't disappointed. As vegetarians, we opted for the edamame dumplings, small kale salad, bougie blanco pizza, and ancient grains bowl. - edamame dumplings were light, well seasoned, not over done or overly fussy, could've probably eaten a few more of these. - ancient grains bowl. Wish we'd ordered it with tofu (forgot to request). The glazed sweet potato was amazing on its own, the pistachio pesto balanced the seasoned grains well. Would've preferred slightly less char on the onions. Would order again. - kale salad was well dressed dinosaur kale, creamy dressing. Would def order again but full size. - bougie blanco pizza with sourdough crust, with a very delicious sourdough crust, well baked, well seasoned. Could've eaten so much more hot honey. - flourless chocolate cake with vegan ice cream. I would've preferred regular ice cream, and the cake was good, but not as decadent / rich as expected. (I also bake a lot so tend to be a little more particular; my non-baker friend was happy with the cake though.) Would probably try a different dessert next time (blueberry crumble was the other recommended choice). Coffee was great too, got it with dessert. - ambiance: quiet enough to have a conversation (came mid-day after checking into our Airbnb), laid back, good choice of music (not distracting) Overall highly recommend and will be back! read more

Lively and bright lunch spot. I enjoyed the ancient grains bowl and appreciated warm and attentive service from Alison!

I took one of my good friends here to celebrate her birthday and together we shared three entrees for lunch: 1) Poke Bowl (wild caught albacore, avocado, quinoa rice, mushroom, snow pea, cucumber, cashew, ginger, turmeric ponzu) 2) Good Earth Kale Cobb Salad (avocado, organic tomato, asparagus, radish, garbanzo bean, dried sweet corn, gorgonzola, cashew poblano ranch) 3) Grilled Chicken Wrap (achiote, pumpkin seed salsa, smoked gouda, red onion, arugula, cilantro) First they brought out the poke bowl (which is the right coursing order - thank you!) And they kindly split it into two bowls for us to share. We both loved the unique poke bowl we were almost full sharing just this entree. We stuffed ourselves with half of the remaining entrees and took the rest home. Everything was delicious, creative, fresh, and flavorful. Our server also brought a neat little Flourless Chocolate Cake on caramel sauce, topped with almonds, coconut vanilla ice cream, and cacao nib. This was okay, but pretty good for gluten free, vegetarian dessert. Service was great and very attentive. Only downside is that it's a bit expensive for my taste, but I can't really complain since the food was done so well and it is also located in River North. For special occasions, I'll be back. read more

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Stop believing elite reviewers. Everything is 5 star. The food took 50 minutes and still managed to come out lukewarm (was it microwaved?). Food was OK. Not stellar. Salad, fine. Burger, decent. Chicken teriyaki bowl for kid was blah. ZERO stars for value. -1 star for enthusiastic waiter. Felt like I was at flingers (pardon office space reference). read more

If you are looking for fresh, sustainable sourced food look no further- True Food Kitchen is it. I have a food allergy and they were gracious to explain what I could have. Food was delish. Waitress was great. Thank you Elma. TWG from VA read more

Chopped Salad Delivery: the salad is advertised as containing aged white cheddar, farro, medjool dates, jicama, organic apple, raisins, marcona almonds, champagne vinaigrette . I added chicken to my order, which brought the salad total price to $23.00. The salad was a bowl of spinach with LITERALLY 4 dice-sized pieces of chicken and the same amount of cheese; NO farro, NO jicama, NO raisins. Barely any dressing; the salad was pretty dry. The food tastes good, but it's not worth the price! read more

Much like the rest of the world, we weren't able to experience much travel this year. In fact we only traveled to one place, which was Chicago back in August. While there, we wanted to experience a restaurant that had a good variety of food for the whole family, including vegan options for me. We happened upon True Food Kitchen, and boy am I glad we did! First, let's talk safety. Since we're in the middle of a global pandemic, safety was just as important to us along with how the food and service was. True Food Kitchen took great safety precautions and offered indoors, outdoors or combo indoor/outdoor seating. We chose indoor seating and felt very comfortable. They only used every other table, and on the tables not being used was a big bottle of hand sanitizer. Masks had to be worn when you weren't at your table and instead of regular menus, they table had QR code's. Let's talk food... YUM! Although the menu isn't super large, it did have a good variety of regular, vegetarian and vegan foods. Their foods are fresh with fresh ingredients and everyone of us was satisfied! My husband felt like the food was a little pricey, but I feel like we got our money's worth. Whenever we make it back to Chicago, I'll definitely grab another bowl of vegan yumminess from True Food Kitchen!! The food, staff and vibe of the whole place was spot on! read more

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Great food. Fresh. Had the tuna poke and a green juice. Really terrific! Alison was delightful - knowledgeable and charming.

I really enjoy the food here! It's all very fresh and filling. It's a good way to eat out and healthy. The food is a little more expensive, which is why I didn't give it 5 stars. You'll be spending at least $20+ for a meal. They charge extra to add meat, tofu, etc on to it. The crudités appetizer was delicious! I'm not usually a fan of black olives but the black olive dip that went with this was SO good. I had the inside out quinoa burger which was filling and fresh. I really enjoy the place itself as well. We had sat at a table at the bar but it ended up being reserved without the sign but the manager gave us a free drink until another table was ready. Overall it was a good spot to go if you're looking to eat healthy quality food. read more

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Thanks to Oscar and team for great food and service. Visited two nights in a row and food was consistently delicious.

Amazing food!! They catered to our Women's Day event this past weekend & EVERYONE LOVED IT! The hummus was AMAZING ! Pita bread was super fresh and the wraps!! Don't even get me started ! Thank you so much! read more

True Food Kitchen - Wraps, pita & hummus - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The food was amazing and Gerard was a great server. highly recommend. best turkey burger I've had!

This is one my favorite restaurants in the United States It's so pleasant and gives you that California living vibe I first encountered in Santa Monica over a decade ago The healthy, but very tasty food and the positive vibe are amazing Plus, I love that that menu has calories on it It allows you to indulge up to a point and then enjoy the rest of your day I really love this place and hope it never leaves Chicago Thanks for coming here read more

Visited during Jones Commercial's 1971 Reunion Brunch June 22, 2024. Prices are competitive. Very nice Menu selections. I enjoyed my selection. Just be sure to ask if refills are free! The Server could have informed us of a charge! read more

This spot has a unique variety of vegan and vegetarian foods! I especially love heir almond ricotta flatbreads. They have a very esthetic interior alongside an outdoor patio. A little pricey but worth it! With a seasonal menu, I love checking it out once in a while so I can try new things. read more

True Food Kitchen - Butternut Squash Pizza - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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