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Figtree's Cafe is located on the Venice Beach boardwalk. Our restaurant has patio dining with panoramic ocean views and our friendly staff, eclectic menu and delicious organic ingredients are some of the reasons why our food has been voted the best on the boardwalk. Our goal is to provide our customers with a revitalizing and delicious dining experience. The menu offers everything from salads to pasta to burgers and sandwiches. Try our chicken avocado melt sandwich with watercress, red onions and sun dried tomatoes or the goat cheese and portabella mushroom scramble. Our capellini pasta with salmon, shrimp or chicken is a very popular dish too. We also have imported and domestic beers, wines and champagne. On any given day, tourists and neighbors alike come to our Venice Beach, California restaurant. Dine-in or call Figtree's Cafe for your to-go order.
I've been to the Fig too many times to count. I am always happy with what I get and they are an exceptional vegetarian / vegan restaurant. Located on the boardwalk in Venice, you can't find better people watching than at the Fig especially if you sit on the patio.
Posted 11/27/08 | Report Abuse
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This place is perfect if you love to people watch and want some healthy food. It is right on Venice Boardwalk with a terrific outside patio. Service is great and the food is delicious. I had corn pancakes which were fantastic.
Posted 04/28/08 | Report Abuse
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Food: Great food. Very healthy and creative. Great smoothies and creative dishes.
Atmosphere: Low key. Right on the beach. Outdoor seating is the best. Inside is small, but cute.
The People: WOW!!! I've never seen such interesting people. If your a people watcher this is the place for you. I can't hold a conversation when I eat at Figtrees because I get so mesmerized by the people walking down the beach. You have to go there to see what I mean!!
Before 9am breakfast is 2 for 1
Posted 02/21/08 | Report Abuse
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Yay Fig Tree!
by parenzano
I love the Fig Tree. The food is delish. The half price breakfast from 8 to 9 is my favorite. They make the best steaming hot latte. The shitake mushroom omlette or the chicken hash breakfast served with poached eggs are always spot on. I always get fresh organic salad greens in lieu of potatoes and they have fresh baked scones or toast on the side. The service is always great and the view is unbeatable. The figtree is one of my favorite parts of living here in Venice Beach. It is like an institution.
Posted 02/14/09
Great food!
by jenniferm74
I enjoy this place very much. The food is great and there are several vegetarian and vegan options on the menu for herbivores like me. I have eaten here several times and have always had good service and tasty food. It's also fun to bring out-of-town visitors, eat outside, and experience the "colorful" Venice Beach crowd. The downsides are that parking is a drag and it's cold outside in the winter. If you move indoors, it's really noisy from the kitchen. The food more than makes up for those minor annoyances, though. Last time I had the L.A. Burrito, which was delicious and plenty of food for leftovers later.
Pros: Yummy food, good service, "colorful" atmosphere
Cons: Parking, cold outside in winter!
Posted 01/25/08
Favorite Place
by athenart
This is one of my favorite places to eat in Santa Monica / Venice / MDR. The food is great, and there are always lots of veggie/vegan alternatives. Location right on the boardwalk is also fun, though can get pretty busy on the weekends. Only downside is the service, which is friendly but slow and consistently under-staffed. Just bring your patience with you, and you'll love it! The food is worth the wait.
Pros: Great food, great location
Cons: Slow service
Posted 08/15/06
great food... great scene...
by tofutratra
my bf & i had a great friday morning breakfast at figtree's this morning. not only did we get served by a cute waiter w/ great service, the food was amazing delicious. on top of the yummy taste, the portion of our breakfast was huge. couldn't believe how full we were after just breakfast dishes. it was a nice sunny day to be sitting outside and having a nice view of the ocean and all the scenes happening on the ocean front walk. we would definitely go back for a nice relaxing breakfast, lunch, or dinner anytime.
Pros: delicious food, great service, ocean scene watching
Posted 06/10/04
Fabulous creative food
by ralph1
The most delcious and well-prepared food on the OceanFront Walk. I could eat here every day! And the bonus is that you can sit and watch the Boardwalk show. The cornmeal pancakes are to die for. A reasl gem on the beach!
Posted 11/08/02
The BEST people watching...and food!
by leighniles_citysearch
You can't beat the location, right on the boardwalk in Venice Beach, for people watching; people of literally all shapes, sizes and walks of life saunter, Rollerblade and/or boogie by while you eat. The food is consistently and surprisingly great. The grilled ahi tuna sandwich is delicious, served on tasty focaccia bread. The Oaxacan soft tacos appetizer is unusual and very good. And go for breakfast, too, their smoked salmon plate is my favorite, but the oatmeal pancakes and omelets are great choices, too.
Posted 09/23/02
Figtree's Wonderful Food
by Mwhitcalifornia
Having spent the day riding up and down the coast, Venice Beach was last stop and I happened into Figtree's for one of their wonderful patty melt's and found the food to be of superior quality. My patty melt was not only super, super, fresh, it also contained healthful ingredients very tasty!!!
I definitely will be going back again. The prices are reasonable and the atmosphere so "beachlike"...
AAA+ service and quality!
Pros: food, atmosphere, service
Cons: redecoration needed
Posted 08/08/02
