The place has a unique atmosphere but the food is overpriced. We stopped for a Valentines lunch and we didn't enjoy our meals. Moreover, it was hard to find a place because most tables were occupied by people with laptops not eating.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Food: 3
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 5
I love Life Alive, but the Davis Square location has been a disappointment. I waited to post a review because it was a newer location and I know it takes time to train up staff and get everything up to speed. However, at this point, this location should be serving better quality food than I've experienced.
I've never had so many consistency issues at other Life Alive locations, but from this location I've had undercooked rice (anywhere from hard to actual uncooked grains in the bowl), under-blended smoothies (I'm talking 1-inch frozen cubes of pineapple), and even one time a bit of plastic mixed into my bowl. When there aren't any issues with the food, it's delicious, as with all of the other Life Alives we've been to, and the team and management are helpful in fixing the mistakes, but we're now resigned to something being wrong with 1 in every 3 orders we place, whether it's dine-in or takeout. It just feels like a complete gamble to order from here, especially if you're doing takeout where you won't find out what's wrong until it's too late to fix.
I love Life Alive and I'm not sure what's going on with this specific location - after moving away from the Central Square location, which we used to grab lunch from every other week, I was so excited to have a new branch open up nearby. However, after giving this Life Alive location chance after chance, I think it's time we start making the trek to Harvard or Central if we want some Life Alive.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 2
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 4
I love this place with all my heart. It's the place I go to for a sense of peace and to get in touch with myself. It has warm colours everywhere, from the interior to the food itself. I feel healthy and good when I eat here because the food is truly organic. I also love their coffee cups.
The seating goes fast. This place doubles as a good eatery and a place where people hang out just to do their studies or work. The menu will please you whether you're vegetarian or not. The meals are priced fairly - I would not say the same for the smoothies, but they do taste good. Outdoor seating in the summer.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
I’ve been a regular at the Davis Sq location since they opened, coming on average 3 times a week because I love the drinks and the ambience.
Today, there was a service-related incident, which make me not want to return again. I ordered miso tofu ramen and realized there’s no tofu when I got my bowl of ramen, so I approached one of the floor staff near the kitchen counter to ask. She smiled, was nice and said something in Spanish to a woman working in the kitchen, who then, I kid you not, glared at me before rolling her big eyes and turned away.
I don’t think anyone should be treated like this and I do think customers have a right to ask for what they paid for. Stay away from the woman with brown hair, big eyes that are amazingly close together, always wearing a red or champagne-colored bandana.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 3
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 5
