Best Organic Food Restaurants in Santa Cruz

Fabulous fresh cuisine, terrific view, and fabulous service!

Laili is the BEST restaurant in Santa Cruz! My sister will be 83 tomorrow, and I wanted to take here out for a special lunch. Of course, I chose Laili and was not disappointed!! We had two different waiters, as one was going off duty. Both young men were friendly, helpful and had good senses of humor. (I'll admit, we had fun laughing with them!) The garden setting in the patio was even more luscious than usual, with fresh tropical plants recently added. The marinated beet, arugula and feta salad was one of the best salads I've ever had! The main course of lamb kebobs, 3 sauces, delicious white rice and arugula was very good, as always. My only sliight pickiness was that the lamb seemed a bit over-cooked, but that may just be my taste. Otherwise, it was all perfect. We enjoyed the special ginger ale drinks. To top it all off, here came a chocolate cake topped with fresh raspberries for my sister's birthday dessert, complete with a tiny candle, which she blew out. Fortunately, she shared the dessert with me!

Very nice staff and tasty food. Kind of a family run place - we have been here a couple of times. Service staff is minimal but they do their best to cater to all guests. We noticed that one of the beverages was not charged in the check and informed the owner. The owner very graciously thanked us for our honesty and told us that he was not going to charge us. THANK YOU for a good experience.

Cute little spot. Food was delicious, simple clean ingredients put together well. I have a tendency to complain about something privately during a meal, this one was fabulous for me.

05/09/25 weekly outing. Usual mini loaf hot and fresh as always. Oaxacan Mole chicken and also the usual chocolate desserts - chocolate ectasy sundae, chocolate cream pie, Victoria hot chocolate