Bliss – Raw Café and Elixir Bar
6855 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75231
214.987-0204
Alrighty then.. out of all the places we've been so far, the first bad review.
I don’t think I even have the right words to completely describe this trainwreck.
First off, it’s tiny, and crammed into a weird spot, so if you blink, you drive by it and have to turn around.
Secondly we went there on a really cold night and there was NO HEAT. Most of the tables are outdoor patio style, and the hostess couldn't figure out how to turn on the kerosene heat lamps outside. You'd think they'd just pack it in that being the case, but noooooo..... and we were just as retarded for staying. ha!
So.. we ended up sitting in the only warm spot..huddling at the bar that overlooks the kitchen and balancing on uncomfortable bar stools.
Oh and to get to the inside part you have to actually walk outside, around the restaurant and go in a different door, because the kitchen is smack in the center of the place.
And it just kept getting worse.
The food.. ugh.
Ok.. first we were advised to try some elixir that our server described as “refreshing”. We both took a sip and froze. And took another sip expecting it to get better and it didn’t. It tasted like grass and old crayon wax. She took them off the check though and we got water.
I ordered something they called the “Rawsagnia”. Like lasagna. But it was weird cold layers of various raw things, no tomato sauce, cheese or pasta. I was afraid, but surprisingly it was very good. Valentina got some sort of raw bean tostada thing that was apparently horrible.
Afterwards we had desserts. I had a marbled cheesecake sweetened with agave nectar (no sugar) and Valentina got a carob chocolate mousse. I thought they were good, but a little went a long way.
Oh, and their website is a pretentious piece of crap with really loud music and no menu listing.
I give it 1 1/2 stars because it was so uncomfortable, even though I liked my dinner. Valentina would probably rate it lower. lol (I rate it NO STARS. This food is inedible. Val)
(Okay, first let me explain that I was actually a RAW VEGAN for about six months last year, and I LOVED it, so I'm not someone who goes to a specialty-diet type place and is ready for it to suck. I SO wanted Bliss to be wonderful, because I love the Raw-Foods Diet, and the problem with a raw diet is the prep time required...wouldn't it be fabulous to have a delicious raw restaurant in town? I was so excited when they opened!
And Bliss REALLY isn't good; we had nothing that I would go back for or recommend. A friend of mine says the wraps are pretty good, he's tried them at lunchtime. I was SO grossed out by the awful flavors and textures, I will never return to try them. The tostada on my Cowboy Nachos was not even chewable, I couldn't even cut or tear it with my knife! The only thing edible was the dessert, the Carob Mousse, and it was WAY too sweet, just sickening after a few bites.
Will someone PLEASE open a GOOD raw restaurant in Dallas? A place something like PURE in NYC? Please?..................................................Valentina)
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