Greenleaf Kitchen & Cocktails in Costa Mesa

Great little healthy kitchen eatery. The food is delicious and the service is great. If you are lucky, you will have the pleasure of being served and helped by Jennifer, Greenleafs true gem! Its the people just as much as the food that keep bringing you back.

Greenleaf Kitchen & Cocktails is a great lunch choice. It was a working lunch and it worked out perfectly. Easy waiting area, and easy counter ordering with menus to look at in line, even tho our line had exactly one person in it. We chose to sit outside in partially shaded tables. The food came quickly and exactly as ordered. Between us we ordered ZORRA THE GREEK, LEMONGRASS CHICKEN, and CABO KALE salads. I had the Lemongrass Chicken and I loved it. Ill be recommending this to my wife as an option on date night. Overall, it was a chill environment and great food.

Cobb salad was done well. I liked the fact you could have it tossed with the dressing or on the side. So many places just toss the dressing with the salad and its almost always too much for me. I thought the lettuce was particularly nice. Very crispy and fresh. Too often salads are packed with half-dead lettuce or wilted greens. The addition of garbanzo beans was a little different, but it really added to the protein, which was nice. I also appreciated the amount of bacon.The carnitas bowl was interesting. It was a bit underwhelming and a little on the bland side. I would have liked to see a more flavorful dressing. Overall, it wasnt bad.

Happy hour food was meh. Buffalo Cauliflower was soggy, not appetizing. Also, why share a menu with other locations and not have certain items? If you have an Aperol Spritz on the menu, have that drink available. Wont be coming back, well go to Butchers House next door.

Great hang out place. The food is healthy and tasty. They have keto entree!

Very underwhelmed with the food at Greenleaf. I was really drawn to the lemongrass chicken salad when I checked out the website, but it turned out to be just cold boiled bland chicken breast with a lot of toasted coconut which added a texture that does not go well in a salad. The only highlight is the lemongrass flavor in the dressing, and I really hoped the chicken was marinated with lemongrass first. All and all, its not different than buying a salad at whole foods. Definitely not going back.

Yummy food and friendly service. Our entrees(steak and salmon) were pretty over cooked, but the veggies were all perfect.

Late to review as its been awhile so things might of changed.Got the carnitas bowl. Overall not bad. The meat itself was very bland, but once you mix everything in, it worked. Dressing didnt seem to add much to it. Very filling and felt healthy

Got my food to go ordered the pesto chicken panini and it tasted great. First time going here good price for the quality of food. also liked that they had nice sitting area outside

Anytime is good for a late lunch / early dinner ( aka linner) at Greenleaf for shared burgers and fries with friends.