Honey Hi
Breakfast restaurant · Greater Echo Park Elysian ·
Fresh, seasonal gluten-free breakfast & lunch bowls, toasts, sandwiches
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Fresh, seasonal gluten-free breakfast & lunch bowls, toasts, sandwiches
"Even after almost 10 years, this enduring all-day Echo Park restaurant remains one of the best stops in the neighborhood for daytime dining. The menu leans into a very LA style of eating — produce is sourced locally from farmers practicing regenerative agriculture, and the breads are gluten-free, made with flours like buckwheat and hazelnut. The ayocote beans and greens dish, made with beans from Rancho Gordo, is a standout: leek and garlic confit kale is nestled into soft beans that swim in a chipotle broth, topped with a bright orange sunny-side-up egg and a drizzle of cilantro oil and pistachio salsa macha. It’s reminiscent of frijoles de la olla and hits just right even on a hot day. — Rebecca Roland, editor, Southern California/Southwest." - Matthew Kang
"Sit down in Honey Hi’s bright, inviting dining room for a gluten-free all-day experience in Los Angeles. That means everything on the menu is gluten-free, including the pancakes, buckwheat sourdough toasts, and hearty lamb sandwich. (This place is 100 percent Celiac-friendly.) Foolproof dishes include the creamy chive-flecked eggs served with buckwheat sourdough or the breakfast sandwich piled with caramelized fennel, onions, arugula, and avocado mash. Just about every dish can be ordered with meat or modified to be vegetarian or vegan-friendly." - Nicole Adlman
"Open since 2016, Honey Hi is a long-standing Echo Park daytime cafe. The menu feels very California, with fresh produce and local meats guiding the menu. The breakfast bowl with sweet potato hash and poached egg is a morning classic, while the kabocha gluten-free pancakes offer a morning option for those avoiding wheat. The light-filled dining room is the ideal spot to take in some rays while sipping on some coffee, matcha, or broth." - Rebecca Roland
"This small but mighty spot is a fully gluten-free restaurant serving bright all-day fare like vegetable-laden bowls, heaping salads, and sandwiches — an ideal brunch bet heading into the holidays. On a recent visit the breakfast bowl was “packed with market greens, sweet potato homefries, glistening chunks of bacon, avocado, and a poached egg, all punched up with sumac and fresh herbs.” Oat-y, kabocha-spiced pancakes “flew over the counter in waves,” and a diner nearby dug into the lambwich, a behemoth sandwich stacked with a grilled lamb-and-beef patty, halloumi, arugula, pickled onions, and tamarind date chutney on gluten-free sourdough. There’s no wrong way to visit, whether solo or with friends, and you often feel light enough afterward to take a walk around the nearby glittering Echo Park lake." - Eater Staff
"Restaurants owned by nutritionists usually involve food that’s best suited for pet gerbils, but Honey Hi is different. This place is bright and airy, and a good place to come when you’re eating with two vegetarians and someone that recently developed a gluten allergy. There’s a green curry bowl with great turkey meatballs in a coconut-y sauce, and an actually-interesting avocado toast with lots of herbs and sweet potato." - jess basser sanders, brett keating
