Vegan
American
Pizza
Italian
Fast food
Delivery
Take-out
Vegan pizzeria restaurant offering pizza, calzone, pasta, sandwich, and appetizer selection. Has vegan cheese and meats, whole wheat crust, and gluten-free crust. Converted to vegan since 2009. Relocated from 5051 Hollywood Blvd. NOTE: Take out only. Open Mon 11:00am-10:00pm, Wed-Thu 11:00am-10:00pm, Fri-Sun 11:00am-10:30pm.
124 Reviews
First Review by VeggiePinkoKat
calivegan46
Points +104
Best vegan pizza ever - Edit
Cruzer pizza is without a doubt my favorite vegan pizza place around! I ordered the pesto pizza and it was sooo delicious. I couldn't have imagined a tastier pizza. However, the restaurant itself is quite small-only one table and a barstool area, I guess most people get their food to go. But all in all great pizza place and highly recommend!
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Chia
Points +3631
Wow, all vegan pizzas & pasta - Edit
I had read about this place on happycow and was in the Los Feliz area to try it out. Here's my Cruzer Pizza review.
Read moreIt's a little bit hidden due to it being behind/next to another restaurant that's bigger. Just follow the address and you'll find it next to the Desert Rose restaurant (i think that's the name).
Cruzer's menu is impressive -- more than just pizza, it also offers appetizers, salads, calzone, sandwiches, and pasta. Lots of daiya vegan cheese and vegan faux meats.
From the menu I got a vegan vegetable pizza where I got to choose my vegetable in addition to daiya vegan cheese. There are also some interesting pizzas under the "gourmet pizza" section that I'd like to try next time.
Taste-wise, my pizza was okay. The dough is more chewy and thicker than I would have liked. Some people prefer it this way, though I personally like a thinner and more cripsy crust.
In any case, I ate my slices while they were warm, so that was alright. Very impressed that this place is all vegan.
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JcRodriguez
Points +110
AWESOME - Edit
My number 1 choice for vegan pizza, staff extremely friendly, I love this place, I go there often...... Please try their cheese bread sticks.. you will be happy
Read morePros: excellent food , good value , friendly staff
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smoothlandon
Points +151
great pizza! - Edit
Their Indian Kima pizza is a one of a kind pie. Gotta check it out!
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Jeanveganrunner
Points +48
Best Pizza - Edit
The pizza here is amazing. I have had the bbq chicken pizza, pesto chicken pasta and the cheesy bread sticks. All of these things were amazing. It is great pizza whether you are vegan or not. If I lived closer I would go here all the time.
Read morePros: Great Pizza
Cons: Difficult to find parking
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saintlouisvegan
Points +85
Eat here if you like Pizza - Edit
Bought two pizzas and shared with my pizza loving carnivore colleague. We were both blown away. It was hands down some of the best pizza either of us had ever had (vegan or non vegan pizza). Take out only.
Read morePros: fast, yummy
Cons: no public bathroom
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elles_belles
Points +1323
Delicious - Edit
I love their Hungarian pizza. I wish I live in LA.
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DawnOfTheRent
Points +63
Best Pizza I've ever eaten (sorry mom it's true) - Edit
Normally when I get pizza somewhere it doesn't taste as good as when I make it myself, however I could definitely could learn something from these guys. We ordered twice (Chicken Pizza), and I stole some of my wife's portions both times :)
Read morePros: They Deliver, boy it's good, comparing to restraunts, good price
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veganinvegas
Points +385
WONDERFUL! - Edit
Came into LA for a baseball game and drove to this place. Haven't had BBQ chicken pizza in over 10 years. I ordered it and HAPPY COW! boy, was it good. I should have ordered 2 pizzas, because I ate it all up on the drive back to the hotel :(
Read moreWhy can't mainstream pizza places have Daiya cheese to make us vegans happy? Why do I have to fly to LA to get vegan pizza? Will be back next time I'm in LA.
Pros: real pizzas, great owners, many choices
Cons: no parking, single location, too many choices LOL
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alanwpeck
Points +41
SO GOOD - Edit
Holy crap this place is amazing. Completely vegan pizzeria! I live by San Francisco and have family in LA & San Diego. I now stop here on the way down and the way back every time. Friendly people, stupid good Daiya cheese filled breadsticks. YUM. Seriously worth the effort to find parking. Get a ticket if you have to.
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fivesstarr
Points +137
Excellent vegan pizza - Edit
I'm currently traveling through Europe and I miss my Cruzer pizza. It was worth the drive through the valley to this part of LA for the pizza.
Read moreIt is so nice to have a vegan pizzeria with no meat or dairy in site. The employees are really kind too. Very nice people.
Pros: yummy, inexpensive, nice staff
Cons: a little out of the way
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m@earthville
Points +10422
Pretty good vegan comfort food - Edit
First off, i'm not a big fan of processed vegan 'cheese' - i've tried all the major brands and don't really like any of them. They all have a texture (when melted) that feels too plasticky to me - and none of them could be considered healthful because they're all so processed. That said, the Daiya cheese used at Cruzer is the best (least bad) of all of them, as it melts well and tastes acceptable (and some people love it). Personally, i prefer using either hummus or a homemade nut-based cheesy sauce.
Read moreThat said, Cruzer does a respectable job within the genre of conventional vegan-cheese pizzas. The flavor and texture is somewhere between Domino's and CPK, but a little closer to the former in that they do veganized versions of the common meat pizza pies, sticking as close as possible to the comfort food side of the pizza galaxy, but they also have a few more exotic items like a BBQ chicken pizza (tasty) and one with Indian-style ingredients.
They also do calzone and pasta.
Cruzer isn't gourmet or organic, nor is it a place for unwavering health nuts or careful calorie counters, but as vegan comfort-food pizza goes, it probably won't disappoint.
And one of the best things about it is that it's all vegan. We were delighted not to have to worry about whether our pizza was sliced with the same cutter as a non-vegan pizza. Thanks for going all-vegan, Cruzer!
Pros: Tasty vegan pizza classics, All vegan (no cheese worries)
Cons: Not particularly healthful, Not organic
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neekole
Points +170
cheesy! - Edit
we had the hawaiian pizza; which was extra cheese, pineapples, and vegan ham. it was great. the extra cheese is really what did it for me. they use daiya cheese. the pizza was great and well priced. a 14 inch pizza was $16. and we got a caesar salad, which was $6. good, creamy dressing.
Read morePros: cheesy, online ordering, delivery
Cons: no parking
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mena
Points +64
This place is great! - Edit
This is a bit of a hole in a wall, don't go in with a party of six like I did lol
Read moreBut seriously, this place has really great vegan pizza, I also had the cesar salad and really liked it. We tried the philly cheeze steak and the only thing I would've changed was to mix the cheeze in with the steak a little more because it got a little bland at the bottom, but the top of the sandwich was AMAZING.
Probably the best part about this place is that it opened my Dad up a lot to vegan food. He thought this place was pretty good!
It was so good in fact that we planned on taking our huge order (a large cheeze, mushroom, black olive & tomato pizza, a large meat lovers pizza, two ceasar salads, a philly cheeze steak sandwich and a eggplant parmasean) back to our hotel room but the only thing that made it there was half the philly cheeze steak and three slices of pizza!
It was a litttle more pricy then normal pizza, but it was tottally worth it! I wish I lived in LA!
Pros: Yummy pizza, Good Selection, Friendly Staff
Cons: Small Place
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SonjaCPA
Points +5270
All vegan pizzeria! - Edit
We've been to Cruzer's several times and just went last weekend for the first time after they became all vegan. We live relatively close, but we always get take-out as there's really not a lot of space to sit and we just park in the lot across the street while one of us runs in. They are not gourmet pizza, but more like Domino's for vegans, so we crave it when we are looking for junk food pizza. We like the Hawaiian pizza and the BBQ chicken. We were so-so on the meat lover's. We've also had the lasagna which I thought was really good, but Dirk was a bit "cheesed" out by it. I guess it all comes down to how much Daiya you like. This last time, they told us that they were going to add more toppings in the future as well as new menu items. Can't wait! It's so thrilling to have an all vegan pizzeria in LA. I can order anything now and not worry. That's awesome and they get 5 cows from me just for that!
Read morePros: all vegan pizzeria!!!, Daiya cheese
Cons: mainly take-out
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VeggiePinkoKat
Points +142
Good enough - Edit
Review: Don't go out of your way to eat pizza here like I did. I read a rave review which prompted me to go immediately. This pizza is special in that they use Daiya cheese which melts well--however, you can get a comparable pie at your local Whole Foods which now uses Daiya also. If you live in the area, totally order a pizza from Cruzer for delivery, but don't drive from Pasadena.
Read morePros: Daiya cheese
Cons: No parking
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