Roots Natural Kitchen Menu – Chapel Hill, NC

Type : Restaurant

Location : Chapel Hill, NC

Welcome to Roots! Welcome to Roots! We serve delicious and satisfying grain bowls and salads with natural ingredients. Pick one of our chef-designed signature bowls, OR create your own bowl. You pick your combination of bases, ingredients, house-made dressings, and top it off with a grilled item — like chipotle marinated chicken or even BBQ Tofu! See you soon!

Use our App to order ahead and pick up your perfect creation, or order delivery through Uber Eats, DoorDash, or Grubhub!

Based on 51 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery

Roots Natural Kitchen 27516

Address:
133 W Franklin St Suite A-115, Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Phone: (984) 322-5600

Website:

Hours

Wednesday 10:30 AM–9:30 PM
Thursday 10:30 AM–9:30 PM
Friday 10:30 AM–9:30 PM
Saturday 11 AM–9:30 PM
Sunday 11 AM–9:30 PM
Monday 10:30 AM–9:30 PM
Tuesday 10:30 AM–9:30 PM

Menu

Signature Grain Bowls
El Jefe
Brown Rice with kale, black beans, charred corn, red onion, feta, pita chips, and avocado. Cilantro Lime dressing with the Works (lime squeeze & dash of tabasco), and Grilled Chicken.		 $16.00
The Balboa
Brown Rice with roasted sweet potatoes, charred corn, feta, pita chips, lime-pickled onions, and avocado; Lemon Tahini & Caesar dressing with a dash of frank’s red hot; 1.5 servings of Grilled Chicken!		 $17.00
Southern
Roots Rice with Kale, chickpeas, roasted broccoli, charred corn, lime-pickled onions, and white cheddar. Lemon Tahini dressing and Grilled BBQ Tofu.		 $15.25
Apollo
Brown Rice with spinach, chickpeas, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, red onion, feta, and pita chips. Lemon Za’atar dressing, and Grilled Chicken.		 $15.25
Mad Bowl
Brown Rice with spinach, cannellini beans, roasted broccoli, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, red onions, and shaved parmesan; Pesto Vinaigrette & Basil Balsamic dressing; Grilled Chimichurri Mushrooms		 $14.85
Roots Bowl
Roots Rice with spinach, 2x roasted sweet potatoes, red onions, goat cheese, pita chips, and dried cranberries; Lemon Tahini dressing. (Optional: Add a Grilled Item)		 $14.85
Signature Salads
Pesto Caesar Salad
Kale with bulgur (G), grape tomatoes, shaved parmesan, lime pickled onions, and pita chips; Pesto Vinaigrette & Caesar dressing, with a kick of Sriracha;
Grilled Chicken		 $15.25
Mayweather Salad
Kale with bulgur (G), roasted beets, roasted sweet potatoes, red onions, goat cheese, and avocado; Lemon Tahini & Pesto Vinaigrette dressing; Grilled Chicken.		 $16.00
Corner Cobb Salad
Arcadian Mix, with kale, roots rice, roasted sweet potatoes, charred corn, red onions, cucumbers, avocado, and hard-boiled egg; Greek Feta dressing and Grilled Chicken		 $16.00
Tamari Salad
Kale and Brown Rice with roasted broccoli, red onions, pickled carrots, purple cabbage, pickled jalapeños, and toasted almonds. Miso Ginger dressing and Grilled Red Chili Miso Tofu		 $16.00
Create Your Own
Create Your Own Bowl $9.50
Drinks
Lemon Seltzer $1.50
Bottled Water $1.00
Roots Flavored Teas (Choose Flavor)
Our newest drink! We now make and bottle our own tea at Roots. Refreshing and naturally sweetened.

• Blackberry Black Tea – 30 cal, 7g sugar
• Hibiscus Green Tea – 30 cal, 7g sugar
• Half Tea / Half Lemonade – 55 cal, 13g sugar

 $3.50
Spindrift Tea
Sparkling Half Tea / Half Lemonade		 $2.50

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Reviews

Tom Baumel
Solid bowl option but nothing special to push it over the top to 5 stars. I left feeling still kinda hungry but the food itself was delicious. My friend got a make your own bowl which looked significantly larger than my menu selection. Many good gluten free and allergen friendly options.

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April Williams
We really enjoyed our lunch at Roots. A very healthy alternative. Staff was welcoming and friendly. I enjoyed the Tamari and my husband had the southern. Everything is Chopped well so that is ready to eat without having to cut up. You can get a salad or grain based bowl by one of their designed bowls or build your own.

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Naba Mukhtar
Nice portion size, lovely atmosphere, good and fast service, and the ingredients are very high-quality! Both delicious and nutritious! I walked out feeling so good! I’d especially recommend it to other vegans, since there are multiple bean options and the miso tofu is to die for!

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Hilda Dunn
Omg! I finally found a healthy salad bowl I really enjoyed. I chosed the El Jefe, substitute with spinach, added mushrooms and left out the Tabasco. Delicious plus I had a healthy hibiscus tea with an added sweetener. The staff was very friendly and restaurant was very clean. Very serene atmosphere Recommended

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Amanda G
I bought the roots bowl. It was well proportioned, I was happy with the size for price ((I usually us go to CoreLife And there comparable in price)). Tasty for sure, but disappointed they use canola oil which certainly isn’t healthy. Also, came for the kids eat free but was charged for my kids bowl. Would like a smaller dice on the meat so I can get a bite with everything on it lol not just a huge chunk of meat. lol this was my first visit.

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Jackie Cuba
Omg this place is amazing for vegans! For 12 bucks you can build your own bowl, 100% plant based and packed with flavor. You pick a base of grains and/or greens then 5 toppings, a dressing and protein. Their miso tofu is so well seasoned! The portion is very generous so it can easily become 2 meals. I’ll definitely come back for more!

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Alicia B
Great, but expensive! Everything tastes great, but I wish the proportions leaned less towards rice and more towards the protein, especially for the price. Still, I got a decent meal and a solid snack out of the leftovers. I highly recommend the Southern bowl.

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Alexis Bissell
Love the food, a good place to eat healthy and still save some money, and there’s always some left over. The music is great some days and weird some days but the people are always nice and I love sitting outside and enjoying the view on Franklin Street!

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Jessica Lee
For months I walked by Roots after they opened thinking it was probably just some millennial overrated type of salad place, but was then lured in by all my friends raving reviews. I am a die hard Chipotle fan but the flavors and ingredients Roots offers knocks Chipotle right off its pedestal for me.

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Kevin Flack
The Roots crew came to visit me today at Outback. They were awesome & it was a pleasure to meet all of them. They left a great impression & I can’t wait to visit them at Roots

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