Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II S-11/A Registration of securities for real estate companies (amended)

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the use in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-190588 of our report dated November 7, 2013, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of Phillips Edison - ARC Grocery Center REIT II, Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio

November 7, 2013