Latest Reviews
6th June 2022
Yaya Tea
80 Dekalb Ave, Downtown Brooklyn
Good taste. Good value.
Yaya Tea is a boba tea and onigiri chain. There's quite a few dotted around the city. They serve warm and hefty onigiri (rice triangles) with a bunch of vegan options. I opted this time for citrus spare rib and ginger chicken, both made with soy protein. Didn't love the...
4th June 2022
Ginger Root Vegan
E 64th & 1st Ave, Upper East Side
DNR taste. Fine value.
One of those vegan pan-Asian restaurants. We got a bunch of fake meat and veg dishes. All were pretty meh. Too many things on the menu and everything is pretty average....
3rd June 2022
Zest
112 Eldridge St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Fine value.
Ramen spot where they have a vegan vegetarian ramen. It's tomato based and I paid $19 all up. I'm not crawling to go back there but it's fun and different....
17th May 2022
Frank
E 5th & 2nd Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Bad value.
So the vegan option on the menu is spaghetti with broccoli, garlic and oil. You may be thinking, "is this really just garlic oil pasta with some broccoli chucked in", and yes, yes it is. I mean sure garlic olive oil pasta is tasty... but you can make it at...
16th May 2022
Vegan On The Fly
W 45th & 5th Ave, Midtown
SGFI taste. Fine value.
We've done it everyone, we've found the most awful on-street seating area in New York. It's entirely the sensory overture that is midtown's fault, but the gaudy pink decor of the eating box just accentuates it. Everything here is vegan which is good. They make gyros mostly, which set you...
8th May 2022
Love Mama
E 11th & 2nd Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a Malaysian/Thai/Vietnamese restaurant. Usually that would usually mean it's so broad that it's all bad, but what I got was pretty decent. I got the vegetarian curry clay pot. It came out disturbingly quickly but I don't think it's just instant stuff, the curry had a bunch of...
4th May 2022
Dirt Candy
86 Allen St, Lower East Side
Good taste. Bad value.
This is like the go-to fancy schmancy fine dining vegan restaurant. By far, this is the most I've ever spent on a meal in my life. Lots of creative stuff and whatnot. You pay $90 + tax (tip included) and get 5-7 courses. Things are very tasty and inventive. Pictured...
3rd May 2022
Manousheh Grand
403 Grand St, Lower East Side
Phenomenal taste. Phenomenal value.
This place is fantastic. Its focus is as a Lebanese Bakery, with one of my favorite foods, spinach triangle (fatayer) with onions and lemon juice and other tasty stuff. Far better than any of the other ones I've had in the city. It's got a bigger selection than its other...
2nd May 2022
Spicy Moon (East Village)
E 6th & 1st Ave, East Village
Good taste. Good value.
This is an all-vegan Sichuan place. Less fancy and less trendy locat that the West Village version. A LOT has been said about Spicy Moon, but what I think they nail is making great versions of some Sichuan standards that are better and cheaper than any non-vegan Chinese restaurants in...
1st May 2022
Banh Mi Co Ut
83 Elizabeth St, Chinatown
DNR taste. Good value.
Simple banh mi with tofu. Nice, but needs some more flavour. They do however have a bunch of Vietnamese desserts that look to be mostly vegan, so might be worth checking out for that....
30th April 2022
Sami & Susu
190 Orchard St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a fancy little cafe/wine bar on Orchard St. I got the fried cauliflower pita, it was nice and light, but nothing too special. A bit pricey at $11 before tips and tax, but the vibe is very nice for a little sit down and coffee. Next time I...
29th April 2022
Lovely Day
196 Elizabeth St, Nolita
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a nice cafe next to Elizabeth Street Garden in Nolita. They've got nice coffee and some vegan snacks. We got fried tofu in chilli sauce (not amazing), spinach with sesame (pretty tasty), and wasabi guacamole which was great, but they didn't come with any chips. We had to...
27th April 2022
Planta Queen
W 27th & 5th Ave, Midtown
Good taste. Bad value.
This is a trendy vaguely Asian inspired vegan restaurant. The food is good but it's very expensive, and in my mind not worth the price tag. We got the udon noodles in truffle cream, extremely creamy (although we wish they had some bread or something to sop up the sauce),...
25th April 2022
Ramen Ishida
122 Ludlow St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a tiny ramen shop with a whole bunch of vegan options. I got the spicy mushroom tofu ramen, which was very creamy and satisfying. Pretty pricey at $20 menu price. It was expecting a bit more flavour, but it was still good, I'll likely be track to try...
24th April 2022
Famous Sichuan
10 Pell St, Chinatown
DNR taste. Fine value.
Pretty generic and above averaged price Chinese place in Chinatown, it is open very late though. Pictured is some lo mein and mapo tofu, neither of which were that good....
22nd April 2022
Streecha
E 7th & 2nd Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Good value.
If you ever find yourself wishing you were in the 1990s in an Ukrainian grandmother's living room/beer hall, boy do I have the place for you. On E 7th St, you'll see a WWII memorial plaque, with a blue Cyrillic sign underneath. Head down the stairs and open the nondescript...
16th April 2022
Oxomoco
128 Greenpoint Ave, Greenpoint
Good taste. Bad value.
Super swanky Mexican spot. There's a few things on the menu they can do vegan, so we tried a bunch of them. Big sampling plate of salsas with fried tortillas, dried mango with chilli, beet "chorizo" tacos, and spring pea tlayuda (big tostado). We liked everything except the mango. The...
14th April 2022
Pita Grill
E 55th & 2nd Ave, Midtown
SGFI taste. Good value.
The city's finest Kosher Israeli and Sushi restaurant. We got hummus and falafel, fries and baba ganoush. The falafel were on the better side of things, very green and crispy. The hummus was nice enough. Probably everything's better wrapped up in a pita. Baba ganoush was bad. Fries were fries....
8th April 2022
Orchard Grocer
78 Orchard St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is one of those times I think I might just be wrong. This is a vegan sandwich shop and grocery, heavily stocked with fake meats and cheeses. You can get all kinds of sandwiches, takes on classics. I tried The Bowery breakfast sandwich (pictured) and a cold-cut sandwich The...
7th April 2022
B&H Dairy
St Marks Pl & 2nd Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
B&H Dairy is an old-school Jewish Diner. Everything is vegetarian, with quite a few vegan options. They have a large assortment of soups that I believe they're well-know for, most of which are vegan. There's also other stuff and you can see all the menu deals on laminated pages around...
6th April 2022
MáLà Project
E 7th & 1st Ave, East Village
Good taste. Good value.
The concept here is dry pot — you pick a bunch of ingredients and they stir fry them à la Sichuan flavors, and it's kinda saucy. For lunch they have a veg set with mushrooms, lotus roots, cabbage, and sweet potato. It's pretty good and a big portion. It's around...
5th April 2022
NY Dosas
Washington Square Park, West Village
Good taste. Fine value.
This is a world-famous dosa stand in Washington Square Park. It's been covered in countless articles and youtube videos. Everything they sell is vegan. It's pretty good dosa and $9, but you pay with your time. It takes about an hour to clear the line on a good day (maybe...
3rd April 2022
Grand St BBQ Stand
250 Grand St, Chinatown
Good taste. Good value.
This is a street stand that makes coal-fired bbq sticks. Most things are of the dead animal variety, but they've got all the veggie things clearly marked, each under $2. I got gluten chunks, king oyster mushrooms, and eggplant. Quick turn-around, and the gluten and mushroom were especially tasty....
3rd April 2022
Shu Jiao Fu Zhou
295 Grand St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Phenomenal value.
A cheap Chinese restaurant where the only vegan thing is noodles with peanut butter sauce for $2.50. A hell of a snack. Peanut sauce is nice enough and peanutty, with some chilli oil. Tastes about as much as it tastes. Absolutely fine for a snack if you happen to be...
2nd April 2022
Yonah Schimmel's Knish
137 E Houston St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Good value.
A knish seems to be a big lump of mashed potato scantily dressed in pastry. Like most Jewish food, it is stodgy, shaped close to a sphere, and has never managed to catch on in most of the world. Many of the flavours are vegan, shown here is spinach knish....
1st April 2022
Dim Sum Palace
W 56th & 5th Ave, Midtown
DNR taste. Fine value.
It's a standard kinda Chinese place that's not fully American Chinese but not too far off. Portions are frankly too large. It's not terrible but it's quantity not quality and life is too short for it....
31st March 2022
Suki
E 7th & 1st Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
This is a japanese curry restaurant. The vegan option is with peppers. It's very pretty but a bit underwhelming. Not too much flavour... the sweetness of the peppers really come through which is not something you normally expect from a Japanese curry. Definitely subtle. It was like $23 all up...
29th March 2022
The Pickle Guys
357 Grand St, Lower East Side
Phenomenal taste. Good value.
I don't have a photo for this one buy you can look it up, it's just barrels and barrels of pickled stuff at a reasonable enough price. You can buy by various sized containers, or just get single items in small plastic bags. I got a sour pickle, a chilli...
24th March 2022
Lhasa
E 11th & 1st Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
Look the momos are tasty enough, but they're not amazing and costs too much for a tiny portion to recommend. I got the mixed plate, with chive, potato and mushroom momos. Ends up being like $15 all in all for 8 of them....
22nd March 2022
Spicy Village
68 Forsyth St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Good value.
This place has Henanese food and makes a kind of noodle called huimei. They're this wide hand-pulled noodle. I got it with veggies in a veggie broth. It's pretty good, nice chew on the noodles. Broth isn't amazing but nice. Next time I'd try one of the dry fried variations....
18th March 2022
The Bao
St Marks Pl & 3rd Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This place has all the standard vegan options you can get at a Chinese place. All in all pretty decent but a bit too expensive. The scallion pancakes, mapo tofu, cucumbers and veggie dumplings in broth were pretty tasty. String beans and lotus root dish was a bit of a...
16th March 2022
King Dumplings
74 Hester St, Lower East Side
DNR taste. Phenomenal value.
This place has cheap and not too amazing handmade veggie dumplings and sesame pancake sandwiches but extremely cheap. Pretty similar situation to North Dumplings, maybe a touch better? The pancakes were a bit fresher. In any case I'd recommend spending a bit more and going to Vanessa's around the corner....
15th March 2022
Vanessa's Dumpling House
118A Eldridge St, Lower East Side
Good taste. Good value.
From my understanding this place is an NYC staple, and there's like five locations throughout the city. Very much in the tradition of wheat-forward cheap Chinese places with dumplings, noodles and buns. I got the fried wontons with spicy sauce which was really good, filled with spinach and mushrooms. Next...
14th March 2022
Adyar Ananda Bhavan
E 58th & 1st Ave, Midtown East
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a vegetarian South Indian restaurant. They've got a very large selection, I got one of the lunch deals which was a masala dosa with an idli, vada, sambar, 3 chutneys and a mango desert. It's all decent, but not the tastiest I've had. My friend got a thali...
10th March 2022
North Dumpling
27A Essex St, Lower East Side
DNR taste. Phenomenal value.
This dumpling spot is astonishingly cheap. The sesame pancake isn't as much a pancake as sesame bread. It's not made fresh, but it's still bread so still good, you can get it filled with veggies. The veggie dumplings are solid, very cabbagey. Not too flavorful but you can cover it...
4th March 2022
Hanoi House
St Marks Pl & Ave A, East Village
Good taste. Good value.
They don't have a ton of vegan options here but they do have vegan pho and it's very good. Mushroomy and fresh, with homemade condiments. The best I've had in the area....
4th March 2022
Udon St Marks
St Marks Pl & 3rd Ave, East Village
Good taste. Good value.
This is quite honestly the best udon soup I've had since going vegan. The broth takes me right back. I've found it's not too common for udon places to have vegan options, and here they have a bunch. I've had the sensai udon which came with mountain vegetables. ALso been...
1st March 2022
Le Petit Parisien
E 7th & 2nd Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
This is a baguette sandwich place. They have one vegan option, Jeanne D'Arc which is a bunch of veggies. It was fine, a bit underwhelming. Around $13....
27th February 2022
Haile
E 11th & Ave B, East Village
Good taste. Fine value.
Great Ethiopian platters at about $20 a head. There's 7 different options and you can pick 5 per person. All comes with injera. Extremely tasty and the lady running the place was lovely. We also got the Timatim Fitfit appetizer which is all these veggies spiced and with shreds of...
16th February 2022
Dumpling N' Dips
St Marks Pl & 3rd Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Good value.
They have 2 different dumplings here, taro mushroom and chives. They were ok, nothing amazing. For around $12 you can get some with noodles and a soup, so it's alright for lunch. Wouldn't be heading back though....
11th February 2022
Ladybird
E 7th & Ave A, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
Ladybird is a popular vegan restaurant that does inventive things with vegetables. We got these eggplant fritter things, korean fried broccoli, mushroom toast and mushroom buns. Things are good here, they're tasty. But nothing really blew me away and it's pretty pricey. So I probably won't be going back....
11th February 2022
Sammy's Halal
E 7th & 1st Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
A no good halal spot. Bread was soggy. Baba ganoush was a eggplant salad NOT A BABA GANOUSH (wtf where's the tahina what is this why is it crunchy). Falafel was ok for texture points but completely flavourless. Hummus was bland. Tahina wasn't enough to compensate for everything else....
10th February 2022
Trapizzino
144 Orchard St, Lower East Side
Good taste. Good value.
This place makes fresh baked bread stuffed with stuff. The only vegan option is the misticanza alla romana which is a bunch of braised greens in a ton of oil. Imagine the best Chinese greens side dish. Super garlicy and oily and a bit spicy but bitter as well. The...
9th February 2022
Cafe Himalaya
E 1st & 1st Ave, East Village
Good taste. Good value.
This is the place to go for Himalayan comfort food. A Tibetan/Nepali cafe with an enormous vegetarian selection. You can get momos (spiced dumplings), noodles, stir fries, soups, salads, all kinds of stuff. So far, the salads have been the best thing here. They're more like fairly decent sized portions...
9th February 2022
Mr. Taka
170 Allen St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a ramen spot that has a vegan option, their spicy curry ramen. Disclaimer: I don't love Japanese curry, I think it tends to be pretty one-note. So this ramen was fine for me, but not exceptional. Nice noodles, a lot of toppings (that honestly got in the way...
8th February 2022
Malai Marke
E 6th & 2nd Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Good value.
Continuing on from my South Asian Lunch Specials trip to Sigiri yesterday, I went for the vegetarian lunch special here. For $16 including tips and tax you definitely get enough for 2 people. The naan isn't vegan but they can sub in a big roti. You also get rice, dahl,...
7th February 2022
Sigiri
E 6th & 1st Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Good value.
You can get their lunch special of Sri Lankan vegetarian curries for pretty cheap. Ended up being $13 after tips and tax for way too much food. There were chickpeas, dal, beans, spinach, papadams and rice. Everything had a kinda mild flavour, but there were definitely different spices to what...
6th February 2022
V-Nam Cafe
E 1st & 1st Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Good value.
A small Vietnamese restaurant. I got the veggie pho, it comes with a side of soy meat which was sweet but tasty. The broth was nice, definitely had flavour, and pretty big. Not super pho-y but a good soup nonetheless. And around $14 after tips and tax. I will probably...
6th February 2022
VSPOT Express
St Marks Pl & 3rd Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is an all-vegan Latin American restaurant/bar/comedy venue. I kinda get the feeling is that it tries to do everything and things are fine but not amazing. I got three empanadas for like $14. They had 3 flavours: beans and rice, fake cheese and mushrooms, and spiced potatoes. The potatoes...
5th February 2022
San Loco
E 7th & Ave C, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
This is a tex-mex spot that is honestly better than most for their vegan options, but still not good enough to heartfully recomend. It's fine for a snack. They've got a chili tofu situation as an option in the fillings which is nice but not super flavourful....
2nd February 2022
Stick To My Pot
W 35th & 7th Ave, Midtown
Good taste. Good value.
Normally I like my veggie dumplings with a green chive-like filling, but this is like my first time I liked a mixed veg situation, they had a lot of mala flavour and stuff. And great texture. First actually good dumplings I've had in New York. The scallion pancakes are top...
2nd February 2022
Jiang's Kitchen
St Marks Pl & 1st Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a Xinjiang Chinese spot. Not too many vegan options, but they've got a big stire fried noodle section where you can get variouus rice or handmade wheat noodles. I got the rice noodles with traditional sauce which was pretty solid. I'd definitely go for the wheat noodles next...
1st February 2022
Mamoun's Falafel East Village
St Marks Pl & 2nd Ave, East Village
Good taste. Phenomenal value.
See Mamoun's in West Village. This place has a few more combo options though for all your falafel enjoyment....
1st February 2022
Raku
E 6th & 1st Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Good value.
This place has udon soups and other bits and pieces. I got the the sansai hot udon, which is the udon in hot broth with some spinachy veg, mushrooms and maybe another veg I didn't recognize. The noodles themselves are really top notch. The veganized version of the broth may...
31st January 2022
Desi Galli
E 11th & Ave B, East Village
Good taste. Fine value.
This is an Indian street food spot and small grocery. They've got some nice stuff, I got the channa kathi roll (chickpeas) and the pani puri (crispy pockets with tamarind and chickpeas that you fill with tangy liquid). They were both good, though the best kathi rolls are still at...
30th January 2022
Fong On
81 Division St, Chinatown
Phenomenal taste. Phenomenal value.
Soy boys of the world unite. This place makes tofu in various forms. I went for their sweet silken tofu dessert. This is one of the few good desserts in the world if you've never had it. It is truly phenomenal. Freshly made, hot, unpressed tofu with a brown sugar...
30th January 2022
Old Xi'an
164 Pearl St, Financial District
SGFI taste. Good value.
I'm still looking for good Xi'an food in the city. This place is ok. The cold noodles and cucumber salad are good. The hand ripped noodles (biang biang mian) and vegetable dumplings were not, both a bit flavourless and stodgy. All in all there's some ok things here if you're...
29th January 2022
Saigon Shack
114 MacDougal St, West Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
The vegan pho is better than just salty water, but it's not good enough for me to recommend....
28th January 2022
Little Rascal
163 Elizabeth St, Nolita
Good taste. Bad value.
These guys have pretty good vegan Turkish options. Not really outstanding, but solid and you can't go wrong, and served with hot turkish bread. The problem is that it's pretty expensive to get enough that will fill you up. The artichoke hearts were really good but it's only two pieces...
26th January 2022
TabeTomo
St Marks Pl & Ave A, East village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
They've got a veggie ramen here which is fine. Nothing I'm blown away by but a nice bowl of noodles and soup. The fried lotus chips on top were a good addition and I thoroughly support widespread adoption of this innovation....
24th January 2022
Banh Mi Zon
E 6th & Ave A, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a solid clasic banh mi. nice pickles, crispy exterior baguette, silky tofu. They've added in some saucy mushrooms as well. It's not going to blow you away but it's good when you want a banh mi. I still paid like $13 for it so pricy for a medium...
24th January 2022
S'MAC
E 12th & 1st Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
I don't remember the last time I had to throw out food. This is a mac n' cheese restaurant. But absolutely not. We are just not there with vegan cheese for this to be palatable, especially in such a huge portion. I got the medium one for like $11 and...
23rd January 2022
Electric Burrito
St Marks Pl & 1st Ave, East Village
Good taste. Fine value.
I was almost giving up on vegan tacos because most of the ones in the city are bland as hell. But these guys do it right. You got mushrooms, really tasty guac that comes through, some spicy stuff and cabbage. Good texture and flavours and quantity of lime provided. Paid...
23rd January 2022
Tajeen Halal Food Truck
E 14th & Ave A, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is the least bad halal food truck I've been to, I got a falafel pita. The falafel was actually fresh and green, and they do the thicker pita that's grilled or something rather than a wrap, which is way better. Means your falafel doesn't get completely smushed up. I...
23rd January 2022
Mama Pho
N 8th & Bedford Ave, Williamsburg
DNR taste. Fine value.
This place has a bad case of the salty waters. This is when the vegan soup option kinda just tastes like salty water and doesn't have enough flavour. Also didn't like the noodle texture, kinda gummy. Go to Lucy's Vietnamese a block away, it's much better....
22nd January 2022
Brodo
E 12th & 1st Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a place that sells broths. I got the vegan broth. You get like a coffee cup of it, or if you really want a big coffee cup of it. It was nice, kinda earthy. Good on a cold day. It's not like a wow this cures my ailments...
22nd January 2022
Dumpling Man
St Marks Pl & 1st Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
This is a handmade dumpling place, they've got a counter where you can see all of them being made. I got the vegan wontons which were the vegan special that week and the cold noodles. I was a little underwhelmed, which is a shame because this should be great in...
22nd January 2022
San Marzano
E 7th & 2nd Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
Cheap Italian spot (around $12 a dish). You'd think for somewhere in the East Village they'd have a vegan option nailed but no. They had no explicitly vegan items, but you can sub things. There really aren't that many options once you do that, in the end and I just...
20th January 2022
NYC Falafel Co
201 Allen St, Lower East Side
DNR taste. Fine value.
Hole in the wall place for falafel sandwich. Like it's fine but I won't be going back because there's just better around. For like $8 you get a decent sized sandwich. The falafel itself isn't that bad, green and crispy, and the toasted pita is nice. But the whole thing...
19th January 2022
Xe May Sandwich Shop
St Marks Pl & 1st Ave, East Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is like a modern Vietnamese kinda place. I got the mean green, you have to sub for a whole wheat baguette to make it vegan. The pickled veggies in it are really good, it also had mushroom and tofu. All in all a decent sandwich, but it's banh mi...
18th January 2022
Downtown Bakery
E 4th & 1st Ave, East Village
DNR taste. Fine value.
Mexican place with a bunch of different options. They put some vegan things on there like tamales and tacos that I got, but seems like they did it without too much thought. They're fine but not too flavourful. The price and serving sizes are alright, you defintely don't need all...
15th January 2022
Pierogi Boys
Dekalb Market Hall, Downtown Brooklyn
SGFI taste. Fine value.
Back into the hellscape of Dekalb Market Hall. The things I do for you. So this pierogi place, they have exactly one vegan thing on the menu, roasted beet salad, which is a small side for $4 + tax. They have a big label on it saying that it's vegan....
13th January 2022
Paulie Gee's Slice Shop
110 Franklin St, Greenpoint
Good taste. Good value.
I don't like pizza that much but this is good. Very crispy bottom and nice bready middle and a huge portion for $5 (inc. tax iirc), hand for scale. I got the vegan special or something, I forgot the name but it's not on the regular menu. They've got a...
13th January 2022
Punjabi Deli
E Houston & Ave A, East Village
Good taste. Good value.
This pile of slop looked a lot better before they put the lid on. This is an all vegitarian Indian buffet situation. Most of it is vegan, but make sure to check on the day. You can get 3 curries and rice for $8 cash and that's a big boy...
13th January 2022
Kimchee Market
191 Greenpoint Ave, Greenpoint
SGFI taste. Fine value.
It's possible I just got the wrong thing here. I got the rice with banchan thinking I'd get a taster of a few good things. It was a bit under $10, probably not worth it for what it included. But they've got a bunch of other things one the menu...
11th January 2022
Cesar's Empanadas
Flatbush Ave & Ashland Pl, Fort Greene
SGFI taste. Phenomenal value.
This is a food truck that normally has a few people waiting in line. They've got a few vegan options including the mushroom empanada. It's $3 cash. It's probably been sitting out for a few hours but is still pretty flakey and not too oily. The mushrooms are nice and...
11th January 2022
Momo Ramen
78 5th Ave, Park Slope
SGFI taste. Good value.
The lunch deal ends up being around $17 after tips and tax, and I got the Buddha Ramen and veg dumplings which were both nice enough. The ramen has a salty soy broth which a bunch of toppings and a small fried tofu. Keep in mind you need to sub...
10th January 2022
Brooklyn Hero Shop
270 Vanderbilt Ave, Fort Greene
DNR taste. Fine value.
I got the Caprese on a roll, it's not even a hero. It was a bunch of cooked veggies on a roll... it's fine. It wasn't super bland or super flavourful. They've also got a vegan mushroom sandwich. I had to pay a bit over $14 and it really doesn't...
9th January 2022
Bunna Cafe
1084 Flushing Ave, Bushwick
Good taste. Good value.
Great and cozy spot for Ethiopian food. The $20 feast is enough for two people for lunch so it's pretty good value too. The whole menu is vegan which is a plus. It comes with all the hits on injera including mushrooms, greens, and lots of different lentils which are...
9th January 2022
Kings Co Imperial
20 Skillman Ave, Williamsburg
Good taste. Fine value.
Very confusing name but very good food. At first I thought it was a pub but turns out it's a Chinese restaurant. Everything we had here was great, although they probably oversold us on the portions and then we were pretty drunk so forgot the leftovers which is the only...
6th January 2022
Ba'al Cafe & Falafel
71 Sullivan St, SoHo
SGFI taste. Good value.
Not too much to say about this place. The falafel sandwich is fine, it's cheap enough. I probably wouldn't go back but it's an alright place if you're in the area....
2nd January 2022
5ive Spice
52 5th Ave, Park Slope
Good taste. Good value.
This is nominally a taco and banh mi shop, but none of the tacos are vegan and the banh mi wasn't the standout. Really the sides here are what to go for. They use a soy protein fake meat situation in the banh mi. It's a bit too sweet and...
1st January 2022
Sea Thai
114 N 6th St, Williamsburg
Good taste. Good value.
I was very drunk and this place is a fever dream of a venue. Come for the Thai standards, stay for the water feature and shared pod urinal. Plenty of vegan options, tasty big portions of all your regular Thai restaurant foods you know and love. And they can do...
31st December 2021
Ivan Ramen
25 Clinton St, Lower East Side
SGFI taste. Fine value.
They have one vegan shoyu ramen which is pretty good. It's a soy sauce based broth, and it's nice to find an option which isn't just miso for once. It feels very refined, all the elements are nice but I didn't find any of it outstanding. I probably wouldn't end...
30th December 2021
Mia Halal Food
123 Flatbush Ave, Downtown Brooklyn
DNR taste. Fine value.
Always ALWAYS ask if they make the falafel themselves. I have been burnt so many times from pictures. This food truck had falafel on rice, kinda just minced up prepurchased falafel with rice and spice and onion. Truly just an efficient way to go from hungry to full for $8...
27th December 2021
Banhmigos
92 Court St, Downtown Brooklyn
SGFI taste. Good value.
You can get a solid banh mi here. Wouldn't go out of my way for it but it's pretty good. Crunchy bread and all the pickled spicy fillings. They've got quite a few vegan options, I got recommended the tofu which was really silky but not very flavourful. Might go...
27th December 2021
Damascus Bread & Pastry Shop
195 Atlantic Ave, Downtown Brooklyn
SGFI taste. Good value.
A Middle Eastern grocer next to the more famous Sahadi's. There were a lot of people speaking Arabic coming through here which was a good sign. The spinach triangle they had here wasn't as good as the ones next door, a bit doughy and less flavoursome. But they have a...
27th December 2021
Sahadi's
187 Atlantic Ave, Downtown Brooklyn
SGFI taste. Good value.
This is mostly a grocery but they sell a lot of their own food too. Their spinach triangle for $4 is tasty but really needs to be served hot or fresh. They've got a good selection of olives (on the pricier end) and dips. Their baba ganoush is strong on...
26th December 2021
The Kati Roll Company
99 MacDougal St, West Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
I got a channa masala wrap. It had a good flavour with chat masala, but it was really dry and small. If you want a cheaper, larger, tastier version of this, head up to Roti Roll in Morningside Heights....
25th December 2021
Happy Veggie
76 Mott St, Chinatown
SGFI taste. Good value.
This place has an interesting menu, a mash-up of Malay, Chinese, burgers, and some other stuff that they seem to have invented. Make sure to check that the things your order are vegan, because a lot of it isn't. I got the Curry Stuffed Combination Noodle Soup and swapped out...
24th December 2021
Lucy's Vietnamese
112 Berry St, Williamsburg
Good taste. Good value.
Really good pho. They actually use the same vegan broth for their non-vegan options, so it's something they put effort into. It's definitely not just salty water here. Very forward on the shittake and anise flavours. It comes with a ton of mushrooms and fake chicken. All in all, fantastic....
22nd December 2021
Mamoun's Falafel
W 3rd & MacDougal St, West Village
Good taste. Phenomenal value.
I heard a lot about this place being good and it's actually very good. I got a falafel and baba ganouj sandwich and it was cheap, good quality green baba ganouj, good flavour from the falafel and fillings. You can also just get these as sides, 4 falafels, a pot...
21st December 2021
Pak Punjab Deli
E 3rd & 2nd Ave, East Village
Good taste. Good value.
It's a deli that also has bain maries of various curries and stuff. These guys do deliver, but I think the game here is to rock up a bit late after a few drinks and wait for a bit too long behind some old men to get some pretty legit...
20th December 2021
DunHuang Miss Noodles
531 Myrtle Ave, Fort Greene
SGFI taste. Good value.
There seems to be a trend where there's some quite good hand-pulled noodle places that just don't have good vegan options to prepare them with. Got the vegetarian pan fried noodles, the noodles were great but the stir fry itself was a little sparse on the veggies and just not...
19th December 2021
Han Dynasty
W 85th & Broadway, Upper West Side
Good taste. Good value.
This is a Sichuan chain that does really good classics with a ton of vegan options. You could smell the dan dan noodles (order it without meat) from across the table, and the scallion pancakes are crispy and flakey. They can prepare any of the mains with fried tofu instead...
18th December 2021
Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles
1 Doyers St, Chinatown
DNR taste. Fine value.
The same menu as Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles II (I don't know why I'm surprised, this is my bad). But you know what it's not as good. Similarly the noodle quality isn't as good as you can get at other places like Hana Noodle Station or DunHuang Miss Noodles, here it's...
14th December 2021
Roti Roll
W 109th & Amsterdam Ave, Upper West Side
Good taste. Good value.
These guys do a good roti roll at a good price. Curry in a roti that's all wrapped up. The eggplant and channa masala ones are really good, so are the others though. One is a decent amount of food, I always mistakenly get two and it's too much. I'm...
13th December 2021
The Nut Lady of Downtown Brooklyn
Fulton St & Bridge St, Downtown Brooklyn
Phenomenal taste. Phenomenal value.
This nut stand has brought me so much joy. Maybe I just haven't seen them anywhere else, but this lady sells pieces of coconut. And it's $2 a bag. And it's just so good. I'm not even a big coconut person. I think the problem with a lot of other...
5th December 2021
Hana Noodle Station
Dekalb Market Hall, Downtown Brooklyn
SGFI taste. Good value.
Now these are theoretically some of the best veggie dumplings I've had in the city, but friends, we have a pandemic on our hands. And that pandemic is fried dumplings served in takeaway containers with lids. The process for making fried dumplings is to take the raw dumpling, fry the...
2nd December 2021
Wu and Nussbaum
W 113th & Broadway, Morningside Heights
SGFI taste. Fine value.
Fantastic dan dan noodles with impossible meat. Like the spice is spot on, really good. I would go just for that. They've got more things on the vegan menu, I wasn't too impressed by the General Tso's Unchicken. But you know what, I could be wrong. I've never had General...
1st December 2021
Greene Bites
116 Dekalb Ave, Fort Greene
Good taste. Fine value.
Guys the vegan chopped cheese here is fucked. It is such a greasy, rich experience. I haven't had anything like it in my 6 years of veganism. Like I likely won't be getting it again in a while because it's not what I normally go for, but wowee. I assume...
27th November 2021
Wiki Wiki
Dekalb Market Hall, Downtown Brooklyn
SGFI taste. Fine value.
They've got a pretty large vegan menu. I got the spicy miso ramen. It was pretty rich and not watery, fairly solid. But a ramen can only be so good when having it out of a plastic bowl in a depressing mall....
26th November 2021
Bites of Xi'an (aka Xifu Food)
318 Livingston St, Downtown Brooklyn
Good taste. Good value.
After the disappointment of Xi'an Famous I've been looking for good Xi'an food. This place doesn't have a huge amount of vegan selection, but they do have cold skin nooldes (liangpi) which is a classic. Springy flat noodles with bean sprouts cucumber slices and drenched in sauce, with small bits...
26th November 2021
Oasis
168 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg
SGFI taste. Good value.
Why have I been hearing such good things about this place? Have none of you ever had good freshly made falafel?? Like it's all fine but nothing was made to order and it was kinda just cold. Especially for the falafel, mousakah and fried cauliflower, it'd benefit from being fresh...
25th November 2021
Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles II
W 45th & 9th Ave, Hell's Kitchen
SGFI taste. Good value.
We got the veg dumpling noodle soup with veggie broth and the pan fried noodles with tofu. The soup was a bit flavourless, but the dumplings were nice enough with their seasoned dumpling sauce. There was plenty of good chilli oil so it was fine enough in the end. The...
22nd November 2021
Le Botaniste
W 67th & Columbus Ave, Upper West Side
SGFI taste. Fine value.
Before you complain, yes various "bowls" of a mix of cuisines definitely constitutes American food. I'm not one for bowl culture but this place is better than it initially seems. The whole menu is vegan. For two people it came to about $30 after tax. We tried the chili and...
21st November 2021
Massawa
W 121st & Amsterdam Ave, Morningside Heights
Good taste. Phenomenal value.
Really good food here, great option to take non-vegans to, especially if they've never had Ethiopian food before. The only available share platters are the vegan ones, so that's the way to go. You get a big selection of different veggies and lentils with as much injera as you want...
20th November 2021
Rai Rai Ken
W 125th & Broadway, Morningside Heights
DNR taste. Fine value.
They have a veggie miso ramen. It's fine, pretty salty and miso-y. I won't be going back though, there's better things in the area. Big chunks of brocolli and carrot in vegan options are generally an indicator that not much thought is being put into it....
19th November 2021
Bánh
W 107th & Amsterdam Ave, Upper West Side
Good taste. Good value.
This is a good banh mi, you should get this sandwich. It's the vegan pesto one. Bread's good, insides are good. All the pickled carrots and stuff and some cancerously smoked mushrooms, great stuff. If the tofu had more flavour and they had something a bit more pate-like for ~~mouth-feel~~...
16th November 2021
A&A Bake Doubles and Roti
1337 Fulton St, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Good taste. Phenomenal value.
A doubles is chickpea curry in two small pieces of deep fried flatbread. Don't come expecting like a chole bhature where the bread is piping hot and has some crispy texture. This bread is kinda a bit past-fry and the whole thing is a oily satisfying mess. The chickpeas aren't...
15th November 2021
Wonderful Asian Restaurant
352 Tompkins Ave, Bedford-Stuyvesant
DNR taste. Fine value.
Not wonderful. Maybe Asian. Definitely restaurant. I got a mapo tofu and it'd never seen a mapo before in it's life....
13th November 2021
Zaad
W 107th & Amsterdam Ave, Upper West Side
SGFI taste. Good value.
It strikes you as a drunk college late night kebab shop, but the stuff has a pretty good standard. Everything is handmade and solid. The falafel isn't the crispiest but has good spices in it. The baba ganoush was good, had a strong tahina presence. I'm not one for desserts...
12th November 2021
Excellent Dumpling House
W 23rd & 7th Ave, Chelsea
DNR taste. Fine value.
A poor imitation of a white person Chinese restaurant. The scallion pancakes were ok but they didn't make up for the pretty bad veggie buns and spinach dumplings....
11th November 2021
The Tang
W 105th & Amsterdam Ave, Upper West Side
Good taste. Fine value.
While I haven't tried enough here to give it a full endorsement, the hot and sour noodles were pretty tasty and refreshing. Kinda wish they had a vegan noodle soup option with wheat noodles though. The prices are much lower than the upmarket feel of the place. They've got a...
9th November 2021
Charm Thai
W 126th & Amsterdam Ave, Morningside Heights
SGFI taste. Fine value.
Look, this is a pretty standard Thai takeout joint, stuff isn't amazing. It's fine. But the mock duck salad is good. Really spicy lime-heavy coriander salady thing, and the mock duck is crispy. Maybe the papaya salad is good? Idk, someone email me about it....
9th November 2021
Dos Toros
W 114th & Broadway, Morningside Heights
DNR taste. Good value.
This is an efficient way to get from not full to full. It's kinda vaguely salty and spicy and not offensive. You've had a standard chain burrito before, you know what the deal is. The impossible meat option doesn't add that much to the experience, so you can save a...
8th November 2021
Polash
E 119th & 3rd Ave, Harlem
DNR taste. Fine value.
Pretty bland food. We were recommended an okra fried curry and chickpea and spinach. Neither were very good. The menu is enormous which is usually a bad sign. What was good were the condiments. Great cilantro chutney/hot sauce thing and pickled onions. I would buy those. Aparently the big draw...
7th November 2021
Spicy Moon Vegan Szechuan
W 3rd & LaGuardia Pl, West Village
Good taste. Fine value.
Be warned this is a high variance menu. They try to do a lot of stuff here; there's a lot of great stuff and some duds. In general, everything is lacking the spice you'd expect from a a Sichuan place, it's a bit too approachable. My mouth remains un-numbed, but...
6th November 2021
Curry King
W 106th & Columbus Ave, Upper West Side
Good taste. Good value.
Another legit North Indian restaurant, across the road from similar restaurant Doaba Deli across the road. $7 gets you 3 curries and a big plate of rice which is cooked with spices and veggies. The stuff here is much more oily and heavy than the stuff across the road. Like...
5th November 2021
Doaba Deli
W 106th & Columbus Ave, Upper West Side
Good taste. Phenomenal value.
Very cheap and good North Indian curries. They had 7 when I went of which only one (paneer) wasn't vegan. You can get a good lunch with 3 options and 2 freshly made roti for $8. Particular standouts are the spicy spinach and kidney bean curries. The food has a...
5th November 2021
Clove
W 139th & Amsterdam Ave, Hamilton Heights
SGFI taste. Bad value.
This is an Indian restaurant that ended up being far too sweet and expensive. The food was alright to start off with but they made it too sweet, and the sauces on the side were too sweet as well (though tasty). If you go, make sure you ask for no...
4th November 2021
The Handpulled Noodle
W 148th & Broadway, Hamilton Heights
SGFI taste. Good value.
A good place to go if you're craving that handmade noodle texture. We got the lagman noodles in a cumin stirfry with seitan and it was good. The seitan is in these satisfying huge strips and soaks up all the sauce. We got the veggie dumplings and scallion pancake too...
4th November 2021
Silvana
W 116th and Frederick Douglass Blvd, Harlem
SGFI taste. Fine value.
Hipstery places are fine as long as the food is up to scratch. The falafel was more crunchy than crispy and not my favourite. You can get hummus and tahina elsewhere. Their crispy eggplant is good but it doesn't make up for the rest and everything took a bit too...
2nd November 2021
Taïm
45 Spring St, Nolita
Good taste. Good value.
I wouldn't say that the actual falafel is all that good but the collection of the whole pita is good for a good price. Good sauces and stuff. I'd probably pick one of the other options like cauliflower or eggplant as the main next time....
2nd November 2021
Bodhi
77 Mulberry St, Chinatown
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a fun and interesting vegan kosher dim sum restaurant. You can tell they put a lot of time and effort into the preparation of everything. The handmade noodle beef soup was really good, and we also tried a bunch of dim sum like the baked meat bun, and...
1st November 2021
Falafel on Broadway
W 124th & Broadway, Morningside Heights
SGFI taste. Good value.
Run of the mill local middle eastern. It can hit the spot. The hummus and moussaka were alright, wouldn't go there for the falafel but they're cheap enough to add on....
31st October 2021
Chang Lai Fishball and Noodles Cart
Grand St and Bowery, Chinatown
SGFI taste. Phenomenal value.
For 3 bucks you can get some cheung fun steamed rice noodle rolls made right in front of you. Great value for money. You get a good portion with scallions some soy and peanut sauce. Hits the spot. A lot of restaurants in the area make it so not sure...
31st October 2021
Jajaja Plantas Mexicana
Carmine & 7th Ave, West Village
SGFI taste. Fine value.
This is a really fun place with solid and interesting food. The nachos were really good, and we tried the buffalo cauliflower and fish tacos, which weren't the best but were definitely interesting enough to want to try the other ones. Also you can get good $5 beers which isn't...
29th October 2021
Los Tacos No. 1
W 43rd & 7th Ave, Midtown
Good taste. Fine value.
The vegan option here are the nopales (cactus) tacos. Star of the show is actually the corn tortillas they make right in front of you. The pricing doesn't end up being that good at $4.25 each because you'd need a whole bunch of them to be full. I believe the...
28th October 2021
Xi'an Famous Foods
54 Willoughby St, Downtown Brooklyn
DNR taste. Good value.
There's a bit of hype around this place but there's way better Xi'an food out there. They standard biang biang noodles weren't even vegan when that's a pretty common vegan option in other places. We got the stir fried cold-skin noodles, spicy tofu, cucumber salad and seitan salad. The stuff...
28th October 2021
Uptown Veg
E 125th & Madison Ave, Harlem
DNR taste. Fine value.
One of those bad cases of google reviews being way off the mark. This place has tons of selections of vegan replacements to american food in bain maries like chicken drumsticks, mac n cheese and mashed potato. You pay by weight. It costed a bit much and everything was kinda...
26th October 2021
Jin Ramen
W 125th & Broadway, Morningside Heights
Good taste. Fine value.
They have a good miso ramen that they can do vegan. They have a vegan green curry ramen too but nothing to write home about unless you really like green curry but it doesn't taste too different from the kind of stuff you can make at home with a paste...