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Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
Category: Vegetarian [Edit]
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano2582 Broadway W
Vancouver, BC V6K 2G1
(604) 737-7373
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
4 reviews for Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
I'm not a vegetarian, but when my vegan friends took me to this restaurant I was tres impressed. It's a nice, cozy little place that's just above the dollar store (at least, I think that's what's on the lower level) in Kits.
The lighting is just dim enough to make the atmosphere even more cozy, and they have big wicker chairs at some of their tables by the large window. Sit there, it's more fun!
It's basically a green buffet, so you just choose everything you want, they weigh it, and then you pay for the weight of your food. It's best to pace yourself, and make sure you don't take too much because the pennies for the weight can add up.
The food was delicious; everything was crisp and fresh. The best part was the yams! The service was also very warm and friendly, and they explain how it works to you if you've never been here before.
So this is one of those by-weight buffet style vegetarian restaurants that, more often than not, will confirm your friends' suspicious that vegetarian food is dull and bland. And despite the fact that I don't quite hate G & Gourmet and I'd visit it were I requiring instant food and desiring a salad, I can't help but kind of resent it for perpetuating the veg-food=boring myth.
This restaurant is Green Cuisine in Victoria except a bit worse. Green Cuisine gets points for a) making their own tofu and tempeh, b) keeping their buffet fresh and stocked, c) having awesome baked goods, and d) being a little bit less pricey that Greens and Gourmet, but with less wimpy flavours. GC is also all vegan...and judging by the appearance and reviews of my peers of Greens and Gourmet's vegetarian-not-vegan dishes, it's for the better.
So your vegetarian friend who is backpacking in Canada will be relieved by this kind of place, but any self-respecting vegetarian foodie will more than likely not want to throw down the kind of cash it takes to get a decent sized plate of (bland) food at Greens and Gourmet. Sorry, but it's time to raise the veg-food standard, especially somewhere like Vancouver!
All of the options here are at least veggie friendly, which makes coming here a treat. I'm not generally a fan of all veggie restaurants, because flavour is always lacking, but this place goes all out with being creative.
The buffet service is great, but you do buy your meal by weight, so be careful - don't get too greedy, cuz the $$ does add up. I'm always a victim of that and end up buying too much, but leftovers never hurt!
The favourite part of the meal for me is their vegan blueberry pie. Definitely save room for it - super tasty!!
This must be one of Vancouver's original Vegetarian eateries, and although the food is tasty, it's not nearly as elaborate and flavourful as some of the more modern restos in the city. You pick your food from a buffet here, and pay by the weight (I agree, it adds up quickly!). Once you sit down with your meal, you can enjoy the quiet atmosphere and marvel at a place that is down to earth and not about selling you a lifestyle with your meal, how novel!
