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Category: Vegetarian [Edit]
2582 Broadway WVancouver, BC V6K 2G1
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
(604) 737-7373
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
7 reviews for Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
All Reviews
Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
8/25/2010
I love eating here! They have the BEST samosas with the mint chutney! LOVE IT! All their items are healthy and taste great. I will keep coming back again and again!
Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
3/27/2010
mmm, who doesn't like a buffet style kinda food... but wait! you gotta watch how much food you wallop onto your plate since you pay by weight!
my friend who LOVES this place introduced me to this place. at first, i was like, WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN A VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT?! so if a meat-lover like him likes this place so much, it can't be that bad.
its very chill, relaxed...you come in, pick your plate, pick your foods (all labeled with names and tells you whats in it...very good), then pick where you wanna sit. you basically serve yourself.
i must say, the 2 or 3 times we went, i really enjoyed myself. i really piled my plate high with almost everything that looked good (i like variety! so getting to sample a little bit of everything is a HUGE bonus for me!) and downed every last bit.
definitely not your fancy-schmancy place to eat.
Listed in: FOOOOOOOooD
Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
2/4/2010
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I used to go there often. One day, instead of playing the usual music, they played rap music with F words. Since I needed to wait for my mom to come back from the washroom, I suffered for the duration of the wait. So, I avoided that place for years.
This week, I decided to try it out again. It was a pleasant surprise. Same dishes as years ago. However, enjoyable music for a change!
The buffet is by weight. I really like their vegan dishes. It is good that there are enough tasty vegan options so you don't have to eat just one or two items. I think you pay a bit more than at a food court, but it is not expensive when compared to what you get.
Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
10/5/2009
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!
Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
12/3/2008
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.
Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
9/22/2008
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!!
Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Restaurant
10/4/2008
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!
