The Best Vegetarian Restaurants in Toronto

What about Sadies?!
Poor Bo De Duyen is rumoured to be back by summer.

I really hate to say it, but Cafe 668 has gone downhill since they changed locations. Same menu, except everything is $3-$4 more expensive than it used to be, and the decor is annoying...now it looks like every other restaurant in the city.

I like Fresh but it's really noisy, which is kind of uncomfortable for a nice meal.
Fressen is too stuffy and expensive for the small portions they give you.
The avocado sandwiches at Urban Herbivore are great. I wish there were more middle-or-the-road vegetarian restaurants. Those mentioned are basicall all there is in the city. There should also be more vegetarian options on menus, and more stuff without cheese or dairy. It is like the default option for a vegetarian is pasta, usually smoldered in cheese and/or cream. There's cheese, cheese, cheese everywhere!

Vegetarian Haven on Baldwin is also good.

I've been on hunger strike until Bo De Duyen reopens. So far I've been fasting since October 1st. :\

Bo De Duyen has closed permanently and moved to Roncesvalles. I don't think it's open yet though.

Urban Herbivore! Yum yum. The soups? The muffins? The BROWNIES? The salads? Copious and DELISH.

Here is a good veg resource while travelling.

http://www.happycow.net/

Get Real! Cafe on Ossington should be on this list. Their brunch is fantastic!

definitely agree with Get Real. Great brunches and lunches!

Check out Toronto Vegetarian Association's Vegetarian Directory for a complete list of veggie places to eat, organized by neighbourhood.

And see Romantic restaurants in Toronto - fine dining guide for places that offer vegetarian fine dining with full table service or a fancy buffet. Some of the places mention on your list are only open during the day, such as Urban Herbivore, Pulp Kitchen and Sadie's. You're also missing one of my favourite daytime spots: Camros just south of Yonge and Bloor.

btw: I love Cafe 668's new decor.

What about Vegetarian Haven on Baldwin Street?

I couldn't disagree more heartily with this list unfortunately. Cafe 668 shouldn't even be on this list. Terrible portions, way overpriced and fairly tasteless.

Although I enjoy Fresh, putting it as #1 on this list is a absurd. Top 5? Ya, maybe, but this restaurant is the equivalent of healthy fast food. Rice bowls, burritos, and burgers.... c'mon please.

Surprised Fressen is as low as it is as well. Although I find it pricey, and not great if you're going with a large number of people due to portion size, the food is still interesting, and very tasty.

Vegetarian Haven should be #1 on this entire list, and it's not even present? That restaurant is incredibly friendly, well-priced and the food is beyond.... definitely one of the best meals I've had in my entire time in Toronto.

I agree that Get Real, Veg Haven and Camros should all be on there. Fresh? Maybe top ten, it's not that great and Cafe Vert isn't even fully vegetarian.

If you're in Parkdale, and have some time, check out M&B Yummy Ethiopian. I really like it.
http://www.mbyummy.com/

i think Fresh is actually not very good the dishes look interesting on the menu but don't taste very good. my fave vegetarian would be vegetarian haven on Baldwin, the Sunny cafe inside Noahs at Bloor and Spadina or Bar Nazareth on Bloor street west just east of Dovercourt where you can get a huge 5 item meal enough for 2 for 8 dollars. or the vegetarian items on the buffet at Little India restaurant on Queen West al these restaurants serve food that is yummy

yes, i enjoyed Vegetarian Haven on Baldwin, the service is great and the atmosphere is good as well. I also enjoyed the restaurant on Midland, i think it was called Lotus or something, that place makes superb dishes!
also the one near pacific mall, i forgot what it was called, but its portions are great for sharing at reasonable prices.

The Chinese vegetarian restaurant near Pacific Mall (in Markham) is called Graceful, at the far corner of Market Village. I had my small wedding dinner over there and all of my guests were very preased with the creative menu and presentation of the dishes :) Much better than Lotus on Midland IMO because Lotus' menu is quite saturated in fat(many items are deep fried gluten, which I don't fancy too much). Graceful also serves vegetarian dimsum daily until 4pm I think.

Wheres the Vegetarian Haven?! I agree, the food at Fresh is not so great!
I once had the pasta and peanut sauce dish-after a couple of fork fulls of pasta, my dish became a peanut soup bowl instead! I think they're overly rated and the VegHaven totally underrated; I'm partially glad though because it's remained my Toronto secret for years now..

i, too, don't get the fresh craze. will never forget my experience with the green goddess with cold soba noodles. it was SO incredibly bad. tasteless, overpriced, somewhat reminiscent of cardboard. can't, for the life of me, understand what others see in this crap.
don't get me wrong. fresh has some decent grub (seed, grain based burger with peanut sauce was great..can't go wrong with sweet potato fries) but stay the hell away from the overrated green goddess.

I don't get it. The green goddess is AMAZING. Maybe the problem was the soba noodles. You should order it with rice instead.

What no Camrose Eatery???

Well I never...

Pretty sad that Fresh is on this list... I've been there once and probably won't go back. Service was poor and food mediocre at best. Yes it looks nice but I'd rather pay for food quality and service over looks (that's me).

Bo De Duyen provides great food and friendly service. If you're looking for something a little more north of downtown try www.healthyvegetarianrestaurant.com - so glad I found this place as I'm not downtown always... amazing food and super friendly family-type service.

I've only been to Fresh once, and I'll never return. I don't get the big hype over it either. I'd much rather go to Le Commensal. I think it's the best veggie restaurant out there.

wait wait wait isn't RAWLICIOUS a completely raw restaurant as well?

Totally. I have just updated the post....When this was first published Rawlicious wasn't open yet.