Emme
Reviews written by Emme
The food is the best vegan/veggie food outside of Udupi. The prices are reasonable and the food is always delicious.
We ordered the thai spring rolls which came as 4 small fried rolls with a sweet sauce. They were decent and a good starter.
The Green and Masam curries were "thai hot" which gave a decent level of heat. (We made sure it was "fish free.") I enjoyed the mixed vegetables and tofu in both dishes. They were nothing we hadn't tasted before but satisfied our craving for hot and spicy.
The only surprise was the rice -- which was NOT included in the price of the entree.
We went to this restaurant on the basis of the recommendations given by other reviewers. For the appetizer, we ordered the tofu satay with peanut sauce. It was delicious and very sweet, the only thing lacking would have been chile sauce to create more dimension/spiciness. For the main dishes, we ordered both the sweet and sour vegetables and the red curry with brown rice. The sweet and sour had a very delicate taste, which the brown rice overshadowed. The red curry had a bolder taste that went well with the rice. However, I am quite sure that the brown rice is supposed to be sticky, not mushy. Overall, the food was good and the atmosphere pleasant but it wasn't anything better than other Thai foods I have had in the past.
I got the dolmas and tabouli salad which were decent, but I was not overly impressed, especially as the waiter put us at a table by the door where everyone had to inch past us with an unsteady table. When we complained, the waiter put a napkin under one of the table legs when clearly, open tables were available.
It's a great place to stop in and grab a snack or quick meal during breaks! They also have a microwave to heat a burrito or frozen meal, adding to the convenience.
I love the vegan muffaletta! I usually order this about 2x a month. The rinotta cheese is terrible, terrible stuff. We ordered a pizza with the rinotta and it came super soggy with huge clumps of white, garlicky goo. Now, I would order anything from Pizza Luce minus the rinotta cheese.
Nice place to sit and hang out with the added bonus of drinking from mugs you can take home!
Aug 16
We got the black pepper steak and the hot pot (upon the server's recommendation). The steak was decent but advertised as coming with roasted potatoes -- instead we got several strings of green beans. The hot pot was bland bland bland. I asked for more dressing because I thought it simply needed more sauce but when it came, I realized that the problem WAS with the uninspired flavorings. I ended up taking the hot pot home and flavoring it myself. For $14 per entree, I expected both bigger portions and better quality food. After getting our food and water, the server never returned to our table. We had several questions for her which we had ask at the prep station. Also we had to refill our own drinks at the soda station which was awkward because we had thought the server would come around to refill our drinks. At these prices, we had assumed that at the very least, we would get a water refill.