The food was very good at this restaurant. However, there will probably only be 1-2 meals worth of food for the veg community. The restaurant is a little noisy; not someone with a sensitive ear, wants a quiet meal, or someone who wants to have a conversation without yelling over the noise. Waiters will know what is veg.
Pros: Very good food, Friendly staffThe manager went out of his way to make a vegan beer list for Vegan Drinks events. That was awesome. The seitan wings are great (be sure to tell them not to bring any non-vegan sauce for 'em), the fries are great too (same thing applies with sauce), love the stuffed tofu. They do good vegan entrees and vegan burgers.
Pros: great food, vegan beer list available, nice atmosphereThis is one of my favorite places to go for a drink and some food. In my opinion the wings are incredible; I crave them all the time especially when dipped in their vegan aioli (which is spectacular). Everyone that I have brought with me, meat eaters and veggies alike, have loved them. The veggie burger is very tasty, and a friend of mine tried the reuben and thought it was great. The atmosphere is usually quiet and laid back, and the staff is unbelievable friendly and knowledgeable about both the food and the beer. Speaking of beer, this might be the best beer bar that I have ever been to, and I have been to plenty. Between the good vegan fair and the world class selection of brew, this place should be a frequent destination for any vegan beer geek living in or visiting the philly area.
Pros: best beer selection, great vegan bar food, great staffIt was nice to have multiple food options at a place that can handle a larger group. I ordered the seitan wings and the vegan meatloaf. My strategy at non-veg restaurants with veg otions is to order more than one thing to increase the odds that I get something decent. Perfect strategy here as the wings were awful whereas the meatloaf was decent. My friend ordered the veggie burger which seemed to contain mostly potatoes and some random vegetables. It looked pretty good for the style of burger it was.
Back to the wings: basically deep fried chunks of seitan with some random not quite barbeque definitely not buffalo sauce that seemed like someone mixed together my fridge door contents and tossed in the seitan. As gross as that sounds, they were edible, but I would not ever want to pay money for something like that again.
The meatloaf, on the other hand, was pretty awesome flavor-wise (mostly mushroom as listed on the menu). It was a bit mushy, but that wasn't really troubling. I wouldn't know where else to get mushroom loaf in the city.
Eating at the Belgian Cafe was a very nice experience overall and is a decent place to go for heavier meat-and-potatoes style vegan food.
The tempeh reuben is tasty. What you'll find here is basic pub/cafe food (heavy on sandwiches), but it's good quality stuff.
Pros: good food, tempeh reuben
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