"Grasshopper - quick service and consistent food"   My Rating
3 judyremz	Posted on: Tuesday, September 08, 2009
	Review: Grasshopper has a huge menu, generous portions and very quick service. Our family likes the "no name". The seaweed salad is very good too.   Pros: lots of choice * big portions * Cons: parking is a pain * *
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"Dining seule"   My Rating
6 The Vegan Review	Posted on: Saturday, April 18, 2009
	Review: Well, this was my first venture to a restaurant on my own and I picked the right place! I was enthralled with the prospect of the restaurant serving only vegan food. No more worrying about potential animal byproducts sneaking in! I was seated immediately and my food arrived shortly after I order it. I got The Grasshopper Supreme, well worth the $13. It was a HUGE plate LOADED with veggies in a delicious sauce; no idea what kind it was though. I then ordered a slice of vegan cheesecake with blueberry compote. Well, that was less satisfactory than my meal had been. The number one dessert I loved pre-Vegan was cheesecake and, unfortunately, this didn't meet my high cheesecake standards. The compote was also a little too thick (too much added sugar?). Overall, I had a great experience. Loved the atmosphere and, for the most part, the food. Would definitely go back again.   Pros: * * Cons: * *
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"Good value buffet, occasionally"   My Rating
29 feorag	Posted on: Friday, February 20, 2009
	Review: It took me three years and a number of attempts before I managed to find Grasshopper last year. If you are taking the T from the centre of town, you need to take the Green B line to Allston Street, and go right, heading to the end of Allston Street. You then turn left and the restaurant is on the right, past the fire station. This year, I visited twice. Once for lunch with my partner, and once on my own for the monthly Sunday buffet. The lunch menu was good value, though the sauces were a little too thin. The Sunday buffet usually only happens once a month, and is excellent value. The choice of entrees is not that varied, but there are two soups and a good number of appetizers. There are three entrees, but two of them are pretty much the same thing. The buffet can get quite busy and attracts a wildly diverse crowd. If you are on your own, you will end up sharing a table. The food is okay, but not significantly different than My Thai Vegan Cafe. My partner notes that Grasshopper's Chinese hot and sour soup is nowhere near as good as that at My Thai. The difficulty of getting to Grasshopper is also a minus point.   Pros: good value lunch and buffet * * Cons: hard to find * off the T * not that special
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"Not as good as its reputation"   My Rating
1 cambvegan	Posted on: Thursday, January 15, 2009
	Review: Grasshopper is frequently cited as the best vegan/vegetarian food in the Boston area. I'm sure for people who've never had vegan Chinese or Thai before, it's amazing. For those of us who have, however, it's just average. My Thai in Brookline is much, much better, and My Thai also beats Grasshopper in the vegan dessert department, hands down. That said, if you are vegan, your choices are limited around here, and Grasshopper is a fine choice. The service is good, the menu is extensive, and it's just by TJ Scallywaggles, a vegan pizza joint (see Boston listings), which is convenient. It's just that Grasshopper is not as great as people say it is.   Pros: 100% Vegan * Extensive menu, some Thai * Good service Cons: Average vegan Chinese food * Too greasy sometimes * Hard to park, hard to get to by T
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"LOVE IT"   My Rating
10 aradiapixie	Posted on: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
	Review: The Grasshopper is awesome, everything is great. That is the first time I have seen vegan seafood like that. The No Name is fantastic. This is the first 100% restaurant I ever went to and it was amazing to be able to order ANYTHING ON THE MENU for the first time as a vegan.   Pros: GREAT food * nice people * good location Cons: * *
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"Love it!"   My Rating
8 jtct203	Posted on: Thursday, November 20, 2008
	Review: I have eaten here a dozen or so times and usually make it a point to stop by whenever I am in Boston. The No Name is my favorite dish!   Pros: great selection * good prices * Cons: * *
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"Addictive; appeals to non-veggie friends/family..."   My Rating
1 ahabmike	Posted on: Thursday, October 09, 2008
	Review: Man, I ate here often. Too often. Reading about the MSG today certainly helps explain my addiction. Additionally, many dishes use quite a lot of sugar. All of this helped to make the food very friendly to non-veggies I took here... that said, I'd often feel pretty queasy the "morning after" eating here (a veggie friend shared the same feeling and elected to stop eating here on his own). Had I known at the time to skip the MSG I probably would have been in a better place. That said, I did prefer this place to the Buddha's Delight restaurants (though the wonton soup was better at BD); sure, I ate all the famous sugary dishes here (chicken fingers, no-name, sweet&sour everything), but also great was the kale & garlic, and all of the appetizers (esp. the hot appetizer sampler plate, as well as the omelette-like veggie "pizza"). Loved the brown rice here, too... very friendly staff... The place is a bit small and dark, but comfortable enough; part of the attraction is that the place is always packed with a cool selection of veggie & veggie-friendly folks & students. A couple of doors down in a place specializing in vegan "comfort food," which I enjoyed a few times before moving out of the area last year. Can't recall the name...   Pros: accessible to non-veggie folk * dangerously delicious * friendly staff Cons: food is heavy, greasy * remember to ask for no MSG * no parking, not the nicest layout inside
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"Don't understand the hype"   My Rating
8 amberk13	Posted on: Saturday, September 06, 2008
	Review: We went here based on the reviews I found on Happy Cow and yikes -- what a disappointment! I ordered the no name, which was good, but I wasn't prepared for the greasy food that came out. My dining partner got a tofu dish that was not good at all and yes, the no name is good, but I can't imagine craving that dish and having to return on a regular basis. The restaurant is gloomy, dirty, and the service was unimpressive.   Pros: BVS holds functions here * Location * Cons: Dirty and dark * Food not so good * Service
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"Recommended."   My Rating
25 LoveFood	Posted on: Monday, June 02, 2008
	Review: My dining partner and I went here for lunch. We each got one of the lunch specials (which include soup, the main plate, and a spring roll,) and shared orders of dumplings and vegetable tempura. The food was DELICIOUS and the portions were HUGE (we couldn't eat it all and had to ask for the leftovers to be packed up.) The hot and sour soup that came with the lunch special was not quite heated enough and had some not so traditional hot and sour soup spices in it, but that would be the only criticism of the food. The entire bill (for two people with the aforementioned food items,) came to $21.55 - which is a great value and, frankly, rather unbelievable. The service was extremely friendly and quick. The restaurant looked slightly grungy, but it appeared to be otherwise clean. I wish that the owners would take the time to post the restaurant's hours on the door.   Pros: Huge portions. * Service. * Price. Cons: No hours posted at restaurant. * *
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"THE boston vegan restaurant"   My Rating
29 tablemoonspoons	Posted on: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
	Review: this place is the most popular veg place in boston. the menu is extensive, the service is off the wall fast, and the one woman who is almost always the waiter should win an award for the worlds best memory... i have seen her take appetizer, dinner and drink orders from 8 people without a blink of the eye or writing anything down. she sometimes forgets a little thing, but its very impressive. some of the dishes are quite normal but the key about grasshopper is totally getting one of the 'specials' a lot of people swear by the 'no-name' but i prefer the 'sweet and sour sensation' if you want to try both... just get the 'happy family'! be warned though... these portions for the specials are insane... you would have to be a very big appetite person who is very hungry to finish these (which is me) but i usually split it with a friend (almost everyone splits the specials with a friend, dont feel wierd for odering one meal for two people here!) but if you do split a meal definatly dabble in some appetizers, i recoment the seaweed salad (one of the best i have had) or the beloved CHICKEN FINGERS (a good deal for the portion and price as an appetizer). you can also get the chicken fingers as a meal (the 'sweet and sour tofu chicken fingers' #77) and that rules too. there is also cheesecake for dessert! oh and for the benefit of visitors to boston, this should definatly be listed as boston, its only like 100 feet from the line of boston proper and not many visitors would know that allston is part of boston.   Pros: * * Cons: * *
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"No Name rules"   My Rating
18 happyherbivore	Posted on: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
	Review: I absolutely love this restaurant. The staff is friendly and the menu is expensive. My favorite dishes are No Name, Grasshopper Supreme, Yellow Bean Cakes. When I was leaving for LA they gave me a complementary smoothie and slice of pie. You cannot be service like that! I've taken at least 10 omni's there and they always sang its praises! Best vegan spot in the North East!   Pros: friendly staff * large menu * big portions Cons: limited st parking * *
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"Just okay"   My Rating
56 will-travel-for-fo od	Posted on: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
	Review: The food at Grasshopper is okay, but you can make the same type of dishes at home pretty easily for much less. Although it is marketed as a more "upscale" establishment, I still prefer Buddha's Delight in Chinatown. Buddha's is cheaper, their portions are bigger, and the food is nearly the same. The waitstaff are very nice at Grasshopper, though. I will never understand, however, why the Grasshopper folks hang up restaurant reviews in their window that have both good comments and TERRIBLE comments listed on them! Also, once my order was a little messed up (I think because of the language barrier). Overall, an okay spot.   Pros: okay food * nice staff * Cons: pricier than Buddha's * small language barrier *
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