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Curly's Vegetarian Lunch 
 based on 23 member reviews
328 East 14th St, New York City New York
10003
212-598-9998
Type: Ovo, Lacto, Vegan-friendly, Beer/Wine, Take-out
Info: Small diner serves breakfast all day, diner type food, sandwiches, and vegan cakes. Open daily 11am-11pm. Accepts credit cards. Price: Moderate.
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| "give me pizza fries, or give me death"
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Posted on: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
Review: Please order the vegan pizza fries when you go to Curly's. I could have just ordered them and been happy. It was a huge bowl filled with curly fries and topped with marinara and daiya cheddar (I think it typically comes with teese mozz, but I'm not a fan of their mozz flavor, so I requested the cheddar and LOVED it!) I also enjoyed the creamsickle drink drizzled with chocolate. I order the blue plate special, chili cheeze corn doggies, and wish I hadn't. The waitress had made several other recommendations, and I should have listened to her, but I was a little seduced by the complete junk food nature of this plate, and had to order it. I just didn't like it. I am not sure which type of hotdog was used, but I didn't like whatever it was, and the chili was just ok. I think the waitress was trying to steer me away from it (although she did say that the plate gets good reviews) but I was set on it anyway. Oh well. The pizza fries more than made up for it. My brother enjoyed the fauxphilly cheese steak and his friend enjoyed the buffalo style salad. They ordered regular cheese, so I didn't get to sample them. Overall a good experience with really terrific staff, but I will not go for the chili doggies next time.
Pros: pizza fries * good variety * friendly staff
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| "YUMMMOOO"
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Posted on: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
Review: My father and I are from Boston and were visiting NYC for the weekend and were dying for a good vegan brunch. We found Curly's online and thought that it sounded like exactly what we were looking for. And it was!!
I got the vegan Huevos Rancheros (salsa verde style) with curly fries and my dad got the vegan Slumberjack breakfast (pancakes, tofu scramble, sham & homefries). All I can say is YUMMM. The portions were HUGE and the food was so tasty and satisfying.
In order to try as much food as possible in a short period of time, we each ate 1/2 our meals and then switched. It was a great idea. It gave us enough energy to walk the streets of NYC and shop all afternoon without getting hungry again until dinner time.
As many previous reviews have said, the homemade infused lemonade is a must! I had the blackberry infused one and I would definitely get it again. Another benefit to this little restaurant is they serve Vegan Treats desserts. Yummo.
I can't wait to go back here for my birthday weekend in March!
Pros: everything on the menu can be made vegan * good, home-cooked style diner food * vegan treats!
Cons: small * * |
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| "Super Yummy"
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Posted on: Monday, February 15, 2010 |
Review: I was very pleased with my meal at Curly's. I had the big enchilada for brunch and it came with a mountain of food that was very tasty. The prices weren't bad and the menu had lots of options.
It was very crowded, and while waiting for a table I was forced to hover around people's table who were eating, but this is NYC we are talking about, so that's not unusual.
I would go here again for sure.
Pros: Good Food * Big Portions * Inexpensive
Cons: Crowded * * |
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| "Fantastic Restaurant"
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 2 |
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Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
Review: I can't believe this place has a bad review. I go here often and theb food is great. GREAT Mexican inspired dishes.
Pros: excellent quality * *
Cons: small * * |
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| "this place is AMAZING"
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12 |
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Posted on: Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
Review: i've only been to curly's once, but it was one of the best restaurant experience of my life. we got the vegan open faced turkey sandwich and the tofu scramble with curly fries. both were AMAZING.
for such a tiny place, curly's has a HUGE menu, and every item can be made vegan. man, i love it there. plus the service was great!
Pros: everything can be made vegan * big menu * great food
Cons: super small, limited seating * * |
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| "Curly's Lunch"
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30 |
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Posted on: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
Review: Cute little cafe with interesting history mentioned in the menu. I'm always supportive of any veg establishment, especially since there aren't too many in carnivorous NYC, but Curly's left something to be desired. The service, albeit very friendly, is very slow. I ordered the Suna Melt (fake tuna) w/ curly fries, since it mentioned on the menu the Suna was housemade and "back by demand". I was underwhelmed. It was a little over-mayonaised veg protein with not much pizazz--I poured a lot of pepper on it. The cheese was Follow Your Heart which did not melt at all. The portion was great, but I only at half the sandwich since it was ok. I was excited about the fries until I heard they were store bought. Bummer. Still tasty enough though. My guy ordered a Buffalo Bleu sandwich and he said it was "pretty good". The food was a decent price and can fill you up. However, I would probably only go back to try out the desserts that people seem to like. Artwork on the wall is cute and gives it a homey feel.
Pros: Nice Staff * Big Portions *
Cons: Not Vegan * Somewhat Bland Taste * Slow, yet friendly, service |
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| "Great Deserts!"
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189 |
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Posted on: Saturday, September 26, 2009 |
Review: Curly's...I'm on the fence with this place service wise. We sat down and waited patiently for the waitress to take our order - it seriously took an eternity for the waitress to take our order. This was irritating to both me and the individual that I was with. If this would have been a place back home in Chicago, we would have gone elsewhere.
So we stayed and I ordered the Philly (Vegan) with curly fries and my bf got some burrito. I thought my sandwich was average, nothing special; however, my bf was very pleased with the burrito he ordered. The best part of the meal was desert, vegan carrot cake made by Vegan Treats, WOW! That cake was so AMAZING that I can't even find words to articulate how great it is...try it!
The artwork along the walls created by Curly's customers was quite interesting (in a good way), let's just say that there are some people that are very good with crayons. I thought the drawings added a nice and unique touch.
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| "BEST VEG RESTAURANT IN NYC!!!"
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Posted on: Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
Review: I can't believe there are any bad reviews of this place. (Though some of them are bad because of things that won't matter to vegetarians and vegans. see: "Don't bring carniverous friends", etc...)
I've been vegan for a long time, and have been to just about every veg restaurant in NYC, most of them many times over, and have come to the conclusion that this place tops them all. The menu is dazzling, the place is adorable, the suno is one of the most creative, tasty veggie dishes around, and the portions are enormous (for instance, try the Open Faced Turkey Sandwich...you won't beleive it!) And if they ever have the corn chowder as the soup of the day, order it...then order seconds. GO HERE OFTEN!
Pros: Outstanding menu * Delicious food * Fun atmosphere
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| "Big portions"
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
Review: I was very pleased with the portion size. A little pricy for the taste being pretty standard vegetarian cuisine. The selection is nice. A very "cozy" place so I hope you don't bring a big crowd you'll have to wait forever for a seat.
Even though it has it's cons, this is still a very good place.
Pros: Portion size * *
Cons: Pricey * Lacking flavor * Very tiny quarters |
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| "I love this restaurant"
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Posted on: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
Review: Without a doubt, everything I have had there is delicious, well-made, creative, and innovative. Today, I had a fake crab cake sandwich that was amazing. The inside is super-cute. No wait, fast service, friendly staff. Go support it!
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| "favorite place in NY!"
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53 |
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Posted on: Sunday, January 11, 2009 |
Review: we LOVED this place. it was our favorite, along with slice pizzeria.
we each got a blue plate (i think it was called?). portions were HUGE and food was great. also, it was the coziest plaze we ate at.
def. going back!
Pros: great food! * *
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| "Without a doubt, one of my favorites."
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4 |
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Posted on: Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
Review: This is definitely one of my favorite NYC restaurants. The food is unabashedly not entirely healthy, but it's delicious and not unaffordable for those of us on a budget. I would definitely suggest the Maryland Crabfakes (totally vegan) and any of their dessert items.
Pros: fast service * great food * inexpensive
Cons: limited seating * * |
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| "Cheap and tasty"
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Posted on: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
Review: As far as NYC goes, this place had the best prices. The portions were HUGE and everything was delicious. I loved the presentation and the cute decorations everywhere. It felt very homey. Definitely the place to go for breakfast items.
I sure do wish they would stop serving milk and eggs, though. All their items are amazing without it. Maybe someday!
Pros: Food * Service * Atmosphere
Cons: Not Vegan * * |
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| "Where have you been all my life??"
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Posted on: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |
Review: My mom took me for my birthday, and by some birthday miracle, they had the one meaty food I have been craving for years now - Torta - the veggie torta was amazing. Seasonings on the chorizo were taco truck caliber and it was huge! I saved half for dinner! My mom got a grilled veggie sandwich with fake bacon. The soy bacon was pretty gross but then she's an occasional meat eater and I rarely eat fake meat so whose to say? They also make delicious sweet potato fries. The space is itty bitty so I recommend arriving early. The place is warm and cozy though, and the staff were very sweet and helpful. I went after seeing on here that it was the new veg city - which used to be my favorite resteraunt but I saw few parallels. Good, but in a different way. I'm anxious to try the breakfast - it looked really good.
Pros: VEG TORTA * Atmosphere * Friendly Staff
Cons: Small * * |
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| "dont bother bringing carnivores friends"
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Posted on: Monday, June 23, 2008 |
Review: i never have problem with carnivore friends with an open mind but this time, it was not my friend and its amazing how powerful their opinion and negative energy on a really bad meatloaf immitation can put a tamper on my chimmichanga..or that i may not be that hungry.
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| "Very good comfort food"
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Posted on: Thursday, June 19, 2008 |
Review: To anyone that was turned off by this place when they first opened (like I was), I would recommend trying it again. The quality of the food has improved dramtically over the past two years.
The prices are still very low, and they have excellent mock-meats and desserts. On the downside, the place does get uncomfortably jam packed with people on Saturday nights, and the place may not be the most sanitary for some tastes.
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| "small but yummy!"
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Posted on: Sunday, November 25, 2007 |
Review: Excellent food with HUGE portions. It was worth paying a bit extra for so much good vegan diner style grub.
Pros: excellent food * huge portions *
Cons: bit cramped * can get noisy * |
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| "Delicious Comfort Food"
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Posted on: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
Review: I ordered the grilled cheese, curly fries, and a strawberry shake. The grilled cheese was made with vegan mozarella which would not have been my first choice but it was made well and was properly melted. The fries were great. But the strawberry shake was not a shake at all. It tasted like strawberry flavored soy milk. It wasn't thick, there was no ice cream in it, it was a big disappointment. And it was pricey too! The place filled up really fast, we were lucky to get a table. The staff was pleasant and helpful. I would definitely eat here again next time I'm in New York.
Pros: great food * friendly staff *
Cons: poor milkshakes * * |
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| "Veggie Comfort Food"
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Posted on: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
Review: I had always frequented diners before going veggie and this place is the perfect fix for that comfort food craving. I thought the Suna Melt with a side of Sweet Potato Fries was delicious. My boyfriend was not as enamored with his entree of BBQ Soy Tempeh - it had it's pros and cons. So I would say, stay simple and this is a great comfort food fix.
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| "definately a favorite"
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Posted on: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
Review: this place is so cute, the owner is so kind, the santa barbarella is so delicious and even though the wings are just slices of tempeh, they are somehow tantalizing. i used to go 3x a week for lunch. it is SO good. and the sangria is great too!
Pros: good food & sangria * atmosphere * friendly
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| "Cute, but not my favorite"
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Posted on: Friday, June 29, 2007 |
Review: This is a favorite place of my sister's, and she took me here for brunch one weekend. I really enjoyed the feel of the place, but the food was not as excellent as I had hoped. It's a friendly, casual place. Go for the atmosphere and veggie comfort food.
Pros: Vegetarian comfort food * Vegan brunch * Curly fries
Cons: Small dining area * So-so food * |
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| "Old Veg City Diner"
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Posted on: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
Review: But not nearly as good. I was so excited when Veg City Diner was re-opening, but Curley's is not nearly as good. Part of what made Veg City so great was the hours, Curley's is NOT open that late, so please call beforehand. They still serve Vegan Treats deserts, which are super yummy.. The Food is still good. However, the place is rather small now.
Pros: Good Value * *
Cons: Small seating area * * |
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| "Homey and Nice"
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Posted on: Monday, October 16, 2006 |
Review: I loved the food it was great! I specially liked their signature 'Curly' fries. They are better than McDonald fries! The menu has a variety of vegetarian options. The prizes are a little high though. The place is homey and has a nice feeling to it. The service was fast. I don't like, however how they have to be right there looking at you eating and waiting every minute to see if you want something or to see if you've chosen your menu items. One thing i liked were the pictures they put on one side of their walls that are drawn by costumers, if you want you can draw while you eat(or wait) with some crayons they have on the tables available and they may put your picture up.
Pros: Small and cozy * Lots of veg options * Fast service Big portions
Cons: Watch you while you eat * Can get crowded * Prizes are a little high |
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| "Friendly, Homey, Tasty"
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Posted on: Sunday, November 13, 2005 |
Review: A small place, friendly and casual. Not vegan, although the "EV" mark next to the menu item means "Easily Made Vegan". Nice basic vegie plate, which includes salad plus grain and bean. Cashew Sofrito is tasty, although the fried plantain hiding at the bottom of the plate doesn't quite make it--clashes too much with the other ingredients. Best to ask them to omit this. The sauce in the BBQ tempeh is a trifle too tangy and doesn't really match the flavor of the tempeh; it should be toned down. The other entrees are good, and the portions are generous. Mexican-inspired lunch items are on the menu. Beer and wine served, a nice touch. Two drawbacks: not organic, and too many tofu and tofu-derived dishes.
Pros: good prices * very friendly * good cooking
Cons: not organic or vegan * too much soy * |
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