• CLOSED: Honest Tom's Taco Shop

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  • White Vegan
Vegan
Fast food
Delivery
Take-out
Mexican

This little shop serves tacos, burritos, and nachos. Became all-vegan in 2018. Reported closed, Jul 2019.


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14 Reviews

First Review by sc_robotics

Halfway411

Points +22

Vegan
22 Jul 2019

Absolutely delicious!!!

I absolutely loved my nachos...

Pros: Hot and delicious , Friendly service , Fresh fruits

ErnieVeg

Points +120

Vegan
03 May 2019

Honestly... Good

Very good. Not amazing taste but solid burrito. Big and a good price. Definitely need to try more and could be 5 stars.

thevixenqueen

Points +62

Vegan
02 May 2019

Love the Tacos

I wish they could add more flavor to the tacos and a little more filling but they were great for what they are. I enjoyed the drinks too.

StephanieBarnhart

Points +30

Vegan
30 Mar 2019

Get the bowl. Mix em up

I got the biff and sweet potato bowl with chips. Amazing. The cashew crema is 👌

Pros: Really can't go wrong here. And free water😄

Cons: Not a lot of seating so plan for that.

soccermomjill

Points +152

Vegan
17 Feb 2019

Had the sweet potato burrito and it was amazing!!!

Honest Tom’s recently became completely vegan. It was small, but a great atmosphere and wonderful food. Shared the nachos and had a sweet potato burrito. All of the food was amazing!!!

Pros: Vegan!!!!, Delicious

Cons: Not a lot of seating

ButikiGirl

Points +222

Vegan
06 Feb 2019

Fantastic Tacos

Tacos were super fresh, tasty, and healthy. Glad to see a vegan place in Philly that doesn't cover their food in oil or salt. The variety of sauces were awesome.

Pros: Tasty, Healthy, Friendly service

JohnGardner

Points +614

Vegan
10 Jan 2019

Who says tacos need meat or dairy?

These are some fantastic tacos! I had the sweet potato and the "chickpotle" (chickpeas, potato, adobo) tacos and an order of nachos, that was a filling and delicious dinner. They are generous with the 'cheeze' sauce, which I appreciate! The night I was here, they were doing a brisk takeout business, several people had called ahead and came in to grab dinner to go.

Pros: Tacos!, Nachos!

Cons: Small space, Limited seating

naturalveganyogi

Points +28

Vegan
27 Oct 2018

Honest Tom’s is bomb

My fiancé and I are vegan, I’m mostly raw vegan and I make pretty much all of our meals...I must say that Honest Tom’s food was really tasty, not bland but seasoned just right...their loaded nachos tasted like regular non-vegan nachos, they were delicious, the fish-less tacos were soooo good and the ranch taco salad was amaze balls! The ranch dressing was magnificent! I wish there was more seating inside, but luckily by the time our order was ready some people were leaving and we were able to sit down and eat at the cute window seats. If you love Mexican food, and if you want a healthier, tastier option, go to Honest Tom’s, you will not be disappointed!

Pros: All vegan yay!, Queso is lit, Ranch dressing is lit

jmacks

Points +42

Vegan
19 Oct 2018

awesome food!

really enjoyed my meal here! nostalgic as im from southern california where we GOT taquerias on lock. busy scene in the kitchen! close to distracting actually, but dont let that stop you!
id love to go back and try more from the menu!

Pros: all vegan!, good music, good food

Cons: staff was busy, could have felt more welcoming

Jamie Roberts

Points +324

Vegan
05 Aug 2018

Honestly, the Best Tacos Ever!

This is a cute little restaurant in a picturesque strip of eateries in West Philly. All of the food is delicious, but my favorite is the fishless tacos, oddly named because (fortunately, in my opinion), the flavor doesn't resemble fish at all, but rather makes the best use of cauliflower in the body of the taco and finishes the masterpiece with fresh pineapple salsa. The sweet potato bowl is equally delicious. If you're wondering where to eat in West Philly, Honest Tom's is the place to support - he recently took the courageous and principled business risk of converting his eatery from vegan-friendly to 100 percent vegan. I'll be driving across town again soon to sample some of his other dishes.

Pros: Excellent and creative dishes, Friendly staff, good value

Cons: It is not closer to my house!

zebsu

Points +296

Vegan
23 Jul 2018

Amazing vegan tacos!!

I love that this place has switched to vegan!!! It’s inly been open a few weeks with their new vegan menu, and I’ve eaten there repeatedly!! Very creative and phenomenally delicious tacos and salsas. Ans, there is no processed soy meats or even tofu, which is great! Delicious place for plant-based (and unprocessed) tacos and burritos. Definitely recommended! (P.S. Please ignore the review from 2014 as that information is no longer accurate given that the entire place is now vegan! The owner, Tom, recently went vegan, and so too did the restaurant Honest Tom’s).

Pros: All vegan, NO SOY MEAT OR OTHER PROCESSED FAKE MEAT. :)

Cons: None!!

JMcCleary

Points +330

Vegan
13 Jul 2018

All vegan now and delicious!

I had never heard of this place until a friend let me know it was turning all vegan. Apparently they used to have a few vegan items, but the owner went vegan a while ago and decided he didn't want to run his business based on animal products any longer. So first off, major kudos for taking a risk and making that change! That alone makes this a business I want to support.

Fortunately, the food is also delicious. So far I have only sampled the "chucken" burrito (tinga-style chickpeas and plantain, which had a wonderful smoky flavor). I also had the tamarind lemonade which was tangy and refreshing. There were a variety of hot sauces available- "special," "halloween," "mild," "hot." I sampled all of them and they were all great (they also sell small bottles of their sauces!)

The menu looks really interesting- I'm glad they are exploring mostly vegetable ingredients (slow-cooked carrot and lentil "carbacoa", walnut "beef") instead of falling back on the obvious things like processed soy meat replacements. I'll definitely be going back for more!



Updated from previous review on 2018-07-12

Pros: all vegan, delicious, interesting variety

geobrad7

Points +48

Vegan
14 Nov 2017

Love this place

*5 stars* (but Happy Cow won't allow veg-friendly places to be rated as such) Honest Tom's is so yummy, great vibe, and I'm so happy to say that they have a new menu item: Vegan "Biff" Burrito (with cashew crema). It is so well done. They have a variety of hot sauces available for use also that give even more flavor and heat options. I would definitely recommend this place.

Pros: Absolutely delicious, Cool vibe, Hot sauce selection

Cons: A bit small, Need more vegan options

sc_robotics

Points +43

Vegan
10 Jul 2014

this place rules

i love honest tom's. i dream about honest tom's.

if you are vegan, you can get an amazing rice and beans or sweet potato burrito if you just ask for it w/o dairy. i wish i had one right now.

there is some fascist policy on happycow that doesn't let you give a non-veg restaurant more than 4 stars. this is fascism. honest tom's gets an uncountable infinity of stars. or aleph-naught, at least.




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