Vegan
American
Pizza
Italian
Fast food
Delivery
Take-out
Philly's vegan pizzeria. Offers a variety of vegan pizza whole or by the slice, plus sandwiches like Philly cheesesteak, mushroom wrap, salads, and dessert. Reported close February 2022.
128 Reviews
First Review by Jamie Roberts
AlishaM
Points +992
Excellent pizza - Edit
The vegan pizza was delicious and there were at least 8 pre-made options so if you wanted just a quick slice or two you could order whatever strikes your fancy. You can also order whole pizzas with the toppings you want. The wings were also amazing. We had the sweety and spicy and were tempted to go back for more. They also had several types of cookies and desserts. Would definitely return!
Read morePros: Delicious options, quick
Cons: None
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groovyvegan
Points +299
Delicious pizza & seitan cheesesteak - Edit
Within the pizza and sub genre, I rate Blackbird Pizzeria, 4 stars. I'm not rating for healthfulness, just taste. I found the seitan cheesesteak and cauliflower pizza to be excellent (5 stars), and the funghi (mushroom) pizza very good (4 stars). My only pizza complaint is that the topping on the funghi pizza didn't extend far enough out to the circumference.
Read moreI had one salad, the caesar. This salad was not made fresh, but pulled out of the fridge and was served crammed into a plastic container. I've had many vegan caesar salads, and don't really consider this salad to be caesar. It was more of a regular toss salad with an Italian dressing. I'd give this salad 3 stars at most. The only available "silverware" was environmentally unfriendly plastic.
I had one dessert, which was a chocolate pudding parfait with cookie crumb layers. I would have liked more chocolate pudding and less cookie crumbs, but none-the-less, it ranked about a 4.5 in taste.
The service is pretty good, but could be improved. The staff patiently answered all my questions. But when I was sitting at the table, I asked where I could get a napkin, and the server who is half my age or less, pointed out where they were. As she was standing up and standing in between myself and the napkins, she could have gone the extra mile and handed a napkin to a patron old enough to be her mother.
My table was not clean, and I had to clean it myself. They seemed to have a lot of staff, so there was no excuse for dirty tables.
On the strength of the cauliflower pizza and the seitan cheesesteak, I would have rated this place 5 stars. Lack of attention paid to cleaning tables, excessive use of plastic, and the mediocre salad drag the rating down to 4.
Updated from previous review on 2016-08-24
Pros: Delicious Cauliflower Pizza & seitan cheesesteak, Staff patiently answers questions
Cons: Not healthy food: oil & salt used, lots of bread, Can't order pizza by the slice over the phone., Only plastic silverware.
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GianlucaCaputo
Points +22
Un posto bellone - Edit
Pizza che merita, detto da uno abituato a mangiarla in Italia. tantissimi gusti, alcuni si sciolgono letteralmente in bocca. ottime anche le alternative della cucina e I dolci. uno dei pochi posti negli USA dove mi sono letteralmente sfondato.
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Kevbromley
Points +481
Grubby - Edit
The food here is ok. The pizza is nothing special but it is vegan pizza which is always a bonus to find. I would not say it is anywhere near as good as the vegan pizza from &pizza for instance. The wings were pretty tasty. The main dislike I had about this place is the grubbiness of it. It just looks like it needs a good clean. From drink stains up the walls, to broken ceiling tiles and being generally dirty looking all round. Tables also all dirty and sticky and had to clean our own.
Read morePros: habanero wings
Cons: grotty
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JonJon
Points +20246
THE vegan pizzeria in Philly! - Edit
This pizzeria deserves to my view its high rating on HC. It offers various vegan pizzas with great flavours at a decent price. You can take one slice of each pizza to try them all, and that's great. I also took a creamy cookie sandwich that was really good. Pizza slices are big, varied and excellent. The only critique I could have is that they have too much crust on their sides. The place is quite small so it's better to take away and go eat your pizzas in a park nearby.
Read morePros: all vegan, great pizzas, various flavours
Cons: too much crust on sides of their pizzas
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CoralJade17
Points +17
So good! - Edit
Their cheesesteak and "tuna" salad are incredible!
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shippingvegan
Points +20
AMAZING - Edit
Great Cheese steak, pizza and baked goods! all vegan.
Read morePros: TASTE, FRIENDLY, JUST INCREDIBLE
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Tsquared
Points +28
always great - Edit
completely vegan. great pizza and Philly cheesesteak.
Read morePros: lots of options, everything vegan
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Popster
Points +92
Best Philly Cheesesteak anywhere! - Edit
Excellent flavors, lots of cheese, and perfect artisan bread! One of the best sandwiches I've ever had!
Read morePros: full, excellent vegan menu, helpful staff, delicious cookies
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KMR607
Points +355
yummy! - Edit
After reading the other reviews, I thought we should stick with wings and skip the pizza that sounded Daiya-heavy, but a number of the pies were daiya-free (the Popeye was great!) and slices all looked really good and the wings were very much straight seitan, not like fake chicken or tofu that you might expect.
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Carlyjeg
Points +162
didn't even try the pizza - Edit
The cheesesteaks and cheese fries were out of this world. So damn delicious. The sweet and sour wings tasted strange... I think they used honey mustard... I hate mustard so it was just a weird flavor
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onesonicbite
Points +113
Hands down best pizza in Philly - Edit
I remember when Blackbird first opened up. I couldn't believe that there was an all vegan pizzeria. I kept trying to find it, but didn't know the name of the place so I would always walk right past it. Now I've actually been to it, and I am kicking myself for not going when I lived in the city. My husband fell in love with the place even before he went totally vegan, and I hear so many omni eaters who love the place. I haven't tried much outside of the pizza, but it is so hard to branch out! They have hearty comfort food pizza, regular pizza, and more of fancy styled pizza.
Read moreI've lived in Philly for four years, and in those four years I never really found a great pizza place (well I did, but the quality had diminished with new management) I can say the dough at Blackbird is perfect for thin crust pizza. They make most everything on location so it is amazing, like their seitan.This place is perfect after walking several miles around the city.
Pros: Best Pizza, Low key and fast, Non-pizza options
Cons: Tucked away
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ykahlon
Points +55
delicious pizza - Edit
the pizza was really good. I did not like the service, it took too much time to get the food and it felt a bit "cold".
Read morealso, I ordered the barbecue wing and it was all sticky and difficult to eat.
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lovekaletravel
Points +78
So Delicious! - Edit
My husband, sister, bro in law, friend, and I came here for dinner. The food was so good!!!! We ordered cheesesteak sandwiches and sweet & spicy wings. Only my husband and I were vegans but even the non vegans loved the food. My husband wants to go back already for the cheesesteak sandwich!
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shymatt1001
Points +28
great place - Edit
one of my favorite restaurants anywhere. try the seitan cheesesteak, veggie supreme pizza, or the haymaker pizza. the bbq sandwich is the one you must try
Read moreEDIT: got the cheesesteak march 30, 2015. don't know what they did to it, the seitan is perfect now
Updated from previous review on Friday April 03, 2015
seitan parm sandwich- light tasting. good. my new favorite november 11th 2015
Pros: pizza, sandwiches, vegan treats desserts, natural sodas
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svm9357
Points +100
Favorite! - Edit
I get Blackbird very often (probably too often) and always love it. The pizzas are amazing; their in-house made seitan is so good! They have some really creative pizzas that are all very good. Their wings are also great and are interesting flavors. Their Philly cheesesteak is amazing and is worthy of the best Philly cheesesteak award it has won. The only thing I've been iffy about here are the desserts; I've gotten cookies and whoopie pies multiple times and never seem to like them. However, all of their main food makes them deserve five stars. Great service and great food, and now deliver much further than they used to!
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mas
Points +222
Best vegan cheesesteak in Philly - Edit
My husband and I hit up Blackbird all the time and at this point have tried almost everything except the calzones and salads. My husband loves the habanero wings more than any other food he's ever eaten, so it seems to me anyway. My favorite is the Funghi Pizza.
Read morePros: vegan pizza, vegan cheesesteaks, vegan wings
Cons: hard to get a table , not enough sauce with the wings
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shellydee34
Points +6
Good Food - Edit
The habanero wings and seitan cheese steak were absolutely delicious!! I'll be going back again!!
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angelaxvx
Points +163
Great food - Edit
Every time my husband and I are in the area, we always visit Blackbird numerous times. Their pizza is great and their ghost pepper wings are no joke.
Read morePros: Yummy
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SuperSaiyan
Points +36
Epic vegan munch - Edit
Shared a Seitan Cheese Steak, wings, and fries with my partner and struggled to get through the whole thing - if it wasn't so delicious I'd have given up. Didn't seem the healthiest as I was eating but it was a treat nonetheless - 'wings' in particular were fantastic. Loved the vibe in the place, too - chilled and friendly and lo-if. Best vegan munch I've had so far on my US tour.
Read moreExtremely good value - we shared a bunch of stuff and a couple of drinks for just over twenty dollars (in total, so a monster dinner for about ten dollars).
Pros: delicious, good value, great atmosphere
Cons: i don't live in Philadelphia
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eravencroft
Points +168
best reason to live in philadelphia - Edit
oh blackbird, blackbird, blackbird. i will sing your name until i die. bury me with a large balboa and a side of smoked habanero wings.
Read morePros: ...and a seitan cheeseteak for later
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veggiehobbit
Points +250
wings!!! - Edit
My fiancé and I ordered from here twice while we on vacation in Philadelphia. We had the Hawaiian pizza one night, it was great my only complaint is that I'm not a huge fan of daiya, I would have liked less cheese and more pineapple and delicious firm tofu.
Read moreThe other night we ordered from them we got their Philly cheesesteak, cubano and bbq wings. My fiancé was surprised at how much the philly cheesesteak tasted like beef and also loved the cubano. The wings were the best thing though, the genuinely reminded me of chicken strips from my past life, the sauce was a bit too sweet for me but it was easy to overlook because the wings were that good. Hail Seitan!!
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Ariellaw
Points +174
Good food - Edit
The food was great!
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KateFricker
Points +16
Delicious - Edit
Had the Philly and wings and it was great!
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aaroncivic12
Points +28
10 Stars For Taste - Edit
I had the seitan cheesesteak and 'sweet and spicy' wings, and this may have been the best food I've ever experienced.
Read morePros: Taste, Menu
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veganrebecca
Points +25
Amazing pizza, wings, cheese steaks! - Edit
Vegan pizzeria right off of the popular South Street in Philadelphia. The food is absolutely AMAZING. We've made the 45 minute drive into Philly just to eat here. Every time we've been there, we've ordered too much food to eat there and then ordered more to take home. I've tried a few different things here and been very pleased with all of them. Their pepperoni pizza is the best I've ever had. Their house-made "meats" are unparalleled. That leads me to the cheese steak. Voted the best vegan cheese steak in Philly and definitely deserves it. Next, the BBQ wings. I have no idea how they make them, but they have this beautiful crispiness on the outside, as well as some really tasty sauce. Their cheese fries are also amazing, and totally satisfy that junk food craving.
Read moreService leaves a little to be desired. Sometimes the person at the counter acts like you are the biggest bother coming in and ordering and eating. Fortunately for them, their food pretty much makes up for this. I just wish the overall experience could be as absolutely amazing as the food.
Overall, definitely recommended to anyone in or around the Philly area looking for that local pizza parlor feel, but cruelty-free!
Pros: AMAZING food, great custom options, easy to find parking
Cons: service lacking at times, seating area small
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kim2121
Points +449
Love Love Love - Edit
What's to say that hasn't already been said? The sauteed kale and root beer bbq wings really made my day, and the slice of haymaker pizza I ate and the root beer I drank were also great! I only wish I lived nearby; I would be here all the time! So good!
Read morePros: Delicious Food
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