Cafe Shambala

The lunch buffet here is delicious, reasonably priced, and mostly vegan. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable about ingredients and what is vegan. I counted 3 items that were not vegan - chicken curry, beef momos, and one salad dressing that contained mayonnaise. Everything else is vegan. This included, fresh fruit (cantaloupe), cabbage salad with a ginger dressing, spicy tofu with veggies, vegetable momos (dumplings), veggie fried rice, veggie chow main, mixed veggies, lentil soup, and even a rice pudding made with soy milk for dessert! This is a great place to stop in for lunch!

There is a lunch buffet that is easily their best deal. Many items are vegan, and you can ask the staff and they should be able to tell you exactly what is vegan. The lunch buffet costs under $8. It has tofu veggies, steamed veggies, veggie momos, lentil soup, salad, potatoes (i don't know what they're called, but they're so good), noodles w/ veggies. It's a deal.

I've had stuff off their menu too, but kind of stopped that when I discovered the lunch buffet. One good one that comes to mind is the garlic eggplant dish.

The staff there is very friendly. Once we came at the end of the lunch time and they let us take a to go plate home with us at the end of our meal.

Unpretentious, great food, great prices.

I had never had Tibetan food before, and it was simply delicious. The restaurant looks simple but the food is unbelievably good and very cheap. Try the lentil soup!