Cafe Yumm - The Meridian - Eugene Oregon Restaurant

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YUMM! ‘N’ GREENS® bowl with Chilean zucchini at Cafe Yumm - The Meridian in Eugene

Cafe Yumm - The Meridian
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Serves meat, vegan options available. Pacific Northwest chain of quick service restaurants. Offers sandwiches, salads, wraps, bowls, and breakfast items. Has tofu and tempeh. Signature dish is the yumm bowl with choice of rice and beans, topped with sauce, salsa, black olives, tomatoes, avocado, cilantro, and dairy. Ask to make your bowl vegan, and staff will substitute cheese and sour cream for extra avocado or cabbage and carrots. Open Mon-Sat 10:00am-8:00pm, Sun 11:00am-7:00pm.

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1801 Willamette St, Eugene, Oregon, USA, 97401
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9 Reviews

First Review by kilat1

VeganCookieLover

Points +2986

Vegan

21 May 2021

Yummy bowl! - Edit

The Yumm n Greens bowl I ordered with Chilean zucchini was so flavorful and filling. There are lots of vegan options to choose from on their menu.

Pros: Delicious vegan options, Healthier choices , Reasonably priced

Cons: I wish it was 100% vegan, Waste-They serve water in Pepsi cups w/ straws

AutumnTierra

Points +1442

Vegan

04 Mar 2018

Addicting! - Edit

I'm not sure what it is, but I've been addicted to this place for years! I think the sauce has crack in it. It's just a bean and rice place, but I love it. I recommend the smoky or hot and jazzy. Ask for it vegan with cabbage and carrots. You can also add tofu or tempeh. They also serve beer and have vegan ginger snaps. Very reasonably priced.

Pros: Great Yumm sauce!, Can get bowls and wraps vegan, Can add tempeh or tofu

bilby

Points +292

Vegan

25 Oct 2015

not much of a food experience - Edit

Can't say I would go again unless desperate. The vegan options aren't that broad, not in modern context anyways. Overpriced for what you get and the atmosphere is so-so. No wonder that, by comparison, the friendly, funky and personal touch of food carts is a much better option.

Pros: convenience

Cons: bland

monmart

Points +132

Vegan

07 Oct 2014

Disgusting and Embarrassing - Edit

My wife and I were shocked at the quality of the food here. We expected more from a franchise. It's a disgrace for vegans looking for healthy options. All tofu and tempeh is pre-cooked off-site and deep fried before delivered to the restaurant, then marinated for 24 hours, then warmed up in a microwave before served on your table. The tofu skewers are puffy, hollow and completely destroyed of any nutritional value. The employees have no clue about the food or what is organic. The salad is sliced cabbage with some simulated vegan dairy-like sauce that was yucko. I think they should focus less on building franchises and learn how to make good healthy food. Will never return again

Pros: Free water bar.

Cons: To many to list.

Shutupp

18 Jul 2023

The tofu and tempeh are cooked in store. And there are no deep fryers at cafe yumm restaurants. The tofu skewers are an appetizer, cafe yumm offers healthy choices like the edamame bowl, but you have to order them. The current salads are great, the avocrunch has tomatoes avocado mixed greens slivered almonds cabbage carrots and more and all salads have your choice of dressing (like 5 or more choices) not just one.

kindlizard

Points +1117

Vegan

05 Aug 2011

** Updated; unreliable - Edit

This place has such high turnover that they can't hire anyone literate enough to not put dairy in the vegan Yumms, according to the manager who had to repeatedly apologize to me for putting copious amounts of dairy in my food, even after it was sent back. The GM was notified too, Dave, but he has no oversight powers of quality control. Its a shame that there is such incompetence. If they are so careless and reckless with the dairy and are so lacking awareness in the kitchen it makes me wonder if they actually cross contaminate w all the meat they serve.

Cons: meat & dairy in your food

koiotic

Points +25

Vegan

09 Oct 2009

Perfect Fast Food - Edit

I love Cafe Yumm. I am vegan/nutritarian - for my health - and it is very difficult for me to eat out - but I can find plenty at Cafe Yumm that fit my needs.

My family is not vegan AT ALL!! - Plus they like the SAD very much - so it is difficult for us to go out to eat and agree. But they LOVE Cafe Yumm - My husbands favorite is the Hot and Jazzy Yumm bowl - He has tried the chicken in the past - and would rather eat a Yumm Bowl instead.
(He is slowly changing...but will never admit it...)

For me - I usually order a Wrapit - Basically I substitute everything - and they are very nice about it - I usually order an original Wrapit W/wheat - Vegan with cabbage and carrots and red and black beans. So good.

The Tofu wrap is okay(tofu was a little dry) - and I love the Veggie Burger - get it with Sour Dough for vegans, only wish they served salsa with the chips.

I have tried the Hot and Jazzy and the Smoky Chipotle (spelling?)- they are great as well....but still love the Original.

In addition, they have an amazing Ginger Cookie that is Vegan, nice to have a really good dessert now and then.

I buy there sauce, and make my own at home all the time- I use Quinoa instead of brown rice though. In addition, I buy there Ginger Coleslaw sauce (wish they would bottle it) and make homemade coleslaw whenever I go to a potluck! Everyone LOVES it....It is great to bring a vegan dish that people LOVE....the only problem is there are never leftovers for me to bring home :-D

I am not sure of any cons - As I go fairly often, and only have had one time that the beans were not quite cooked, and one time that they hardly had anything but rice and beans in the wrap. I do wish they would consider using Quinoa or a different grain than rice - and the Delta Establishment always seems a little dirty. Oh yeah, and NEVER-EVER-EVER - use the bathroom!!! That is probably my only REAL COMPLAINT!!

Pros: Yummy, Vegan, Friendly Staff

Cons: Icky Bathroom

suecag

Points +249

Vegan

08 Jun 2008

Saturday vegan breakfast was amazing - Edit

This restaurant was unexpectedly great. I went to the one at 730 E Broadway on Saturday morning. Turns out they have a special breakfast menu on Saturday and Sunday until 2pm. I had the Deluxe Scramble - scrambled tofu (crumbled and grilled with special seasoning) with original Yumm! sauce, and served with potatoes and toast, $6.75. It is topped with "Deluxe Toppings" which includes diced tomato, avocado slices, cilantro, and olives but you'll need to ask for the "Vegan Deluxe" toppings for them to hold the cheese and sour cream and substitute extra avocado or shredded cabbage and carrots - but wonderfully at no extra charge. The tofu with the Yumm! sauce was fantastic. The Yumm! sauce is nutritional yeast, canola oil, almonds, lemon juce, garbanzo beans, garlic, soybeans, herbs. It is a little tangy but very good. They have numerous yummy sounding meals on their regular menu. Mostly all sorts of rice and bean bowls. I think that the key is having some great sauces and they nailed this. There is a lot of info and a menu available online at http://www.cafeyumm.com. My only gripe is that they didn't have vegan margarine. But they do have Vegenaise (wow!) and they offer jelly.

The restaurant was spacious which was refreshing for a super veggie-friendly restaurant in Eugene. Not sure about the other locations.

Pros: lots of vegan options, great sauce

Cons: no vegan margarine

groovyvegan

Points +299

Vegan

18 Dec 2007

Delicious food at a vegan-friendly franchise. - Edit

Cafe Yumm, a franchaise established in 1995, is a very vegan-friendly omni restaurant, with plenty of delicious vegan items from which to choose. All items have the ingredients listed on the menu, and they will customize orders (leaving off cheese, sour cream, etc.) I had the ginger-garlic veggie burger which was delicious. To give you and idea of how vegan-friendly they are, the description reads, "Our own veggie burger (unbelievably vegan, contains peanuts), GingerAisian slaw, lettuce and tomato served on a whole wheat bun (w/w bun contains honey, order on sourdough for totally vegan)." And BTW, there's no shortage of vegan condiments to put on the burger--they even offer Vegenaise, and their original Yumm sauce is vegan as well.

My omni partner enjoyed his tempeh reuben, which would have been vegan except it had Swiss cheese.

Vegan items on the menu include some of the Yumm bowls, various combinations of rice, beans, vegetables, sauces, and other ingredients. Unfortunately, I haven't had one myself yet, but a good friend who is vegan tells me they're quite good. Also one can order tofu or tempeh skewers, vegan salads. Some of the daily selection soups may be began as well.

I was surprised to see they offer vegan ginger spice cookies as a regular dessert item. These are made with organic oat flour and are wheat free.

I was there at lunch time on a week day, and there were about 6 people ahead of me in line. This place is quite popular with the locals, so be prepared to wait a good 20 minutes or so for your order if you order a sandwich at prime time. The Yumm bowls are a few minutes quicker.

My only complaints were minor: that the balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing was quite boring, and the person who took my order neglected to leave off the tomatoes.

Next time I'm in Eugene (or Springfield or Bend), I will definitely be eating at Cafe Yumm again!

Pros: Delicious, Vegan-friendly

Cons: Slow at prime time, No vegan cheeses, Closes 5 pm on Sundays