Caravan of Dreams

Im vegan and have been going here for around 15 years. It's somewhat mexican inspired but with many other international flavors throughout the menu. Large salads, many vegan protein options, great burrito, tacos, pastas, pate, juices, etc. Also many raw choices. The entrees are very complete and come with side salad and often sautéed greens.

I always leave here feeling great and full of energy from the quality of the food.

Simple but tasty food. Yummie vegan desserts. Fine ambiance.

Cozy old vibe. Friendly staff!

Not my favorite while in NYC

Ate today with my mum (meat/dairy eater) and boyfriend (vegan also) and we all loved our food! Great menu selection and high quality food. Will be coming back for sure!

Very great restaurant - menue is amazing, interesting smoothie mixtures, people there really know what they are doing and what is good for you, your soul and the environment. I had a absolutly delicious meal with perfect seitan, avocados, self made vegan kefir cheese and it came with starter and yummy kale salad.

Staff was really friendly, music was great. Good place to go for dinner in the evening, but in the day is fine too.
Recommended!

This restaurant is just amazing! Great neighborhood, cozy atmosphere and very friendly staff. And the most important part; the food is awesome delicious! I've been there two times so far and always tried different dishes. Everything was always perfect!

We went there for dinner tonight with our children and it was amazing. Friendly service, delicious food and great atmosphere. Juliette's Kitchen highly recommends it

The only thing wrong with this restaurant is that it's not on my neighborhood! Please open one in kips Bay Area. It's great and had been for years. Bring back the piano player!

Caravan of Dreams has a fantastic ambiance and truly delicious vegan food. The restaurant has been around for a long time, and the quality of service and food has remained stellar. The tofu scrambled for brunch and seitan taquitos for dinner are not to be missed. I had my first ever "live" dessert at Caravan of Dreams, a delicious pie that is among the best vegan desserts I have ever tasted. The standout dessert at COD was the Rice Dream Pie, which sadly I believe is no longer on the menu: Rice Dream Frozen Dessert, crushed cookies, house made berry sauce and a hard chocolate shell. My husband and I were last here on Valentine's Day; I highly recommend a visit and plan myself to go back to Caravan of Dreams in the near future.
Updated from previous review on Tuesday April 21, 2015

There are so many great vegan choices in NYC, but you really should try to get to Caravan.

Cosy, friendly atmosphere with an interesting and varied menu. The non-raw ravioli is amazing (I've not tried the raw version), but isn't always available.

The deserts on my last visit were a bit lack lustre, but still nice.

We had dinner at this location and really enjoyed it! Nice staff and really nice and casual atmosphere. The food was delicious! I'll go there again next time when I'm in New York...

My friend and I split the beet "ravioli," Thai avocado salad, and risotto croquettes. Everything was great and flavorful. Huge avocado on the salad. There were a lot of other things on the menu I wanted to try. Only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because it seemed a little expensive.

I got the entree sampler and it was really amazing! Very satisfying! I want to go again!! Soon!

Tasty & delicious :)))

Writing this review saddens me. I went there because I'm a huge NY HC fan and John Joseph of the Cro Mags loves this place so I had high hopes (sorry to bore you with my love for hardcore at this point). It was a cold and rainy day so I thought a lentil soup would be perfect. It was good but honestly something I throw together on a Tuesday night when I'm uninspired and have some leftover broth suitable veggies. But ok, the far bigger disappointment was the Applewood Smoked Tofu which strongly reminded me of back when I first started using tofu and desperately tried to get some taste in that stuff. It was two pieces of (excellent bread) with giant and very greasy slabs of tofu. Not great, sorry. Not fun to eat either. The salad was the highlight of the meal for me. I do want to add though that from overhearing the conversation of the server with the people next to me I fear I might have ordered the wrong thing and that other dishes are far better than that greasy uninspired mess.

I went here on Sunday Feb 2, 2014 for brunch. It wasn't too crowded and the atmosphere was quaint and comfy. The wait staff was attentive and friendly. I ordered their (vegan) Chai Latte as well as their (vegan) French Toast with in-house made Nutella. While both were delicious, for $25 (tip included), I wasn't thaaat impressed. Maybe I ordered the wrong thing because others in my group got the French Toast and felt the same way. Personally, the French Toast at V-Note on the UES is better and I've heard Blossom's is as well (although I have yet to try it).

The women who ordered different dishes seemed to enjoy them more. So if there is a next time, I'll know to order something else. I could smell other dishes cooking/what others were eating in the restaurant and they smelled delicious so maybe I just ordered the wrong thing.

SO I'm still giving them a four in hopes that it was just the dish I chose.

I wish I could afford to go to Caravan of Dreams every day and for every meal. Although I'm not a raw vegan, I love how many raw options there are, and always take advantage of their raw dishes -- last time split the raw sampler platter with a friend, and had the raw quesadilla (so much food!) and a raw acai pie for dessert. Every single thing was brilliant, including the atmosphere -- a warm, wood-grain, candle-lit, hippie's basement, complete with live music and an in-house tarot card reader! Worth every penny, and I can't wait to go back!