I hate that I can't give them 1 star.
My husband and I have been to Ethos probably a hundred times, so we have had the opportunity to have nearly every item on the menu multiple times.
We have discovered a few things about the restaurant:
1. There are the most basic cooking errors made almost constantly. I do not believe I have ever returned a plate of food at any restaurant other than Ethos, yet nearly every time we go something is burnt to a crisp, completely raw, or otherwise inedible. Usually these errors are very inconsisent, though we have never had a calzone that was cooked on the inside (leaving the dough the texture of chewed gum) or broccoli that wasn't black it was burned so badly. Not only are these careless kitchen errors, but somehow these items get from the kitchen to our tables without anyone noticing or caring. The chefs also do not seem to understand that "fake" chicken is easy to overcook, because sometimes it comes to my table dry and rubbery (it's Gardein chicken, so I know what it should taste like)
2. Certain dishes are low on flavor or poorly prepared. Seitan is not hard to make and I travel around the country eating delicious house seitan at all kinds of restaurant (not all are even vegan places). Yet Ethos can't seem to produce seitan that isn't overly salty with a strange, bitter aftertaste. Their gravy tastes like oil and water mixed with ground pepper. Another item that really is not hard to make.
3. While it is nice to have a restaurant where I can easily order anything off the menu (since this is a rarity in Orlando, I'm assuming that this is why the place is still in business), I don't understand why there is no fried "chicken" or fries (even fancy, oven baked sweet potato fries would work if traditional ones are below Ethos) available at a place that claims to serve comfort food.
4. The brunches used to be the most fantastic part of Ethos, but lately the food quality has been lacking. The bread used for french toast has changed to a cheap sandwich bread (remember when you were a little kid and tried to make french toast from Wonder Bread? Yeah. That), and everything, while edible, just isn't quite as stunning as it used to be.
5. Service used to be downright terrible, but it has improved so much over the past 6 months or so. Which is wonderful, except as service improves the food seems to get worse.

This past weekend I had the unfortunate experience of eating at this restaurant. The only thing worse than my experience was the food.

We ordered two dishes, at our servers recommendation, the “Yo Mama’s Lasagna” and the Blackened Tempeh. The Lasagna was alright. If I went to a friend’s house in college, and they prepared that as a vegan dinner(and they were a meat eater trying their best) I would have been pleased. At a Vegan restaurant, as one of their recommended main dishes, I was not. The vegetables in this "vegetable" lasagna were barely there. It was more a plate of store bought noodles, bland sauce from a jar, and vegan cheese. Even the garlic bread was so-so. With garlic knots are on the menu, I don't know why the included bread was so blah.

Now the Tempeh. I am a tempeh lover- done right it is amazing, at Ethos it is not. The Tempeh itself looked and tasted like it came fresh out of the publix/ whole foods wrapper and on to my plate- same shape, even with a crease from the plastic! On the menu it is described as blackened- there was a bit of black/ seasoning on one of the ends-only. The salsa on top of it was good but sparse. The black beans under it were alright (not really good or bad, just OK), and the collared greens were WAY too salty. The “jasmine rice” was plane white and reminded me of minute rice. The whole dish, given how stingy they were with the beans, greens, and salsa, was a dry, tasteless, plate of rice that I ended up having to force down. It was so bad in fact that the Lasagna my fiancé had suddenly became appetizing by comparison!

The entire experience was not bad at Ethos. The tap water with lemon was great!

I'm not sure why this restaurant is so well liked/ reviewed. I can only guess it is because the restaurant itself has a clean, urban, chain store vibe/look and I think their preppy crowd finds it exciting to have dreadlocked and pierced servers. I think that maybe customers get a thrill from this and view it as slumming. Likewise, based on the plethora of meat substitutes, I think this place caters to the kind of people that view Vegetarian/Vegan as a phase they go through, etc.” Maybe these people do not know that Veg/ Vegan food can be amazing.

If you read though that entire post I will say two things. Try Dandelion Communitea café!!!! You will love it! Also, I went to Ethos once. Maybe they were having a bad day. I disliked it so much I will never return to find out.

PS-The site made me give two cows- it deserves 0

Visiting the Orlando area and was so happy to find a FULL vegan restaurant and was excited to taste the delights of a vegan kitchen. Too my dismay, when the food arrived it tasted similar to something that I have tasted before in my own home except with sauces and different spices. When I inquired about the ingredients with the staff, I was told the it was Gardein brand. I do watch my oil and sodium intake regularly but decided to splurge because it was my first time at a FULL vegan restaurant. Due higher amounts of sodium and oils in the frozen pre packaged food. I left with a stomach ache and disappointment!