Vegan
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Organic
Catering
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Vegan restaurant specializing in organic, whole plant food for optimal health since 2015. Menu offers healthful, oil-free meals like black bean enchilada, creamy kale and potato, spinach alfredo pasta, spinach and sweet potato lasagna, and veggie chilli. Desserts are made without added sugar and features options like red bean lava cake, chocolate nut pie, chia pudding, and maca chocolate mousse. Beverages served are teas and kombucha. Meal plans are available. Regular hosts community events like dinner & movie nights - see webpage calendar. Open Mon-Sat 11:00am-7:00pm. Closed Sun.


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93 Reviews

First Review by Shereewolfe

JacquelineS

Points +116

Vegetarian
20 Feb 2024

Nice atmosphere and staff

If you want to eat plant based food without msg and a lot of additives, this is the place to go. The staff are super friendly and even the other guests were nice and chatty. I did add some pepper and hot sauce, as i guess i have been eating so much salt for a long time that i got used to it. Loved the kombucha as well and took some takeaway as well.

shakimzadeh

Points +38

Vegan
17 Feb 2024

Amazing Healthy and Delicious Food

This place is a gem. If you’re looking for a true Plant Based meal, this is the place. Delicious menu and wonderful staff.

Pros: True Whole Food Plant Based, Delicious , Wonderful deserts

sbheller

Points +172

Vegan
23 Jan 2024

Just Wow!!!

2nd visit — 2 for 2 on DELICIOUS lunch dishes!!! Today I had the Organic spinach & sweet potato lasagna. Yummy!

Pros: All vegan + fabulous service, Absolutely delicious, creative dishes., Amazing selection of books for sale, too

Cons: Wish it were closer to my home

Jenniffniff

Points +116

Vegan
20 Jan 2024

Love Greenfare!

Great food, great menu, great team. I especially love the events and education they offer. So glad I can visit a restaurant that cares for health, environment, AND animals! 🌱 ❤️ #Veganuary

Pros: Friendly and caring staff, Heart for health and animals, Great menu!

FairfaxVeganFam

Points +347

Vegan
04 Jun 2023

Feel good after eating here

Super healthy. Fun events sometimes!

Pros: Whole food plant based food

Cons: Pricey

FlyVegan

Points +230

Vegan
19 Apr 2023

Highly recommend

Delicious healthy vegan dishes

Pros: Friendly staff, Delicious, healthy food, 100% vegan

LJVegan

Points +1858

Vegan
24 Mar 2023

It feels good to support this business.

Every couple of months I make a trip to Herndon to visit Sprouts and GreenFare. I love that they're in the same shopping center, along with Mom's Market. Sometimes I call in an order but other times I grab one of the premade options from the cooler. The blueberry muffin never disappoints!

Updated from previous review on 2023-02-17

MissPeaches

Points +58

Vegan
16 Mar 2023

Fairly healthy option, but not tasty

Tried this place twice. Both dishes were disappointing, expensive, and the ingredients didn't match well. Ex: canned olives really didn't go with the mushroom and corn enchilada dish. I love the concept, but they need a new chef. The food I cook at home is just as healthy but much tastier and 1/5 of the price. Not sure if they don't use spices because the food is "American" style?
As a health food vegan, I really want to like this place, but it's just not very good

Pros: Healthy

Cons: Not customizable, Bland

ElissaBVegan

Points +2377

Vegan
05 Feb 2023

Super Healthy!

If you are on a whole food low fat vegan diet, this is your spot! See pics for more.

Updated from previous review on 2023-02-05

Pros: 100 vegan, Healthy, Everything is organic

KeithBerry

Points +26

Vegan
27 Sep 2022

My diet is whole food plant based oil free. This menu is the way I eat. Bravo!

Very nice menu and service. They know that healthy and delicious food can coexist. No longer have to choose one or the other.

Pros: Whole food plant based , Low sodium , Oil free

Cons: A little pricey , Limited menu at times. , Hours of operation a bit limited

gansemarsch

Points +64

Vegan
17 Aug 2022

Health Food

This is first and foremost a Health Food restaurant. Set your expectations for no added Salt/Oil/Sugar. That said, it was pretty tasty considering.

jckrbt

Points +16

Vegan
24 Jul 2022

Flavorless

Just literally use spices. Use spices and seasonings that aren’t just salt and pepper and cook food right and you could be creating amazing flavors. Unfortunately that is not the vibe for this restaurant.

Pros: I am not forced to eat here

Cons: Expensive, Flavorless, Soulless

Glwhittaker

13 Aug 2022

Organic, whole plant food for those seeking to optimize their health. Not for those used to vegan fast food.

Mika1975

Points +231

Vegan
16 Jul 2022

We love the food, don't love the waiting

We absolutely love the healthy cooking. We really appreciate the sos free creative dishes.
The staff are all very kind.
I wish all vegan restaurants would offer WFPB SOS FREE dishes.

Updated from previous review on 2020-05-11

Pros: Delicious and 100% vegan SOS free

Glwhittaker

13 Aug 2022

mthomas115

27 Aug 2022

Thank you for this post! We just moved to the area and have been looking for a place like this!! ❤️ I miss our go to spot where we moved from!!

thomasjohnlynch

Points +137

Vegan
29 Jun 2022

10/10 an awesome and exceptional food experince

Actually found these folks on Happy Cow and it was near the hotel and the YMCA I was swimming at. VERY interesting shopping center with a Sprouts and an Organic local market as well a pile of Thai and other restaurants in this same center. (cross posted here and Yelp)

Fairly quiet when I arrived and took an inside table (just me) a few folks outside and it seemed a brick take-out business. REALLY clean and tidy.

The in house library was VERY extensive with all kinds of excellent books you can leave with it took me a DECADE to collect and read these titles and they have them all right there!!!

Service was fantastic.

I picked out a few kombucha out of the two local brands with numerous flavor in each.

After much indecision I went with the Organic fried Quinoa with baked tofu over mixed vegetables. This was tremendous, tasty, I must say massive dish. drizzled duck sauce, nice quinoa, fresh and crisp vegetables and a nice thin tofu slice. This was perfectly done.

There is NO doubt I will go back here next time in Reston. Saved as a favorite.

Pros: fresh organic food, service was exceptional, hugely nutritional and skilled kitchen

Cons: can't really make anything up right now.

Glwhittaker

29 Jun 2022

Thank you for visiting us, Thomas! We look forward to your next visit!

thomasjohnlynch

29 Jun 2022

You are certainly welcome. After reading some of these comments I was drawn to more fully comment: My reviews and feedback is : ALL about the food and the establishment/place, so thank you for your commitment to healthy eating and culinary excellence. I have eaten at a variety of places in the US and globally over the last 40 years of business travel and am actually a "selfish unethical vegan" for the last 12 years on my health and recovery journey. For me it's not about the animals per ce (i.e. I am not driving my car off the road and hitting a tree to avoid killing the squirrel in the road?) and ALL about my health as Dr. Greger would say "How Not to DIE" (or not DIET) I am not interested in Veganism or "wokeness" which detracts and distracts from the "animal" I am most concerned with and its survival - ME and my family and friends who are dropping like flies prematurely to CHD, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer s. I appreciate all the caring folks here but I suggest if we focus on improving our own health and reducing chronic disease, than our consumerism/consumption will massively reduce the 50 billion animals slaughtered on the US each year and the adverse effects on our infrastructure and environment. The 'wokeness' and vegan-shaming does little to move the needle and is actually detrimental to the goal of changing health and disease in our society.

gabibi

Points +36

Vegan
19 Feb 2022

Vegan in Herndon

Great restaurant. Also offers some classes and meal plans.

Pros: Lots of options, Cooking without SOS

Cons: Slightly expensive

QueeneN

Points +102

Vegan
12 Jan 2022

Worth of trying

Peanutbutter Quinoa Kale is great. Just be aware that they don't use oil and salt. #Veganuary

LineshShah

Points +233

Vegan
09 Jan 2022

Great healthy vegan food

Nice.pleasant atmosphere makes for pleasant conversation. Very simple yet knowledgeable folks. Very detail.oriented. Healthy food options..They have a lot of books to read and for sale. #Veganuary

Pros: Lots.of vegan options, Healthy diet, SOS free diet options

Northern19474

Points +525

Mostly Veg
08 Jan 2022

Local plant based

We came here to have lunch and liked it. Nice ambiance, good selection, many interesting options. The food was a little slow, but the friendly staff and pleasant conversation more than made up for it.

Pros: Very friendly staff and very welcoming , The food was really nice with interesting options

Cons: A little on the spicy side

Richmonddoc

Points +117

Vegetarian
30 Dec 2021

Ok enough

All vegan, very healthy food. Mixed results: enchiladas were good, chili was bland, lasagna was ok. Pricy for what we got. It was a good try but we would probably try another spot next time we’re in town: just not that impressive.

Pros: All vegan, Diverse cuisine style

Cons: Some bland food options, Expensive for what we got

JeffreyAskew

Points +21

Vegan
09 Nov 2021

Fantastic chef and healthy meals with 100% commitment

Green Fare is a fantastic place and a progressive concept. Excellent meals prepared by a skilled and committed chef and a passionate owner. Completely enjoyed our time there and brought home some pizza for the family, who devoured it!

Fortheanimals111

Points +44

Vegan
30 Aug 2021

We love greenfare

I’ve been frequenting greenfare for the past 5 years. Great, healthy food! Organic whole foods and oil free which I really appreciate.

Pros: Organic, All vegan!, Oil free

Cons: Expensive, No gluten free kids meal option

BillHeintz

Points +30

Vegan
29 Aug 2021

Awesome Pizzas and Deserts!

I really like their food: Whole Food, Plant-Based, No Salt, No Oil, No Sugar.

Whenever I am in the area, we try to get at least one meal from GreenFare.

I am very careful about what I eat for health and environmental reasons, I know I can eat at GreenFare guilt-free.

Pros: Whole Food, Plant-Based, No Salt, No Oil, No Sugar, Their Pizzas are delicious & Deserts are fabulous., They are environmentally conscience.

Cons: They are closed on Sundays., Pizzas are only available by advanced order.

IAmvegannotmydog

Points +121

Vegan
20 Aug 2021

Just me for $36!

Can’t believe the price & the taste and no wonder people said vegan for rich people!

Pros: Organic , Cute place

Cons: Expensive $$$$, Plain. No taste. , Sticky Finger bakery is still number 1.

KellyCMcLeod

Points +22

Vegan
11 Aug 2021

Terrible experience

I asked for takeout since they do not have many nut-free options and my boyfriend is allergic so he wasn't able to eat there.
The attention was great but the food was 100% TERRIBLE. It was not cooked properly, the potatoes and eggplant were not fully cooked and were hard. It was disgusting and not edible at all. I also ordered the maca chocolate mousse. It had way too much maca and the maca flavor is overpowering. Overall, do not go there if you want to eat delicious food, or if you wanna eat at all.
I went there for the great reviews but was very much disappointed.

Pros: attentive staff

Cons: food, not cooked properly, not edible and flavorless

clocke

Points +24

Vegan
03 Aug 2021

Highly recommended!

This is a unique vegan restaurant - the only one who doesn’t load your meals down with salt, sugar, and fats (oils).

Out of all the restaurants I’ve tried in the area, they’re the only ones who aim to hit the optimum of each healthy-eating aspect: very well-balanced macros, locally sourced, organic, vegan/plant-based, low sodium, no added sugars, no added fats, and ingredients good for the gut biome.

So yes, if you’re adamant about wanting higher levels of sodium (my meals there were 350–550mg, instead of the normal 1500mg you find at restaurants), you may want to bring a little salt packet!* ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I met the owner (Gwyn) and one of the volunteers (Cathy) at the Reston Farmer’s Market - both were kind, well informed, and personally love the mission of their restaurant and non-profit.

They also offer a subscription service for prepared meals each week.

I’ve tried their sweet potato lasagna and their kale/quinoa meals, both of which I loved!

*Remember that the 2300mg per day is the upper limit, not the required amount; the American Heart Association suggests what your body actually needs is around 500mg/day!

Pros: Low salt, sugar, and unnecessary fats, Subscription service, Much more to offer than just a restaurant

ECornish

Points +16

Vegan
02 May 2021

A healthy alternative

Engaging and knowledgeable staff. Their kickstart programs are designed to educate you on a healthier eating lifestyle.

Pros: Lots of Vegan options.

julesaregems

Points +431

Vegan
16 Mar 2021

Vegan America

Basic American foods. We got to go it would’ve been better in person .




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