Serves meat, vegan options available. Small casual restaurant with bakery counter. Offer a daily selection of cupcakes and sweets as well as boba tea drinks and a mixed cuisines menu of Asian and Latin style meals. Think dumplings, noodle and rice bowls, arepas, empanadas, salads, and quick snacks. You'll find a few vegan choices, like udon, bowl with tofu, smoothies with soymilk. Relocated here from 264 North Rd. Open Mon 11:00am-8:00pm, Wed-Fri 11:00am-8:00pm, Sat 12:00pm-8:00pm.
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47 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, 12603
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Added by Machyne on 13 Jun 2018
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14 Reviews
First Review by gardeningone
Delart
Points +530
I finally tried Twisted Soul - Edit
I’ve driven by this restaurant many times but never stopped. It’s walking distance to Vassar College so I’m sure most patrons are part of the college community. The interior is small with only a few tables and the food is all served in plastic containers with plastic utensils. I’m assuming that most of the orders are takeout. I got noodles with tofu that had some garnish all covered in sauce. I found the 3 hunks of tofu bland and a definite void in terms of vegetables. Still, overall it was tasty. I was left with a feeling about all of the plastic used and no option for recycling.
Read morePros: Tasty sauce
Cons: Served in plastic with no recycling option
Guest
GreekWFPB
Points +102
Good choices - Edit
The food was good. And there were numerous choices. Not the same old-same old.
Read morePros: # of choices, Portion size, Price
Guest
pretzels
Points +72
Unique restaurant - Edit
They have a lot of unique items and the menu clearly shows what is vegan. I like the Korean grilled tofu steamed buns!
Read morePros: lots of options
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emanningbx
Points +110
Mixed bag - Edit
Twisted Soul Concepts was a mixed-bag experience. You order at the counter and are notified via buzzer when your items are ready. Overall, the food was pretty tasty. Unfortunately, the negatives of the overall experience mostly outweighed the positive of the decent vegan food. In no particular order of importance, first, there is no customer bathroom accessible from the front of the restaurant; I went to the back of the building, entered the back door of the restaurant, and used the bathroom that way. I don't know if it was a customer bathroom but I used it anyway. Second, all the food-- both to stay and to-go meals -- was served in noncompostable plastic trays with noncompostable plastic cutlery. There were no recycling bins available. Third, the sister bakery across the street, Twisted Soul Desserts, did not carry any vegan items. Fourth, the way of identifying what is vegan on the menu is very confusing and inconsistent. Finally, most of the vegan items were simply a base (rice or noodles) with the same barbequed tofu added in instead of meat, so there was not much variety in terms of vegan options.
Read morePros: Food was pretty good, Staff was friendly
Cons: Food (to-stay, to-go) on noncompostable plastic, Vegan identification on menu confusing, Sister bakery doesn't carry vegan items
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beckylong
Points +1708
Tasty Variety! - Edit
I really enjoyed the different flavors and creative combinations in this food!! All the dishes we tried were filling and delicious!!!
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flightrisk
Points +47
Deeply Disappointing - Edit
Twisted Soul could improve by…improving. The pricing is not inline with what they serve; the ratio of every other ingredient to plain white rice is wildly out of wack; and the food is poorly prepared and cooked. The grilled BBQ tofu rice bowl has 3 pieces of tofu, 3 pieces of plantain, and mostly rice. The tofu is barely cooked then has sauce thrown on to mimic barbecue. I’m sure they survive on college folks looking to try a place with vegan options in a town that doesn’t seem to have many options of note. Ultimately, this is a disservice to any attempt at convincing folks that vegan options and vegan food generally can be as good as non-vegan food.
Read morePros: They have vegan options
Cons: Expensive for what it is, A disservice to vegan food, Poorly prepared and cooked
Guest
lucynoodles20
Points +74
Yummy vegan options - Edit
I like this place! Good curries and noodle dishes from a variety of cultures/cuisines
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thebartlettbaker
Points +344
Wasn’t Blown Away - Edit
The jerk tofu was bland and I was super disappointed, especially since I heard a lot of great things about this business, and it was a bit pricey.
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makcurtis
Points +1050
Disappointing - Edit
I had such high expectations for Twisted Soul, and I was let down. We ordered the curry tofu and jerk tofu rice bowls and the grilled tofu steam buns. (We love tofu!) The tofu in all three dishes had no flavor or texture at all and tasted like it had been marinated in air and simply heated up.
Read moreThis is the kind of vegan food that gives veganism a bad name.
I can’t speak for the non-veg dishes, but people rave about them.
It seems like a classic case of cooks putting only a fraction of the effort into the vegan dishes that they do into the non-veg dishes.
It didn’t feel like a good value for money, since the entrees were just a few pieces of (bland) tofu in a huge bowl of rice. Who wants to pay $12 for plain white rice?
Pros: Lots of options
Cons: Food is just not good , Expensive for quality
Guest
leah522
Points +26
Favorite spot - Edit
AMAZING flavorful food. I love the tofu bánh mi and the bbq tofu bowls. The have boba tea that can be made with almond milk which is always a plus. This place never disappoints!
Read morePros: So many vegan/vegetarian options , Tasty, Boba!
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SadieDyer
Points +21
Hit the spot - Edit
The food here really exceeded our expectations. We had the Tofu Banh Mi and the Tofu Bad Ass Rice Bowl and we both really loved our meals. We are looking forward to going back and trying more dishes. They had a lot of vegan options.
Read moreWe visited during the COVID-19 shut down so instead of eating inside, there is a park with benches both across the street and down the block past the traffic circle.
Pros: Lots of vegan options, Different types of cuisine
Guest
AlyssaLynnSzady
Points +21
great environment&food - Edit
loved the steamed buns with Korean bbq tofu
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PogoRK
Points +36
A Surprisingly Delight - Edit
Hip Music & a delicious array of food choices
Read morePros: Lots of Veggi options., Fresh food, Smoothies
Cons: Confusing menu
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gardeningone
Points +301
good and fast lunch place - Edit
Several vegetarian and vegan options. The empanadas were small, served with vinaigrette salad dressing. The vegan (sweet potato) noodles with BBQ tofu was large and filling. Nice banana smoothie. Or, choose your own salad combinations, stuffed sweet potatoes. Mostly takeout, with two small tables. Not gourmet, but a very serviceable lunch-on-the-go, where you order at the counter.
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