Lettuce Love Café — Restaurant in Burlington

I arrived in Toronto by train from Vancouver on Friday. Friday night I went to the bar with Kyle, Greg and Sean. Saturday I was delivered back to Burlington. After a night out, I decided to break my hangover by skateboarding to Lettuce Love. I arrived mid afternoon and immediately felt welcomed back to my hometown after one year of being away. After living in the vegan mecca of the West Coast it was refreshing to be brought back to Burlington, where Lettuce Love has been a plant-based staple for years. I remember dining here in my earlier years as a novice vegan. Returning for my meal, I reflected on my how much I have changed and grown. A reminder of how my departure impacted me and not greater community. In my absence not only had veganism in Burlington prevailed, but it has also expanded. If I wondered why veganism was becoming more widely accepted and practiced in the community, the answer was discovered during my third bite. No doubt anyone who is curious about plant-based food will be inspired once they eat at lettuce love. The food is exquisite, offering a wide range of dishes to satisfy the most punctilious of palates. Over the next 7 weeks I proceeded to eat here 6 times, often seeking refuge from my non-vegan surroundings. I had the fortune of having tried 6 different dishes. If that sample is indicative of the entire menu, I assure you that you cannot make a bad choice here. Every time I sat down, I felt replenished by the compassionate energy emanating from the cruelty free environment. Upon consuming my repast to its entirety, I would regain my strength to continue fighting for the animals and people of this planet. As the large sign engineer for Karina Gould’s victorious Liberal party, between canvassing 8 hours a day and expertly installing signs around the city, it was critical that I was properly fueled. Whether it was a nutrient dense veggie burger, a dense and delicious bowl or simply some flavour dense pancakes, I had the energy to peregrinate across the city, delivering democracy. As I am writing this review on the train heading toward Toronto, I already know that my first meal will once again be at...

I used to love Lettuce Love Cafe, when the ownership changed hands the quality of the service as well as the quality of the food has dropped. To be honest the Lettuce Love Cafe I knew and once enjoyed is dead to me, it is an absolute embarrassment that it turned into this from a once great place to eat. To summarize my experience with Lettuce Love Cafe I have been a customer here for almost 2 years, I came every single day for lunch never missing a day for 53 days at one point and tried every single product on the menu.

To summarize my issues Dish sizes all over the place, sometimes huge, sometimes small, even in the same dish between days. Dishes lack flavor, it seems they try to make up for this my smothering it in something spicy, the last few feature bowls have been pretty bad, including the raw bowl which I wanted to love but was repulsed by how incredibly spicy it was after being told it wasn't very spicy. Snap Peas not being trimmed, this happened, I told them, a day later I went back and ordered the same bowl and received the same untrimmed snap peas. You cannot eat the top part of the pea, trim it, it's embarrassing that you don't have chefs/cooks that recognize this. And it wasn't just me, I asked several people who were also regulars for several years and they all received the same product and made the same complaints. Customer service, before the change in ownership the service was great, it's never been the fastest place to eat but I've honestly sat and waited for upwards of 45-minutes four times in the last several months and several dozen additional 30+ minute waits for single item orders. Change in quality, Brown Spotted Avocados, Smoothies clearly missing nut butters, dishes being prepared incorrectly, etc.

I personally am disappointed, I used to love Lettuce Love Cafe, now I cannot tolerate it enough to even come here with co-workers, intentionally missing days in which they go to save myself from the downfall of this once great...

Great food and definitely to be tried out if you are vegan.

Food: They have quite a substantial menu. We went for Turmeric Blendie and Blue Goddess to start with. Turmeric Blendie was great. Very homely and the froth on top just elevated the humble nutritious drink. Turmeric has some amazing medicinal values as well - so a great choice for morning breakfast. Blue Goddess was great too. For the food, we went for GF Pancakes with Blueberries and Bananas, a Power Bowl and a BLAT sandwich. GF Pancakes with Blueberries and Bananas were absolutely delicious. They claim to make the best pancakes in the town and I'm quite sure those are the best in town. Power Bowl was very good, especially the mushrooms and the sweet potatoes. However, the BLAT didn't impress as much. While the ingredients were great but they slide off the sandwich as you pick it up which made it messy to eat - not a good thing to make a great sandwich.

Ambiance: They have good seating capacity but it's too congested. Many tables cramped up in a small space. There are tables with high chairs as well as regular tables as well. But as I saw, many people just do a takeaway.

Staff: The staff is quite good and friendly. The gentleman on the floor, greeting the customers, walked us through the menu and how to go about ordering. He got into a little chat to know us better. Considering that he wasn't surprised us coming all the way from Toronto, I guess he must be routinely having customers from the Toronto and the Niagara area. The service was quite good and quick.

There is a public parking lot close the restaurant which is free on weekends. In addition, there is plenty of street parking on both sides...