Cafe Pyrus — Restaurant in Kitchener

Absolutely love Cafe Pyrus 🫶 Cafe Pyrus is one of my favourite small businesses in K/W. Their food is amazing, even for someone who not vegan or vegetarian. I love the options you are given here.

Food/Drinks The entire food menu can be made gluten free for $1 or if you’re not feeling a side you subtract $2 from your total. I believe any sandwich can be made into a wrap as well. My favourite is the Angry Vegan with a soup. (My favourite soup is the tomato, but the lime, and pumpkin were great!)

Their desserts are also great. I have had the peanut butter cup, which was good, but very melty in the hands. The nanaimo was also great and a little less melty.

The drinks! I am not a coffee lover, but their lavender iced latte was delicious! My favourite drink is the Foggy London Town. (Lavender syrup, steamed milk, and earl grey) I have tried many drinks here and you can’t go wrong.

Cafe/Vibe The cafe is an excellent place to sit and study/work. Their is a water pitcher with cups to grab yourself, which I love because I don’t have to feel bad asking for a bunch of water. It is currently covered in Christmas decor, which is really getting me in the Christmas spirit. I also noticed coming here that they do art features, I’ve seen @arcasian__ and now they’re doing one of my classmates, @partypoisioner! I love the local representation. For music, expect indie-pop, alternative. Great vibes, not too loud and great to keep a conversation with someone. (Shoutout to the person who played Midnight Rain!)

There is street parking, but if you’re planning on staying, there is Mon-Fri 8am-5pm parking for $2.24 an hour (rough estimate)

All in all, Cafe Pyrus is a must visit and I wish I lived much closer so I could be a regular. Thank you to all the kind staff and...

9 of us were at U WLoo and it was lunch time. Somebody suggested pizza and I was OK, but one of the locals suggested CP. it was Monday of the Labour Day weekend and lucky for us they were open. The place was busy considering the whole downtown Kitchener looked deserted. The orders once placed on the counter we got them very quickly - almost like a quick serve restaurant which was very surprising.

We ordered quite a few stuff and we tried to mixup a few so that we could taste as much as possible. I personally ordered a Big Bang with Soup (the board said "Tomato and a few other things", so glad that this a Vegan friendly restaurant) and Chai Shake. The Chai Shake was 4.5/5. The subtle balanced taste of Chai and Bananas. We are not tea drinkers and this was perfect for me us. Not too sweet and too almond milk taste. Wish it was nice and cold, it was at best room temperature. The Bung Bang Tofu nicely crusted and seasoned. The toppings not so much. The Dill Aioli was weak and hot sauce as good as not there. The Soup was again room temperature which was a big downer for us. The taste was spicy - perhaps a lot of black peppers. It would have been perfect it was hot. 3.5/5 for the entire meal. The sandwich- 5/5. The kale slaw seemed a better option as I peaked at other orders.

Tasted quite a few other things, like the Angry Vegan - nothing angry about it. The Taco Salad fairly good. The Mango Creamsicle was OK (Too little mangoes in the smoothie). The Reuben Soho with Tempeh was OK. The Tempeh, again not one of our favourites and perhaps that played a role.

All in all a good restaurant and so glad that such an option exists...

Very good food and ambiance. Definitely to be visited if you are looking for good vegan treats - even if you are closer to the Toronto area, it's worth the drive.

We started off with the Latte and Lavander Steamer. Both were really good, especially the Lavander Steamer was excellent. For the food, we went for their Rueben Soho with Kaleslaw, The Burger with Chips and Waffles. I liked the Rueben Soho but Kaleslaw is actually excellent - a great combination with the sandwich. The burger was good too. The patty was great and the crisps at the bottom was a very good idea. Waffles were good as well but serving it on a paper base is probably not a good idea since it is something you eat with a knife. Having said that, the taste was great. I wish we had stopped there but we also went for a scone and a coffee (medium roast) on a takeaway. While the scone didn't impress us at all - very doughy and didn't taste much fresh - the coffee was average too.

The ambiance is great. Plenty of seating space and options. I guess the best one would be the one we took facing the main road with a view of the Charles Street Transit Terminal - even on a cloudy day, it is still the best place. Great place to relax and maybe read a book.

The staff is really good and friendly. Once you order, they give you this animal toy for the server to identify the right table. The place is good for large groups as well - and definitely to go for a weekend breakfast/brunch. Parking can be an issue since there is limited parking nearby - free on weekends - but otherwise, I guess may be able to park at the station or on the...