sai plant deli by Vegan Pudding & Co. — Restaurant in Vancouver

Firstly, this place has bad service. The lady at the counter seemed like she didn’t understand english (which is okay) but if youre running a store on your own atleast have another person who can speak english and answer questions. I asked her which items were the most popular and she recommended vanilla pudding with caramel sauce and the creme brulee. I ordered both of what she recommended and she kept giving me the wrong product and i kept repeating it slowly and she still didn’t understand until I pointed to my actual order.

So for example, i told her “okay can i please have the two products you recommended to me”, she kept giving me vanilla pudding and chocolate pudding i kept telling her it was creme brulee im wanting and not chocolate and she still kept giving me chocolate. So i pointed it out to her than she fixed the order.

Second, I have no idea why this place has such high ratings because both products were DISGUSTING! The vanilla pudding and creme brulee tasted the exact same. No Lie it was the same thing. Only difference was the toppings. Moreover, the caramel sauce topping for the vanilla pudding was vile. Extremely bitter and sour. I know its vegan but atleast make it taste palatable. Next, both of the products is basically coconut milk from a car with sugar, vanilla essence and agar agar or cornstarch . It was disgustingly simple yet extremely pricey for the amount of dessert you got. $11.00 for two tiny things is outrageous. It tastes like both items together would be 4$.

If they are making the pudding vanilla add actual vanilla bean. Its just cheap tasting yet youre charging a luxury price. Also, im vegan now for 8years as background context. People will forsure say this place is trying to cater to vegans. Okay I get that but atleast make it palatable and dont use straight up canned coconut milk and a nasty weird “caramel” sauce.

In general i say avoid this place. The food and service was less than mediocre. Very disgusting. I finished the creme brulee because it was expensive but threw away the vanilla pudding and caramel sauce because it tasted like bile when you vomit.

Poor products and poor service - please dont be delusional and just...

August 2025 - Had some of their newer oyaki (plant-based dumplings). Regular price is $5.50 each, 2 for $10, or 4 for $18. I ordered 4 different flavours - Sweet Pumpkin & Butter Bliss (strong pumpkin flavour, sweet, very creamy & a good sweet/savoury balance), Cheesy Vegan Keema (reminded me of a samosa filling, the tomato curry had a light spice), Stir-Fried Garlic Green (garlicky and salty, comforting and reminiscent of Asian dumpling filling), and Classic Eggplant Miso (earthy, light miso flavour). If I had to pick favourites, I'd return for the garlic green and eggplant miso, but they were all tasty. While not huge in size, 3 would make an adequate meal. While the premade dumplings are in the window, they fry it fresh so it's hot and crispy (small wait time). Also picked up one of my favourite vegan puddings, and it's still as delicious as ever - had the soy milk base Black Sesame this time, which is less sweet than the coconut milk base, but also excellent. Friendly service as always.

May 2023 - Had walked past this counter previously but hadn't stopped by until I purchased a Plant Curious Plant-Based Deals Book this month. Their puddings and crème brûlée are delicious! I love that they have coconut milk options. I had the Earl Grey Tea Pudding and the earl grey flavour was potent. The coconut milk base has a sweetness and slight nuttiness to it, and the lemon caramel sauce was a good buttery, citrus accompaniment. The Matcha Green Tea Pudding was also tasty, and the Vanilla Crème Brûlée. The lady at the counter was so kind and friendly! Would highly recommend! I'd love to return for more puddings in the future. At $6 (coconut milk base), it's not the cheapest dessert, but you can taste the high quality! The soy milk puddings...

I'm really sad because I really wanted to like this. Whenever I see anything that's vegan I'm intrigued and I always want to try it, especially when it comes to dessert, and this was no exception. I got the chocolate flavour, which may have been a mistake because it tasted quite strange. There wasn't any chocolate flavour to it at all, and the texture was kind of off. I'm usually a fan of pudding, but maybe trying a vegan chocolate pudding when I've never even had chocolate pudding before was a case of bad judgement on my behalf. Being vegan, it's expected that it's going to be pricier, but for me it wasn't worth it, as I didn't enjoy the pudding. To each their...