Café Tibet: A Vegan Restaurant — Restaurant in Berkeley

Can I give more than a five star rating? I wasn’t sure if dining here was a dream ( come true) or it really happened. Right after a long day driving from the Marley show at Stern Grove, we had another concert to attend at The Greek. But little poor me with my broken arm, I needed comfort food! I was wishing for a healing porridge, Konji, kitchari type dish, vegan of course. Then I see this all Vegan Tibetan, Restaurant. Normally, I pre-order everything and then just pick it up but this time something told me to sit down, dine in and let their healing foods make me feel better. The staff was so gracious, even though it was close to closing time, they treated me so well and without rushing me. In fact I kept offering to hurry and they wouldn’t hear of it. So sweet. Talking with the owner, he told me about how, when he took over this restaurant, he made the conscious decision to do things right. he did not want to participate in anything that had to do with animal cruelty. he also cares about the planet and environmentalism and knew how much water it takes just make one steak & how many suffer in the process of serving non vegan entrees. This is truly my kind of restaurant. I have never had mango lassi this good and I’m desi so that is saying a LoT!! Some of it spilled and you can bet I cried on the side lol. They have another blended drink that is definitely from heaven. It has fruits, healing herbs, dates, and made me feel so much better. I drank it as I waited for the food. I might have even went into a state of nirvana. The soup reminded me of healing soup my mom would make for me, for strength and comfort. It had barley and veggies, etc. and with their chili sauce I think it’s the only soup ever had where I drank it to the very last drop! Now I wasn’t sure if I should order their Momos because everywhere else that we’ve had Momos it hasn’t been that great of an experience, but can I tell you about these Momos? They are better than even any samosas or Momos I’ve had, anywhere! Honestly, it was so hard for me to not just finish them all. I had to control myself and only have two! Perfect potatoes perfect spices, perfect dough. All homemade and they make a homemade green chutney just like my parents would make from our garden. OMG is this place real or did I enter a Himalayan cloud of bliss?? This restaurant, the staff and the compassionate owner deserve lots of love and support from the vegan community. Their menu is full of thought and rare real foods with healing ingredients. The owner even makes all of his meat substitutes for the dishes where people prefer to have that option. He also won’t sell out to corporations that unhealthy drinks like soda and doesn’t offer those items. So rare to step into such a caring establishment. This is the kind of place. I would send my family and friends too because I care about them and would trust that they would get the best meal served to them. I wish I could...

Cafe Tibet is in my top 5 restaurants in the East Bay. I love their Ngoe-thuk pan friend sweet potato noodles with tofu and vegetables, which tastes so delicious and the portion so generous it makes me supremely happy! With their Himalayan seasonings, vegetables choices and take on fried rice, noodles, soups, and organic veggie dishes make unique and some of the healthiest Asian food around.

I am gluten free so I can't eat the Momos (Tibetan dumplings), but every person I have brought to Cafe Tibet orders them and says they are scrumptious.

There is an influence of Indian cuisine in some of the dishes and appetizers and their macrobiotic plates are also generously portioned and super tasty.

No boring, bland vegetarian food here.

I have been eating at Cafe Tibet for 6 years and the change to vegan was an enviromental choice on the part of the relative who inherited the restaurant from his Aunt who retired, but it hasn't effected the yumminess of their offerings.

I have spent the past 3 years between NYC, LA, SF and the East Bay and there is a bit of a foodie revolution going on in the later, surpassing everywhere else. I read a list recently that put Oakland as number one on a list as best city to eat out nationally. I am lumping all of the East Bay into that category, but I would agree, Oakland, Berkeley and Albany have it going on.

It's probably the influence of Berkeley's Chez Panisse which started the whole farm to table revolution using quality ingredients to make delicious healthy food. In any case Cafe Tibet is part of that community worth keeping on your Best of...

Absolutely delicious, traditional and wonderful food. Different from the usual places and mediocre tastes.

Dholooma Kamngoe is a breaded eggplant chips lightly deep fried snack. Very soft, different from usual fried stuff and awesome taste. You must check it out.

Tsel-Khasa is a seasoned vegetables freely more like a Curry than a snack.

Tingmo is a homemade steamed Tibean bread that is so delicious. Definitely not your usual bread for sure.

The Momo's, Ngotsel Momo and Kar-sha Momo, are very good - a bit on the raw side - but if you are a fan them you just can't pass it up.

The entry, Tofu with Mushroom and Spinach, is very good, tasty and not something that I ever had before. Ended up taking it home as well.

The traditional desserts, Bhaktsa Marku and Dress, are not too sweet and very much for of fresh tastes all over.

It is good to know they don't use powders, pre made or frozen items. They use every thing fresh and made by themselves from raw food materials - including the spices themselves. Very refreshing and mouthful of tastes is what we...