The Garden — Restaurant in DeLand

What a great spot to grab breakfast/lunch, but also what a great addition to the healthy options that DeLand offers. The menu items are reasonably priced and executed perfectly. The couple that runs the place are very friendly, hard-working and know how to make health foods taste good.

At first when I looked at the menu online, the ingredients called out to me, but I was doubtful. Would the food taste as good it looks? Oh how wrong I was! Everything I've had so far not only looks good, but smells amazing and tastes wonderful. When you go inside you realize right away what you're in for as the fragrances take hold of you.

The menu items are well thought out and none of the herbs and spices exist in a dish that they don't belong in. Take the Berry Toast for example. All of the ingredients are balanced and on the plate for a reason. I'm not the biggest fan of cream cheese, but they tastefully put just the right amout of schmear on the toast. Instead of overpowering the other ingredients, it compliments them. Like the chiffonade basil, just the right amount of earthiness and sweetness of the basil to pair the sweet berries with the hearty toast underneath. Well done!

In case the directions on google leaves you wondering "Where exactly is it located?" It is part of the same building that is also the boxing gym. You can see the gym's sign easily by the road and its right in-between the old bowling alley and O'reily's Auto Parts. Both of which may also serve as overflow parking should you come during lunch and can't find parking. You'll be able to see "The Garden" from the road by the name and the plants in front. Come check them out and if you like them, give them the love and support of the community that...

Amazing. Fresh. Beautiful. Kind. Polite... And so much more! Just all around a genuinely wonderful experience. The office that I work at attempted to order at chain smoothie/wrap place in town and was told that our order was too large for the two people that were staffed there. The universe had other plans and redirected us to The Garden. I was utterly impressed. Not only did they happily take the order it was beautifully made to prefection. When I arrived to pick up our order I was delighted by the atmosphere. It was clean, cozy, comfortable and very welcoming. To my surprise there was only 1 person there working on our large order and tending to other patrons. I was please to meet Derrik, the owner, who was busy finishing up our order. He was very polite and eagerly answered any question that I had. Then there's the food... Wow! Not only was it appealing to the eye it was all so very delicious! I personally had The Garden wrap, Southwest toast with a Acai Blueberry smoothie and a Pineapple Orange Ginger parfait to snack on for my afternoon snack . (Normally, this might be too much for someone but I am nursing and am a black hole at the moment.) The portions were great. The flavor combinations were plain Devine. The wrap had a nice kick to it making it a treat to eat. My toast was toasted to perfection multi-grain and the combination of toppings were paired so well together. The smoothie was perfect ineveryday. As I write this review I am snacking on the parfait with fresh pineapple layer with the orange ginger yogurt, that had chunks of refreshing ginger in it!. I am in love. I can not wait to go back to try more. Highly...

Vegan options here! I enjoyed a coconut curry bowl and zucchini veggie wrap - all real food and fresh ingredients (I wish it was organic) We also got the burrito bowl without the sour cream (to make it vegan) but it didn’t feel like enough food for my husband. Great fresh flavors, nice location (on the way to De Leon Springs). Small parking area next to a gym. I didn’t go inside (I was in the car with my infant) but my husband did and said it was small and nice. We would eat here again. Although they ran out of curry and gave us what was left and we still paid full price. But prices are fair. We appreciate the eco-friendly containers and...