Uptown Veg

The smoothie was delicious! They have a lot of options for food. I really enjoyed trying something called a Pholourie Ball while choosing my food choices. I ordered a large to go plate. And tried the collard greens, mashed potatoes, sweet potato, rice and peas, zucchini, chickpeas, and curried potato. I also got a side of the mac and cheese. The plate was a lot more food than I realized so I have a lot of leftovers.

However I was actually disappointed with the flavor! The food was mostly tasteless! The mac and cheese as someone mentioned earlier had no taste whatsoever. Had to add salt and pepper at home but felt gypped as there was no "cheese" flavor at all. Also online it says they use soy cheese in it but in the store says yucca? Not sure how they use yam in this dish but they should make it clear that there is soy in it because my body punished me for it later as I am sensitive to soy, especially in that amount. The rice literally had no flavor whatsoever. It was like all textured food with no taste. The only things that I listed that I tasted flavor in was the mashed potatoes, curried potato, and smoothie. I would come here again but would deff get a small plate instead of some sides and a smoothie. Vegans like their flavor and especially the food needs to be flavored to help those that may not be vegan be more open to trying the food. If even a vegan like me who has visited the majority of well known vegan spots in NYC finds the food tasteless, maybe it needs to be worked on. Either way, I am happy to have a vegan place within a half hour of me after moving to the Bronx. It is also near Jahlookova which is vegan as well and I'll have to compare Uptown Veg's patties to that when I try it.

Also the platters are by WEIGHT which I didn't realize as people were writing the plates were by a set price. They are not so keep that in mind. I ended up spending over $30 here so just be aware when ordering from the hot bar. Maybe it was an off day, I'll give them another chance in the future.

3/5