Best San Diego Vegetarian Restaurants?

[carld]

What are your recommendations for vegetarian meals in San Diego?
Thanks

[ncc1701]

OK: I am new to SD so help me out with the locations... This is what I have from you all so far... If you could add what part of town each one is in, I would be really grateful!

Vegetarian Restaurants or those that have some good veggie dishes

Surati Farsan Mart
Rancho's Cocina
Station Tavern
El Camino
People's Co-Op Deli
Ritual Tavern
Pizzeria Bruno
Blind Lady Alehouse
Mama's Bakery & Deli
Fairouz - yeh, it's a buffet, but numerous vegan/vegetarian items.
Mystic Grill.
Bread and Cie
Mama Testa
Ba Ren
Saigon
Surati Farsan Mart--entire menu is vegetarian.
Mama Testa
Ba Ren.
Spread
Sab E Lee 2 ( in Santee) has a vegan section on its menu. (14 meal selections)
MANDARIN DYNASTY
The Linkery almost always has unique vegetarian offerings:
Jyoti Bihanga.
Loving Hut at the beginning of El Cajon Blvd?
Alchemy in south park
Trey Foshee at George's

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Mama Testa
1417 University Ave Ste A, San Diego, CA 92103

Linkery
3794 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104

Mama's Bakery & Deli
4237 Alabama St, San Diego, CA 92104

Surati Farsan Mart
9494 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, CA 92126

Jyoti Bihanga
3351 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116

Ritual Tavern
4095 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104

Mystic Grill
6990 University Ave, La Mesa, CA 91941

[ipsit]

nearly all of these can be located through Google Maps. The majority are in the Hillcrest-North Park - Normal Heights belt.
In the interest of efficiency, it would help if you could identify areas that you are interested in.

Another note though, is that this list is of places that have a relatively large number of vegetarian items on the menu. It does not include several other favorites of this board, that have only 1 or 2 vegetarian options, but those dishes can top just about anything you will find in a more vegetarian friendly place. From experience, I can list Super Cocina, Kaito and Cafe Chloe on that list.

All of this probably complicates the issue more, but then quality and choice are not necessarily related.

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Cafe Chloe
721 9th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Super Cocina
3627 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92104

[Josh]

Good list, though Mandarin Dynasty is now closed. I'd also add:

Pho 5th Avenue in Hillcrest - they do pho w/ vegetarian broth, and they have mock duck, chicken, and abalone available for any of the stirfry dishes, and the pho. (I had the curry chicken made w/ mock duck instead and it was delicious). They just opened a couple of months ago, so they may not be on too many radar screens yet.

Burger Lounge - Their homemade quinoa veggie burger is really good.

[keena]

If you want to go high-end, Trey Foshee at George's has a lovely vegetarian menu which we've enjoyed in the past.

[pantani]

it's called the Prophet. It closed like 20 years ago. Good luck

[Beach Chick]

I used to go all the time to the Prophet..loved that place!

[jennywenny]

I like that there is always something veggie at starlite lounge, the last thing I remember was some kind of bean/poblano type thing that was divine...

[colt 45]

Alchemy in south park has a very inventive farmers market vegetarian 3 course menu for 25 bucks every wed.

[kare_raisu]

Has anyone been to the Loving Hut at the beginning of El Cajon Blvd?

[Josh]

It's OK. Nothing special, IMO.

[normalheightsfoodie]

Which beginning, the east or west side?

[Josh]

To elaborate: it's a cult-run restaurant, offering what they describe as fast food. A lot of the food is fried. They have an item called the Loving Hut Salad, which is pretty good. I've had meals there that I've thought were decent, but it's not really a destination for us. I'd rather drive to Ba Ren and order their meatless dishes, to be honest.

[Dagney]

Okay, I'll bite, what cult?

[honkman]

The restaurant is part of a chain which was started from people associated to Ching Hai.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Hai

[Josh]

They have TVs in there showing Supreme Master Ching Hai the entire time.

[hye]

That alone sounds like it might be worth going.

[stevewag23]

Does Heaven's Gate have any restaurants?

[Dagney]

I like Jyoti Bihanga.

[DougOLis]

Not to sound like a shill, but The Linkery almost always has unique vegetarian offerings: http://linkerymenu.wordpress.com/

[normalheightsfoodie]

MANDARIN DYNASTY in Hillcrest has a vegetarian section on the menu and has plenty of parking. TAO in Normal Heights has a large vegetarian selection and are known for their tofu and soy milk. The owner makes them both.

[Josh]

Just curious if you've eaten the food at Mandarin Dynasty? I found it pretty poor when I went. So many Chinese places have vegetarian menu items, I don't know why that one has such a good rep.

[normalheightsfoodie]

We have been eating their for years, and it is always very good. I don't go vegi, I like their pepper scallops and orange beef and chicken.

[Cathy]

Sab E Lee 2 ( in Santee) has a vegan section on its menu. (14 meal selections)

[honkman]

Spread

[Ewilensky]

Spread doesn't get enough love here. Very inventive food, sure, sometimes it misses but when it hits, wow, it hits. It's not Ubuntu, but still has some incredibly delicious vegetarian food prepared in unique ways. They need comfier chairs however.

[Josh]

Surati Farsan Mart
Rancho's Cocina
Station Tavern
El Camino
People's Co-Op Deli
Ritual Tavern
Pizzeria Bruno
Blind Lady Alehouse

[DougOLis]

Mama's Bakery & Deli

[Ed Dibble]

Fairouz - yeh, it's a buffet, but numerous vegan/vegetarian items.

[Josh]

Yeah, how'd I forget that one?

Also, Mystic Grill.

[Josh]

Bread and Cie
Mama Testa
Ba Ren
Saigon

[daantaat]

2nd Surati Farsan Mart--entire menu is vegetarian.
2nd Mama Testa and Ba Ren.