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| - After moving into the area, a girlfriend and I decided to try all the local, healthy restaurants in the area (think kupfert, live organic, IQ, etc). We added planta to the list, and have revisited a few times now.
While I don't think anyone can claim that the food is bad, especially considering all of the creative meat and dairy substitutes, I do think it's very heavy and maybe a bit underwhelming. My expectation was that it would taste super healthy and light, but found myself feeling really heavy and tired afterwards.
Here's what I've tried:
The truffle fries (8.5/10) - Delicious, no complaints here.
The Italian Job (8.5/10) - Also delicious, would re-order.
Lettuce Wraps (7/10) - Good, however I wish the greens were sliced.
Tacos (6.5/10) - I really, really hated the texture of the taco tortilla.
Cauliflower Tots - (6/10) I've heard such wonderful things about these, that I expected to be blown away. I was not. They're fine, but also very heavy and the parm tastes somewhat acidic.
Habibi Salad (5/10) Something just didn't taste right here. The lentils were hard, and the falafel wasn't great.
For dessert, we ordered a chocolate terrarium to share. Again, very heavy but equally delicious for a vegan dessert.
My favourite part of the entire meal was the pistachio steamed mylk, although it was brought to the table lukewarm. Even still, I would re-order this soul-soothing glass of mylk goodness.
Again, the food was mostly okay to good-ish, but nothing felt light or cleansing by any means.
All that said, their decor is a clean 10/10. The restaurant is visually appealing - a beautiful interior, mid century with an emphasis on modern, and rose gold accents. It looks clean and inviting, the perfect girlfriend dinner spot.
Would I go back? Sure! It's right by my house, it's beautiful, and it's vegan. Will I expect a life changing culinary experience? No. Most things are just okay, maybe good if i'm starving.
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