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| - I've been to Utopia many times, but I have never reviewed it. I used to reallly enjoy this place, but I think it's probably more enjoyable in the summer or for take-out only.
As a vegetarian, I've always been a fan of their menu because you can subsitute crispy soy protein or grilled soy in any burrito. They also have veggie burgers, veggie gravy and soy cheese.
I've had the plain burrito with grilled soy instead of chicken, the curried chick pea and potato burrito and the white bean/tofu quesadillas. I reallly enjoyed both burritos but I found the quesadillas to be quite bland and boring. The curried burrito looks like mashed sweet potatoes stuffed inside a quesadilla. It's huge and comes with a side of fabulous mango chutney. The vegetarian burrito comes with fake sausage-like meat. Like other reviewers have mentioned, they have a killer hot sauce.
The portionsof each are massive and come with a choice of two sides. I recommend the salad. The rice and beans is good, but the burritos/quesadillas are so large and filling, it's really just wasted stomach space. They also make a pretty tasty coleslaw.
The restaurant loses on ambience - it's always packed, the tables are very close together, the tables are picnic furniture, it's freezing in the winter, the heaters go on and off, and when it started snowing, the roof started dripping on me. The service is also extremely poor. It's not just slow, they're just poor servers. Our waiter cleared half the table and then disappeared for about 15 minutes even though we were all obviously done.
I'd give it four stars in the summer, three in the winter.
I also recommend going early - it's always SO busy.
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