First thing first there are meat options if you are / are with an omni but they have a giant selection of vegan options.
A couple friends and I are doing a vegan month so I stumbled upon Water Garden Cafe when I was looking for lunch options open on Mondays. Having never heard of this place I was a bit iffy but turns out it's pretty new and I could not be more ecstatic about it! There's not much around it so it was super easy to find parking. The inside is absolutely adorable which shouldn't matter but it gave a good first impression.
The menu looks pretty small but they also had flip cards with probably eight additional vegan entrees. Water Garden's menu is very creative for a vegan restaurant as in it's not the same old 5 vegan dishes you always see but none of it is "weird" either. To give you an idea of how fresh the food is- we sat in the front window and at one point our server ran up to grab some fresh rosemary from the terrarium for one of the dishes.
We ended up with the raw zucchini sushi, veggie stack (a big plantain / eggplant parm type dish), the zucchini noodles, and two desserts- chocolate avocado mousse and strawberry basil ice. Usually I'm just a one course kinda gal but I got too excited about all the tasty options and ended up with three... Opps.
I loved our server she was chatty in a good way and told us about the menu and their plans to expand the back into a patio and garden. The whole cafe gave off a very comfortable friendly vibe and you can tell all of the staff is very close. The only downside I could see is their water glasses are quite small so maybe they could get some of the table bottles so they didn't have to refill so much.
Everything I got here was great and super refreshing. Rarely do you feel more energized than sleepy after a three course lunch so I cannot wait to return!