I am a vegetarian and I am embarassed that this place exists. Just because you are a vegetarian/vegan business does not mean you can conduct yourself with any less dignity than a regular business - you still need to deliver quality food and service at a fair price in a clean, pleasant environment, and Urban Herbivore does none of these things.
You guys are not doing a service to the vegan/vegetarian community or gaining us any respect by serving crappy, overpriced food in an unclean venue.
I honestly don't understand why this place is rated so highly on Yelp. Do all the hipsters of Toronto secretly have trust funds that they can't find enough things to waste money on? Who else is actually buying stuff here?!
[ food: 5/10 ]
Bleh. No flavour coordination whatsoever. You might as well grab some of the day-old vegetables being thrown out in Chinatown and drench them in whatever liquids happen to be sitting in your fridge.
Sandwiches are mediocre. I've had the BLT and the tofu sandwich. Both were meh-worthy and not worth paying for. If a five year old kid made this and served it to me while playing chef I might stomach it and eat the whole thing with a smile, but come on. This is (supposedly) a business run by adults.
At least I've never gotten food poisoning here, but I wouldn't be surprised if I did.
[ service: 3/10 ]
Good god, could the people here care any less about their jobs? Having entire conversations and ignoring me while I'm standing at the counter? The employees at McDonalds usually show more attention and respect.
Maybe they should use some of their conversation time to wipe down the tables every once in a while, judging by the food scraps and crumbs sitting all over the place.
[ place / decor: 3/10 ]
Could this be any more poorly designed? They have a massive kitchen space (dunno why since most of their food isn't even cooked) but very little sitting room - this narrow little unfinished wood bar that's probably supposed to give a "natural" look but in all honesty simply looks cheap and like someone gave up halfway through building it. Leftover food crumbs on the tables aren't swept up. I felt gross eating here.
[ pricing: 1/10 ]
Nothing here is worth half the price that they're charging for it.
[ conclusion ]
The worst of what Hipsterville, Toronto (Kensington) has to offer. Don't bother going here. Would give zero stars if I could.