Top Vegetarian Restaurant in San Mateo
Bangkok Patio Restaurant
615 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, United States
One of my two favorite Thai restaurants in the bay area!!Came here for a weekday lunch and had the best khao soi and Tom kha soup. They have most dishes customizable for vegetarians which was amazing.Loved it so much that I came here for dinner again the same day and had really well made pad kee mao and pad garlic and pepper. The spice level is definitely intense so keep that in mind while ordering. The iced tea was made well but too sweet for my taste.Our server was very friendly and the restaurant is pretty cute on the inside.
sweetgreen
1 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, United States
I ordered online for pickup, two salads.First; The app does not tell you how long it will take until after you place order, but they do tell you that your cannot cancel your order after it is placed. So, it cant take all that long on a Sunday night at approx 6:45, right? Well, the app gave me a pickup time of approx 75 minutes.I did try and call. But this place cannot be contacted. A VRU comes on with instructions/information, and will transfer you to tech support for help with the app, but no local store contact available.So, I decide to head down figuring the app really does not have real-time info on store activity. I get there about 20-25 minutes before, and my order was not ready. But I notice the store is not really busy, it has a steady flow of 2 to 3 customers but thats it. Meaning that online orders are not inserted in line (such as at Starbucks) but being handled separately when not servicing a walk-in. I also notice no one is much happy working here on a Sunday night (I think there were three at most working, though a fourth would show up - maybe it was rotating break, but in any case it was not like there was a walk-in rush).My order did show, though they have no call out or notification (it will show up on phone awhile later) I missed it for a couple minutes.Second; When I got home and open our salads I had two thoughts: how cheap, and how disgusting.There is hardly much if you ordered a protein such as chicken. It is chucked full of lettuce (cheap), any about a 1/4 cup of chicken if that.And the avocado (see pictures), no doubt the most expensive part of both salads, were disgusting. And it is not like the avocado was rotten inside, it was readily apparent, meaning the employee had no problems serving us garbage.I had already registered a complaint online about having to place a non-cancellable order before I knew the pickup time and figured when responded to I would show them pics of the salad too. But several days have gone with no response to my complaint so obviously the ownership cares about as much as the employee who put rotten avocado in our salads.
Chai Yo Thai Cuisine
2116 S El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94403, United States
It was amazing restaurant. Is located on busy area so parking is a bit problem but worth while. As this is vegetarian restaurant so no worries for all vegetarians customers. Taste is amazing probably have not had anywhere else. Waiters are extremely friends and would give some great suggestions. Amongst the best thai vegetarian restaurant.
Umami Express
66 21st Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403, United States
Husband loves this place, gave it a try. Ordered for pickup. Which is a warehouse with food lockers, a scary and dirty waiting room for delivery drivers and a computer system to log your order. I tried to type my name as it asked, couldn't find my order. Tried to call the number provided got a voice mail. The “attendant” at the desk had a sign that said “we're not here but will be back” I waited 8 minutes, no assistance until the attendant walks by me to put food in a locker and asked if I needed help. When I said yes, he informed me, in a very sarcastic tone, my food was in locker 11.I got my food. It was mediocre at best.
Curry Up Now
129 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401, United States
This restaurant is a must-visit in San Mateo and very vegetarian friendly. I dont have opinion about other branches of this restaurant. I have tried - the different vegetarian burritos, kathi roll and fries. Delicious and filling!! On the appetizers list, most of them are priced a bit higher, but they do deliver on taste. Try the ginger-mint lemonade with your choice of meal; refreshing. Taste is very good but the food can be little more hot for my taste or may be a spice/hot level could be added into the order?
Clay Oven Cuisine of India
78 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, United States
We ordered three vegetarian dishes. TERRIFIC food, friendly and prompt service. Appreciate the prices staying quite reasonable when dining in (fellow reviewers: stop using all the apps that steal money both from you and from local restaurants…That’s not their fault!). We’ll definitely be back.
New Thai Elephant
200 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401, United States
I Ordered pad thai vegetarian with tofu. It had shrimp in it and I asked if they just picked the shrimp out out of the dish after sending it back and they said yes, I asked them to remake it with no shrimp or egg and they brought it back out with hardly any tofu, and the tofu was extremely small pieces that looked like burnt dogfood, the egg rolls were burnt and too oily. Out of all the thai restaurants I have been to in California or elsewhere this was the worst. Slow service as well.
Thonglor Thai Bistro
173 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, United States
This is an okay Thai restaurant. Like most Thai restaurants, they have decent vegetarian options since you can sub in tofu for most dishes. The drunken noodles with tofu was a little bland and the curry was ok.
Bens Fast Food
66 21st Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403, United States
I think I ordered the wrong thing?I ordered the vegetarian bowl with a mix of greens and rice. It was all rice with a little bit of broccoli for the base (so maybe my order got misread). On the plus side, its a good amount of food and its vegetarian. On the minus side: kinda bland, the presentation was sloppy (just all thrown together in a mixture and a little plastic container of sauce), the smoothie was super acidic and tasted like unripe pineapple. Im left feeling full, but a little bit bad... Like I shouldnt have eaten so much of it and I shouldnt have drank the smoothie... But Im not hungry anymore. This would be better if the presentation was more like the photos and the smoothie was made with something in season (thats ripe).
Taco Bell
1975 S El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94403, United States
20 year customer of this location. Usually pretty good service. But today i 04/15/19 at 330pm I went in with my son to place an order. There was a old short woman at the register. My son placed his order and then I ordered a chicken quesadilla, paused and raised my hand and said to her No sauce please She immediately fired back at me Dont point your finger at me! I was shocked but told her. I was just emphasizing the fact that I did not want any sauce? Then she just gave me a surly look and said what else you want! I told her not to get so offended I meant no harm or disrespect. I do not know why she was so offended by a simple innocuous gesture but I certainly did not appreciate her attitude and making such a scene in front of the whole restaurant and staff. I spent many years early in my career working in restaurants and beginning in fast food so I know the environment. I was neither negative nor rude to her when ordering so this woman had no just cause for her verbal attack on me. If she finds what I did offensive she will have a tough time with more truly disrespectful customers. You need to maintain your calm and composure when working this type of customer service position, which obviously she cannot. She should not be the face of this restaurant and should be moved to the back as soon as possible. For my part though I have been a customer for over 20 years, I will not return as I do not want to deal with this kind of situation when I am just trying to order some food and ensure I and getting what I want. I hope the managers and owners of this restaurant take note of this review and revise their employee training.