The Beet

Ordered two smoothies for my friend and I. They were tasty and we could feel every ingredient on our palette. But for $ 11.00 for a 16oz I expect my cup to be filled to the top! Not impressed.

As a meat eater this place is great place to go especially with my vegan friends. Had plenty of selection and the quality of food is exceptional

I really enjoy having a healthy option like this in the neighbourhood. A great place to bring health-​conscious friends or people with any sort of food restriction.
The down sides:
— They seem to raise prices every couple of months while reducing portion sizes.
— Quality is not consistent.
— Service is not consistent.
I come here occasionally but would come much more if the experience was consistent. Sometimes I have a great time, but sometimes they forget your order or give you a latte that is only one inch full etc. If they could work out the organization of the kitchen and attention to detail this place would be a 4.5.

Had the ½ avocado with coconut rice for an app and the huervos rancheros for lunch! Great food and atmosphere. Highly recommend to anyone particular about fresh local, organic ingredients.

From the moment you walk through the door, – the aroma of fresh, mouth watering food excites the senses. My sister had the burger (excellent) and I had the Vegan Thai Rice Bowl 15 $, – it was very delicious and bursting with flavour and freshness. I look forward to trying everything on the menu. We ended our meal with the perfect vegan chocolate chip peanut butter cookie!!! Yum yum and yum! An added bonus you feel good when you’re done your food, – this is how food is supposed to taste!!! 5 stars for fresh food quality, inspiring flavour combinations, fun atmosphere, menu with lots of variety, and excellent location.

Disappointing experience. The price was high for what you get.

It is a prefect place for people with food allergies. Their foods are very healthy and low sugar. I highly recommend the blackbean burrito and the quinoa chocolate cake.

Had a difficult time narrowing down my choice, too many great sounding options to choose from. I ended up splitting the steak sandwich (which was tender and satisfying), and the buenos dias wrap (added chicken) which was also delicious. I’ll be back despite the slower service we had tonight. She just didn’t seem very efficient but, we weren’t in a rush & she gave good recommendations. Food & menu will keep me loyal

Put the breaks on quick when we saw «organic» written on the patio deck! Just what we were searching for on the last of our summer days! Although we didn’t last outside due to the wasps, we very much enjoyed the atmosphere inside as well! I ordered a wrap and my mom got the vegan burger. Everything was amazing. Service was prompt and friendly and prices are decent. Two meals and a beer for 35 $. Can’t go wrong whe it’ll it tastes that good!

Our little family of 3 decided to eat here after the Ex. We wanted something light and healthy and this was a great spot! The service was great! The food was delicious and fresh and what I loved was their baby friendly menu. They have a kids menu which caters infants to older children. They also make good lattes which they source their beans from Merchant of the Greens. We would definitely come back again to try other items on the menu.

It’s the same thing EVERYTIME I go here. The service is terrible. The staff are off on their own planet. Left after waiting to even speak to a waiter. And I’ve done that in the past as well. They should just make this a take out joint and fire all the hipster idiot waitstaff.

From the moment I walked in servers/​host– can’t really tell who’s doing what in this place– were unwelcoming and inattentive.
The menu and food looked really promising. Unfortunately, after 10 – 15 minutes of not even being approached, we decided to leave.
Recommendation: take-​out only.

Sorry Beet, you’ve lost your way.
Over the past year or more I’ve noticed a steady decline in the quality of food and service at the Beet. Yesterday it reached a whole new low, so I won’t be returning. Here are some points that might help you get back on track:
1. Hire servers that care to be there, not servers that appear inconvenienced when you point out they forgot a portion of the order. «I apologize, I forgot x from your order, let me take care of y from your bill» is better than the «oh, your mac and cheese didn’t make it on to the chit» we got yesterday. It didn’t make it because you forgot, so apologize and try to smoke a little less pot on a workday.
2. Stop shrinking the salad portions! Salad is your bread and butter, stop ef’ing it up!
3. Wash your lettuce, for the love of everything holy wash all of your produce organic or not! Unwashed lettuce left me chewing on grits of sand.
4. I understand that organics carries a price premium, however charging $ 11 for a glass of smoothie is offensive… two pints of beer offensive.

I have tried both the lentil burger and the Thai rice bowl, both were really good. My dine-​in experience was decent. Service was slow but our waitress was friendly. I found the portions to be pretty small for the price and when we tried to order, a few items were already sold out off the menu at 2pm!
Despite these shortcomings, the lentil burger was one of the best veggie burgers I’ve had in a long time. I will go back for that alone! They also have a nice patio I’d love to try. I just wish they had bigger portions.

Great healthy food in this up-​and-​coming neighborhood! I had brunch here and was immediately drawn to almost every menu item. They have a nice selection of juices, good coffee, cocktails, and everything served is high-​quality food with an attentiveness to dietary restrictions and overall healthy offerings. Service was very friendly and prompt.

Why have I never Unilocaled this place? I’ve been a couple dozen times over a 3 year span. Perfect meal, perfect service every time. I have food allergies (real allergies and anaphylaxis), they are so thorough.
I love bringing people here, it’s a crowd pleaser with good prices for the quality. Try anything, it’s all good. It’s hard to have a favourite when the specials are always great too.
Tip-​use the bathroom, it’s bright and homey.

I came to the Beet with some friends and had a really good time. The café is really small but the menu makes up for that.
The Beet is a really healthy vegan friendly restaurant. This is perfect for anyone who is either/​both lactose and gluten intolerant. When I heard about this cute café, I had to try it.
The Beet has tons of organic juices and green smoothies. They also have a great menu. They have main entrées, breakfast choices, desserts and sides that can be made gluten and lactose free.
I was so impressed when I saw lactose free cheeses on the menu. This is the first time I have seen lactose free cheese on a menu anywhere in the city. Can you imagine how excited I was?
I ordered the Buenos Dias Wrap and it was phenomenal. I arrived at the restaurant not too hungry but I ate the entire thing because it was so delicious! Substituting the cheese for the vegan cheese was the icing on the cake. It gave my wrap such an amazing flavour lactose free clientele can’t experience at too many places in the city.
Our waiter was really friendly and we all enjoyed our meals. We ordered the vegan Mac and cheese, the green lentil vegan burger and a grilled cheese sandwich I believe. All over, we all enjoyed our dishes. However, my friends daughter didn’t really like the Mac and cheese. It might be because it was vegan and she wasn’t used to that.
We then tried the desserts and were really impressed. I tried the peanut butter cookie and it was delicious. I was so full at this point that I couldn’t try the cake. One of my other friends tried the sipping chocolate and she really liked it.
The one flaw was this restaurant is so popular that they had run out of a few things by the time we got there. They no longer had potato wedges, garden tacos and one of the soups. The good news is this means everything is super fresh and made daily like you would expect at any good quality restaurant.

The menu is quite big. Had the beet juice with pear instead of apple (they had run out) and it was great. The huevos rancheros were sort of bland (had to add hot sauce). The vegan chocolate cheesecake was pretty good.
Service was meh. When I asked for hot sauce the waitress forgot and I had to get it myself. When I ordered the tiramisu cheesecake it took the waiter ten minutes to let me know they were out. (At this point our waitress had forgotten about us entirely, I think).
Would probably go back to try the smoothies.

I really wanted to like my meal here. I was so excited when I looked at the menu and saw so many healthy and tasty sounding choices. But sadly my tofu and avocado wrap disappointed. The flavours weren’t that great, and also I hate when sandwiches containing tomato get heated (perhaps just personal preference… but I find it just makes everything soggy).
Positives: the side salad was great, the strawberry banana smoothie was pretty good, the décor was cute, and overall the café had a great vibe. I’m looking forward to coming back again and hopefully having better luck with the food.

Great filling salads!
The atmosphere on the inside is very charming with casual mismatched furniture and the prevalence of unfinished wood. The outdoor patio is a little biermrkt but they do serve beer, so.
I got the arugula & beet with added tempeh and found the salad a bit too salty. Don’t get me wrong, it was delicious, and I guess I can’t complain about stinginess with the dressing… but maybe ask for it on the side.
Also got the farmers market to go and it was great. Cilantro dressing highly recommended.
Coffee was also surprisingly tasty. Or maybe I just really needed it.