Power Plant Vegan Restaurant

10/01/07

Even my carnivore BF likes it!

by jessica_v

My boyfriend and I dropped in for dinner a few weeks back. We are new to the area and didn't know it was a vegan restaurant. Since we like to try different stuff we thought we'd give it a shot. All I can say is WOW! I had no idea it was possible to have such a great meal without meat! The vegan "BBQ" was incredible. The owner was there and he told us they are going to do breakfast which is great since the other breakfast spots we have found in the area are crowded and very, very greasy. After eating there we are even thinking about giving up meat once and for all... we'll see... my BF is hard to convince!

• Pros: Great food.
• Cons: None, really.

09/30/07

AWESOME FOOD IN A COOL SETTING

by evrilgrande

My wife and I went for the breakfast buffet on Sunday and loved it so much that we went back for lunch a few days later. The food is absolutely delicious and the urban setting is a fun place to be. Very relaxed and casual with an eclectic, friendly crowd. We are both vegetarians with adventurous tastes so we will be eating at the Power Plant often!

08/11/07

Worst SERVICE EVER!!!

by kenzo2

Two of us went Sat for lunch. One other table in the restuarant. We wait over 20 mins for an appetizer (the other table received their app and dinner AND ate before we received one appetizer). We had to ask to refill drinks TWICE. When asking about the sampler platter we ordered, she said "oh there are a few things missing, we were out of them, its not my fault". We asked for the check and she came over and said "its really not my fault, we only just opened". We live in the area and reminded her they had been open almost a year, she replied, they still had new management. Nice Reprensentation of the restaurant! TERRIBLE FOOD AND SERVICE< DONT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY.

• Pros: cant think of ANY
• Cons: too many to list

04/21/07

WORST SERVICE EVER!

by mcambie

I'm a meat eater, I realize my flaw so I''ve been taking a vegan nutrition class at my local YMCA. This restaurant was reccomended by one of my classmates. She too said the food you get will be very good, but the service is "something to write home about." I went online and read the review and I was excited about this BBQ rib plate. It also said great place for kids. When we got there we were told there are no highchairs or booster seats. Being a mother of 2 yr old twins is tough enough, then eating out with them with no highchairs....aaaaaah! We ordered an appatizer and it took literally 25 minutes to come. Anyway my husband ordered the BBQ plate......it was EXCELLENT! I had the chicken salad....it was just Ok. The veggies were killer but the chicken substitute was more like the crust of toast (thought they'd use Saetan). This is a Friday night 6pm and we were the only table in there....no server in sight, no one to check on us how the meal was going, or if we needed something else. When you have kids with you.....you always need something else, so it's nice to be checked on. The table and booth chairs were never wiped off from the night before. When the bill came the BBQ plate was two dollars more than it was on the menu. When I pointed this out to the server, she said that "oh that's an old menu, we have changed the price." I asked if they had a new menu (because when we ordered dinner half the items on the menu were crossed out), she said not yet. Then she said she'd have to ask the manager to change the mistake on our bill. Needless to say the meal you oreder at this place will be VERY GOOD... but everything, I mean everthing else just sucked! Order a to-go meal!

• Pros: Good VEGAN food
• Cons: Scarce/No Service

03/24/07

Best meatless BBQ I've ever had!

by fangergoodgame

It's been around six years since I've eaten meat, and I've been missing barbecue the entire time. Power Plant's BBQ rib platter was fantastic. Every BBQ button I possess was pushed. I swapped the mashed potatoes for sweet potato fries, which were also good. I'm not a big asparagus fan, but thought the green stalks were ok (according to my wife, they were better than ok, tasty even). We started with the appetizer sampler - it was pretty good, but entirely fried. It was a bit much for two people, but would have been a good starter (paired with a salad) to share among four.

This is the first review I've written for Citysearch - but I felt compelled after reading some of the other, more negative reviews, about Power Plant. If you're expecting the sort of healthy, vegetable-heavy fare of other vegan restaurants you might be disappointed. HOWEVER, if you've been meat-free for a while and miss it, this might be the place for you. Again, the barbecued ribs platter was mind-blowingly good.

Did I mention the BBQ was good? It is.

• Pros: Absolutely the best veggie BBQ I've ever had.
• Cons: The appetizer sampler was nothing but fried food, making it too heavy for two.