Vegan
American
Juice bar
Take-out
Canadian
Natural food restaurant serving vegan food. Menu offers an array of starters, multi-layered salads, wraps, burgers, bowls, plus soup of the day and weekend brunch. Example of items include: tempeh reuben sandwich, poutine, falafel salad, vegan burger, green goddess brown rice bowl, and soymilk matcha latte. Several branches in Toronto. May 2019 reported fully vegan. Reported closed February 2024.
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68 Reviews
First Review by Deano
saveur
Points +1168
Inconsistent - Edit
I used to enjoy going to Fresh. My standard order included some combination of the roasted veg wrap and the sweet potato fries with miso gravy and a drink. Veering away from these gave me inconsistent results. Sometimes ok, sometimes really bad. Dressings can be bland. Do not even try the soba noodles, you will be disappointed. Limpy, overcooked, and flavourless. I like that they have half size portions which are perfect for normal people. :)
Read moreHowever, now that I have the recipe for their fabulous miso gravy, I can make it at home when I want it. Actually most of their dishes have me thinking, I could make this at home. Especially once you procure their numerous cookbooks.
Pros: half-size portions, sweet potato fries and miso gravy
Cons: inconsistent flavour
Guest
Lucylu
Points +377
Four days in Toronto, four meals in Fresh! - Edit
My boyfriend and I were travelling around Canada and were in Toronto for four days. We discovered Fresh on the first lunchtime and subsequently ate there for one of our meals a day. The food is fantastic, particularly the Beach Bowl and the sweet potato fries. I had a take away blueberry muffin and it was fantastic for breakfast the next morning! Heh, I was on holiday!
Read moreTheir alcohol list is rather limited, but my boyfriend really rated the beer and I found the wine passable.
Service was really friendly and helpful as I'm terrible at making choices when I have so many vegan options on the menu!!
I also bought the recipe book, "ReFresh", which I highly recommend.
My only criticism is the loos/bathrooms were really grotty and needed refurbishment or a seriously good clean!
Pros: Great food, Fab' service, Cakes!
Cons: Grotty bathrooms
Guest
iwilldeny
Points +167
expensive, but I'd go again - Edit
I found it a bit expensive, but I would go again. I got one of the bowls (Green Goddess) and while it wasn't the tastiest thing I've eaten I definitely felt pretty awesome after eating this. A good place to go if you're in the mood for a healthy meal.
Read morePros: beautiful space, quick service, healthy cuisine
Cons: expensive
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Ohkamp
Points +140
Consistent, quality food - Edit
Never had a bad meal here. While it is a bit more expensive than other cafes, you get what you pay for. High quality food, healthy portions, and great taste. For those looking for something heavy, go for the BBQ burger. The bowls are really filling as well and I love the Powerhouse when I'm starving. Amazing sweet potato fries with the most incredible vegan garlic mayo you could dream up. For a refreshing shake, try the Shamrock.
Read morePros: Quality, Many Options, Great tasting
Cons: Price, Crowded
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Ken4057
Points +1200
Good for people watching - Edit
I prefer Fresh on Crawford for its quieter atmosphere. Fresh on Bloor can be so freaking loud b/c of its acoustics and capacity. Fresh on Spadina is somewhere in between.
Read moreThe FOS patio is a particularly nice addition. Great for people watching in the summer as long as you don't mind constant traffic on busy Spadina Avenue.
The food is much the same as the other restaurants, which have been reviewed elsewhere at length. I will only say that the miso gravy rocks and goes well in the Dragon Bowl along with griled zucchini and tomato. Yum.
Buy their cookbook(s) and make the dishes yourself!
Pros: consistently decent, huge menu
Cons: overpriced, busy
Guest
dagny70
Points +314
Loved it! - Edit
Having been to 'Fresh on Bloor' for lunch a few days earlier, my partner & I came here for dinner on our last night in Toronto. We really loved it, it was one of the best places we ate on our trip across Canada. Staff were really nice & friendly, and the atmosphere and ambience was laid back and mellow. I had the dragon bowl, which was delicious - lots of noodles and tofu, yum. My partner had one of the veggie burgers and sweet potato fries, which was also lovely. We would definitley eat here again, if only to work our way through the menu! Great choice.
Read morePros: Great, tasty food, Great choice, Value for money
Guest
sullivusb
Points +305
Worth a visit! - Edit
We went here twice on our trip to Toronto. The first was for Sunday brunch and the second was for dinner. The dinner was excellent - we had the holiday wrap, dragon on noodles, tostadas for an appetizer, and blueberry pie. The wrap and dragon were both excellent. The tostada was a bit unique - a slightly different take on the typical tostada with carrots and beets on top. The blueberry pie was good, but not anything really special.
Read moreThe brunch was good. We had the pancakes with fresh berries and the tofu scramble of the day, which was tofu scramble in a wrap with roasted red peppers and sauteed greens. Both were good, my only real complaint was that the brunch menu wasn't very large. I would have preferred a larger selection.
So... We would highly recommend Fresh for a lunch or dinner, but I would suggest heading elsewhere for a larger brunch selection.
Pros: Very tasty food, Healthy, fresh ingredients, Unique combinations
Cons: Brunch selection somewhat small, A tad bit on the pricy side, tables a bit close together
Guest
sherill
Points +128
Good but not great like it used to be - Edit
I'm torn when reviewing Fresh. It used to be our favourite casual restaurant. We went there a couple times a month, sometimes more and it was always a great experience. Unfortunately over the last couple years, there has been a steady decline in the quality of the food and the staff as well. Servers used to be VERY friendly and helpful and the food was always consistently great. Now, it'[censored] and miss. Their very popular crispy tofu is about one tenth as good as it was a few years ago. They seem to be cheaping out on everything. They also substitute items that aren't comparable without letting you know. My favourite rice bowl used the be the Ninja bowl. It was brown rice with fresh spinach, sun dried tomatoes, pea shoots and crispy tofu. The last time I got it for take-out, they substituted baby romaine for the spinach. Ever had WARM slightly wilted/slimy lettuce??? Yuk. It was disgusting by the time I got it home to eat it. The crispy tofu is less than crispy these days too. it's like they're trying to stretch the batter to cover three times more tofu. I also hate that the kitchen staff don't wear hair nets. I've gotten a hair in my food more than once? Why go back at all you might ask? Nostalgia. It was once terrific. I guess I'm hoping they'll fire someone and return to their glory days. Haven't been in a while so maybe they've improved. For those who've never been there before, you'd probably really like it since you don't know what it was like before. It is still good compared to many other restaurants.
Read morePros: Healthy food, Fast take-out, juices are great
Cons: gone downhill over the years, service isn't great, kitchen staff needs to wear hair nets!
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veganstastebetter
Points +205
Love Fresh - Edit
Not my fav Fresh but the one I go to the most cuz of the location. The food is always amazing. Even my carnivore friends love it.
Read morePros: Food, Juice, Location
Cons: Loud, Cramped
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Gretchen Gehrke
Points +49
Excellent food, excellent service! - Edit
On a weekend trip to Toronto, four of us ate lunch here and each one of us was blown away! Sooo delicious! I had a steamed veggie bowl with soba noodles that was delicious, a friend had an excellent asian salad, others had "burgers" and the sauces were incredible! The cornbread and sweet potato fries were mediocre, but everything else was bursting with flavor and had good texture. The service was great -- our water glasses were never empty -- even though it was packed. I highly recommend it!
Read morePros: healthy, fast, made-to-order
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Sorriso.capo
Points +42
Great Pancakes, Bad Service - Edit
The atmosphere is pretty neat. I really loved the pancakes and tofu burrito..but it came with a another price-the service was bad.
Read moreTook at least 8 mins to take our drink orders..and another 15 for the bill :-/ not to mention it wasn't crowded.
Pros: Atmosphere, Pancakes, location
Cons: Service, Was it worth the price?
Guest
kennyp353
Points +1676
Disappointing - Edit
Place looks nice, menu is interesting, service is friendly if a little inefficient. But the coconut tempeh appetiser was gross - what little flavour the tempeh had clashed violently with both the coconut and the dipping sauce. And the "deluxe burger" was also disappointing - you'd get a far better one from any random restaurant that knows nothing of vegetarian food. Default fries were soggy sweet potato. The blueberry and mango smoothie was excellent - perhaps they should have stuck to being just a juice bar. The three items listed above were $30 plus tip, which seems a little excessive. I wanted to try the blueberry pie, but given the massive disappointment I cut my losses and ran. Some of the "bowls" people had ordered looked interesting.
Read moreThis is the closest listed restaurant west of the centre of town. Save yourself the disappointment and walk a little further to one of the others instead.
Pros: great smoothie, close to the west end of town
Cons: unpleasant food, expensive
Guest
philjdomm
Points +945
Conveniently available - Edit
Outdoor seating; sometimes can be super busy and sometimes ncie and quiet.
Read morethe www.Veg.ca discount ard works only on TAKE OUT.
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Deano
Points +123
Busy but good - Edit
It gets packed but you can't deny the quality of the food. We went twice and were suitably impressed with the fresh and delicious nosh. I can't remember any music - maybe it was drowned out by the industrial-sized juicing machine.
Read morePros: Quality grub
Cons: Busy
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