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Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Dive bar with all-day breakfast, including three vegan breakfast options. Open Mon-Fri 7:00am-2:00am, Sat-Sun 9:00am-2:00am.


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8 Reviews

First Review by DC Vegan

cinimodg

Points +66

Vegan
11 May 2024

Nahhhhh to Sweet Jonathan

I wanted to like this place. I came at the suggestion of some of my trusted friends. However, for me, this is not it.
#1 - Lots of stimulation everywhere. TV’s, loud music, stuff all over the walls. Makes it difficult to try and have a conversation or interaction with a friend.
#2 - Glasses of water come with a straw already open with them. Also, all of their cutlery is plastic. It all felt very gross and wasteful.
#3 - Food was awful. As in inedible awful. We ordered the vegan scramble and the French toast. The vegan scramble was undercooked or something; very strange and juicy. There was basically no flavor in it. We couldn’t eat more than three bites. The French toast was super simple. Basically two pieces of bread lightly toasted. Again, bland and undercooked. Also, the syrup they have is not real syrup, as far as we could tell it was the high fructose garbo. So you’re paying $13 for two pieces of bread. Cooooome on.
Overall, this was one of the worst meals I’ve had in a while.

Pros: Some Options

Cons: Expensive, No flavor, Wasteful

Desh

Points +1241

Vegan
26 Feb 2024

Lots of options open late.

Bar /Restaurant… One of the few places you can find vegan French toast on the menu in the metro Detroit area. That’s a bonus. They also serve food late.
Bonus x 2. Surprised they even have a good vegan brunch menu. Take out or dine in for the food

The Vegan chicken tender sandwich with vegan cheese, lettuce, tomato on a pita is one of the best things on the late night menu.

Updated from previous review on 2023-12-03

Pros: Vegan options , Open late, Bar, homey low key feel

briannamaphis

Points +3896

Vegan
29 Sep 2023

yummy all day vegan breakfast

from savory to sweet, both option ls we got were so bussin. super cute ambiance too. i am a biiiggg french toast girlie and this one did not disappoint! smaller portions but i literally wasn’t even hungry yet when we came so it was perf bahaha

Tofuttib00ty89

Points +1195

Vegan
19 Aug 2023

Vegan bar food

Some decent options for chillin at the bar. There’s a lot more than there used to be. Nothing crazy but at least there’s some good late night options! Chili cheese fries was good portion and price

badgirlsvegan

Points +2092

Vegan
03 Jan 2023

Loved the breakfast

They were out of the vegan French toast so I got the vegan scramble and it was good

Damntastyvegan

Points +961

Vegan
29 Aug 2022

Late night vegan eats!

Went here after a comedy show around midnight on a Thursday (kitchen closes at 12:30) and I was very excited to find some vegan food at that time. The server told me anything on the menu with chicken, could be replaced with vegan chicken. I got the chicken tenders and fries.

Their vegan brunch options look amazing, can’t wait to go back again for that

laura8it

Points +638

Vegan
13 Feb 2022

Best mid-week breakfast

Finding vegan brunch is hard, finding midweek breakfast is even harder. Honest johns offers it 7 days a week along with a full bar and dog-friendly patio. Highly recommend!

DC Vegan

Points +337

Vegan
01 Jan 2022

Better for brunch than lunch

My boyfriend and I were visiting Detroit, and we decided to get a brunch at Honest John's. it's a bit divey but spacious. I checked both brunch and lunch options, and if you're vegan, I'd suggest going for breakfast. I got French toast and was a bit annoyed to discover that it doesn't come with sides, in spite of what the menu says. They may want to change that. My boyfriend ordered the vegan breakfast, and we split the vegan egg (which is clearly Just Egg scrambled) and hash browns. The French toast wasn't bad, but finding a great vegan French toast is difficult. I enjoyed the vegan sausage.

If I'm back in Detroit, I'll definitely get breakfast or brunch here again.

Pros: good vegan options, decent prices




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