Providing globally inspired vegetarian cuisine since 2009. Offers seasonal menus with daily specials and brunch on Sunday. Makes fresh juices, and desserts are baked in-house. Sample savory dishes such as breakfast bendito, shepard's pie, paella, and gobi manchurian. Open Mon-Thu 11:00am-9:00pm, Fri 11:00am-9:30pm, Sat 9:00am-9:00pm, Sun 9:00am-3:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm.
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600 Mount Auburn St, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA, 02472
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82 Reviews
First Review by az3
MeLLo_MaN
Points +100
Wooooow - Edit
This place is a hidden gem! The Oyster Mushroom Calamari, Manchurian Cauliflower and Chimichurri Seitan were absolutely amazing. Definitely recommend! My girlfriend had the Jamaican jerk tempeh and thought it was good but not as great as the other dishes.
Read morePros: The food is amazing!!!
Cons: The tables are small.
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amandali1y
Points +404
Great food! - Edit
Lovely place! We arrived on a Saturday around 1pm and had a bit of wait for 3 people. The food was great, loved the oyster mushroom “calamari” and the eggplant appetizer. The nachos were yum but was not a fan of the Caesar salad. Lots of cake options for dessert. Was super satisfied with the carrot cake but the others looked so good as well!!
Read morePros: Everything can be made vegan , Big appetizer portions , Nice staff
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rasplizzy
Points +215
Great food - Edit
Delicious food and cute atmosphere. All their desserts are vegan--we split the tiramisu and it was amazing. The turnip soup is fantastic and the kale chips were downright addictive!
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happyrunner
Points +54
An all-time favorite - Edit
Whenever I'm lucky enough to be in Boston, I have to make time to visit Red Lentil. They have so many tasty options that it's usually hard for me to pick one--so my husband and I narrow it down to a couple of top choices and then share. All the vegan items are clearly marked on the menu (everything is at least vegetarian). I'm not sure when I'll be in Boston next, but I definitely will be back to Red Lentil when I go.
Read morePros: So many options, Delicious food, Nice Vibe
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lorikunz
Points +83
Not vegetarian but vegetarian style - Edit
Not a true vegetarian restaurant but vegetarian style. The cheeses have animal rennet which opens the door to the breads, mono- and di-gylceriedes and datem.
Read moreFood looked great but I left hungry.
I gave them an extra star for intent but not knowing who they really are knocked it down to one. I left hungry and drove a long distance for a meal. Wicked annoying.
Pros: Clean, Friendly
Cons: Not vegetarian, Parking, Uniformed staff
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EC5
Points +2258
Vegan heaven - Edit
Amazing food!!!! The vegan wings are out of this world! Also had the jerk Seitan, which was so flavourful and delicious!
Read morePros: amazing food, lovely restaurant , excellent vegan wine
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veganin2014
Points +133
Worth the trip! - Edit
The food is wonderful - went here with a group on non-vegan people - they all loved the food. The Gobi Manchurian appetizer was the hit of the night - my daughter even said she would order 2 orders as take out for dinner! It is a small restaurant so there may be a wait but we went on a Friday night and did not wait more than a 15 minutes - well worth it. Portions are more than adequate and wait staff very accomodating
Read morePros: Excellent food, good portion sizes, nice vibe
Cons: small wait
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digdirb
Points +49
Great Brunch - Edit
Highly recommend for brunch. The environment is relaxed and the menu is well marked with what is vegan, gluten free, etc. The prices are reasonable and the waiter was flexible with substitutions. It is a small restaurant, so I wouldn't recommend it for a large group, but for a group of 4 it was perfect.
Read morePros: reasonably priced, many choices
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Natalka
Points +20
delicious! - Edit
Food was excellent, nice atmosphere, great service! Highly recommend.
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Tray-C
Points +539
BEST veggie option in the Boston area! - Edit
Red Lentil does an incredible job with vegan/vegetarian food and flavor. They offer such a delicious menu of salad, soups, savory entrees and of course, desserts. They do a wonderful 5 course meal paired with wine tasting on Thanksgiving that will blow your mind. Relaxed atmosphere and good prices. My #1 favorite place to eat in the Boston area hands down.
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steele
Points +114
delicious as always! - Edit
We discovered this vegan restaurant with our family on our last night visiting boston, but we drove back again (hour and a half!) to celebrate a special occasion, it's worth it! Everything is delicious.
Read moreIn our combined visits, people in our party have gotten polenta with amazing mushrooms, chimichurri seitan steak with potatoes, gobi manchurian appetizer, nachos, kale salad, beet latkes (these were a little soggy, but tasted great anyway), jerk tempeh, millet loaf, smoothies, and pnut butter cheesecake.
Small dining room, so call ahead for large parties or come early or you'll be squished in the tiny entrance area for an unknown time. Service is fantastic, friendly, and very accommodating.
my favorite vegan restaurant!!
Pros: menu, service, variety
Cons: small space, cramped entrance, no reservations for small parties
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mwhite5990
Points +73
Good, but room for improvement. - Edit
The appetizers were definitely the highlight of the meal. We got the Eggplant Caponata, the Sesame Encrusted Seitan and the Beet Potato Latkes. They were all delicious and full of flavor.
Read moreFor my main dish I got the Jamaican Jerk Tempeh. I liked the flavor, but I would have preferred it if it had less tempeh with the same amount of vegetables.
For dessert we tried the carrot cake, which was a bit disappointing. It tasted good (as does anything with sugar), but the icing was too hard and the cake felt like it was recently frozen.
Overall I thought the food was good, the appetizers were great. Especially the beet potato latkes.
Pros: Good food with interesting flavors., Mostly vegan, and menu is well marked.
Cons: Slightly overpriced, Oversized entrees
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veganamanda
Points +251
Good food - Edit
Red Lentil is one of my favorite places for dinner. It's nice enough to go on a dates, or after work. There are very few "nicer" vegan places in the Boston area (True Bistro and Walnut Grille are pretty much it).
Read moreIt's a small dining area, and you will be seated pretty close to the people next to you. It's nice and the waiters are attentive. The food is good. My omnivore friends enjoyed their meals. My favorite is the Pistachio & Coconut Herb-Encrusted Tofu with Corn Cake!
Pros: Food
Cons: Small
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Babette
Points +2107
Great brunch - Edit
I had the vegan omelet special, which was just scrambled tofu actually, no omelet per say, but it was very tasty with a delicious mix of regular, blue and sweet potatoes. The place is nice but a crowder for brunch, and the staff is very helpful and friendly.
Read morePros: Many dishes can be prepared vegan, Friendly staff, Kid-Friendly
Cons: Had to wait to sit
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hanny102
Points +95
never disappoints - Edit
Just yummy hearty creative food, and excellent service!
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wsm
Points +26
Get the Gobi Manchurian - Edit
Here's a fun game:
Read moreGo to Red Lentil and order the Gobi Manchurian. Then sometime later go back to Red Lentil and try to *not* order the Gobi Manchurian. You won't be able to.
Pros: taste, menu variety, takeout
Cons: too popular == too crowded
BostonVegan
OMG, that's so funny ... and so true!
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zaphod46
Points +403
Great Food - Edit
We went there on a Sunday night for dinner and had a wonderful time. The food was all very well presented, tasted great, and had lots of options, even for a vegan gluten free family. We were very impressed. Having recently moved to Boston from LA, we've been missing upscale vegan dining. While the Red Lentil atmosphere is fairly casual, the food was a couple notches higher.
Read morePros: tasty, presentation
Cons: small seating area
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blaineb
Points +75
Wonderful food & service! - Edit
We heard about this place from a very picky friend.
Read moreWe weren't disappointed!
Our waitperson was attentive tho all tables were occupied.
The food was well prepared and nicely flavored. Both the carrot cake and the apple & pear crisp were perfect.
We will be back!
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Joelle81
Points +31
Love it - Edit
This is one of my favorite restaurants. The food is very flavorful and delicious. I also love the carrot cake.
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happyherbivore
Points +92
disappointed - Edit
It's rare I feel compelled to write a review, and it saddens me I have to write a poor one. The food was really oily. We ordered 5 dishes and didn't care for any of them (daily special entree, daily salad, grilled tofu, seitan sesame, rice dish, side of miso-ginger dressing that didn't taste like ginger or miso?). Even my husband who generally likes anything was really disappointed. We didn't eat most of the food we ordered and left hungry. I really can't get over how all the food was swimming and dripping in oil. The waitress was nice and but she was also working the entire restaurant AND being the hostess, which means she never came by to see how our food was and after our initial order, we never saw her again until she dropped the check off on her way to seating someone else.
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IngridV
Points +101
great place - Edit
awesome food
Read morehuge plate
great and friendly service
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crisley
Points +20
A definite \ - Edit
My husband and I took our omni daughter here while visiting her in Boston. We and she thoroughly enjoyed our meals which included an appetizer with unusual spring rolls. The very hearty serving of shepard's pie was sublime, and the pizza hit the spot with omnigirl. Only wish we had room for dessert! Obviously a popular place as many people came in for takeout.
Read morePros: varied menu, great food, good service
Cons: noisy
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Gabe
Points +117
Gourmet but still filling - Edit
I've been here a few times on trips back to Boston and have always been pleased. For an appetizer, try the Gobi Manchurian - out of this world. The baby spinach salad is also amazing, as is the shepherd's pie and most of the desserts. Every time I've been here has been with family and someone has picked up the check, which is nice because price would definitely be a deterrent if I were to come here with other broke 20-somethings. Even so, I think I'd have to splurge once in a while though.
Read morePros: Entire menu vegan/can be made vegan, Gourmet food, Filling portions
Cons: Price
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sglcklch
Points +3003
Simply delicious - Edit
Had dinner here on a weekday evening, no wait line, but it was fairly busy and customers kept coming in. I found the menu interesting and diverse; I really liked the fact that they use a lot of whole ingredients in their dishes instead of all that TVP/TSP fake stuff as do some other restaurants as if they couldn't cook without meat. Also, everything was clearly marked as gluten-free, vegan, or nut-free for those who have allergies. Many of the vegetarian items may be veganized too.
Read moreFor appetizer my partner and I shared the eggplant caponata with crostini, scrumptious! For entrees we got the black lentil stuffed rice crepes off of the daily special and the pistachio crusted tofu with corn cakes. Both were very good. Then we got a piece of carrot cake to round off our meal. It was satiating, just the right amount of sweetness and frosting; that said I thought it would have been even better if it was spiced up a bit more.
Service was swift, our waitress very friendly and knowledgeable. If I had to nitpick I'd say the decor could use some touch-up. Not that it was dumpy or anything, was just rather dull for such good food that they serve; but this alone will definitely not be able to deter me from coming back.
Pros: great food, friendly staff, diverse menu
Cons: decor
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Sarah P
Points +8632
very good - Edit
I ate here for lunch with two friends, and as the we heard the server exclaim to the owner/chef after the meal, we "ate 4 appetizers, 3 meals, and 2 desserts, and finished it all!". She spoke the truth- we ate all the food that was brought out.
Read moreFor starters we had the beet latkes (not my favorite but my friends loved them), the sesame seitan (very good), the cauliflower appetizer upon the server's recommendation (very good, especially when cooled a bit), and the crostini with various toppings (delicious).
For the meal we had the ceasar salad, the tempeh reuben, & portobello sandwich. You can choose sweet potato fries or salad with sandwiches, and because the sandwiches, fries & salad were all so delicious, I would opt for one of those the next time rather than the ceasar.
For dessert we shared the cheesecake & the carrot cake- the carrot cake was, as the server predicted it may be, the best carrot cake I had ever had.
We were there on a Monday around 1:00, and the restaurant was completely full. We waited 5-10 minutes for a table, and the service was as fast as it could have been given the occupancy. The servers were very friendly & helpful. As we were leaving we were already planning our next outing to the Red Lentil.
Pros: very good food, knowledgeable, friendly staff, varied menu
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amberk13
Points +303
Strangely different - Edit
We arrived in the afternoon and saw they had a brunch menu available. We waited about 15 minutes. A server came over and told us that it would be about 10 minutes. There were 2 small groups of guests waiting to be seated and another employee came over about 5 minutes later asking how long we had been waiting, took our names, and told us approximately how long our wait would be. This just seemed strange. While waiting, I went to happycow.com and read the review about how the rug in front was dirty while I was sitting in front of the same dirty rug. We got our table and our menus, ordered our beverages, then a few minutes later our meals. I ordered the Banana Wanna Date? smoothie: banana, dates, and homemade cashew milk. Yum! For entrees, we had the huevos rancheros, grande nachos, and the tempeh reuben. Portion sizes are big and the food is good, but served in a slightly strange way. Here's why. The huevos rancheros was a plate of black beans, corn tortillas, avocados, eggs, and salad. No refried beans and no connection to the items on the plate. All of the items were there on the plate, but not as expected, and the expected salsa that usually unifies the dish was not there at all. The nachos are served on an unusually small plate and doused with sour cream. The good thing was the fresh jalapeños and the really good guacamole, but they easily could have put the nachos on the bigger plate and the huevos rancheros on this small plate. The last entree was the tempeh reuben with grilled onions, organic sauerkraut, and thick, crusty, toasted bread. This was really good and quite filling. My only suggestion would be for them to marinate the tempeh before cooking, but other than that, this was great. No one checked back on us or offered to refill beverages until we were completely finished with our meal. They have a strange set up with employees here. Seems like anyone can take the order and bring out the meal so no one seems truly responsible for service. The server who took the order did a good job although I suspect she could only do so much within this system. Looks like there are two cooks, possibly 3, two servers, and a busboy working this small restaurant. At times they were all standing around near the register. This restaurant could really do well with some fine tuning and a good scrubbing (windows, walls, floors). The food is good, but they can try harder. I will go back and I hope by then they are getting the hang of running this restaurant.
Read morePros: Parking, Vegan menu, Some of the service
Cons: Some of the service, Restaurant needs a good cleaning
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anngurka
Points +13
excellent veg food - Edit
The menu contains a good variety of vegetarian and vegan dishes. The staff is helpful and very welcoming. This is a great addition to this area!
Read morePros: good selection, take out available, friendly atmosphere
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