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Elegant dining with an internationally inspired food menu, founded 2011 by Philadelphia's Horizon restaurant chefs. Reservations recommended. Check Facebook for updates on opening days and times during Covid-19 restrictions. Open Tue-Thu 5:00pm-10:00pm, Fri-Sat 5:00pm-11:00pm.
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1221 Locust St (at Tiger Building), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 19107
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Added by eravencroft on 02 Dec 2011
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194 Reviews
First Review by plonitalmoni
serosenberg
Points +72
incredible food - not as intimate as horizons - Edit
I was a hardcore Horizons fan, and so upset when they closed! Finally got over to Vedge and while the food was spectacular and certainly shared many flavors with its predecessor, the dining experience was totally different. First of all, it's huge! The service was polished, but impersonal. The decor is very formal, unlike the colorful, warm ambience of Horizons. It's also a different format - more of a tapas style menu from which you select several small items. This enables you to sample many selections rather than having to just choose 1 entree.
Read moreThe cocktails at Vedge were a little disappointing. My husband and I shared 3 over the course of our meal. The only one I liked was the Kyoto Sour. The Creole Gent and Mixed Berry Cobbler just tasted like pure alcohol, the former with a piece of orange rind and the latter with a few berries thrown in. I thought something called a Cobbler would be a lot sweeter and fruitier.
From the "plates" menu we shared Portabella Carpaccio, Salt Roasted Golden Beets, Spicy Grilled Tofu and Grilled Seitan. From the Dirt menu we got Shaved Brussels Sprouts and Fingerling Fries. The portabella plate was ridiculously small! The mushrooms were sliced so thinly that it was hard to even taste them if you didn't eat 2 or 3 at once. It was probably 1/5 of a portabella mushroom in total. Very fine tasting, but micromini! The beet plate was very nice - a little round stack of tofu, cucumber and succulent beets accompanied by small triangles of rye bread. I really enjoyed the little bursts of capers. The tofu was a miss for me - just very cakey compact tofu in a too-spicy sauce. The seitan was beyond wonderful, but made me miss Horizons. I don't think the lentils added much to this dish. The items from the dirt list were really the standouts from the meal. The brussels were phenomenal, like I have never tasted brussels sprouts before. And the fingerling fries are the best thing I can remember eating. Ever. They were crispy and tangy and heavenly.
For dessert, we shared a Chocolate Pot de Creme and the Ice Cream Trio. The chocolate was scrumptious - lusciously creamy and with course grain salt on top. It also came with biscotti, but that was pretty unnecessary. The ice cream trio was kind of a weird combo of flavors - strawberry swirl (some of the best ice cream I've ever had), hot chocolate (very nice) and grapefruit (refreshing). All good on their own, just not together.
Very pricey, as others have mentioned, but delicious!
Pros: delicious, creative food, fancy
Cons: price, impersonal
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Herbiv4
Points +1869
Over it... - Edit
I was delighted to find out that this restaurant was located so close to where I stay when I'm in town. I placed an order to pick-up. The lady that took my order informed me that I should probably order 2-3 entrees, as their portions are small. I ordered an appetizer (lupini beans), entree (steak seasoned seared tofu) and a dessert (apple turnover). The appetizer, which is listed as a 'small bite' provided me with enough of these horrendous beans to last a lifetime. Both the entree and dessert were terrific, though. The portions were incredibly small and way over-priced. Even though I enjoyed my two of my tiny items, I refuse to pay these prices for mere morsels. Upscale does not have to = over-priced.
Read morePros: creative menu, friendly staff
Cons: pricey, tiny portions
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sgoodmanesq
Points +56
Expensive and Not Family Friendly - Edit
We made reservations for Vedge a month in advance and stated at that time that we had a child who would need a high chair. The day before our reservation we received a call from someone at Vedge who told us they have no high chairs and that if we wanted to bring our child we would have to hold him while dining there. Not wanting to miss out on a great vegan restaurant we went there as scheduled. The food was very good, although expensive. The restaurant experience, however, was disappointing. They management and staff seemed to be going out of their way to punish us for bringing our child. They stuck us in a table in the middle of the floor so that people could not pass by us; they gave us very slow service compared to those around us; and several staff members kept coming over to our table to remind us they don't have high chairs. Don't vegan restaurants have a limited audience enough without having to further limit themselves to patrons without children?
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KATHLEEN W.
Points +92
Good food if you aren't hungry! - Edit
I went to Vedge for dinner. It is a very upscale restaurant and very pricey for the extremely small portions. Each person needs to order three to five items off the menu to feel full. Vedge is definately not Horizons. I will never go there again.
Read moreCons: VERY small portions, Overpriced
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plonitalmoni
Points +133
Excellent - Edit
We were looking for somewhere special for a birthday dinner and this was exactly what we wanted. Delicious food, well prepared, with great service all added up to a lovely time. Be aware you need to order 2-3 things per person to feel full, but the dishes are priced accordingly and it means you get to have a variety of items off the menu. Several steps up from your usual decent vegetarian restaurant.
Read morePros: Delicious, Creative, Ambiance
Cons: hard to get reservations
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