Fresh has gone consistently downhill the past couple of years. Especially the Danforth location. They just don't care. The side salads are shriveled and you only get a tiny cup of it for takeout. And I don't even think it's been washed half the time. And the amount of times we've gotten the wrong order, or no order at all is ridiculous. The app straight up sucks. Always issues. All of the locations have gone downhill, but Danforth is the worst. The parent company needs to do a complete overhaul of staff and procedures for all locations. (But again, especially Danforth.) read more

Fresh is a chain and this Danforth location is their newest. This restaurant is a great example of how vegan food can be delicious. There's a wide range of food from healthy to indulgent. Although our original plan was to dine elsewhere, I'm glad we came here because the food was amazing. We ordered 3 appetizers: quinoa onion rings, buffalo cauliflower, and dragon fries. The onion rings were by far my favorite thing on the menu. The onions were huge and the puffed quinoa breading kept it super crispy. The classic garlic mayo is the default dip, but you also have the option to choose a dip to pair it with. The buffalo cauliflower was tender basically mimicking chicken wings. The spice wasn't overwhelming either. I skipped out on the dragon fries because I ordered fries as a side with my entree. I ordered the BBQ burger. Warning: the burger is super tall and I could not open my mouth that wide. I ended up eating the burger open-faced. The patty is a mix of veggies like chickpeas and beans. You do have the option to sub it for a Beyond Meat burger for an extra charge. The best part is I got to eat the onion ring again. We ended the meal sharing a double chocolate cake. Yes, it's still vegan. One slice was more than enough to share among our group of 5. It's safe to say that I left feeling extremely full and satisfied. read more

Fresh on Danforth - Quinoa Onion Rings, Buffalo Cauliflower, Dragon Fries - Vegan Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Food is amazing and tastes incredible. Service is adequate. I'm worried about the staff here. They seem very unhappy . That's usually a sign of bad management. read more

This restaurant chain focuses on 100% plant-based food. Their food is made daily, in-house, and from whole natural ingredients. They have pizzas, shareables, tacos, burgers, wraps, salads, fresh bowls, cold pressed juices, power shakes, desserts, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. The food and drinks always taste fresh. Service is always great. There is indoor and outdoor dining. The soft-opening was on 2022-06-30 and grand opening will be on 2022-07-04. The manager of this location is Victoria. There is free WiFi. The restaurant is wheelchair accessible. There is paid street parking. Review 2022-081 You can also find me on Instagram @chuan_chee. Thanks. read more

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Service was bad, especially the hostess. I said I wanted to be at the table near the window (for 4), but literally no one was inside I wouldn't request it if it is packed. And then the hostess gave me looks and said I would have to sit at the back because the seats there for 1 person, I insisted I wanted to sit there as I wanted to watch my car. She never acknowledged, and then I waited, she never went back. So I just left. This place is just spreading bad vibes, my day was going well, and this. Hehe. I don't know but I am now thinking these plant-based hostesses needed some meat in their lives. Wanted to give it a chance, but Lord says, nope go eat proper food! June-29-2025 8:40pm-ish. read more

Fresh is the latest craze on the Danforth, always seemingly packed (especially the patio) when I walk by. Good for them - given times like these, it's good to see some places have successful openings. Dropped by for lunch to see what the fuss was about for this vegan restaurant and got: - Cobb Salad: Pretty good size for the price. They had tasty "bacon" and "chicken" and a whole lot of veggies as expected. Best with the 369 dressing, which is a sweet and savoury blend of tahini, maple and lemon. - BBQ Burger and Dragon Fries: I went with their housemade grain burger over substituting it for a beyond meat patty. It was ok, a bit on the thin side but filling. There was so much bbq sauce though on the burger which drowned the taste out a bit. The quinoa onion rings were a tad hard but tasty. The rest of the burger was fine. The side dragon fries were basically standard fries with banana chilies, scallions and a cheese dip at the bottom. Would have loved a bit more cheese, but these were really tasty and elevated a standard side. - Quinoa Onion Rings: Standout dish of the meal. As a side order (versus topping on the burger), the rings were huge, tasted a bit sweeter, and the quinoa coating was perfect (not overly batter-y, interesting texture). I'd come back to Fresh just for this. Place has a nice clean vibe, and patio is always full for a reason. Table service was great - attentive, great suggestions, pleasant. Service to get a table was a bit weird. We told the person upfront that we wanted to sit inside (patio was full and we saw many tables inside free). She told us to wait 5 minutes (ended up being 10-15) and eventually sat us in one of the tables that was already free when we got there. Not sure if they're trying to manage the kitchen/cooking load, but that was a bit strange. Anyway, I can see why Fresh is a hit. It's tasty and (in these times) reasonably priced for what you get. I'm not an expert on vegan food but think this place is definitely worth a try. read more

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I applaud the effort but this place falls short of convincing me vegan food is delicious. Starting off with service, it really shows that it's hard to find good waitstaff right now. We walked in without reservations and had to wait about 15 minutes gad to ask different people if we could get a table or how long the wait would be. The manager managed to to sort it out after some time and comped us some onion rings. Feels like the waitstaff were all still learning and didn't have experience with evening rushes. Moving on to the food. - onion rings needed salt but otherwise tasty. If it didn't have sauce on the side, it would have been very bland - nachos were easily the best part of the meal but this time too heavy on the salt (especially when everything else is so bland). All the toppings, vegan queso and vegan "meat" were great. Highly recommend this dish - Cobb salad with house dressing was so uninspired. It tasted like a bagged salad with water as dressing. The fake bacon was also really strange and had an unappetizing fruity(?) or currant flavour. The best part of this dish was the breaded tofu, wouldn't have known it was tofu if it was served somewhere else - squash tacos were a bit disappointing. All of the veggies in there were raw and had a hard time chewing through the tougher bits of cabbage. I think if they included some kind of pickled ingredient it would have helped or if it had a real pico de gallo instead of raw tomatoes and onions. The squash and jalapeño crème was nice. - smoothies were also a disappointment. The mango and passion fruit sounded amazing but was mostly oat milk flavour with a little mango taste. Strawberry swirl tasted like watered down oat milk with bananas. - carrot cake tastes great however the texture is really weird and gummy. It's more like a gummy paste than a crumbly moist cake texture. Pretty good for vegan but the mouthfeel was too strange for me Overall it's a decent vegan restaurant but a bland restaurant overall. Maybe we got the wrong things but based on what we ordered, I wouldn't recommend anything outside of the nachos. Giving it 3 stars for vegan but if it was a regular restaurant I'd give it 2 stars. Neither of these ratings take service into account. read more

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Was excited to finally get a Fresh on the Danforth. Dragged my meat eating husband with me for lunch. The decor is beautiful, it's bright and airy with a great outdoor space. I ordered wine, hubby stuck with water. It was poured, but was left on the counter. And left, and left. I finally said to the server, ummm, can you pass me that glass of wine? It was as cold and delicious as it looked sitting there 8 feet away from me. I ordered a small goddess bowl with soba noodles. It was delicious. Warm broccoli, ginger, a couple of slices of fried tempeh over the warm noodles. Loved it. Should have ordered a large one. Hubby ordered the Cobb salad with ranch dressing. Came with very little dressing so ordered another side of it. No problem, came right away. It's a pretty big salad of greens, and tomatoes, crispy soy chicken, fake bacon, red onion but no egg. He says "there's no egg in the Cobb salad". Of course not, it's a vegan restaurant. Oh, right. I ended up eating half of that gorgeous salad. He wasn't impressed. But that's just the meat eater coming out in him. Its a little pricey but I will definitely be back. Hubby on the other hand, not so much. read more

Ordered a Potato Leek soup for takeout, it tasted more like stale and spoiled vegetables. Disgusting enough to stop eating immediately. I know what different kinds of potato and leek soup should taste like, and this failure really didn't taste like any soup a restaurant would intentionally serve unless they were psychopathic. It doesn't surprise me the kitchen is so bad, because walking by the far side of the building in the Carrot Common the kitchen looks dirty and disorganized. Expensive, close to ten bucks with tip. Yes, I've bought a lot of food at other Fresh stores, but this one I would not walk, I would run away as far as you can. They have some quality issues between stores which they do nothing about. On the plus side, lots of big bright window exposure. Good location, just bad food. Fresh my arse, this wasn't made fresh from good ingredients by qualified staff. read more

Great food & Service. Bonnie had a great manner and was very helpful! We're repeat customers and will be continuing to come back regularly.

fan for decades ... and dont get what's happening at danforth. food is not good and seem to skimp on everything. I ordered the goddess bowl - no dressing ... and really small - served in cereal bowls. $100 for two - tiny portions - few veggies and that's it. hope it revamps - night we went only one waitress who made sure we knew that ... read more

Delicious food, great service as well. Every dish was delicious, fresh and fairly priced for portion size