My wife and I visited Poyo + The Sprout for lunch. The restaurant has a casual, mostly self service…read moresetup. You order and pay at the counter, fill your own water jug, and grab your own cutlery before taking a seat. It's a straightforward system and works well if you're looking for a quick meal. We ordered the Pineapple Taco and the Enchilada. The food was nicely presented and tasted fresh, but the flavors were fairly mild and didn't leave much of an impression. It wasn't bad by any means, just not as flavorful as we had hoped. The biggest disappointment was the value. The portion sizes felt quite small for the price, especially considering the self service format. We left wishing there had been either a bit more food or a little more boldness in the dishes to justify the cost. I can see why it may appeal to those looking for lighter fare. For us, though, the food didn't quite match the price point and overall, based on this visit, it was an average experience.

Ambience: Cute place. Food options: Got a lot of vegetarian…read moreoptions. Pricing: Very comparable to other places. Taste: Average. Service: Good. My husband and I went here for lunch while we were traveling in Newfoundland. The outside of this place is so colorful, and inside is like a cute small cafe. We are vegetarians, so thought of trying out this place. I had ordered Enchiladas, and my partner had ordered Pineapple tacos. Food taste was average. Definitely have had better vegetarian food on this trip. They even customize it to vegan if needed.

Stopped in for lunch. Very cute venue. Clean and bright. I had one of the daily lunch specials,…read morePeanut curry. It was served with either rice or fine noodle. There also was a side salad of fresh cucumber carrots and lettuce with a sweet vinegar dressing. The entre had white meat chicken, broccoli,green pepper and peanuts in a wonderful red curry sauce. The salad was very nice. Velvet had the Coconut soup with chicken and lemongrass and mushrooms. We both agreed five stars. Thai is my favorite ethnic food. I seek it out wherever I travel. Newfoundland did not disappoint. Service and price was excellent.

Went there for 1st time , the staff is very friendly and hv nice ambiance even the place not really…read morebig. We ordered Crab Rangoon which is the fave n the best, beef ginger also tasty but the Pad thai is dissapointment not good as i expected very overcook as u seen in the picture, should be better for that.

Only reason they get a 4/5 is because they don't have meat dishes - using soy protein instead…read more Being all vegetarian doesn't hinder this menu though... BEST Mexican food in st John's. You will just need to stay up and be hungry after 11pm, because that's when Poyo opens and shines. Had the Gringo Taco with refried beans, and was perfection. Includes cheese, lettuce, sour cream, tomato and refried beans. Was everything you could want in a taco and in late night munchies food. Can't recommend this place enough! UPDATE: now open during the day, so can enjoy delicious Burritos for lunch! Great addition to the downtown food scene.

Counter service restaurant with a cool ambiance. We went fairly late, just a bit before closing but…read morewere still welcomed in. The portions are large and the prices are low. We ordered a pad Thai and a burrito, both were flavourful. I appreciate the variety of options for both vegans and those on gluten free diets.

We had a very long wait. But I absolutely do not fault the restaurant. It is a small place and it…read morewas a Saturday night in downtown St John's. One server / bus person / cashier / bartender / cleaner and she was kind, sweet and a star. There are two guys in the kitchen on food and dishes. All in all we waited to get in but the wait for food was not too bad. We had fried chicken curry, pork, and tantanmen noodles. As well as the chicken gyoza, and shrimp tempura. First the sides. The tempura was acceptable. Pretty good. Not crispy though. But good flavor, your oil needs to be a bit hotter and try adding a little oil to the batter. The gyoza was good. Could have a little more green onion in the inside, but you cook them properly. Pan fried. Crispy bottom and soft top. This is the first time in the last 9 years I have seen this. We live in the states, have done for the past 9 years and all gyoza are frozen factory ones and then deep fried. These were so much better. Add cabbage Finely chopped, garlic, ginger and again that green onion and they would be very close to a Japanese correct gyoza, for using thick Chinese wanton skins. That part is opinion. As is they are your gyoza and they are very good. All three "ramen" we tried were very good. Presentation, toppings, and the soups were all good. The pork was strange but not bad. If you are expecting chashu it isn't. It is pork. But they are not advertising chashu. Of the three the Tantanmen was best. The soup was really good. Not the best I have had but the best I have had is either Misen or Asian noodle in Nagoya. Both are different but good. This is also good. There are sooo many different variations of ramen in Japan. It is an art and every chef has his own variation. This is a very good one. So my complements. For those who have opinions on the flavor or the saltiness or whatever, again this is the chefs choice, and recipe. You go back to the stores you like and don't go back to the ones you don't. There is no correct, and incorrect. If you feel that way, get educated. Different is good and correct. People tour japan to try all the different kinds in search of the one "they" like best. I have two points of disappointment here. And they are big. Ramen should he served piping nuclear hot. This like all other ramen we have had in North America was kinda hot. But not hot enough. Hotter than warm but not like a Japanese ramen shop hot. But I do not fault the restaurant for this. North America is litigious about these things and if you wanted to serve the ramen like in Japan you would need all your guests to sign a wavier. So I get it. I don't deduct anything for this. Just expressing myself. I have lost so much mouth skin over the years with ramen in Japan. The big disappoint, is a big one. The noodles. These are not ramen noodles. They tasted like old dry somen, or Chinese lo mein, or chow mein. Cant put my finger on it. But they are not ramen. Ramen are wheat noodles (sometimes with egg) and they should be crinkly. They are cooked in alkaline water (baking powder). They should be thicker and almost a little chewy. What a ramen noodle actually is, is the one thing that unities all ramen as ramen. It is the only real consistency amongst all shops. Be them road side Yattai or proper stores they all have ramen. I lived in Japan for 20 years. I have eaten ramen from Hokkaido all the way down to Okinawa. I have a pretty good understanding of this. I have seen the store owner saying in other reviews "we don't make Japanese ramen"well ramen is a type of noodle. Your noodles are not ramen so it is simply incorrect to call it ramen. It would be like calling ramen pasta of a salmon a cod. Yes. It is still a noodle but not the noodle you are expecting. You serve great bowls of soup with noodles in them. Good ramen is three things, soup, toppings, and noodles. (And heat but I waive the heat). If I compare this to 20 years of ramen in Japan, and that is hundreds of Bowls, it would pan out like this : Soup: 80%. Yea. Top 20th percentile. That is good. (Tantanmen) Toppings: 70%. Sorry you will never have the same things as in Japan. Noodles : 1%. Sorry. Just not ramen. So that makes 50%. And I give 10% for the creativity. I know how hard it is to get stuff in Newfoundland, and they are doing well. And for the creativity I would say great job. I was happy and surprised to see ramen here. I have not lived here in 30 years. Fantastic. If you have never had great ramen in Japan this is very good and you won't know the difference. But man. If you could get proper ramen noodles. It would just be spectacular.

Came in the day before, and they were closing for an hour between lunch and dinner. That was fine,…read morecame the next day. The place was freezing - slow service getting a table. Everyone in the restaurant was wearing their jackets. Decided to stay since we were ordering ramen (so it would be a hot meal). I ordered the Pork belly shoyu, and my partner got the tantanmen. Food came out decently fast. Both ramens were sour tasting and not good. The shoyu in my ramen had similar consistency as cardboard, and the other toppings were mediocre. My partners ramen had a really different taste and extremely non traditional. This place may work for you if you have never had good ramen in your life. But if you know a good ramen, then avoid this place. Maybe their silver lining is they have no other competition in the ramen sphere. Thus, locals have no other comparison.

I think the best possible description for Crystal Jade is Consistent. The food isn't going to win…read moreany awards. But if you go there, and you like it, you will get the same order every single time. They do a small buffet on Thursday - Saturday with about 10 items and delivery is available. Surprising for a Chinese place they do AMAZING wings. Whole wings in a very basic light crispy batter that is peppery and salty and delicious. Kids love the Chicken Balls and Rice or Chips and adults have enough variations in combinations to find the meal that they will enjoy. Perfectly standard Canadian style Chinese food.

Very average all around. No one menu item really jumps out as being better than the others. They…read moreare all edible, but unimpressive. Freshness and quality of the items used to make the dishes is average also. Your items that should be loaded with veggies probably won't be, they seem to skimp in that area. Take out is your best option, the dining area is circa 1990. The buffet has a limited selection. If it is busy, the food is ok. If it is slow, it doesn't hold up well to sitting around for very long. Prices are actually a little better than most Chinese places. If you are curious, check out the NL gov site that listes the health violations for all the restaurants in the provence.

Felt like treating myself and my husband to some pad thai today, so we stopped by the Wok Box. I…read moreasked for two standard sized spicy chicken pad thai. I also took a 500ml bottle of Pepsi. It came to $35! I thought it was a mistake but it wasn't. So I thought, oh well, we love pad thai so at least it will have been worth it. Boy was I wrong! The sauce didn't taste like pad thai. It was not spicy at all. The noodles seemed overcooked. And when we got to the middle of the little take-out containers, the noodles were barely seasoned at all, there were no veggies, sauce or meat. Just plain noodles. It's as though the noodles were added to the containers and then they poured a bit of sauce over them, instead of cooking it all up together like is usually done with pad thai. We ended up throwing out about half of each container. A very expensive and very bland meal! Won't return! I should add that the service was fine, no issues at all. The inside of the restaurant, however, looks run down and smells very strongly of cleaning products. I would not have felt comfortable sitting there to eat.

Had lunch there today. I had the pho soup and my nephew had the Pad Thai. Both were good. Nice…read moresized portions and tasty. Price was reasonable. Place is good. Not outstanding but good.