Blossom Vegan Restaurant

Tofu Scramble...a greasy mash up.
I eat tofu all the time. I know how to cook.
You don't just chuck it all together in a pan
with oil and fry everything to death.

The salid (which was fresh) was covered in oil-based
dressing. The veggies in the tofu tasted off.

OK, thought I must have ordered the wrong thing.
So tried my buddies burger. You know, running
to a store and buying a frozen patty and throwing some
soy cheese on it is neither creative nor appealing.
The bun was store bought. Bland and tasteless.

Could be we had a bad day (place was empty)
Fries were good.
Music was bad.

I found my dish unedable and left without eating
more than a few fork fulls. I had not eaten since
yesterday. Cervantes says that hunger makes
a great sauce, but I preferred to go hungry.

Pros: Yes, it is vegetarian

Cons: They ruin food by cooking it badly

Posted 05/16/09

Since I dine solo a lot, how I'm treated as a "table for one" is the real test of a restaurant for me. Blossom failed miserably. Quickly: I was ignored at the door after a couple ahead of me was cheerfully greeted and seated; though the restaurant was 3/4 empty, I was told there were no tables; an obnoxious greeter thought it would be more interesting to check his texts than answer a couple of questions. I used to encounter a lot of this in the late '90s; Blossom, unfortunately, still feels like that kind of cliche.

Posted 05/12/09

I've been to blossom a couple of times for brunch. The food is excellent- i've even taken a skeptical non-vegetarian, and he was completely satisfied with his meal. Definitely more flavor than one would normally expect from a vegetarian restaurant.

Posted 11/23/08

This was our first trip to New York we went to celebrate our daughter?s birthday. She is vegan so Blossoms sounded like the perfect place to celebrate her birthday. We have very few vegan restaurants where we live, and none compare to the quality and taste we found here. The rest of the family wasn?t sure what to expect as it was our first vegan meal experience. The food, the service the entire experience was perfect! We started with Ravioli with Cashew Cream and Champinones Medley. Unbelievable! Exceptional flavor! The Chili, Feijoadinha, Phyllo Roulade were incredible, full of flavor, with excellent taste. The desserts were absolutely delicious, sinful just as they should be. All the dishes we tried were superb. We did not find the prices unreasonable at all, the portions were very generous, even took home a doggy bag. Well worth the visit, will defiantly return to Blossoms our next visit to New York!

Posted 10/15/08

I am not a vegan or vegetarian but my sister is. I took her to Blossom for her birthday and I was sure that even if I liked the food I would miss meat. I was so wrong. This restaurant is one of the best I have ever eaten at. Everything was very tasty. The reviews below that suggest small portions are inaccurate. My sister and I split two appetizers and could barely finish them. We each had to bring a portion of our entrees home because we were so full. I had it the next day for lunch and was reminded of why I enjoyed myself so much the night before.

Pros: Extemely tasty food, large portions, staff, quiet, and comfortable

Cons: None

Posted 04/09/08

Simply had Ceasar salad and an appy, Ravioli with Cashew Sauce and each was EXTREMELY tasty, and with the most amazing dressing I've ever had on a ceasar sald. But, as described in an older review, the portions were quite paltry (but well presented). I was EXTREMELY offended however, at the outrage of being asked if I want tap or bottled water (what would you choose in NYC?), and receive a delightful tall fashionable glass bottle of VOSS water is served, along with a $7 price tag.... Hey, it's NYC.

Pros: Tasty food, unique blends of flavors make you not miss meat.

Cons: Pricy, Pricy, Pricy... and Skimpy Skimpy Skimpy.

Posted 01/09/08

Not a pure vegetarian, but my date was. this place was very good. I am usually a meat and potatoes kind of guy and figured I wouldn't enjoy the food. I have to say I didn't expect it, and the service was outstanding. will recommended this place to anyone.

Pros: good atmosphere

Cons: a little pricey

Posted 12/28/07

First off, let me say that I am not a vegetarian, much less a vegan, but I loved Blossom. The food is inventive and delicious. The organic wine list is great. They have a very friendly staff and the service was wonderful. I read the below review before I made the reservation but didn't find that the music was overly offensive or too loud. Quite the opposite actually. I really felt that the music went with the overall vibe of the place. I would strongly recommend making a reservation since I had dinner there on a Monday night and it was packed.

I will definitely return.

Pros: ambience, service, organic wines, delicious food

Cons: small space

Posted 11/05/07

As others have mentioned, for upscale vegan/vegetarian places there aren't many choices in NY, but this is a good one. Our food was quite good - even my skeptical carnivorous parents enjoyed their meals a good deal. However, one unfortunate factor almost tainted our dinner - the music was loud and terrible - completely out of sync with the ambiance of a fine restaurant. We made reservations and requested a quiet table (for my hard of hearing parents) . We were seated at a large table directly under a speaker which was blasting classic rock (Lynrd Skynrd, Boston, Thin Lizzy) so loud that even I couldn't hear the person next to me or be heard without shouting. It was unbearable.

So we politely asked the manager to turn down the music. He paused, then scoffed, then turned it down a smidge - barely perceptibly. He continued to ignore us when we tried to flag him down and ask him to turn it down a bit more. Fortunately, another table asked our waiter to turn it down and he did so very obligingly. When we mentioned it to him, he happily turned it down even more. Finally it was possible to have a conversation without shouting, although the music was still bizarre and incongruous with a fine dinner. It seems the manager was in charge of the music and didn't have a clue - maybe he was trying to get people to eat fast and discourage them from lingering, but it was truly oppressive.

My husband and I like the place and thoroughly enjoy the food, but were disappointed by the attitude of the manager and wanted to mention him so that someone might take note.

Pros: Excellent Food, Nice waitstaff

Cons: Rude manager (or host). Loud, inappropriate dinner music

Posted 11/03/07

Blossom is the #2 spot in NYC for fine vegan dining. The food is consistently fabulous but it will never top Candle 79 (way uptown on East. 79th St.) because the atmosphere and service are consistently lame. I'm not saying you can't have a good meal, but there's always something amiss -- it's either too loud or too hot or too cold or the waiter never comes.

But I keep going back because the food really is stellar. Take your non-vegetarian friends, they won't believe it's not meat.

Pros: Great food

Cons: Not great atmosphere or service

Posted 07/09/07

To understand my rating, it's important to note that blossom is moreso in the category of 'vegetarian fine dining' as opposed to general vegetarian eating... Compared to the many vegetarian greasy spoons in nyc, blossom is outstanding. But this isn't the kind of place you will just pop into on a whim any ole day. It is better compared with restaurants such as the 2 candle restaurants, pure food and wine, and, maybe, counter. I found the ambience and service to be good...a nice place to bring a date you hope to impress! but, if you're going to spend the money for the fine-dining aspect, i honestly felt that all the aps, entres, deserts, and even ambience fell short of the quality and creativity you'll find in similar high-end vegetarian restaurants in nyc.

Pros: tasty, good ambience and service

Cons: not quite as good as similar high-end veg restaurants

Posted 07/08/07

i ate here once before, recieving O.K. service at best. The 'wine' was $50 a bottle, at 5% content tasted like very expensive juice. A mexican dish tasted like it was out of a can, considering the $25 price tag. Just a bunch of vegetables with a single taste of tobasco.

This time we walked in to a half empty restaurant and waited for 10 minutes before the host finally came up us. The first thing the host did was look us up and down, we were coming back from salsa class. He then proceeded to tell us that all the tables were reserved. I asked him if it was possible for us to sit dowt'sn for like 15 minutes since all we wanted was coffee and dessert. The host, with a disguisted face said "why are you busting my b*lls? i already told you I dont have a seat for you. " I said "ok so put me down for the next available spot, 10pm and that we'll come back" to which he replied "i am not going to do that", i asked him whhat he meant by that to which he said "because I dont feel like it, I bought the place so I can do whatever I want."

Decide for yourself is this is the kind of 'family friendly' place you want to go to.

Posted 04/27/07

Yummy., healthy food! You will feel like to detoxed and re-energized. The flavors are unique and the preparation of food is extremely impressive.

Pros: healthy, tasty, clean

Posted 03/12/07

My husband, son and I walked into the restaurant at 5pm when it opened and waited to speak to the maitre de about a table. Since the restaurant just opened the doors, there were quite a few other people in line as well. When he got to us, he asked if we had a reservation (no), and how many people are in our party. We said 2 plus a child and he said, "no, there's no space" and walked past us to the couple behind us--the last party in line. He literally looked through us. I have never met such a rude maitre de.

Cons: Service

Posted 02/01/07

Although the food was good, beware the servings are very small. I was dissapointed to have read other citysearch reviews for this restaurant and no one else mentioned the incredibly small sizes of the meals. The prices for this place seem reasonable until you see what you are getting. If you want a tiny meal that tastes good by all means go to Blossom...or order everything off the menu and you get one standard dinner. I myself am not generally a big eater by any means, but I left Blossom still hungry.

Pros: Nice atmosphere, good tasting food and wine

Cons: meals are far too small and based on that the the prices are too high.

Posted 09/24/06

Though I'm not a vegetarian, Blossom goes into my rotation of regular neighborhood haunts for good food, good service and good vibe. Dishes are inventive and above average and the place is perfect for a low-key, relaxing meal. Lighting and decor are subtle and soothing, and even when crowded, the place is never "noisy." Wait staff is smart, capable, in tune with customers, and just the right amount of friendliness and professionalism.
I'm digging this great new addition to the nabe.

Pros: Great food, service and ambience

Cons: none

Posted 07/29/06

I had no idea what to think going into a vegetarian restaurant. There are some that I really like and some that are..ehhh. I went to Blossom after being told how good the food was. We went on a Thurs night. They didn't disappoint! I had the Blossom Burger and the Beggars Purse to start! SOOOO good and the waitstaff was nice and fast. The place is nice and quiet and I would TOTALLY recommend the place even if you arent a vegetarian/vegan. My friend that went with me was kinda worried that the food would have no taste being that its veg. Well he's asking me to go back! I will be back at Blossom again!
Paige

Pros: fast, great staff, good food

Cons: i want one in my hood

Posted 06/04/06

My friend ordered the curried seitan skewers and they were incredible, the kind of dish you keep talking about whenever you mention the place. I had a bunch of side orders and they were quite good.

I went back later and had a tofu stir-fry, as sort of a test, because that's a dish that is easy to do in a very plain way. Unfortunately that is exactly what they did. They made no effort at an attractive presentation, and there was too much sauce. It tasted okay, not great.

The service was friendly and the decor is very nice. I will keep going and will keep trying more dishes.

Posted 05/29/06

The restaurant is lovely and the service, with major lapses, was friendly. The salad was lovely. But my entree, the portobello crusted seitan filet in red wine sauce, had an overwhelming amount of garlic. Never on the menu or in my inquiry to the waitress was the word garlic mentioned. If the waitress had been remotely available or had come by to enquire about our food, I certainly would have sent it back, but since I was being taken out for a birthday dinner I did not want to make a fuss. In addition, the dish was swimming in so much sauce that it was one big soggy disgusting mess. To add insult to injury, the red wine sauce spashed and ruined my best silk blouse. The dessert was a particularly yummy chocolate cake. Perhaps if I had a different entree, I would have a higher opinion of this restaurant.

Posted 05/26/06

From service to ambience to food, this savy chic restaurant was more than excellent! With their poinant wine, delicious appetisers, phenominal entres, and succulent dessert, I have to give this place a thimbs up. I had one of the best pasta dishes ever! I got the tofu fra diavlo, and reccomend it highly. If your in the mood for healthy tasty food, check out this place! Oh and the choclate dessert was one of the most choclaty tasty ones yet!

Pros: Tasty, Good Prices, Quality

Cons: Ok Ambience

Posted 03/19/06

Great food, romantic and great service. All organic, you can taste the freshness.
You don't have to be a Vegan to eat there. It is just great food.

Posted 01/25/06