Candle Cafe

Hands down, best vegan restaurant I've ever been to. At first, I thought the menu was slightly pricy; turns out it was worth it. We got the quesadilla to share to start with -- that's some of the best vegan cheese I've come across. My dairy-eating dining companion said he couldn't tell the difference from real cow's cheese. We inhaled it. He got the lasagna, which was amazing. I got the mac n cheese burger with fries, and I can say it's the best burger I've ever had, vegan or non-vegan. Cheese was spot on, burger even tasted like a burger. Finished it all off with a chocolate mousse cake, and again, you couldn't even tell it was vegan. If you hadn't told me it was vegan, I never would have known. Came back again the next day and got the brownie sundae, which was yum. I'm only here in NYC for a couple days, but if I lived here, I'd be a regular.

Great choices of all vegan food. The wild mushroom salad is out of this world. The Avocado BLT so delicious comes with sweet potato fries. See pic. I would suggest to share many dishes. Our waiter was the best. Sorry I did not ask for your name but you showed us your favorites and they were delicious. Great service.

Such a creative menu but your experience really varies day to day and server to server. Some days, it’s a fine experience in the city with kind staff, and most others days it’s frustrating. There’s an upcharge for anything and everything imaginable, and you can neither order from the happy hour menu nor pay full price and get the food from the happy hour menu when taking out. The impossible burger sliders on pretzel buns were excellent. The juice came out warm and chunky...it was unreal - I’ve never had juice served that way. Some of the staff are so friendly and kind. The chocolate chip cookie was great. The prices are very high, and although there’s a happy hour menu, not very much is served with your dish. The Cajun seitan sandwich was flavorful. The seitan mushroom burger had the silliest, tiniest amount of sauce on the bun (of course, there would’ve been an upcharge for a pretzel bun instead, too!)

Although staff didn't seem all "there", the place was amazing. Some of the best vegetarian/vegan food I've had. The vegan cheese on the mushroom burger was better than most real cheeses I've had and now I'm on the hunt to find where I can buy it myself. The carrot cake was super moist and tasted amazing. The cauliflower wing appetizer was great and the sauce that came with it was delicious. Drinks were phenomenal, too. Just go. Don't think about it. Just go and see for yourself.