Indian Vegan Cafe

To go vegan from Southern Spice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tofu Butter Masala, Samosa 1pc, Samosa Chaat

this is not a vegan restaurant. the restaurant is a non veg restaurant called southern spice, and the kitchen is the same.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I know it is weird as a vegan to say I find few Indian options. I don’t have to try to navigate dairy here…. And I am so full now!

Dietary restrictions: Vegan

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tofu Butter Masala

Food is excellent quality and price. Def my favorite vegan place in OC. I love everything I’ve tried.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cross contamination with meat highly probable. I was informed that they can not guarantee absolute no contamination from meat. They are based inside southern spice& use the same kitchen, utensils & ingredients & staff to prepare “vegan” dishes.

This is not a vegan place, yes you will find vegan options. The restaurant is Southern spice.

Here's an actual recent review of this place.I had to order through Grubhub. Never got the notification for my order so I had to call.I called not only because of the delay of over 15 minutes past the promised time, also because there's no sign to help you find out where you pick up your food.I asked for my order to include utensils, which it didn't.Finally, the food was very bland and looked NOTHING like the pictures.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Good service, plenty of parking. Order from a online menu and contactless paying. Idli and chutneys were tasty, Sambhar a little bland. Biryani was tasty but peppery even for medium hot. Not too many Dhosa choices

Ordered a Veg Biryani, I should have learnt from my experience last year but, it always needs that second try/fail. I fell badly sick with a stomach infection, took me one week of recovery. I had ordered this 1-2 few times in the past as well but the quality was not bad. Had same experience last year and thought they had improved on their food quality. this tells me they are not consistent, and you have to be very lucky to order food on a day when Chef wasn't jaded.

So delicious! Where else can you get vegan tikka masala, butter tofu, saag tofu.. tell me, I wanna know! So hard to find. So pleased they offer so many vegan options beyond the normal chana, dal, bhindi, aloo we usually get. I missed having a creamy, rich tikka! The tofu butter masala was my favorite (at least I think I was that one - the darker orange one). Closest to a tikka one might have had before going vegan. Absolutely loved it. Called and confirmed everything on the "Indian Vegan Cafe" menu is 100% vegan. I bet you can also just go to Southern Spice and sit down and order it. I'll have to try someday. I did pickup after placing a GrubHub order - be warned, it seemed to take longer than the non vegan orders, wasn't ready quite when the app said it was. Not really a "ghost kitchen"... really just Southern Spice's vegan menu but separated into a different name for ordering. TLDR - highly recommend, especially if you're craving more creamy (but vegan!) Indian curries! Updated from previous review on 2023-06-08

So delicious! Where else can you get vegan tikka masala, butter tofu, saag tofu.. tell me, I wanna know! So hard to find. So pleased they offer so many vegan options beyond the normal chana, dal, bhindi, aloo we usually get. I missed having a creamy, rich tikka! The tofu butter masala was my favorite (at least I think I was that one - the darker orange one). Closest to a tikka one might have had before going vegan. Absolutely loved it. Called and confirmed everything on the "Indian Vegan Cafe" menu is 100% vegan. I bet you can also just go to Southern Spice and sit down and order it. I'll have to try someday. I did pickup after placing a GrubHub order - be warned, it seemed to take longer than the non vegan orders, wasn't ready quite when the app said it was. Not really a "ghost kitchen"... really just Southern Spice's vegan menu but separated into a different name for ordering. TLDR - highly recommend, especially if you're craving more creamy (but vegan!) Indian curries! Updated from previous review on 2023-06-08

Not dissuaded by the poor rating and motivated to try something different, we ventured into this restuarant located in relative high ethnic Indian community. And boy, did we regret it! Two stars for using technology to make ordering and paying easy. However, they were smart enough to ask for tip before eating your food! The medu vada platter was OK, but the dosa pizza was a complete disaster. Absolutely no taste, loaded with cheese. We asked for chilli-flakes and salt in attempt to add a little taste it, but they did not have the flakes. We gave up and left 75% of dosa uneaten. The ghee roast chicken in appetizers was actually a chicken curry, with no bread/rice to eat it with. They could have added 2 pieces of paratha/naan with it.

This place is NOT fully vegan!! They only have a few vegan options, and are not even called “Indian Vegan Cafe”, it's called “Southern Spice”; we had to call just to find out where they are located, and they said they're located “inside Southern Spice” but when we went inside we discovered it's actually one and the same business, again which is NOT vegan. And they only allow online orders. Very sketchy and scam-like overall.

This place is NOT fully vegan!! They only have a few vegan options, and are not even called “Indian Vegan Cafe”, it’s called “Southern Spice”; we had to call just to find out where they are located, and they said they’re located “inside Southern Spice” but when we went inside we discovered it’s actually one and the same business, again which is NOT vegan. And they only allow online orders. Very sketchy and scam-like overall.

This place is NOT fully vegan!! They only have a few vegan options, and are not even called "Indian Vegan Cafe", it's called "Southern Spice"; we had to call just to find out where they are located, and they said they're located "inside Southern Spice" but when we went inside we discovered it's actually one and the same business, again which is NOT vegan. And they only allow online orders. Very sketchy and scam-like overall.