Good vegan diner food, nothing special but a fun brunch.
karism576
The French toast was great, and service was fast and friendly. I could only eat one bite of the tempeh bacon though -- I’m not sure how it was supposed to be bacon-like, it was very granular and not flavorful. I’ve had great tempeh bacon on burgers elsewhere.
Guédiguina koulonte
Vegetarian restaurants are welcome. Have a nice time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lallmanbaldwin
The menu is very diverse, the portion sizes are huge, there are lots of gluten-free options, the prices are very reasonable for what you're getting, and the service and ambiance are wonderful. It's no wonder why they've won Best of the Pacific Northwest honors at least twice. Even the meat eaters would be highly satisfied. I can't wait to come back!
CocktailShaker
The old Wayward was a cornerstone of the Seattle vegan community, which the owners were a part of. I was devastated when it closed + thrilled when someone swooped in + resurrected it. Unfortunately, that someone is a meat eating, right wing, anti-vax, climate change denier in Mercer Island. He changed the recipes + hiked the prices by A LOT. I’d rather spend my $$ at a restaurant run by someone who didn’t vote for Trump.
michivegangirl
Delectable vegan food! The drumsticks with thai chili sauce and hot hunny were insanely delicious! Our server, who was so kind, recommended the Hillbilly omelette and the Crunchy wrap. Jim and I both absolutely LOVED the wrap! Perfect texture and taste! The omelette was also very flavorful and balanced! I highly recommend checking out the Wayward Vegan when in Seattle! 🌿
N. M.
3/10/25 3:45pm I rarely leave 1 star reviews but the lack of service was so bad we had to leave. It was just my friend and I, the restaurant was otherwise empty.
The waitress handed us the menus and less than a minute later, before we could even get a chance to look at them asked us if we were ready to order, of course we were not.
In the meantime a guy comes into the restaurant and takes a nearby table behind us. Five minutes later and we were more than ready to order, but we could not seem to catch her eye, she seemed preoccupied with who knows what.
Finally she starts walking over, but she goes to the guy instead to take his order. Then, without looking in our direction walks away. By now it's been 7-8 minutes. My friend starts waving her arms trying to get this waitresses attention, but alas.
It appeared as though she started stocking the refrigerator and completely forgot about us. It was utterly bizarre to say the least. We were too put off to go up to her and say something, so after 10 minutes we finally left.
Even though we were looking forward to trying this place, there was no way we were going to give these people our money and ended up going to the restaurant next door.
Never again will we step foot in this place. In reading some of the other 1 star reviews it looks like we were probably spared.
I would give 0 stars if it were an option.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
sentient AI
I wish I could rate higher. The first time the blue cheese burger and fries were great - good portions, fries were the best we've ever had.
But the second time we got half as many fries, and they had no seasoning like the first time. There were only a few tiny bits of blue cheese on the burger too, which made it dry. For $25 with tax+tip for a burger+fries I expect better consistency and more than 1 teaspoon of blue cheese on the burger. Not sure if we will come back, because don't know if it will be the good burger+fries or just the "meh" ones.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Jessica A
Food was good, but it was wildly overpriced for what we got. My husband and I shared an appetizer and an entree and I had a mimosa for $64 with tip. For the amount of food you get, just don't think it's worth paying that much, especially when we shared all of our food. Service was fine, and the atmosphere was cheerful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
M Gives
There are different types of vegan eating. Some do a lot of soy and Wayward Vegan is that way. They only had like two items that didn't contain soy. I had avocado toast that was delicious but my options were slim because I don't do soy.
Unfortunately while dining here I ordered a pasta and asked for them to make it gluten free, however once I received it the noodles were off so I made sure to ask again if it was gluten free in which he said “isn’t that what the menu says” (it said to ask for it to be gluten free) and he later confirmed it was not. He did take it off at the end of the meal and the other food like the artichoke was delicious, but this is a problem unfortunately.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Jada Jackson
Super cute, bright brunch spot. Laptop friendly for a short bit. Yummy chilaquiles! I did get the scrambled egg on the side, it was just egg and kinda weird
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
geofre
The good: great service and delicious food. The Infamous Bowl is my go-to but the fried artichokes are also really good and the dinner menu looks really good. Fair prices for the most part. The bad: my tiny creamer (pictured) for my coffee cost a dollar. Like, what? I drove up from South Seattle because I had a hankering for The Lumberjack with stuffed hashbrowns and for some reason I had it in my head that the new management brought it over from the old menu. I was super disappointed that they don't have it but thought maybe I would ask the server who hadn't ever heard of it. Kind of a bummer because I think they could have made it since they pretty much have everything different spots on the menu. Anyways so I had my Infamous Bowl again even though I really wanted breakfast, nothing else from The Breakfast menu would have hit right.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tina Ngo
Not healthy vegan food by any means but if you are craving a vegan alternative to a burger, sandwich, etc this could satisfy that fix. Great service! Really sweet!
Clem Brown
Restaurant was closed 2 hours before the posted closing time, online and in the window
Good vegan diner food, nothing special but a fun brunch.
The French toast was great, and service was fast and friendly. I could only eat one bite of the tempeh bacon though -- I’m not sure how it was supposed to be bacon-like, it was very granular and not flavorful. I’ve had great tempeh bacon on burgers elsewhere.
Vegetarian restaurants are welcome. Have a nice time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The menu is very diverse, the portion sizes are huge, there are lots of gluten-free options, the prices are very reasonable for what you're getting, and the service and ambiance are wonderful. It's no wonder why they've won Best of the Pacific Northwest honors at least twice. Even the meat eaters would be highly satisfied. I can't wait to come back!
The old Wayward was a cornerstone of the Seattle vegan community, which the owners were a part of. I was devastated when it closed + thrilled when someone swooped in + resurrected it. Unfortunately, that someone is a meat eating, right wing, anti-vax, climate change denier in Mercer Island. He changed the recipes + hiked the prices by A LOT. I’d rather spend my $$ at a restaurant run by someone who didn’t vote for Trump.
Delectable vegan food! The drumsticks with thai chili sauce and hot hunny were insanely delicious! Our server, who was so kind, recommended the Hillbilly omelette and the Crunchy wrap. Jim and I both absolutely LOVED the wrap! Perfect texture and taste! The omelette was also very flavorful and balanced! I highly recommend checking out the Wayward Vegan when in Seattle! 🌿
3/10/25
3:45pm
I rarely leave 1 star reviews but the lack of service was so bad we had to leave. It was just my friend and I, the restaurant was otherwise empty.
The waitress handed us the menus and less than a minute later, before we could even get a chance to look at them asked us if we were ready to order, of course we were not.
In the meantime a guy comes into the restaurant and takes a nearby table behind us. Five minutes later and we were more than ready to order, but we could not seem to catch her eye, she seemed preoccupied with who knows what.
Finally she starts walking over, but she goes to the guy instead to take his order. Then, without looking in our direction walks away. By now it's been 7-8 minutes. My friend starts waving her arms trying to get this waitresses attention, but alas.
It appeared as though she started stocking the refrigerator and completely forgot about us. It was utterly bizarre to say the least. We were too put off to go up to her and say something, so after 10 minutes we finally left.
Even though we were looking forward to trying this place, there was no way we were going to give these people our money and ended up going to the restaurant next door.
Never again will we step foot in this place. In reading some of the other 1 star reviews it looks like we were probably spared.
I would give 0 stars if it were an option.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I wish I could rate higher. The first time the blue cheese burger and fries were great - good portions, fries were the best we've ever had.
But the second time we got half as many fries, and they had no seasoning like the first time. There were only a few tiny bits of blue cheese on the burger too, which made it dry. For $25 with tax+tip for a burger+fries I expect better consistency and more than 1 teaspoon of blue cheese on the burger. Not sure if we will come back, because don't know if it will be the good burger+fries or just the "meh" ones.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food was good, but it was wildly overpriced for what we got. My husband and I shared an appetizer and an entree and I had a mimosa for $64 with tip. For the amount of food you get, just don't think it's worth paying that much, especially when we shared all of our food. Service was fine, and the atmosphere was cheerful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
There are different types of vegan eating. Some do a lot of soy and Wayward Vegan is that way. They only had like two items that didn't contain soy. I had avocado toast that was delicious but my options were slim because I don't do soy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
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Unfortunately while dining here I ordered a pasta and asked for them to make it gluten free, however once I received it the noodles were off so I made sure to ask again if it was gluten free in which he said “isn’t that what the menu says” (it said to ask for it to be gluten free) and he later confirmed it was not. He did take it off at the end of the meal and the other food like the artichoke was delicious, but this is a problem unfortunately.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Super cute, bright brunch spot. Laptop friendly for a short bit. Yummy chilaquiles! I did get the scrambled egg on the side, it was just egg and kinda weird
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
The good: great service and delicious food. The Infamous Bowl is my go-to but the fried artichokes are also really good and the dinner menu looks really good. Fair prices for the most part.
The bad: my tiny creamer (pictured) for my coffee cost a dollar. Like, what?
I drove up from South Seattle because I had a hankering for The Lumberjack with stuffed hashbrowns and for some reason I had it in my head that the new management brought it over from the old menu. I was super disappointed that they don't have it but thought maybe I would ask the server who hadn't ever heard of it. Kind of a bummer because I think they could have made it since they pretty much have everything different spots on the menu. Anyways so I had my Infamous Bowl again even though I really wanted breakfast, nothing else from The Breakfast menu would have hit right.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not healthy vegan food by any means but if you are craving a vegan alternative to a burger, sandwich, etc this could satisfy that fix. Great service! Really sweet!
Restaurant was closed 2 hours before the posted closing time, online and in the window
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