PLANTA Queen

Overall it was an okay experience for a full vegetarian restaurant. My fave was the bang bang broccoli would definitely go back for that

The food was amazing! I had the bang bang broccoli and let me tell you, that broccoli was banging! Also one of the cocktails came in a cute cat mug.

Planta on Queen St offers an elegant and chic dining experience with its modern ambiance and intimate lighting. The atmosphere sets the stage for a sophisticated evening, making it an ideal choice for a special dining occasion.

The Bao Slider, a delightful appetizer, showcases a perfect harmony of delicious and tasty elements. Each ingredient contributes to a well-balanced flavor profile, making it a memorable start to the dining experience.

The 1000 Layer Crispy Potatoes at Planta are a standout dish, boasting perfect crispiness while the inside evokes the reminiscent texture and taste of scalloped potatoes. The bite-sized squares deliver a satisfying crunch, creating a unique and enjoyable culinary experience. This dish adds a creative twist to traditional potato preparations, showcasing the kitchen’s skill in achieving a balance between texture and flavor.

The Disco & Dumpling, served fried, is another delightful option that embodies tastiness and crunchiness. The complimentary flavors in this dish create a harmonious blend, adding to the overall appeal of Planta’s menu. The restaurant’s commitment to delivering well-executed and flavorful dishes is evident in each bite, making it a worthwhile destination for those seeking a contemporary and palate-pleasing dining experience.

This is our experience, what’s yours?

The spicy tuna rolls was really good. The dumplings were not good. Dan Dan noodles is nothing like actual Dan Dan noodles but there was a long strand of hair in the meal so I lost my appetite and couldn’t even finish it. Expected a place like this to be a bit more hygienic. Disappointed.

Food is fine. But calling those things tacos is an insult to tacos. It's literally the size of a nacho folded with salsa inside.

Quite expensive as well. Expect to pay $100+ for 2 people including tip and taxes.

I was actually blown away on how terrible the food was. My whole group ordered about 9 different dishes to share and they were all extremely bland. I love planta burger so I thought I would love it here too but I was extremely disappointed. Great service and cocktails though.

This vegan food was super delicious! The staff were all very friendly. Everything we ordered was amazing and we were full! 10/10!

The food was great, very filling and flavourful. The server didn’t come by once to refill our water or check up on us.

Food is consistently tasty and covers a wide range of vegan alternatives. Pleasant ambience & lovely staff.

Disappointed by my experience at Planta Queen on November 20.

Food was generally uninspired, service was stretched very thin so we had to wait long periods of time (or ask different folks multiple times) to get something.

Main shortcoming was a mixup on a surprise birthday cake for my wife that I pre-ordered. The information didn’t get through and they forgot, forcing me to re-order it on the spot— ruining the surprise. They took no steps to apologize or compensate me for dropping the ball.

I spoke with a customer service manager by email the next day. Long story short, they offered to comp a dish or two the *next* time I come. So I’ve already dropped $200+ on dinner, and I should spend *more* merely to get a dish or two on the house some time in the future? Not worthwhile.

For genuinely delightful vegetarian dining I’d easily favour the Avelo group.

20 of us got together at Planta Queen for our cousin's birthday last month. It was a beautiful private dining space with superb service. It was my first time here and I can't wait to visit again! Order anything and you'll be happy!

Absolutely loved this restaurant and going to stop by the next time I visit! The food was really good, highly recommend the ahi watermelon sushi and the mushroom bao! The vibe was great and the waiter was really attentive and friendly.

I really wanted to try out this location for its asian inspired vegan dishes and I wasn't a least bit disappointed. Every item we ordered was a burst of decadent flavors and so filling. The servers here are super nice and professional and the ambience very calming. It was a wonderful experience getting lunch here and I would definitely be back.

First time there - great service and excellent food, very flavourful and fresh. Definitely on my goto list. We loved it!

Been here a couple of times, for casual dinners and before the ballet across the street. Food is amazing, setting is classy and dignified.

A bit pricey for what you get, but the food was all good. Server was a bit inattentive, never really came over to check in with us. Had to get a bus person to get our waiter when we wanted to get dessert.

I'm not a vegetarian, so I thought it would be okay, but I wasn't expecting to be blown away. Planta totally exceeded my expectations though, every time I've been there the food has been exceptionally delicious. This is not just a great vegetarian/vegan restaurant, this is a great restaurant period. My only complaint is that the music is a little loud for my tastes, but that's down to personal preference.

Updated: Aside from the slow service everything else was much better than what I remember. Would go back. Service could be improved. Waitress was very slow, forgot certain things such as the spoons with rice, some ice I had asked for, and etc.

Previous: It was difficult for me to justify the price of certain items on the menu. It was great food, great vibes, but I’m not too sure I will go out of my way to return to this place as a non-vegetarian.

Came here for my girlfriend's birthday and first impressions were NOT GOOD - the Host was scruntinizing the vaccine passports that some of our party had (they had passports from outside Ontario) because she had never seen a BC vaccine passport before. Then, she decided to sneakily try and seat us in the empty lounge (I had already pre-booked the dining room). When I asked why this was, she said that our table wasn't ready and we would have to wait. Typically, a good host would offer you this information before trying to lead you to another table. We told her that we would prefer to wait until our table was ready.

Luckily, the food and service by our Server, Sophie, was amazing! The ambience of the dining room + very tasty dishes made it very enjoyable evening in the end.

Went to this restaurant as a recommendation from food reviews and friends. Had a friend come to visit and was vegetarian, so thought this was the best place to take him. The Bang Bang broccoli" tasted like tempura with sweetness from peanut butter and savoury from chili spice. "Pineapple fried rice" was sweet pineapples and spicy curry sticky rice, but not hot. I liked the chick'n fried mushrooms, crispy long slices of mushroom with chili sauce on the side.
The ahi watermelon nigiri and california rolls were tasty but not the same as fish sushi. Ahi watermelon had all the textures of sushi perfectly.but there was a sweetness to the "ahi" that couldn't replace fish.
The disco dumplings were not my favorite. I don't like sweet squash in dumplings, but flavoured well otherwise.
It was my friend's birthday and they arranged for an off the menu cocao sponge cake with coconut cocao icing and "Happy Birthday" perfectly written in chocolate.even the non vegetarians liked it!
Best part: Service was excellent. Server was helpful, knew the menu items well, and gave recommendations. Ambience was like a being in a "Kill Bill" movie.beautiful with autumn trees to set the stage. Tables were well spaced for patrons and servers to feel comfortable. Could have been a little quieter but I guess it was a busy night.
Overall: Tasty food, and great place for vegetarians and vegans alike. Will return for at least the cake!

I tried this place when they opened and wasn’t a fan. $16 for a broccoli tempura roll was insane to me, but figured I should give it another shot. Today I had the Dan Dan noodles, which were unfortunately so salty I couldn’t have more than one bite. The server was great and immediately put in a replacement order for the General D cauliflower. Since the sauce lightly covered the cauliflower, it wasn’t too bad. But once I had a good taste of the sauce in full force, it was extremely salty as well. For somewhere charging these prices the food should at least be good. It was moderate at best when edible. Otherwise the amount of salt used made the dishes disgusting. Take your money to a small business who cares about their food.

Average food to be honest considering the price and quantity of food you get. The other Planta locations are much much better.

Absolutely obsessed. Love love love the food and atmosphere. My favs are the Ahi Watermelon Nigiri, Unagi Eggplant Nigiri, Crispy Rice, Bang Bang Broccoli. Drinks: the Lych Please is good and the Sake to Me comes in the cutest cat cup. I come here very often and the food is consistently good. The staff is super friendly and informative. The decor and ambiance of the restaurant is really nice as well.

This was one of the most heavily anticipated meals of my entire trip. After living in Vancouver and the West Coast for over a year, it became clear to me that the first dinner back in Toronto would be at one of my all-time favourite vegan restaurants: Planta on Queen. I originally planned on meeting my sweet sweet Rutabaga for a shared meal that surely would have satisfied us both and consummated our love. To my chagrin, I was informed of her absence that very afternoon. Despite the fact that she encountered some delays with her flight logistics, I could not allow any unforeseen circumstances to bar me from enjoying a worthy feast for my travels.
Upon disembarking the train at Union station, I travelled by skateboard to Bremner and Blue Jays Way, leaving my cumbersome bags at Kyle’s apartment. I was now freer than I have ever been and my sights were locked on some exquisitely curated plant-based dishes. I explained the dreams about a cruelty free future that I had every night on the train to my server, they shared they had the exact same dream. At this point it was clear that the following 30 minutes would become my destiny. I did not even pretend to look at the menu, with the knowledge that my fate had already been decided. I simply announced my arrival and the server enlightened me by stating my dishes were being prepared since before I arrived. In fact, my presence that day was prophesied many years earlier when the restaurant originally opened.

I will admit that for the following sequence of events, I have absolutely no earthly memory, though I have some photos and a good sense of similar scenarios in my life. I will first describe the food to the best of my imagination, then I will divulge what I experienced in this time.
Scenario 1 (Imagined dining experience)
The server brought me three dishes, each one tasting better than the last. I savoured each bite, as I reflected on the how far veganism has come. The server was delightful, delivering my food promptly and engaging in pleasant small talk. This was one of the best meals I have eaten in a long time.

Scenario 2 (What I experienced)
The moment my order was taken, the sky opened and out emerged a cloud being. The cloud being announced: “Noah please, come with us and live the rest of eternity in peace and harmony, for you have discovered the answer to existence. Thank you for coming to the most Michelin restaurant known across an infinite of dimensions. ”
I politely declined the nebulous offering, as I understood the moment I took my first bite I would possess limitless power of compassion. The reality was that I could not lift the fork, the morsel of prodigious indulgence had the weight of the universe as it possessed eternal wisdom. It became clear that I could not simply eat the meal. I had to become the essence of acceptance and combine my own ethereal fabric with the dumplings and the sushi, which were divined out of perfect grace. I did not eat this on my own, I shared the glorious repast with 1000 iterations of myself across all spectra of reality and beyond. Time no longer passed, in fact it never existed. While my physical body was seated at the patio, my mind was frozen since the emergence of all matter and would remain completely vortical until all suns returned to their dormant state. As the years passed my body only became stronger, eventually I became a statue, comprised of pure lab grown diamond.
After what felt like 30 years, my earth watch claimed it had only been 30 minutes. I have since then noticed I can run faster, type without looking at the keyboard and I no longer create flatulence. I came here for dinner, and I left with the rest of my life.

The most amazing vegan food! I loved this place so much during my last visit to toronto, I wish they'd open a location in ottawa!

Ambiance, 5 stars. But the fried mushrooms were so batter heavy, we couldn't finish it. Otherwise every was good. Sushi was okay, the noodles were great.

An excellent spot for vegetarians and vegans. The cuisine has a clear Asian influence (from several different parts of Asia - they serve sushi, bao, dumplings, pad thai salad etc.).

The menu is built to share, we ordered lots of small to medium size plates which was a great way to sample different flavors. There's also one section of the menu for mains, where just one would be almost enough to fill 1 person (maybe a little small).

As others have mentioned, the bang bang brocolli is delicious. It's crispy and flavorful. The chick'n fried mushrooms and bao sliders were great as well. I wasn't a huge fan of the potatoe dumplings however. They had 4 dessert options ranging from cake/brownir variants to a rice pudding and an apple pastry.

The atmosphere is nice as well - as you'll be able to tell from the ambiance and the menu prices, Planta is a slightly upscale restaurant but nothing too exorbitant, especially for Toronto. It's a large space with tons of seating and nice decorations (there's a few bright pink/red trees that are a unique touch to the decor). The servers are friendly and describe the dishes to you as they serve them, adding to the "fancy" feel

Overall one of the best spots in Toronto for more upscale vegan cuisine.

Wow wow wow! What a beautiful restaurant. It looks upscale and at the same time very comfy. Ari our waitress was smiling helpful and friendly. The food is well presented. We had a dumpling soup in a miso broth with beautiful mushrooms it was well spiced with fresh herbs.we also had the sweet potatoes appetizers. The best sweet potatoes I ever had (not a fan usually) ; then we had the braised bok Choy. They were so good and so well spiced still a bit crunchy and juicy. The noodles Hakka were good the broth was excellent and tasty. The tofu was somewhat of a let down: bland almost watery and too big chunks my wife was very disappointed (she prepares I was to say divine tofu) it is an excellent value for our money we will be back.

Love that place! Everything is so delicious! When ordering sushi you can’t even tell it’s not fish, it’s even better than real sushi! Great alternative if you are expecting. I always leave very full as I want to try as many things on the menu as possible. Can’t go wrong with any of them! Great service too.

Food was amazing. Environment was awesome and Adam our server was very knowledgeable and did the extra work to accommodate my allergies. I'm excited to be coming back this Friday. Definitely would recommend to any vegan or anyone who is interested in trying vegan style cuisine. Hats off the the chef Manny

Absolutely tasty food with some really unique food and flavour combinations. They're well-known for their sushi, but I'd recommend choosing some of their more unique creations.

I'm obviously biased because I am vegan and that is an important part of my lifestyle, but the prices were a little high for an average earner!

Covid Times: guests were very well distanced, restaurant was very clean, good air flow. I felt safe.

Ian was outstanding and went above and beyond to make sure that we were served well.we will be returning because of ian’s service.we loved bestie ian <3
best service i’ve ever had.this man holds the restaurant together

Although my husband and I are meat-eaters, we cannot say enough about our dining experience at Planta! It's like tapas, but with an Asian flair: dumplings, bao buns, rolls and an amazing Mushroom Truffle Noodle dish (they certainly did not skimp on the truffle and mushrooms!) Outside of the delicious flavours and fresh, quality ingredients being used, the value is incredible for downtown T. O!

We came here for brunch and were disappointed. If you do come here, go for brunch and definitely get the bottomless mimosas ($25) as that is very worth it. We ordered some of the nigiri, Japanese yams, Hakka noodles, dumplings, and the strawberry shortcake. The ingredients they use is of good quality and they do incorporate some lesser used vegetables which is nice but the dishes as a whole were not that imaginative or elevated. They also feel watered down for western tastes rather than incorporating authentic Asian flavors into upscale dishes. Given the decor, atmosphere, and price, I was expecting more than run of the mill vegan food. The nigiri (eggplant and mushroom) were good. The Japanese yams were dressed with some kimchi and mayo but not that exciting (essentially home fries). The skins used for the corn dumpling were very soft which led me to think that they used the wrong type of skin (steam vs boiling/frying skins) or they sat in the sauce for too long. The Hakka noodles were udon in a south east Asian curry sauce which is very misleading as Hakka noodles are specifically wheat noodles, dry (for the wok hay flavor), and flavoured with Chinese and Indian spices. The last dish was the strawberry shortcake which was good. They used local strawberries, the ice cream was good, and the tapioca was nice too. Only complaint is that vegan cakes usually have a distinct slightly unpleasant flavor due to the type of fat they use. I would have expected them to have found an alternative given the upscale presentation.

This place definitely encourages sharing plates, but honestly most of the dishes would be better as a meal for one person. Noodles and dumplings were very good. This is a good spot to bring a big group, but the price is steep especially considering there’s no meat! And if you don’t like mushrooms you should probably go to a different restaurant because there’s literally mushrooms in everything. Vibe and aesthetic are ON POINT. Service was also excellent, our server was very attentive, helpful, and nice. Lots of staff working, so it’s nice to see that no one “appears” to be taking on too much.

Beautiful decor. Dont love the menu as much as Planta Yorkville but food was still yummy. Sat us without a reservation.

Delicious, you really don’t need to be vegetarian or vegan to enjoy this menu. Portions small for sharing though. Could get pricey,

Personally I am not a vegan, (though I intend and hope to be be in the future) but nevertheless, I ate from every dish on our list/menu. Delicious! I was part of a group hosted at Planta for Jonathan and Kristene!
Our server was Ian, and he was amazing and so polite! He really catered to us, I wish I could really bless servers like Ian, via tips but we only had to pay for our drinks, because of Ian's excellent service im giving this place an extra star. Just facts man. I ordered the Sake and it came with a small glass jug and bamboo cup, wow! I may not know the most about vegan eating but I did like what was served there.
Oh yeah! Normally I HATE seaweed, but this seaweed appitizer was SOOOOO good, so crunchy and tasty! You guys changed my mind about that, which is really crazy for me, but yeah! I dont remember all the names of what we had, as it was 7-8 dishes, but the vegan sushi, the truffle fried rice, the rice noodles in mushroom sauce, as well as the seaweed appitizer- those meals were pretty tasty! I would eat it again and I am not vegan xD! However, there was this mushroom soup that tasted like salted wood. I didnt really like it, it wasnt bad, I just felt like it was missing some kind of tangy/tart flavour in order to balance out the mushroom/wood taste.

Very interesting vegetarian food. Good for sharing, loved the udon with mushrooms as well as the dosa

Rented once of their smaller event rooms for my husbands 30th birthday and it was perfect! The dim sum brunch menu was amazing and everyone was raving about it. The decor was beautiful and I didn’t need to bring anything of my own! They provided personalized menus and lots of space for gifts and extra items and even cut and served a vegan cake we brought. It was a fantastic party and many guests said they’d be going back with friends (even though they’re not vegan or vegetarian)!

Nice ambiance and a good option to try out good place to try out delicious vegan food (I am not a vegan, so it really helped me change my perspective that a good high end meal does not need to have mèat or fish in it)

I very much enjoyed my visit to this location. Our server gave us really excellent food recommendations that I would have otherwise not chosen myself. Being a vegan restaurant, I had low expectations but you would never be able to tell that you were eating vegan food it's that good. You should definitely come to this location - as I have mixed review about the other locations.

We made a reservation and still had to wait half an hour. We were a little upset, but the waitresses did apologize as well as serve us two dishes on the house. Overall, the food was presented very well and booming with flavor. Plenty of Asian inspired dishes that met the mark, from sushi with watermelon tuna to a delicious Tom Yum soup. Dishes were served in a timely fashion. Portions are small, but as to be expected from an upscale restaurant. My biggest grievance was that their website promoted a Bam Bam Broccoli on the house when reservations were made online in celebration of World Vegan Day. I showed the webpage to my waitress, so they served us this dish, however, they still added it to our bill! I felt this was unfair given that I made a reservation through their website and the waitress did not even let me know I would be unable to get this promotion.

This place is amazing from the ambiance to the food. Lot of thought has gone into the food. Everything is plant based so that kind of bring down the options on the menu. Cusine is Asian, but you can find all Asian food including the south indian Dosa, well that is the only Indian food on the menu other than the turmeric lime juice if you can call it Indian. There is sushi, soup, rice based and wok but in a surprising way. Taste is also good and cost is reasonable compared to the uniqueness. Primarily chop sticks are used, if you need fork please ask.

Planta Queen was a lot less exciting than I was expecting based on the reviews. The food wasn’t great. Service was ok. Prices are very high. I guess they were going for more of an instagram thing than a focus on good food.

So good. Especially as someone who doesn’t like fishy sushi because their sushis are bomb. And don’t even get me started on the broccoli tempura. To die for. Would highly recommend this spot.

Just awesome place for vegetarian or vegan ppl like me. I always find problems when going to restaurants as I dont get veg options.but this place is just awesome.service gets slower as more ppl come in.not problem of waiters but management for keeping low number of staff.we tried bang bang broccoli, hakka noodles, kambucha mocktail,

We came here on a Saturday night. The restaurant was full, but we managed to get seated at 7: 40 for our 7: 15 reservation, which is (by Toronto standards) pretty much expected for a popular restaurant on a weekend night. The staff were apologetic about the wait, but as I said I expected it so no worries. The decor in Planta's new venture is gorgeous. The food menu is concise but still varied. I don't think that there were any bad choices. The cocktail menu is fun! Delicious, different, themed. Our server was well-timed in her appearances, well-spoken on the food and her enthusiasm with our order was appreciated. The food runners were all equally as pleasant and the food came out in a great pace. We followed the server's suggestions for quantity: a couple of small plates, a couple of larger plates, all meant to be shared. Our food was fabulous. As a long time vegan (20+ years) it has been very interesting to experience the evolution in Toronto's vegan dining and I am really excited about Planta on Queen and the original Yorkville site. It means so much to me to be go out for a celebratory dinner with my omnivore husband and not be sidelined to salad and plain baked potato. Restaurants like these intrigue and satisfy diners who have in the past relegated vegan food to kale, tofu and chickpeas and had no interest. So, well done on this front. The problem is: this restaurant is LOUD. I mean it is so loud the table next to us left before they put their order in because the gentleman couldn't hear his date. The table next to us were struggling to be heard, particularly unfair to the father at the end of the table. The volume here is not conducive to intimate conversation. I don't think I would come back for a date night for this reason, but would come back with a table of friends, where you can afford to miss a word here and there. Certainly would not recommend for work dinner or meeting where conversation is important. Again, so loud it. It really felt like the volume is meant to push people out faster to accommodate turn over. Worked for us, we left within an hour and ten minutes, skipping the after dinner drinks and sharing only one dessert (we were thinking of a second, but wanted to relax a little instead of yelling at each other).

Had a great meal here, the sushi is a unique experience and the broccoli was a highlight. We went on dumpling night - which were also great! Would only say I was disappointed by the fried rice dish, seemed to be lacking in something. The place is dark, a little loud but very busy! We enjoyed it but maybe not the choice for an intimate date~

The food was good and the server was nice. However, there was an item on the drink menu that was mildly racist, as it was called "Ho-Lee-Chit", and the friend I went with wasn't happy to see her culture being trivialized in such a way.

Great tasting food, no meat needed or even missed. Fried rice was awesome as was the cauliflower!

Atmosphere at the back of the restaurant was bumping!

Tasty place for family-style vegetarian dishes. I enjoyed the twist on traditional Asian dishes, but I found some dishes to be better than others and the prices to be a little steep.

We ordered the tofu and mushrooms, udon and the strawberry dessert. The udon was amazing, but I found the tofu and mushrooms to be just okay. Serving sizes were huge though and good for sharing.

Will definitely be back to try the dumplings and mushroom fried rice.

Worst dining experience of my life. Rude waitress upon not receiving tip (after poor service) proceeded to comment on us not looking happy, then demanded feedback on her service whilst table next to us looked on in horror. As we tried to back away from this she kept talking on and on defending herself and telling (Japanese) guest ‘maybe you don’t understand Izakaya style dining’. Rude rude rude awful!

Great flavours, love the Asian fusion! Loved the lemongrass and Thai basil in the slaw! Lots of stuff that looks terrific that I'd love to try! Great service as well.

I won't lie, I sort of expected this food to be boring, but everything was amazing and super delicious. You definitely don't need to be a vegetarian to enjoy the food. They are all sharing plates and it's a fun place to go with friends. The service was also excellent and they were happy to accommodate our friend who is gluten intolerant, making many substitutions to dishes so she could share everything with us!

Amazing food, went with a group of people who aren't vegan and you can't even tell it's a full on vegan place. All the dishes were amazing. Tapas style and we ordered seconds including the brocholli again which was one of our faves and spinish goyza. Big fan, would go back again, Lee is a food genius.

Excellent food, our server Lindsey suggested the pineapple fried rice, the dosa and the general tao cauliflower! All excellent food! I'm not a vegan or vegetarian, but if someone cooked dishes like this for me daily I think I can become a weekday vegetarian/vegan!

First experience went great: weeknight dinner with a larger group. Food was delicious. Service was great. Sake deals were on point.

Highly recommended this location and decided to repeat for a 2nd visit. Brought along some friends for the Sunday dim sum brunch menu. Made reservations as recommended. Lounge area looked busy but the restaurant was absolutely empty. We were the only table and yet multiple orders were missed and food took some time to arrive. Our party was ready to dive into this menu but unfortunately we had to call it quits as it seemed the staff was more focused on the lounge area. Shame. I regret bringing friends to this location.

I've been to the Yorkville location and thought I'd check this one out with a friend. I made reservations for a Friday evening. The staff was welcoming, had a live DJ and the ambiance is chill. The menu is great as there is something for everyone on it. I ordered the pizza and it was delicious! It didn't have the typical cauliflower crust which was nice. I was also surprised I was full and didn't feel the need to order something else. The waitress was knowledgable and Heather the general waitress reached out via email after to thank me for completing their online feedback survey. I thought that was nice of her. It's the little things that make the customer experience. I will definitely be back!

Went here for lunch and it was wonderful! The restaurant is so beautiful and the staff were very attentive and nice and the food was so good! We shared bang bang brocolli, dumplings and the mushroom fried rice and it was absolutely delicious. Definitely recommend and I can't wait to go back.