Desiree N.
Yelp
Hello again! Visiting a year later and unfortunately, nothing has changed.
I visited The PurpleMint Vegan Bistro on a Sunday afternoon with four other friends. It was mother's day but they weren't too busy so we were seated right away. Amongst the 5 of us, we ordered about 10 items off the menu including avocado rolls, egg rolls, walnut shrimp, fiery shrimp, crispy seasoned tofu, shrimp spring rolls, beef pho, combination fried rice, orange chicken, kung pao chicken, and thai teas all around.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So one might say I'm insane for not only revisiting this restaurant, but going as far as to order SO MANY menu items, but alas, it wasn't up to me.
Our food was delivered to our table fairly quickly, and we all took a moment of silence to begin digging into the feast before us, however, the silence didn't last long. We all collectively agreed that the food was terrible. In fact, we started a game amongst ourselves in which if you lost, you were forced to finish a plate. The avocado rolls were extremely bland - worse than bland even, the walnut shrimp had more sauce than shrimp, the "crispy" seasoned tofu was prepared incorrectly and quickly turned to mush, and the kung pao chicken tasted like cardboard. The fiery shrimp, egg rolls, and thai tea were the only things that we all agreed were good, but everything else was subpar at best.
The reviews of this restaurant puzzle me. I find it hard to believe that the chefs were having off days on both of my visits, but to each their own. PLEASE AVOID!!!