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3.0 of 5 stars.
"eh." The dishes were decent but I've had better vegetarian (Great Wall Oakland). We ordered 2 main dishes and they came out 10-15 minutes apart. This is a pet peeve of mine. My girlfriend and I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thank god for Chinese vegetarian food.... The wontons were a stand out and the home made Lemonade was to die for.
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The food is great, the service is wonderful, great atmosphere, the staff is very friendly and the price is right : )
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I don't think I have ever eaten food as GREASY as this one.
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Let me begin this review by saying I LOVE MEAT! We were having dinner with some vegan friends of ours. Usually we go to a regular restaurant and they just order the vegetarian dishes, but this time...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Two Vegetarians and Three non vegetarians went to try out Central Vegetarian Cuisine on Saturday. I called ahead and made reservations and when we got there they seated us in a nice quiet location....
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
honestly, got take out.. even so, they get 5 stars for being best fn vegan asian food ever tasted!!!was visiting my bff in bay area again, they just happ move down st from this joint, which had opened...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is awesome, the staff is friendly and the food is full of flavor. I am a big sucker for their spicy "chicken" salad, I had to convince a friend that is was actually tofu, because the taste...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't like comparing restaurants in reviews, because it implies that one is only good or bad when defined against the other. However in this case the menus are exactly the same and I think it's...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What this place may lack in ambiance (and animal products) it makes up for in fresh, veggie-filled dishes and friendly service.I go for the Lotus Salad (with tofu) every time. It's crunchy, light and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Don't judge a book by its cover--ignore the unappealing storefront and the foreboding photographs of the food. Ignore the generic name, too. And gosh, while you're at it don't pay too much attention...
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I enjoyed this spot so much I can't stop telling people how amazing it was. I ordered the spicy "chicken" dish. It wasn't really chicken! I promise you it tasted just like chicken. I also ordered the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
ripping vegi food. the chef from golden lotus has opened her own spot (it may be connected with golden lotus and golden era). very similar to lotus, but cooked with a little more love. check out the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Like many others have written here, I am far from being a vegetarian. I had dinner at Central Vegetarian recently and was quite impressed. The Mongolian beef was superb, as was everything else we had....
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We were literally the only people in the restaurant, and the food was completely adequate if a bit thrown together. I would come back if I were in the area, but the food itself wasn't memorable or...
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The ONLY option in Alameda for Vegan cooking. My favorites are: Ginger Fish, Spicy Chicken, Smoked Drumsticks, Coconut Curry Chicken Noodle Soup, and the Mango Smoothies. I have taken many meat...
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Central vegetarian cuisine is a great little place to grab a tasty and healthy bite to eat with my vegan sweetie. We have been there several times and the service is always great. The food is pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really enjoyed Central Vegetarian and I am not even vegetarian. I'm not sure if that makes me a qualified critic of good vegetarian food but still...the food was great. I asked the server for the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent food. The service is great. There are so MANY choices. I took a couple hard-core vege friends here and they loved it. My favorite items here are the spicy noodle soup and duck bamboo soup....
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Someone who says they work here, ngiha p., sent me this strange message on yelp-- "then what do u advise that i could use b/c i WORK THERE OKAY!!!!!!!!!" Not sure if it's real, but the only...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We went to Central Veg for the first time last night with a friend, and we're new converts. The service was attentive and quick. And, the food was really very tasty! I highly recommend the Special...
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i can't live without them!!! wish they were open on Wednesdays :(
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the food (juicy fake meats, vegetables) was pretty good, but i couldn't help but think about how much better it would be if they had hoisin sauce.my farts, as well as my date's, were so foul after...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Central Veg is one of my favorite favorite places in the Bay Area. As a vegetarian, the menu can be a bit overwhelming. I am used to having my choices limited to one or two items on any menu. When I...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am torn. I was going to give 5 stars but I changed my mind back and forth enough. Then I looked at the Yelp! description and it says Yay! I am a fan for 4 and As good as it gets for 5 so I am...
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yum! I finally tried out Central Veg with my vegan friend Nancy who comes here all the time. I went for the Spicy Chicken and it was awesome! We also had Fried Wonton appetizers, Coconut Curry noodle...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I asked the waitress for a recommendation and she suggested the "Spicy Chicken". That woman is a genius!! Truly one of the best dishes I've had in recent memory. The "chicken" had a great texture,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am so excited to find this place today! Amazing food. Everything is really fresh and the spices are amazing. I ate the eggplant curry, and we also shared this spicy, green bean tofu dish. My...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This business has taken good food and good service to an amazing level. My coworkers and I were waiting anxiously for so long for this restaurant to open their doors to the public. They had their...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I CRAVE this place on a weekly basis.Their fake meats are the BEST! try the orange chicken and ANY of the soups.
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Well, this was an absolute delight and I can tell you now, I'll be having many more a lunches at Central Vegetarian!It's a very small place with a fairly extensive menu. We opted to share the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i'm certainly not a vegetarian but once in a while I like the faux meat dishes. this place is just okay.. we had the potstickers which were totally fried...not really true potstickers. We also had...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As a preliminary matter... I AM NOT a Vegetarian. I love my ribeye, prime rib, ground beef, chicken, lamb, pork chops, chorizo, panchetta, etc etc. However, my vegetarian friend dragged me here....
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This review should be merged into the other Central Vegetarian review (which has a lot more reviews).
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Well, a vegetarian restaurant in Alameda is like a godsend! There's a great variety of dishes -- sort of pan-Asian -- and many omnivore friends have found something they like. I'm a vegan and like...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm an omnivore, but a former vegetarian and vegan eater who still prefers to eat that way most of the time. My husband is a meat-a-holic. And yet, this is one of our favorite restaurants. The service...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my weekly restaurants. Food is consistent and great. I still cannot believe this is available in Alameda. The service is sooooo much better than Golden Lotus as is the food. Highly...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place rules so hard, i cannot even begin to tell you. everything is vegan or vegetarian, which means ZERO meat or if you choose, no dairy. one of my good friends took me there before seeing van...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I ate here yesterday and really enjoyed the lunch. I loved the lotus salad...it was very fresh and extremely flavorful. We also ordered the chicken nuggets which were good, but not great. The sauce...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The menu is nearly identical to Golden Lotus in Oakland, but the prices are a tad bit lower, which is wonderful. I knew that the caramelized chicken wouldn't fail me, and it didn't. It was deliciously...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Our family is mixed vegan, non-vegan, so when we all go out together, we usually go vegan. There are only a handful of vegan restaurants that we all love, and this is one of them. Central...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
FXXX me.I like spam.I like canned corned beef.I like fish.I eat raw fish.I like beef steak, medium rare.I like BBQ beef.sometimes I eat raw beef.I have had a raw horse meat in JapanI like BBQ polk.I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE this place! The food is incredible! I would eat here everyday if I could! Try the spicy green bean and tofu dish, or the lemongrass "chicken". They're both amazing!They should have cooking...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty good food, not great. I've had better faux meat dishes. But it's close to home, cheap, and they stay open late. There is a lot on the menu so there is a little cognitive load to parse the menu...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm a big meat eater! So it's very weird for me to write a review for a vegetarian restaurant. i was skeptical about eating straight veggie typed food. but one time my gf dragged me in and made me try...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As Pirate T says, "The menu was a BOOK!"We had a hard time narrowing down what we wanted to eat.We started off with an order of "chicken" nuggets, which came with a tangy, sweet sesame sauce. We...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a Chinese / Vietnamese vegetarian restaurant with your usual selection of faux meats. We had the chicken salad, fish clay pot and spicy garlic green bean tofu. Food and service was good but...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was in Pig Heaven. The menu was a BOOK and it was all stuff I could eat (tho' I couldn't get my head around the concept of eating something called "beef" even if it wasn't).The service was fast and...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
when my boyfriend (a steak and potato eating kinda guy) raved about this place, actually went there HIMSELF, without my begging....i knew it had to be good! we got our order to go so i can't comment...
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The service is very very very slow. The food is okay, but it's definitely on a per-dish basis. And it seems kind of expensive just for tofu and vegetables - this place costs as much as comparable meat...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here on a recommendation of a coworker (who happens to be Vietnamese and lives around the corner). If I were a vegetarian, this would definitely be on my top restaurants to eat at (at least in...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Central Vegetarian Cuisine can most closely be compared to Golden Lotus in Oakland's Chinatown. I think Golden Lotus is excellent, and have never had a bad meal there (although lately the prices have...
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm a little surprised how many five star reviews this place has gotten. First of all... This place had the grand opening sign and open hours up and everything for like two months before they...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Will vegetarians please stop pretending that frozen gluten meat shipped from China and warmed in bland watery gloop is the "exact same thing" as a regular broccoli and beef? Can those of us who are...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went here with two of my other friends and we all concluded that "The taste of the food is really good but what is it? The texture of everything is so weird."I got the Spicy Central Beef Noodle...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Note: Phone number listed here on Yelp is actually their fax number. Their phone number is 510-522-3745.We came here based purely on the other reviews and ratings and they're not exaggerating--this...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This one is an easy five stars. There's nothing not to like here.A beautiful little dining room, very friendly service, and the best tasting vegetarian dishes you've ever had. I'm not a big fan of...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this is a super little place to hit up if you're not feeling up for the trek to golden lotus. the egg rolls were super crispy and amazing. we tried the vegan pad thai, which was different from all...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Seeing this place still open at 10:00 on Sunday night, the night of my move here from SF, made me an automatic fan. The place was empty, and about to shut down, but the people there made my boyfriend...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Central Vegetarian is a new vegetarian/vegan restaurant on Park st., the main drag in Alameda, The Biggest Little City on Earth. I grew up on The Island and finding A restaurant with even ONE vegan...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went there yesterday, totally excited to have a veggie place in the area, since New World has gone down hill in a hurry.It's smallish and the decor is low-key, almost deli-style, but with interesting...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've become a regular there every weekend so far. The menu is quite extensive so I'm sure there's some so-so dishes. My FAVORITES are the noodle dishes. You gotta gotta try them. The broth goes down...
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh my buddha, I heart, heart, heart this place. Their menu is heavenly, extensive and cheap. So much fake meat and tofu and delicious veggies. I cannot wait to try everything on the menu. So far I've...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yes! They were open on memorial day, so my wife and I stopped in for some lunch. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this is a new incarnation of Golden Lotus. The menu has a different format,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
hey this place is really cool! they have a huge menu and almost everything can be made vegan, although most look vegan already (i guess theres probably an egg dish that couldn't?) anyway i had the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW WOW WOW - I just picked up dinner from here - rock my world flavors (well I did do a watermelon fast today, so I am pretty in tune to flavor right now). I can't wait to go back for lunch (5.50...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Central Vegetarian Cuisine has been threatening to open in Alameda for a while now, and they've finally opened their doors! I've tried it twice now for lunch and found it to be FANTASTIC!First time...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2007
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