Service is great, I love the different twists of non vegan foods that they turn into their own vegan dishes (burgers, eggs benny) very delicious, they have cool drinks there too, both hot and cold. 100% suggest the mystery Burger or Falafel bowl read more

Cafe Mosaics is a very unique place, tiny and comfortable.. But the service leaves something to be desired. They barely talk to you and it took over 15 minutes for the girl to bring the bill. She didn't ask how the food was or if we needed anything. I felt like I was causing them an inconvenience. They were really slow getting the food out and then claimed the kitchen was really busy.. even though the place was pretty much empty. The menu is all vegetarian, I wasn't to into it, and the quality wasn't very good. The soup seemed like it was just warm water with no flavor. I don't even think I would suggest it to a vegan. read more

I've been here twice. The first time I had a tofu sandwich and the other I had the falafel (wrapped in a pita) with the soup of the day (potato/leek). Each time I thoroughly enjoyed my meal and really do not have anything negative to say about the place. Because I went during the day it wasn't too busy but because it is such a small place I could see how it might be hard to get in at certain times (like dinner rush). The one negative thing (which really isn't a huge deal) is that they do not take debit. You need to pay with cash. read more

Loved this place! Had to find food while I was starving in Edmonton and its quite hard for me because of all my allergies but thought to give this place a try. They had food that I could eat! I couldn't believe it! Having an allergy to eggs, milk and gluten is so very hard but they made it work. Not only did they have food I could eat but it was delicious! Mouth watering and so filling oh my. Also its very reasonable price. Would definitely go again! read more

If you've ever been frustrated by limited selections for vegetarians/vegans at most restaurants, or you just want a refreshing healthy place to visit for lunch, there is a quaint little cafe off Whyte avenue which might fit the bill. I don't always get the warmest feeling from the servers, but it gets surprisingly busy in the somewhat limited space there, so I don't blame them. Whoever conceived the menu at Cafe Mosaics deserves a prize, everything you'd expect at a vegetarian spot and several things you wouldn't. Delightfully creative. Multiple visits have proven the kitchen does the menu justice. However ambitious the plate, it seems like they just know what they're doing. If you plan on stopping by during lunch or dinner, you may consider allotting yourself some extra time...You may encounter a line, or you may just want to savor the experience. read more

I normally eat gluten free but the gf version of the Happy cow bowl offered curry instead of teriyaki sauce and I preferred the teriyaki version. Essentially this was a version of the Korean Bee Bim Bap, only with Canadian veggies and some cashews. It came hot and stayed hot. The place lost a star, though because I found a fusilli noodle in with the rice at the bottom of the bowl. To me this indicates a level of carelessness in the kitchen that makes me nervous for actual celiacs. Although this restaurant is vegan and vegetarian, it seems they have a bit of a F - you attitude to GF. Another example - the recommended GF version of granola and fruit? Omit granola. Everyone seemed to enjoy their meals, though the friend who ordered the unicorn veggie burger initially expressed disappointment that it wasn't beef, she liked the sweet sour spicy flavour combo. I found the place a bit pricey for breakfast but the service was good and the portions were generous. read more

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This place is the best and I love it. Especially important to support the vegan movement in Edmonton. To be honest though I've had much else on the menu except the mystery burger which has been great the whole time. The only thing I wish they did was make the potatoes more crispy - I find they're quite soft. Maybe that's healthier? Either way though, it's one of my favourite places to eat in the city. read more

Very decent food, something for pretty much every possible allergy, I just wish that they had more GF baking, and that the service wasn't so variable. read more

Went here during COVID-19: really good service and they were great at following AHS guidelines (felt very safe!) The food was amazing as always. I highly recommend this place. read more

Loved the rustic decor, friendly service, and open concept. My friend and I both got the veggie burger and agreed the "patty" was too thick, the carb ratio was a little high for us. However it still tasted good and the salsa and humus we got with chips were excellent. read more

Cafe Mosaics - Cafe Mosaics Veggie Burger with chips and humus. - Vegetarian Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

I have a love-hate relationship with Cafe Mo. I always end up craving something from their menu and their food has yet to disappoint me. However, the general ambience of the restaurant has a "too hipster to care" vibe going on. If you don't appear to be one of their regulars, or very heavily into the vegan/vegetarian lifestyle the servers seem to just glance over you. I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian, but I still enjoy the food here. I wish I could say the same about the service. read more

I wandered in here because I was intrigued by the lack of sign on the front of the shop. By intrigued, I mean irritated because I had no idea what this place was. I came in with a friend to satisfy my curiosity and I have to say I'm in love with the decor. It's super light and open. I really enjoyed the way you could see into their bar and the ingredients were out on display. The food portions were huge. I got a burger and I could barely finish it. The patties are thick, maybe a little too thick, but overall delicious. I'm not a huge healthy eating person, but after coming here it makes me want to be a little more interested in what exactly I'm eating. read more

Love this place. Great fresh good-quality vegetarian food. I love their juices and coffee. The staff is great and the restaurant is clean with a good atmosphere read more

Cafe Mosaics has extensive vegan menu and healthy drink choices. We didn't order any drinks but we wished we did so we could have enjoyed our drinks while we waited for our food. I have to say their food has great flavor and portions are decent. There is a reason why this place is always busy! read more

The renos they did have served this place very well in my opinion. They now have garage style roll up windows so they can pull them up in the summer for an amazing outdoor patio effect! The food here is off the hook! If I could suggest one meal it'd be the Happy Cow Bowl! It's delicious and nutritious vegan take on a Vemicelli bowl. My favourite drink is the Chai Berry Chai, it tastes like spicy rose petals! I'm not even vegetarian and I fully love this place! read more

Cafe Mosaics - Oh baby!! Vegan Cheese burger ftw! - Vegetarian Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

This is my 2nd visit to Café Mosaics and enjoyed every bit of it as much as the first time. My friends and I came for an early dinner and we were allowed to pick our table. We each ordered a dish and ended up picking off of each other's plates to share. I got the portobello quinoa risotto with green grilled scapes. The portobello mushrooms were huge and plentiful, tofu bits sprinkled in the mixture of tomato, onion, red/brown rice quinoa that was slowly cooked in a coconut cream sauce. We all ended up with a diving into their vegan chocolate cake topped with soy chocolate mousse with blackeberries. The cake didn't have a chance with us 4. My friends also raved about their fresh Skinny and Warrior juice. read more

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Get the buffalo "wings". SOOO ridiculously good! Honestly everything on the menu is a sure-thing. This place is amazing-the food AND the staff are wonderful! =) read more

This is a world-class vegetarian and vegan cafe. Great atmosphere, good drinks, and amazing food. The pancakes are my personal favourite, but you can't really go wrong with their menu. The Benny is delicious, the huevos rancheros are great, and their baked goods are very good. I'd recommend the banana bread. read more

I've been here before their renovations and thought they were great despite a small space. Their new space is great - lots of space, cleaner and fresh environment with lots of windows and good lighting. We ordered the turnip cake for our appetizer, vegan cheeseburger with candied bacon and taro burger with vegan Caesar salad. The candied bacon was amazing and I highly suggest getting it for a side. It was like beancurd that was sweet with a little bit of heat. Fantastic! The taro burger was burnt in one area, but the rest of it was great. Fresh ingredients, including alfalfa seeds, avocado, tomato and lettuce. It was quite filling and I ended up taking half to go. My company and I felt they forgot our appetizer because we had to remind them about it. It arrived 40 minutes after we ordered it. Thankfully it was quite sweet, which ended up being a nice wrap up but it would have been too sweet to eat as an appetizer. The appetizer comes with four turnip cakes, which are quite filling. It doesn't pair well with the sweet and sour chilli sauce but it was wonderful with the Tahiti sauce. However, it was simply too sweet after the first cake. Their service has always been poor and I believe it's simply how they operate. I'm fine with self-seating and taking care of myself, but the server never asked how our food tasted and was not friendly. I think our original server left for a break or something because we had a new server halfway through our meal, and the original server did not communicate with our new server about our missing appetizer, so our table was cleared and our bill was brought to us before we had our turnip cake. Prices have also gone up - expect $10 for your appetizer and $15 for your burger with a side. There's a couple hits with Cafe Mosiac but too many misses. It's not a place I'd consider coming back in a long time. read more

Cafe Mosaics - Vegan cheeseburger with candied bacon (top), taro burger with Caesar salad (bottom) - Vegetarian Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

Café Mosaics is a nice restaurant with a nice vibe. Unfortunately, the product doesn't match the pitch. To the point: the food is boring, standard fare. I find that much of it is simply lower-quality, pricier versions of the food I eat at home. It's certainly edible, but there's much better. I'd go as far as to say that it's my least favorite vegetarian fare that I've had. Being a vegan in the area, however, I've spent a fair bit of time there, and I've found that the menu does vary in quality. Sandwiches are great, breakfasts bland. Save room for the vegan chocolate cake too. My recommendation, however: go to Friends & Neighbours next door and have their Vegetarian Sandwich. Before moving to Edmonton, I asked a vegan friend from here about vegetarian dining. He said "there's nothing that great here, but for lack of better options, people go crazy over average food." While this isn't a fair generalization (see the deliciousness of Padmanadhi, Langano Skies, ...) I now realize he had Café Mosaics in mind. He did have a point though: take a first-timer here and they'll enjoy it. However, why settle for worse? read more

this is truly a GEM that is almost hidden in YEG. It is this cool place that you always like to go due to its unique menu, good food, friendly service, funky ambiance and cool music. considering how miserably most Edmonton food joins fail in terms of service and food, this is a refreshing change. Nice things: - Good coffee - Serve breakfast all the time - good hash browns - Very unique menu and secret burrito and tofu scramble were pretty good - Moroccan chickpea soup was really good read more

Delicious vegetarian food, good music and decor, big open front windows in the summer and great service! Would definitely come back. read more

Cafe Mosaics - The inside decor! - Vegetarian Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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I want to give this place a five star rating for the fact that the veggie burger was just sooo amazing but the waitress was not the friendliest, and we ran out of water and never did get a refill when the other people beside us did. I will definitely go back though the food is good and the décor is on point. read more

Cafe Mosaics - Veggie burger and hash browns - Vegetarian Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

No kombucha today. Very pricey. Forgot fork and napkins. Debit only. Waiters seem distant. Overall it was way better before renovation. read more

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Everything I have ever ordered here (or eaten off a friends plate) has been amazing ! They have some of the best smoothie bowls in town! Try the avocado bowl. Their falafels are unreal and you can ask to have them on one of the salads ! I can't recommend this place enough. read more

Food was really mediocre and overpriced. My friends and I came here for a meal to celebrate a birthday. Service was good; we ordered a few dishes and they quite quick to bring them out, but unfortunately we didn't finish a single one of them. Really good place to take pictures though, but not worth the effort and money to come to eat here. We quickly paid for the food and swore to never come here again. read more

Hello! everyone!! We recently went to this place in Whyte Ave, Edmonton. It had been renovated, it is really nice, we liked the atmosphere, and food is great!!! It is really nice place to have a tea and treat, or also per eating lunch or dinner!! Service is great!!! It is friendly and welcoming!! We recommend to give it a try! Much love! read more

Eaten here a couple of times and most of the time it's really good. Love the kale Ceasar salad and I'm not even vegetarian! We have had one issue with service (brought thr wrong side, we took a couple bites then told us they wouldn't bring the correct one because we had already eaten some of it. Not cool.) Service aside the food quality is consistent. Great for vegetarian and omnivores alike :) maybe not meatatarians... though I left feeling very full! read more

The food here seems to have improved drastically since my last visit, the portions were reasonable and the flavors were great! That being said, the service is still brutal. We received our main dishes (a long time after ordering, might I add) before our appetizer, and we needed to remind the server after receiving our mains that we had in fact ordered an appetizer. She mentioned she would speak with the manager about it to see if they could "do anything for us". When we got the bill there was no discount or anything, so that was pretty disappointing. If you're looking for good service, don't expect it from Cafe Mo's ! read more

I can sum up my experience here in one word: disappointed. My roommate and I came here for a girl's night out, as we had both been here before and enjoyed the food. Honestly, I don't know what has happened to this place since then. My friend and I started off with some lattes. I ordered a macadamia milk mocha and ended up with some weird americano with mocha powder and macadamia milk on the side. I figured there might have been a miscommunication with the server and luckily another server was happy to make me what I had ordered. That was but the first mishap... next the food: We both shared the mushroom pate appy, which was ok (nothing I would rave over but decent), and then got our own entrees. I got the Monkey Bowl which is listed as spicy. I asked if the kitchen could do it with little spice, as I am not good with spicy, and the server said yes. The bowl that came out had a LAYER of chili oil on top and I could not eat it. Our server offered to have it remade without the chili oil and I said sure but asked for it to go as my friend was done her food. The server said sure and then proceeded to bring me back the same soup I just told her I COULD NOT EAT in a jar. At this point I was done and got up to pay and leave. At the till I explained the situation to the other server who chalked it up to "oh she's new". My friend was surprised to hear this since our server was her server when she was there 6 months ago. Also, I worked in a restaurant for 4 yrs; if a customer cannot eat something you DO NOT give it back to them... this is simple common sense. They did not offer to remove it from the bill or do anything to remedy the issue. Needless to say I will not be going back. read more

For someone who isn't vegan or vegetarian that was somewhat "forced" to go because my guests visiting out of province are vegan... this place almost turned me into a vegan because I had no idea these types of dishes existed! I had the pony boy "macaroni and cheese" vegan dish and it was honestly amazing and I have gone back quite a few times on my own and also with friends I recommended the place to, it has never disappointed:) read more

I hope to go back here again before I leave town because I just loved it! The ambiance, the music (so much Beck!) and the staff, all very warm and welcoming. The food was fantastic! I had the daily special which was a salad roll, which doesn't sound nearly as delicious as it actually was, along with a side of some quite tasty hummus. The -only- reason I'm not giving this place 5 stars is because there wasn't much of a desert menu. And what they did have had no gluten free options. Which in my case wasn't a big deal because I was pretty full after my meal anyways. Oh and the only dairy-free milk they had was soy... luckily we weren't far from coffee shops. read more

Cafe Mosaics - Menu. - Vegetarian Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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Cafe Mosaics is a testament to the look and feel of Whyte Ave and the surrounding community, with its quaint cafe and decor, its dedication to promoting local produce, shopping, and events, and its quest to bring great vegetarian and vegan food to Edmonton. The bright, airy atmosphere of Cafe Mosaics really opens the place up into an inviting place to share a meal with family and friends. Meanwhile, the menu is extensive, inventive, and almost always a goldmine of delicious treats! The nachos, especially, are absolutely amazing! One downside is the service tends to be a bit on the slow side, but the people are friendly and always willing to offer suggestions/recommendations! While I appreciate that they do their best to utilize local ingredients, they could do to sample the produce they buy first as sometimes it's a bit on the wilted side, which takes away from the dining experience. read more

Such a cute place, I've been many times and I cannot resist to always come back because the food is consistently good. You can really tell this place values quality when it comes to the food as I've never seen anything come out sub-par. I've come here many times with friends as well, they do have a nice table that seats a group nicely which has worked out for us. XL wings and asparagus win me over every time. I'll be back! read more

My veggie friend and I had plans for lunch and found ourselves at Cafe Mosiac. We were seated promptly in the small restaurant and brought piping hot tea quickly. The restaurant was very empty for lunch time so we basically had the place to ourselves. I ordered the curry and my friend soup. The curry was ok. It was a bit sweet for my tastes, but the veggies were very fresh and plentiful. I finished it and was full and we sat and talked for another three hours. The room is comfortable and the prices are pretty good! I can't say Cafe Mosiac left me dying to come back for more, but I am happy I finally made it to this little Whyte Ave cafe! read more

This tiny place is really great for breakfast. I like the fact that they put a lot of effort into providing rich comfortable vegetarian food. I always get the huevos rancheros. It is filling, full of flavour, and perfect for a hangover. Don't forget to get a cup of coffee! It is really amazing. read more

Edmonton severely lacks vegan & vegetarian options and as a non meat eater, dining out is near impossible in this city. I've heard many great things about Cafe Mosaics so I was excited to finally give it a try - HUGE disappointment. The food choices were exciting and interesting (in theory). They have a horrible selection of beverages (Jones Soda, beer, and tap water) and very dirty tables/chairs. Our food arrived quickly (veggie burger with hash brown & vegetarian chilli with salad) and the portions were large. My veggie burger pattie was good, very good actually. However, the hash browns were uncooked and oily. The chilli was mediocre and caused huge stomach upset. You could tell the food was cooked in a rush. I am giving this place a low rating because there was no care put into our meals, the meals were just meh, everything was dirty, the bathrooms were nasty, the doors were broken, the music was horrible, and like everyone else has said, the service is AWFUL and condescending. read more

Mosaics was always a cute little quirky environment with interesting music, despondent waiters (some not all), but for the reviewers who think the food is great or unique they must live in a vaccuum. Over priced and only as good as it's neighbours , typical of this city. read more

RENOVATED MOSAICS IS A DISSAPOINTMENT I was so excited to return to Mosaics to experience the new renovated restaurant. Unfortunately, the menu has been changed so much that it's ruined Cafe Mosaic's for me. I was a very frequent/loyal customer for many years and I loved getting the Mushroom Portabella Pasta. The dish is completely unrecognizable now: changed noodles and now they offer only a vegan version with coconut oil, barely any vegetables and flavour compared to the old recipe. THE PORTION IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE ORIGINAL DISH (and for the same cost). What I loved about the old restaurant was how flexible they were when I ordered, tonight i asked if i could get the pasta in the original recipe, and my server said no. It took 45 MINUTES for us to get our food (no update or apology or one single word from our server). What used to be a big jewel in Edmonton is just another overpriced restaurant with subpar food. read more

Was decent food good service but flys and bugs everywhere made it very unappealing. Might want to get rid of those !