Came here for a meet up between friends from all over the city, so the location happened to work for us. Nice and bright space, setting the scene for good times! It's more of a lunch counter style, than sit down dinner but that worked. I got the Halo Power Bowl with kale, chickpeas, broccoli, sprouts, avocado, roasted beets, root vegetable mash, hemp hearts, green supreme dressing and grilled salmon on top. It was delicious and nutritious. Very fresh veggies, and tender salmon. Could have perhaps punched up on seasoning, but that's just me. My friends enjoyed their meal thoroughly as well. Bone broth was ordered, so that's a trend that's popping up nicely. Quick, comfortable, hearty. read more

Impact Kitchen - Halo bowl with salmon, kale, chickpeas, broccoli, sprouts, avocado, roasted beets, root veg mash, hemp hearts, & green supreme dressing - Gluten-Free Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I like the emphasis on fresh, raw, healthy food -- but I would prefer knowing if any ingredients are organic. This is particularly important for the bone broth and the juices. The bone broth is delicious and felt nourishing; the Halo bowl with falafel balls was bland in the dressing department, but decent. The juices are ok, but some (like BEATZ) needs some zing - like lime or ginger that you can actually taste. I love the concept here, but again, I'd like some more flavour and the addition of organics. You're drinking condensed pesticides when juice is made from commercial produce. Also, the juice is very expensive: the Village Juicery juices are larger, organic, bottled in glass and have more zip. Hopefully Impact will develop their menu as they grow. update 1.5 years later, adding a star: Impact has upped it's game after revamping since I first ate here a few times 1.5 years ago. The Zesty Mexican was nicely done with pico de Gallo, guacamole, black beans, almond tortillas, cashew sour cream, kale that was so finely shredded that you don't have to chew it for 10 minutes, red pepper, lime wedge and cilantro lime dressing. I omitted the rice since I don't do grains. I didn't find it that "zesty", but for $16 it's great, filling food. I'd give 5 stars if I knew it was organic, but am getting conflicting info. For a gluten-free, dairy-free, grain free vegan meal, this was a great find for delivery on Foodora. read more

I went to the Impact Kitchen on Adelaide St. for brunch and the service was amazing! If you are craving a healthy, fresh and nutritious meal, I highly recommend this place. Each dish was lightly flavoured - very health conscious (which I really enjoyed). I ordered the Skillet of the Day - it wasn't too greasy or saucey and tasted very raw and organic! I also recommend the Power Breakfast - it comes in a bowl of sweet potatoes, smashes avocados, spinach, eggs and salsa. You can add additional protein like steak, smoked salmon and bacon - super delicious! read more

Impact Kitchen - 2x Power Breakfast, Skillet of the Day - Gluten-Free Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Pros: lots of tables, servers were cool and food isn't terrible Cons: no clear way of ordering food when you walk in, no defined line once you realise you have to line up at the register and the menus are split over 90° walls and 14 feet above your head If the cashier is closed by the coffee and snacks counter as it was on Saturday? Then you will have to order at the other end of the restaurant and then ask someone nearer that section if they can get you what you ordered... Then they ask if you paid... Don't know what you want? Take a picture to decide... Good thing all those tables are empty otherwise you might end up in a Lord of the flies situation. There is no sugar or salt or pepper on the table... The only sugar is coconut sugar for your $6 coffee which you have to wait on for 5 minutes after your meal has appeared... Should be 1 star... read more

Ive been here for enough times I can update what I know. I pretty much maintain what I said. Portion size fluctuates, sometimes it is more, sometimes there is less, value wise pretty bad. The reason I come back is the convinience, also I dont mind paying for healthier food knowing it is way over priced. They seriously need to change the staff, though. And what I mean is fire a few incompetent ones. The manager or owner guy is pretty nice and helpful, but they have way too many ppl behind the counter doing whatever. One of the cashier I ordered with did not know the price of the soups, did not know the size, and insisted my Mastercard would not be able to tap although I know it worked every single time. Why is ordering a bowl of broccoli so complicated? read more

Wholesome food with a focus on high protein and natural ingredients. Unfortunately its east side location is a bit out of the way from the Financial District. Luckily, I believe another location is opening up/opened in FiDi. At lunch time it does get pretty busy here, but the service is fast, friendly, and order-at-the-counter style, so the wait is within 5-10 minutes. They have all kinds of coffee, soups and broths, breakfast/weekend brunch options, and of course, power bowls for lunch. There's also a back wall with packaged options, e.g. giant jars of kimchi or bone broth. Try their nutritious, high protein treats, all made with whole ingredients. I was tempted to try everything, but for today settled with just the protein bar, which was moist, delicious, and filling. The chicken drinkable (served in a coffee cup - so convenient!) broth was also quite good, especially on a chilly day, and great for drinking while walking to your next destination. Unfortunately, the broth is on the salty side, so not great for people needing to reduce their sodium intake, e.g. everyone. Downside? Pricey. Treats are around $6 with tax and lunch bowls are around $15. Perhaps justifiable by the high quality ingredients and large portion sizes. Nevertheless, Impact Kitchen is a healthy lunch alternative if you can afford it! read more

Impact Kitchen - High protein, nutritious treats $4-6 (not all vegan) - Gluten-Free Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I love going here for their Mexican bowl because of the dressing it comes with. They didn't give me my dressing so I have to eat dry kale and DRY salmon now. read more

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I come daily at Impact kitchen to enjoy a coffee. very delicious coffee, but pour service from the manager. I got served a cold coffee and the waiter wanted replace my coffee with a warmer one; however the manager Vanessa did not want to. Having spent $40 on that morning, I think she could have provided better service. read more

Came in for a bite after a delightful afternoon at Body Blitz. My friend and I were drooling over the menu - everything sounded amazing, and had all of our weird dietary restrictions covered! The servers were super friendly, helpful and patient (especially Celina and Alex!! Thank you for making our first visit so special!) I had the Mexican bowl, which was delicious. The BBQ toasted nuts on the kale salad were my fave part. My friend had the burger, which she loved every bite of. I couldn't help but get a few treats to go since they looked so good. The salted chocolate cookie was the best, and the vegan brownie was good but a bit healthy tasting :) Will definitely come back when I'm in the area. read more

Like all the other yelpers, I was not greeted at the door and since it was my first time here, they were not generally nice when I asked about the selection. The 'barista' did bring the coffee over and it was very pretty presented. I ordered the mocha and MCT bar that everyone raved about. The coffee is definitely stronger and bitter. The MCT bar was divine! I really like the vibe of this place and possibly some of the selections. Though the menu seemed very pricey that I don't think I will come back unless it's for a cup of joe! My order of a snack and coffee came to $11. read more

Impact Kitchen - Mocha with MCT bar - Gluten-Free Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Let me be very clear: my entire visit was worth 5 stars. However had I gone on my own accord and not part of the "food is king" ritual promotion, I wouldn't have paid $18 for my salad. I got the zesty Mexican bowl with some modifications since I am on whole30. It was delicious, the dressing and sweet potatoes are amazing. The chicken could have been better shredded and used some seasoning. The avocado was puréed so I again expected some seasoning. The restaurant has a cool post-workout vibe. Id go back for breakfast since I've heard from more than a few people how good it is. read more

Seems like this place is still working out a few kinks. They no longer offer the veggie power bake even though its still on the menu. They made a substitute with falafels and it was decent. WARNING - the side of brussels sprouts contains bacon even though it's not listed. My friend ordered the warrior bowl, they substituted quinoa for the brown rice without asking my friend and unfortunately she can't eat quinoa. They then made her another bowl with a root mash as a substitute, which she liked. Staff are super friendly and accommodating and once this place works out its opening kinks it will be alright I think. read more

Impact Kitchen - Veggie bake replacement! - Gluten-Free Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Walking in, I was confident it would be a good meal. Good vegetarian selection and everything looked delicious. Boy was I wrong. Staff had no idea what they were doing. One meal came out in 15-20 minutes, took another 20 for the second meal to be delivered. Neither came with cutlery. My partner had one of two options, either eat the food hot, and finish his food before I got mine, or wait for his food to go cold so we could eat together. Coffee was served inconsistently. One came out in a ceramic mug, the other in a takeaway cup, both were mediocre. It was very obvious that every person running food has never worked in a restaurant before, and the fact that both dishes were missing ingredients and came out at wildly different times, the cooks don't have much experience either. Overall, it was over-priced for mediocre food, poor coffee and an overall disappointing experience. For the liberty village location being this company's fifth shop, it's pretty poorly done. Unless you can't find space at another café, I'd give this place a miss. read more

Taking advantage of the Food is King promo on Ritual and we headed over to the Impact Kitchen to try out their foods. Let me tell you, it was worth the Uber ride. I ordered a plain Macro box with steak, arugula, sweet potato, and lemon and olive oil dressing. It. Was. Del. I. Ci. Ous. The steak was cooked to a perfect medium. Less one star because the steqk could have used a bit more seasoning but the dressing was there the save the day. There were plenty of other treats and meals there that looked promising and definitely worth another trip or two back. Plenty of Paleo and whole30 friendly items to eat and drink. Will try again for sure. read more

Although the price tag can be high, it's worth it. Breakfast is the best thing on the menu Can't ever leave without a chocolate sea salt cookie read more

I heard about this place and it sounded like a great healthy option in the east end. I had forgotten about it, but then recently I went to an event where Impact Kitchen had catered it with snacks including a cookie with cranberry, some kinda banana bar, and bone broth. I must admit, bone broth sounded hella weird but it's supposedly very healthy because the long cooking time releases nutrients from the bones. Google says bone broth helps with joint paint, boosts your immune system, helps with gut-related things and reduces cellulite..? It tastes delicious so I'm totally sold! I'm going to try to make this at home just for the flavour, alleged health benefits aside, it tastes so good! The baked goods were also quite good, which I find surprising because they're gluten-free and Paleo. My favourite was the cookie with the cranberries. It was surprisingly delicious, and has less guilt because it's Paleo and gluten-free! The main parts of that cookie must be the almond butter and coconut flour. Very flavourful, and definitely better than a lot of non-gluten-free, non-Paleo options I've had. I am always very hesitant to try anything gluten-free because I am of the mindset that gluten is delicious and gluten-free options generally taste like cardboard, but this level of deliciousness definitely exceeded my expectations for all cookies, not just gluten-free. I got the Harvest Power Bowl, which is a meal salad and grain bowl. It has quinoa, Brussels sprouts, bacon, egg, pickled red onion, pickled cauliflower, apples, and greens. The dressing was a light, lemony dressing. I got chicken on it. Everything was pretty good. The chicken was moist and tasted good on its own but didn't appear to have anything added. I liked how it was pulled or stringed or whatever, which is different from a plain dried chicken breast steaks. This meal bowl with added chicken was filling. My only qualm with this place is that it seems kind of expensive compared to other places, but I suppose you pay for the novelty of it being healthy. They say that their ingredients are fresh, local and organic. A medium bone broth and the Harvest Power Bowl with added chicken came to roughly $28 after tax. It seems a bit high for a salad and a soup, but I scarfed it down pretty quickly and wished there was more, especially the bone broth. They're on Ritual and made my meal in 10 minutes or so. Definitely worth a try! read more

I'm struggling with the rating for this establishment. I want to give it a higher rating for the healthy food choices and modern spacious decor however my first experience here was very disappointing. To start, I waited literally 20mins in line to place my order!!! There were probably 5 people in front of me but some how, it took 20mins for the one cashier to get through them. Mean while, a long line is forming behind me. Suggestion for management, if there is only capacity for one cashier, ask another staff to start taking orders from the customers in line and start prepping their order so they don't have wait another 20mins to get their food. Starbucks does this and does it well. It's a great customer service model to adopt and implement within your business. After I placed my order of lean bowl with salmon, I took my number to my seat and waited for my food...and waited...and waited. After 25mins, seeing the guy who was standing behind me already finished his meal, I questioned one of the staff for my order and all I got was "we are really busy today". That is not an acceptable answer so I asked to speak with a manager who came by to apologize for the delay and explained they are expecting an abnormal amount of traffic today. I would have given a 4 star except I didn't think it was good value for what I paid. For $14, I think they could have afford to give me a bit more greens. read more

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I've been so excited to try this place as a healthy choice for once. They have local organic ingredients and the pictures of their bowls look great online. I got butternut squash soup and the macro bowl with salmon, (adult - because there was no baby) kale, root vegetable mash, lemon and olive oil. The soup was standard, nothing too spectacular. I love butternut anything so it's hard to go wrong here. But there is only one word to describe the macro bowl. BLAND. Just so incredibly bland. I think that there's tons of places that serve healthy food but they manage to flavour the food well. Literally there is ZERO flavour here. This is the reason why some people hate "healthy" places. When I cook at home I cook quite bland as well, but when I go out and pay about $20 for a plate of mainly kale, I would like it to taste good. Just incredibly disappointing. Anyone who thinks this place is good clearly is just rating it based on the healthy factor and not thinking about taste at all. I can easily make the EXACT same dish at home for much less. Don't waste your money here, just eat at home. read more

Impact Kitchen - Salmon, kale, vegetable mash - zero flavour - Gluten-Free Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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As my friend said about this place "It's both expensive and healthy for you" he didn't also mention that it's very fresh and most dishes are delicious. The place is clean - kind of feels more like a cafeteria than a restaurant and it seems to be built for the gym crowd to get in and out pretty fast. Staff are all friendly and everything we ordered was as we ordered it. No mixups. I will come back here again and would be happy to bring friends with me. read more

Delicious lunchtime spot! I had the chopped salad with falafel balls. Salad was amazing and very fresh. Not the biggest fan of the falafel balls. Not as fluffy and light as traditional ones. Friends had the maverick bowl and the kale and chorizo soup both really loved them! Good sized portions. You'd don't leave hungry or too full! Will definitely go back. read more

Impact Kitchen - Chopped salad with falafel balls - Gluten-Free Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Annoyed at the very slow slow service. For the price and location I expect at least a bag and some cutlery. I had to ask for a bag, and they didn't bother putting in napkins and cutlery. I waiting 10 min for an iced americano when there was no one ahead of me. For an experience that is set up to be streamline, they need to stop hiring kids and speed things up asap. read more

This place tastes "healthy" in the way that means "fresh" and not as a euphemism for "bland". Ordered a workplace dinner from here on hungrhub. Food arrived on time, of good quality, flavourful and pretty. Prices very reasonable and falafel is even moist! Yum read more

Food is delicious and wouldn't mind paying the higher amount the charge for it, but it's very very slow and staff seems disengaged. Been going for about a year, and even something fast (soup) takes a long time and there are always staff hanging around not doing much. When you try to politely ask about your order, they're not very nice. It is as if you're being demanding. It's frustrating bc there aren't many places to eat that are healthy around this part of the city, and they'd endear themselves to the neighbourhood if they focused on customer service. read more

Wide selection of salads and drinks. Professional service. Great price, clean and organized. Very busy on the weekends. read more

Absolute rip off. 17.99 for spinach, a bit of zucchini, a quarter avocado and 4 little pieces of steak. you guys should be ashamed of yourselves read more

I ordered the grass fed burger and the overall meal was DRY and BLAND! The burger was so dry, shame because if it was juicer perhaps it would be tastier. The keto bun was like eating cardboard so the burger + bun combo was like the Sahara desert in my mouth. The kale salad had no additional seasonings..... Good quality food doesn't have yo taste boring! So they can definitely work on improving this dish. read more

Loved it because everything is gluten free so super celiac safe. Lots of healthy, hearty salads and bowls to choose from and they use a lot of local, organic ingredients. Also big and airy and lots of seating space. A great place to read a book or catch up with a friend over a meal or a coffee. They also don't rush you out. Cons were mostly the price. The food was good (though not amazing) and for two salads (mexican + falafel and cobb) it cost me almost $40. A bit too much for (1) the portion size and (2) the taste of the dish and (3) the setting (You order at the counter and they bring you the food, but it is still more of a cafeteria style - you don't have people serving you, filling up your water etc.) Although the ingredients are good I still think $40 for two people is a tad too steep, though I would still go back if I was in the area (especially due to the celiac safety factor). read more

I've never written a bad review. Here's my first. Terrible experience!! I generally LOVE Impact Kitchen! The one at Brant/Adelaide always goes above and beyond. The one guy even recognizes me when I order. This location is different! Won't go back. I just wanted a coffee and a fresh juice from the cooler. I was confused about which way to line up. I got three side-eye looks, but no one mentioned to me I was on the wrong side. Until I was at the cash register. The woman taking my order gave me serious attitude and told me about my mistake. It was all about the tone and the fact that I felt like an annoyance to her. Where's the kindness? Beyond that.. I was waiting to get my coffee in the designated area. Waiting... then a woman who had ordered after me was given her takeout order?! So I kind of came closer to the counter to kind of nudge them... and another lady was like.. are you waiting for a coffee? Yes... oh.. what's your name? I told her.. and she was like... oh.. I was looking for a guy cause it looked like a guy's name. Come on!!!! Let me mention - it was not busy! She could have at least said the name out loud. So frustrated. It was all about the bad attitude. Very negative energy from the staff there. Disappointing. Especially what should have been a very straight forward/ in and out experience. read more

Totally decent food for an absurd price. I ordered the Warrior bowl. Thankfully while eating it, I learned enough warrior skills that I was able to roll a bunch of suckas in front of the Tim Horton's next door so I have enough cash so I could pay the $18 they wanted for this glorified rice pilaf. I've gone here twice now. I'm starting to think that there's an inside joke where they come up with physically-active-sounding-hipster names for their food, which you order, and then they just drop a dollop of vegetable mush on your platter once you're sufficiently shocked by the price tag. Warrior!!! Maverick!!! Foodstamps!!! Is the food healthy? It better be, because my blood pressure rises every time I see the audacity that they have when charging such ridiculous amounts. Very similar to the restaurant 'Fresh'. But more so in respect to the attitude that they have getting away with such economic shenanigans. Lovely decor. But someone's got to pay for those chairs. read more

I went into this place for a bone broth. The dude at the counter was about to serve me, then a female staff came out from no where and yelled at him, "it is nine o five". Ok, my bad. I didn't check your business hours before I walked in.... It was a big turn off man. The dude ignored his partner and handed me a cup of broth. The broth was actually quite good. Selling broth is actually a trendy business down in NYC. read more

Just left after waiting for close to five minutes to be acknowledged - which never happened. I keep going there for the food not the service and today I got fed up. There were two other people toward the far end of the counter near where the juice bar is that are Impact staff and could care less about me and the other person waiting while her and I stood watching the woman struggle to make someone a smoothie who also didn't mention she saw me and or she would be with me in a moment. The portions are inconsistent and I was pretty disappointed with the lack of gelatinous consistency in my $16 bone broth I purchased a few days prior I'm guess they used the bones twice. Which is not necessarily a bad thing but - the second round should be cheaper and a note that they are so one knows they aren't getting the gelatin and such. Truly disappointed and feed up! read more

More of a 2.5 TBH. But I'm a nice gal and I'll bump it. I was honestly looking forward to this addition! The neighbourhood is lacking quick, nutritious options, so I was down to try this spot out. Having it right across the street was added incentive. A tea and dinner (protein+1 side) turned out to be far overpriced (shy of $20 including nice tip). No way jose. There's not enough creativity going on here for me to warrant it. I make home cooked meals on the regular and the options here are all something I would make myself in under an hour. My version not 100% organic but let's face it we're all gonna die anyways. TLDR: Overpriced for the lack of creativity/wowing my tastebuds. May be clean eating, but it's nothing to write home about. Will maybe go back for breakfast when rushing out the door. If you can't cook to save your life and make more money than I do, knock yourself out. read more

I came here for lunch last week, as it's just down the street from my work. I've often heard my co-workers rave about how great it is, so I had to check it out for myself. My goodness, was I disappointed. This place is pretentious and overpriced and the salad isn't even that good. I spent $20 on a salad after adding protein, plus tax and tip. My salad was bland and flavourless, the chicken was dry, and there was barely any sauce/dressing. I felt like I was eating grass. I guess that's why it's healthy and organic - because you are literally eating grass. The service was great, the main guy in charge was very pleasant and accommodating, but unfortunately, I'm just not about this hype train. read more

A common complaint i see is that it's pricey. Honestly, for 7 something, i got the breakfast protein bowl which comes with two perfectly soft scrambled eggs, roasted sweet potatoes, a good scoop of avocado (maybe it was guacamole, lol) and a fresh and tasty salsa, all over a large bed of baby spinach. Tasty! Good portions! If i lived here, i would come here for breakfast. I would go here for a date! I'd bring my family here! Lol. Also had their gluten free banana bread. Wonderfully moist, nice chunks of walnuts, not overly sweet. Pleasant. Was going to get a latte but they only had almond milk. Disappointing that they didn't offer more alternatives. Especially for a place that was specifically notes to have lots of alternatives (vegan, gluten free, what not) Would be interested in trying their lunch menu, but was only there for the morning and their lunch items are only available after 11am. Overall, good quality food (and quantity!), spacious interior with nice seating and wifi! Service was exceptional, 5 star service forreal. read more

I had a very positive experience first time eating at Impact Kitchen. I had chicken stew with rice, with a side order of chicken broth. If you are trying to adopt a healthy lifestyle then this restaurant would be a good choice to eat out. What I appreciated most is the fact that their food didn't have too much salt, typical of most restaurants. read more

First off, as someone who is paleo, I'm thrilled to see this restaurant open up and I can only hope that more places will follow suit!! First experience was ordering the steak and broccoli. I wasn't impressed by the over cooked steak, which they said would be cooked med rare. But the cheesecake with blueberry sauce was delicious. The second time, we had the beet salad with chicken, which was really delicious, and the root veg mash with steak. This was also good and steak cooked well. This isn't a five star foodie restaurant. This is a restaurant for people who want to eat food that tastes good and fuels their body. You definitely walk out feeling good. It's the kind of food I eat at home and know will not derail my hours in the gym. Support this place so more places like this open up!!! =) read more

Tried their power breakfast. Food was good, healthy, and the service was speedy and decent. Upset at how the juice cost more than $10, which was more than my food... Good work environment as well in case you need that mobile office space to get some work done. read more

what a letdown this place continues to be I will never go to this place again finally they actually sell soup but they charge $5 for a very small soup and don't even provide some bread or a bun even Tim Horten's does that and Tabule provides some warmed na'an bread with theirs read more

Overpriced and not at all worth it. The bowl I got was tasteless and literally had nothing to it! I didn't make any substitutions or remove any ingredients. It was also so watery from the arugula. I couldn't even eat it. On top of that it cost $16!! See the picture and judge for yourself!! read more

Impact Kitchen - Gluten-Free Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I purchased the harvest bowl for take out. The bowl is comes in was not even filled half way. I'm don't eat that much, but I ended up having to purchase a second lunch. For $14 and change I would have expected a full portion. read more