Attended the jailbreak trivia event. This was my first time here and I'm really glad I got this chance to check it out. It's such a rare treat for me to go to a restaurant where I can pick almost anything on the menu. I got the "cheese steak" which I thought was really good. It's pricey but the portion is large. Also enjoyed the bean dip. Service was good and everyone seemed friendly. Lucked out with excellent parking which is also free on Sunday, score! Will keep an eye out for future events. read more

This place is a gem. Conveniently located with plenty of outdoor seating. When it's open, the back room is my favorite especially in the evening. Vegan and vegetarian need not be boring - or without an adult beverage. The bar is well stocked. Don't be afraid to try the more creative dishes. The cook is inspired. I particularly like the zucchini "crabless" cakes and the tofu scramble. The burger specials can be quite nice. The staff exude friendly competence - just perfect. read more

A really good vegetarian choice if you are near the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. It's a popular spot with locals and students, but there always seems room for more. I cannot say that this is an unforgettable place, but it retains a tender spot in my heart and reminds me of why I liked living in North Baltimore. read more

Usually mediocre, but this past time just awful, though the pancakes were good. I understand just working for money, but the waitress we had should not be in service. In addition to being unskilled at the work, she was curt, prickly, and patronizing. When we arrived, the table and chair was soaked, so she tossed the menus into a puddle, wiped one corner of the table, and walked away. I had to call her back, and got attitude. Everybody's food was not very good. Sides came fifteen minutes after the mains. No explanation. Then, we got some baked goods to go and all three were stale and dry later that evening. The owners of One World can feel secure in that they have a monopoly on vegetarian food in the area. I'll avoid the place wherever I can and urge everyone else to as well. read more

ZERO STARS-AND THAT'S A COMPLIMENT!!! How do you get one glass of iced tea for $9.01? Go to One World Cafe where the customer is always wrong (in my case) and also invisible. Nose in the air service blends with a cold death stare into your face because of your cancelled order. Why was the order cancelled? It took ten minutes to be acknowledged, even though three of the "One Worlder's" passed right by me. They told me to take a seat. I did at the front, right by the bar and the register. Pretty visable to all. Five minutes later I had to get up to get my own menu. Six minutes later a fellow who could go from "Chill" to Charles Manson in under a minute, took my order. I specified that I was in a hurry. I had an iced tea. I drank it. I wanted a refill. Short of flags and rescue flairs, subtle hints and waves- no refill. Five minutes later- no food. That's 21 minutes. Maybe the iced tea was billed per the once per minute? Anyway- I want my money back and complained to the BBB. I went to Mr. Manic Depressive/Passive Aggressive (44CC) to cancel the order because I've got to get back to work. He loudly complained about cancelling the order and screamed in my face about how HE was inconvenienced. I spoke with the manager who happened to be near. She complained to me that all of the food is "hand made to order" and then lectured me on how to go to a "cafe" and what to expect. She all but lectured me on how to chew. She was like Amy from Amy's Baking Company from "Kitchen Nightmares", but without the charm. What was my stunningly complex meal? What massive banquet needed to be "made to order" What baffling feast needed to take more than a half hour (give or take but who's counting at this point) to slather and slave over? A bagel with an egg and cheese on it. The manager of this place more or less snidely and condescendingly treated me like either I was something that a rock crawled out from over. Or the rock. So how did my "Server" spend his time? Chatting with all of the other tables that were his friends. (three tables in all and they all got refills instantly without request) Resetting the music behind the bar. I spent most of my time waiting for "Chuckles " to wait on me. He has a great flair for Customer service- it goes with his nostrils. In order to not be verbally threatened by 44CC(the server on the receipt), I said just let me pay the bill and get out of here. That made him even more cross. I charged the meal. The manager looked at me like I was an idiot and glared at me as such. I signed the receipt with no tip. And Mr. 44CC exploding head- did not give me my credit card back. I did not notice it until I was back at work. I went back to ONE WORLD CAFE. I was promptly and roundly ignored by one and all. I requested my card back. Bearded tattooed looney 44CC threw the card at me. Basically chucked it over his shoulder without turning around. I'd probably get better service in a lock up What a horrible and humiliating experience. After I spoke with my co-workers, I was informed, that my experience is the norm and not the exception. Save for the fact that I was the only one who got so far as to procure a menu. Everyone of my co-workers only got to the stage of stay- around- the -front- door,- try- to -get- someone- to- seat- you -or at least acknowledge-that-you-are-breathing-and- get- a menu. One of my co-workers stood ignored for a full twenty minutes and then finally left. I guess ONE WORLD CAFE only fawns all over their regular customers. Oh-well. STAY AWAY- THE FRIENDLY HAPPY VEGAN HIPPIE VIBE-- IS FULL ON CRAP. The service is a spit in your face, as much as they would spit in your food. Unless you are a regular that they fawn and genuflect all over. Who needs them. read more

This is the second time we have been back to this place. Let me start by saying the food is pretty good but the service lacks tremendously. If this wasn't the second time we had experienced it, I wouldn't say anything. We ordered the nachos vegan but they are very plain so make sure you add guac and beans or something else. We also ordered the seitan steak sandwich which was very good. I feel like you have to ask for everything here. It's just not offered which is what I expect for good service. I hope we will be back but based on service alone its a toss read more

I was hoping this place would be better. Gluten free pancakes were hard and possibly stale. The fruit (bananas and strawberries) on top were good. Coffee was mediocre. The service was fine, but not super friendly. Didn't get a great vibe in this place. Too bad, considering its right next to the hotel I was staying it! read more

Ate here once and the food was unexceptional, not justifying a Yelp review one way or the other, but what is for me worth noting is that I had the misfortune of having to call on the owner, Cindy, in a business capacity (in person), and she was quite frankly a frightening and discourteous woman to deal with, so much so that I would never consider patronizing her establishment again. I've dealt with a lot of small business owners throughout various cities and states and can tell a lot about their MO based on their engagements with people selling to them. In contrast, the owners of all the other vegetarian restaurants I engaged, whether interested or not, were agreeable and respectful and didn't make me want to wet my pants. read more

Mediocre food at best, good servers, and a terrible, ex-rocker bartender who is rude to any patrons not sitting at the (10) seats at the small bar. He insists on playing loud, obnoxious music that makes it impossible to hear the person you're sitting across the table from. When asked to turn it down responded with "No, it's a bar!" Overheard the staff referring to restaurant customers at the tables as the afternoon went on as "losers" who they were trying to make go away. If you are trying to go some place to enjoy a nice coffee, work on your laptop, or to relax and enjoy a good meal with friends.... go someplace else. They clearly don't want your business, and do not deserve your money. read more

This place has gone way downhill, service-wise. One World used to have such great staff. For example, I had a party of probably 20+ folks with some vegans, some omnivores, with picky eaters & special orders in both categories. The server didn't even write down our order, she just memorized it and brought everybody's food AND drinks with a grand total of zero mistakes. Fabulous service and great food. But that was a few years ago. Fast forward to last night. A dozen of us were celebrating a friend's birthday. The food was good, as usual. Then the check came. (Spoiler alert: From the time we first got the check to the time we were cleared to go, an hour had elapsed. AN HOUR. It took longer to pay for the food than it did to order & eat it.) We were told that we could not split it up into separate checks, but we could pay with separate cards. Okay, fine. The dozen of us passed it around and wrote our name or initials next to our items, and put our cards in the holder. My tea wasn't on the slip, so I wrote "1 hot tea" next to my name. The server brought took it all to the register stand, ran our cards, then brought it back to tell us that we couldn't do it that way. We have to calculate our total and write that next to our names. So we did. He took it all away again and brought us our receipts for signature. Many of them were wrong, and he charged me over $20 for my tea. I pointed out the mistake and he explained that he thought I was picking up the rest of the bill. Not sure how "1 hot tea" translates to "charge me the rest" but then, I'm not the expert here. He took the cards back again to fix the errors and came back to tell us that we were $24 short and he didn't know why. Someone at the table figured out that the auto-gratuity & sales tax was about equal to the missing amount, and since we had totaled up only our food (assuming we would add tax & tip later) that must be the problem. (At no point did he tell us that our table's auto-gratuity & tax was included in the "missing" amount.) So the server brought us a clean copy of the check and asked us to just write our name next to the food we ordered and he would do the math. You know, that thing we wanted to do the first time around. But that wasn't the end. Oh, no no. That would be far too simple. He came back to tell us were $91 short on our $134 check, after we gave him $38 cash and several cards. Two or three people separately asked him if we were short $91 or if we had paid $91. He insisted we were short $91, which was mathematically impossible based on what we had given him. He got flustered and took the cards & receipts back again. This time, he must have asked for help because someone else came to our table to apologize and explain that we had paid $91 and were short the rest. Turns out one of our party was in the restroom when everything was divvied up the second or third time, and that was the missing food. Okay, cool. Fixed. Except the server came back to tell us we were $5 short. Which we weren't, because all food was accounted for. Someone else came to our table (manager, maybe?) and explained that we were not $5 short, but we were $2 and some change short, most likely due to rounding error since the tax & tip were included in our $134 total. (Side note: I think this is the reason the server refused to split our charges out, because he would lose the 18-20% auto-grat on a large party check. Though if he had just brought us our correct receipts the first time around he would have gotten at least that much in voluntary tips.) Cards were taken again, everything was eventually figured out, we paid, and we were finally free to leave. An hour after this debacle had started. At this point, multiple holds had been placed on our cards and it's going to take a few business days for them to clear or fall away. Awesome, because who needs access to their money, right? I've been to One World many times, sometimes for brunch with a friend and sometimes for birthdays or other celebrations with 15-30 people. I will never go back again. I'll head over to the new Grindhouse juice bar at St Paul & 25th for fresh juice and light food, or go to Land of Kush for vegan comfort food. Both places have good food and superior service. Sticky Rice has vegan options and can accommodation a decent-sized group. But for One World Cafe, this was the last straw. read more

This place does noooot have good food. It's overpriced. $6 for a cannoli that is normal sized and nothing special from any other place. The food that they make sound good...the penne, the portobello sandwhich, the tuna sandwhich (maybe the only good thing here are subpar. Nice vibe and we wish it has better food that was a notch down on price. If you want to go, grab dessert with a friend and leave read more

The food is decent, but nothing to write home about. The service is a little too slow to slow for lunch on working days, but not particularly bad. Most importantly, however, the meals are overpriced for what they are. read more

One of my favorite places to eat in Baltimore. I am a vegetarian and One World Cafe has a variety of mock-meat and vegetable dishes. The FLT (fake bacon) is delicious and recommended. There is also a mock cheesesteak, mock crabcake, veggie burger of the day, and more. I find the atmosphere to be relaxed and easy-going. read more

This place gave me food poisoning! And when I contacted the manger to complain, she told me that some people just cannot handle their food. Customer was not retained. read more

Rude woman working the counter (Rachel?) spoiled what might have otherwise been a nice take-out experience. Food is okay, but expensive. I noticed a lot of desserts and coffee offered, but no prices displayed. Atmosphere is dark and dingy, despite a corner property with lots of windows. All of which is tolerable. What customers shouldn't tolerate is a rude counter-person. Aren't vegans supposed to be happy? Where to start. I began giving my order, and had to stand there for a couple minutes waiting while she went to the kitchen to see if they could prepare the entree, which was on the menu. When my 2 take-out entrees were ready, she grunted at me from 10 feet away something like "That's yours" which I could barely hear. When I asked for confirmation it was mine, she grunted again from far away without so much as looking at me. Hey, I get it. You're having a bad day, week, maybe life. You shouldn't take it out on the the customers. read more

We went here on a Sunday morning for breakfast, and it was amazing. Very busy, so get there with enough time to wait but it is absolutely worth it. I had the Vanilla Almond Pancakes with orange sauce and walnuts that were a special. It was one of the best restaurant breakfasts I ever ate. Their coffee was out of this world as well! I believe this place was voted the Best in Baltimore for vegetarian places a few years in a row, and it deserves it. read more

I got brunch for my first time there last week, and it was so good that I went back again today. Their tofu scramble is rich and delicious -- perhaps the best I've ever had (and I've had a lot of tofu scramble in my day!). And the vegan pancakes are good, too. Coffee is strong and delicious, and the staff is friendly and professional. Corey, our waitress today, was polite, good, and had a nice vibe. Highly recommended! read more

Good vegetarian junk food, fake substitutes for meat cheese etc if that's what your into. I prefer real whole foods so this place is just okay to me. Lots of choices though. read more

One World is very hit and miss with their lunch and dinner options. Tonight we ordered the Philly cheese steak with vegan cheese, which was pretty good but not stellar, and an order of fries. The fries tasted like they were (under)cooked two days ago and reheated tonight. read more

Have been here twice, got the quesadilla the first time and it was AMAZING. I went again today and ordered the Thai curry... kind of a letdown, especially considering the prices. Still, this place is a must go for all vegans in the area. The French toast was a bit sub par, nothing spectacular but still satisfying enough. read more

One World Cafe - Thai curry - Vegetarian Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

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Delicious, delicious, delicious! Mac n Cheese, FLT (Facon, Lettuce & Tomato), the cakes! Yummy coffee drinks too. This is a great find for veg*ns! read more

I can't believe I am about to give away all of my biggest secrets in one review. This is the best place to eat in Baltimore City for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It is great for JHU students who just want to get away and study with a good coffee. This restaurant offers vegan choices, gluten free choices and vegetarian choices as well as food for the "normal" customer. The best kept secret about this place is about their brunch on the weekends. The place tends to get pretty busy but if you go by yourself or with just another person you can eat in the front section or bar as long as there is a spot open. You still get at table service just without the wait. Don't forget to try their smoothies; they are the best in Baltimore and they are natural. read more

Lots of options for vegans. Good selection of teas. Service can be uneven in the dining room, but the bartenders are efficient and knowledgeable. Check out (tofu) Meatball Madness (I believe it's on Monday or Tuesday night). Good brunch. The biggest drawback: parking. read more

It's o-kay. It's not great. It is mostly vegetarian. Don't expect big flavor or innovation. The atmosphere is very comfy so I wouldn't hate to go back. I just won't seek it out for food. I can make the stuff better myself. And really, isn't the point to going out for food to get something better than you can make yourself? read more

I love this place and it's good for vegans, but the music can be kind of loud. At least the music is kind of old alternative :-)

I used to frequent this cafe a lot when I worked in Bmore, so this was my first time in over 10 years going. The atmosphere is still the same (which is a good thing) super laid back, a little quirky, and bustling...especially for a Sunday night. I started with the carrot and apple juice. Can I say...LOVED IT! It was just not enough (especially for the price) so I ordered two. For dinner I had the eggplant gyro. It was really good but I needed at least one more potato and fries instead of tortilla chips/salsa...which was an interesting pairing. Without the juice I would have given it 3 stars, the juice won me over. I would definitely go back to try other things on the menu...and perhaps have a cocktail. Everything tastes better with a really good cocktail, right? read more

Got the black bean quesadilla and it was alright.... The chai latte was amazing though... read more

One World Cafe - Happy hour specials - Vegetarian Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

The food here is pretty good, not bad for a vegetarian place. It's really ideal for all vegetarians, but from a non-vegetarian, the place is best for brunch on the weekends. I really like the omelets and it's always very lively. I feel that on the rating scale, it's better than an A-Okay, but not quite a huge fan. read more

Wonderful vegan/vegetarian cafe. The OWC veggie wrap is delicious. My friend got the chili and tuna salad sandwich and enjoyed both. The value of the food is fair, the portions are huge and the service outstanding. Will definitely return! read more

One world cafe was a pretty decent casual dining experience. From what I saw on the menu this place would be great for vegetarians, as there were plenty of items to choose from. I ended up ordering the eggplant gyro, which was half way decent but not great. Our server was friendly and was nice enough to explain some details for items on the menu. All in all, I would definitely recommend this place to the vegetarians out there - you will definitely enjoy the food selection. I might make a trip back to try out the coffee since I live in the neighborhood. read more

I've been coming here for 2 years, not anymore. I ordered a bagel breakfast sandwich today. Standard bacon, egg and cheese, toasted. Take a bite and something doesn't taste right. I know this is a vegan cafe but not everything is vegan here. So when I said bacon and not vegan bacon how am I suppose to know that it's going to be vegan regardless. But whatever my fault. Simple solution, asked politely for a new one because after on bite of this $10 sandwich I didn't like it. Seeing that I no longer want "meat" on my sandwich there should be a price difference. Managers response "I should charge you for a whole new sandwich seeing that we have to remake it." I work in the industry and that's not how it works. Point being, loved this place and brought multiple people. Never again, save your money for better food and better attitudes. read more

I went here for lunch when I was in Baltimore for a Hot stone massage class and it was delightful. Good service and excellent food! The deserts looked fabulous, but I didn't have time to indulge myself. read more

Really good food - been there a few times now and it's been consistently awesome. I'm not a vegetarian, but I go out of my way to get a meal here once in a while. read more

Good food is good food.. .whether it is vegetarian or not and this place has great food! So far this place has the best omelette in Baltimore!! Awesome coffee, great homefries... all in all my favorite breakfast place. Also I had their eggplant gyro once and it totally blew me away! Great! read more

Love how late it's open, and that it has several sections (cafe, bar, restaurant) to suit everyone's needs/moods. The wifi is sometimes unreliable, but when it is working OWC is a great place to do some late night studying (open until 2 am!). They have a selection of pretty good muffins, and a bunch of other pastries I haven't tried but look extremely tempting. The kitchen is open until 11 and you can order food to eat in the cafe area if you want to work on your laptop/read. They have a bunch of great tea selections, and their iced chai latte is extremely delicious! read more

A little pricey, and be forewarned that there is absolutely no meat in this establishment. Personally I think this place has gotten much worse over the last few years, both in terms of service and food quality. The appetizers are pretty big. I usually go for the nachos (split it with somebody). For dinner I've always liked the enchiladas. There's a bar, but drinks are a little more expensive than everything else in the area. Not sure what that extra bit of money is paying for. I'd say this place is good as a cafe - there's a couch in the front and a nice casual seating area for working on your laptop. Don't believe them when they say they have WiFi. read more

Service sucks, plain and simple. I walked into the dining area and was ignored for 10 minutes. I found my way to the cash register and was ignored for another 5, while the guy stood there counting money. He came up for air long enough to help the woman who came in after me, and told me to hang on for a bit longer. After 10 more minutes of that, I just walked out. They weren't terribly busy; there was no reason for such poor service. I was on vacation and just in the area visiting. I would have been a lot more irritated if I'd been on the way to school or work and couldn't hang out that long. read more

The servers have been rude to me on 2 consecutive visits. The barman is very friendly but the girl in the front was so rude. Love the vegan deserts but will nolonger go there, will go where my presence is welcome. read more

Love that they are open at 8am until 2am. I can get breakfast to start my day and finish with dinner and a drink. Great Vegan menu, Breakfast Lunch and dinner. read more

There will always be a special place in my heart for One World Cafe - and can't believe I am just now writing a review. I have been to this restaurant at least a dozen times. I've enjoyed breakfast, lunch, brunch, and dinner - and a few desserts. Every time the food and the service has been outstanding, including the time they stayed open late to accommodate our after wedding reception after-party. (Yes, we did call ahead and make sure it was okay for us to show up that late on a Sunday). So far I've had the tofu scramble, Thai stir-fry, and a few of the seasonal pancakes. My husband and I have enjoyed our experience here so much that we make sure to bring any out of town visitors for a visit. The best part about One World is that it has food to please anyone: vegan, vegetarian, or otherwise! Another awesome part about One World is their supply of Siracha, which I hope survives the shortage. While the food generally comes mild enough for my in-laws to enjoy, I love that I can spice it up just right. Now if they could just get a working website...or at least post more information on their facebook page! read more