The Hogtown Vegan

Comfort food in a cosy atmosphere, I love the vibe here the staff were friendly and enthusiastic about the food. They do vegan fried chicken like no others, it’s unbeatable! Their classic unchicken and waffles is a must try, the waffles are fluffier than you’d expect and the chicken is so tasty and the texture is perfect.
I tried the mac and cheese the other night but it didn’t quite meet my expectations. It was more runny than I’d hope for and there was a bit of a sour aftertaste? But I might just be a harsh critic on mac and cheese. Everything else was amazing, even the collard greens. The prices are fair and 100% worth it for that ‘unchicken’ I can’t stop raving about!

There is nothing like this where I live, and this was such a treat that I ate there twice ;) the first time I had the unchicken and waffles (something I never tried when I was pregan) and the second time I had a cheeze burger and coleslaw — all delicious!!! My idea of comfort food is usually Thai or Japanese food, but this was — again — something I really enjoyed as a departure from the usual

Delish! I went with the vegan fish and chips and was psyched be cause its SOOOO hard to get good vegan fried fish. Hogtown uses tempeh for the fish do I was skeptical that it would be hard and earthy but it was outstanding. They did a great job with the seasoning and the batter reminds me of Friday night fish fries I attended growing up. The mandatory tartar sauce was also good. Instead of fries, I upgraded to a Caesar salad, which was gigantic but I felt the dressing was a little bland. I also had the bbq wings as an app and they were great.

Pricey but delicious. Chicken fingers were bomb. Good service. Fresh comfort food vegan. I have to say that I hated the poutine though. Whatever mock cheese they use tasted very strange like a pass due goat cheese

After a number of years, and change in ownership/​management, my friends and I have been back to Hogtown.
The new management has none of the failings of the old, and have been considerate and responsive on any number of things that I’ve spoken to them about.
Service is great, and everyone is friendly, even when it’s busy. The menu has a similar style as when I was last there, but has gotten better overall. Great place to go and get your vegan diner food fix.

Really really filling food. I had the «bacon» cheeseburger with coleslaw side and I couldn’t even finish all of the coleslaw (there wasn’t even that much coleslaw)! The quesadilla was super good as well. Staff were friendly and the ambiance has a quaint, wholesome ambiance to it. Not too thrilled about how pricey the food and drinks are but I left feeling very satisfied and full so that’s all that matters.

I’ve been meaning to try Hogtown Vegan for quite awhile. I was so disappointed. I was expecting a healthy and tasty meal. Everything was so artifical. I think I was expecting homemade sauces not just melted Diaya. My mac and cheese was greasy and spiced so strangely. The guacamole was good but the salsa that came with it was mainly huge chunks of onion. The table service was poor, no one came to check on us or refill drinks. Found it slightly overpriced.
Can’t say I’ll be back anytime soon.

I made a promise to come back to this restaurant for an entrée, and I don’t take my food promises lightly.
I made plans to meet up with a friend. It just so happened that I was a bit early and he was a bit late. The blonde (and beautiful) server made sure to ask if I needed anything while I was waiting. When my pal finally arrived I ordered the «roast beef» sandwich with mushrooms, onion, and gravy and both fries and coleslaw on the side (half portions of each). The faux beef was fine, but what won me over was the veggies and gravy. The gravy had a nice texture and rich flavour. I really wish there had been more mushrooms and onions! The sandwich could have used the extra fungi to balance its composition.
In regard to the sides: the fries were delicious and crispy gold. The coleslaw was fresh tasting with a touch of spice, but didn’t blow me away.
Another great experience and I definitely walked out feeling full!

This place was great. We did have to wait a little while to be seated for dinner but I have experienced that a lot when going to vegan restaurants. My fiancé and I went with our friends and everyone really enjoyed their meals. The «chicken» was super tasty, I wish I could find that in NY. They also had this super spicy ginger beer that was so good that I had to get one to go.

Vegan or not you should try this place.
I had the unchicken sandwich and im serious when I say this, it tastes like chicken. My side the chili cheese fries. UN-​FKN-​REAL sooo good. going back for sure!!!

I heard so much great things about this place so I was really excited to try it.
Sadly, the food was pretty disappointing.
We got the lemonade, unchicken waffles, «beef» and dumpling soup, and the southern combo and didn’t like anything but the collard greens (which were really good and garlic-​y) and the mac & cheese.
But I do want to come back and try some other things on the menu because they do sound pretty promising, like the fries supremacy. Hopefully my next visit is better than this one.

The Hogtown Vegan is a great place for: A) New vegans who are feeling meet withdrawal
B) Long time vegans looking for some good ol’ comfort food
C) People introducing friends to veganism in efforts to convince them we don’t all only eat kale salad (even though kale salads are bomb)
D) Everybody! (Yeah yeah, I’m cheesy, but it’s the truth!)
This place does vegan comfort food perfectly; the dishes are hearty and full of flavour. I highly recommend their Fries Supreme; it’s like Taco Bell’s fries supreme but a million times better. Taco bell’s fries supreme is to a Toyota Camry as Hogtown Vegan’s fries supreme is to a Tesla Model 3.
Their Unchicken and Waffles is fantastic as well. The «chicken» strips are perfectly crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. I also really liked the sweet potato mash that came with it on the side. It was the perfect consistency; not too runny, not too dry.
The Pulled «Pork» Sandwich was unfortunately a miss. The bbq sauce was too sour and it was so saucy that the buns got soggy. I really love sour foods, but the sourness of this bbq sauce was too much.
If you’re dining in on a winter day, I recommend you ask for a seat at the back of the restaurant as the draft by the door can be unpleasant.
Overall, great, flavourful vegan comfort food. I recommend trying the fries supreme and Unchicken waffles, and skip the pulled pork sandwich. It is non-​vegan boyfriend approved, so meat-​eaters don’t be so quick to dismiss this place!

I’m a vegetarian, but I always prefer to dine vegan when I’m searching for a food place. Hogtown has the best vegan burgers — tastes like the real deal to me! My brother is a huge meat eater, but even he’s impressed with the food here.
The food here reminds me of the food I usually see on the TV show, Drivers Diners and Dives — greasy meaty burgers, loaded fries, huge portions etc. Except it’s all vegan here, of course.
One negative thing about this place, is that the service sucks. They’re always short staffed, so it’s almost impossible to ever flag down a waitress. The servers are always in a rush, so don’t expect them to greet you when you come in, or ask about your day, when you’re paying for the bill at the end.

This was my first visit; I heard nothing but good things about Hogtown from my vegan friends. I’ll keep it short and to the point.
I ordered the PHISH N’ CHIPS. The tempeh «fish» had no flavour to it, the crust was drenched in oil, and when the crust easily fell off the tempeh, well who wants to eat oil covered tempeh? Luckily the fries were done correctly, but it was the only thing that I finished on the plate.
I then ordered the Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich for dessert. The cookie itself was tasty. However both cookies were so big that the coconut ice cream was lost in it. I couldn’t taste it because the size of the cookies overpowered it. This could definitely use a makeover. Don’t make the cookies so big, provide a decent amount of ice cream (that’s why it’s called ICECREAM sandwich) and maybe be creative and roll the sandwich in some Oreo crumble or peanuts. For $ 7 bucks, I could’ve gotten a better composed dish.
On top of it all, or waitress was rude, took forever to serve us and then disappeared, leaving my partner and I having to hunt down a new waiter just to pay the bill.
Not impressed and won’t be returning unless staff and their chef take a serious look at their menu and customer service!

(3.5 stars)
I was not expecting to like this place, but shockingly enough– I really did! I usually am not fond of fake meat, but they do such a good job with it here that I may be a convert…
This definitely isn’t healthy, wholesome vegan eating. It’s comfort food for those who have eliminated most comfort foods from their diet (sorry vegans, but no matter how delicious veggies can be nothing beats melted cheese). Honestly though, even if you’re not a vegan– this place is definitely worth a try! The shiitake fried ‘clams’ (aka shiitake mushrooms) are delicious and I plan on going back for the ‘unchicken’ and waffles which I sadly only got a to nibble a few bites of off of someone elses plate (someone at my table, not a stranger… just in case that wasn’t clear)

Organic food, organic beer, vegan fare following the recent years’ trend of making it be mock meat like Unchicken, Poutine, Beef and so on (I think this whole trend started in Toronto with Vegetarian Haven on Baldwin).
The food is really good. I would never eat poutine, but The Hogtown vegan’s version is really good with lots of taste that does not clog the heart.
The premise is well designed, cleaned and looks like a formal restaurant of any kind and not like a Bohemian vegan place at all. The poutine arrived in a basket like those served in a pub. Prices are also on-​par.
Thumbs up.

First of all I am not a vegan and nor do I ever intend on becoming one as I love my meat very dearly. However I do have a lot of vegetarian and vegan family members so I have total respect for their choices. I came here because I wanted to take my aunt out for lunch who is a vegan and visiting from out of town.
Décor wise this place is really laid back and minimalist. The walls are painted in a bright turquoise colour and are lined with pictures of old album covers. Our party of four were seated in the back of restaurant in a worn out looking grey booth.
As we all perused the menu I was surprised to see all the vegan takes on comfort food and southern offerings.
To drink I ordered the Homemade Lemonade — it was more on the sour side which I prefer in a lemonade however it had a bit of a watered down taste
As an appetizer the four of us shared the
Fries Supremacy — Basket of fresh-​cut fries topped with nacho «cheese» sauce, fakin’ bits, sunflower sour cream and scallions
I have to say we are all quite blown away by these fries! They would rival as some of the best the city has to offer. Thin cut, golden brown not super crispy but far from being soggy nicely seasoned they were perfection especially when smothered in that gooey cheese sauce and tangy sour cream. As the portion size was hugee it was perfect for sharing!
For my main I couldn’t help but try the
Southern Combo — Breaded, fried soy «chicken» strips, our creamy mac and «cheese» and Sautéed garlic collard greens served with a side of house-​made bbq sauce
I have to say I was soo impressed by the texture of the chicken strips! They were quite spot on and hard to tell the difference (just a slight off taste when compared to real chicken) and the crispy lightly seasoned breading was also perfectly crunchy. You could easily fool a non-​vegan into thinking these were legit chicken fingers! The creamy mac and cheese that accompanied the dish were also very good with a slight dusting of crunchy breadcrumbs and little kick of spice it felt just as indulgent as the real thing. The house made bbq sauce was more on the tangy side and I was not a huge of it but I adored the hot sauce on table to lend some heat and sourness to balance a fried dish. My least favourite part of this dish was the collard greens as they were definitely lacking and totally bland and flavourless expect for the few bits of garlic dotted through out.
When our waitress asked if we were interested in dessert I couldn’t wait to try out a vegan dessert as my experience thus far had been so delightful.
Chocolate Mousse Parfait — Fluffy dark chocolate mousse, oreo bits, crushed peanuts and chocolate sauce
I’m not sure what they used to make this non-​dairy but I definitely could not tell the difference! It was perfectly chocolatey in taste and sooo creamy and fluffy with good body everything you want in a mousse. The crunchy bits of oreo and peanuts were equally adored to add some much needed texture to the parfait. All in all it was perfect ending to my first all vegan experience!
Overall I have to say it was quite a good experience. My aunt thoroughly enjoyed her meal which was most important! Our waitress was very nice and food was perfect in portion size and all came out really fast!
BTW they serve David’s Tea here!

Came here for brunch — at first I was disappointed by the small menu, but I loved my food! I had the BLT with a Caesar salad and a virgin Caesar (my favorite) and my partner had the French toast. My partner is a meat eater, and we both LOVED our food. The service was fast and efficient and the portions were great.
I also came for dinner and had the beef sandwich, pouting and chili cheese fries. Was pleased with everything! I recommend coming early because there is a big line up and sitting at the door can get a bit loud and windy.

Came here with a few friends for a birthday dinner. Let me just say that I’m a huge carnivore — meat is my bae — but I will eat vegan/​vegetarian things once in a while.
It’s a pretty narrow restaurant and to be honest I didn’t pay much attention to the décor since we were sitting in the back booth.
Let’s start the food reviews with the best thing that you have to try when you come here — the poutine. Between the 4 of us we had 3 poutines. It was yummmm. I had the phish and chips as my main subbing the fries with poutine and I liked it a lot. I wasn’t sure what to expect but the taste and texture was good. The only thing was the batter was very thick and filling. I tried a bit of my friends «unchicken» with BBQ sauce and mac n cheese which was really good too.
The prices are what you would pay for a non-​vegan/​vegetarian meal so I can’t complain. I would definitely come back for that unchicken and poutine.

Once in a while I won’t mind having vegetarian or vegan food, but I don’t think that lifestyle will ever be for me. Came here on a Saturday night with a party of 10. The place isn’t too big, and our party arrived at 630pm and didnt end up getting seated til 8pm.
I ended up ordering the «beef» and dumplings stew for dinner, which came with a side of collard greens and sweet potato mash. Everything aside from the «beef» — which im not too sure what it was, tasted great. Maybe I’m just not a fan of the texture.
I did try my friends fried «chicken» and that actually tasted very good. If I were to come back I’d order that instead. Also tried some mac and cheese but it had a vinegary/​plastic taste.
The wait staff was very understanding of our long wait time and actually ended up kicking out a table that was just sitting around. Our food came out pretty quickly which was nice since we waited what seemed like forever.