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The Purple Mint

Reviews 672

• Donna L Turner
  Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:39
  Purple Mint recently moved to a new location and they are creating a fresh new atmosphere. We’ve been to the new location 3 times already and everything we try is amazing. It’s the perfect place for elegant vegan food that anyone would enjoy. I tried the black rice pasta last night and it was unbelievably good. Way more than pasta! Mounds of veggies, tofu, crunchy thin noodles, so many flavors that complement each other.
• Quinn Nguyen
  Fri, 19 Jan 2024 3:49
  We ate her twice a day, everyday, during our week long visit. Hands down the best vegan restaurant in SD (best restaurant period, vegan or no). Food is super complex, fresh, light, and packed with flavour. The service is unmatched - people like CJ create a warm and welcoming environment. Drinks like passion fruit lemonade are very flag orange and the food is very affordable, with large portions. We recommend: the tofu banh mi, the won ton soup, the hot and sour soup, sweet potato curry, and the duck lettuce wraps. They switched locations because their old building turned into apartments so please continue supporting this small business so it can remain a SD institution!
• A T
  Sun, 10 Sep 2023 8:10
  The jackfruit salad was very refreshing with the mint - it was a great choice for this heat wave we're having this summer. The jackfruit were cut big - I thought it would be more smaller pieces spread around the salad. The fried avocado roll was ok. I had it somewhere else - I wasn't wowed or disappointed. The atmosphere is very nice - something that I didn't expect in the Mission George strip mall
• Brij Chauhan
  Mon, 28 Aug 2023 2:03
  Very good atmosphere, service was excellent. However the food was mediocre. I have been to a lot of vegetarian Vietnamese places and this one doesn't quite get the taste right. I ordered Hue style noodle soup, but the broth didn't have the right flavor or umami.
• Leah Oviedo
  Sun, 21 Jan 2024 5:40
  Flavorful plant based food. I got the tofu banh mi and the crispy avocado rolls. Friendly staff and reasonable pricing.