Greens Vegetarian Restaurant

What is Greens Vegetarian Restaurant? Perched along Dundas Street West right where Kensington Market meets Chinatown, Greens Vegetarian Restaurant is a long-standing, family-run institution dedicated to classic Cantonese and Pan-Asian plant-based cooking. Formerly operating as Full Moon before rebranding and transitioning to an entirely vegan menu in 2015, the dining room is refreshingly unfussy with clean fluorescent lighting, basic wood tables, and zero pretense. Seating is strictly casual indoor dining with ample room for solo diners reading books and large communal groups sharing loaded lazy Susans.

Greens Vegetarian Restaurant Menu & What to Order Greens excels at technical wok-tossed Cantonese mock-meat cookery alongside vibrant vegetable preparations. Regulars gravitate toward the salty pepper fried mushrooms with their crackly crust, the sweet and sour mock chicken that nails traditional glossy glaze and texture, and the wok-charred Shanghai fried noodles. The menu is 100% vegan, featuring comfort staples like spicy green beans with dry tofu, eggplant in bubbling black bean sauce, and hot and sour soup. Wash everything down with complimentary hot Chinese tea or fresh soya milk.

Know Before You Go Reservations are neither required nor offered; walk-ins are seated almost immediately even during weekend lunch and dinner rushes. The kitchen is closed on Wednesdays, with standard daily lunch through dinner service running the rest of the week. Reach the dining room easily via the 505 Dundas streetcar, and rely on street parking along Dundas or nearby Kensington Market Green P lots.