First off, I want to say the service was excellent.However the biggest issue this place has are the abysmally small portions of everything. You're meant to order 4 to 5 items for a pair of people, which we did, and we were still hungry after. Not only do they give you a small amount of items in each dish (like 4 items to split 2 each for example), but they also make those portions incredibly tiny. When I say tiny, I don't mean in a good fine dining way - they are just unfulfilling, unsatisfying.We also ordered the closest thing they had to an entree, and in the end it was just bland, buttered noodles. And of course, not even that large - the price? $29 for this. Any other restaurant, even a fine dining one, would give you more for that price, or at least more value.I really wanted to like this place, and there were a lot of good ideas here on the menu. But the idea of "sharing" food here is absurd. You would have to order 4-5 items EACH, so basically double what we did, to get value, and at that point you're entering into $150 territory for a meal that won't even leave you feeling full.I appreciate the idea here, for local, sustainable, zero waste. I'm not sure if that's why the price to portion ratio is so lopsided, and their profit margins are really that bad, but I have zero desire to return here as no dish warranted the sticker price.If you got money to burn, then burn it here I guess.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Audrey T
Such a cute spot for brunch! Lovely food and presentation. I started with a tequila Caesar and it was so good! I opted for the mushroom and loved it. The crispy oyster mushrooms were so tasty and I loved the sauces. Pricier than expected ($23) but the flavors were on point.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Zarina Mamedaliyeva
Amazing food by talented chefs. Seasonal dishes and zero waste kitchen practices.Happy food!Fried oyster mushroom on waffle slaps ??Vegetarian options: Vegan, vegetarian
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Corbin Lowe
Tasting menu was 13 very good dishes! Nothing was really overly spectacular, but all very good. Warm and inviting servers, quiet atmosphere, interesting menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kinga Kukla
I wanted to try this one for so long! First time we visited for lunch - I chose pancakes. As I really don’t like mint, I asked for just maple syrup, which they said is totally fine. They came to say the chef has made a mistake and did the pancake as regular. They were really pushing me to take this one instead of remaking it.As everyone deserves another change I decided to do a full experience. I made a reservation for birthday dinner with chefs tasting menu. Unfortunately, it wasn’t our best experience. Here’s why:-tables are pretty close to each other, if you’re less lucky you may even end up with a table in the walkway-service is nice but also lacking listening to people’s needs : we couldn’t find anything in the menu from drinks, we asked if we can get something outside of that menu. Positive. We asked for some sweet vodka based cocktail. Guess what we got, ginger cocktail that was on the menu under moctails. It was nothing sweet. Disappointing-The food was okay, but very sour and really small portions. I got some discomfort in my throat as well as stomachache after that experience.Sadly, we will not be back. There’s a lot of better restaurants for the money.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Patrick Nguyen
Such rich and complex flavors! The service and ambience were perfect, too. A must for vegetarians and a must-try for non-vegetarians!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mariejeanne Sidoli
The food was exceptional, comforting and tasty.It's a very nice, small restaurant. I loved the vibes.And the servers were absolutely lovely!I had the tasting menu but I would love to go back and try A la carte.Vegetarian options: It's vegetarian
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kurt Brooks
Such a great place! Rotating daily special and chef's menu options. Great service, knowledgeable friendly staff, reasonable prices. Roasted potatoes were some of the best I've had. Mushroom and waffles was fab. Great texture in the deep fried oysters. The sourdough toast is a little heavy being fried, but delicious. Also nice to see them carry Walt's vegan clamato juice. Being able to enjoy a proper at a vegan-centric place is always a treat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joshua H.
The Acorn was a fantastic experience! The atmosphere was gorgeous, the food was delicious, and the hospitality was unmatched. They also explain what each dish is in detail once it comes to your table which is fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Danielle Crawford
Food - vegetarian can sometimes be very tricky to pull off. However, these guys know what they’re doing. There shiitake mushroom plate is something that I will have dreams about. It was so delicious. The only thing that wasn’t amazing was the dessert. I had the pair one, it was OK, but the cake was a little bit dry.Service - The servers were wonderful, and everyone did a fantastic job, explaining the items on the dishes that were presented.Ambiance - I enjoy the ambience a cool, rustic vibe with nice casual lighting.Bathrooms - The bathrooms were clean and they had a soundtrack of birds chirping. Which at first made me laugh but it’s kind of cool. I enjoyed it.Other - there is a dip in the center of the mushroom pate plate. I don’t know what that dip is but I want it in a bottle and I want to eat it all the time. So good.
I had the most amazing vegetarian brunch a few weeks ago at The Acorn. I had the Chef's Brunch Menu. Everything was delicious. For someone like me who's not vegetarian and someone who is picky with vegetables, I loved the food.I would definitely go back.Service was friendly and attentive as well.Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
L P
Went there for dine out Vancouver. Great food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Daniella Silva
Delicious set menu for Dine Out Vancouver. I especially enjoyed the dessert.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dana Sullivan
A friend and I visited during Dine Out 2024 to experience the tasting menu. My friend got stuck in transit and was almost 30 minutes late but they did seat me and take my drink order while I waited. They had to start bringing the food out before she arrived because of the way their kitchen operates. A few different servers came by our table throughout the night and everyone was very warm and professional. The timing of each course (after my friend arrived) was right on.Their dine out menu is $65/pp and mostly vegan, with just a few dairy dishes. A very similar all-vegan menu is available at no cost, as is a gluten-free menu . A few dishes had the option to add cheese for a small fee. Our vegan meal was served over 4 courses and included:Sourdough: Hearty toasted sourdough with a side vinaigrette. The vinaigrette was tasteless to me but the bread was amazing on its own.Squash: Shredded squash salad with hazelnuts, cilantro, and dried fruit, with hoisin sauce on the side to mix in. I loved the savoury-sweet combination with a hint of spice and pops of flavour from the swirls of hoisin. My favourite cold dish of the night.Sunchoke: Another nice sweet and savoury dish with crisp sunchoke in a slightly charred dressing, topped with berries.Shiitake: Tender shiitake mushrooms over a rich squash puree. I loved the flavour of the sauce with the subtle seaweed undertone from the kelp.Beet: Beet carpaccio with sauerkraut and fermented horseradish. I love fermented foods so I was a fan of this.Chicory: Braised endive dressed with elderflower, apple, and hazelnut. I liked the cooked endive but the raw elements of this dish just tasted "raw" and plain. This was my least favourite.Tomato: Cavatelli coloured black using leek ash in fermented tomato sauce. The black colour was inspired by squid ink pasta. The pasta was perfectly al dente. Pasta in tomato sauce is by no means an original idea but this was just a little different in subtle ways, and it was definitely my favourite dish of the night.Peach: For dessert, sorbet with spruce tip shortbread crumble. The piney and salty shortbread complimented the peach very well. Not as experimental as the savoury dishes, but still a delicious ending.You can add a wine pairing for each course for $30, We opted out of this because I didn't want to drink (and just don't like wine enough to add $30 to an already expensive meal). I got the nonalcoholic Lavanda Fizz mocktail instead, which was okay but a little weak on the lavender.lAt this price, I expected everything to be sublime, but I thought a few things were a little unpolished (as noted above, and my friend and I both would have liked one more hot dish in the mix). There were a few dishes that did wow me though, and I really enjoyed the experimental concept with the chance to try some uncommon foods. I don't regret shelling out the money once, but I'm undecided if I'd want to return, and if I did, I'd definitely want to order a la carte rather than do the regular $79 tasting menu, or maybe try brunch instead of dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Rashmi Arvety
My husband made reservation for my birthday dinner. First impression ambience is not great and we requested for change of seating which the waitress didn’t accommodate. We tried the tasting menu without wine. Course 1 and course 2 were absolutely delicious! Course 3 was OK Ok, I didn’t like the Leek ash Cavatelli pasta dish and chicory salad. Dessert was great,but very small portions. Rose meringue was baked to perfection with citrus leaf custard. I got birthday dessert, peach Sorbet with some crispy crumble and sweet sauce! I would say most of the dishes were delectable and perfect! Food is must try for vegetarians!!
First off, I want to say the service was excellent.However the biggest issue this place has are the abysmally small portions of everything. You're meant to order 4 to 5 items for a pair of people, which we did, and we were still hungry after. Not only do they give you a small amount of items in each dish (like 4 items to split 2 each for example), but they also make those portions incredibly tiny. When I say tiny, I don't mean in a good fine dining way - they are just unfulfilling, unsatisfying.We also ordered the closest thing they had to an entree, and in the end it was just bland, buttered noodles. And of course, not even that large - the price? $29 for this. Any other restaurant, even a fine dining one, would give you more for that price, or at least more value.I really wanted to like this place, and there were a lot of good ideas here on the menu. But the idea of "sharing" food here is absurd. You would have to order 4-5 items EACH, so basically double what we did, to get value, and at that point you're entering into $150 territory for a meal that won't even leave you feeling full.I appreciate the idea here, for local, sustainable, zero waste. I'm not sure if that's why the price to portion ratio is so lopsided, and their profit margins are really that bad, but I have zero desire to return here as no dish warranted the sticker price.If you got money to burn, then burn it here I guess.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Such a cute spot for brunch! Lovely food and presentation. I started with a tequila Caesar and it was so good! I opted for the mushroom and loved it. The crispy oyster mushrooms were so tasty and I loved the sauces. Pricier than expected ($23) but the flavors were on point.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Amazing food by talented chefs. Seasonal dishes and zero waste kitchen practices.Happy food!Fried oyster mushroom on waffle slaps ??Vegetarian options: Vegan, vegetarian
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tasting menu was 13 very good dishes! Nothing was really overly spectacular, but all very good. Warm and inviting servers, quiet atmosphere, interesting menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I wanted to try this one for so long! First time we visited for lunch - I chose pancakes. As I really don’t like mint, I asked for just maple syrup, which they said is totally fine. They came to say the chef has made a mistake and did the pancake as regular. They were really pushing me to take this one instead of remaking it.As everyone deserves another change I decided to do a full experience. I made a reservation for birthday dinner with chefs tasting menu. Unfortunately, it wasn’t our best experience. Here’s why:-tables are pretty close to each other, if you’re less lucky you may even end up with a table in the walkway-service is nice but also lacking listening to people’s needs : we couldn’t find anything in the menu from drinks, we asked if we can get something outside of that menu. Positive. We asked for some sweet vodka based cocktail. Guess what we got, ginger cocktail that was on the menu under moctails. It was nothing sweet. Disappointing-The food was okay, but very sour and really small portions. I got some discomfort in my throat as well as stomachache after that experience.Sadly, we will not be back. There’s a lot of better restaurants for the money.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Such rich and complex flavors! The service and ambience were perfect, too. A must for vegetarians and a must-try for non-vegetarians!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was exceptional, comforting and tasty.It's a very nice, small restaurant. I loved the vibes.And the servers were absolutely lovely!I had the tasting menu but I would love to go back and try A la carte.Vegetarian options: It's vegetarian
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Such a great place! Rotating daily special and chef's menu options. Great service, knowledgeable friendly staff, reasonable prices. Roasted potatoes were some of the best I've had. Mushroom and waffles was fab. Great texture in the deep fried oysters. The sourdough toast is a little heavy being fried, but delicious. Also nice to see them carry Walt's vegan clamato juice. Being able to enjoy a proper at a vegan-centric place is always a treat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Acorn was a fantastic experience! The atmosphere was gorgeous, the food was delicious, and the hospitality was unmatched. They also explain what each dish is in detail once it comes to your table which is fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food - vegetarian can sometimes be very tricky to pull off. However, these guys know what they’re doing. There shiitake mushroom plate is something that I will have dreams about. It was so delicious. The only thing that wasn’t amazing was the dessert. I had the pair one, it was OK, but the cake was a little bit dry.Service - The servers were wonderful, and everyone did a fantastic job, explaining the items on the dishes that were presented.Ambiance - I enjoy the ambience a cool, rustic vibe with nice casual lighting.Bathrooms - The bathrooms were clean and they had a soundtrack of birds chirping. Which at first made me laugh but it’s kind of cool. I enjoyed it.Other - there is a dip in the center of the mushroom pate plate. I don’t know what that dip is but I want it in a bottle and I want to eat it all the time. So good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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I had the most amazing vegetarian brunch a few weeks ago at The Acorn. I had the Chef's Brunch Menu. Everything was delicious. For someone like me who's not vegetarian and someone who is picky with vegetables, I loved the food.I would definitely go back.Service was friendly and attentive as well.Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went there for dine out Vancouver. Great food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious set menu for Dine Out Vancouver. I especially enjoyed the dessert.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A friend and I visited during Dine Out 2024 to experience the tasting menu. My friend got stuck in transit and was almost 30 minutes late but they did seat me and take my drink order while I waited. They had to start bringing the food out before she arrived because of the way their kitchen operates. A few different servers came by our table throughout the night and everyone was very warm and professional. The timing of each course (after my friend arrived) was right on.Their dine out menu is $65/pp and mostly vegan, with just a few dairy dishes. A very similar all-vegan menu is available at no cost, as is a gluten-free menu . A few dishes had the option to add cheese for a small fee. Our vegan meal was served over 4 courses and included:Sourdough: Hearty toasted sourdough with a side vinaigrette. The vinaigrette was tasteless to me but the bread was amazing on its own.Squash: Shredded squash salad with hazelnuts, cilantro, and dried fruit, with hoisin sauce on the side to mix in. I loved the savoury-sweet combination with a hint of spice and pops of flavour from the swirls of hoisin. My favourite cold dish of the night.Sunchoke: Another nice sweet and savoury dish with crisp sunchoke in a slightly charred dressing, topped with berries.Shiitake: Tender shiitake mushrooms over a rich squash puree. I loved the flavour of the sauce with the subtle seaweed undertone from the kelp.Beet: Beet carpaccio with sauerkraut and fermented horseradish. I love fermented foods so I was a fan of this.Chicory: Braised endive dressed with elderflower, apple, and hazelnut. I liked the cooked endive but the raw elements of this dish just tasted "raw" and plain. This was my least favourite.Tomato: Cavatelli coloured black using leek ash in fermented tomato sauce. The black colour was inspired by squid ink pasta. The pasta was perfectly al dente. Pasta in tomato sauce is by no means an original idea but this was just a little different in subtle ways, and it was definitely my favourite dish of the night.Peach: For dessert, sorbet with spruce tip shortbread crumble. The piney and salty shortbread complimented the peach very well. Not as experimental as the savoury dishes, but still a delicious ending.You can add a wine pairing for each course for $30, We opted out of this because I didn't want to drink (and just don't like wine enough to add $30 to an already expensive meal). I got the nonalcoholic Lavanda Fizz mocktail instead, which was okay but a little weak on the lavender.lAt this price, I expected everything to be sublime, but I thought a few things were a little unpolished (as noted above, and my friend and I both would have liked one more hot dish in the mix). There were a few dishes that did wow me though, and I really enjoyed the experimental concept with the chance to try some uncommon foods. I don't regret shelling out the money once, but I'm undecided if I'd want to return, and if I did, I'd definitely want to order a la carte rather than do the regular $79 tasting menu, or maybe try brunch instead of dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
My husband made reservation for my birthday dinner. First impression ambience is not great and we requested for change of seating which the waitress didn’t accommodate. We tried the tasting menu without wine. Course 1 and course 2 were absolutely delicious! Course 3 was OK Ok, I didn’t like the Leek ash Cavatelli pasta dish and chicory salad. Dessert was great,but very small portions. Rose meringue was baked to perfection with citrus leaf custard. I got birthday dessert, peach Sorbet with some crispy crumble and sweet sauce! I would say most of the dishes were delectable and perfect! Food is must try for vegetarians!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3