Mandala Tearoom
Phoenix/Tempe Metro, Arizona

mandala tearoom has a great atmosphere with a cute salon and gift shop attached next door, beautiful mandala paintings on the walls, and nice decor. I love the nachos, which are made with delicious vegan sour cream instead of cheese. All the desserts I have tried are fantastic and moist- which is often hard to find with vegan desserts! If they have the tiramasu when you go I would definitely recommend it. I also really enjoy their soup and baked pasta. The vegetable croudet was disappointingly small and not worth the price! It was a couple veggies and a small portion of hummus for $9! My only complaint overall is that the portions are sometimes too small for the price, but it is a wonderful peace of mind to know that the food you're consuming definitely does not contain any animal products.

My husband and I are hard-core vegans and had been dying to try this restaurant for quite a while. Unfortunately, we were very disappointed! The food was expensive and the portions were very small. The lettuce wraps for an appetizers were very small and tasteless. I ordered the raw burger, which could have been good, but the portion was tiny and there was no bun--only lettuce leaves! My husband ordered the manacotti dish which had no flavor and was also a very small portion. We both left the restaurant starving!
On the positive side, the restaurant has great ambience, a good wine and beer selection and the service wasn't too bad. Manala Tearoom just needs to get a better chef and make some improvements to the menu and portion size. If I, as a hard-core vegan don't want to come back--how are you going to attract non-vegans to your restaurant? You probably won't make it on just vegans alone.