Review Don Vegan - Quebec City

Very nice location, our server was courteous and polite as well. The entree dumplings were amazing. In the main course the General Tao Tofu and Carbonada was delicious. The cocktails are great but skip the mocktails. It took them a long time (over 30 mins.) to get from entree to mains.

First time visiting here and It was delicious!! I can’t believe it’s all vegan! Would definitely come again and recommend to friends!! Best to make a reservation before coming to secure a table! Not sure how busy it is on the weekdays but I went on a Saturday night and it was packed! I had to beet tartare, agnolottis, and the spaghetti carbonada! For dessert, I ordered the chocolate cake which was really moist and yummy!! My belly was happy after this meal! :D

The best Vegan food in Quebec City. Went twice in one day. Delicious 😋. Had the platter, bipimpa, risotto and yummy desserts. The dumplings tho are the best.

Definitely one of the top restaurants in Quebec City. From the trendy vibe to the exquisite food, this restaurant is top quality. All of their dishes have unique flavours with a diverse cuisine choice to match your cravings. My girlfriend and I had the Mushroom fettuccine which was delightfully rich and creamy, and also the Bibimap bowl which was a beautiful mix of vegetables in an fantastic Korean sauce. Vegan or not, anyone would love this restaurant.

I had high expectations after reading the reviews but unfortunately I was left quite disappointed. First, the food: both the DONplings and the Beet Tartar were much spicier that I expected. I can handle some spice but even my partner (who loves anything spicy) said that they should have put a spice warning on the menu. The Panko Cauliflowers were pretty good though, but waaay to much for a starter! Next, the Don Sauté was horrible: it was described by the waiter as a Pad Thai but clearly only in resemblance because the Thai taste was not there. I'm not sure what it was about it, but I couldn't eat it after a few bites. My partner and I usually share half half all the dishes at restaurants so I also had a chance to try the Agnolotti. They were quite good overall, but they were drowning in an overpoweringly creamy sauce which made the dish way to heavy. Being Italian, I don't expect the same level of food quality outside Europe, but my experience was definitely not worth the expensive bill. I understand that Quebec City is pretty expensive, but I ate much better at Pizzeria Polina and Chez Victor for a fraction of the price. And it's also not my intention to criticize a vegan restaurant, because being vegan myself, I always want to support likeminded businesses. I would like this review to be taken as a constructive criticism from someone who is well travelled and knows her way around food and knows how to distinguish pretentious from original and authentic. Lastly, the service was not extraordinary. I understand that in North America, where waiters need to "earn" their tips, they are usually too much in your face with asking you how is everything going. However, our waiter would pass by our table while our mouths were full, asking with hurry if "everything was alright" without even waiting for the answer because he was already gone. Either don't ask anything or ask once or twice but genuinely interested in the answer. All in all, don't build up your expectations as I did. If you're ready and willing to spend a lot of money, go ahead and try it, but don't feel bad if you don't. And for the restaurant management: innovation in food is good, but up to a point. Don't try to create innovative dishes or do fusion cuisine without keeping some of the original flavors.

Le Don proves to me that some vegan dishes just won’t ever be worth the dollar sign attached. Great appetizer with the cauliflower bites. The burrito bowl for $26, however, was a huge letdown. Rice, jackfruit, avocado, and baby spinach with tortilla chips, does not a $26 burrito bowl make. My girlfriend got the bibimbap, and she was also let down by just how pricey it was ($28) for what was mostly just vegetables in a bowl. I think the menu has a lot to offer, and we just chose things that weren’t quite up to par. The rest of the food that we saw from other tables looked great. The desert was fine (cheesecake) and the Vegan Bloody Caesar was actually, probably, the best I’d had in my entire weekend in Quebec City! Give this place a try, but ask the waiters for their recommendations. I wish we had done the same!

Great fully vegan restaurant in the middle of Old Quebec! I read reviews beforehand so I knew that their spicy dishes weren't labeled as such, but I did mention to my server that I didn't want anything spicy and he made sure I got what I wanted and advised me the delicious donplings might be a little too spicy for me. I ordered and LOVED the Carbonada spaghetti and Poor Man's Pudding, a traditional Quebecois dessert gone vegan! And the water is fresh from Canada, not the tap! Just a warning that if you want to bring your kids here, the music can be explicit at times, which I wish they would change to make it a bit more family friendly.

An absolute must if you’re vegan/ vegetarian traveling through Québec. We ate here four times the 3 days we were in town! The food was beautifully presented, the Caesar salad is possibly the best I’ve ever had, and the service was spectacular. I really don’t know what we would have done without this place, because there are not a lot of veg options in town. Luckily they deliver spectacular vegan fare and make you feel right at home. We loved everything about this place.