Bamboo Gardens is a vegetarian chinese restaurant on Roy street in Seattle (near the Seattle Center). Everything on the menu is vegan (contains no meat, eggs or dairy products). The menu is extensive, and includes "meat" dishes; all the meat is simulated with tofu, gluten and other ingredients. In my opinion, the food is excellent. I have been a vegetarian for 15 years, and this is the first restaurant I've ever eaten in where I can order anything on the menu, without worrying about "hidden" ingredients like chicken broth or lard. The restaurant is very clean, and usually quiet when we go (early for dinner, around 4 or 5 pm). The staff is attentive, and has suggested dishes that are not on the menu when we were indecisive but could desribe what we wanted. Their prices are reasonable, ($5.95 to $9.95 for an entree, dinner for the two of us usually comes to around $23 with a tip). There is free parking. Unfortunately, it's not as busy as the owners might like. Twice while we've been there, people have come in and left when told that everything on the menu was vegetarian. Once the customers were almost abusive; apparently the restaurant switched to their all-vegetarian menu a year ago, and the last time these people ate there was before the change. They were *not* happy. If you're a vegetarian, and you'd like to see this kind of place prosper in Seattle, please try it. If you can pick up a PCC newsletter (or you're a member and get it in the mail) there's usually a 10% off coupon inside. If you're not a vegetarian, please try it anyway! I'd hate to see this place disappear.
Seattle, WA