Bay Leaf Restaurant, Portland, Oregon Restaurant Details

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Very unique cuisine here. The interior decor is a interesting as well. They have an absolutely amazing tea selection. The food is fresh and feels healthy. Lots of beautiful colors and textures in this veggie lovers delight. I've only eaten here once but I would love to go again. Great place for a larger dining party.

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I love it!!! After several days of family functions at non vegetarian restaurants with the standard creamy pasta dish vegetarian option that all restaurants seem to have (with no side vegetables because why would vegetarians need vegetables), stumbling into this place was heaven. All vegetarian, all beautifully presented and tasty. Reasonably priced (though admittedly I'm from out of town, so I don't necessarily have a good grasp of local pricing if it's different from the Bay Area). Very calm and soothing atmosphere, kind service.

We had seaweed salad (standard wakame salad), mango tofu - fried tofu in a sweet sauce with mango chunks, the lion's mane thing - bok choy and tasty sauce with battered and fried lion's mane mushrooms, steamed black rice - well cooked neither soggy nor dry, mu shu vegetables - delicious and plentiful veggies, nice about bringing extra pancakes, the deluxe lotus root thingie - lotus root and other veggies in tasty sauce. While most of the things we got had typical Chinese food style sauces on them, none felt greasy to me, maybe a bit sweet for some tastes, but they were all drip-off-able enough that you could choose to only have a little sauce (or to bit order things in sauce of that's not your thing). I will definitely make a point of visiting again any time I'm in Portland!

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Decorated to fool you. Nice tea sets beautiful music. This is Chinese version of a veggie restaurant. With little to no veggies. The tea arrangement and the nice tea menu make you think they would be serving good grade loose leaf tea. But I found myself paying $5 for some Lipton green tea... not really the jasmine pearls I ordered. Has potential but is very much lacking veggies too much tofu. Despite what people thing the tofu is an animal and you can get bitten if you eat it wrong.

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Exceptionally Good - a vegan's dream come true! We've tried nearly every dish on the menu, and are continually thrilled. From teas to appetizers, soups, salads, and entrees... - all wonderful. My personal favorite is the tangy eggplant! Yum!! Even had exquisite German Chocolate Cake there on my birthday! Portions seem a little small for gentlemen in the family, so they order additional items. Highly Recommend - our family's favorite!!

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We loved the food. Some dishes were better than others, naturally enough, but we were truly impressed overall. The Hot and Sour soup was fabulous, as was the Mango Tofu. The Yam dish had a too-subtle taste for my palate, but my wife really like it. Among the very best restaurants we've been to since moving to Portland two years ago. The staff were friendly and helpful and the minimalist decor was pleasant and attractive.

The prices are low, and the serving sizes are reasonable but not huge.

We live nearby, and notice that the parking lot is often almost empty. This restaurant deserves FAR more business than it seems to get. Not sure why that is, but we do hope more people give it a try - we'd like to see this business thrive.