vanilla bean plant-based food Reviews

vanillabeanplantbasedfood seems to be a rip off of HappyCow, but it has no user reviews, photos or any of the vibrancy from happy cow. I’ll stick with Happy Cow to keep the vegan community strong, keep all the restaurant and food information fresh and consolidated in the place where they exist now. The price of the Happy Cow app is tiny compared to the value it provides and it’s less than what I tip a great waiter at a restaurant anyway. I wish I could give more to happy cow for all the great meals it’s provided me and my family.

I wish vanilla bean would focus on the unmet needs of the community instead.... there are so many! It must be so hard to come to work everyday to work on someone else’s idea, and to live in the shadow of another app that works well and has served the vegan community since for 20 years. In my experience it’s much more fun and gratifying to work on original ideas and to be innovative, creative and ground-breaking. Investors almost never make money from investing in copy cats, and creators almost never get satisfaction from replication.

As someone who’s been In the restaurant business I am amazed at how many people use happycow across the world and how many millions of Happy Cow stickers are on the windows of local businesses across the world. I can never see that vibrant network being recreated by Vanilla Bean unfortunately... there’s no community in vanillabeanplantbasedfood either.

When you google “vegan food near me” you what appears is literally just any restaurant near you, vegan or not. vanillabeanplantbasedfood is nothing short of brilliant, it will sort out what’s vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, organic etc, and a detailed description of each restaurant and will even go on to break down what vegan options you may find there. Where has vanillabeanplantbasedfood been my entire life????

This is my favorite app for my vegan lifestyle. I love that I can see completely vegan restaurants! I would like to see a bookmark feature added though/ability to make lists like "Want to Go To" or make lists for a trip to a city. Of course, you could do that on Yelp, but having it all in one would be great!

vanillabeanplantbasedfood is amazing! I’ve tried so many new places that I didn’t even know existed! It’s so helpful for a traveling vegan which we all know is quite difficult. I’ve recommended vanillabeanplantbasedfood to multiple people and they love it too. It blows HappyCow out of the water. Thank you thank you thank you for vanillabeanplantbasedfood. 🌱

This is a great to find hidden food gems on your travels. It also tells you if the venues serve organic food too, :D I would absolutely recommend this for Vegans traveling or to find local spots that you never knew served Vegan options! Quick, useful and to the point- I love vanillabeanplantbasedfood!

I’m so grateful for this much needed app. The level of detail and customization is so well done but yet it’s still simple and streamlined. Thank you for creating this! Now I can more easily find a place to eat with my vegan and non-vegan friends!

I’m a recent convert to vegetarianism and vanillabeanplantbasedfood has been a life saver! The descriptions for each restaurant are accurate and helpful. Always making new discoveries around town with this in my pocket, hopefully I will continue to use Vanilla Bean for the coming years.

I really like vanillabeanplantbasedfood a lot! It’s really helpful and yeah it’s kinda the same as that other app but it’s free and I feel like it’s easier to use.🤷🏼‍♀️ I only wish more people were on it!! That would help inform my decision making. So I’m trying to get the word out. Download it, try it out, it’s very useful. Thank you Vanilla Bean!

I tried multiple other apps. I live in the country where there aren’t many inclusive restaurants. Other apps always told me “nothing found” but vanillabeanplantbasedfood gave me so many options!

I travel for work so having vanillabeanplantbasedfood has been so helpful for me to find vegan options while out of town! It’s also been great finding local vegan places as well! I honestly love vanillabeanplantbasedfood!

It would be cool if the maps didn't default to "directions" with no option to see the location itself. I don't want to immediately know directions, I want to zoom in to see exactly where the place is located. In Google maps, I can't just look at the location without retyping in coordinates.
I'm on an SE running iOS 11.4.1.

It's also kinda clunky when searching for location rather than just "nearby". Maybe expand input parameters to include other variants? :)

Everything else is great!

The standard app for veg/vegans looking to eat out is Happy Cow, but I’m enjoying vanillabeanplantbasedfood so much as I travel the US and beyond. Hope they add lots of users as that will only make this better for all of us.

I used to use Happy Cow to find vegan restaurants, but Vanilla Bean have been proving to be better in this regard!!! Congrats to all the people involved in building vanillabeanplantbasedfood, it makes our life way better and easier 🙌🌱 #GoVegan

I couldn’t believe how easy & accurate it was to use. No more being “Hangry “ while trying to figure out where to go !

I have eaten here often and the food is fresh and served with a smile. So many options to choose from and they cook it as you wait like a subway counter.

No matter where in the country I go, there’s always an amazing option for my family and I to go eat a healthy meal!!

Love the new vegan app. It can be frustrating trying to find a place that is vegan or has vegan options. This new app is prefect. Keep up the good work!

It’s always great while traveling to be able find restaurants with vegan options

vanillabeanplantbasedfood is great. They show lots of restaurants and it breaks down what kind of vegan options are available

This is a very concise and convenient way to not only eat vegan food, but to help save the planet! Thank you Vanilla Bean team!