Loma House Vegetarian Express

Delicious. This place is a super great option for vegetarians. The bento boxes are the best deal. I feel that their portions could be a bit bigger for the price that you pay, which is the only reason why I gave this place 4 stars instead of 5. Also, it’s always pin drop quiet in here. It would be great to have some music in the background. All in all a small, cute and tasty food.

Finally decided to check this place out and I’m so glad I did because it is AMAZING! I had the red curry «mutton» bento box and it was so good that I had to order more food. I would highly recommend trying the bbq seitan, it is absolutely divine! The lemon jasmine tea hits the spot too. Will definitely be coming back to satisfy my vegetarian needs!

I’ve been wanting to try this place for over a year now and I’m glad I finally got my sister to come out with me.
We came in on a Friday evening and I’m so glad I was able to find a great parking spot right in front of the restaurant, Sweet!
For a former Vegetarian I’d say it’s difficult to find a variety of restaurants that fits the craving for an adventurous night out in Edmonton. Vancouver yes but Edmonton… hmm…
There are a variety of choices on the menu that sound and look tasty. We started with the Soy Drumsticks, Roti Canai, and a pot of Osmanthus Fragrans Flowers. We were quite hungry we also got a Bento box each. I had the Spicy Beef and my sister had the Imperial (Kung Pao) Chicken, both came with Iced Lemon Jasmine Green Tea.
The drinks came out first, the tea had to steep for a bit longer so we drank up our Iced Lemon Jasmine Green Tea which was unbelievably good.
The Soy Drumsticks and Roti Canai came out, the drumsticks were so cute and tasty, the Roti was yummy but I found just a tad on the greasy side. When our Bento box came out i was getting a bit full but I was still able to enjoy that Bento. My beef had a beef jerky but softer texture and the marinade was sweet but not over bearing (I liked it). I barely hit the rice before I got too full.
I forgot how quickly i get full when I have a vegan meal lol.
For a great Vegetarian Restaurant I would definitely come back here. Not only is the food great but the atmosphere is wonderful. The people running the place are very friendly, accommodating, and inviting.
Highly recommend checking this place out.

So I am not a vegetarian by any means. I have eaten zebra, kangaroo, antelope, crocodile… anything that moves is fair game by my standards. I figured that vegetarian food would be a lot of things like lentils, vegetables, legumes… just meatless food that is probably healthy.
I was wrong.
I was really surprised that so many fake meat items exist out there! Ribs, drumsticks, chicken… all fake. How do they make this fake meat? What is it made of? Where is it made? How do they get it in a meat shape? Does it have artificial meat flavouring?
How is that healthy?
My experiences at Loma house were pretty bad, firstly because I was on a blind date and they guy wasn’t what I was expecting. But neither was the food. I gave it my best shot guys. I ate the food. I made fun of it, but I tasted it all. I made polite conversation with a stranger. I knew before the food came that I wouldn’t be back since I like eating real, clean unprocessed organic food. I also knew that if my blind date enjoyed eating processed fake meat that we wouldn’t get along very well. So that was that.
And wouldn’t you know it… I threw up all that food as soon as I got home. My body rejected it like it was polyester pants.

I had the spicy beef, sweet and sour chicken balls, BBQ dumplings, and the mango bubble tea, and they were all delicious!
The owner was very friendly and helpful, willing to alter the dish if I needed it, no extra charge.
I got my food quickly and it was inexpensive.

This is by far one of my very favourite vegetarian/​vegan restaurants in Edmonton and it probably ought to be rated one of my favourite restaurants in Edmonton period too. I’ve only been there twice in person but I’ve really enjoyed food that others have had at their events which they’ve reheated. Their spring rolls (reheated or not) are always rather delicious and I don’t even like spring rolls much of the time, to be honest.
The set meals and bento boxes they have at the restaurant are really great deals but the rest of the menu is delicious too. The beverages (teas for example) are rather good! And while service is slow, the food comes out very wonderfully. They have a refrigerator from which you can buy items to prepare at home which is great too! I highly recommend this little tiny restaurant as it is really a delicious place at which to eat.

Fantastic. This little vegetarian restaurant was more than I had hoped for. I called in and asked for a big variety for a birthday party. I made no suggestions just said give me your best dishes. And they did. I had a mountain of food for a good price. Everyone loved it. The «meat» dishes were fantastic and gave the carnivores in the group what they wanted and the rest of us truly enjoyed the food. The bbq seitan was perfectly cooked and my favourite. Will definitely go back.

It’s a good vegan place and it’s worth trying if your curious about vegan food and if you live in the south side, but not highly recommended. Padmanadi is still the place to go to in my opinion.

The food is delicious with amazing attention to detail. The service is very friendly and the atmosphere is comfortable. The prices of everything are amazingly good. We first tried this restaurant because my wife’s food allergies (egg and pork) don’t usually allow for eating dim sum. Loma house is perfect for anyone with allergies as the are vegan and nut free.

Been here many times and I have always left satisfied. I mostly get the Bento box that has a lot of different options but usually comes with a spring roll, soy drumsticks, nuggets and salad rolls or sushi, as well as the main meal. I would recommend the Kung Pao. Its all delicious and it also comes with a jasmine iced tea which is amazing. For $ 15, it doesn’t get any better than this. The owner is always nice and we get helped right away.
Also, just as a side note, I am not vegan or vegetarian by any means, but I seriously do love the food here.

The owner is the nicest guy you will ever meet, and the food is always fresh. I would recommend coming here for dim-​sum and picking up some vegan jerky on your way out!

Loma House is a small restaurant just east of South Common. The food is phenomenal, and they even have a refrigerator that you can buy some of their food to make at home. I recommend the spring rolls. If you don’t know how to deep fry stuff (I don’t), I found that if you bake them on a cookie sheet at 400f for 20 minutes, flipping them over half way through, they are perfect.
The service is lovely but a bit slow. They can only fit like two employees in there at once. Definitely give it a try.

This review might be a little overly sentimental, but I found myself compelled to write it.
Loma House vegetarian restaurant has to be, with very little uncertainty, the best veg restaurant in Edmonton. With a wonderfully diverse menu and dishes with all of the flavour of Noorish with none of the pretension.
Loma house had an atmosphere that would be impossible to manufacture. The closest thing I can relate to is brunch at the grandparents. Being greeted with a genuine smile means a great deal in our McDonalds «how may I help you» or «hello sir, I’ll be your server today» society.
Loma house is a great place to be inspired to try new things in the kitchen. Every faux meat offered on the menu is available for sale for you to try cooking at home.
Sadly the location is not the greatest, although this will certainly help this family run business maintain its atmosphere of friendliness.
I heartily recommend Loma house to all my friends and family and it is going to take a great deal of effort not to start shouting at random passers extolling the virtues of this business.
We could all learn a lot from the family who run this beautiful space.

We had the soup of the day, the vegetable curry with Tofu & rice, and the potstickers w/​salad.
The soup was very good … Clear broth with 4 or 5 pieces of bok choi, corn, cauliflower, etc.
The veg curry w/​tofu was mild but very tasty. However the serving could have been 25% or so larger.
The potstickers were tasty but a bit chewy. There could have been more filling and a thinner shell. But still good.
We would have given 5 stars but they forgot to offer us water.

Popped in for a snack when we were in the area and I have to agree with the other reviewers, this place is better than Padmandi and Noorish.
Was only able to try a few appetizers: curry puffs, «chicken satay» and veggie spring rolls. Everything was yummy! Tasted like the real thing, where as at Padamandi and Noorish you can sometimes tell you are eating fake meat.
The service was great and friendly and the space is cozy and cute. You can also buy frozen items to take home and cook yourself!

My bf and I walked in around 7pm for a quick dinner and were delightfully surprised by the ambiance and décor. The owner was the only server, with his (wife?) alone in the kitchen! We had very prompt service, ordered way too much food for two people (we’d worked all day and were STARVING!). The Wonton soup was the highlight for sure. We ordered the soup, 2 entrees: the curried mutton and the spicy tofu, as well as some dim sum items (vegan dim sum! FINALLY!). Over all we were impressed. We also raided the freezer in the retail section and brought home veggie jerky (so close to the real thing it’s kinda scary!), Veggie Bacon Ham and some Veggie dumplings. We also had some time to talk to the owner who was very helpful and informative. All in all, I’d definitely go back!

Honestly, hands down, best vegetarian food and service ever! I’m so glad I was introduced to it and even though I live super far from it, I make it a weekly visit. It’s so good I want them to open one up one the northwest side! — clearly addicted!

Vegetarian or vegan? Then you’ll definitely know about Padmandi. Or Noorish. But how about Loma House? What if I told you that I think Loma House is the best vegetarian restaurant I’ve been to? Yea, go figure that a small restaurant in south Edmonton would outcook Padmanadi and Noorish.
Loma House serves up vegetarian (and vegan friendly) dishes, most of which is Malaysian or Indian inspired. I think everybody (there was 11 of us) at the table ordered the «Daily Special» that night, a bargain at $ 13.50 which includes a soup, your choice of entrée, and dessert. I was told the miso soup was delicious…
Other soup options include a vegetable soup or hot and sour. I personally ordered the hot and sour and it was one of the best soups I’ve ever had. So addicting and just enough heat to get your tummy going. Doesn’t even matter than it’s summer outside, this soup was amazing! Not too sour either, which becomes a bit of a problem for me.
A couple of people ordered the spicy beef, the «beef» made up of soy protein and mushroom stems. You’d be surprised at how much it actually tasted like beef. Texture usually is the biggest giveaway but not in this case. Best «beef» I’ve come across to date that didn’t taste like mashed up brown tofu. Mixed in with a stir fry of broccoli, baby corn, carrots, and bell peppers in a sweet and spicy sauce with a side of rice.
I ordered the curry vegetable with tofu entrée, not thoroughly thinking it though that maybe I should have ordered a «beef» or «chicken» dish. But that’s okay, I got a bite of most people’s dishes (how kind!). My curry sauce was creamy and very Thai or Malaysian inspired, not Indian for those of you who are wondering. The tofu was of medium firmness, just the way I like it, and held its shape despite being stewed with the sauce. So delicious! I contemplated packing up the sauce to go and throwing in more vegetables and tofu at home but then I’d be the weirdo who took sauce home.
Other plates for the night: a curry fried rice (served with some soy nuggets) and curry vermicelli with satay kebab, a soy ham (seitan, wheat meat). Bold colours and flavors made both dishes a win for their respective diners. Both protein components also had completely different textures as well, which is awesome. Nothing worse than having the «beef» also taste like the «chicken» or the tofu.
Further down the table, one friend deviated from the combination meal and ordered the summer special, a curry udon bowl. It came out on this little contraption, fueled and heated to keep the cute bowl warm. Sharing a bowl seemed to be a bit difficult though, with a mesh spider and spoon to scoop things out. Probably ideal for just eating straight out of the hot bowl methinks.
And a meal isn’t complete without dessert and Loma House takes care of that as well. Ice cream for Prasann, although he’s pretty sure it just came from a grocery. This was the only option that wasn’t dairy free.
The star of desserts for me was the non-​dairy (aka vegan friendly) chocolate pudding. Not too sweet, but rich and decadent, much like you’d expect of a full fledged chocolate pudding. And they came out in the cutest little cups!
The theme of cute plating continued with the fresh fruit plate, served with a side of glaze. There was a lot of «where did you get this?» for the owner that night! Adorable.
Overall? The meal was fantastic and greatly unexpected. The combo is a good value and everybody at our table left happy! We got to know the owner a little better and discovered why their restaurant was so successful in creating beautiful dishes, amazing flavors, and great «meat» products. With seven sister restaurants based in Ontario, and their own vegan products manufactured in Mississauga, Loma House was able to bring that over to Edmonton two years ago. The restaurant is modest in size, seating around 30 people. Three industrial refrigerators line the side wall with take out products for you to bring home, including the «beef» and «chicken» products. I’ll have to keep that in mind when I want to sub out meat for a meal! It would be great to experiment with their products. The owner, Jeff Kao, was so friendly and eager to answer all of our questions. Loved it! Google maps is highly recommended to find the space, as the storefront isn’t actually on the main 23 Ave but inside a strip mall with an inner road running parallel to 23 Ave. Can’t wait to come back to try their dim sum dishes or main stand alone dishes which would be perfect to share for a family meal.

Yeah, I’m going to spoil the five star party here. The three star rating may be a bit harsh — I left satiated, but without thinking «Yum.»
Service is very friendly and the dim sum they serve is frozen. My food was tasty enough to finish, but didn’t make me eager to return. I ordered the red curry noodle pot and made way too much of a mess of myself. I think there were too many noodles, and not enough substance. I am also a carnivore, so I’m not always the best judge of Vegetarian food. Though I can say with certainty that I enjoy Veggie Garden’s wonton soup far more than I enjoyed this one.
My wife didn’t find herself as impressed with what she ordered as she is with her favourite dishes at Padmanadi’s and Veggie Garden.
Loma House isn’t bad, and is certainly a good option if you want some Asian vegetarian food near South Edmonton common.

I have only come to know of this place through my fiancé as he used to work in the South Edmonton Common neighbourhood. This is my favourite go-​to place for Vegetarian Dim Sum, especially when I have got strict vegetarian friends and/​or family visiting. Loma House possibly has got the best roti canai in town; yep, it’s fresh and delicious. The red curry (vegetarian mutton) is to die for; the yellow curry (with tofu) is my fiancé’s ultimate favourite dish. The spicy eggplant is really, really good. We’ve come to this cute little express restaurant for many years now. It has been consistently good and of great value. Here’s a tip if you are eating with a group: order the individual dishes and share. Each of you would get a rice bowl.
Service is very good, considering that this place is run by two people: husband and wife.
I love it that there’s a freezer full of vegetarian products (convenience foods) such as steamed buns and mock meat. All of these are made in Ontario, Canada.
Vegetarian friends and family-​approved!