Bliss
Photo by Yun Cee Ng, NY Mag
Vegetarian Cuisine
191 Bedford Avenue
PHONE: (718) 599-2547
AVERAGE ENTREE: $9
BOOZE: none
HOURS: Mon-Fri, 9am-11pm; Sat-Sun, 10am-11pm
CARDS: Cash Only
DELIVERY: Yes
MAP: Click Here (Bedford Stop on L train)
MENU: Click Here
From New York Magazine
"Solid organic vegan fare in a cozy cafe atmosphere has made this a Williamsburg staple."
From City Search:
"Organic-savvy hipsters flock to this homey cafe, with its hardwood floors and open kitchen, for hydra-pressed fruit and vegetable dishes, veggie burgers, tofu sandwiches and vegetarian BLTs. The Bliss Bowl—a large portion of brown rice, beans, kale, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, seaweed and tahini—is the specialty of the house. Grab a six-pack from the nearby Brooklyn Brewery or bodega: It's B.Y.O.B."
FROM WCITIES : This Williamsburg cafe features a relaxing, friendly vibe, which suits its vaguely Bohemian neighborhood just fine. A rotating display of local artwork hangs on the walls. And with a menu that offers everything from tempeh to tofu and all kinds of tasty vegetable concoctions, there is enough to keep just about any vegetarian happy. Try the marinated tofu sandwich, which comes with a spicy horseradish sauce. Prices are around $15 a meal. Cash only.
Comments
Came in from out of town, and loooved Bliss. The waitress, was polish and very friendly and lovely with great recommendations. Ordered the omelette with side salad. loved that they have sprouted bagels!! My friends ordered bean burrito, and the harvest plate (cornbread, garlicky grilled veggies, tempeh, kale, brown rice) all yummers!! apparently the french toast and the breakfast burrito are highly recommended..Stop dissing this place, and give it another try!!!!
xox
Posted by: myr | December 25, 2009 02:50 AM
last time i ate here i nearly had a panic attack cause i thought my tastebuds had stopped working. if you're looking for something flavorful at bliss, i highly recommend the water.
Posted by: T-Pain | September 14, 2009 12:49 AM
I was there for the first time and the foo was good but the waitress was very unfriendly and acted as though she hated her job. I will go back maybe! The waitress at least should pretend to like her job and be thankful she has one!
Posted by: Kay | February 21, 2009 04:54 PM
i love bliss! i don't really know why people are hating on their food. i think it's great! plus you get HUGE portions, something seemingly rare around here. good food in large quantities is something i can really get behind. i'd recommend items from their breakfast menu. the french toast is especially tasty, and the slices of bread are ridiculously thick. it's been the same waitress every time i've been there and she's not as bad as everyone makes her out to be. not very attentive (i've had to flag her down a few times to get stuff, and i think i've had to ask her for the check every time) but she's pretty nice and it's not like she's ever more than 5 feet away from you so you wouldn't be able to ask her for something.
overall i definitely give bliss a BIG thumbs up!
Posted by: lili | January 18, 2009 03:58 AM
OMG This is about the worst restaurant i have EVER eaten in. I ordered veggies and they were all OVERCOOKED and soggy. food came cold and place was dirty. no wonder when EGG is overcrowded people are willing to wait instead of go here where you can sit right down any time...i should have taken that as a clue. this place should be inspected and closed down. owner just does not care. where is the love?
Posted by: maria | November 17, 2008 06:34 PM
Yeah, yeah. I could probably agree with a handful of these comments. Like seriously I eat/order from Bliss a ton, and I have NEVER had a good experience with the wait staff, and I am pretty liberal when it comes to that considering I was a server for many many years.
I like the harvest plate though. Even though I could make something way better, lets face it, I just never cook.
Posted by: Tiffany | September 27, 2008 12:29 AM
personally i hate all flavors. in fact, some days when then arent too busy, i send the food back for another run through the deflavorizing machine. they gladly oblige. another upside is that you can order anything on the menu and already know what it doesnt taste like
Posted by: John | September 21, 2008 08:40 PM
Cute place, though waitress was kind of rude and careless...
Posted by: Amy | April 25, 2008 09:39 AM
I'm from London (UK), and man, i thought we complained!
The food is lovely and the intimate venue is perfect for a late arternoon cosy gobble. How many places let you bring your own drink? exactly, so stop complaining guys!
Posted by: laura | April 15, 2008 06:04 PM
Good food, alt grains, yummy squash, cute atmosphere, mediocre attitude from the waitstaff... but shitty, shitty juice.
I don't know why a place would have such stellar juice combinations only to juice it IN ADVANCE. According to my waitress, they juice everything in the morning and store the stuff in the fridge. Anything with ginger loses it's spunk by then. Their sub-par juicing standards made me cry.
Posted by: EarthFreak | March 9, 2008 12:50 AM
This is quite possibly the worst vegan spot I've been to. Put aside for a second that the people working there are the biggest cunts in the world (british of course) and the service was terrible. I was saying to myself, why am i paying to feel like they're doing me a favor letting me eat there? food was decent but far from good. I thought vegans were cool by default...what a mistake.
Posted by: Lenny | July 18, 2007 01:17 PM
I love Bliss. Of course, I've only eaten one item there. But, it's so good, I can't stop ordering it:
Grilled Seitan on Whole Wheat bread, with spicy peanut butter spread. Oh man, is it scrumptious!
Along with a side of healthy coleslaw and some brown rice, it's a perfectly filling and tasty meal.
I can see where people might complain about the service -- I've had good and bad experiences with that. But not bad enough that I won't return!
The space is small and tight. I consider myself lucky for being able to find a table every time I've been, thus far.
One of these days, when I tire of the SATAN sandwich, I'll move onto the veggie burger...I'll update then!
Posted by: m. | July 16, 2007 09:48 PM
The BEST tofu scramble I have EVER had. Been vegan for 9 years and consider myself a 'foodie'. I am so addicted to their tofu scramble. I want it every freakin' day. Everything else is good, but the scramble is great.
Posted by: Joshua | June 14, 2007 10:35 PM
my girlfriend and i come here just about every week. don't believe the comments below - the food is very good and the waitstaff is fine. try the harvest plate or the tofu curry. both are great and reasonably priced. a great plus is that it's byob.
Posted by: tom | May 14, 2007 12:20 AM
I just recently placed an order for pick up again with pure dred in my heart. Not only is the staff snotty as can be, they look at you as if your from another planet if you ask them for anything and you have to keep salt & pepper packets handy to eat the food. Help! Someone come up with another Veg Rest soon.. I can't take this anymore....
Posted by: RG | October 18, 2006 05:23 PM
yuck! i have been a vegetarian for over ten years and this place was very disappointing to me. overpriced, bland, small servings. the people were nice and the place is cute but the food really is not that good!
Posted by: sarah | August 25, 2006 10:23 PM
Man up and eat some meat.
Posted by: Drug Haul | August 15, 2006 05:04 PM
i have to disagree that the waitresses are "nice" and the staff is "friendly". as a veg, i've been forced to go to bliss for years, and the servers are always nothing less than snot-tastic. they've royally effed-up takeout orders, too, and given some serious 'tude when we've asked them to fix THEIR mistakes. lame.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 12, 2006 07:49 PM
The food is decent, the waitresses are nice, but the owner is nasty and snotty. I will not go there anymore after being treated like I was stupid or annoying all three times that I have been. She does not deserve my money.
Posted by: Josh | July 28, 2006 06:25 PM
the food is generally awful here. their granola, fruit and yogurt is the only thing that's fine, but you have to be a total dickwad to fuck that one up. their salads are disgusting enough to send moby running to burger king. the waitstaff is generally friendly, but the space is cramped and uncomfortable. yet it draws huge crowds of bedheads in graphic tees. perhaps they are just nostalgic for the williamsburg of 6 years ago, as this place is one of the few that has remained virtually unchanged.
Posted by: H. | July 11, 2006 08:18 PM
This restaurant is a travesty to the name of vegetarian.
I'm vegan and I never even THINK to go there. The service is practically non-existent, aloof and slow. The food tastes a shade more savory than cardboard. Awful. Never go here. Even if you're starving, get a bagel or something.
Posted by: lyssa | June 21, 2006 10:49 PM
I think the food at Bliss is pretty good. It's definitely tastier than Angelica's.
It's a cheap, quick place to go for a healthy, filling and reasonably tasty dinner. Nothing more, nothing less.
Posted by: Zoe | June 8, 2006 09:18 PM
If you're fasting or on a severaly restrictive diet that bars you from consuming anything with any salt or spice, stop by.
The food isn't bad, the people are very nice, its very progressive, but damn, it is boring. You get an absurd amount of food but its nothing every vegetarian cook could make at home with little to no effort.
Posted by: Joshua | May 4, 2006 09:22 PM
I hate that places like this exist, because they perpetuate the idea that vegan food lacks flavor. This is the worst vegetarian restaurant I've been to in nyc.
Posted by: rc | March 10, 2006 10:08 PM
If you want to pay for only food, stay at home and cook your own. At Bliss, the atmosphere is great, the wait staff is always pleasant, the price is right, and the food is fantastic. On occasion the food can be bland, but I always give restaurants multiple tries and do not base my opinion solely on one meal. A full vegan breakfast is very hard to find in NYC, but Bliss always comes through for a great tasting, healthy breakfast. Lunch and dinner, too. And for those who care about themselves and others: the food is organic, so is the coffee as well as fair trade, and Bliss is not a chain restaurant. Eat healthy, support vegetarian restaurants.
Posted by: Christian Fletcher | February 15, 2006 10:24 PM
there used to be no other vegan options round here. now there are. unless you're into being healthy and you need to avoid any sort of flavoring, try somewhere else.
Posted by: al | June 6, 2005 01:46 AM