Best restaurants for vegetarians (Greenville, Simpsonville: house, stores, moving)

[jimdc58]

What are the best places in town for vegetarians? Are there any Indian or Middle-Eastern restaurants?

I'm thrilled to see that both Earth Fare and Whole Foods have stores in Greenville. Do either of them have in-house restaurants/cafes?

[Art123]

We had the same question (about Indian food) and were pleasantly surprised to find an new Indian restaurant on main street, downtown. Don't remember the name, but it was packed this weekend during the festival. Someone else recommended India Palace, I believe, on Pleasantburg and Laurens. This is my 4th day here in Greenville, but we have been impressed with the dining choices so far as we wait for our furniture/kitchen stuff to arrive - except for the overlook grill, ick, ick, ick. Not really vegetarian anyway.

[mahenn45]

There is a restuarant called Saffron which caters Indian dishes. They are located on Garlington road(opp the Red Robin). I like it better than India Palace. They have a daily buffet for $8. The place is packed on Friday's and weekends.
There is also a Bombay Bistro on Woodruff road(managed by India Palace), which opened recently but not had a chance to check it out.
Check it out!!

[jimdc58]

Are there any Middle Eastern restaurants around?

[NoodlesKnowles]

Originally Posted by jimdc58

I'm thrilled to see that both Earth Fare and Whole Foods have stores in Greenville. Do either of them have in-house restaurants/cafes?

whole foods has a wood fired pizza bar, and a little cafe too, pretty cool

[charlie swords]

for Indian restaurants there's Handi, India Palace, Saffron and SWAD

Middle Eastern there's Pita House on Pleasantburg and Pita Stop in Simpsonville.

Earth Fare does have an in house cafe with a hot bar and a salad bar, they also have sushi and wraps.

if anyone is a vegan (like my wife is) Brixx on Woodruff has a veggie cheese option for there pizzas. Barley's does tofu wraps, sandwiches and salads and Moe's also has tofu.

its slow moving but more places are starting to offer vegetarian and vegan options.

[sojones]

I was a vegetarian for a year but could not sustain the diet here .... the places to eat are VERY limited...... and I need to try new things.... it gets too boring cooking at home all the time b/c I could not coook everything I wanted on the first try and make it taste good LOL

some reccomendations above I'd approve of though... just where will ug et your protein on anything Pizza related?

but I know i was heavy on Tofu and that stopped here... nobody really made good Tofu dishes in my area that I could find.... usually too slimy....

and beyond that, most the places cooking are just fast food restaurants as the south is submerged in unhealthy food preparation techniques b/c chain restaurants s rule the south

I just try to cook at home most of the time and really limit my outside eating

Whole Foods Grocery is here though....... try their buffett

[gsupstate]

Charlie Swords list is excellent and I must say SWAD is a favorite!

In addition to numerous restaurants, Greenville has a very healthy, natural market scene including Whole Foods, Earth Fare, Garner Natural Market, Fresh Market and numerous local ethnic markets such as Indian. Probably the best collection of any city in the state.