Sunlight Cafe - Vegetarian restaurant in Seattle - 6404 9th Ave NE Suite 100, USA

Absolutely love this neighborhood favorite restaurant! Great atmosphere, courteous service and hearty food (BEST tempeh I’ve ever tasted). My favorites are the Vegan Highlander and the sandwiches. They also have amazing homemade desserts! Give sunlight a try and support local!

Girlfriend and I were looking for a good vegan/vegetarian spot to try out new food and study at. We came across this spot while surfing the web and gave it shot. We were both very impressed! The inside is filled with local artist’s art that are sellable (able to be purchased) and not for sale. It was a very awesome experience and the atmosphere is very upbeat! Staff was amazing and their food was delightful! Even their desserts were top notch. I loved everything about this place and can’t wait to try out more of their menu! Would definitely recommend.

Be weary of takeout/pickup orders, service is slow and they didn't respect the ETA that's given I ordered from Uber Eats for pickup and I arrived about 5 minutes before the absolute latest that the app suggests the order will take (restaurant is able to see this ETA by the way). There's about a dozen or so folks here, so not incredibly busy. I asked how long it would take and the hostess says 10 minutes after briefly talking with the chefs. Sure, 5 minutes over ETA is fine. I wait 20 minutes at the bar and I still haven't gotten the order. They haven't given me updates either, so I ask the hostess again for an ETA and get an answer from the chef "we're working on it", not giving me useful information. After another almost 10 minutes I finally get the order (totalling almost 30 MINUTES past the original ETA). It seems like they prioritize the sitting guests tbh. The food itself was OK. The vegetable and Tofu dish had a lot of sauce so the rice soaked it all and was pretty salty. The Tempe burger was missing grilled onions that I ordered. One of the buns was also a bit stale because they dropped one and didn't give ample time for the replacement one to get moist. What frustrated me the most about this is that the staff was not very busy (chatting amongst each other) and they seemed to have ignored or forgot about the ETA they provided. I was very visibly there at the bar and the hostess walked past me a couple times. They also didn't feel apologetic that they were making me wait such a long amount of time. I felt no empathy from them and felt quite disrespected. Not going here again.

What is going on at sunlight? I love this spot since way back when but I feel ripped off after today. Food was average. Broccoli served in breakfast veggies was going bad. Tofu was cold in the middle. Service was so bizarre. Very unskilled and awkward. Worst bloody Mary ever. Total salt bomb. I said something and it was replaced with an even WORSE bloody Mary. I just can't anymore. I think we have broken up after 20 years.

The food in this place is amazing. The service is a different story altogether. Our server was extremely rude for no reason whatsoever. This person told us, while taking our order, that our glasses of water will be out soon. We requested to have our waters without ice. The server gave a very sarcastic reply. The server’s attitude was entirely off-putting which is a shame because the cafe’s food is on point. I’m not really sure what warranted the rude tone, because we weren’t offensive or rude, but it ruined my day. I won’t be visiting the cafe for a while after this incident, hopefully, if I go next time I won’t have to deal with such an acerbic attitude.

The coffee is one of the best coffees I have had!! The food is good too. Staff is very nice. I would give this place 4.5 stars but i rounded up. Great ambiance (:

Really good Vegan food. Went for Sunday Brunch. We sat right down. The kitchen was busy, so we had plenty of time to read the menu and decide on the Euripedes platter and the Vegan hash special. With a busy kitchen, our order took a while, but it's Sunday, it's Brunch, it's takes time to enjoy.

Food was very tasty. Best hot chocolate drink . Weekends are usually crowded and about 30min wait time. Street parking is available or nearby there is park and ride parking lot.