Reviews of Growing Season Eatery (Restaurant)

Andrew Heppner

Really it is the best take out in Thunder Bay, so delicious. Online ordering system is quite good. Staff are a fabulous assortment of cool personalities. It's an essential part of Thunder Bay. Essential salad. And you can buy the pesto and the dressings in jars too so you can enjoy at home (and pour half a jar of chipotle dressing on your greens ????)

abi clark

A staple lunch place in an adorable local shopping district. A good selection of flavourful meals - the season sandwich is my personal favourite. Great little restaurant with a cozy atmosphere. Also a nice selection of juices and shakes, along with tasty seltzers.

Ethan Peters

Great portions for great prices! Loved the atmosphere and loved the staff!

Niall McKee

This place is awesome! The Chicken Unwrap is amazing and the salad dressings are so custom and one of a kind good. Everything I've eaten here has been an absolute treat. Feel Great after the meat too. so fresh and not heavy. Super friendly staff and great service.

David XICLUNA

So nice small place. Girls working there are very smily. Lovely place.

Kaitlin Richardson

The rice bowl is phenomenal and the staff are kind and helpful. Definitely recommend!

Bluue

Amazing!!!! Oh my. Harvest salad was the bomb!! Service was friendly. Place was clean. Food was quick! We were very happy

Mignon

Great food portions and excellent choice for vegetarians ! Would give full 5 stars, however they do not have delivery.

Cedric De Sousa

You don't have to be a vegetarian to enjoy this place! I'm a fan of good and healthy food and The Growing Season hits on all fronts! It's been a while since I found a place I was this excited about! Loved it!

Terry Leeson

Great food, busy lunch hour, be sure to call ahead to reduce wait times.

Jessy Rajan

Food was great - if more drinks were offered, I'd bump the rating up to a 5. My one recommendation is to implement customer facing compost. All of my waste was compostable (including the food container) and it would be really easy to implement.

Brandie Mabee

SO GOOD. I used to eat there back in 2010. I moved away for 9 years and just moved back to TBay last week. I was ecstatic to see that The Growing Season is still there. I just ordered two take-out meals (Garden Grill and my 2010 favourite, Chipotle Chicken unwrap) intending to have a meal for work tomorrow, but they were so delicious that I ate both (oops). I'm pleasantly surprised that this local place has far outdone any of the amazing British Columbia organic cuisine that I've been eating for years. Seriously good food!!

Andrew Olesen

Local produce, generous portions, quick service even when busy, vegan and vegetarian options as well

Matthew Hartnett

Great food and atmosphere. The staff was excellent. Nice having a place that caters largely to vegan and and gluent free menu items (although not exclusively. I had the unwrapped chipotle chicken wrap which was amazing)

Trevor Keller

Always great food and friendly staff!

Eric Arner

I love the food here, and although it is a small menu there is something for everyone... at least everyone who wants to eat on the healthy end of the spectrum. Several dishes that are vegan and others that have meat options. It is a small dining room so if you don't like it crowded go during the in-between hours or right when they open!

Ben HC

Great little place with plenty of vegan/veggie options and a few meat options too. Definitely one of my favourites.

Liane Boyer

Fantastic food. Tastes amazing and good for your body. Many vegetarian options and some non-vegetarian options. Great juice.

Libby Paleczny

Really good menu for vegan and vegetarian option. Very small eat in area. I used to love going here, though I do not anymore for allergy reasons, everyone I know loves the food and atmosphere. Very friendly staff

Valeriy Ostapchenko

The food here is nothing less than amazing. Healthy and yummy, inexpensive. I wish I stayed longer in TB to try all of their dishes.

Vickie M

Must try the Living Salad. Super healthy menu with options to fit various dietary needs and preferences. Fresh juices are excellent. Highly recommend.

Peggy Smith

Fresh whole foods with lots of control over what goes in your dish. My favourite -- the Venus Rice Bowl -- no tahini sauce, no almonds.

Rhea McCoy

I've only been there a few times, but every time I have been there the service and food have been excellent.

Judy Roche

I come here specifically for the Venus Bowl. Full of amazing flavors and textures, I feel like a spiritually superior human when I eat it.

Eric (Eric Joe)

Chipotle Chicken Unwrap is BOMB. Hands down a great place to stop for a healthy brunch or just a smoothie if your in the area

Igor Terekhov

I just tried it, it’s something special, soooo delicious. Highly recommend

Dan Salhani

Great little funky place to eat at. You can eat in or takeout. I had the season sandwich and it was really good. So the ingredients were fresh and they use lots of local sourced foods. The atmosphere is cool, lots of art, and it is nice and chilled environment. I will go back.

Alyssa Franks

Probably one of the best lunch places in the city! They are mostly vegetarian, though do have a few meat options. You can also make many options on their menu vegan. While I don't adhere to a gluten free diet, I did see that they can accommodate that. The staff are incredibly friendly and the service is excellent. I've had many of their food options and a few of their drinks, and everything is consistently good. You don't need to be into healthy eating to enjoy the food here, it's just objectively tasty!

Randy Martin

A quaint little location on Algoma St, The Growing Season offers fresh, organic food and beverages. They have a cozy little outdoor patio which is well shaded on those hot summer days. The staff is friendly and helpful.

Erika Tipping

Reccomendation from 2 locals while visiting Thunder Bay. Busy spot during the lunch hour but worth the wait for the quality of salad I ordered. I built my own salad and the serving was huge. Delishous! Great healthy and satisfying lunch

Tony McGuire

Strangely good for being a bunch of hippies.

Jonathan Koo

Food is excellent! Can be a little crowded for a dine-in experience. Take-out service is our favourite way to enjoy their food. Call ahead at peak times.

Gerry Picard (TheDrivingSchool)

Nothing to say except that this place ROCKS! My go to place!! Sometimes a bit busy but well worth the wait. You must have the UNWRAP!

Komal Vijay Shah

Chipotle Wrap with Tofu instead of Chicken. Good for vegetarians

Liz Luna

Super healthy and really yummy, they have vegetarian options it’s super nice and such a cool vibe

Dan Todd

Great food! Will definitely return.

Kaiya Ham

One of my favourite spots to stop in for a healthy meal or a good bowl of soup! I was really excited to see you can order to go from their website, a service they must have added recently. I also really appreciate the growing seasons efforts to be environmentally friendly ????

Scott Davidson

Awesome food at a good price. Friendly, helpful service.

Megan Hoier

Awesome food, service is great. I highly recommend eating here

Olivia Amoah

Rebel salad, Bonobo's and The Growing Season have the tastiest vegan and vegetarian food in the city, hands down.

Stephanie I

Love this place! Fresh salads.

Colton Ritchie

Great food, service and vibes! I had the rice bowl with their immune fresh juice. Service was quick, food was delivered quicker than I expected and the portion size was just right! The tofu had awesome texture and flavour. They offered to help me make my meal vegan but I ended up with the bowl! Keep it up :)

shaun ireland

Amazing food great prices! Just need to be patient for food as it's always busy

L V

Never thought I could've find a place in Thunder Bay with healthy delicious food for a fair price.

Brook Maier

Amazingly good. Great staff. Cozy place. You feel good after eating anything on their menu.

Suzanne Sagmeister

The Living Salad was unreal. Changed out the dressing to their Tahini to make it vegan. Best tahini dressing I’ve had. Husband had the Venus Bowl and raved about it. So good. Cosy vibe and delicious food.

C B

We got the chipotle unwrap - delicious! And HUGE portion - very impressed with the amount of shredded chicken. Ordering online process was seamless. Only downfall was they only provide wooden chopsticks as cutlery!! No disposable cutlery. You can buy a reusable cutlery set for $5. That’s fine, I get it, “save the planet”. But we’re driving across the country and eating a green salad with chopsticks while driving the trans Canada highway was not an enjoyable experience…. It took a great amount of convincing to get my husband to stop here rather than the usual Tim Hortons and this didn’t help with his distaste for health/planet conscious eateries. We would have appreciated a heads up - a “bring your own cutlery” note on the website when we placed our order would have been enough.

Crystal Henderson

As an out of town visitor it was so awesome to see so many restaurants with vegan options. I had the pleasure of dining here once on my last trip and I WILL be back when I return. Really creative and delicious menu and clearly made with fresh ingredients. Friendly staff! The restaurant itself is tiny and very busy (for good reason), so plan accordingly!

brian pereira

Great salads, small place and can be very busy at times + lack seating but great place for some healthy cow food err Salads! ( and sandwiches)

heather kenalty

Nice atmosphere. Had the Chipotle unwrap. Dressing was good but too much leafy lettuce and not enough red peppers. Pretty bland. Would try this place again, but not the same dish

Becky Suttle

Great spot for healthy and tasty food. Simple menu.

Hiren Baku

The way of treating every customer is different, as being an (indian) Asian i felt they didn't ask my name to write on the order and the delivery of order was based on nationality. I got order after all the customers who were there and even came after me. Food is of great quality though!! But respect is an essential ingredient!!

Maggie Bailee

My partner and I love coming here, we love to chow down on the AMAZING chipotle unwrap salad! #Yummy

Bimesh De Silva

The season sandwich with added chicken breast and the chipotle chicken tasted great! They were also healthy and of a good portion size. Everything felt good quality.

Cynthia Nault

This restaurant is cozy and cute. I love all of the things about this place that make it unique. I can really tell how much the staff care about food and also the environment. I appreciate how accommodating they are for vegans. A gem of Thunder Bay.

Stacey Coady

This is the spot I go to treat myself. Their season sandwich is amazing! I would highly recommend!

madison w

Great food, however I have to give 4 stars because this place is always insanely busy. And because of the small location it can get packed quite easily and the wait times can be a bit long.

Morgan Shepherd

Super tasty food and friendly service inside a cozy space! Would highly recommend and I'll visit next time I am in town. :)

Matrix Dropout

As a chef I loved the atmosphere and gives of the restaurant. I know the owner from high school and she's always been a fantastic human being. Great menu and creative concept.

Jess Horricks

The food is delectable if you enjoy good and nutritive veg or alternatively a fruit based smoothie. Wish i could dine here erry second day, if not for the food then for the abundance of interesting and/or photogenic individuals this establishment seems to attract.

Eleanor Bennett

Always a great place to eat vegan. Prices are good, portions large, compostable containers to take extra home. Flavours fantastic. Very busy at lunch! ❤️❤️❤️ Staff is great.

M ElQuivery

Awesome food! Good service... Recognized that it was my first visit so they recommended a few popular options. Tried the chipotle chickin unwrap... Delicious

Zahid Javed

Always a great experience at this place. The food is amazing and service is exceptional. :)

Lisa Runciman

All I can say is Yum! I ordered the Venus Rice bowl, it was so filling I couldn't finish. I took the rest home and ate it later. So so good! The restaurant itself is small and cozy, when we went it was really busy in there at the time, our food didn't take long though.

Jeanette O'Neill

Delicious Venice Rice Bowl salad. Very healthy and very generous potion.

Jonathan Hendel

Some of the best food in Thunder Bay. Take "vegetarian" out of it, the food is amazing. The Season Sandwich and the Venus Rice Bowl. Extremely fresh ingredients, hippy atmosphere, excellent service.

Hollie Chapman

The food here was absolutely amazing!!! I was in Thunder Bay for a work trip and my co-workers and I went to The Growing Season every day to try a variety of their menu items! They did not disappoint! My favourite was 'The living salad'.

Jennifer Saunders

I feel 100% confident recommending this restaurant. The prices are amazing, the people are always sweet and welcoming, the food is always delicious, and the portions are filling! Their hummus is the best I've had! My usual order is the tofu chipotle unwrapped and I would definitely recommend, their tofu is the best I've tried and they have really good naan bread. Great atmosphere too, I love that they hang the artwork of different local artists each week. They are also super inclusive and always have a large pride flag hanging in the window. You can eat in or dine out and I would definitely recommend the strawberry fields smoothie!

Susanne Wickstrom

Vast array of healthy, locally sourced, and very tasty foods~staff friendly and knowledge~ have fun on your next visit

holly massaroni

Tried the growing company while visiting thunder bay. Will definitely be making this place a regular visit while I am come for work trips. The salad I had was the Greek goddess. The dressing is made in store and fantastic. The cous-cous is a interesting twist to a common Greek. I really liked it. Only thing I'd add is that I hate cilantro and no where on the menu does it say the salad has it in there !! I would have asked for it without. But still giving them 5 stars because the atmosphere and staff made up for the little error.

Debbie Shaw

Awesome healthy food. Great portions. Quick , friendly service.

Corbet Arnott

My favourite dish (which I just finished as a matter-of-fact) is the Chipotle Unwrap; it is one of my favourite meals from a restaurant in Thunder Bay. Generous portions on all meals and even though it can get crazy at lunchtime the staff are always polite and smiling. Highly recommend.

kael RGR VIDEOS hill

The sandwich and salad were amazing and to die for! Due to a strong dislike for whey protein flavour I clearly and politely asked for hemp protein in my smoothie. When It came the waitress had mentioned that she forgot to make it with hemp protein, which is an easy honest mistake. She then proceeded to take the smoothie away and brought back the exact same one after saying she would correct it. In order to ensure that I was not just gaslighting myself, I ordered another one and it was amazing, no whey after taste!

Janki tilva

We often order food from here but one time we thought of eating there only and we felt little partiality may be bcoz we were Asian. They gave food everyone who came later then us and didn't ask for our name as well. Otherwise food is great.

Sharon W

Great food. Healthy, fresh, and local. Unique menu options. Reasonably priced.

All_about_ food

Their salads are very well thought out. Love the staff too, very sweet and great service.

Shelley Isleifson

We had a mix up with pick up versus delivery went to pick up our food got home and found a twenty five dollar gift certificate. Thank you so much for your outstanding customer service

Caroline Soule

Amazing food, even my boyfriend who is close minded about any other food but Italian LOVED it!!!

Thomas Skoropad

Great natural food. Quaint small establishment. Very busy at times. But we'll worth it.

Katherine Crighton

Best food in Thunder Bay.... Great value, healthy ingredients and delicious flavours. Best food by far.

MyKidman

The food always makes me feel satisfied and energized. I don't usually eat healthy food so it's a nice treat to grab lunch during work. five stars amigos

Brenden Forbes

Very busy at lunch, but worth the wait. Nutritious delicious food.

Johanna Myyrylainen

Amazing food! We put their pesto dressing on everything!

Caitlin Brown

really good restaurant famous for their sprouts on just about everything. really healthy and really delicious. also has great vegetarian options, just be careful they can get really busy at lunch.

Scott K

Amazing food (Chipotle unwrap)! Service was excellent and the restaurant has a lot of character.

Kadie Borody

Today we got two Greek Goddess Cous Cous salads that were absolutely delicious. We asked for some substitutes and it came exactly the way we wanted it. Highly recommend! Thanks to the hard working staff! :)

Scott Suchocky

Flavourfull dishes, the living salad is my favorite.

Laura Morine

Great food but hard to eat salad with chopsticks.

Powla Hartman

Unbelievably good fresh food. If you do you eat here your missing out!

My-Tien Nguyen

Always amazing food and service but wish the location was a bit bigger and more accessible.

T Reynolds

Excellent food! It can be a bit crowded and have some wait time if you want to dine in, but take outs always available.

Stacy Q

Great place for Lunch only complaint would be for the price you pay for a salad, the portion sizes are extremely small.not too happy that I have to add more greens to my salad once I get home.

Christine Sandford

Great food. Fast and friendly service.

Tod Salfai

Season Sandwich = Amazing!

Alexis B

First time visitor. Glad I came. Delicious food, cozy atmosphere. Loved it. Will be back.

Stewart Slaymaker

Great place - good tasting food, portion size and atmosphere. There are plenty of vegetarian options and our food turned up quickly.

Katie Gruen

Absolutely love this place! Amazing food and staff!

Sharon Berardi

Just love the "cozy" atmosphere at this little gem! Love the fresh ingredients and thoughtful menu - feels like you are cheating your diet - but you're not! Also love that I can exchange the toffu for chicken.

Rohan George

Phenomenal Stuff- the place you go when you want a vegetarian meal and not the "vegetarian alternative"

Mehran Masoom

Phenomenal food I had the Venus rice bowl the portions are big and super healthy!