NuVegan Café

The concierge at the College Park Marriott was very helpful in identifying vegan restaurants. Your restaurant is within their shuttle service area.

I had high, high hopes for this place! My vegan friend recommended it, so I went in and ordered the Chicken Drummies entrée with a side of cauliflower.
My box contained 3 «chicken» drumsticks and a side dish. The total? 14 dollars. I left the place feeling a bit robbed. That meal should not have cost more than 10 dollars at the most. As another reviewer mentioned, the place is like an upscale fast-​food joint.
I get it. CP real estate isn’t cheap, but my god…3 drumsticks and 1 side for 14 dollars?! And I’m not one to complain about prices when the food is good. The food wasn’t even slightly warm. Cold «fried chicken» isn’t so enjoyable. If I was managing that place, I’d put in a piece of bread, a bottle of water or a cookie with the 14-​dollar meal. Next time, I will make vegan food at home. For the prices there, you can make a week’s worth of food.

First time here. Visiting from out of town. The BBQ tofu was great and so was the mac and cheese. And the sweet potato cheesecake was the perfect finish.

I want to update my review after a year. They improved the menu a lot since last year. Crab cakes are delicious, good to have seafood on the menu. Tofu and vegetables are fresh, portions are a lot. Hard to finish!

My mixed review of NuVegan:
Pro: The food is really good. I’m far from vegan, but usually enjoy the food whenever I visit NuVegan. Lots of entrée and side options to choose from.
Cons:
Staff is often lackadaisical and lost. Not much sense of urgency when there’s a long line of customers.
The biggest gripe I’ve had to date: Visited this past weekend for dinner. Girlfriend and I ordered drummies, side of mac and a sandwich. Long story short, we were charged for all three items separately, rather than having the mac n cheese and sandwich together as a combo. Basically, we were told that because we didn’t explicitly order the mac as a combo with the sandwich (I asked for drummies and mac while girlfriend asked for sandwich) we were charged separately and no refund was offered for the price difference. The employee shrugged her shoulders and said, «sorry.»
To help paint the picture a little better: If I were to go to McDonald’s and order a big mac, a medium fries and a medium drink, the cashier would ring me up for a #1, rather than charge me extra and ring up the three items separately. The customer «service» staff at NuVegan don’t seem to understand the concept that they should’ve proactively rang those items up together. Instead, they didn’t even seem to understand what they had done wrong. Saying sorry in a half-​assed way while walking away and denying a refund for the difference… great customer service.

I almost didn’t come here because the pictures of the stools in the eating area look super uncomfortable:
I was like… no, I do not want to perch myself upon this metal dinner plate and try to enjoy my food. I’m not a bird.
But luckily, I went in to find that there is a whole other section with long comfy booths and normal chairs for people that have backs.
The woman at the front was an enormous help. I assume that they generally have an uphill battle on educating the consumer, and they totally put the right people in the position to do it.
You go up and there’s like a hundred little sides that you can get. I wish they were labeled… but ya know, ya can’t win em all’.
One of the greatest things that you can do at this place is ask for samples. Don’t know what spicy chili tofu tastes like? Don’t know what tempeh is? Haven’t had a carrot salad?
You don’t have to commit to a giant portion without tasting.
And one of the greatest things here (and maybe it was just the woman who helped me out.), but man were her portion sizes huge! I mean, my sweet potatoes overfloweth and I got enough collard green’s to serve 3 people.
I decided to order the vegan crabcake, because I like to live life by the edge of my seat (as long as it has a back). It was quite delicious. I wasn’t a huge fan of the white sauce that was served on the side. I thought it was good on it’s own. But man, it was quite delicious, I’d eat it again.
Of course, I have no idea what I was eating. Like… literally, I bit in and I was like… inspecting to see if I could figure out what it was made out of it.
My guess is mushrooms and some sort of soy product.
Overall, my experience was great. They have free wifi, they have pretentious sodas (if that’s your jam). Service was great and the food was akin to the service.
Both my collard greens and sweet potatoes were expertly cooked. Now, Aunt Angie taught me that you need smoked turkey neck to make collard greens the right way. For knowing that they did not use any smoked meat to flavor that pot of collard greens, they sure made some freakin’ tasty collards! No joke, they could go on a top 5 list of all the collards I’ve ever had. And that’s a lot of collards.

I absolutely love this place! Get the juice! Get the cold AND hot sides! The workers are always so helpful and knowledgeable and even patient lol. I love everything about this place. I WILL be back!

First time having vegan and it was quite yummy. As long as I don’t know what’s in it I’m good. The greens were delicious, as were the yams. I also had the chicken sandwich it was okay.
I will be back to try other dishes.

This is the same rating I gave the Nu Vegan restaurant (now Woodlands) on Georgia Ave. The food selection is great for vegetarians and there are several delicious items. They serve gluten free and soy free items as well.
The prices are a bit ridiculous for College Park. No way you can convince me that the overhead in CP is as much as in DC, and they are charging the same prices.
The décor isn’t as trendy as DC, and has more of a fast food feel.

Two stars average — bad service, alright food.
I normally don’t go on Unilocal to make a review. Heck, I downloaded this app just to make this review. I’ve been a vegan for two months now. My friend raves about their fried chicken sandwich so I thought hey, I’ll order that. But I was always craving some lasagna so I wasn’t so sure. Overall, I walk to the place with high expectations in mind.
Here’s the walk through:
1. The store isn’t dirty, but it isn’t clean either.
2. There was loud go go music playing. (If you’re from the DMV, you know what go go is.)
3. The workers and cooks were all cursing with each other in conversation.
They’re young workers, I get that. College students? Sure, the place is right down the street from University of MD. But professionalism? None.
Anyway, back to my numbering system –
4. They will proceed to flirt with you while you decide on what you want to eat. They will ask if you want a sample, give it to you in a small sized cup, then proceed to flirt to the person after you.
5. Though you’ve been there for only a minute, they’ll start to bombard you with «what you like to eat, what you got a taste for» questions. I told them, hey, I would like a moment to look over the menu; just serve the person after me. They go on to say, «you indecisive? You don’t know what to eat? Let me tell you – » I go on to politely tell them that I would like to decide on my own.
I get that they are doing their jobs but I started to feel really uncomfortable at this point.
6. I tell them I want a fried chicken sandwich and a side of mac and cheese.
Now I made vegan mac before so I knew it was cashews as the sauce. Spoiler alert: I think it was tufu since the «sauce» wasn’t as smooth as it could have been.
7. I go check out with the cashier (~$ 10) and they forget my food. I’m telling you it was bagged up and all, sitting by the cash register. The worker had already walked away and I was calling for them three times going, hey, my food? They gave it to me after a couple of attempts.
Why didn’t I reach over to get it? I thought that was rude to reach behind the register.
8. I head to my table with a table number like the ones in Noodles and Company and head to where my friends are. (Oh yeah, forgot to mention that came with me.)
9. I guess they got the same thing with the to-​go and ‘here’ treatment with their order. Half of it was packaged and bagged, the other half was coming.
10. As we wait, they bring the food at different times, and they forget my friend’s smoothie.
(Now onto the food critique.)
11. THE FOOD (see what I did there for emphasis in change of the review? Heh, heh?) The friend chicken sandwich was good! For my familiar Asian cuisine fellows, the «meat» is made from the layered tufu… forgot the name. They made a wonderful fried batter pleasant to the eyes. It looked like a chicken breast at Popeyes; it was beautiful. Taking a bite though was a greasy mess. Not much of a crunch, no flavor in the patty, and oil gushed into my mouth. It was gross. But I was hungry and I ate. The sand which was huge by the way, as big as my head. The bread was great for vegan bread, and it had the basic chopped lettuce and sliced tomatoes. I just wish there was pickles in it like Chik-​Fil-​A.
All in all, the service was… Questionable. But the food was good. The mac and cheese was good also but I prefer the cashew sauce. (Correct me if I’m wrong.)
For a vegan, it hits the spot for comfort food but you’ll feel gross after a couple of hours. Just don’t pay mind to the unprofessional staff there. (Which can ruin the experience significantly but each to their own.)
EDIT: After looking closely at my photo, I notice that my bread is burnt? Oh dear. Good thing I didn’t taste it.

So, I tried to go about this via a private message to the business but my complaint went unaddressed which I guess just highlights the precedence for the awful customer service here.
I won’t go into the boring details of the 3 separate experiences that have effectively halted my patronage but, if you find yourself bored, curious, or perhaps you find yourself to be the manager and actually give a shit, here are vague recounts of the offensive behavior for your light reading:
–one incident was directed at me from a young male employee and it made me feel extremely uncomfortable and was wholly distasteful even outside of the standard expectations of a customer service professional.
–another incident involved another male employee on his personal phone in the front of the house vocalizing his frustration with another coworker maybe??? Who knows. What I do know is that a racial slur (okay, maybe it could be considered a colloquialism) was used. Again, found myself uncomfortable but now just more than mildly offended.
–last incident was a male employee being abrasive and short with an elderly woman who did not understand the ordering process /​menu items. To be honest, it can be confusing to someone who isn’t familiar with the business and if you don’t have a uniform way to explain it I can understand how an employee might become easily frustrated with a customer who just doesn’t get it. But, again, customer service professionals so my expectations are just a touch higher… silly me.
I said I wouldn’t go into detail. Failed miserably. YOLO.

When I think of Vegan I think of Raw. Nu Vegan is a soul food fusion. They have multiple meat (less) options like jerk chicken (less) fried chicken (less) and beef (less) and broccoli. You must try the almond dream it was delicious and refreshing. The décor is normal cafeteria style which is expected in the college community. I would visit if you like to try Vegan with a twist.

If I could give this place 100 stars I would. Excellent food and customer service. So happy to see a second location opening up. I wish nothing but the best for this place!

This franchise gem of Woodland’s Vegan Bistro hit the mark across the board, hands down.
Lunch & fellowship time with my bonus FAM, & we decided to try NuVegan as it was bookmarked on someone’s page, when in Rome…
The menu of abundance provided so many options to choose from, Sandwiches, Entrees, Salads, Sides, Shakes, Smoothies & Desserts. There’s a hot bar offering an array of daily rotations from Lasagna, Curry Stew, BBQ Loaf to the sides of Mac & Cheese, Sauté Cabbage, Cranberry Stuffing & Steamed Veggies to name a few. The cold bar has over 40 selections such as Israeli Cous Cous, Marinates Eggplant, Red Wine Kale, & Yellow Curry Tofu.
We did a smörgåsbord breaking of the bread & ordered as a communal approach, so we could sample many items & enjoy much…& that we did. Lasagna, Chick’in Drumsticks (DELISH with my side sauce of Buffalo Wing Sauce & Ranch Dressings), Crispy Green Beans (in a tasty lemon pepper sauce), Sweet Potatoes, Greens, BBQ Tofu, Lentils, Curry Veggies over Brown Rice. Desserts consisted of an enormous Cinnamon Roll & Lemon Cupcakes.
They offer Puck’s Soda’s from the Fountain Machine, Fresh Pressed Juices, Bottled Beer, Ginger Ales & Root Beers. Besides the Lentils being bland, everything was very good. Portions were plenty, even for the sides… overall a fantastic foodie experience especially for a cold & snowy day.
Brunch is offered on Sundays, from 10am-​3pm, with a pretty extensive selection of Waffles, French Toast, Breakfast Burritos, Omlettes, Home Fries & Grits.
The dining area has regular tables in the corner & pub tables in the main space. TV’s are mounted on the wall, music plays on an overhead system, there’s free wi-​fi & exudes a really clean & spacious eatery. They offer a Loyalty Program, every $ 10 you spend, you earn points to get some freebie food, as free is always good.
The employees were FAB on every aspect, especially with explaining the foods, the preparation & any other inquiries bestowed up on them. You can see the food being freshly prepared & the prepping/​cooking area was pretty darn clean & free from clutter. Great location, with covered parking & only a mile from the Metro Station-​Green Line.
FAM Friends + Good Vegan Food + Nice Prices/​Portions + Fantastic Service = AWESOMENESS.

Vegan food with a soul food twist? I’m in! Even my son, who is a major meat eater, loved this spot. He had the crab cake sandwich and it was bomb. He was worried that it wasn’t going to taste like crab. The server told him it was not going to taste like crab, but it would still be very good. They make their own bread for the sandwich. He’s a fan now and can’t wait to get another. My wife had the tofu club. The tofu was marinated and the sandwich was tasty. I had the BBQ roast with mac n cheese and broccoli. The roast was scrumptious. The mac n cheese looked dry, but somehow it was really creamy and delicious. Broccoli was seasoned to perfection. Top notch.

I started coming to NuVegan once I realized that this location is more convenient for me and the service is better here. The food is good as always — I finally tried their cinnamon bun (had to microwave it a little but good enough for me)! I also tried the steak and cheese sub; their homemade bread alone is worth getting any sandwich on the menu. I must note that every time that I’ve visited, the same gentleman with glasses has helped me (I need to catch his name next time) and is kind, helpful and efficient. Highly recommend!

5 stars to the man in the front! He was super friendly, told us newbies what was popular and even gave us samples. He said we can sample anything that was out. He also help set up a rewards system so that after we spend $ 10+ for so many times, we get something free.
The food was also super amazing. Even my meat-​eating man thought everything was delicious. We got the chicken sandwich (get it!), a crab cake (surprisingly tasted very similar!) and yellow curry tofu. It was difficult to pick a side because there are so many to choose from but I’m super glad we decided on the yellow curry.
There seemed to be a steady flow of people coming into this place and I don’t think they were all vegans. They just have some great tasting food.
You pay at the counter and seat yourself. There is plenty of seating but was cold inside so we took ours to-​go.

I love their food, and the staff are always friendly. My only complaint would be that they heap on sides (love the navy beans, by the way), but the entrée is always light, especially when it’s the fried chik’n (3 not-​so-​big pieces) or something else that’s counted out by number rather than spoonfuls. They’re called «sides» for a reason. If they fixed that, I’d come in a lot more often.

I always come back for the Fried Chicken Sandwich, my favorite on the menu. I’ve ventured out to try the Mac & Cheese and one of the sweet kale salads but neither I would order again. The Tropical Delight smoothie is their best one in my opinion, but overall the Georgia Ave location is much better! The staff at both locations are always super friendly and generous with samples.

Delicious! I ate my chick’n sandwich so fast and gulped down my green juice even faster. I also got a turtle cheescake to go. This place rocks. So glad another vegan joint opened in the area. Eating good grub like this reaffirms my decision to stick with being vegan.

Not sure if this place is for meals or desserts but I came here for desserts. The store itself seemed spacious and did have variety of desserts and food but I chose to get an oreo cheesecake. It did not seem very lively here or cozy and felt more like a place to eat at a rest stop.
The oreo cheesecake was fairly expensive for a slice and the cake itself did not taste like a cheesecake nor an oreo. It just tasted like a sweet and sour chewy candy. Hard to describe but the texture was not like a cheesecake at all. Not sure if I would come back here for desserts.

I am so glad NuVegan Café opened up in College Park! It’s still a 45 minutes drive from my house but I try to bundle eating there with visiting my parents. I always order the black beans burger and fried chicken wings. Both are just out of this world good, and the BBQ dipping sauce is sooooo good. My husband orders the fried chicken sandwich and mac n’ cheese. I am not a mac n’ cheese fan but I must say that it’s one of the best I tasted in a long time. Another good sandwich is the crabcake sandwich. For those with a sweet tooth, the cinnamon buns are yummy as well.

What can I say… I love this place. Between Woodlands Vegan Bistro and Nu Vegan, I can finally get good healthy food. Love the tacos, vegan steak and cheese, sweet potato pie, smoothies… I can go on. I just wish they had a location near H Street. I can only wish.

I was in town and was looking forward to this place since I am a newly vegan and where I live we only have but so many restaurants to choose from. Food was really good I love it I got the lasagna, Rosemary potatoes and broccoli and it was so delicious and filling. The only problem I had was with the customer service. The guy there seemed like he didn’t want to be at work and wasn’t very inviting. I wanted to also order a smoothie but decided not to cause I felt like he just wanted me out. But other than that everything else was good.

I’m in love!
The first time I had their food was a friend of mine picked up an order for me and we ate at his house. I had the vegan quesadilla which had some mock meat in it with cheesy goeyness. It seem the quesadilla was pretty unique, couldn’t place all the ingredients. Then I had the Carribean Chickpea salad which made me think of the time I spend in Aruba, U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands. It had a sweet and spicy taste, I think celery seed made be in this. Another side I enjoy was the Garlic Kale. It was fresh. Then I stuffed a piece of cheesecake into myself and fell into food coma heaven. :)
On Wednesday, I went to the location in person for lunch to dine in. They were out of a couple of sides that I wanted. I got the BBQ tofu, Mac and Cheese, collard greens and vegan lasagne. Everything was mouthing water delicious that I can imaging it eating it over again and again. I order a small Strawberry shake and the guy did forget about me, so I kindly reminded him. He apologize and I was really impressed with my milkshake. It had a thick creamy consistency of a dairy milkshake.
I see this place with half options of healthy fresh vegan food and half junky stuff.
I’ve been a vegan for 7 years, one of the best decisions I have ever made. Thank-​you for this place!
When is Baltimore getting a location?

Their food here is delicious! I love the vegan Mac n cheese, collard greens and chickn tenders. SO GOOD! All my friends who aren’t vegan has also enjoyed food here. I only gave them 3 stars bc service here is 80% of the time bad. I have gotten my order forgotten one time (which i checked on continually which means they lied bc in the end it never came and they realized it was never put it in-​even though I had already paid for it) and just general inattentiveness of the guys behind the counter. It’s frustrating because I love the food. Come for the good food but don’t be surprised if a mishap or two happens.
My last visit was on Oct. 11, 2015

Amazing food, best mac and cheese I’ve ever had! Hands down and I’m from the Meca of vegan cuisine LA so that’s a lot to say about this insane joint! Also
Maxwell was extremely knowledgeable and accomidating! If it wasn’t for him we would not have had this incredible experience. Hand down best customer service
Side note female with red frames needs to work on her customer service skills as well as her RBF.

NuVegan always hits the spot. Their Fried Chick’n Sandwich is always what I need!
Whenever I’m craving something hearty yet fresh, this is my go to now. And I’ll never tire of the potato salad or macaroni salad if it’s sold out.

I know the pic doesn’t look that great (will take others sometime), but the food is really really good!
I sent 2 non-​veggie friends to eat there and they enjoyed it a lot.
The menu is diverse.
If it was a little bit cheaper (after all — college park…) I would eat there every day :)

Food was spectacular! So many choices! Hearty, soulful meals. Staff is friendly and knowledgeable. Great find. Worth going here! Can’t wait go back! Super clean. Fun, cool sodas on fountain.
Pick entrée and hot and/​or cold sides. So hard to pick. They are all soooo good!

Another place that I wish had been around when I was in college, this new vegan soul food restaurant is situated just off campus in a rather impressive new complex. The interior is large and sounds echo. Their menu is large too, intimidatingly so. I could imagine it being easier to figure out what to order. That said, the black bean burger and mac and cheese that I got were quite pleasant. I’ve never made it myself, but a good vegan mac and cheese tastes as good as or better than the real thing, and this one did.
And, of course, it’s nice knowing that no animals were harmed in the making of your meal. It’s not all health food here, by a long shot, and not dirt cheap, but it’s impressive to see a vegan place this mainstream, in terms of its menu and its location. Even on a midweek summer day, there were several other people eating there. Seems like something worth getting to know if you’re at or around UMD.

I’ve fallen in love all over again w/​this new College Park vegan spot!!! So I believe its the sister restaurant to the Woodland’s Vegan Bistro (formally Everlasting Life) in DC on Georgia Ave. And like it’s big sister, this restaurant definitely does not disappoint! It was a Thursday night, and I’m sitting in my car in the church parking lot waiting for my husband to arrive. He finally arrives (4 minutes before our meeting starts at 6:56 PM) and he hops in the car and tells me he has some food for me, but we didn’t have time to eat it so I should eat it once the meeting was over. But I was hungry, so I said, ok, but let me have a couple of bites first!” OMGosh… The food was PHENOMENAL! Needless to say, I ended up walking in church 10 minutes AFTER 7 even though I arrived 10 minutes early as I was determined to eat as much as I could as quickly as possible. It was like the lays chips slogan… «once you pop, you can’t stop.» I just couldn’t stop! The food was awesome. The crab cake (well seasoned, slightly crisp on the outside while soft and moist on the inside) was better than any vegan crab cake I have ever had in life, and coupled with a side of garlic kale, sweet kale and a piece of cornbread, there was absolutely NO WAY I was gonna make it through the doors of the church by 7PM… Everything was fantastic! So much so that my husband and I returned to have lunch there on the next day… and then I decided to sneak back over there before the noon service on Sunday as well. That’s when I noticed that they have Sunday brunch! I didn’t get a chance to try the brunch because I had called my order in ahead of time, but I’ll definitely be back to see what it’s hittin’ like. There used to be a vegan restaurant that closed down called Soul Vegetarian that had really nice vegan breakfast/​brunch on Sundays, so I’m hoping that NuVegan will be able to fill the «Vegan Sunday Brunch Void» that Soul Veg left me with!
Anyway, the ambiance in the spot was just my speed. The interior was filled a mix of with bright and earth tone colors in a contemporary setting. And the music they played was JAMMIN’!!! I mean every single song! As I sang aloud, another customer walked in and began singing right on que with me. It was almost as if we were both a part of the group that sang the song! We had a great time, and I can’t wait to go back!
The one thing that I hope to see here is consistency! I’ve been to vegan spots where they get you hooked on a great recipe, but when you return its a little different. I hope that doesn’t happen here. So far, so good though!
Oh, and one more thing, I did try the daily special that was meatloaf and it was awesome as well! You should definitely stop by! Awesome food + great music + friendly staff = HAPPY, FULL Customers!

No hidden agenda here: this place is vegan, and you will know it before your enter. What’s amusing is that it’s not just vegan, it’s «Nu» vegan. I am not sure what that is supposed to mean… but, no mind. When deciding between burgers and fries vs. vegan food, it’s hard to choose healthfully, but here… that’s not really the choice, now is it.
Did you know that vegan food can be bad for you, really bad for you? Well, only in the calorie, salt and fat sense… What this place does for your physical health it amazes in terms of peace of mind for the well-​being of the greater environment and society. There are some inspiring words along the walls to remind you of the purpose of NuVegan, which is a sister location to the famed Woodlands Vegan Bistro in DC.
What do you order here? What don’t you order here! It has a collection of all types of vegan foods and beverages — soda pop, freshly pressed juices, smoothies and shakes.
For dessert, they have their homemade pies, cheesecakes, cookies and cupcakes. The portions are mammoth, but they aren’t the tastiest vegan desserts. However, do try the cinnamon roll when it’s fresh!
Great brunch choices here, just like in Woodlands. Tofu scramble, french toast, pancakes, breakfast burrito, etc. Ok, so that’s what it means to eat vegan brunch, but it is neither gluten free nor the healthiest. Still, it’s good eating!
Portions here are generous, so don’t be surprised to take some home. In fact, you may just want to make your life easier and order «to go,» eat a bit in the restaurant and then depart. You order by the juicer — so be sure to order everything you want, including hot food, sandwiches and beverages, or, you may receive some attitude about your oversight.
The menu is huge, so, before standing in line, consider snagging a paper copy to figure out what you want before others become irritated at your indecision.
The presentation of the food isn’t as viewer friendly since the containers of food seem smaller here– maybe because there are fewer customers to start? Either way, it’s the same food from Woodlands. So, what to order? Whatever you like, with some to go.
The hot bar is probably a good choice for you mac and cheese fanatics — they also have lasagna sometimes. Collards or broccoli or sweet potatoes can be added as a more healthful side option. Add on french fries or chik’n drumsticks, or nachos or tacos… not so healthful, but good food!
The cold bar is a mix of raw, gluten free and cooked food, but it’s all cold. The best deal is to choose 4 for just about $ 12. The amount of food is quite outrageous — it’s an amazing deal for about $ 12! It can feed 2 people, and well, maybe if you’re really hungry and don’t breathe, you can finish it in one sitting. Great choices like salads based on greens, root vegetables and grains — couscous, quinoa, pasta, potato, kale, seaweed, carrots, parsley, artichoke (my favorite), collards (second favorite), zucchini, tomatoes and other fabulous veggies will impress your tastebuds. Some of it can be too salty though, so be aware you will need plenty of fluids/​hydration to resolve that.
Whatever you order, it will be enough food.
However, the service, similar to Woodlands, is slow. I never understand why. No matter how many people are there, it’s always slow. Even when you’re just ordering from what’s in the hot or cold bar. I will never understand it. When you order a beverage (smoothie or juice), they can be unsure of who ordered what, so there’s a bit of an honor system.
Parking is easy if you find a spot right behind the store front/​strip mall; pay by the hour for a dollar or two. Pretty reasonable, much easier than Woodlands.
The seating and décor is new, and obviously has a cleaner, more modern, more dining friendly feel than Woodlands. I do think the stools stuck into the floor are odd though — maybe I am just short torsoed or short armed, but it felt too far away from the high tables in the middle.
Ah well, this is still a great choice just on the outskirts of UMd for vegan food — affordable and filling. Get your vegan dining on at this fabulous tasty choice!

First and last time here :(I came from DC just to get a vegan smoothie 4pm on a Monday. Traffic was nuts. Located near UMD, I had to use the garage behind building and walk around it all to get in because the store is right off the road. I guess only convenient for walkers.
I get in and the music was so loud the cashier couldn’t hear the customers order and she was in front of her and asked to turn it down so she did.
Knowing what I wanted I saw shakes and smoothies first time here– so I asked what the difference was and was told none at all. I get a kale smoothie and didn’t want the ginger in it, he (a young mngr) said I can switch for anything, I saw banana cream and he says oh not that, THATS WHY I ASKED THE DIFFERENCE FIRST ok I get more kale and asked impolitely to pay up front when I get there and tell the cashie my order she says… «ew you know kale is nasty, right?!» I said not to me
Then it takes 6 people’s orders behind me to be placed before my smoothie is even started so I asked for my money back, so disgusted by the service. They should have real adults working and not rude college students !

This place opened a few days ago and it’s my new obsession! I tried it out yesterday and came back today because it was THAT good! I’m not vegan or vegetarian and I love me some meat, so if I’m raving about it, you know its gonna be good.
So on my first trip to NuVegan I tried the vegan chicken tenders with a side of macaroni and cheese. The «chicken» tenders were soooo good! They had the crunch that fried chicken should have. And it tasted like the real thing too! Honestly, if you didn’t tell me these were vegan I would have thought it was just regular ol’ chicken. The macaroni and cheese was okay to me. I wished it was a little creamier, but maybe thats harder to do with vegan cheese? The next day I tried the vegan crab cake sandwich and thought it was great as well! It wasn’t like a jumbo lump crabcake that I’m used to but more like a patty. But it was moist and not dried out like I was expecting. The bun was excellent as well.
The menu here is HUGE! They have a few entrees, sandwiches, hot sides that change daily, and ton of cold sides. They also have smoothies and juices that all sounded great. And I have to say that customer service was top-​notch. As for parking, there is some paid parking if you enter in through the Varsity. Also, be sure to ask them about their frequent customer program. They don’t give you an actual card, but you just tell the cashier your phone number each time.
I’m so glad a place like this has opened up in College Park! I really hope they do well and I can’t wait to try everything they have to offer!