Blossom Vegetarian: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Blossom Vegetarian in downtown Renton serves a Vietnamese menu with no meat, fish, or shellfish. The “beef,” “ham,” “shrimp,” and “chicken” on the menu are all imitation. You can order anything as a vegetarian, and the restaurant also offers a vegan lunch menu on weekdays. The dining room is large and the menu runs long, so every person in a mixed group finds a dish to order.

Start with the tofu pho. The Veggie Pho and the TOFU Pho each cost $16, and the TOFU Pho adds fresh or fried tofu, bok choy, mushroom, carrot, broccoli, and snow peas to rice noodles with bean sprouts, basil, jalapeno, and lime. Blossom Pho and Chicken Pho use mock meats at $17 to $18. Hue Spicy Beef Noodle Soup (Bun Bo Hue) also uses imitation beef and costs $18.

Appetizers run $8.50 to $13. The Blossom Fresh Rolls, packed with assorted mushrooms, tofu, carrots, jicama, lettuce, and basil, cost $9.50. Crispy Rolls cost $8.50, and the Tofu Mini Pie bakes tofu with mushrooms and bean thread noodles for $11. The Beef, Mushroom, and Bell Pepper Skewers use imitation beef with pineapple for $13. If you want to see how far the imitation goes, the Vietnamese Chicken Nuggets and Crispy Green Mussels sit on the same list.

The noodle bowls and fried rice cover the rest. Blossom Vermicelli Combo ($17) piles shredded “pork,” crispy rolls, and a skewer over vermicelli with peanut, daikon, and lime vinaigrette. Tofu Fried Rice costs $17. The Crispy Egg Noodle Combo, with tofu, snow peas, cauliflower, and zucchini over a crispy nest, costs $21. Egg noodles appear in several dishes, so vegans should ask the staff which dishes skip egg.

The restaurant lists desserts such as Mango Sticky Rice and Flan Caramel. I didn’t find an ingredient list for the flan, so treat it as vegetarian and ask if you’re vegan.

The kitchen is meat-free, so you don’t share a grill or fryer with animal protein. Egg and dairy may appear in some dishes, which is why this profile places Blossom in the vegetarian tier rather than the vegan tier. The restaurant states that it serves vegetarian and vegan dishes, and the vegan lunch menu is the clearest signal. The lunch menu covers Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes vegan rice combos, half-size appetizers, and discounted drinks, for dine-in only.

Practical notes. Mains cluster between $16 and $21, so expect $$ pricing. Hours are daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to the restaurant’s website. Reservations are open online, and parties of 17 or more should call (425) 902-7456. Online ordering runs for pickup and delivery through Toast, DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats. The restaurant also does catering and has a private event space, and it sells gift cards. A tea list and Vietnamese coffee sit alongside smoothies on the drink menu.

The address is 305 Burnet Avenue South, Suite A, in downtown Renton.

Anyone who wants Vietnamese comfort food at a vegetarian table, including groups that bring meat eaters along. Order the TOFU Pho, the Fresh Rolls, and a stir-fry noodle dish, then add flan if you want something sweet.