The Green Door's vegan fare
The majority of the food was vegan (95%), but many vegan dishes weren't labelled as such so i had to ask to make sure. My biggest complaint is that the food wasn't very hot because it had been sitting under heat lamps for a while. Ottawa's other buffet-style vegetarian/vegan place, The Table, has the same problem.
Also, paying by weight is never advantageous to vegans because there's a big difference in price between a kilo of veggies and a kilo of cheese/eggs. But the price is the same per kilo for everyone.
I gave only 3 stars for service because there's not much service to be had. You get your own food and pay at the cash, and when you're done you bring your own tray/plates/utensils to the cleaning station and have to sort them yourself (glasses here, plates there, utensils in this bowl, garbage in this hole, etc).
Overall, i can't say that the food was spectacular. I've been vegan for 7 years now so i've had the opportunity to taste quite a bit of vegan food. None of the food that i tasted at the Green Door was spicy. The mushroom-barley soup needed a few extra cubes of veggie broth (or something else) because it was somewhat bland (and tepid). There was a huge salad bar but i tend to avoid those since i can make my own salads at home with minimal effort. I go to vegetarian restaurants mainly to taste prepared (cooked/baked) dishes.
Anyways, there were a few redeeming dishes: The broccoli/carrot/tofu stir fry was very tasty thanks to the sauce (the typical sauce you'd get at a Chinese restaurant, minus the oysters). And the very-yellow rice (don't remember the name) was tasty as well, and had a few diced veggies tossed in it. My mother was there with me, and she ate the quiche and the spanakopita and said they were both excellent.
None of us had room (or money?) for dessert. It cost us $20 total for two plates of food and one bowl of soup (no drinks). I may go again one day but i'd have to be in the neighbourhood.