Su Tao Cafe

Reviews

• Marlen K.

  star star star star star_border 7 July 2026

  I went between a 4 and a 3 starts. For this area it is 4 starts because it is unique and vegan and there is not anything similar around. But if evaluated in general I would have given a 3 starts.
  I have ordered 3 kinds of salads (cucumber, seaweed and cabbage) and some vegan sushi rolls.  The salads were all good, but both cucumber and cabbage was too spicy. The vegan sushi rolls were quite good. The seaweed salad is not the regular seaweed you are thinking of where they serve it in Japanese restaurants. It is longer and wider and not that marinated.
  However the owner and people are super nice, before we put in this order for catering, we went to talk and they made us test of multiple things before we could decide what we want to order.

• Thom S.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 1 July 2026

  Being vegan for almost a couple years now, I was really eager to go to SuTao with my wife when we knew we'd be in the Philly suburbs. Seeing so many positive reviews, I figured that we were in for a treat.
  
  I honestly could not have been more wrong.
  
  From the sign in the window - touting an award from 12 years ago, to the food itself - everything appeared old.  
  
  I totally 'get' that a small, mom and pop asian buffet is likely to have a stark interior  and a chinese take-out feel to it. And, with good food that would have been more than fine.
  
  However, the food - while flavored well - was horrible ... like it had been put out, taken back, and warmed over for several days.
  
  1) old, crusty vegetable sushi
  2) brown rice that was all dried out and even when replenished, was filled with more of the same.
  3) All the fried mock meats (like the General Tsao mock chicken) - rubbery and VERY greasy .. like they had been reheated a few times.
  4) Even the "homemade" desserts that they had were literally taken out of a box before our eyes - and featured store bought nut clusters and knock off Oreos (they looked like Hydrox, but I didn't examine the label too closely).
  
  I don't know if it was the day of the week or what .. we were there on a Monday at just after 5:30pm so you wouldn't expect that they would have food sitting around for any length of time.
  
  It's a shame. I love that there is a vegan asian buffet .. and it seemed like the food seasoning was really great. It just tasted like I was eating really old leftovers .. and it was all very oily and left me feeling blah.

• bill e.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 1 July 2026

  what an absolute awful experience-------------the table was dirty, a thin layer of film from a dirty cloth, the booth seats required work and more support.  the cutlery was smokey and the cheap plastic glasses clouded with too much heat and too little investment.  most charming, the table had been recaptured from somewhere and had two drilled holes where tiny bits of food were lodged.
  
  the buffet was hideous----the food was cold.  the rice was caked in the corners of the pan.  the sauces were all from the same vat---a little garlic, a dash of salt, a bit of this and that.  the tso chicken tasted like rolled up paper and the lemon chicken literally looked like baked sawdust and tasted like it.  
  
  the fried vegetables were onion rings---the noodles were slippery and greasy.  it was like everything on the buffet table had been hand sprayed with oil to keep it attractive and of course, fresh!
  
  the bathrooms had toilet paper on the floor and a sink that was very dirty--had a full dark ring around it.
  
  i told the owner or manager that the food was awful.  she said sorry twenty times and offered me a free take out!

• P M.

  star star star star star 14 June 2026

  Very good service. Plenty of VEGETARIAN choices. Good for family. Always enjoy it here... stomach falls short not the desire to eat more. Son loves the Lo Mein Noodles here.

• Julie T.

  star star star star_border star_border 13 June 2026

  Whenever my vegetarian friend is in town to visit we go here! The prices are reasonable. There are many options to choose from. I enjoy going. The waitresses can be slow since it is a buffet but if you call them they come over. I wish they had more dessert options.