I went to Bean last weekend. It was mediocre except for the tofu buffalo wings, which I didn't get (I tasted my friend's). The main dinners are too expensive for what you get. I got the meatloaf. Although the waiter said it was made of Great North beans, I am pretty sure it was seitan based. It completely had the texture of seitan, not beans. The flavoring tasted like they just used soy sauce. I think it would have been much better if they threw in something to break up the monotony of just slabs of seitan, like bread crumbs, green peppers, onions, etc. It came with mashed potatoes & gravy, which wasn't too bad. I got a side of mac-n-cheese and it wasn't too bad either. It lacked flavor; they should have used more of their cheese flavoring. Also, it wasn't in a creamy cheese sauce. The macaroni was lightly coated with some yellow-orange stuff. My friend's buffalo tofu, like I said, tasted good. But for him, the portion was much smaller than my portion of meatloaf. And both meals cost $12.50. For that price, I expect a bit better. If they combined the taste of his dish with the portion size of mine, the price would be more justified.
I also ordered the kitty-kat bars (a homemade version of Kit-Kat bars). They came placed on top of a bowl of frozen banana mash. I enjoyed it, but really, the bars should be a separate desert from the banana mash. The banana overpowered the flavor of the bars. My friends ordered an appetizer of crab dip that came with crackers. The crab dip did not taste like crab at all, but it did not taste bad. It was creamy, almost like cream cheese.
They have some improving to do. The waiters need to learn what's in the food (they couldn't answer many of our questions well). But this was just their first week. I will return and keep giving them business. But how often I go back will depend on how much they improve.
