Plant City Besina

We had visited Double Zero, the Italian restaurant at Plant City as part of a Providence food tour and we loved it. Superb vegan Italian cuisine with no compromises on taste or texture, plus a vibrant, grown up atmosphere suitable for a romantic night out. A return visit last night took us to Besina, their Mexican vegan place and it was just as good. Fell in love with their cocktails this time! It's a shame Boston has nothing like this, such an exquisite break from the tedious fast casual vegan stuff aimed at students. If I lived in Providence, even though I'm a hardcore carnivore, I'd eat here at least once a week. Highly recommend.

What an Awesome building FULL of Nothing But Vegan options, GF selections and right across the street from the Beautiful bridge and city Views! This was my very 1st time here and I was blown away with all the options for food, Affordable pricing, and the Menus were jam Packed with Everything my little heart ❤️ would Desire food wise. I Was Extremely impressed with my selection of Fettuccine Alfredo with Cashew cream Sauce and green beans with a Pineapple 🍍 🤤 Lemonade 🍋😋...! The men's bathroom was Very clean 🫧 the Entire restaurant upstairs was Beautiful with views of the bridge and the city (great location) and the Service was what you expect from a high-end very classy restaurant! Bottom line is I will be Back and updating this review with more photos & comments on my experience, but for my 1st time in, I was Beyond Impressed with everything and I didn't even get a chance to See it all, lol, so I will come back to do just that and more! 😁👍🏼🏍️💨 My friends and I rode our motorcycles to the restaurant and parking was very nice, we had plenty of space for our gear and we were Very comfortable... bottom line is YES, I 100% Recommend eating here for the Ultimate Vegan Dining Experience and there is NOT 🚫 a Single Animal product in the Building (Amazing!!!!😁👍🏼) so if you have a strict vegan diet or just want to eat plant 🌿 based, THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU! I am Honestly Super excited to come back and try More of their menus as soon as possible and also looking forward to bringing my family here as well! Thank you for reading my rant and Review and I hope it has inspired You to come experience this place for yourself! 👌🏼😎

No joke. We ordered the chorizo tacos and the jackfruit tacos, both were made of a sloppy slop concoction. Garnished with the saddest smallest amount of pickled onions and slaw possible. I can picture in the kitchen, a giant sweaty vat of the slop that is just sitting there all day and night. For a place that considers itself upscale, you would think they would put in a tad more effort. I was expecting a better slop to veggie ratio, but it was all slop.

Also, I should mention that I go to vegan restaurants often, and I know what vegan tacos SHOULD be. Unfortunately some restaurants fall into the trap of trying to completely mimic meat, and not try and be experimental with veggies.

We actually wanted to dine in the italian restaurant, but were told that it was “reservation only”. And we were told that there were seats available at the Mexican restaurant. That should have been a red flag. When I was seated, I was curious, and looked at reservation availability online, and sure enough, every 15 minutes, there was availability. Too bad I didn’t magically know that I had to make a reservation, and would have been seated instantly lol.

Not cool, left a bad taste in my mouth.

Being from Los Angeles and being Mexican, I had my reservations about eating (vegan)Mexican food in Rhode Island. I’ve eaten at plenty of Mexican vegan restaurants in Southern California and I’ve got to say, Plant City Besina overshadows them. We started off strong with the elote. Personally, I love elote with a little more lemon zing, however, my family said they were perfectly acidic. Then we followed it with memelas. Everything about this dish 🤌🏼 The maza was cooked to perfection! The mushrooms were slightly spicy, which I found delightfully surprising. The beans were lightly salted and smooth. I didn’t think it could get better and then it did. I ate the jackfruit pastor tacos. First bite was heavenly. I have eaten jackfruit pastor and been underwhelmed 98% of the time. I’m happy to say this time was different. After the first bite, I stopped eating to appreciate how balanced and seasoned the taco felt. The tortilla can make or break a taco. I would be surprised to find out that these tortillas are not made in house. I loved the small attention to detail by lightly oiling the tortillas. I rarely see that done in restaurants and executed well. As for my family, they enjoyed the dorados tacos and loved them! They loved them so much they refused to share 🤭 Overall, a lovely experience. If I lived in this city, let alone this state, I would be a “regular” here. Thank you 🙏🏼

My husband and I are big fans of the nachos and will often come for just nachos and drinks. The chips are thick and crunchy, decent amount of toppings (could use more pico), and tasty. Unfortunately they weren't tasty tonight. The chips were either burned or cooked in bad oil. We've ordered nachos no less than 10 times here, tonight was the first time we left most of them behind.

The server was very nice and did a good job. However we both found it odd that when we informed them of the bad chips they said the chips are inconsistent and they have also had orders that were bad. They also informed us that they let the kitchen know and they kitchen would likely be having a meeting about it. Yet we still paid full price and we're offered no compensation or replacement for the bad meal.

We left disappointed, and still a bit hungry.

I'm confused because all the reviews are so good but I had a terrible experience at this restaurant. I had the jackfruit tacos, they were sour and disgusting. We had the grapefruit mocktail and a cheesecake dessert both equally unappetizing. Didn't finish a single thing we ordered plus the service was terrible, slow and disorganized. They got our order wrong and we never received the tea we ordered. We emailed them and they did offer a gift card to come back but I definitely would not want to return.

Wonderful restaurant! I took my niece here and we enjoyed the nachos, burrito, chile relleno, and churros for dessert. She had the pineapple mocktail and I had a beer. Everything was delicious!! We highly recommend, in particular, the nacho appetizer and the churros. Service was great, the ambiance was lovely, and it was just an awesome meal overall! Of course I had great company (the niece), which helped, but I am pretty sure the food would have been delicious either way. ;-)