Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Beer/Wine
Spanish
Small place with bar at front and seating area at back, located near metro Banco de Espana and Parliament Building. Around one-half of the menu are vegan items. Gets busy so reserve ahead. Confirmed closed, Sept 2019.
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41 Reviews
First Review by Parasol
trindaded
Points +131
CLOSED - Edit
I walked for fifteen minutes to get to the restaurant and closed meeting. disappointing.
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Epstein
Points +181
A little gem - Edit
Having just walked out of a veg restaurant boasting only 2 main courses, coming here was the other end of the spectrum! It was delicious, well priced and with good service.
Read morePros: Delicious food, Large variety, Well priced and generous
Cons: Uncomfortable seats, Some items a litte too salty, Pumpkin was undercooked
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kattyfigs
Points +211
Quiet place, friendly service - Edit
It was a lovely atmosphere, it was nice and quiet when I came and I had a delicious cheese cake and a paella. The waiter was very nice and helpful.
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AYummyVegan
Points +183
Yummy Spanish Vegan Meals - Edit
Al Natural has a great selection of Spanish beautiful yummy vegan food, including paella, in the heart of Madrid. The service is very friendly. The space is large. Nice and creative decor. I highly recommend Al Natural.
Read morePros: Yummy paella , Great service , Nice decor
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hokusai77
Points +13599
Nothing special - Edit
When we visited this place, they were also offering some meat in the menu, but I don't know if they are still doing so. We had a pretty good gazpacho, and a so-so seitan. Service was fast and efficient.
Read morePros: good service
Cons: not so great food, they were also offering a meat dish
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Vidyasiddhi
Points +23
Okay, not exceptional - Edit
It seems hard to get really good veggie food in Spain, and this is a good example. Nice people, courteous (although they sound like they are having a lot more fun down in the kitchen, and didn't ask if the food was OK or say goodbye) and the food was edible and cooked nicely...but. Not great, just alright. When a really good veggie cook gets going in Madrid they will make a killing.
Read morePros: Clean , Traditional, Friendly-ish
Cons: Unexciting, Too expensive, but EVERYwhere is!
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adt391
Points +68
favourite place in Madrid - Edit
My favourite vegetarian restaurant in Madrid. The staff are very friendly and there is a nice selection of meals. The meals themselves are very nice, with a nice selection salads and croquettes for starters. I especially like the san jacobo and risotto.
Read moreI would recommend the place.
Pros: Nice selection of meals, Friendly staff
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BeatrizMoliz
Points +881
No falla - Edit
Tienen una carta muy variada. El sitio es muy acogedor y está en el centro de Madrid.
Read moreEl personal siempre dispuesto. Los platos contundentes.
Muchas opciones veganas en la carta.
Recomendaría un plato, pero hay tantos que mejor ir y probar.
Pros: Variedad en la carta, Ambiente acogedor, Personal amable
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LisaYoung
Points +112
Avoid the pizza! - Edit
Made the mistake of ordering the vegan three cheese pizza (I was suckered in for the gimmick value) - so I am oblivious to the rest of the menu.
Read moreThe three cheeses were all well & good, but the crust was near inedible - the way it shattered as I attempted to cut it did not bode well, and it didn’t get any better!
Pros: good location , great atmosphere , friendly helpful staff
Cons: horrible solid pizza crust
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vejiri
Points +19
muy bueno - Edit
Comida deliciosa. Buen servicio. Muchas opciones veganas.
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AlexGallows
Points +5396
Dated and slow - Edit
It reminded me of Artemisa since it seems so old, the tabern-like decoration is sort of cute but looks a tad dated for my liking. What I can tell with more confidence is that the space here is crammed with tables and there's little room. The menu has quite a few vegan options but lots of dishes which could have made vegan just are not. There's an excessive reliance on dairy and eggs in most of the menu which contrasts with their motto of only offering healthy natural food . How's eating a whole chunk of goat cheese healthy is something i don't understand but hey, if they think so... About the natural food part I can say I tasted MSG in at least two dishes, which a lot of people wouldn't consider "natural" and I don't care about organic and health foods marketing but I figure for some people it would mean a great deal.
Read moreThe food itself is far from bad, tofu stir fry was tasty as hell (MSG to the rescue) and my Green Pepper Seitan was good enough, oddly enough the Al Natural Pasta was a rehash of the tofu stir fry ingredients but blander. I cannot ignore that it took them a full hour to deliver our food and we had to ask several times for our drinks. I don't recommend this restaurant.
Pros: Vegan options
Cons: Slow, Dated, Not "healthy" or "natural"
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tendaystogo
Points +274
Delish! - Edit
We stumbled across this place after walking around for two hours, trying to find somewhere open, affordable, with vegetarian and vegan options. And what a find it was!
Read moreI had the paella which I loved, and my friend had the risotto. She didn't really like the risotto as it was covered in cheese, and was undercooked not like a creamy risotto. She also had a glass of wine which was quite cheap and nice!
For dessert, she had a scoop of strawberry and a scoop of lemon sorbet. I had the carob brownie and banana sorbet. Desserts were amazing!
Will definitely come again! :) There were SO MANY choices on the menu, it could have taken ages to decide if we weren't so hungry! I can't wait to try more of their offerings.
The staff were very friendly and brought us free tap water and omelette bites (which I didn't eat as I'm vegan), but they also bought bread without us ordering it, and then charged us for it.
We didn't find it expensive, maybe €9 for mains and then €6 ish for dessert but definitely no more than that!
Updated from previous review on 2017-07-03
Pros: Good variety of veggie/vegan options, yummy food, great service
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Tertia
Points +90
Nice and affordable lunch - Edit
We were here at lunch time. The restaurant is close to Thyssen Museum and easy to find. The staff speaks English.
Read moreWe ordered the menu del dia for € 12,90. Starter, main course and dessert or coffee and also a drink were included and you have a choice of dishes. There was one non-vegetarian option.
We ordered beer and cola and both choose gazpacho as a starter, then one seitan dish with brown rice and carrots as a main dish and eggplant with couscous and salad as another main dish. All was very nice, not too much, but great for lunch. We had coffee instead of dessert.
We thought the chairs were fine.
Pros: Affordable menu del dia at lunch time, Centrally located, Tasty
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EliLaLiane
Points +37
Leckeres Essen - Edit
Mein Quinoaburger war sehr lecker, wenn auch etwas minimalistisch für den Preis. Service leicht gestresst.
Read morePros: Allergenkennzeichnung
Cons: eher teuer
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happymarti
Points +28
Very good but not friendly - Edit
Beautiful restaurant, fast service, expensive. Great plates for vegetarians. Vegans need to ask for ajustments. Not very friendly, bussiness oriented. They will not bring me a jar of tap water, you need to buy a bottle. Busy.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2017-05-05
Pros: Beautiful, fast service, good vegetarian plates
Cons: vegans need to ask for replacements, expensive, not very friendly service
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projer
Points +47
Good desserts, not vegetarian. - Edit
The restaurant is in a small street but not difficult to find. It was good, but as the quantities were small, it was a little bit expensive in the end. The place was full and pretty noisy. And they had chicken in the menu, so definitely not vegetarian.
Read morePros: Desserts are really good.
Cons: A little bit expensive, noisy, chicken on the menu
marnia
Are you sure it wasn't a chicken substitute as every other reviewer accepts its vegetarian and it calls itself vegetarian and currently has no meat on the menu?
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martint
Points +8705
A vegetarian meal behind the Spanish parliament - Edit
This local is located in the city center, however it is placed in a very calm street. Anyways, when I visited it, it was full.
Read moreThe menu is expensive (24€/person) but the quantity is satisfying. The food pretend to be healthy and like home cooked, which is totally OK. Maybe it could be less greasy.
The decoration is very old fashioned, as well as the incomfortable seats.
Pros: nice taste
Cons: price, very slow service
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RuthF
Points +21
Cocina natural, con variadas opciones vegetarianas y veganas - Edit
Nos ha gustado mucho, nos han servido rápido y con mucha amabilidad. Tienen muchas opciones vegetarianas y veganas. Recomendables los raviolis y el escalope de seitan con guarnición de verduras
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Ruben E
Points +25
Good good, unconfortable seats - Edit
We hace tried paella de verduras, seitan a la pimienta verde and milhojas de berenjena. All very good vegan dishes, but you can stay only a while cause chairs are very unconfortable. And brownie is good looking but bad tasting.
Read morePros: Good vegan options
Cons: Bad dessert
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StefanyMilazzo
Points +119
Demasiado grasoso - Edit
No es un mal lugar ni la comida es mala, me parece es que todo es extremadamente grasoso. Todos los platos llevan demasiado aceite esto no deja saborear bien la comida y la hace muy pesada.
Read morePros: céntrico no muy caro
Cons: grasa en exceso
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atrekinthesun
Points +17
Another great Veggy restaurant in Madrid - Edit
Another great Veggy restaurant in Madrid we are being spoilt, this is the third one that we have been to on this trip and they were all very good.
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John Doyle
Points +22
lunch - Edit
Wonderfully prepared Lunch: slightly upmarket feel, delicious Madrid wine. Love the innovation - for me at least - of making it a veggie resto with a meat eaters option. For once I'm not the freak.
Read moreCream of courgette and almond soup simply delicious. Excellent salad and Veggie Lasagne - Aubergine based, but zapped in a blender. Subtle taste.
Pros: food, ambience, wine
Cons: slightly odd price structure
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pixiesnakes
Points +179
All veg with MANY vegan options- Delivery!! - Edit
I ordered delivery from this restaurant via just-eat.es so I haven't seen the restaurant location. The food is so wonderful and delicious. It is all vegetarian and about half the menu is vegan, including some vegan desserts. A lot of dishes are made with quinoa, so it seems there must be a lot of gluten-free options. The salads are typically Spanish and seem a little plain to this California vegan, but the dressings are really tasty. I really enjoyed the "apple pie" and stuffed eggplant with "veggycheese" and I ordered some extras to reheat for dinner tomorrow. I am really curious to see the restaurant in person and try more of their wonderful food.
Read morePros: many vegan options, vegan desserts, quinoa
Cons: the salads are very plain
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cocoholic
Points +362
Nothing special - Edit
I ordered the fine herb salad and was expecting a salad with fresh herbs in it. But on my plate was mostly shredded lettuce covered in olive oil. No herbs to see, only under microscope a few green dried particles swimming in the oil. I can do a salad like this without using a kitchen but for far less than 11 Euros. When the bill came I noticed they also charged me extra for some bread which I didn't order and didn't touch. I feel as if I get nicer salads in non vegetarian places where I don't expect it while in Vegetarian restaurants the salads often turn out to be expensive and nothing special. Ambiente also old fashioned and a bit run down. The cooked food maybe okay though. But the portions looked small in general.
Read moreCons: Ugly Place, Expensive , Not Worth The Money
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Maddita
Points +187
Cozy and relaxed, food: meh! - Edit
I gotta give most of the points to the environment. It's very cozy inside, there's a relaxed atmosphere with nice, warm colors on the walls and rustic furnishing and calm music.
Read moreThe service was very good as well, our waiter was a bit nervous, but he might have been new, he was very nice and attentive.
Too bad the vegan options were a bit limited. I had the Salad Al Natural, which was basically a beautifully presented plate of fruit, it was very big, but the combination of those fruits were not the best, it tasted a bit boring. Could have had some lime, salt and pepper perhaps. This plate would fit into the dessert menu.
One of my friends had the vegan apple pie (the only vegan dessert they have)which was basically just cooked apples with cinnamon... Didn't taste anything!
My boyfriend had the wholegrain pasta with mushrooms, which wasn't much to brag about either, just a normal tasting pasta dish.
So, for vegans is not a great idea to come here. The appetizer is not vegan and if you ask for something vegan they will give you a very crappy salad with sweet corn, olive, tomato and a lot of olive oil.
Updated from previous review on Friday August 15, 2014
Updated from previous review on Friday August 15, 2014
Pros: Lovely atmosphere, Good sized portions, Great service
Cons: Not so great for vegans, Bland tastes
Guest
phillygirl79
Points +308
Perfect NYE, thanks to this place! - Edit
My boyfriend and I were a little underwhelmed by Madrid and feeling a little apprehensive about the NYE celebrations after hearing from some locals how out of hand things got. Also, as a vegan, I was starting to become frustrated with having so little choice in the city. We were beginning to wonder whether we'd made a mistake. Then, on a whim, I made a booking at Al Natural. It was the best decision I made. There was a pre-set menu for 60 euros per person that included five courses and wine/beer. Every course was excellent, and we found ourselves wishing we'd found the place earlier in our vacation. The portions were great, the service was extremely friendly, and they even gave us champagne to drink before we left and twelve grapes to take with us to Puerta del Sol (a NYE tradition in Madrid) as we went. The atmosphere was also great - music at the perfect volume and bags full of silly NYE wigs and toys to put us all in the spirit. This really made our New Year's Eve a treat!
Read morePros: The food!, The service!, The ambience!
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Tashaleiahh
Points +20
Pretty good! - Edit
Had the seitan and mushroom dish. Was pretty good, although the seitan was a bit heavier than the stuff I'm used to back home. Was a little freaked out when the server brought out an appetizer and I asked if it was vegan, he said yes, only to come back 10 seconds later when I already had a bite in my mouth to say it had eggs! So vegans, don't eat the appetizer, and maybe ask twice about everything just to be safe. Overall good experience and good food though.
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