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Open summer only from around May 20 to Oct 1. Sister restaurant to the Art of Raw in Zagreb, this one is at The Garden Zadar. Main menu is divided into breakfast, savory, sweets and drinks with a variety of raw vegan food. Dishes include spaghetti courgette, spring roles, empanadas, chia porridge, kale chips, carrot vanilla cake and pizza. May not be open when raining. Reported closed June 2021.


Venue map for Art of Raw at The Garden Lounge
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79 Reviews

First Review by Christian77

Fpineda

Points +26

Vegan
31 Aug 2017

Excellent!

the cocktails were great and so was the food!
we tried different dishes, and each one was great! a difficult choice!
In addition to ththe main dishes, they also offer delicious cakes and coffees, and vegan snacks if you plan to have some drinks and bites.

Pros: Location, Ambient , Great food

Cons: No cons!

AdrianaXavier

Points +41

Vegetarian
28 Aug 2017

amazing ambience

I loved this place you can go there to have breakfast,lunch or dinner and it's also a club at night. Very nice vegetarian raw food, lovely smothies and amazing ambience.

Pros: open restaurant in front of the sea and delicious

Cons: small portions

Luanana

Points +62

Vegetarian
26 Aug 2017

DELICIOUS

The ambience in the Garden is amazing! Cocktails are really nice and the food is orgasmic! It was a bit of a splurge for us, but oh sooo worth it!

SnoopyNMinouTd

Points +62

Vegan
25 Aug 2017

Explosion of flavors in my mouth, we didn't want to leave!

I absolutely loved the food and smoothies at this place. I didn't expect anything like this in Zadar.
I had the raw vegan pizza and the summer rolls and my friend had the granola yoghurt. We were both thrilled. The smoothies were the best we had ever had.
On top of this, the place is a lounge with a view of the harbor and lounge music. It was very relaxing.
I would love to come back here one day.

Pros: Amazing food , good portions , freshly prepared

MariangelaOberto

Points +59

Mostly Veg
24 Aug 2017

Too "experimental" for me

The place is really really nice ans staff is cool, but the food was a little too spicy and too "alternative" for my taste, I prefer more traditional food. I recommend spaghetti courgette, I didn't like empanadas.

pezmaz

Points +38

Vegan
16 Aug 2017

Tasty food and drink

Can't fault the location. The craft beer is very tasty. Bar menu a little salty but worked well with the Garden brews.

Pros: All vegan. Great selection.

Cons: Salty

revkkah

Points +43

Vegan
14 Aug 2017

wonderful raw oasis

A fantastic and chilled place where you can get great views of the coastline with raw vegan food. Highly recommend the raw salad and the tempeh dish. Excellent!

Catontherun

Points +19

Vegetarian
10 Aug 2017

amazing meal at Art of Raw

Excellent meal! Very kind, patient and helpful service at the Art of Raw. I recommend ordering the chopped salad - it sounds simple, but is huge (with really yummy dressing). I also had the ice noodles, which were very unusual, but tasty. I'd go back in a heart beat.

Pros: Service, Food, Atmosphere

Hott

Points +63

Vegan
08 Aug 2017

Hit And Miss

We went to the Art Of Raw twice and we have concluded it to be a bit and miss experience.

First night we had the spring rolls and the tempeh. The spring rolls were very good and came with a nice soy sauce dip. The Tempeh however was not so good, it left a fishy aftertaste that wasn't appealing.

Also we asked for stuffed champignons, raw pizza, empanadas and onion chips on the first night and none of these were available that night.

The second night we came we ordered three things as the portion sizes aren't really big enough to satisfy if you just have one each. This night we got the empanadas, raw pizza and again the tempeh.

The stuffed champignons again weren't available.

The empanadas, like the spring rolls were a hit and we're full of flavour. The raw pizza was ok but came with a very difficult to cut base with the knives we were given however it was very tasty.

Sadly, again the tempeh left a fishy aftertaste that we thought may have been just from that one night we were there.

In terms of drinks we had a red carpet mocktail and a banana based smoothie which I can't remember the name of which were excellent. On the second night however I ordered a juice which I also can't remember the name of but it had ginger in it and I couldn't taste anything but the ginger.

Overall the location is fantastic with great views of the harbour opening and all the boats coming in and out. The service was also very fast and friendly.

Pros: Entirely vegan menu, Tasty, raw vegan food, Fast and friendly service

Cons: Small portions, Hit and miss dishes, Some items on the menu weren't available

BennyZenn

Points +36

Vegan
06 Aug 2017

Vegan Heaven

Please don't mistake this restaurant for a garden bar popular with tourists for your common sunset cocktail. This place is the real deal. I've eaten raw food around the world and this is without a doubt the best set of raw dishes I have dined on, ever. The taste and layers to the dishes are high end restaurant quality and I was blown away. We are over looking the Harbor and orders the spring roles (rice paper roles), Raw Pizza and the 2 varieties of vegan pate'. The food was incredible, my partner who is vegetarian had never eaten good quality and well thought out raw food and is now a complete convert. The food was cheap and the location was brilliant. Drinks also are in the same category, beer is all brewed in house and the cocktails are fresh fruit based and cheap in comparison to other Croatia destinations.

A must visit for a vegan/vegetarian in Zadar. Take my word for it.

Pros: stunning location , cheap, top quality food

Cons: none at all.

RaviRai

Points +85

Mostly Veg
04 Aug 2017

wow

Perfect vegan food. Just perfect!

Ana12

Points +110

Vegan
31 Jul 2017

Eine echte Perle!

Dieses rohköstliche Restaurant ist idyllisch am Berg mit Blick auf die Hafenpromenade gelegen. Viele (v.a. einheimische) Gäste kommen nur wegen der Bar hierher, anscheinend der Hauptaktivität dieses Ladens. Wir bestellten Spring Rolls, Pizza und Norimaki. Alles war extrem lecker, sogar unserem 6 Jährigen schmeckte es! Zum Nachtisch gab es Karottentorte mit Kokossahne. Göttlich! Wir kommen gerne wieder.

arherron

Points +351

Vegan
29 Jul 2017

Really pleased we went

A large and eclectic raw, vegan menu which can be enjoyed with a cocktail watching the boats go past. The portions are generous, the service swift and the decor carefully considered.

Pros: all vegan, great taste, great location

MiaRoosberg

Points +18

Vegan
24 Jul 2017

Amazing!

There weren't too many people, the location was excellent and the view was gorgeus! Food and drinks were all very delicious, all raw and vegan!

Pros: Not too expensive, beautiful, delicios.

Cons: None!

skatebambi

Points +173

Vegan
14 Jul 2017

An unexpected treasure

Spoilt to have such a great totally vegan menu in a really pleasant environment. Between 3 of us we had the spring rolls (delicious), the sushi (very tasty), the zucchini 'pasta' (bit too salty for our taste, but otherwise good), the tempeh (nice, but already getting stuffed), the pizza (a bit heavy on the rocket/ruccola) and managed to squeeze in the chocolate mouse (gotta love a non-vegan spelling mistake 😁) which was very nice. Would definitely return.

Pros: A feast for the eyes, Really chilled atmosphere, Friendly wait staff

Cons: Some dishes a bit salty (even for my salt loving w

Athina

Points +1029

Vegan
01 Jul 2017

tolle Location

Nicht ganz einfach zu finden- keine Beschilderung aber dank anderer Happy cow Bewertungen haben wir es dennoch recht schnell gefunden. Wir hatten einen grünen Smoothie, einen latte Macchiato und ein Raw tiramisu. Das tiramisu war echt göttlich! Die Location ist sehr schön und es war richtig gemütlich. Ich würde sofort wieder hin gehen!

Pros: eine Vielzahl an besonderen Getränken und Kuchen , herzhafte Gerichte sind auch vorhanden

Cons: Nicht alle Kellner sprechen englisch , Nicht ganz so günstig

apekul

Points +31

Mostly Veg
20 Jun 2017

top spot; relax and enjoy the food

Want to escape the heat and groups of tourists? Go here!

Pros: Nice food, Shadow, Lounge

Mercedes

Points +18

Vegan
02 Oct 2016

absolut empfehlenswert!

Ein ganz tolles Restaurant auf den wir durch happy cow aufmerksam geworden sind, sonst hätte man es leider sicherlich übersehen, da etwas abseits.
Das Essen und die Atmosphäre sind der Hammer. Meine zwei nicht veganen Freundinnen waren ebenfalls begeistert. Wir haben 4 Sachen bestellt und jeder hat von allem gegessen und es war alles super lecker. Incl dem Nachtisch.
Preise und Service sind ebenfalls top.
Geht auf jeden Fall hin wenn ihr in Zadar seid.

Traveller_for_liphe

Points +155

Vegan
19 Sep 2016

Amazing food and beautiful location

Although this restaurant is hard to find it is completely worth the search. I wish it was open all year round but is in operation only during the high season.
The food was absolutely fantastic. The best I've had in Croatia and the location is right on the water right outside the walls of Old Town Zadar.
If you are in the city during high season absolutely visit here. I can't emphasize enough how fantastic it was to visit.

Pros: Amazing food, Fantastic location, Raw and vegan food

Cons: Only open June to September , Not open when it rains

Denise.Infinity

Points +28

Vegan
16 Aug 2016

Liked it

Nice atmosphere, good food, very good wine

thetravelingvegan

Points +1174

Vegan
25 Jul 2016

true vegan, true raw

An amazing setting in a lounge hip environment overlooking the river. The cuisine is truly Vegan and 100% raw. The dishes were novel and plentiful, and the price was very reasonable. The service was just as good, very personable. Made friends! Must go !

BernhardWodl

Points +123

Vegan
17 Jul 2016

great Place & delicious Food

Great location invites to even stay longer. First time to have a raw meal - and we really liked it a lot - so delicious; don't miss the Orange Heaven!

TraveLaika

Points +495

Vegan
17 Aug 2015

my truly favourite place - a wow!!

If you enter you can feel the breeze and this view and this coolio atmosphere wowww!!

The food is 9 out of 10 and smoothies/drinks are nice, they're cocktail menu is hugeeee and I just love this place, would go back there anyyy timeeee

Pros: everything

Apeksa

Points +27

Vegetarian
17 Aug 2015

Sehr gemütlich! Ganz frisches Essen!

Tolle Location - wunderschöne chillout-Zone mit Matratzen und Sofas. Etwas schwierig zu finden, weil am Ufer kein Hinweis zu finden ist, dass man die Treppen zwischen den Häusern hoch muss. Etwas schade, dass es kein warmes Essen gibt, aber dafür hatten wir tolle kalte Gerichte und leckere frische Säfte. Hier gibt es auch jede Menge smoothies und Cocktails... Alles in allem sehr zu empfehlen!

Christian77

Points +33

Vegetarian
14 Aug 2015

Sehr schöne location

Essen war sehr lecker!




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