Lacto
Ovo
Mediterranean
Beer/Wine
Romanian
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. A semi-upscale, healthier food restaurant in Bucharest's Old Town. The menu has a number of vegetarian and vegan items, and staff is able to answer questions about ingredients. The size of the dishes vary, so ask. The interior has some doors salvaged from abandoned buildings in the area. Open Mon-Sun 12:00-00:00.
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117 Reviews
First Review by nafanc
Dougbrown59
Points +24
Wonderful flavors - Edit
Menu provided on iPad complete with pictures and identified Vegan page. Really flavorful and fresh. Prepared with love, I could feel it.
Read morePros: Many vegan choices including amazing vegan deserts
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MelanieMartindale
Points +21
Delicious food - Edit
I recommend the lentil, mango and pomegranate salad. Nice decor and friendly staff.
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rhess81
Points +31
Great for vegans and meat eaters alike - Edit
Aubergine was great- funky, cozy decor, friendly service, and most importantly an extensive vegan menu! It's rare to find a restaurant where my husband (who eats meat) and I are both completely satisfied, but this was perfect for everyone.
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PascalBecker
Points +231
Great Happy Pot - Edit
I ordered the Happy Pot which was amazing. Smoked Aubergine (Eggplant) with other vegetables and an amazing sauce. Good stuff!
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BritWiltshire
Points +72
10/10 amazing - Edit
This place was incredible! The vegan menu was huge as was the gluten free. The food was fresh and delicious!!
Read morePros: Vegan options are amazing, So much flavour, Friendly staff
Cons: Nothing!
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elenahs
Points +693
Great vegan food - Edit
This was our favorite restaurant in Bucharest, delicious food with very nice presentation. It is more expensive than the other places we tried, but we think it deserves a visit.
Read moreCons: A bit expensive
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LilyLovsky
Points +57
A must - Edit
Aubergine is not listed on top of the vegan friendly restaurants for nothing. It has a whole vegan menu and a whole variety of meals, it just burgers and pizza. We took the vegan mix platter 250g with bread between two people and we were full. It was very tasty. The service was good and fast. The most popular vegetables of the dishes were obviously the eggplant but also mushrooms. Overall it was a great experience and if we had more space we would’ve definitely tried more of the menu.
Read moreBe ware that the closing hours mention midnight but they actually close at 11pm.
Pros: Big variety of vegan meals , Delicious food, Fast and efficient service
Cons: Not the most friendly staff, Limited places outside
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Rosie108
Points +199
Vegan gluten free meal - Edit
It’s not easy to find gluten free vegan food in Romania. This place had loads of options. I had the aubergine and it was so good! One happy vegan 👍
Read morePros: Vegan options, Gluten free options , Juices
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lolipop2930
Points +138
Delicious food but without any carbs:( - Edit
The food was so nice, we tried the lentil salad, mushrooms in white sauce and shoarma. Delicious but without any carbs, we missed this ab bit, but well its a healthy restaurant. We would recommend it, but its really not that cheap.
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RobertoHasbun
Points +158
Good but pricey - Edit
Food was good. Beware, portions are small.
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Katr°n
Points +201
Good Restaurant - Edit
They have really tasty food. The Couscous Salad ist absolutly great.
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Eyewineye
Points +15
Needs improvement - Edit
Food was just okay. Disappointing because I’ve been getting used to very good food in Romania. Perhaps they cater to enough tourists that they need not count on return customers? Nectarine salad was very salty, falafel was better, but quite bland.
Read morePros: Quite a few options, Nice presentation
Cons: Food tastes only okay
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shineonyou
Points +941
Vegan options in heart of the old town - Edit
Food was pretty good. My only real complaint would be that there’s not a lot of explanation about what the menu items consist of, but not a big issue because vegan items are marked on the menu. The menu is large, so there are several vegan options, including dessert.
Read moreThe ambiance is really nice. There’s nice outdoor seating among the old town streets and it’s also quite nice inside as well.
Honestly the kind of place where I have a good experience, but if I had it at home I would never go. But probably you best option is you want to enjoy a nice dinner in the thick of Bucharest’s old town.
Pros: Seating along the streets of the old town, Large menu
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V:Traveller
Points +4077
Good food, nice location - Edit
Food: 4/5
Read moreVegan options (variety): 5/5
Vegan labelling: 5/5
Value for money: 4/5
Portion size: 5/5
Atmosphere: 5/5
Service: 4/5
Location: 5/5
Reservation recommended: maybe
Visited: 7/2019
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MatthewPerrin
Points +39
Food was good - Edit
Vegan Food was nice.
Read morePlace lacks ambiance, no music etc - just a bit bland in that regard.
One waiter was friendly, the other tall one was a smart [censored] which I didn’t appreciate.
Some recommendations on food would be good, rather than “the menu will tell you..”
More expensive due to central location - worth it.
Good food.
Pros: Food
Cons: Service, Price
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SorchaCullen
Points +62
Good variety, healthy food - Edit
It was nice to have options. I got a dish with mushroom, quinoa, and tofu and it was relatively inexpensive for a dinner in the old town and tasty!
Read morePros: Several options
Cons: Staff weren't friendly, Food wasn't filling
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Yo5h
Points +279
Wonderful menu of vegan options - Edit
Large variety of vegan options from Mediterranean staples like hummus and babaganoush to interesting creations like a spicy mango salad and avocado strawberry dessert. I pad menu with full descriptions in Romanian and English as well as allergen info.
Read moreLocated in Old Town in through a sea of bars and aggressive hosts. Nice to have an option if you're here anyways, not a scenic trip if you're just coming for this place. But it's probably worth it anyways...
Pros: Great vegan options, Very tasty
Cons: Neighboring establishments
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ChrisHann
Points +172
Ok food, unfriendly service. - Edit
I went there with a couple of friends for dinner. The waiter was not friendly at all, even a bit rude. The food was just ok, with really small portions for such prices. Even with side dishes and bread, we had to buy more food from elsewhere after we left, which doesn't usually happen with me.
Read morePros: None
Cons: Unfriendly staff, small portions, expensive.
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SG213
Points +861
Okay, but a bit disappointing - Edit
Went in here after reading some of the reviews on HappyCow and was expecting good food.
Read moreThe menu is on an iPad/Android tablet and seems to crash a bit (funnily enough), however if you can get to the home page there is an entire "Vegan" selection which makes things easier (even if you're not entirely vegan).
We ordered the aubergine meal, aubergine rings with hummus, and the 3-colour falafel plate.
First off, the 3 coloured falafels were good. I think you get two each of beetroot, carrot and herb falafels. They were tasty and came with some hummus and side salad.
The aubergine meal was disappointing though. It consisted of two halves of a dubiously cooked aubergine buried beneath a mound of tepid diced salad, and liberally drizzled with tahini and something purple.
Maybe it's a personal thing, but I just don't like the concept of moderately heated pieces of diced cucumber and tomato (peppers - fine), and it just seems that they lost all interest in trying to make a good dish for the sake of convenience.
Further to that, the aubergine did not taste very good, which was disappointing given the namesake of the place. I couldn't really finish it.
The aubergine rings with hummus were ok, but again were overloaded with the same uninspiring diced salad. The bread on the side was nice, if not the freshest. Perhaps other people just got lucky with the mushroom curry main dishes etc.
Pros: Good amount of veg. options on menu, Some dishes pretty good, Good central location & opening hours
Cons: Food seemed hit & miss, and not great value
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LuminitaPopa
Points +30
DISAPPOINTING! - Edit
A few months ago I went to Aubergine and ordered some of my favorite dishes there: mushroom stew and rice. While eating the mushrooms I discovered something in my stew that looked like a PEBBLE. I showed it to a waiter in the sense that they should be more careful and I continued to eat. The waiter came back at some point offering me to only pay for the rice and due to the nature of the situation I accepted. When I said I'd pay by card, he seemed bothered and after the payment was done he proceeded to suggest that "it's strange how I finished everything after I found that pebble. Nobody would do that and yet I did" . He told me multiple times that I "LICKED IT CLEAN(THE PLATE)" with a very condescending tone in his voice.
Read moreObviously bothered by his rude attitude and vocabulary, I asked him if he was suggesting I was lying just to get free food and he denied, then mentioned another "troublesome episode" with me at their restaurant.
To clear things out, what happened then was that I ordered an eggplant with vegetables and I received half of it. When I pointed it out to the waiter, he said that that was the size of the dish (half an eggplant) and I told them I had ordered it many times in the past and I knew for sure the portion included an entire eggplant. The waiter then said that he'd bring me the rest if the first half "wasn't enough for me". So he acted as if I also tried to trick them into giving me FREE FOOD.
This time I got very upset at this incredibly rude waiter who was suggesting that I came there to eat for free and I told him to check on the camera that was in front of me to show me the exact time when I put that stone into my own food!
Such behavior is simply unacceptable! How can you say such a thing when you should actually APOLOGIZE for something that could have even DAMAGED MY TEETH !?!
They lost a regular customer for sure.
Pros: tasty vegan food
Cons: horrible service
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StefyPascalau-Consta
Points +64
Good vegan options - Edit
We had vegan shaorma and vegan plate.Very good!And the place is nice and cozy
Read morePros: Some good vegan options
Cons: Serves meat&nonvegan as well
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MichaelMooney
Points +190
Great food - Edit
Amazing eggplant and the mushrooms with red sauce was the best. Amazing bread
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MoranMizrachi
Points +44
Great place!!! - Edit
Great service and food
Read morePros: A lot of good and healthy vegan food
Cons: Cheap
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taticonqueso
Points +23
Great if you like eggplants - Edit
They have many meat options, but only a few vegan options. What they had was fairly good.
Read moreI’ve had the happy pot (I thought it was going to be a hot dish since they described it as “baked”, that was not the case) but it was a good dish besides that.
The mushroom curry is delicious, make sure you get a side with it!
Maybe it’s just me.... but the baba ghanoush tasted like an ashtray.
Pros: Delicious juice options
Cons: Not enough vegetarian/vegan options
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ShadowDragon
Points +79
Curry! - Edit
The mushroom curry was absolutely fantastic. Couldn't eat much more if I remember correctly after that besides a juice I think. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere for the outdoor seating. Not that many entirely vegan options much less gluten free
Read morePros: Curry, Friendly staff
Cons: A bit expensive , Not many options
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ElenaØAlexa
Points +30
Great vegan food and nice people. - Edit
Very cozy restaurant
Read morePros: Lots of delicious vegan food
Cons: Good prices
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ConstanceFreté
Points +43
Great food - Edit
We had fresh pasta and the vegan happy pot and they were both delicious ! The menu is very interesting and original, there’s choice for everyone.
Read morePros: Vegan options, Good service, Fresh products
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