• Barista & Co - Westgate Mall

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Coffee shop with multiple branches in Nairobi. Located on the first floor of Westgate Mall. Offers vegan dishes such as falafel panini, quinoa salad and pastas. Open Mon-Sun 9:00am-9:00pm.


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4 Reviews

First Review by Zhanee

Spinachu

Points +118

Vegan
12 May 2024

Tasty

I had a rosted cauliflower steak and my friend nutella-hazelnut latte. Both were very tasty! It's s vegetarian place and they have quite a number of vegan choices but they could still add more. Different types of plant-based milk available.

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-12

mmoneypenny

Points +215

Vegan
02 Dec 2023

Nice surprise

This was a busy place on Friday evening. Didn't realise it was veggie and I'm guessing the "V" on the menu meant vegan. Service was relatively slow in asking for our order. Very sad not to see any vegan desserts.

Pros: Vegan options, Tofu and chips

Cons: No vegan desserts at all!, Slow to be served

kennyp353

Points +1674

Vegetarian
21 Jul 2023

Good, but the Sarit Centre branch is better

I'm returning to edit my review after a third visit, as my first visit wasn't great. Future visits have been better.

The fully vegetarian menu now has ten vegan main courses. I tried the vegan shaksuka which came with a Jerusalem bagel - except it was served with dry and cheap tasting pitta bread which they refused to replace. The meal was OK but not particularly tasty, and was nowhere near an over thousand bob main course.

On a future visit I had the quinoa salad, which I very much enjoyed - though it's huge. I also had the hummus which was a bit meh, again with those disappointing pitta breads. My friend had the arrabiata pasta which is possibly the first non meat meal he's ever had, and he loved it.

The activated charcoal and mint latte ordered with oat milk was absolutely outstanding.

The date smoothie was excellent.

Downsides: it's too big and too open, with loud background music from the mall. The Sarit Centre branch nearby is cosier and friendlier. My favourite waitress Milka from their sister restaurant Shokupan now works here as head waitress, so the service has a good chance of improvement.

Updated from previous review on 2023-07-21

Pros: 100% vegetarian now with plenty of vegan options, Activated charcoal mint oatmilk latte OMG

Cons: Not worth the money, Suboptimal service, The Sarit Centre branch nearby is way better

Zhanee

Points +574

Vegan
13 Jan 2023

Great for vegetarians lacking for vegans

I went to this branch because this was listed as vegan-friendly. So went there hungry and looking to order a bunch of options between two people. Imagine my surprise that there is only one item marked as vegan. Even French fries have to be veganized as they have parmesan!! Talked to the server at length and she confirmed with both the supervisor and chef that there was only one vegan item, the Malaysian Curry (It was however quite tasty). I even asked about the hummus, full medames, falafel and the tofu dish which are authenticity vegan but was told they couldnt be veganized.

I'm quite disappointed because this group of restaurants can make majority of their offerings vegan but menu is so egg and cheese heavy!

Pros: Menu is for vegetarians, Amiable serversg

Cons: One vegan item marked on menu, Fries have to be veganized & too much paprika

kennyp353

03 Jul 2023

Hummus, falafel and crusted tofu are all now vegan. There are ten vegan main courses on the current menu.




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