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Beer/Wine
German-style dishes but with tofu and seitan. Has menu in English. A pizza cost approximately on average 7.50euros. Reported August 2010 to longer serve fish. Reported closed August 2020.
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52 Reviews
First Review by atandt
MisterSowers
Points +84
Yes. Yes Yes Yes. - Edit
I was in Hamburg this morning. Now I am here. They are warm and kind at Cafe V. The food is great. The wine is delicious and inexpensive. This place is everything Hamburg is not and I am immensely thankful it is here for me.
Read morePros: Very Vegan, Not Hamburg, Kind Staff
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poosham
Points +55
Tasty, cozy and fun staff - Edit
The main dishes were really good! The only drawback was the panna cotta (or was it flan? I don't remember) which had too much taste from flowers. The staff was nice and entertaining, and the atmosphere was nice
Read morePros: Good vegan main dishes, Nice staff
Cons: Dessert was a bit disappointing
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beingvegan__
Points +328
Interesting Plating - Edit
I ordered the tofu English breakfast which was: scrambled tofu with veggies, beans, tofu sausage, fruit, bread, margarine and jam. It was a great spread but it was strange how it was all on the same plate. Not sure how I feel about bean juice on my melon! But overall everything was delicious and I ate it all.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options , Value for money , Big portions
Cons: Cash only
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Joanaaa
Points +113
All time favourite - Edit
I go there regularly with my dad. I love the tofu curry and the stuffed aubergine. The yogi tea is really good as well and the free bread you get is heavenly!!!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan things , Cosy to sit , Very friendly staff
Cons: Staff is sometimes a bit slow and inattentive
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LouisaSaba
Points +26
Was pleasantly surprised and definitely a must try in Berlin - Edit
Was so welcome and had a lovely experience
Read morePros: Lots of vegan option , Such beautiful staff , New and inventive foods
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Tofutini
Points +86
Nice breakfast spot - Edit
I enjoyed a really nice vegan breakfast on the patio here. There was a whole list of clearly marked vegan breakfast items (and the rest of the menu is vegetarian). The tofu veggie scramble was delicious! And the prices are really reasonable too. The lunch/dinner menu looked great, but didn’t get to try it.
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AmandaAmandi
Points +52
Amazing vegan pizza - Edit
Comfortable inside and outside sitting. Very friendly staff. Food is beyond delish.
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KCZORO
Points +72
Average - Edit
We came here for dinner and had a good time. The waitress was really nice, although the service was very slow. The food was pretty good - we got the vegan appetizer plate which was fine, the seitan stroganoff which was really yummy, and the vegan potato pizza which was meh. I wouldn’t get the pizza again if we came back. Overall not bad but not great.
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Sandrab_
Points +613
nice location - Edit
We went to Cafe V in august 2018 for breakfast.
Read moreI enjoyed my meal but my friends were a bit disapointed by theirs. The portion were not at their taste for the price we paid.
I choose Kreuzberg breakfast with tofu saussage, beans, scrambled eggs and goat cheese.
My friends chose mozzarella toasts and a crepe.
Pros: location, nice vibe, friendly staff
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MaartjeDerks
Points +65
Very tasty - Edit
Had the red beet with grilled veg and hummus, was super tasty. You get yummy garlic/tomato bread with all meals, big plus
Read morePros: Vegan Garlic Bread, Tasty, Lots of choices
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crnbaker
Points +27
Hot hearty food - Edit
Schnitzel was great, nice to get some ‘traditional’ style vegetarian food.
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Tanja
Points +67
Tasty agian - Edit
Every time we visit Berlin, we visit café V at least once. And the saitan schnitzel with oven baked potatoes still is the best!
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fortytwoandahalf
Points +137
Delicious food - Edit
Went here in the evening, Cafe V has a chilled and ambient atmosphere. The food is really good, a lot of vegan options as well as vegetarian dishes that can be veganised. Portions are huge and the food is delicious. I ordered cabbage roulade with tomato sauce and it was amazing! Definitely, recommend. Staff are polite and courteous.
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maltman23
Points +5725
Very nice place - Edit
A non-vegan friend and I ate here, and we both loved our meals. The outdoor seating on a warm night was really nice in their quiet spot near Görlitzer Park.
Read morePros: Really good vegan food, Nice outdoor seating
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Neridah
Points +441
Ok - Edit
Polite, nice venue, pizza is overpriced considering how little vegetables and seitan are on there, could easily be good quality with more of the ingredients added. Free tap water and toilets available.
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Cam
Points +2078
Nice café - restaurant - Edit
Cozy restaurant with an interesting menu of salads, pizzas, mains. They serve breakfast until 3pm and many sorts of coffee.
Read moreMy food was good, filling. Would go back!
Pros: many options, interior
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AnnikaPoijärvi
Points +122
Super nice breakfast! - Edit
We enjoyed a lovely breakfast. Vegan dishes are clearly marked in the menu. There is a warm athmosphere in the place witch is located in a beautiful old building next to a park.
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tanti
Points +13
Love that place!!! - Edit
So glad, that I´ve found this lovly place. the stuff is very friendly and the food is delicious! I love the Kichererbsenpolenta. It is my favorite...
Read morePros: charming location, friendly stuff, delicios food
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TofuManchu
Points +79
Lovely people, lovely food - Edit
Great selection of vegetarian and vegan dishes. Service is friendly and prompt. For non-vegans, the seitan schnitzel dish is strongly recommended.
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SeitanSeitanSeitan
Points +3297
Invisible seitan! - Edit
They have two vegan pizzas, one with seitan, veggies and cheese and one without cheese. So seitan was one of the main ingredients. There was no trace of seitan what so ever in the pizza. The waiter told us that seitan is so small and in the tomato sauce so we can't see it. Other waiter told us the same when we paid and complained. We tried find the magic no-show seitan from the base sauce but just couldn't find any bit of it. Crust and base was ok (not great), but this invisible seitan thing was so wrong.
Read morePros: vegetarian
Cons: invisible seitan
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Eiro
Points +63
Tasty Lunch in a Lovely Setting - Edit
Cafe V is a vegetarian restaurant with some vegan choices (they can make the other dishes vegan upon request, if possible). The food is pretty good, but my favorite thing is the location - Lausitzer Platz is gorgeous, especially in the Spring! I love their salads and the garlic bread with tomato sauce is amazing. They also have pizza with vegan cheese and rucola.
Read morePros: gorgeous setting
Cons: on the expensive side
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Hockney
Points +41
One of my favourite veggiel restaurants in Berlin - Edit
This is one of my favourite veggie restaurants in Berlin. It's relaxed and easy-going with a good range of veggie options. The vegan options are more restricted in the main menu but the specials always include some seasonal vegan options. You can choose from more casual pizzas to quite sophisticated choices. The service can be erratic depending on who's working! It can get busy and noisy at the weekends. The outside space is really pleasant when it's not being ruined by smokers.
Read morePros: Wide choice of veggie options, Range of prices, Seasonal daily specials
Cons: Limited vegan options, Erratic service
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SimoneS
Points +131
Cafe V- vegetarian and vegan - good - Edit
Cafe V is a nice restaurant located in a nice area. I actually like that it is a bit dark inside and the nice candle light. We had some hummus with salad and some Caserolle and a pasta dish.
Read moreIt was tasty. But I was really disappointed that so many dishes there contain dairy products or cheese! I hoped that they would offer more vegan dishes. They have tasty food, but it is not a very special place. One time I had a delicious pumpkin soup there though.
Pros: tasty
Cons: not enough vegan options
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Skandrino
Points +96
Too few vegan options - Edit
Being called Café V and fully vegetarian, I expected it to cater well to vegans like most similar places, but it had only 3 vegan main dishes which weren't so original (all curry- or tomato-based). I had the polenta which fortunately tasted well.
Read moreDidn't like the service, the waitresses didn't say hello when I first sat down. They looked shabby and disinterested as well. They reacted annoyed when I asked the pretty normal question if they could make a vegan version of certain vegetarian dishes, saying those 'wouldn't taste any good'.
Prices are steep for the area (12 euros for a main course).
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JohannaKnutsson
Points +118
nothing special - Edit
There are so many other great vegan restaurants in Berlin,and I never understood the point of a vegetarian restaurant where cheese seem to be the only option to meat.
Read moreI think this place would benefit of skipping the dairy altogether
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hack_man
Points +26296
Still My Berlin Benchmark - Edit
This is absolutely still my favourite veggie place in Berlin, as well as in Germany. We have eaten here on at least 16 occasions or so in 9 visits to this amazing city since 2004 and is the place I use as a standard with which to compare other vegetarian establishments.
Read moreIt's called Cafe V (as in Vegetarische) and for some reason in the past it did serve the occassional fish dish or two which was disappointing but I can confirm that as of August 2010 this is no longer the case. This is also still the case in April 2015.
Why do I highly regard this place? Quite simply, it's the whole package. Cafe V is a bar, a cafe, a restaurant, a meeting place, somewhere you can drink, dine, chat, have breakfast, have supper, chill for hours, have a snack, have a beer, enjoy a romantic meal, drink wine, have a cocktail, read Die Welt, people watch, sit inside, sit on the street, have a birthday meal....just appreciate life. You may just have to tolerate the functional, bordering on disinterested, service.
It is set on a square next to a pleasant leafy park off Skalitzer Straße in Kreuzberg. Take the M29 bus or the U1 and get off a Görlitzer Bahnhof, have a beer in one of the fantastic bars in the area. My favourite has to be Cafe Bar Morena which just happens to be over the road from the wonderful vegetarian fast food paradise of Yellow Sunshine. Then walk over to Lausitzer Platz, go past the church and through the park to Cafe V. A very cosy, dimly lit and bohemian setting awaits. Enjoy the darkness. The staff might be friendly, the beer is good and the seating is perfect. Take your time, have a beer, order food, maybe a carafe of organic wine......a litre perhaps if you plan to stay a long time. You might as well.
As far as I am concerned the food is gourmet but not at gourmet prices. We are talking unique dishes with tofu, seitan, aubergine, courgette, pasta and rice all served with the delicious complementary house tomato and garlic bread. If you're lucky you might even get a free spirit at the end of the night but to be honest I think those days are gone. You can then head off into one of the bars on Oranienstraße. The M29 bus runs through the night to take you into the main centres of Berlin depending on where you are staying. All in all, it's the whole package of Kreuzberg that makes Cafe V the special place it is and I didn't think anything would ever beat it until the game changers of Rasoterra in Barcelona and Tel Aviv in Warsaw came along.
Pros: location, excellent food, good prices
Cons: staff can be disinterested
Guest
grips28
Points +21
good but dark - Edit
we went there for late lunch. it was ok but a bit heavy and fatty.
Read moreless vegetables lots of cream sauce.
the baked potatoes bad! maybe from the day before?
i should have give them back...
the room is a bit dark and cold.
wishes: bio products or at least regional would be nice.
prices ok.
Pros: fast, nice menu
Cons: dark
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