Vegan
American
Delivery
Take-out
Catering
Brazilian

Brazilian-inspired vegan take-away est. 2017. Offers a menu of burgers and Brazilian cuisine, desserts and coffee. Relocated from East London. Open Thu-Sat 18:00-22:00.


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60 Reviews

First Review by jon active

fiona97

Points +206

Vegan
28 Jun 2024

Great brazilian food

The dadinhos and moqueca are so good! Amazing cocktail & mocktail selection as well!!

Pros: Great food, great drinks, lovely staff

MdeeVee

Points +1034

Vegan
06 Sep 2023

First visit

Laid back friendly no frills gay cafe/bar. All food is vegan. Tasty burger.
Looking forward to trying their weekend "Drag Brunch".

Pros: Vegan

AliceManchip

Points +1534

Vegan
31 Aug 2023

Good bar / snack food

Shared Brazilian coxinha and cheese balls (and side salad) with my friend. Portion sizes were decent and I was full afterwards. Nice bar food - the restaurant was cool however the toilets are VERY dark

nicirl

01 Sep 2023

hope that you tripped and fell into the toilet bowl 😁🫦❤️

nathodge

Points +2086

Vegan
20 Mar 2023

Great Place!

First time I had been in the day, went for the drag Sunday. It was a good vibe and the food was great!

Pros: 100% vegan

cocoldn

Points +1050

Vegan
13 Mar 2023

Great bar food

I was in the Dalston Superstore for a night out, which was already amazing - then I tried some of the incredible food which made the night even better! The entire menu is vegan, I had a seitan burger, and tried some of the fries and seitan wings. They were all delicious! I’ll definitely return to try out their daytime menus too!

booncake1

Points +125

Vegan
22 Jan 2023

Lovely cake and fun

Popped in for tea and cake (pao de mel), which was absolutely delicious. The drag brunch act was fun, too, and unexpected! Will definitely be back for some savoury food next time.

Pros: tasty

Cons: nothing

TBVG2019

Points +663

Vegan
30 Dec 2022

We Love Dalston Superstore!

The pictures of the food here don't do it justice, they have some really exciting food on offer, we love the atmosphere of the restaurant and it's very affordable - should be 1 £ sign rather than 2! Definitely a must visit if you're in Hackney :)

PaulDaly☘️

Points +2953

Vegan
17 Sep 2021

Miss them in Shoreditch

Their burgers are amazing and the cassava chips to die for. The cakes are dangerously good.

Pros: Lots of vegan cakes , Open minded crowd in Dalston

Cons: No outside space

MandyKaur

Points +455

Vegan
28 Jun 2020

Bad belly all night

I ordered a burger and cassava chips with a passion fruit cheesecake on deliveroo. It came quick, after the first bite it didn't taste right, burger patty tasted like boiled spongy meat , it was a very strange texture. I absolutely couldn't eat the rest. The casava chips were very oily and the cheesecake was warm. I would give this a one star if I could.

Pros: None

Cons: Food gave me a bad belly all-night.

AudreyEmmaPlyler

Points +1010

Vegan
17 Mar 2020

Bet on Leto

Great little cafe in a cool area in East London. Jared Leto walked in when I was there so if it's good enough for him it's good enough for me. I was warned that there were some laptop thieves in the area who might run past and swipe your device if sitting outside though so be warned.

RenéeRos

Points +392

Vegan
15 Feb 2020

Friendly and cosy

We just had tea here, but want to witte a review because it’s such a cosy place. Staff is lovely. And their chocolate pie, cheese balls and aged smoked cheese looked absolutely amazing. Would love to come back and try their food.

Pros: Very friendly place, Good for relaxing

imogenmichel

Points +2693

Vegan
12 Jan 2020

Great cake and friendly staff

We came here for some coffee and cakes this afternoon and I had an excellent piece of coffee and walnut cake along with a chai latte. Both were delicious and I very much enjoyed eating them while sitting in the nice atmosphere in the cafe with several friendly dogs belonging to customers saying hello while I was there.

chefkel

Points +18

Vegan
09 Jan 2020

Amazing food!!!

I had as start coxinha and risoles it was super taste as main dish I had essential hamburger.. OMG

Pros: Super cozy cafe , Easy to find, Delicious coxinha and hamburger

Danfunlove

Points +90

Vegan
04 Jan 2020

Essentially, fantastic!

If you had Brazilian food before you were Vegan. Essential Vegan fulfils that craving to continue having your favourite Brazilian snacks and meals. The creativity and recipes made there are among the best I’ve come across. Especially for recreating textures and a traditional versions of favourite dishes. They make the best vegan chicken. It’s soft, chewy, crispy and tasty in all the right ways. I had the chicken wings, which were more like chicken balls, and chicken burger on my previous visit (All Vegan). As well as the Brazilian cheese balls. Really good! Rissoles and coxinha. Go try these things if you’ve not had them before. It’ll be a change from the typical burger and chips, just as satisfying and as good. If you want feijoada... give them a call before you go. As they currently do it on some weekends only! That will be my next trip ‘feijoada’ I’ll take pictures next time I go ;). It is a cafe... I would not say this is the place for ambiance. Go in mind for hearty good food. It’s an open kitchen and it’s a creative space. Very reflective of the area. You’ll see their pantry and other things. Overall I particularly like the place.

Pros: Best vegan chicken burger! , Great food, Brazil cuisine., Great price.

rootsoph

Points +34

Vegan
09 Nov 2019

Great Brazilian vegan comfort food

Small and cosy vegan Brazilian comfort food in the heart of Shoreditch

Pros: Super friendly staff and dog friendly, Spoilt for choice with this menu, Great sides!

CLRtraveller

Points +9230

Vegan
08 Sep 2019

Very kale salad

From the specials board I chose the kale-avocado-sweet potato salad (£7), which was a large bowl of kale with a few other leaves, good sweet-potato chunks, topped with sunflower seeds. The dressing was a very tasty flavour. It was a lot of chewy kale to munch through, and I brought some of it home. Bought their smoky nut cheese to take home and a peanut butter cookie, which was soft-centred and good.
When paying, I was asked if I was okay with having 10% added to the bill, and I said yes. The late-afternoon time I was there, with the owner and three other staff on duty, they carried on with loud chatter throughout my stay. Certainly a casual place.

Pros: all vegan

MarieBLondon

Points +24

Vegan
07 Sep 2019

Bland food and filthy toilet area

Such a disappointing dining experience, the cafe windows were filthy and you have to go through a grubby cupboard area to be met with dirty, damp toilets with no soap. The food is fried and dry (no sauce with anything). Presentation poor. We had chips, cheese balls and pancakes served with tofu/spinach. Sounds nice but dry as a bone. We were surprised by all these high ratings as they didn’t reflect our visit at all.

Pros: All vegan

Cons: Dirty

gesamtgenie

Points +126

Vegan
28 Aug 2019

Clean the tables

Had a slice of chocolate cake, a cinnamon roll and an americano. Cake is pricy (£4), cake window looks super sad and a bit dirty, overall super noisy cafe (even though we were alone here) and every single table was cluttered with dirty dishes and cutlery... three waiters, literally nobody did something about it.

Pros: Tasty vegan cake

Cons: Pricy, Dirty , Loud

jofitpro

Points +149

Vegan
07 Aug 2019

What I tried was very nice

Only tried the cheese balls and the fried yam. It was really good.’plus their homemade cheese is very good.

eudoxie

Points +56

Vegan
31 Jul 2019

Expected more

Had cassava chips and cheese balls here. Cassava chips were great. Cheese balls were more like some cheese bread. There were no sous nor for chips neither for balls😒

FrankieW

Points +2670

Vegan
26 Jul 2019

Very original and interesting

One doesn't often get the opportunity to try Brazilian food with a vegan twist, this place offers just that.

The Rissole and Coxinha are amazing.

The daily specials are abundant and inexpensive.

Pros: Taste

miesjanssen

Points +56

Vegan
16 Jul 2019

Bad

The options sounded nice but weren’t nice quality

Cons: Just not really nice , Very salty

LucyM1990

Points +132

Vegan
12 May 2019

Unique options

We came here on a vegan food tour and were so pleased to have been introduced to their unique menu. We had the cassava chips, the Brazilian jackfruit and sweet corn balls - such a delicious flavour. Best of all was the cheese balls, amazing texture like real cheese. We will definitely be back soon!

YasminJiang

Points +449

Vegan
04 May 2019

Tasty, flavourful dinner

Came here for dinner and we ordered the feijoada, cheese balls, cassava chips and a burger. Some elements were a bit too salty for me but overall the options were solid. A welcoming environment and good service.

SharonFeldman

Points +156

Vegan
26 Apr 2019

Vegan feijoada!!

As a Brazilian and vegan myself, words cannot express how happy I was to hear about this place! The food and service are really good!

Pros: Lots of yummy vegan food!

MisterSowers

Points +84

Vegan
07 Feb 2019

The Only Good Food I Ate In London

Most of the vegan options in this city are sad chain joints in sad spaces filled with sad people. This spot is really the only spot I actually enjoyed eating at.

Pros: All Vegan, Friendly, Flippin’ Delicious

Cons: Not open for breakfast, No adult beverages, Exposes how sad the rest of London is

preetik

Points +53

Vegetarian
18 Dec 2018

Horrible

I got chicken wings and the Gormet burger, which were both really expensive.

The Burger was too oily for consumption. The chicken wings caused a bug in my stomach where I couldn't sleep the whole of that night. It was horrible.

I ended up throwing the Burger away.

Cons: Too expensive




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