Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Western
Fusion
Bulgarian
Health food restaurant. Has vegan dishes and cakes. Dishes that have dairy are labeled. Jan 2014 owner reported not using egg any longer. Open Mon-Sat 11:30-19:00.
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68 Reviews
First Review by Wong Fei Hung
whitesiroi
Points +1831
OMFG - Edit
fantastic food、must visit、everything was vegan
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Film
Points +163
My absolute favourite place to eat in Bulgaria - Edit
I have been coming here from years, every time i get a chance to refuel when im visiting Sofia. Their buffet style is perfect for me as i like to try from almost every food available. They post week in advance their menu in their site which is great to know what day whats coming. They are also the only ones in BG that made seitan and tempe and most other restaurants get it from them. Their food is always good and nutritionally adequate.
Read morePeaceful and pleasant place and much more that just a restaurant for me.
They also have only 1 or 2 meals in the whole weekly menu that contain dairy and everything else is vegan. So most days everything is completely vegan or plant based.
Their staff is always top notch. I saw currently a guy that was very polite and super nice. I felt like he is a great human being although we didnt speak much. Highly recommended.
Pros: Variety of nutritionally adequate tasty food, Seitan and tempe. Ask, if you want to buy for home
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krasnovp
Points +36
Good Choice in Sofia - Edit
A lot of buffet Choices, tasty food, and very good atmosphere.
Read moreThe staff, explained us what is vegan and what not.
Pros: Free Water, Free Bread
Cons: Stuff does not speak to much English
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VeganNatascha
Points +1372
Solide vegetarische Küche - Edit
Ich bin mit großem Hunger zum Abendessen ins Kring Center gegangen. Für eine Suppe und einen reichlich beladenen Teller vom Buffet habe ich ca. 11 Euro gezahlt. Für bulgarische Verhältnisse recht teuer, im Vergleich zu den anderen veganen Angeboten in Sofia eher durchschnittlich. Das Essen war in Ordnung. Im Vergleich zum Satsanga, wo man das Essen auch nach Gewicht bezahlt (etwa zum gleichen Preis), schneidet das Satsanga vom Ambiente und dem Geschmack her aber meiner Meinung nach deutlich besser ab.
Read morePros: Viele vegane Optionen, Nettes Personal , Gratis Brot und Wasser
Cons: Relativ teuer
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jj441
Points +28
Pretty much a full vegan menu as far as i could tell. - Edit
Plenty of options and even desert
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djhonig
Points +48
Tasty - Edit
Food is tasty and free bread and water is a great bonus!
Read morePros: Tasty food, Friendly service, Free bread and water
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AndrewSdog
Points +41
Tasty and fresh vegan buffet - Edit
The food here is great and the staff are really friendly. I really appreciated the fresh sprouts as well as some of the desserts available.
Read morePros: Affordable, Cruelty free, Friendly staff
Cons: None
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Kaloyan.Petrov
Points +305
Kring is the King! - Edit
Update April 2019
Read moreI see the description says that it is vegan except for cakes, but it's not correct. Frequently, some of the main dishes are also not vegan as they use cream for sauces and cheese. They specify this on the labels, but just keep in mind...
They have opened one more location in Feb 2019 and I can't understand why it is not on HappyCow yet. It is not in the central part, which will make less attractive to vegans on the road.
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Besides I wrote a review of Soma Vital to be the best vegan restaurant in Sofia, for me it shares the first place with Kring. I just adore their dishes. They are the only producers of tempeh and seitan in Bulgaria for years and both are vastly represented on the menu. To some vegans that are not fans of meat substitutes I suppose seitan is not a thing to like. But I just love its texture and taste - I don't think of eat as meat, but of what it is - a product of its own. Seitan is great for doners as I understood in Berlin's Voner and I am thrilled to have such again.
As time passed by, the prices at Kring rose and currently it costs about 7-8 EUR to get a lunch there. It is a buffet with enough options to choose from. Well, if you are a 45 kg vegan girl on salads, 5 EUR will be all you need to overeat.
I always didn't understand the religious Sri Chinmoy cult atmosphere, including the music, but finally this is not a serious issue. I saw a comment describing it as a sect or something, but rest assured it isn't.
Updated from previous review on 2019-04-19
Pros: Tempeh and Seitan, Delicious, Well priced
Cons: Strange religious feeling, Not fully vegan
LilacHippy
Can you add the extra location to HappyCow? :)
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Leonyeah
Points +51
Nom - Edit
Buffet style put all you can on your plate and weight it for price. With lots of different tasty foods!
Read morePros: Lots vegan options
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MariaTiqwah
Points +59
Tasty buffet in calming interior - Edit
My favourite was the carrot sushi and cold tofu salad (great together!). My least favorite was a chicken style seitan. The interior has a lot of daylight and calming pastel colors. This place is ideal if you don't like waiting for your food. The whole buffet was vegan (I don't know if all the pies were vegan). Water is free and the price for your food is by weight. You can also have take away.
Read morePros: The day I went the whole buffet was vegan.
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BudgetBucketList
Points +1334
Big disappointment - Edit
Big disappointment! I don't know what people like about it... maybe there's just not too much of a vegan food scene in Bulgaria and this seems good somehow? My first day in Bulgaria and people told me this country is cheap... just not when it comes to food I
Read moreguess. 1200 lev for a small portion, as you pay per weight, but they included the weight of the heavy plate (a meal about 3x as expensive as for example neighboring countries Romania and Serbia, which aren't less developed than Bulgaria). Rather unfair.
And what do you get for that? Not much. Food was absolutely terrible taste wise (never ate such a poorly made vegan pizza slice), and not even warm. Neither the pizza nor curry.
I regret coming here. Not recommended, at all.
Cons: Expensive for what it is, No one speaks any other language but Bulgarian, Bad food, already cold
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Devaleela
Points +21
Lovely place - Edit
The menu has a wide variety to choose from, my favourite place for lunch in the city
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szelm
Points +198
Great lunch, warm welcome - Edit
Friendly & yummy
Read morePros: variety of different salats and dishes, friendly and yummy , Chocolate raspberry cake was delicious
Cons: None , None, None
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kelseyjaynex
Points +2937
High quality buffet - Edit
Oh man, so good!!
Read moreSelf service / pay by weight, and the bread is free. They also have complimentary water which was appreciated (annoying when places charge you for tap water). No alcohol served.
Dishes are clearly labelled (in English too), they were all vegan except for two which had dairy. I tried a couple of different salads, hummus, bread, olives, quinoa and rice dishes and THE most mouthwatering tofu curry. Every dish was super fresh and full of flavour.
I was looking forward to trying their housemade seitan, but on our visit the only seitan dish was a stroganoff that wasn't vegan, so that was a shame.
Our plates cost a pretty hefty 13-15lev each, but we hadn't eaten all day so we really loaded them up.
Pros: amazing flavours, clear labelling of dishes, the complimentary stuff (water & bread)
Cons: not 100% vegan, assocations with a kinda cult leader
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AmandaCramer
Points +294
delicious - Edit
Health, delicious, different everyday. My go-to in Sofia
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GreenHeart22
Points +38
Great food and atmosphere - Edit
Great varied buffet, serves different salads, delicious Bulgarian bean soup, homemade bread and home cooked meal such as baked potatoes, French beans, rice with vegetables, seitan stew etc. Gluten free options are well noted. All the dishes were vegan but one vegetarian dish. The staff was very kind and helpful. Cheap price.
Read morePros: Many vegan options, Gluten free options are well noted
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malinavegan
Points +416
Great vegetarian buffet! - Edit
I loved this place and their vegetarian buffet! Almost all dishes were vegan, only two or three were vegetarian.
Read moreThey had tempeh, tofu, hummus and a lot of other things. You pay by weight and the bread is free (and delicious!).
Pros: Big buffet, Great food, Delicious free bread
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Tanariel
Points +32
Peaceful place - Edit
Kring is one of my favorite restaurant, nearly everything in the restaurant is vegan with few vegetarian exceptions that are always correctly labeled.
Read moreThe restaurant has a signle option who is a buffet with a single price.
They also offer homemade product like marintated tempeh or tofu that you can bring home and cook yourself.
Pros: Nice vibe, Simple but very good food, Friendly staff
Cons: Unique buffet (no "à la carte")
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Kangzosa
Points +145
Good food - Edit
Its a pay by weight buffet with some good quality food. Expect to pay western/northern Europe prices not Bulgarian prices.
Read moreDOES NOT accept card payment
Pros: quality, Options
Cons: for Bulgaria/balkans it's expensive
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milcheto
Points +1911
best vegan dishes in town - Edit
If you are looking for cooked food and variety of vegan meals- this is your best option. The buffet style allows you to try all the delicious food in just one plate- if you can fit it there. A must- try!
Read morePros: real cooked food, great variety of food, friendly staff
Cons: location, closes too early, esp wednesday
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daydreamer4life
Points +771
So good food - Edit
If I had to say which place in Sofia has the most delicious vegan options, I would say Kring.
Read moreEverything I have ever eaten there, has tasted really good. Reaaally good.
There is a buffet if you want to sit and eat there, or you can also get some vegan wraps with seitan or tempeh to go.
The one negative is the price, but the quality kind of balances it out.
Pros: The good is good, guys, especially the seitan
Cons: Price
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reich
Points +37
great experience! - Edit
I had a lunch during my holidays in Sofia and I enjoyed so much. Delicious vegan buffet with a really good price. I'm still dreaming about their spiced tempeh! ♡ don't miss this restaurant if you have a chance :)
Read morePros: Price, variety, taste.
Cons: nothing :)
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BertCoffee
Points +74
Tasty, friendly good vegan food buffet - Edit
Good choice at buffet, price per weight, very good options, dessert options available and taste great
Read morePros: water for free, but:
Cons: could have wider assortment of beverages
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sarambasich
Points +89
Delicious! - Edit
The food at Kring is absolutely delectable. I am in town working at nearby SoHo and I think this is going to be a new favorite lunch spot. The salad bar is fresh and there are several options for a main course. Only two of the hot dishes weren't vegan (sour cream I think) but everything else is. Take away or sit down. They also have a vegan wrap for take away.
Read morePros: Buffet style. Load it up!, Reasonable price
Cons: A bit hidden. Look for the blue awning.
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Rosa veg
Points +2060
Fantastic - Edit
Relaxing place . Huge selections of dishes . The tempeh they produce is amazing . Very good value for money .
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cazzamaphone
Points +149
Delicious! - Edit
Pay by weight buffet style. Has salad and seitan dishes/rice/vegetables, really good seitan. Wifi available, decor could be more "homely" but the food is really good
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AndreiKorobkin
Points +13
Delicious, cheap and friendly - Edit
Kring restaurant is located very close to the Sofia city centre. We came at noon, and the restaurant was almost empty. On the self-service desk steam was rising upon lots of fresh hot (excluding salads) dishes.
Read moreIt was very tasty, fresh and amazing. Tofu, quinoa, hummus, beet salad - everything was great, including the refreshing ginger lemonade, by the way really special and good.
We liked the friendly atmosphere and calm, quiet condition.
Recommend to everyone!
Pros: Delicious variety of food, Close to the centre, Absolutely not expensive
Cons: Nothing :) we loved it here
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