Vegan
Western
Re-opened Mar 2014, this cafe is a project of vhs Erlangen and Lesecafe Anstaendig essen. Offers weekly changing menu, and a brunch on 2nd Sunday of the month. Hosts events and a large library of books on vegan lifestyle and sustainability issues. Open Wed-Sat 12:00-21:30.
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24 Reviews
First Review by Harald
Pinolero
Points +20
Tolles Café mit leckerem Essen - Edit
Tolles Café mit wöchentlich wechselnder Karte! Ebenso leckere Kuchen und selbstgemachte Limonaden im Angebot. Sehr nettes Personal!
Read morePros: Wechselnde Karte, Auch leckere Nachspeisen und Limos, Sehr nettes Personal
Guest
EmiliaJarochowska
Points +556
Hidden gem - Edit
The food is great, freshly made and tastes like at home. The place supports vegan initiatives and artists and offers a space for vegan community events. Absolutely recommended. Towards the end of the day some items on the menu may be gone because they want to prevent food waste.
Read morePros: Artwork by vegan artists, Friendly staff, Beautiful space
Guest
Henry_Flower
Points +214
Lovely place - Edit
Great tasting food, not too expensive -- servings aren't ridiculously large like in some places, but are enough to satisfy. Helpful staff, too.
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zensoria
Points +20
Der Treffpunkt in Erlangen - Edit
Das Lesecafé ist kein klassisches Café. Es ist ein Treffpunkt für ganz viele (Nachhaltigkeits-)Initiativen, die im Nebenraum einfach einen Tisch reservieren können.
Read moreDas Essen ist lokal, frisch, lecker.
Die Angestellten sind super nett.
Der Preis ist relativ günstig.
Pros: Treffpunkt für Initiativen, leckeres Essen, Fairer Preis
Cons: relativ kleine Portionen
Guest
MelinaMMRe
Points +120
Tolles Essen, angemessen Preise und liebes Personal - Edit
Das Lesecafé ist ein toller Ort. Die Preise sind angemessen, das Essen sehr lecker und man kann sowohl durch Arbeiten (Steckdosen und WLAN vorhanden) als auch durch Stöbern in den vorhandenen Büchern sehr gut mehrere Stunden verbringen. Das Lesecafé wirkt dabei von der Atmosphäre her jedoch eher wie ein Veranstaltungsraum, nicht wie ein gemütliches Café. Stört mich aber nicht, ich komme trotzdem sehr gerne her.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-01-21
Pros: Komplett vegan, Preise, Gute Arbeitsatmosphäre
Guest
HungryGecko
Points +97
Tolles veganes Restaurant - Edit
Ich war schon oft hier und liebe den Bio-Vegan zu geringem Preis Ansatz. Das Ambiente ist schön, wenn es warm genug ist kann man auch draußen gut essen. Es finden hier auch immer wieder Veranstaltungen statt, teils auch Aktivistisch und vegane Stammtische, was ein Bonuspunkt ist. Das Essen selbst ist sehr lecker und toll finde ich auch, dass das Angebot immer wieder wechselt. Ich empfehle es gerne weiter
Read morePros: Kostengünstig, Leckeres Essen
Guest
MajoIgel
Points +637
Burger - Edit
War ein solider, leckerer und gesunder Klima Burger
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flor.1986
Points +32
Sehr nett - Edit
Hier merkt man, dass die vegane soziale Ethik gelebt wird. 💗💗💗 Mehr davon 🙏
Read morePros: Ruhige lage, Große räume, Alles bio und vegan
Guest
IlkaS
Points +1091
Special but nice - Edit
It‘s located behind the Hauptstraße.
Read moreIt‘s quite charming in its reduced way.
Had chili sin carne as Eintopf of the day.
I made it more spicy for me and the portion is not that big, but I liked the atmosphere next to the (vegan) books.
Staff was nice!
Pros: All vegan, Dishes and sweats, All freshly cooked
Cons: Had to search a bit to find it, Small portions (at least mine was small)
Guest
betsst
Points +137
Tastyyy but cash only - Edit
great meals, smaller to normal portions
Read morePros: great service
Cons: cash only, located on upper level of road, small burgers
Guest
carliy
Points +42
Super Initiative - Edit
Immer spannende Gerichte, betrieben von tollen engagierten Leuten (ein Verein dahinter)
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Julia04
Points +109
Leckeres Essen in einer angenehmen Atmosphäre - Edit
Das servierte Essen ist rein vegan und dazu auch noch sehr lecker. Hinzukommt, dass auch auch viel Wert auf Regionalität und Saisionalität gelegt wird. Die Mitarbeiter:innen waren sehr freundlich und wir waren mit Sicherheit nicht zum letzten Mal hier essen.
Read morePros: Rein vegane Speisen, Regionaes,, Saisionales und preiswertes Essen , Freunliches Personal
Guest
Frangipanistreet
Points +221
Great vegan food (100% vegan menu) and friendly staff - highly recommended - Edit
I found this place when I visited Erlangen in February 2020. They have great vegan food with a different menu every day. After dining there on my first night in Erlangen, I went back every night to eat there and loved every meal I had. All the food was 100% vegan and they have a large section of educational material, books about veganism etc. Great place!
Read moreThe place is something between a community centre and a restaurant - one night a local community group had an event in a separate section of the restaurant. I liked the atmosphere there, food was outstanding and the staff superfriendly. The atmosphere is casual and very welcoming - it's just probably not the right place if you are after a place for a romantic dinner or vegan fine dining.
Pricing is very reasonable, great value for money.
If you are not familiar with the area, it's a bit difficult to find - from the main street, you have to walk through a courtyard (no sign from the main street) to find the place. It's close to Erlangen station and if you are in the area, I can highly recommend this place!
Pros: Excellent food (100% vegan), Great value for money , Very friendly staff
Cons: It's a bit difficult to find (see review)
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ethnia
Points +158
Muy buen Brunch - Edit
Estuvimos en el Brunch y estuvo genial. No hay una variedad excesiva pero todo está muy rico y van sacando cosas constantemente. El ambiente también es muy acogedor.
Read morePros: Rico y acogedor
Guest
ManuelB
Points +382
abwechslungsreiches leckeres Essen - Edit
Tolles, gemütliches, alternatives veganes Restaurant. Besonders der Brunch 1 x im Monat am Sonntag (Termine siehe Webseite) ist zu empfehlen, dort gibt es viele verschiedene vegane Köstlichkeiten, von denen man nur Schwärmen kann =)
Read moreAuch finden dort regelmäßig verschiedene Veranstaltungen zu Umwelt- und Gesellschaftsthemen statt und es ist ein geeigneter Ort für Weihnachts- oder Geburtstagsfeiern. Das Personal ist super freundlich. Ich komme immer wieder gerne :)
Pros: alles vegan =), leckeres, gesundes Essen, Highlight: Brunch am Sonntag
Guest
FranziskaS.
Points +45
gutes Lesecafe - Edit
Essen: ein Traum
Read moreBücher: Top
Angestellte: freundlich
Kulisse: in Ordnung - nicht so toll aber es ist hell und erfüllt seinen Zweck
Vor allem für Einheimische sehr zu empfehlen. :)
Pros: Essen Bücher Angestellte
Guest
nostromo
Points +51
Cozy, community-based venue with small, but affectionately creative menu. - Edit
Daily and sometime weekly changing main dishes and desserts, always freshly cooked, organic, seasonal and as regional as possible. Standard items are vegan burgers, also adapted to the season. Fair trade coffee and tea. Homemade cake, and in the summer, lemonade or iced tea. Friendly staff and fair rates, down to earth atmosphere. You can grab one of the dozens of veganism-related books they have in stock. Brunch on Sundays once a month. Would always come back.
Read morePros: organic, seasonal, regional, fair trade and fresh
Cons: closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Guest
vegan.goddammit
Points +929
Good tasting meals, huge library with vegan books - Edit
I had the daily menu - Sri Lanka dhal with rice. The meal tasted good. Although, the portion was a bit small. While you wait for your meal, you can read a book from a really large choice of vegan books.
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marky_mark
Points +22983
"Six stars", down-to-earth, high quality - Edit
Down-to-eath, quite large space 5 mins walk f/ central train station. Tons of books conc. vegan topics. Brillant food (one dish of the day, one burger, cake, coffee, lemonades). "Real" food, tastes fresh and no-nonsense very, very good. Coffee is very good, too, same for the cake. Call to check if food is still available in the afternoon. Separate dish in the evening after 5:30 p.m.. Friendly staff.
Read morePros: Excellent food quality, many books on veganism & animal rights, quiet, nice location
Guest
Plantpower
Points +1355
Yummy cafe - Edit
Was there on a Saturday when they have the normal cafe business. Had a very yummy soup and then a slice of cake and a coffee. They had different plantbased milks to choose from. It was all very yummy. The book shelf is very impressive - if you're looking for anything on veganism, you can surely find it there.
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maible
Points +88
Nice place to spend time, good vegan food! - Edit
You'd definitely have to know that this café is a non profit project to build a variety of vegan options in Erlangen. All the people there work for free in their spare time and you feel it, when you are there - very friendly and good-to-talk-to people, offering help where they can :)
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MarionHammer
Points +20
Yay! Vegan awesomeness in downtown Erlangen - Edit
Super friendly service, fantabulously delicious food and competent advice to boot... what an enrichment for this town.
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Tara HD
Points +790
Great to have but needs improvement - Edit
I think it's great that Erlangen finally has a vegan restaurant. Unfortunately, I wasn't very impressed by the food though (Burger tasted a bit sour, cake was rather dry), nor did I like the feel of the place (very cold atmosphere). However, the little exhibition of books (vegan and vegetarian cookbooks, and other books related to veganism) is fantastic and you can browse through them while waiting for your food or having a coffee. Altogether, I'll give it 3 Happy Cows and would love to see some improvements in the food. I'll definitely give it another try.
Read morePros: 100% vegan, books
Cons: food needs improvement, cold atmosphere
Guest
Harald
Points +55
First vegan location in Erlangen - Edit
The Lesecafe "Anstaendig essen" was founded in August 2012 as a temporary project of the Erlangen Adult Ecuation Center and the regional group of the German Vegetarian Society, and focused on sustainability aspects in nutrition. It offered lots of events, and more than 150 books on display in the Cafe provided additional information. Because of its success the Lesecafe was not closed at the end of the project period, but is now run by a new owner on a permanent basis. In principle the concept did not change, the new owner plans to set up new events and the books are still part of the concept. The menu offers a small range of permanent dishes, including miso soup and a veggie burger and cakes, and is accompanied by daily changing offers. There is a special lunch offer and prices are moderate. This is the more remarkable, as there is a strong focus on ecologic and regional products and fair trade aspects. Even though the Lesecafe is located in a somewhat run down environment in the surroundings of a city center supermarket and in its look and feel still reminds of the salesroom which it was before, it is a most welcome enrichment of the Erlangen gastronomy, where no other vegan location exists at all. We will certainly make the Lesecafe our favourite eating out place.
Read morePros: good value, friendly staff, only vegan place in town
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