Lacto
Mediterranean
Beer/Wine
Portuguese
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Small and cozy plce in Old Town that serves big tapas and wine. There is a vegetarian section of the menu, and staff is willing to point out which are or could be made vegan. An opportunity to try vegan versions of traditional Portuguese food. Arrive early, or make a reservation. Kitchen is reported to close randomly, check ahead. Open Mon-Thu 11:00-00:00, Sat 11:00-01:30, Sun 11:00-00:00.


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48 Reviews

First Review by mariagc

vicgirino

Points +62

Vegetarian
03 Sep 2024

Not good

This place had great reviews on Yelp, but later I realized all of them were from 7 years ago. Maybe it was good then. I ordered the vegan alheira (portuguese sausage). It was cold and tasted terrible. The staff didn't treat us well and the waitress was confused about whether or not they had wine. Portuguese food is delicious, so don't waste a good dining opportunity here.

bea.sofias

Points +20

Vegan
09 Aug 2024

Brought a fish toast

The service was sloppy
The table cloth was dirty with bird poop
They brought us a fish toast instead of our order
The food was nothing special

InkaRaimoranta

Points +16

Vegan
03 Apr 2024

Lied about cheese

The waiter messed up my order two times. When i finally got my dish it had dairy cheese on top. I asked multiple times if it is vegan cheese and the waiter lied to my face and said it was, tho it clearly wasn't.

Bad staff.

PEDROBOAS

Points +60

Vegan
04 Jun 2023

Opções veganas excelentes

Comemos a alheira e berinjela com complementos veganos. Estavam deliciosos. E pedimos o arroz com feijão e batatas assadas, também veganos.

Pros: Feijão com arroz, Alheira, Berinjela

MartinasCosmin

Points +36

Vegan
01 Jun 2023

Worth a try

The food was good and the price was reasonable.

Pros: Good food, Staff speaks english

Saksalainen

Points +295

Vegan
25 Sep 2022

Good pasta

Staff doesn't really speak English but we figured out what I wanted to eat. I had pasta with vegetables and soya cuisine which was really nice. One waiter was unfriendly, the other was helpful.

Pros: Some vegan options

Cons: Rude waiter , Staff doesn't speak English well

vincenthoutman

Points +153

Vegan
07 Jul 2022

Bad service, below average food

Undercooked (raw) eggplant, uninspired dishes and a lone waiter that was having a fight while serving us who didn’t even apologize for the undercooked eggplant. The chef was nursing her child during work. Highly distracted and unorganized staff, resulting in a below average experience. We ate a second dinner elsewhere after. Avoid.

Cons: Bad staff, Uninspired dishes, Raw eggplant

rcyates9

Points +36

Vegan
26 Apr 2022

Excellent

They were able to veganize some things.

Pros: Quaint, wonderful ambiance. Accomodating staff. , Several vegan options. , Reasonable prices.

cecile_b

Points +2671

Vegan
18 Feb 2022

Nice dinner

They are several vegetarian options, which can all be made vegan according to what the owner/chef/waitress told us. The food was good, not the best though (the vegetables on the bread and the mushrooms were obsviously the same frozen mix).
I rate 4 stars because the owner was very friendly and even though she was on her own to cook and serve, we didn't wait long.

IwouldtakeBreakingBad

Points +24

Vegan
09 Nov 2021

Muito mau

Ligámos para saber se conseguiam servir um grupo de 12 pessoas, disseram que sim.
Chegámos, pedimos a comida, começou a chegar ao bocados, bem depois de 40 minutos de espera, por coisas muito simples como tibornas.
A espera foi tão longa que 4 pessoas desistiram e saíram sem comer.
Quando a comida eventualmente chegou, não era nada boa.
Eu pedi uma massa com natas (vegan) e espinafres, estava muito má, com um sabor muito estranho, sem tempero, nem alho. Pedi também umas batatas assadas e pareciam do dia anterior. A espera máxima chegou a 2h e 30min.

Cons: Caro, Comida sem sabor , Longo tempo de espera.

Maëlle.Vgn

Points +65

Vegan
04 Aug 2021

Bon

Bon mais les quantités sont beaucoup trop faibles pour le prix…
Plutôt déçue

Pros: Bon, Place sympa

Cons: Trop cher, Quantité trop faible

hgor

Points +428

Vegan
15 Nov 2020

Beautiful food

Vegan/Veggie section on the menu and some of the other stuff on the menu can be made vegan too. Really tasty, creative food, fantastic selection and very reasonably priced. Staff very knowledge of veganism and able to make dishes outside the vegan menu vegan! I recommend this place for sure :)

Pros: Vegan menu. Tasty food

rrrrisi

Points +42

Vegetarian
29 Sep 2020

Un sitio inesperado

Un trato increíble y comida riquísima y casera.

Pros: Casero, Bonito y con encanto, Atentos

Cons: Nada

r.otero

Points +152

Vegetarian
09 Sep 2020

Como en casa

Los dos días que hemos estado en Coimbra hemos comido aquí. Comida casera en un pequeño local cercano a la Antigua Catedral.

Los platos se sirven en modo tapas, con productos frescos y de temporada. Hemos probado la ensalada, las berenjenas con queso y tomate al horno, las patatas al horno, la tabla de quesos y las aceitunas. Nos encantaron todos y cada uno de los platos.

No le damos las 5 estrellas ya que Happycow no lo permite al no ser 100% vegano.

El personal súper atento. Les preguntamos qué nos recomendarían y acertaron.

El encanto de este local creemos que se debe a que es sencillo y casero, sin pretensiones y con el objetivo de atender lo mejor posible a quien llega.

Pros: Comida casera, local y de temporada, Trato del personal, Calidad - precio

Cons: No pago con tarjeta extranjera

AlejandroP

Points +749

Vegan
19 Aug 2020

Genial

Tienen bastantes opciones veganas. Preguntamos por algún plato que llevara expresamente legumbres (en portugués tanto legumbres como verduras se dice legumes y crea confusión). Solo tenían las migas a la portuguesa que llevan judías. Nos elaboraron uno con garbanzos y verduras muy rico.
El champiñón portobelo con verduras y crema de soja muy bueno.

Pros: Flexibilidad y trato

JulianaAuvray

Points +184

Vegan
15 Aug 2020

Ótimas opções

Esplanada aconchegante, opções vegan muito boas.

Pedi Alheira de cogumelos, as batatas ao murro, migas e beringela.

Arroz doce de sobremesa! Sensacional

Pros: Muitas opções boas

Cons: Um pouco caro e serviço muito lento

AndersonMartins

Points +72

Vegan
08 Aug 2020

Meh..

Is more a restaurant with vegetarian options than vegan ones. The staff is kind and the service is very, very, veeeery slow. We ordered at least three dishes but we have to change them because they didn't have those options anymore. We finally got the Grilled eggplant w tomatoes, wich was absolutely untasteful. Thats it.

Pros: kind staff

mayraaleida

Points +172

Vegan
31 Jul 2020

Delicious vegan options, great service

Great place to have a meal (or lunch). Small plates to share, with delicious vegan/vegetarian options highlighted on the menu. The service was super friendly and helpful.

Just make sure you go to the right seating area. They share this with their neighbours. If you take one of the red tables, you are in the right spot!

DianaEscalante

Points +642

Vegan
25 Jul 2020

AMAZING

This place is located in a really nice area, the food was incredible tasty and creative- would highly recommend!

Pros: Great to have vegan options, Super tasty vegan options, Lovely location

jalxp

Points +47

Vegetarian
05 Mar 2020

Cheap and cozy!

Very nice place, cozy but very small. The staff was very nice and explained how the dishes could be made vegan.

Pros: Most dishes can be made vegan., Cheap.

Cons: Small

HenryNaldjian

Points +22

Vegan
16 Feb 2020

Great food nice atmosphere - 5 star but can only leave 4

After a long day of siteseeing we found this little restaurant in the old part of town from Happy Cow and it was perfect. The food was great with both vegan and non vegan options. Then there was Maria singing in the kitchen cooking the food. Must come.

Pros: Very vegan accommodating.

ValaBeneath

Points +1318

Vegan
19 Jan 2020

Simple but good for a non vegan restaurant

It's a small pub with nice atmosphere. We enjoyed a lot because of the rock music that they chose tonight.

They have a vegan and vegetarian side of the menu that includes most of veggies but everything was really nice.
The most elaborated dishes were the vegan sausage, the filled mushroom (good!) and the eggplants with fresh tomato sauce, basilico, besciamella and nuts (the best).

It's a bit pricey for the portions and the kind of cooking. We ordered 4 tapas, 1 potatoes and two porto for 38,30€.

Pros: Good quality and good taste, Nice atmosphere , Cool music

Cons: A bit pricey, Small portions , Small, you could make the line

JulietaSanchez

Points +33

Vegetarian
06 Jan 2020

Regular experience

We expected more. When we wanted to pay, they said they only accept cash or portuguese cards. Not good.

Pros: Vegetarian, vegan menu

Cons: Expensive, small dish, only accept portuguese card

birgitgerritsen

Points +130

Vegan
31 Oct 2019

Unique atmosphere, good vegan options

We really enjoyed this small restaurant with a cosy and unique atmosphere.
The vegan options of Portugese food were very good and the waiter made us laugh a lot😂 Good to see staff is enjoying their work.

Pros: Staff is willing to veganise Portugese food.

Cons: No

DavidMonk

Points +38

Vegan
30 Oct 2019

Loved this place

Staff had us crying with laughter all night .. fantastic experience...
Food was good as well...

Pros: Atmosphere

Cons: It's not a vegan restaurant

Bart_K

Points +21

Vegetarian
23 Sep 2019

Kitchen gets closed whenever they want

Did the trip to this restaurant but the kitchen goes open and closes whenever they want for an half hour or an hour.

Cons: Not client friendly

MartaLee

Points +25

Vegan
20 Sep 2019

fabulous vegan options for a non-vegan restaurant

I had the most pleasant experience at this restaurant. It is a very small but cozy and friendly space. During summer is lovely to be at the tables outside. The chef creates her own dishes and the gratins with soy cream are delicious. They had stuffed mushrooms, stuffed tomatoes, gratin aubergines and the most delicious mushroom "alheiras" (which is traditional portuguese charcuterie dish). It was perfect in texture, smokiness and taste. I actually went there for my birthday and the lady even made a small vegan birthday cake (carrot cake) as a special request from my father as a surprise. It was divine. I highly recommend this place and although it is not a vegan restaurant, It has various delicious options and lovely space. Good for couples or small groups (4pax inside or max.8 pax outside). It is located in the Historical part of Coimbra, just near the old cathedral - it is a beautiful spot but not very accessible if you have mobility issues.

Pros: variety of vegan dishes, friendly, quality of meals

Cons: size of restaurant, access




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