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Serves meat, vegan options available. Small natural food shop with food lounge on Pico Island. The kitchen makes savory dishes like pasta and burgers, and owners states that vegan options are available. Shop sells a variety of products, including bulk, chilled, packaged and dried foods. Holds yoga classes. Open Mon 12:00-22:00, Wed-Sun 12:00-22:00.


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22 Reviews

First Review by EmiliaHällström

justytukas

Points +259

Vegan
13 Aug 2024

Loved the chili

A few vegan options. Everything is organic. We went twice to have dinner there during our stay in Madalena, Pico.

I went for their chili dish on the first night and it was very good. On the second night, i tried their salad. The salad as you can see in the photo is different vegetables, tofu and noodles placed together with peanut butter sauce in the middle. The salad was a bit boring. I preferred the chili dish way more.

Updated from previous review on 2024-08-13

LexyIceberg

Points +50

Vegan
18 Apr 2024

Very good 👍🏻

Food was very good. They offer some vegan options, nice staff. All is organic

filipa_aires

Points +23

Vegetarian
06 Nov 2023

Good veggie and vegan options!

Cozy space with very good food, just a few but delicious veggie and vegan options.

Foxi77

Points +45

Vegetarian
26 Sep 2023

Sehr lecker!

Kleines Restaurante auf der Insel Pico

Pros: Sehr nette und aufmerksame Bedienung, Das vegetarische/Vegane Essen war lecker

ConstanceEHL

Points +17

Vegetarian
07 Sep 2023

Delicious and creative food, friendly staff.

The service was great, the staff were friendly and very attentive. There were vegan and vegetarian options, those we tried were really tasty and presented differently to how we'd had them before which was a nice change.

Pros: Good options available, The food tasted great, Novel presentation ideas, which was nice

mimi_ottilia

Points +200

Vegan
31 Aug 2023

Very nice Chili

I was very excited to go here because the food looked amazing on the app.
arriving they had only the Chili as main and a chickpea/avocado salad as starter. I was a bit disappointed, cause I thought there’s more.
Since the hours on HappyCow are wrong (they close at 3PM and reopen at 18:30) and we had to be at the airport quickly we decided to Take Away. It was very very good! bit pricey though for the portion, but I was very happy about the food :)

Updated from previous review on 2023-08-31

Pros: very nice Chili

Cons: pricey, limited options

Rickito

Points +68

Vegan
28 Jul 2023

Fancy, overpriced and disappointing

We only had the roasted chickpea salad. It was a bit boring (iceberg salad, chickpeas and a little bit of avocado). Also the waiter was a bit annoyed and unfriendly about our request to have the starter as a main course, since one person of our group does not eat gluten.
Overall: overpriced and disappointing

Pros: Ambience

Cons: Overpriced , Unflexibel

InSoMnIaK

Points +26

Vegan
08 Jul 2023

Nice place

Good food and nice staff.

Vegan wines are labelled as such but you can only have bottles😡 the beers aren’t labelled sadly.

willemruben

Points +1569

Vegan
28 May 2023

A bit boring

Starter salad was very boring, chili was just okay

Pros: Server spoke good English

Cons: Salad was very basic

IsaG

Points +120

Vegan
05 Mar 2023

Good food

The food is good but it has very limited options.

Cons: Not many options

Arnevl

Points +129

Vegan
21 Jul 2022

Good but few vegan options

There was only one vegan option in 07/2022, the vegetables chili, and some vegan starters. The chili was really tasty and a big portion! The restaurant was a nice place to eat and had a good atmosphere. Good option in Madalena.

Pros: Labeled vegan option, Price, Atmosphere

Cons: Very few vegan options

JoãoBotas

Points +54

Vegan
25 Mar 2022

Few but good options

Was a really good option - we had the vegetarian stew made vegan which was very good

Pros: Tasty, Filling, Nice communication

Cons: Only one option when I was there

cecile_b

Points +2671

Vegan
24 Oct 2021

Nice options!

I went twice and tried the vegan feijoada and the stuffed pepper. Both were delicious, maybe just a little bit too oily for the pepper. Portions are generous.

The juice of the day was always very good!

The waitress is also very nice.

Updated from previous review on 2021-10-24

VickyDalgleish

Points +133

Vegan
14 Sep 2021

Yummy and cosy

Ended up there by accident but what a nice surprise. Very friendly staff, cosy and relaxed atmosphere, all vegetarian options except 1 (burger) are vegan. We had the chili and the risotto, very yummy! Big portions but doggie bags available. We will be back for sure😄

sofiaam

Points +75

Vegetarian
29 Aug 2021

One of my favorite places

Plenty of vegetarian options, some of them vegan. Love the place, the food tastes good. My go-to when in Madalena.
Would be great if the burger could go vegan because currently it contains egg

Updated from previous review on 2021-08-29

Pros: Plenty of vegetarian options, Affordable and delicious , Well located

Cons: Vegetarian burger contains egg

ManueManue

Points +50

Vegetarian
27 Jul 2021

Très bon

Très bonne cuisine végétarienne. Plusieurs options au menu. La cuisine est faite devant vous. Le restaurant étant victime de son succès, il faut patienter un peu avant d’être servi.

afilipacb

Points +55

Vegan
09 Jun 2021

Restaurant and groceries store

Eco store and restaurant. The place is well decorated and quiet. You get to see the kitchen while they prepare the dishes.
The food was good in general, we had risotto, bean stew and deserts. We also had mushrooms as a started but they were a little bit oily and bland.
The waitress wasn't the most friendly person in the world but she was ok.

V:Traveller

Points +4011

Vegan
27 Aug 2020

Good

Food: 4/5
Vegan options (variety): 2/5
Vegan labelling: 0/t (you have to ask)
Value for money: 5/5
Portion size: 5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Location: 5/5
Reservation recommended: no
Would I visit again? yes
Visited: 8/2020

andreasf

Points +121

Vegan
20 Sep 2019

Great choice

Bio Supermarket with a small Restaurant, they have vegetarien and vegan meals, we enjoyed the vegan chilli, great taste

Bundesveganer

Points +28

Herbivore
03 Sep 2019

A must when in Madalena

Our host in Pico recommended this place when she found out we were vegetarians. We had the veggie soup, bean chili and the veggie burger - so good! The place was full so we were seated at the couter, where we could watch the staff at work while waiting for our food ( you should sit there, if you get the choice - it's really entertaining ) The staff is very friendly, professional and humble, which we found so likeable😄keep doing the good work!

Cons: More vegan options would be nice :)

daswirdschon

Points +120

Vegan
06 Jul 2019

Good vegan food

We had all three vegan dishes: fried mushrooms with garlic for starter, house salad and bean stew with yucca banana and coconut rice.

Everything was very delishous. I definitly recommand the bean stew most. You get beans and other vegetable in a tasty sauce, rice with some coconut bits in it and yucca (Kind of flour with some banana in it).

Pros: Very tasty dishes, Staff can point out vegan options

EmiliaHällström

Points +257

Vegan
03 Jul 2019

Great vegan options at the cafe, and really nice shop as well!

So places that aren’t fully vegan/vegetarian can’t get 5 stars, and that’s very ok! But the vegan options here were above any expectations. We had the house salad which was super tasty with fresh greens, seeds, beetroot, guacamole and delicious dressing. We also had a vegetable stew with coconut rice - very good! I hope they cut out the meat and go fully vegan, it would totally work!
The shop had a big wall of seeds, powders, grains, beans and such that you could buy loose without wrapping - I love that! Also many options for snacks, beauty/toilet products and crystals. Very nice shop indeed! ☺️




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