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Serves meat, vegan options available. Indian restaurant where half of the menu is vegetarian and half of those are vegan or can be made vegan. Open Mon-Sun 11:30am-11:00pm.


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20 Reviews

First Review by CeilidhMiller

DavidIruya

Points +116

Vegan
29 Sep 2024

Extremely spicy 🥵 not friendly, ok for vegan

I don't usually eat in non-vegan places but I felt "quite comfortable" since the waiter was aware of the ingredients and could tell which plates don't contain animal products. He was very helpful but still all the staff was unprofessional and not friendly at all. Anyway we asked for not spicy food when ordering but we had to leave most of it because it was extremely hot 🥵. No apologies from the waiter (who didn't even ask if everything was okay, by the way). If you're vegan in Goreme check "Quick China" instead.

siscoombs

Points +968

Vegan
23 Aug 2024

Good food

Visited around 5:30 and the restaurant was empty, ordered the chilli mushroom, rice and mutter mushroom, staff understanding of what vegan food is and helped us order, on the more expensive side compared to other restaurants but we loved everything!

RadhaShah

Points +15

Vegetarian
12 Jul 2024

Excellent food. Jain options available.

Excellent food and plenty of Jain options available.
Vegan options too.
Clean and tasty
Only Con - is that you need to order using QR code

ChantalPoulin

Points +2898

Vegan
24 Apr 2024

Good food, terrible service

You need to order online and the vegan plates are not labelled or described. Its very hard to have help to know what is vegan and I didn't got the impression that it was important. The food was good, not awesome, but good. Our friends wanted to take just a glass of wine with us but after 30 minutes waiting for it they left. The service is rude and chaotic. For exemple, we receive ice for our wine 10 minutes after we finished it 🤷‍♀️.

VelillaDeOswestry

Points +3558

Vegan
19 Mar 2024

Very nice

Lovely food. The prices are high but better than other places in Goreme. They have a vegetarian section on their menu but just be careful, something might contain butter, so just ask before you order.

frankinjection

Points +1074

Vegan
26 Jan 2024

Delicious vegan options

Cappadocia isn’t exactly winning awards for their vegan scene, but Namaste India was surprisingly great! The food was damn delicious and affordable, with almost anything on the veg menu being able to turn vegan on request.

I had the Veggie Jalfrezi with naan, and the mushroom chili that was bonkers. I highly recommend them both.

rionthelion

Points +346

Vegan
04 Jul 2023

Namaste About Sums It Up

So excited to get Indian food while traveling. This place did not disappoint. At all. Not one bit. So flavorful. So helpful. Super vegan friendly. Super.

Pros: Flavor , Clearly labeled , Happy to adjust

Cons: Nothing

TheTofuTyrant

Points +2135

Vegan
24 Jan 2023

Staff was so kind

I loved how kind and attentive the staff was. I was actually wearing a “go vegan” shirt and immediately a waitress came up to me and let me know their vegan options—she was awesome!! The food was tasty but a bit on the oily side.

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Great staff, Reasonably priced

Cons: A bit oily for some dishes

pippa_96

Points +78

Vegan
04 Oct 2022

Food okay, awful service

Definitely had better indian food but food was good enough with lots of options. 15 mins wait for table, 10 mins wait to get a menu, 20 minutes to take the order and 40 mins wait for food, and even then they got the order wrong. Really disappointed and it messed up the evening plans

Updated from previous review on 2022-10-04

MałgorzataStudzińska

Points +18

Vegan
01 Oct 2022

Amazing Food

Real India Food, very tasty and delicious. We had eaten here every day.

Pros: Tasty food, Good price, Real India food

sonali.chetty5

Points +88

Vegan
21 Sep 2022

Marvellous flavoursome food

The restaurant is buzzing and the staff may not see you at first but it's really worth the wait. We were lucky to get a table on the patio outside, which was less crowded than inside. The staff are knowledgeable and are able to tell you exactly which dishes are vegan. This is really important in a small town like Göreme.

For starters, we had parkora and for mains, we had dal tadka and aloo jeera with tandoori roti. Everything was delicious and packed with flavour. The food was served fairly quickly. We would have eaten there more than once if we were in Göreme for longer.

The only con is that they weren't as attentive since they were so busy and the spatial layout and design could do with an upgrade to match the delicious food.

Lukes690

Points +22

Vegan
12 Sep 2022

90% of the mains can be made vegan

This place are on to it. Fully aware of what’s in each meal and are very accommodating on meal adjustments.
100% recommend the mushroom chilli, pakoras, samosa’s, the roti was nice as well and the aloo gobi was the best!
👍👍👍

zuendy

Points +3996

Vegan
24 Aug 2022

Delicious food!

Nice place and helpful friendly stuff. They know what vegan means. I forgot the name but it was a delicious vegetables spicy dish with bread.
I also saw that a buffet seams possible...

Thank you

Pros: Vegan options, Stuff is helpful. , Free wifi and outdoor seats

MaxAllis

Points +50

Vegan
16 Aug 2022

Hearty food, friendly service

I was very surprised to see multiple Indian restaurants in this small Turkish town... but I'm glad this is the one I tried! I saw it on HC first & felt confident based off the reviews - and I was right!

Friendly service (like everywhere in Turkiye), staff had good English to ask questions about what was vegan friendly & they were well informed with the menu. I ate here twice in 4 days in Goreme hehehe

The cumin potatoes, samosa, aloo gobi & dal tadka were all very delicious! The roti can be vegan if you ask.

It has many Indian guests eating inside & I overheard people complimenting the food so you know it must be good!!

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Food comes pretty quickly, Air conditioned inside

Cons: The first time I went they were out of samosa

Rehdd

Points +257

Vegan
18 May 2022

So delicious and authentic

You know it’s a good restaurant when everyone eating is also Indian. I’ve had such a hard time eating in Turkey and haven’t loved a single thing. Finally I ate a full meal and only for 22$ we had two meals, lemon soda, white rice, vegetable biryani (amazing) and naan bread.

Updated from previous review on 2022-05-18

Pros: Lots of vegan and vegetarian options , Veganized something vegetarian for me , Authentic fresh ingredients

Cons: That they’re not completely vegan lol

Ane_vegan

Points +160

Vegan
26 Apr 2022

Amazing food

They clearly know the difference between vegetarian and vegan food. Few meals I tried were very tasty. My favourite was potatoes with cumin, absolutely delicious. Waiters were nice and friendly.

gigglingwombat

Points +26

Vegan
08 Apr 2022

Really enjoyable, tasty curry

Big range of veggie and vegan options - half the menu! I really enjoyed the salad and the cumin potatoes. Very Friendly staff and great price for the veggie curries (cheaper than the meat options). Would happily return 😊

basti.mueller

Points +332

Vegan
17 Jan 2022

Some good vegan options

The crew knows the difference between vegan and vegetarian and helps with the menu. A option for one or two evenings in Göreme. #Veganuary

Burçak

Points +139

Vegan
23 Oct 2021

Best vegan food in Cappadocia

Their menu is half veg and the vegetarian meals can be easily adapted for vegans. We had two veg curries and biryani rice to share and found them super delicious. We visit Göreme almost every year and this is the best Vegan food so far (not many options). The prices are fair and there’s a lovely Indian-Turkish concept inside. Highly recommended.

CeilidhMiller

Points +70

Vegan
20 Oct 2021

Best Indian I've had in years!

Me and my boyfriend were super happy to find this place walking by after a long day hiking and I think we were delusional with hunger and ordered food for about 6 people. Everything we had was amazing. The crispy corn, samosas, pakoras and chili mushrooms were all vegan and out of this world good. Then we also ordered 3 curries rice and roti for me (Vegan) and naan for my boyfriend (Vegetarian), the vegetable jalfreeze and chole masala were spicy and flavorful and the dal was perfect to cool it down. Portions were also huge so we will be eating Indian for the next 2 days but we are not upset. So nice to have a such good vegan food after trying to navigate mostly meat restaurants in the area for a few days. A must visit if you are veg or vegan in Goreme!

Pros: Half the menu is vegetarian and most can be vegan, The food was very authentic and delicious, Staff was knowledgeable and very friendly




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