Small and simple vegan cafe run by a mother and son, serving coffee, cake and savory dishes. Has smoothies, cakes, dish of the day, pizza and desserts. Also sells vegan groceries and cosmetic products. Offers tourist information and tours, newspapers, stationery, books, and souvenirs. Built from recycled products. Owner is an animal rights activist that represents and goes to several movements - check Instagram or Facebook as will close when attending protests. May close during winter, check ahead. Delivery phone 966533474. Open Mon-Sat 12:30-15:00, 18:00-21:00. Closed Sun. Delivery available after 4pm.
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Rua Primeiro de Dezembro Porta 27A, Albufeira, Portugal, 8200-172
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216 Reviews
First Review by JamieCollison
JaredxRisa
Points +473
Must Visit in Albufeira ☀️ - Edit
A fully vegan restaurant in Albufeira with traditional Portuguese dishes ! We had Camarões A La Guilho which was a lovely Portuguese shrimp dish 🤤 I have to say the shrimp was very impressive. The texture and the taste was on point, very realistic shrimp in my opinion 🍤🌱
Read moreWe also had a toastie which was very simple, comforting and tasty ! Very good portion too !
Updated from previous review on 2023-06-09
Pros: Lovely Staff , Good Location , Tasty Food 🍤🌱
Cons: Expensive , Small Space
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damoward
Points +125
Fantastic! In a town full of meat/fish this is an oasis - Edit
Cute little place with a tiny kitchen, mom cooks and son serves the best vegan food in the Algarve. We had ‘shrimps’ Algarve style (in white wine and garlic) with garlic bread followed by a Momi burger and chickun burger. The momi burger has a slice of grilled tofu, cheeze and facon. For dessert, we had a pastel de nata slice (her own recipe with cornflour and lots of cinnamon). Highly recommended venue.
Read morePros: Amazing food choices, Large portions for hungry folks like me, Friendly homespun atmosphere
Cons: None!
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dziugasbu
Points +16
Perfect - Edit
Portion size - very good.
Read morePrice - very good.
Food - amazing. You can feel the heart put into every meal.
Pros: Taste, Size of portions, Food
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theSabrini
Points +182
Great food - Edit
Food was pretty good - our omelettes were very salty but the chorizo which we had as a starter was great! The staff was really friendly as well.
Read moreOne thing to note is the restaurant is cash only!
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Rockabilico
Points +18
Amazing vegan food - Edit
It’s a small place with amazing food. The portions are generous and the flavors are very good. The service was very good also. The music was great if you like classic Rock. Over all, a great experience.
Read morePros: Good portions, We’ll seasoned, Great flavors
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ArmandoElias
Points +16
Best Vegan Food in Algarve - Edit
The most delicious vegan food I had traveling in Portugal. The food was home made with super fresh ingredients and served by its lovely owner and her son! They were amazing hosts! Love their desserts as well! Highly recommended!
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tarayaz
Points +39
Best vegan restaurant I’ve been to in a long time - Edit
The owner was so welcoming, a true, kind vegan. The menu was amazing the best I have ever seen….so much choice, some really unusual options including traditional Portuguese style dishes. I was overwhelmed and excited by the options. My daughters and I had the tofu cheese starter with fresh bread to start. I had the Portuguese wrap with meatballs, so tasty and unusual. One daughter had the cheese quesadilla….delicious melted cheese with onion, so moreish. My other daughter had the Beyond burger which was the tastiest of the 3 meals which included bacon and cheese with the burger….lush. All 3 meals came with salad and sweet potato crisps. Couldn’t resist the luxurious chocolate cake for dessert, so rich and creamy, heaven. An amazing place with the most delicious food, just wish there was one back home in Nottingham! ❤️
Read morePros: Incredible menu choice , Portuguese style options , Amazing deserts
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Jonna_
Points +235
Amazing - Edit
So nice to be able to talk to this hardcore vegan lady, who can cook and bake wonderfully. The owner is passionate and exudes a lot of character. Everything is made fresh and with a lot of love.
Read morePros: Vegan only, Great flavours, Authentic and passionate owner
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sandracatarino
Points +1557
Uma Casa de Sabores - Edit
Adoramos a Veggie Momi e o Lucas, o filho e vamos voltar muitas vezes para comer as vossas delicias e os pasteis de nata são uma tentação💚
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2020-10-24
Pros: VEGAN💚
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Elisiu20
Points +54
Süßer veganer Laden 🥰 - Edit
Veggie Momi war sehr nett! Man merkt das viel liebe im Essen steckt 🥰 Wir würden immer wieder kommen!
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-03-16
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KatieThompson
Points +342
Best vegan cafe ever !!! - Edit
Visited this Saturday and we had a very friendly welcome. We had burgers and lots of tea. With a delicious cake to take home. Highly recommend
Read moreWe really enjoyed the starter of locally made chorizo. I could eat this with salad yum😉
Monica is a wonder woman vegan chef ! We have been 5 times since we arrived one week ago today. The food is healthy , delicious and made to perfection. We love not knowing what dishes Monica will create. So far we've had chicpea wraps with tofu, lentil pastry slices, pizzas, soups, smoothies, count less cups of teas as Monica give free refills !! Amazing value and love she is 100% vegan😄
Updated from previous review on 2022-12-13
Pros: Lots of choices
Cons: None
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CarolinaCatrola
Points +30
Delicious food and amazing staff! - Edit
Delicious food and amazing staff! 🥰
Read moreWill be back soon.
Pros: Lots of vegan options
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Mark-R
Points +1948
Worth waiting for … - Edit
Monica is owner, chef, server and cleaner, informative, passionate and lovely too. Be patient as it’s a one person operation, then you may be able to focus on the food and not the long wait. Looking at the last three 2 star reviews - Infrequent reviewers having a moan with no balance to their review at all - moaners!
Read moreVM is the best of the 3 vegan places in the town - why.?
Starter - Fried Soya Chorizo €9.50. It was sliced chorizo cooked in a well seasoned home made sauce of onions, garlic and herbs, with 2 slices of cheese. with 6 slices of traditional bread and a dish of vegan butter. It had a great chorizo texture and flavour (but not as red) and spread on bread it was well seasoned and tasted wonderful. So much so, we bought 2 chorizos to take back to the UK.
Starter - Drunk Shrimps €9.90. 6 (but we got 10 at no extra cost) shrimps in a alcoholic sauce and garlic. It came with 3 half baguettes of garlic and rosemary bread too. They look just like shrimps, cut like them, have the same bouncy texture without being chewy and a genuine syrup taste to them - not like they were manufactured. Dipping the bread in the amazing sauce before topping it with a shrimp and eating it whole was a delight to behold.
Main - Pizza Dish of the Day €8.50. 2 big slices of a 30 inch pizza with vegan cheese and a roasted vegetable stew topping with a side of tacos. Sounds weird but it was like a well made slow cooked vegetable and bean stew, where it been reduced to a thick sauce so it can be used as a topping. It tasted great and made me think about other toppings which might work too. This came on a plate which was 2/3 filled with Monica’s traditional salad. The salad was really fresh - made up of 12 salad ingredients and well seasoned with drizzled olive oil, a vinaigrette and sea salt. I’d eat this salad every day if I could. Monica kindly boxed the slice of pizza we couldn’t finish.
Main - Ball Thingy (will update when I remember) Dish of the Day €8.50. With a choice of how it camel, I opted for a wrap. It was a 12 inch wrap cut into 2 and served with the same salad as above. Having failed to finish half the pizza we demolished the salad and had the wrap boxed up for breakfast - with the pizza. I can’t describe how nuance and fresh it tasted the next morning. Complex flavours but well balanced,with both sweet and spicy coming through too. A great dish of the day.
Pastel de Nata - Out of Thais world.
This was a true vegan Portuguese delight.
Thank you
Updated from previous review on 2022-11-19
Pros: Extensive vegan menu, Fantastic daily choices, Portuguese food
Cons: It’s one person so you do have to wait
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hamshawty
Points +56
bad - Edit
the special tofu wasn’t nice and the owner called her daughter fat (she wasn’t)
Read morePros: all vegan, nicely decorated
Cons: lady was mean to her daughter, food tastes bad
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AnjaMosny
Points +41
Vegan - but nothing more - Edit
I'm always happy about vegan restaurants, but nothing is right here: the service is listless, the food tasteless (no dressing on the salad, the vegetables are overcooked) and that after we've waited an hour.
Read morePros: 100 % vegan
Cons: No service , Tastesless food
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Benimar
Points +42
don’t go there! - Edit
The second star is one too much!
Read moreThe chef for more than 30 minutes in small talk without serving the last guests…
Pros: they are vegan
Cons: tasteless food, „non service location“, f.e. no salad dressing
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KatyWood
Points +49
Good food and friendly staf - Edit
We are a family with 2 boys (age 7 and 10) so the cafe was perfect for us. Maybe not so good if you wanted a restaurant feel though. There are a few tables outside but on quite a busy road and 3/4 small tables inside. We loved it though, lots of posters promoting veganism and activism on the walls and a friendly, family run atmosphere.
Read moreThe food was amazing and massive portions, my boys had burgers, (€16 each) but they happily made one a lot simpler for my youngest and charged less for it. We also had the shrimp curry (€14) and the house daily special which was a curry pie (€8.50) and delicious. The drinks menu was great and we had chocolate ‘milk’ which was huge!
Would definitely recommend it if you like good food but aren’t too bothered about the surroundings. It was lovely to eat somewhere away from all the usual restaurants in the area serving loads of dead animals.
Pros: Good food, Willing to cater for smaller portions, All vegan
Cons: Quite a climb out of town, No working toilets , On a busy road
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evahrebickova
Points +538
Expected better based on reviews - Edit
I had the pizza and it was good just had a lot of toppings and the dough was very thin. The overwhelming amount of toppings might be my fault for what i ordered. The rest of the food was good but nothing exeptional. The staff were not rude, but seemed in a rush and were not super friendly. Based on the reviews, we just expected better
Read morePros: Lots of options , Filling food
Cons: Not super welcoming or attentive staff
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batgirlmb
Points +42
Delicious food and great service - Edit
Lovely little vegan restaurant with lots to choose from. It is hard to find without google map. Owner super nice and food delicious. Would recommend.
Read morePros: Variety of food, Not expensive , Service friendly
Cons: Not easy to find without google , Only take cash, No toilet as it was out of order
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cmahogg
Points +250
Lovely fully vegan restaurant run by a nice family - Edit
All the food was freshly made, we were made to feel welcome.
Read morePros: Many different options, Fairly priced
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ErkkiKemppi
Points +80
Very poor service - Edit
Been travel around Europe for 3 months and this is first restaurant where got very poor service and the owner just called us names in Portuguese since we didn’t have cash and only card.. don’t really recommend..
Read morePros: Decent food
Cons: Prices maybe bit high, Very rude personnel
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agrossantos
Points +124
Top restaurant in albufiera didn’t disappoint!!! - Edit
All food was freshly prepared, tasty & the presentation was spectacular! I tried the shrimp wrap and the shrimp was so nice!!! The garlic bread was lovely & my bf enjoyed it despite being a meat eater! I also had the witch smoothie which was really refreshing!
Read morePros: Great tasty food, Good value for money , Friendly staff
Cons: On a busy road- but I quite liked sitting outside
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AliceStein
Points +94
Cosy vegan hub - Edit
Excellent choice, food and service. Owner very friendly and will save you a pasteis de nata if you message on insta!
Read morePros: Great choice, Get to try pasteis de nata while away, Very friendly
Cons: Limited seating
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TrixieFirecracker
Points +4475
Visit a must - Edit
A massive vegan menu, and lots of decor to show why we should be vegan. It's rare to be in a vegan café where the folks who run it are so explicit about animal rights. The owner said they were going on an animal rights march in Lisbon the next day, and were part of Animal Liberation Portugal, and it's still hard in Portugal to get veganism taken seriously. Usually they make vegan Portuguese tarts on Friday but sadly none that day due to the march.
Read moreThe food was delicious and really creative. If we'd been in Portugal longer we'd definitely have gone back.
Updated from previous review on 2022-09-22
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mkim
Points +22
So tasty - Edit
A little bit on the expensive side bit we got the burgers and they were sooo good. You can tell the restaurant is run by love for animals we were also treated very well! Thank you!
Read morePros: So many options, Very delicious
Cons: No bathroom , A little bit pricey
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Sté.phanie
Points +20
Cantinho vegana amoroso - Edit
Adorei e recomendo o menu do dia completo. Ótimo preço qualidade
Read morePros: Todo o menu é vegano
Cons: Casa de banho
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ReginaKe
Points +385
Unfortunately disappointing - Edit
We expected quite a bit because of all the good reviews.
Read moreUnfortunately we were not so happy with our food.
The garlic bread was alright(nothing special) but the jackfruit lasagna didn't taste good and the oriental salad was just some chickpeas, salad, spices and one slice of (bought?) cheese cut into four smaller pieces and missed dressing.
The prices were with 15€ for the lasagne and 8,5€ for the salad quite expensive and the portions rather small.
Cons: Expensive, Didn't taste good
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