Veganio is mostly a Loving Hut-style buffet restaurant, but also has a few items on its fixed menu, including a ramen which lured us over. You need to order at the counter. We didn’t see an English menu there, I think it’s just the menu board in Czech that you can refer to. If in doubt, you can check on the Wolt delivery app for the English menu options, because they’re always translated there.
Curry Coco Ramen
Broth: 4/5. It was a really tasty broth with lots of flavour and good chilli warmth. The flavours were predominantly lime and coriander (with some coconut, but not overpoweringly so – we’d expected from the name that it might be more coconutty), which made for a tasty broth…but it didn’t feel very Japanese to us.
Toppings: 3.5. I gave this 4/5 because there was a really generous portion of tofu and mushrooms. However, there was a lot of bamboo in it, and Dr HH marked it 3/5 because he got some bamboo that was too tough to chew through. Generally, we liked the variety of toppings. For me, the seaweed was a bit out of place.
Noodles: 4/5. Good portion size, no complaints.
Overall: 11.5/15
It’s an all vegan restaurant, so there are plenty of other things you can try here too. We shared the tempura prawns which were very slow to arrive (we were halfway through the ramen already), but were absolutely fantastic.
It’s not a huge spot, but it was efficient and pleasant. If you want a tasty bowl of broth and noodles, this is a good option. But I’m not sure it’s really a ramen per se.
Prague Ramen Quest continues! Miska Ramen Bar specialises in ramen and has four vegan options on the menu, all clearly labelled. We tried two of them.
Vegan Miso Ramen
Broth: 3/5. It had a nice creamy texture with a pleasant hint of miso wafting through it. It wasn’t particularly complex, though I think that’s the general problem of ordering a miso ramen.
Toppings: 3/5. There was lots of corn (boo!), bean sprouts, and greens. I was pleased that there were no giant bok choy, because I always find them tricky to eat. There were four pieces of tofu, which is good, but it seemed to be unseasoned, which is a real shame.
Noodles: 4/5. Good and plentiful.
Overall: 10/15. It was a promising dish, but I think I choose poorly and should have gone for one of the more exciting ramens. Such as…
Vegan Tan Tan Ramen
Broth: 4/5. It had a good heat to it, though it actually smelled a bit more flavoursome than it was, somehow.
Toppings: 3/5. Unexciting tofu and vegetables. There were enjoyable elements, especially the bamboo and beansprouts, but nothing really wild.
Noodles: 4/5. A good amount of noodles.
Overall: 11/15. It was a good spicy broth with hearty noodles, slightly let down by the unexciting toppings.
There are also vegan gyoza on the menu, which we found to be very good indeed. There was lots of tofu and vegetables in them, and they were cooked really nicely – to be honest, I find a lot of the gyoza in Prague quite bland, so these are a cut above.
This is a small, pleasant restaurant that was doing very good trade on a Friday evening, so I’d recommend booking, and I’d definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a good vegan ramen. The staff didn’t speak much English, but there’s an English menu so you can easily muddle through with a bit of pointing. And they serve meat dishes as well, so it is potentially a good option if you’re dining with omnis.
Over the last year, Dr HH and I have been undertaking an important quest: to try even vegan ramen dish in Prague, and rank them all. In this groundbreaking study, I’m going to report each week on one of the spots we tried, and give the ramen a rating. I’m reviewing them in the order we visited them, so this was the first one we tried when we committed to this mission. There aren’t loads of vegan ramen spots in Prague, but there are more than we initially suspected when we started out – so this is definitely a piece of research that was worth doing. I will say that I’ve had better ramen elsewhere, and I wouldn’t recommend that anyone visits Prague especially to try ramen. But if you love ramen as much as I do and you live here, then this is the info that you need!
Bon Fresh Ramen and Soba has a few branches in Prague, all with the same menu. They only have one ramen (veggie ramen), which I tried, but we’re also reviewing the kitsune udon, which Dr HH tried.
Veggies Ramen
Broth: 3/5. It was quite tasty, but not especially rich or deep, and there were no little pockets of flavour or surprise.
Toppings: 2/5. All the topping were vegetables, there was no tofu or anything like that, which was a shame. The mushrooms looked inviting, but were actually a bit too sweet, like there was too much mirin on them. I’m not crazy about bok choy because it’s such a huge item to maneuver, especially when it’s got hot broth all over it, so this was not the perfect match for me.
Noodles: 4/5. Quite a generous portion.
Overall: 9/15. It was solid, but not particularly exciting – there were no elements that I love on a ramen, and the broth wasn’t as tasty as I’d hoped.
Kitsune Udon (Vegan)
Broth: 3/5. It was pleasant, a nice savoury broth with an occasional hint of sweetness.
Toppings: 3/5. The tofu was not as exciting as expected, and was quite difficult to bite through, which makes for a messy eating experience. Dr HH was not convinced by the texture of the grated radish, and would have preferred plain old slices instead.
Noodles: 5/5. Well, they’re udon noodles, so they’re going to get top marks. Slippery and chunky!
Overall: 11/15. Quite fun, but not mindblowing.
And beyond the essential ramen information – there are also vegan gyoza on the menu, which had a fairly bland filling but were well cooked.
I’ve been two two branches so far and found them to have friendly and efficient service, and popular with omni friends. The menus clearly label the vegan options. I don’t think I’ve ever had a chair to sit on though – stools only, alas.
InDelicious has become possibly my favourite spot in Prague, and it is disappointingly under the radar here. It’s rarely reviewed on Happy Cow or mentioned in vegan groups, but everyone should be going there because it is fantastic. It’s off the beaten track, so it doesn’t lure in many tourists or get much foot traffic, but it’s well served by public transport and well worth a trip. They serve Indian street food. It’s a vegetarian restaurant with lots of labelled vegan options, and the owner is very open to feedback and making it more vegan friendly, which I love to see. It’s a great restaurant to support, and every dish we’ve tried there has been a hit – and we’ve tried plenty.
The menu is so good that it’s one of the rare places where neither of us has a favourite dish that we order every time. The sev puri is pretty close to that, as we almost always get it for our shared starter. I’d never even heard of this dish before trying it here, and now I heartily recommend it to anyone. You get five in a portion, and each one is kind of a fried cracker, topped with some chutneys and onion (they ask about your preferred spice level when you order), and lots of crispy sev. They’re a bit too big to eat in one bite, and crunching into them makes quite a mess, so be prepared for that. It’s worth the mess though, they are just the perfect texture and taste combo.
The pani puri are also a winner. We’ve had them with the potato filling separate as shown above, but we’ll also had them with the holes already poked through and the filling inside. The sauce is quite spicy, but it makes a beautifully balanced dish. It’s always such a fun explosion of flavours.
I can rarely resist a pakora plate, and this is a very good version of it. The potato pakoras are the neater ones on the left, and they’re good, but the onion ones on the right are absolutely sensational. The texture is excellent from the onion slices, and the batter is perfect. The plate is dusted with a really tasty spice which makes everything sing even more.
Onto the main dishes, we’ve tried quite a few. The aloo paratha itself is vegan, and the non-vegan order simply comes with dairy yoghurt whereas the vegan order comes with pickles instead – and the staff will happily top up the pickles if you run out. In truth, the potato filling doesn’t always get the seasoning perfect – it sometimes tastes mostly of chilli rather than any of the other tasty spices you might want. But the bread is always great, and the pickles are a fun accompaniment. It would be great to get a non-dairy yoghurt on the side to help with that chilli heat.
Dr HH has also tried the idli, which are fairly bland rice dumplings that drink in the flavours of the accompaniments. The dumplings were good at soaking up the tastiness of the sambar.
This is the vadha sambar, which is two big potato cakes sitting in that spicy sambar. Obviously the potato cakes lose that fried crispiness to them, but you probably know that when you order – I wouldn’t order this dish because I wouldn’t want to lose that texture. Again, the sambar is always good and flavoursome. Dr HH considers that the potato cakes are superior to the rice cakes above, making this the better of these two options.
Another one that Dr HH has tried is the ragace pattice with rice. This time the potato cakes are on the side, which I’m always in favour of! It was less cohesive for Dr HH though, I suppose more of a deconstructed take on the two dishes above.
I’m a huge fan of the uttapam, which is these two pancakes with tomato slices cooked into them. They are quite thin, which gives a very pleasant texture, and the accompanying sauces bring a lot of flavour. I love the rare occasions when I get a vegan coconut chutney, so I’m always happy to make the most of that!
And I can’t get enough of masala dosas. I love how crisp this one is, and the potato filling is always just right, not too greasy. It can be quite hard to resist ordering this…but then, the uttapam is so tasty! And the paratha!
InDelicious is the best vegan Indian food we’ve found in Prague, and the most clearly labelled – there are lots of restaurants here that have vegan labels and allergen labels that totally contradict each other. It’s also one of the most enticing menus in the city, where it’s not just one dish I always order but a whole host of them to choose between. It’s pretty small, but you can reserve a table in advance to make sure you get in. They also have a masala chai with oat milk, which always hits the spot!
One of our day trips from Barcelona in November 2022 was to nearby Figueres, which is mostly famous as the hometown of Salvador Dali and the site of his museum. He designed the museum himself, so it’s not just a posthumous tribute – the building is quite the work of art too. Mother HH and I do not have very wild taste in art, so I was a bit worried that this trip would fall flat – but it was a huge hit!
There was lots of really weird stuff, but also some much simpler art that we could both grasp. And this kind of eased us into the stranger items as well – it was a really interesting museum to wander around.
You will probably want to book in advance – we were there on a week day in November and it was absolutely packed. Be warned that they really do keep to the timings on your ticket, there’s no sneaking in early.
There’s only one all-vegan restaurant in Figueres, and it is just a few minutes away from the museum, so it’s very easy to pop in and get some sustenance before or after your wander around the museum. Again, reservations might be wise, as Integral Figueres is such a small place.
At lunch time it serves a menu of the day. I don’t think we had any choice for our main but there may have been two choices of soup, and we both went for the miso soup. I love miso and this was fine but unremarkable.
The main consisted of a kind of onion tart and a mixed salad plate with rice, lentils, sweet potato slices, and lots of vegetables. To be honest, this is not my kind of meal – I like a lot of control over different elements, and significantly smaller portions of salad. But it was all fine, plus good fuel after the museum, and Mother HH really enjoyed it (she loves a salad). So it’s definitely worth a visit if you’re in Figueres for the museum and want a guaranteed vegan meal. Even though the vegan options in Figueres don’t look wild at first glance, if you’re interested in seeing the Dali museum it’s still definitely worthwhile to go.
Velada is a quite fancy vegan spot not far from La Rambla. The restaurant itself looks a bit fancier than the food was, in my opinion – it’s not style over substance, but it definitely wasn’t quite as good as it looked. Still, the food was nice, service was really friendly, and I’m always excited to have a tapas menu to dig into! It was really busy when we visited, and we just managed to squeeze in without a reservation, so if you have your heart set on it then definitely make sure to reserve.
Above you can see the Velada bravas, which were beautifully cooked little potatoes with plenty of aioli. Patatas bravas is one of my favourite Spanish dishes, so I definitely enjoyed this.
This dish is regrettably no longer on the menu and I can’t remember what it was called – I just know that it was tomatoes and cheese. The cheese was very creamy and the tomatoes were so fresh and flavoursome. This is not the kind of dish I usually order (I always prefer something fried and mock meaty), but it was really refreshing and lovely.
These artichoke flowers are one of the specialties of the restaurant, but neither Mother HH nor I really enjoyed them. Maybe we were unlucky that the artichokes we got weren’t especially flavourful, which meant that the sundried tomatoes had to do a lot of heavy lifting. I’m not sure, but it didn’t quite work for us and was our least favourite dish of the evening.
We split the savouries between us, but each chose our own desserts. Mother HH went for the candied figs with hazelnut ice cream, and liked the figs more than the ice cream.
Whenever I see a crème brulee, I have to order it. This one was very good – it had the perfect top, ready to be cracked, and a nice smooth consistency below. It’s not the best I’ve ever had (that’s still Japan), but it was very enjoyable.
We were tucking into this meal after our day trip to Montserrat, up in the hills. It was a bit of a trek to get there, but well worth it – as you can see, we were there on a really clear day, so the views were spectacular. There’s not loads to see and do there, and certainly nowhere to get vegan food, so we visited the basilica, walked around, had a little picnic, drank in the views, and then headed back. It was well worth a trip, and nice to get away from the cities and see something a bit different.
Vegan sushi is such a delight, and Roots & Rolls in Barcelona really hits the spot. This is another place that Mother HH and I visited on two separate occasions, in May and November 2022, because we just couldn’t resist a second go.
The popcorn is probably my favourite dish, and the only thing I’ve ordered on both visits. The cauliflower is so tender inside and so perfectly coated in togarashi spice, it’s absolutely sublime. It comes with aioli and sriracha, which are perfect accompaniments. Mother HH loves this too, it’s the key element that lured us back for a second visit.
These are some mushroom rolls which used to be on the menu but aren’t any more, unfortunately. They were good, but I appreciate they need to have some variety in the menu. All the other items were consistent over visits in May and November 2022.
These are the jumpin’ jacks, which contain chicken and jackfruit, with BBQ and aioli flavours as well. They were tasty and filling.
These are the geisha, which also have chicken along with avocado. You can see they’re coated in panko as well, which is always a real delight when you get that crispy, crunchy bite. They’re drizzled in chilli sauce, but it’s not overpowering.
And here are the hip caroots, which contain carrots, peanut sauce, avocado, and some other vegetables. I always prefer something with mock chicken in it, but these ones were tasty as well, and the peanut sauce was punchy.
On one of those visits I had room for a dessert and treated myself to the choc avo brownie. Oh, it was good! It’s hard to find a good brownie in Prague, so I’m always on the look out for one on holiday, and this was properly fudgy and dense, like a brownie should be.
I’m sure I’ll be revisiting this restaurant again on our next trip to Barcelona!
Vegan Junk Food Bar is one of my favourite spots in Barcelona because the service is really fast, making it perfect for when you’re ravenous from travelling, and the menu is exciting but essentially just fast food burgers and chips, so it’s familiar enough not to be overwhelming. Based on the aesthetics of their menu and social media, I was worried at first that it would be a bit too cool and noisy for me, but no – it’s a regular old restaurant, anyone can go, you don’t have to be young or hip. Phew! Mother HH and I visited in May and November 2022 and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves both times.
Mother HH has enjoyed the notorious burger (pictured up top) and the cheese burger (pictured here). They are both good burgers, and she’s been impressed with the patty. She’s especially keen on the chipsticks which are in and around the burger (a lot of them fall out, unsurprisingly) and give it a really fun crunch.
I had ribs in a burger, which is not on the menu at the moment, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am wild about vegan ribs, these had a really good texture and the BBQ sauce is delicious.
I had the ribs again on my second visit, this time in the form of the no bones loaded fries – smiley face potatoes, sticky ribs, and tasty sauces. I love a novelty potato shape, so this was somehow extra fun for me. And the ribs are still just as good as on my previous visit! I went back for a second helping of this before heading to the airport on my last day. Even though the rest of the menu is quite enticing, I just can’t tear myself away from the ribs!
Mother HH and I visited Barcelona twice in 2022, in both May and November, and we went to a lot of the same places on both visits. I don’t necessarily like to do that when I’m travelling, but some of the spots were so good (or so convenient) on our first visit, that we just couldn’t resist a second time. Rasoterra was probably our favourite spot on both trips.
We loved these tacos so much we ordered them on both our visits. They contained leek, shiitakes, pickled cabbage and mole sauce, and they were extremely flavoursome. I don’t often order tacos because I find them a bit too messy to eat, so I’m glad I made an exception.
This spring onion dish was one of the specials on our first visit – the menu changes a bit because they focus on local, seasonal ingredients. This was referred to as Catalan onion flowers (similar to spring onions for me), served with sundried tomato pesto and topped with a cream made from tofu and Kalamata olives. The flavours were all really savoury, and it was unlike any dish I’d had before – quite a treat.
The grilled cauliflower with walnut sauce was good – the cauliflower was cooked just as you’d hope, really tender and delicious. I’m not sure I’ll be looking out for walnut sauce again, but it was fun to try it.
This plate was so nice we had it both times as well: roasted roots with pulse hummus and basil oil. The first time we went it was a special, but the second time it had landed on the permanent menu. We had some roasted sweet potato, beetroot, onion, and leek, served on top of red lentil hummus, and scattered with some crispy red lentils. The vegetables were cooked perfectly. It’s rare that I get excited about a plate of vegetables, but this was so simple and so effective. You can always tell when you’re served vegetables by someone who loves them.
We’d thought that a tomato and pasta dish on our first trip would be the real highlight, but we were so dazzled by the roasted vegetables that this one became a bit of an afterthought.
This plate was homemade tempeh with pumpkin cream and orange mayo. I am a huge tempeh fan, so I really enjoyed that element along with the mayo and oil. However, the pumpkin cream was a touch too sweet for me. It was still a fun, fresh dish.
Mother HH ordered her dessert from the special menu the first time – it was a roasted apple with a cacao cream that tasted like white chocolate, almond crumble, and some earl grey caramel. She loved it! Again, it was unlike anything either of us had seen on a menu before, so it was really fun to try something completely new and different.
I got the millionaire’s shortbread the first time, which was disappointingly lacking in caramel. It’s rare that I complain that a dish is too dry, but this one really was. It was tasty, but just too much – a dollop of cream would certainly have helped.
On our second visit, this flan was not quite what I expected from the miso caramel pudding with parsnip cream. I tend to think of a pudding as a big, possibly dense cake, whereas this is more like the European idea of a pudding, so I should really have thought about it more. I liked the flavour of the miso caramel, but the texture wasn’t quite what I’d been hoping for, unfortunately.
And this is also not really what we expected from the mandarin sponge cake with pistachio sorbet! This one was more of a hit though – a nicely balanced dessert with some fun flavours and textures.
Even though there have been a few misses, this is the kind of place that really excites me to visit. You never quite know what you’re going to get, but it’s almost guaranteed to be something you haven’t tried before. And when it’s a hit, it’s a real hit!
I am such a fan of dosas. When I heard there as a new all-vegan restaurant in Prague called Dosa Dosa, I was absolutely giddy. Happily, it has met all of my expectations. The menu is not actually exclusively dosas, but for me it’s a shame to go and try anything else. There are several places in Prague where I can get good vegan pancakes or curries, which are also on the menu. Where else can I get a tasty dosa without worrying about any non-vegan elements on the plate?
Starting, as we always must, with breakfast, here is the breakfast dosa – the usual thin, crispy pancake, here stuffed with tasty tofu scramble and served with coconut chutney. Some of my favourite things about this place are that the dosas are really well stuffed (I’ve had some slightly pathetic ones) and they are served with vegan coconut chutney, which is a rare find for me. There are few things more disappointing than an under seasoned tofu scramble, but I only have praise for this one, it’s a real winner.
The aloo masala dosa is my usual choice from the main menu (and in general, whenever I have a dosa this is my preference), and again it’s really well stuffed and not oily or slimy like they have occasionally been in other eateries. The filling is substantial and tasty. The main dosas are served with a very spicy soup and a couple of chutneys, including the beloved coconut one. There are two size options, but it’s large all the way for me. This is a really delightful dish.
Dr HH, meanwhile, is a big fan of the soy keema dosa. It’s a bit different from the options you get in non-vegan restaurants, as it’s essentially vegan soy meat. He’s tried it twice, and once it was minced and once chunks. He preferred the chunks for texture, but it’s tasty either way.
We’ve also branched out once and tried the uttapam, which is a couple of small, quite crisp pancakes topped with chopped red and yellow peppers, served with the usual accompaniments. I found the peppers a bit too sweet and off putting, but Dr HH liked the balance of the dish and said it reminded him a bit of cheese on toast. Worth a try anyway, I’d say.
Dosa Dosa also has a really enviable cake counter. There are a two places that have a bit of a monopoly on vegan sweet treats in Prague. Two places have the same ownership and share all the desserts across both locations (Palo Verde and Share Sweet Bar). Krafin provide delicious sweet pastries to Chutnej and an array of non-vegan cafes. So it’s nice to visit somewhere with some different options every now and then. We’ve had brownies there, which were not great brownies but were great chocolate cake, a peanut butter cake which was decadent, and banana bread which is highly recommended and is a regular fixture – the chocolate chunks are fantastic.
And, along with the coconut chutney, there’s one more speciality that I rarely find veganised here – mango lassi! In summer this was a really welcome refreshing drink.
The downsides of Dosa Dosa are that it’s very small, very popular (it’s in a touristy area), and diners tend to spread out and stay for a while. I’ve managed to book a table via email before (though you may also try on the phone if you are not averse to phone calls like I am), and it’s definitely worth a try if you’re determined to get in. I believe they have a garden area open in the summer, so maybe that’s the best time to visit, when there’s a bit more seating.
Overall I consider Dosa Dosa to be one of the best all vegan spots in Prague these days, and probably the most well-rounded – it serves breakfast as well as other meals, and has great baked goods as well as savouries, and the food is routinely well seasoned. Definitely add it to your list if you’re in Prague!
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