Vegan-friendly
Lacto
International
Organic
Beer/Wine
Spanish

Serves vegetarian meals and pastries. Has weekly lunch menu, assorted plates, drinks, and dinner menus. Affiliated with Govinda. Open Mon-Sat 13:00-16:00, 20:00-23:30.


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38 Reviews

First Review by kyvegan

onaxandri

Points +220

Vegan
01 Feb 2024

Sencillo pero rico

La comida era sencilla pero estaba bastante buena. El servicio bien y buen precio por el menú de mediodía😄

Míriam27

Points +914

Vegan
12 Oct 2023

Estupendo

Es vegetariano y tienen muchas opciones veganas. Los platos estaban muy buenos y la chica fue muy agradable, nos resolvió dudas sobre si algún plato era vegetariano o vegano. Me encanta que en la carta de los postres aparezca marcado cuáles son veganos, y que el menú incluya postre, bebida y pan.

PomkyePo

Points +112

Vegetarian
23 Aug 2023

Muy amables

Muy amables y buena comida

Plantbasedwelltravel

Points +900

Vegetarian
17 May 2023

Favorite Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurant

Love this place. Great food, excellent decor and staff. Reasonable prices and large portions. This will be a regular weekend lunch spot.

Updated from previous review on 2023-05-17

Montse🌱

Points +1617

Vegan
14 Apr 2023

Generous portions

Well-cooked and elaborated dishes. The portions are generous. You can order a complete menu (starter, main course, and dessert) or a half menu (one dish and one dessert). From the same chain as the Govinda restaurants. They do not serve alcoholic beverages.

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-14

Pros: Generous portions, Not fast food

Cons: They don’t say which dishes are vegan on the menu

Lluna22

Points +1163

Vegan
10 Jul 2022

Good vegan food and nice atmosphere

Nice restaurant that serves vegetarian food and offers some vegan options as well. Portions are big and the food is tasty. The staff is kind and the service was good. Vegan burrito was enough for lunch and the carrot chocolate cake very sweet but yummy. Fair price for a menu or half menu.

RobertaCalce

Points +2741

Vegan
07 Jun 2022

Cheap, filling, very good

For less than 12 euros water, 2 courses and dessert. Several vegans options, very nice staff. Recommended!

EmelieTaps

Points +38

Vegan
09 Nov 2021

Good food for a good price

This is a cosy little place. Perfect if you want to take a long lunch. They offer a three course meal for only 11 euro. And sure, it's not the fanciest or most delicious food ever but it's good food for a good price. Drinks are also included in the menue.

Pros: Good price, A lot of food , Very nice staff

damianferro

Points +375

Vegan
29 Aug 2021

It never disappoints

Amaltea has been there for many years and it’s always great. The seitan dishes they prepare and the carrot and chocolate cake are amazing

Pros: Vegan options, Good quality

RaquelAyres

Points +266

Vegan
27 Jun 2021

Comida casolana

Hace unos cuantos años que se dedican y se nota en la combinación de texturas y sabores.
Es como comer en casa.
Hacen menú de semana y entre semana.
El trato es amable y el local acogedor.
He pedido medio menú porque pone mucha razón y mi marido entero y el se quedó bien.

Hemos pedido:

Espaguetis con pesto y tomate muy ricos.
Arroz al curry picante y de postre pastel de zanahoria con chocolate y crocante de manzana.

Todo muy rico.

Pros: Ración de comida grande, Menú entre semana y fin de semana, Muy buena relación calidad- precio

Anna-V

Points +134

Vegan
17 May 2019

Good vegan food

Plenty of vegan option, a lot of food for a really good price. Definitely recommended

DrKlonk

Points +21

Vegan
28 Apr 2018

Great food

In short: Great (vegan) food, lots of food, lovely staff, very cheap. Would definitely recommend!

Me and my dad went to Amaltea on our first night in Barcelona, after half a day of travelling. We were there at 8pm sharp, when it opens for dinner.
At first, the smell of incense was very intense, but when we got used to it, it was alright. Must say I'm surprised that no other reviews mentioned this. Maybe it was just this one night they did this?
We got a three course meal, a salad buffet plate and a (non-alcoholic) beer. No alcoholic beverages are served here, but the non-alcoholic beer was nice enough. I had the indian starter (forgot the name) and the burger as a main. Both were full of nice flavours and textures. I took the smoothie as a dessert because the carrot cake wouldn't have fit in. Great service all the way through. In the end we paid only 36 euros, including a tip (!). We wanted to get back here, but they are closed on Sunday. Highly recommended, even though my shirt smelled of incense for two more days :)

Pros: Great food, Lots of food, Very cheap

Cons: Incense was intense

JosefinaPadilla

Points +178

Vegan
14 Nov 2017

odd

I agree with someone else here about the odd combinations of menu- I found that the quality and taste of the food weren’t good unfortunately. The only pros I would say is that it’s affordable and dog friendly

Manmoon

Points +82

Vegetarian
31 Jul 2017

Better off eating elsewhere

There are some odd combos in the dishes, and not in a good way.If you're really hungry and don't care about taste, or that there are better vegetarian options around by all means eat here. It's not that it was all horrible. Some of it tasted ok. But even the food that tasted ok I felt was weird. The gazpacho tasted mostly of garlic. I like garlic but it made me wonder how fresh it was. The lasagne tasted weird, possibly the strong cheese - that dominated the taste but also the
pumpkin was unrecognisable both in taste, texture and visually. The dessert was dreadful, couldn't eat it. How do you f up an apple crumble? The juice too sweet for a place of that sort. Throughout the meal I kept thinking maybe they freeze and defrost? Harekrishna on the speakers.

Pros: big portions

Cons: doesn't taste great

JackSkizo

Points +22

Vegan
22 May 2017

Delicioso, pero ven con hambre.

Trato agradable y amable, comida muy rica con un menú variado. Precio más que justo. Cantidades abundantes, por ello se recomienda venir con el estómago vacío. No dudaré en volver.

Pros: Trato agradable, Buena comida, No es caro

Harp

Points +1556

Vegan
19 Feb 2017

Wonderful surprise

I have visited this place several times during the last weeks. Honestly, it was a surprise. I had been told several times that the food was boring and it is not.

The offer a menu with starter, main course and desert. It's very good value for money and you leave Amaltea really full!

Some dishes are better than others, as always. But overall I'd definitely recommend this restaurant.

If you are vegan you should try the vegan carrot cake. OK, if you're not vegan you should try it too!

Pros: Good value, Plenty of vegan options

Cons: None

DanielNielsen

Points +56

Vegan
18 Nov 2016

I LOVE THIS PLACE

it's right next to my work so I go there for lunch almost every day! Their menu is affordable and you are offered 2 plates, normally I actually get quite full by the 1st one! but I love their food so much that a 2nd one is good too :D

Pros: cheap, great taste

Noe

Points +809

Vegan
24 Oct 2016

agradable

Si buscas delicatessen, platos de cocina de autor, o darte caprichos este no es el sitio mas recomendable. Pero si comes HCLF, aqui puedes comer como en casa. Nada de grasas, nada de sal (al menos en los platos que probe) Nada de excesos, pero muy tranquilo y agradable.

Pros: pet friendly, el dueño es muy agradable

EelcoJamesDio

Points +107

Vegan
11 Jul 2016

Great bakery products

Quickly jumped in when we arrived in Barcelona, and picked some vegetarian and vegan goodies from the bakery part.
Ate them outside and the sun, and they were delicious. Good bakery products, good portion for a reasonable price.

Pros: Good food

lauriii

Points +20

Vegan
17 Sep 2015

Please avoid this restaurant..

I went to the restaurant and was a little bit suprised of the menu because it forces you to choose a starter, main course and desert and has fixed price. Anyway The food I had there was terrible. This was the first time I couldn't eat the food I've ordered.. Please try to avoid.

Shaya

Points +95

Vegetarian
18 Mar 2014

Fantastic Veggie/Vegan Food

Wow! We arrived here after traveling all day to get to Barcelona. We were exhausted and starving. The food was delicious and bountiful. We each (5) had an appetizer and a main dish and 2 desserts for the five of us and were so stuffed we couldn't move!! Every single dish-and we had 12 different ones in total, was delicious and healthy. The waitress was beyond nice and helpful. We went back for a second time but they were closed on Sunday evening. Check because hours are sporadic. Highly recommended.

RalphWilliams

Points +218

Vegetarian
04 Mar 2014

Great place to start our holiday

Having arrived at Barcelona Sants station it was a short interesting walk via the Miro park to this excellent restaurant for lunch, and it couldn't have been a better start to the holiday.

The starter was hummus and pitta, the main was pizza (not the most exciting choice on my part but I do like a good pizza) and an excellent chocolate cake for dessert.

The atmosphere was friendly and relaxed.

Nina Vegan

Points +55

Vegan
07 Feb 2014

Simple and great

The owner was kind and helpful for me to choose vegan options in the menu.
We had various dishes and all of us were satisfied.
The desserts were very good too, but we had to take them away, because the portions in the menu are quite generous.
If you look for simple healthy food near Urgell, Amaltea is for you!

Pros: good value, few vegan options , friendly staff

Frijoles

Points +416

Vegan
04 Sep 2013

Disappointing

This seemed an incredibly popular restaurant. It is large with many tables but people were still queuing for a lunchtime table! The staff were friendly and helpful.

However, the food was not enjoyable. Maybe we made poor choices from the menu, but we ended up with very disappointing food. I had the strange combination of pumpkin, prunes, tomato sauce and an unidentifable meat substitute thing. My partner had mashed potato, guacamole and horrible 'wheat gluten meat substitute' which we both felt was inedible. Our starters (spaghetti, and dhal) were not as bad as the mains - at least we could eat them. We decided not to stay for the dessert even though it was included in our 'menu del dia' because the main courses were so unpleasant.

If you're desperate for veggie food and in the area, maybe you can find something to eat here but I would not recommend for a special trip or for an evening meal which would have been much more expensive than the lunch deal.

Pros: Helpful staff, Some diary free options, Lunch 'menu' offer for around 11 euros

Cons: Poor food quality, Strange food combinations, Tasteless

aps101

Points +341

Vegan
18 Aug 2012

Decent Choice

The menu is predominantly vegetarian but there are a few vegan options that are clearly labelled. The owner is kind and helpful. They offer only a three course option but are great about packing up any extra food that you can't finish. While not extraordinary, it is a very solid choice.

Pros: Healthy, Friendly

runsten

Points +249

Vegan
22 Jul 2012

no vegan options!

I should maybe not write a review because I left this restaurant without eating here. They had very little vegan option and nothing seemed to be be good enough for lunch or diner. The staff was also not friendly and it took a long time to get them to explain what vegan options they actually had.

For vegetarians not vegans

Pros: for vegetarains

Cons: few boring vegan options

paypar

Points +770

Vegan
19 Dec 2011

Satisfying and Filling, Not Fancy

Amaltea was right around the corner from the Hotel Soho (and across the street from an Indian restaurant we didn't get a chance to visit. Closest metro is Urgell.

The owner is a vegetarian and Hare Krishna and the food reminds me of Hare Krishna meals. The prix fixe dinner was quite substantial, with a soup, entree and dessert. Neither of us could finish our entrees. This is a low key restaurant with no frills - this is not a gourmet!

If you are in this area and want a filling vegetarian meal this is a good place to go, but I would not necessarily travel out of you way to eat here. That is not to say I did not enjoy my meal or the service, just don't expect anything fancy.

Pros: friendly staff, good value, simple food

Cons: not gourmet, simple food




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