{"id":21239,"date":"2019-06-17T08:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T15:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=21239"},"modified":"2019-06-17T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:01:26","slug":"restaurant-highlight-hakuna-matata-veggie-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/restaurant-highlight-hakuna-matata-veggie-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Highlight: Hakuna Matata Veggie, Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Located in the center of Madrid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/hakuna-matata-veggie-madrid-110329\" >Hakunana Matata<\/a> has a chill vibe that you will sense as soon as you walk into the restaurant. They serve typical Mediterranean food combining Spanish, Moroccan and Italian dishes, among others. This makes the venue more varied, which is great if you go with a large group of people. The establishment is quite small and it often fills up on weekends, so I recommend booking a spot ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the restaurant stems from the famous quote in Disney\u2019s film- <em>The Lion King. <\/em>\u00a0\u201cHakuna matata&#8221; in Spanish translates to &#8220;live and let others live\u201d and that\u2019s why the menu is 100% vegan.<\/p>\n<p>The staff was really nice and they helped us decide what to order since it was our first time there. They also told us everything is home-made. However, that doesn\u2019t affect the price, which is a really good price-quality ratio.<\/p>\n<p>We ordered a lot of things so we could try as much as possible from the menu. For starters we had the grilled melazane, the cheese bites with <em>piquillo<\/em> pepper jam and the no-chicken Moroccan cake. Everything was amazing, especially the no-chicken Moroccan cake. Even my non-vegan family really liked it!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21246\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-15-at-16.29.04.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21246\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-15-at-16.29.04-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-15-at-16.29.04.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-15-at-16.29.04-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-15-at-16.29.04-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheese bites with sweet tomato jam<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21240\" style=\"width: 923px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_153148.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21240\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_153148-913x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"913\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_153148-913x1024.jpg 913w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_153148-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_153148-768x861.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_153148-1080x1211.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grilled melazane<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our main dishes were: two pizzas (4 cheese and carbonara), and a typical Spanish paella (ol\u00e9! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/svg\/1f483.svg\" alt=\"&#x1f483;\" \/>). Again, all the dishes were tasty, but we really liked the carbonara pizza, and the paella was sublime as well. I recommend ordering one paella for 2-3 people along with one or two appetizers to get a full lunch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21241\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155613.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21241\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155613-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155613-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155613-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155613-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155613-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pizza carbonara (front) and 4 cheese (back)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21242\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155658.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21242\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155658-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155658-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155658-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155658-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_155658-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paella with veggies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t decide which dessert to try so we ordered 3! The cheesecake with blueberry jam, the vegbrownie with almond ice-cream and the vegamis\u00fa. Everyone loved the vegamis\u00fa the best.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21243\" style=\"width: 904px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164004.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21243\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164004-894x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"894\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164004-894x1024.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164004-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164004-768x880.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164004-1080x1237.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheesecake with blueberry jam<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21244\" style=\"width: 1017px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164011.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21244\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164011-1007x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164011-1007x1024.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164011-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164011-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164011-1080x1099.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brownie with almond ice-cream<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21245\" style=\"width: 973px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164051.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21245\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164051-963x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164051-963x1024.jpg 963w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164051-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164051-768x816.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190428_164051-1080x1148.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vegamis\u00fa, our favourite<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I highly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/hakuna-matata-veggie-madrid-110329\" >Hakuna Matata<\/a>. Whether you\u2019re spending a few days in Madrid or you live here, I can promise it\u2019s worth the visit. I\u2019m definitely going to come back soon.<\/p>\n<p>If you do try it, please let us know in the comments which one was your favorite dish, and don\u2019t forget to upload your review on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/hakuna-matata-veggie-madrid-110329\" >HappyCow<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>About the author: Nerea Langa is a vegan journalist and filmmaker based in Madrid who went vegan about 1 year ago.\u00a0 Going vegan changed her life forever and now hopes she can help the vegan movement while working on what she loves most.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/members\/profile\/serunful\" >@Serunful<\/a> is her username in HappyCow<\/p>\n<div id=\"atatags-370373-5d07b426b80f1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpcnt\">\n<div class=\"wpa wpmrec\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in the center of Madrid, Hakunana Matata has a chill vibe that you will sense as soon as you walk into the restaurant. They serve typical Mediterranean food combining Spanish, Moroccan and Italian dishes, among others. This makes the venue more varied, which is great if you go with a large group of people. The establishment is quite small and it often fills up on weekends, so I recommend booking a spot ahead of time. The name of the restaurant stems from the famous quote in Disney\u2019s film- The Lion King. \u00a0\u201cHakuna matata&#8221; in Spanish translates to &#8220;live and let others live\u201d and that\u2019s why the menu is 100% vegan. The staff was really nice and they helped us decide what to order since it was our first time there. They also told us everything is home-made. However, that doesn\u2019t affect the price, which is a really good price-quality ratio. We ordered a lot of things so we could try as much as possible from the menu. For starters we had the grilled melazane, the cheese bites with piquillo pepper jam and the no-chicken Moroccan cake. 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