Vegan
Raw
Western
Salad bar
Take-out
European
Slovenian

Small place located on a square up a little alleyway in center of town. Features a salad bar with both raw as well cooked veggies, and offers rose water and freshly squeezed juices. Has a menu of the day with a cooked and raw option. All vegan as of June 2013. Reported closed, Oct 2019.


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31 Reviews

First Review by Stevie

hatsikidee

Points +256

Vegan
09 Sep 2019

Closed?

I visited during opening hours, but place was closef and seemed empty inside.

nagnoj

Points +128

Vegetarian
21 Aug 2019

Cute place

A vegan fast food restaurant. Simple and cheap dishes, great choice in Ljubljana.

alexnjonjo

Points +20

Vegan
10 Jan 2019

Nice place

Had a really pleasant lunch and the food was really good!
Had the daily menu and I liked everything. Especially the soup😄

anica

Points +79

Vegan
13 Sep 2018

Tasty meals made out of fresh and healthy ingredients

Place is cozy and peaceful. Tried the daily menu and enjoyed every part of the meal. You can tell food is made with fresh, healthy and seasonal ingredients. Portions are small so I ended up wanting more food but I guess meal is worth the price since the place really isn't pricey. You get what you pay for😉

MajaBizjak

Points +239

Vegan
06 Sep 2018

Small cute place

The place is very cute. It is not entirely vegan as they offer cow's milk. Anyways the food is good, very poshy. It is nothing special and portions are small. I have been waiting for a lunch for more than 30 minutes that is why I am not impressed by the place. You can try it and support vegan food, but if you are hungry go somewhere else.

Pros: Lots of vegan options., Healthy food., Friendly staff.

Cons: Pricey., Waiting time is too much (even for the daily menu)

Roodytoots

Points +72

Vegan
06 Jul 2018

Beautiful food- shall definitely return!

Fully vegan restaurant tucked around a side street on a small square away from the main touristy places but still very central. A lovely cosy place with very friendly service. Black board menus as well as a set menu which we chose. It is an a la carte style menu including soup, salad bowl, main course and desert for only £8 euros! The food was brought out fresh course by course. We chose the Quesadilla which was perfect with melted vegan cheese. The owner is also the cook and loves to cook beautiful vegan food.

Pros: all vegan, friendly owner, very good value for money

KarinaTellez

Points +34

Vegetarian
14 Feb 2018

nice place

The food was really fresh and the soup was good. They have menu which is different amoust every day.
The staff is very nice.

BjörnFink

Points +19

Vegetarian
18 Sep 2017

Nice little place

Really good food, i had the tortillas, the burger also looked really good. A little pricey but its in old town dubrovnik...so i think thats normal prices for a place like this. Really small and we had luck to get a place, better do a reservation. Its so hard to find vegetarian and vegan food on the balkan...if you are in Dubrovnik you have to go there!

Pros: I think its all vegan Very tasty Self made juices

Cons: Pricey

Meaks

04 Oct 2017

SolNukrudtUniverson

Points +134

Herbivore
01 Sep 2017

Simple and good

I had a 3 course menu. Everything was simple and fresh. Servings were rather small and quite boring arranged, but fresh and price was ok. 8 euro.

MarioCarleo

Points +27

Vegetarian
25 Jul 2017

good service and good food

This place is close to the center and the server spoke well in English. We had a menu which consisted of a small soup, a main which was either rolls or pad thai, a small side salad which you served yourself and a small dessert which was apple and rhubarb pie. We paid 8 euros for one menu. It was good value for money and the quality of the food was great.

togtnc

Points +30

Vegan
18 Jul 2017

Wonderful food.

Good options for salad. Set menu, but with interesting options. Good place for those on a whole food, plant based lifestyle.

Pros: Excellent salad bar.

BrightNomad

Points +442

Vegan
07 Jul 2017

Good food, good value with the daily menu

A lovely restaurant for lunch, close to the central square and across the street from health food store.
The daily menu costs €8 and includes soup, salad from the salad bar, a main dish and dessert. There's a choice between some main dishes, including raw options.
No English menu, but the waiter translated for us.

Pros: Good value, Central, Delicious

Cons: Closes early (at 5)

JessandChloe

Points +105

Vegetarian
11 Apr 2017

Muy bien

Situado en el centro de Ljubljana ofrece menú diario y buffet de ensaladas (junto con legumbres y verduras) por un precio muy asequible, comida de buena calidad y personal encantador.

Pros: precio, localización, calidad

Cons: sin WiFi

NatashaBucinel

Points +347

Vegan
02 Jan 2017

Delicious food, friendly owner and staff

I come here on a regular basis because this is the only restaurant in ljubljana with a raw dish on the menu. The raw main course changes weekly (one week raw pizza, next week raw noodles, then falafel etc.) and costs 5€ or 7.50€ if you take the lunch menu (soup, salat, dessert, not raw though). The entree is rather small so i suggest you go for the 7.50€ option with soup and all, otherwise you will walk out hungry.
About the food - it is delicious!
Everything i've tried was really good, except for the chocolate cake which i thought was rather dry.
The owner is a very enthusiastic lady who doesn't mind answering questions and explaining the menu. She even gave me samples one time when i couldn't decide!
The salat bar is very good too, there is lots of things to choose from, but it's a bit expensive... the best deal at this restaurant is the lunch menu because you will get a lot of food and you can choose between two main dishes (raw or cooked) and usually you can also choose the soup.
The owner is passionate about her work, so you can be sure there is a high quality of the ingredients and the food is just really good.

Pros: Serves raw vegan food, High quality, very good food, Very nice and friendly owner and staff

Cons: Sometimes runs out of certain dishes early, Closes at 17h, go early for bigger selection

rackoo

Points +462

Vegan
13 Dec 2016

Very fresh food

Very fresh food in a nice atmosphere with a large patio. There are lots of vegan options and it's easy to have a 100% raw vegan meal here if you want. A good alternative to the heavier vegan burgers and such in town. It was fine to eat here solo.

Pros: Friendly, very fresh food, big patio

Cons: n/a

Concolor

Points +54

Vegan
06 Aug 2016

The most healthy and completely vegan options

The offer only vegan food, and you can choose from at least 2 different menus every day. One menu is usually raw vegan, and one cooked vegan. It is super healthy and tasty. I recommend taking the hole menu (soup, salad, main dish and dessert). It costs around 7 €, but afterwards you feel full and energetic.

I would totally recommend it if you are in Ljubljana :)

Pros: cheap, healthy + tasty, in the city center

ArtVB

Points +332

Vegan
31 Jul 2016

Best vegan lunch in Ljubljana

I had lunch here three times in my visit to Ljubljana. The menu was very simple, a daily special with two choices of soup an entree and a salad bar. I absolutely enjoyed every single of my meals in this restaurant. I particularly enjoyed the vegan lasagna and all the soups that I tried. The salad bar was also very complete with greens, whole grains and pulses. What else could you ask for? The food was freshly cooked every day. Customer service was always very friendly and professional. The place might be a little hard to find since it's in a little plaza. Unfortunately, they were only open Monday through Friday for lunch when I visited.

Pros: Delicious food, Great customer service, Relaxing environment

Anyaaa

Points +60

Vegan
03 Sep 2014

Ajdovo zrno

They change the specials daily so each time there is new tasty dish to try. You get organic salad, soup, main meal and dessert for just 7.50 € and students get discount (30%). The food there is always very tasty and healthy. The only con is the closing time, which is at 5 pm.

Pros: Friendly staff, fast service, Organic, Different specials every day

Cons: closing time is at 5

Veganmaniac

Points +50

Vegan
04 Jan 2014

Average vegan restaurant near city center

The restaurant is very close to the center and is open for just 7 hours a day. I had a meal which comprised of Jota (beans, sauerkraut, potatoes), pumpkin soup (very dilute), chocolate cake (hard and not the best I've had). They also have a decent salad bar. You can also have smoothies or coffee with one of these milks - dairy, soy, rice. It is a very quiet restaurant. I would personally skip it for Falafel or Piknik restaurants which are located on the same street a couple blocks away.

Pros: Salad bar, Smoothies, coffee, and drinks, Decent Slovenian food

Cons: Open for just 7 hours a day

rhelune

Points +183

Vegan
21 Sep 2013

Hearty comfort food

I ate there twice, while it was still a non-vegan restaurant. They had vegan and vegetarian daily menu. The salad bar was impressive: fresh vegetables, several kinds of cooked cereals (and pseudo-cereals), several kinds of cooked vegetables, several kinds of cooked pulses, vegetable crisps (beetroot, carrot, courgette). Only a few items in the salad bar weren't vegan.

The first time I ate there the vegan daily meal was red bell pepper stuffed with buckwheat (Ajdovo Zrno means buckwheat groat in Slovenian), potato, celery root, and Mediterranean herbs. It was very tasty and hearty. The second time I ate a leek-bean-potato stew, it was a very hearty comfort food.

Pros: salad bar, very tasty food, inexpensive

Cons: no desserts were vegan when I visited

gbelanger

Points +47

Mostly Veg
22 Mar 2013

disappointed

The salad bar is far from massive, it is tiny: little plastic containers of different things, a lot of cooked (canned?) beans and things, very few greens or raw veggies, and all in small quantities; the amount of arugula they had (the only green leaves in sight) was not even enough for me to make myself a plate. The main course today was spaghetti and since I don't eat carbs, I simply walked right back out of the place, very disappointed given that I was expecting a "massive salad bar" as another reviewer wrote. I would recommend not going there at all: don't waste your time. Definitely zero cow heads.

jollypig

Points +3060

Vegan
21 Oct 2011

Liked it

MASSIVE salad bar. So nice to be able to fill up on healthy food. The rest of the food was good too. Nice atmosphere and great value.

Pros: Salad bar, Salad bar, Salad bar

Jaclyn0519

Points +62

Vegan
14 Sep 2011

Great lunch spot

Being vegan on a three week European trip had it's challenges. Mostly lack of options. This place was perfect for a big lunch... Heaping bowl of salad with loads of veggies, plus couscous, lentils, rice, farrow, olives, homemade chips, etc. We loved it.

Pros: Options

Nia

Points +140

Vegan
01 Sep 2011

A sympathetic veg place in the center

Ajdovo zrno is a small veg restaurant where I especially like the salad options (self-service!). As vegan I miss more vegan-friendly food. The stuff is friendly and prices are ok too. The good thing I especially have to mention is they started offering raw cakes! Still have to try them:)

Pros: great salad bar, cheap, location

Cons: too few vegan options

Kaydee63

Points +38

Vegetarian
04 Aug 2011

Meatfree but not tasty nor particularly healthy

Imagine some college guys trying to fill up at mealtime without eating meat and without spending much money. That's what eating here reminded me of. I tried the daily special (Kosilo) that includes soup, a small salad, a hot main dish and a dessert. (Presumably this changes daily so I'm just reporting on today's menu.) The tomato soup was standard, with chunks of carrots and potatoes (think filler food). The salad was a bowl of half lettuce and half cabbage, on the bitter side. (Other people seemed to be given the option to make their own small salad from the ample salad bar--definitely a better way to go!). The main dish was a five by five inch, two inch high square of whiteness: cheese and bread and crust dosed in a slimy green sauce. It had no taste. If you managed your way through this dense mass you'd feel quite full. The dessert was a square of poppy seed cake that tasted okay, but like it came from a mix. So there was no meat in my meal. But there were scarcely any vegetables and they rely very heavily on dairy (one of the other soup options was a cream soup). The guy at the register's English was limited (and admittedly my Slovenian is hello, please and thanks) so I couldn't get details before ordering. The good news is that all of this cost only 6 euros. And if it was to your liking you'd be plenty full for the rest of the afternoon.
They do have a pretty good salad bar and you can just get a salad (a large bowl you fill as you like for 6 euros, a smaller size available as well).
The outdoor seating overlooks an okay but not beautiful courtyard, nothing special to look at or be in.
If you do want to check it out, here are directions:
walk out of the main square (the one with the statue of a poet holding a book in his hand and a half naked woman/muse hovering over him) toward the salmon-colored huge church. Look for a sign on your right that says Gallerija Emporium. Take a right down that street. Look for the number 10, posted on the wall, then look across the street and walk through that arch. You'll see the yellow sign for the restaurant.

Pros: cheap, ample salad bar

Cons: tasteless, few veggies, dairy heavy

hokusai77

Points +13612

Vegan
08 May 2011

nice salad bar

I happened to be there on my first night in Ljubljana too late (restaurant closes at 7 pm), but I had the chance to try it out the next day. It's a simple cafe with limited choice, but price/quality ratio is extremely high. I had a nice salad from the salad bar (you can choose among plenty of options, dried vegetables are awesome), and a hearty veggie stew with homemade bread (the other option as main dish for vegans was a mushroom cake).

Pros: healthy cuisine , good value, friendly staff

Cons: closes too early , closed on Sat and Sun

rubberbandball

Points +43

Vegan
12 Oct 2010

very satisfied

The old centre needed a place like this. It's set in a small atrium and the interior is pleasant as well. I love the variety of legumes, nuts, seeds, soya produce, fresh veg and garnish in the salad bar - most of these I would otherwise not take the time to make at home in small quantities. One can choose between plenty of menu combinations. Not that many cooked main course choices, but all tasty, and some really nice deserts and fresh juices. Staff is friendly and patient.

Pros: variety of choice, esp. salad bar, staff, interior




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