Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Pizza
International
Western
Juice bar
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Greek

Vegetarian restaurant serving various entrees like falafels and nachos plus burgers, sandwiches, smoothies, juices, house-made breads, and cakes. Located at a 10-minute walk from the two central metro stations. Est. 2011.


345 Reviews

First Review by camillanorway

reuvenk

Points +507

Vegetarian
13 Oct 2018

Nice upscale vegetarian restaurant

We arrived for dinner without making reservations, which was a mistake. However, the maitre d' arranged a table for us after a short wait.
The menu is extensive, and the service was good. Waitstaff was attentive to our allergy- and vegan-related questions.
The food was delicious too - see pictures.
Prices were a bit higher than other Greek veg*n places we had been too, but the restaurant is more upscale than your typical veg*n place.
Apparently, upstairs you eat seated on the floor (with shoes off), but we were seated at a regular table downstairs.

Pros: delicious food, upscale

willtuttle

Points +48

Vegan
10 Oct 2018

Terrific!

The vegan food was well-prepared and delicious. And, the staff was super friendly and efficient. We mistakenly ordered the incorrect dish and after eating some of it, we realized it, and they were kind enough to bring us the correct dish and let us keep in the incorrect one as well. Very generous, knowledgeable, and capable! Highly recommended!

Pros: Great food, Great staff

TravellingCouple

Points +300

Vegan
04 Oct 2018

Good vegan and friendly staff

Very nice vegan food and friendly staff.

DitaCarlita

Points +483

Vegetarian
03 Sep 2018

Good pasta

Got takeaway pizza and pasta and it was very good. Got it in about 15 minutes. Though the service was just okay here.

Pros: Vegan options

Cons: Service is so-so

TrevorS

Points +974

Vegetarian
20 Aug 2018

Have a try

Restaurant with a wide range of options that seem good on the menu. We had the Luminous vegan, which was great, the avocado Burger which was OK, and 2 good smoothies. Not everything is exceptional but the setting & service are nice and there aren't many restaurants like that in Greece.

Pros: Many options , Nice setting & service

Cons: Expensive by Greek standards, Not all the food is exceptional

bjartbjart

Points +78

Vegan
16 Aug 2018

Meh

It was ok, nothing special. Crispy tofu was not crispy, the tart was cold in the middle and the panini was ok.

Pros: Fast service, Lots of choices

Cons: To much hippie/healthy kind of place for my taste

ClaraSav

Points +271

Vegan
01 Aug 2018

Amazing!

The service was perfect and there are good prices for the dishes which are also very good. It’s a very nice place to go !

Pros: Extraordinary juices , Very good dishes, A lot of choices

Cons: The straws are not recyclable

flickballoon

Points +94

Vegan
28 Jul 2018

Super delicious

This is really excellent vegan food and the staff were delightful

DenizB

Points +72

Vegan
17 Jul 2018

Delicious vegan options!

It was great to actually have a hearty, fully vegan meal in Athens! The avocado burger was amazing.. And they give you giant chunks of avocado inside. The apple and lemon juice was very good and refreshing on a hot day.

GoNianoS

Points +258

Vegan
13 Jul 2018

I wouldn't go there again

healthy food, but not so tasty and quite expensive. Unfortunately, it's vegeterian so they dont offer many vegan choices. I would go there again only if my friends wanted to go there, for some reason. I think Athens has better Vegan places-options to offer.

Pros: center of athens

Cons: They don't have VegLifeFest Members Card discount, expensive, Not vegan

poppyseed

Points +86

Vegan
11 Jul 2018

Delicious!

Really nice food and kind attentive staff. Also an amazing juice menu! Only small complaint would be there are quite a few more vegetarian options than vegan. However the vegan options were very tasty so it wasn't so bad!

Thanassis

Points +216

Vegan
29 Jun 2018

Nice flavor combination

Perfect place if you want a special dinner. My favourite plate is the macrobiotic.

Haggai

Points +103

Vegan
16 Jun 2018

Nice place, food a little dull

A nice place for vegan food. The first course was wonderful, but the mains were mediocre, plain and unoriginal. Staff was friendly.

Pros: Great starts

Cons: Plain food

jadejeffery

Points +42

Vegan
16 Jun 2018

This food was amazing

The staff and food here are amazing. They were happy to help me when I was deciding between two options. I went for the avocado burger and I'm glad I did, it was delicious. And very filling! Would definitely recommend coming here!

Pros: mostly vegetarian but there are quite a few vegan

Cons: none

ancali

Points +13

Vegetarian
15 Jun 2018

Great food and nice quick service!

I loved it here! Had the baby spinach salad with avocado and olive oil and pine nuts - it was very nice. The coconut milkshake was spiced with cardamom and it tasted wonderful. Add to it the almond cappuccino and I was all set for my day of sightseeing in Athens. If you’re vegan, definitely come here.

Pros: A great choice for vegans and vegetarians, Food service, Nice location

NigelB

Points +13

Vegetarian
30 May 2018

A great experience

My wife and I are kosher-observant, and additionally she is gluten-intolerant, and cannot take cows' milk (goats and UHT are fine). So we are used to looking through menus, sorting out the one or two dishes we could possibly eat, then asking staff, who often really don't understand food issues, to ask the kitchen what's in the dishes. The Indian restaurant which swore that there was no dairy, but cooked everything in ghee, made us shudder, and its memory makes us very careful.

So, on our first night (of 2) in Athens, it was a real change to see the great menu at Avocado, and for my wife to realise that she actually had multiple choices. We actually found it difficult to choose. She landed up with penne (g/f) putanesca, and I had an oriental noodle dish. Both were delicious - we shared. We wanted dessert, but quite honestly we were too full - the portion sizes are way more than generous.

So we came back at lunchtime the following day, for dessert and coffees. Dessert was shared as well, a large serving of apple pie, with ice cream. Yes, I did say that my wife had food issues, but the apple pie was on a pastry made from oat flour (very tasty) and the filling was very generous, and exceptionally tasty - not too sweet, very apple-y. And the ice cream was made from ewe's milk. We were both absolutely delighted with everything - the range of food, the menus, the taste of all the dishes, the portion sizes, and the ingredient knowledge of all the servers we talked to - a great find. Well worth going to Athens, just for Avocado!

Cost? We thought it very reasonable for what you get. It's not MacDonald's prices - it's not MacDonald's food, either.

Two very happy diners.

Pros: Food choices and portion sizes, Staff's knowledge and service levels, Organic and veggie/vegan

Cons: Athens is so far from Bournemouth!

Carlz

Points +39

Vegan
28 May 2018

Meh

We were really excited to try this place out but were extremely underwhelmed. The food was all just okay. The place is beautiful and everything on the menu sounded delicious but it was nothing to write home about. We got the paella, veggie burger, hummus, and coconut milkshakes and it was all fine but nothing stood out. Would not return.

Pros: Pretty restaurant

Cons: Food isn’t that good, Not many vegan options , Pricey

ValenPizza

Points +16

Vegan
29 Apr 2018

Excellent dinner

Staff was very friendly, food was delicious! Price was a bit high and we couldn't finish eating because it was a big portion, but we could take it home :)

Pros: Good food, Nice staff, Able to take leftovers home

Cons: Expensive , Small tables

Joana

Points +33

Vegetarian
28 Apr 2018

My favourite in Athens

Ahhh the luminous vegan...
Large diversity of dishes, for every taste and apetitte.

mikeybutt

Points +184

Vegan
11 Apr 2018

delicious lunch

good lunch spot! awesome staff and the food hit the spot. i recommend the ceasar salad! i would give them 5 stars but they’re not 100% vegan so 4 is the max. the vegan items that i had were excellent

Cons: not fully vegan

Marieanne

Points +581

Vegan
24 Mar 2018

ok but not amazing

The restaurant itself is nice and good located. The staff is friendly. The prices are very high in my opinion so i expected smth great but it was just mediocre. Cant say it was bad but wouldnt go there again.

Pros: good located, nice atmosphere

Cons: overpriced , not a great variety of vegan choices

vegan.goddammit

Points +929

Vegetarian
07 Mar 2018

Great tasting smoothies and meals

We had avocado and chocolate smoothies and Ruby love (Indian style curry with basmati rice) and they everything was tasting incredibly delicious. The prices were bit higher than other places in Athens but it was definitely worth it.

Pros: great smoothies, delicious meals, nice and helpful staff

Cons: pricey

BikerScribe

Points +12

Non Veg
03 Mar 2018

really good lunch stop

We walked quite a way to find it and it was well worth it. Friendly staff and good menu. I’m non-vegan/veggie, but there was loads to choose from and the Avacado burger was delicious and enough for me (I’m a big lump of a guy)

My partner - the vegan - was spoiled for choice but settled on a panini and loved it

Highly recommended

Pros: good menu, good value and portions , adaptable options for gluten free etc

Rhibee11

Points +36

Vegetarian
04 Feb 2018

Love it!

Have come back here multiple times. Not only are they vegetarian/ vegan, they also have plenty of wheat and gluten free options.
Prices may seem high but we've never needed dinner after eating here, it's just so filling!
The wheat free bread is delicious and i highly recommend the Thai soup, eggplant parmigiana and the macro plate.
My meat eating friend also loved the signature Avocado burger.

TytoAlba

Points +763

Vegan
19 Jan 2018

Nice place

Not my favourite place, but really nice to sit there with friends and chat or study. The location is really good (close to syntagma station) and there are many vegan options in the menu, but not the amount of options that you expect in a veggie restaurant. The burger that I ordered once was nice but made my stomach hurt all night long :/, perhaps because of the way that it was cooked. The internet connection is bad.

Updated from previous review on 2016-04-10

Pros: Location, Atmosphere

Cons: Not many vegan options, Expensive, A lot of honey and cheese with no reason

DimitrisKouskousis

Points +15

Vegetarian
13 Jan 2018

excellent

I love Avocado. Amazing food. Great service.

Cons: expensive

-Sarah-

Points +127

Vegan
27 Dec 2017

Great restaurant

It was really busy when we visited Avocado, but the staff were very nice and managed to squeeze us in. I was surprised at how quickly the food was served to us, and was very impressed by meals. I had the vegan pasta dish (Vegan Jasmine) which was very tasty and a very generous serving.

It's probably best to make a booking if you plan on visiting Avocado in order to avoid disappointment.

Pros: Great service, Delicious food




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