Basil and cheeze panini at Bake the Difference in Lisbon
Coffee soya ice cream at Bake the Difference in Lisbon
Smoked tofu empanada at Bake the Difference in Lisbon

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Vegan
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Juice bar
Bakery
Portuguese

Little, all vegan bakery and cafe located in the city center in the Sao Jose area. This cozy place serves vegan sweets and savories, fresh juices, tea and coffee. A different soup and main dish are offered at lunch daily. No refined sugars and no alcohol. Raw and gluten free options. Reported closed to HappyCow.

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20 Reviews

First Review by santiyeve

Avatar Nia

Nia

Points +140

Vegan
27 Jul 2012

Bake the difference, come back!!!

The best vegan place in Lisbon, it is soooo sad I read now it's closed!!! I came there a few times, always enjoyed a lot and my friends (vegans, non vegans) too. Chocolate cake was reaaaally good. Hope they return because vegan restaurants are needed, especially in Portugal and-its capital! Let's make the difference together:)

Pros: excellent food, friendly stuff, 100%vegan

Avatar vinnyk

vinnyk

Points +44

Vegan
23 Jul 2012

Best place in Lisbon

It's a shame if Bake the Difference is permanently closed, because we had our best lunches here. Great sandwiches and specials and fantastic vegan cakes/muffins. Amazing value, can not fault it.

Pros: Sandwiches, Location, Price

Avatar richardlanc

richardlanc

Points +42

Vegan
16 Jul 2012

This place is now closed

I tried to go here today (16th July 2012), but the people there said they had just closed - possibly not permanently, but they couldn't give out any more information than that. A big shame..

Avatar vegantonio

vegantonio

Points +239

Vegan
03 Jul 2012

You get addicted...

to the smile of Eunice and the friendliness of her staff. Two people cooking and baking really good. Very nice atmosphere ... we eat there everytime we are in Lisbon and it is difficoult not to get there. You will have to refrain yourself... from the excellent muffins and cakes. Don't miss the chance if you are in Lisbon

Pros: excellent food, Atmosphere, friendliness

Avatar JMarin

JMarin

Points +59

Vegan
20 Jun 2012

Only 100% Vegan Place in Lisbon

Hope to see more soon, but until now bake the difference is the only 100% Vegan place in Lisbon. Great food, always creative and tasty. Great for lunch and to spend the afternoon eating delicious toasts and all kinds of sweets and other delicious snacks. Unexpensive and with very friendly staff.

Pros: Food, Location, Concept

Avatar Sonita Amor

Sonita Amor

Points +33

Vegan
18 Jun 2012

Friendly cafe

Daily lunch menus combined with a permanent menu.

Pros: Lunches or snaks, Good menu offers

Cons: Very small, Doesn't open on weekends

Avatar TelmoBarradasAlcobia

TelmoBarradasAlcobia

Points +15

Mostly Veg
18 Jun 2012

All you need

From the first time, the service has good and friendly, the food is perfect, for soups to main courses, and especially the great chocolat cake. It's as cheap as any "tasca" (crapy restaurant that may have great ou lousy food) and never fails. Unfortunally, it closes early and on must weekends...

Pros: great food, variety all vegan, prize

Cons: closes at dinner, closes on weekends, no alcool

Avatar Rosedale

Rosedale

Points +44

Vegetarian
21 May 2012

Beautiful food with overwhelming choice

We visited This lovely Lisbon cafe for lunch and were bowled over by the service, choice, price and quality of the food. The owners spent some time explaining the different items on the menu in English and recommended some dishes for us to eat. We had soup and a panini for our meal; both of which were so tasty, fresh and a good combination of flavours. We were so impressed we bought 2 of their pasties to have for dinner and 2 muffins for dessert to take away. Together with drinks this was under 20 euro; amazing value. I would highly recommend this cafe and if we weren't continuing our travels would probably be eating there every day.

Pros: Beautiful food, Great service and choice, Inexpensive

Avatar PrincesaMichelle

PrincesaMichelle

Points +40

Vegan
02 Apr 2012

AMAZING in every way!

We ate here twice because we loved it so much. Great service with very friendly staff. Excellent choices. Completely vegan. Delicious coffee and fresh juices. Can't remember everything we ordered but it was all delicious. One was a Portuguese sausage sandwich and it was awesome.

Pros: Wonderful Staff, Delicious Food

Cons: Hard to find parking

Avatar VeganColleen

VeganColleen

Points +39

Vegan
16 Mar 2012

I'm still dreaming about the vegan moussaka

My husband and I were in Lisbon in December and we ate at Bake the Difference pretty much every day, as well as bought lots of baked goods to take with us on our long walks through the city. Everything was incredibly delicious and the owner is extremely helpful and enthusiastic. We thought everything was delicious but the moussaka, pumpkin cupcake, and chocolate salami were our absolute favourites. We can't recommend this place enough!!

Pros: Open early, Everything vegan, Everything delicious

Cons: Not open later for dinner

Avatar xvegankx

xvegankx

Points +35

Vegan
22 Feb 2012

Deliciously vegan!

This place was so amazing, we came back a second time. The lady is really friendly. They haven't got an English menu, but she's willing to translate everything.
They've got a day menu (€7) which includes soup (we had spinach and pumpkin soup), the menu of the day (a Brazillian dish with tofu, coconut cream, rice and veggies) and the juice of the day (freshly squeezed orange juice). It was extremely delicious! We really liked it. As desert we took the amazin carrotcake, a peanut muffin and chocolate chip muffin. Also very delicious!

Pros: Taste, Price, Friendliness

Avatar Tara HD

Tara HD

Points +781

Vegan
17 Jan 2012

Friendly place, good food

What is absolutely outstanding about this place is the incredibly friendly and helpful owner. We felt very welcome there.
The selection of food is quite limited. We never tried the daily menu (which was probably a mistake) but tried nearly everything else: quiche, empanadas, salad, soup, toast and chocolate cake. Soup and toast were very good, the quiche and empanadas lukewarm (but the taste was fine). The chocolate cake was delicious.

Pros: very friendly owner, good value

Avatar Mimi

Mimi

Points +165

Vegan
17 Dec 2011

Lovely, Friendly Cafe

This is a bright and cheerful cafe. The food is 100% vegan. We had a lunch of Pumpkin Soup - scrummy, Lebanese Moussaka with salad . . . absolutely delicious. Somehow, we found room for Chocolate Cake - the best I have tasted so far in a cafe/restaurant.

Very friendly . . . wished we had had time to go back, and will next time we are in Lisbon.

Pros: 100% Vegan, Open all day, Fabulous Food

Avatar Bauldric

Bauldric

Points +72

Vegetarian
22 Nov 2011

Wonderful Cake

The chocolate cake we've eaten is delicious. Hope to come back soon :-)

Pros: Very nice atmosphere, Tasty chocolate cake, Friendly staff

Cons: -

Avatar djmoonlight

djmoonlight

Points +45

Vegan
13 Sep 2011

sweet and friendly

Saw this on Happy cow when it had no reviews yet just before our holiday this july to Portugal and had to find it! It was well worth it, it's only a little place but the staff were very friendly and helpful, and everything was vegan! We tried their coffee with soya milk and cakes, as well as having toasted sandwiches, wonderful to go somewhere and be able to order anything off the menu! the only disappointment that there wasn't as many cakes/pastries as I was expecting with it being labelled a bakery, but there was a good selection of cafe type snack items.

Pros: cheap, all vegan, friendly

Cons: not many cakes, tiny place

Avatar Jenny G

Jenny G

Points +68

Vegan
01 Sep 2011

Love it!

I'd been hearing about this for a long time before it opened, so when I saw reviews on here I had to check it out. I wasn't disappointed. My friend and I went there on Friday for a very late lunch, expecting to have a snack but they prepared some leftover lasagne from the dish of the day. The ingredients were fresh and tasty, and the salad with it was huge. We were so excited to have a place with all the extras that were all vegan, we tried hot chocolate (white chocolate!) which was very sweet, but perfect, muffins (mine was pistachio and choc-chip), a fresh mango rice-milk shake, and we sat there feeling sad we couldn't try the quiche, the pizza, the toasties or the ice cream! Definitely going back. It's a shame they're not open on weekends, it'd be perfect for a leisurely brunch location.
To be honest, the cakes didn't look that exciting, especially since the name suggests it's a bakery, but trust me - they taste great.
And although they call it vegetarian, everything is actually vegan.

Pros: Tasty food, vegan everything, friendly staff

Avatar mik

mik

Points +3769

Vegan
21 Aug 2011

Plain but handy

The assortment is not really that impressive, since there was no cheesecake or any sophisticated creations. However, I doubt you can find this variety of vegan biscuits elsewhere in the city.

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CeciliaTegner

Points +48

Vegan
26 Jul 2011

Best place in town!

This place is a must for any vegan visiting Lisbon! A small place with a huge heart. Owners are awesome and SO friendly. Had lunch here and following dessert and coffee. Not often does one get asked if you want soya-, rice-, OR oat milk in one's cappuccino :) Food is tasty, the chocolate cake is to die for. Juice made fresh, everything home made. Plenty of choices: salads, toast, whole meals, all vegan, all awesome (at least the ones we tried)!

Pros: Great staff, SO much to choose from, Cosy place

Cons: Closes at 8

Avatar Beckle

Beckle

Points +67

Vegan
03 Jul 2011

Tasty Traditional Food and all Vegan!!!

My partner and I are on a 6 month trip of Europe and happened to park across the road from this place by accident and I must say we found an absolute GEM!

We were in Lisbon on a special day for the city, a traditional day with street celebrations. The restaurant had a 3 course dinner especially for this day and it was only 13 EUROS!

Fantastic value for money - portion sizes were very large. Starter was seiten sausage Portuguese style, followed by soup with bread. The main was delicious rice with tofu and veg on skewers. Dessert was amazing chocolate mousse or a creamy traditional dish.

Staff were very friendly and helpful. We are so glad to have found this place :)

Pros: portion sizes, Location, Price

Avatar santiyeve

santiyeve

Points +24

Vegan
24 Jun 2011

Great place with very friendly staff

great food - really good prices - cosy place - great staff - all self made and really yummy. we were two people, had empanada, toasted sandwich, water, dessert and coffee - and paid under 10 €. Unbelievably good! Find the place by walking up "Rua Portas" - close to Hard Rock Cafe.

Pros: great food, very pricy, friendly staff

Cons: a little tricky to find

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