• SAW - Big Chefs

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Large restaurant on upper level of international departures past security at the airport. Offers a separate vegan menu with five items.


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13 Reviews

First Review by NonstopDan

PaulaHirst

Points +202

Vegan
28 Sep 2024

Good Vegan Options

This was the only place we could find in the airport that offered vegan food.
There was a vegan menu page with about 5 dishes on it. Decent portions, fast service and nicer than expected for ‘fast’ food.
Always good to know that there’s somewhere to go in an airport and I’d definitely go here again if I came back to this airport.
A tip is expected in cash (but you can pay for the meal by card) and they literally accept any currency (as we had ran out of lira so had to use pounds).

Pros: Fast service , Actual obvious vegan options, Nicer than normal fast food

Cons: Paying for tip in cash

AnnaKulagina

Points +259

Vegan
25 Jun 2024

The only vegan options at SAW

The vegan page is just before the drinks. Few options. Schnitzel was decent

JulesDcks

Points +525

Vegan
23 Oct 2023

Great vegan options inside airport

Nice to have 5 vegan options and many drinks available when waitting for my plane. Taste was fine and staff are excellent

heuschrecke

Points +1093

Vegan
14 Sep 2023

Very friendly

I had the mushroom stuffed falafel which weren't great but not bad either. It's nice to have some clearly marked vegan options. The staff is very friendly and they have outlets to charge your phone.

IuliaNOTLulia

Points +6555

Vegan
13 Aug 2023

It was surprinsingly good

They don't have good reviews on maps, but the vegan choice is great (especially as this airport used to not have vegan options except Subway)

The schnitzel was good, airport prices, but still ok (around 12 euros).

AlonFeldman

Points +16

Vegan
09 Apr 2023

Good vegan option at the airport

We came here thanks to this app. Usually, vegan food is hard to find in airports, so this was great. Enough options to choose from. Nice seating area. But still, don't expect for too much. It's an airport restaurant with overpriced okay food.

Pros: Nice seating area, Mushroom stuffed falafel was good

Cons: Service was okay

LaraLemons

Points +1714

Vegan
24 Dec 2022

Glad to find something at the airport!

So pleased to have found this place as I was wondering around the very meaty stalls (Popeyes, Subway, McDonalds, Burger King without even a vegetarian option in sight). 5 vegan options and I chose the bolognese which although not really a bolognese was nice (except for the grim fake meat pieces which is what I imagine meat-eaters think all vegan meat substitutes taste like!). Worth noting that on the pasta menu the “vegan” bolognese has egg in it so make sure you order from the vegan section of the menu. Great waiters though and for those whose Turkish is terrible (me) they speak great English!

Boii

Points +50

Vegan
01 Sep 2022

Burger with fries

Nice restaurant with the only (decent) vegan options at this airport (at the time of writing). Had the burger and fries. Burger had no sauce on it I believe, there is ketchup and mustard if you ask for it. Cost me 115TL, at the time about 6,50 EU/USD.

Pros: Around 4/5 decent vegan options

Cons: Took longer than expected for a burger with fries

sheaven86

Points +37

Vegan
12 Jun 2022

One of the few airport vegan option, mushroom falafel was great

Comfortable, electric plugs, good moment

Thyra

Points +241

Vegan
05 May 2022

Go here when at SAW

Five different vegan meals and nice lemonades/mocktails. We had the Turkish version of spaghetti bolognese and it was really tasty. Relaxing place to just chill afterwards as well ;)

Pros: Relaxing, Inexpensive

Cons: No desserts

guyr

Points +36

Vegan
03 Oct 2021

Hmmmm

I was pleasantly surprised to find a place in this airport that had heard of veganism *and* had something vegan. Unfortunately it didn't meet my expectations.
I had the vegan schnitzel, which tasted like breadcrumbs, salt, oil, and not really anything else. It came with potatoes that were okay. And a little bread that, when I asked, turned out not to be vegan (!)
It was a big and filling portion though, so it's suitable for desperate people.

Updated from previous review on 2021-09-28

Pros: Has vegan food, Big portion (schnitzel), Not expensive

Cons: Not tasty (schnitzel), Need to be on guard against non-vegan extras

OskarKappland

Points +768

Vegan
24 Apr 2021

Awesome surprise!

So cool to have such a nice place at the airport advertise their vegan menu. Five items, tried the bolognese and the avo hummus sandwich and both were actually delicious! They use vegan cheese, which I was not expecting to find here. So great!

NonstopDan

Points +1442

Vegan
Owner
23 Apr 2021

Impressed! Delicious + truly vegan

Vegan cheese and soy meat. Who’d have thought?! Was so happy to find this place. Had the avocado toast with vegan cheese and soy spaghetti bolognese. So good! About 50 TL per dish.




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