Bosque Bambu

This is another Buffet that had good food. Nothing out of the ordinary but it was filling and relatively inexpensive compared to other sit-down restaurants in town. I arrived at 1 p.m. on Saturday before going on the walking tour. I got a plastic to-go container and put a decent amount of food and my total was 135 pesos. There's also an all-you-can-eat option that allows you to sit down in the dining room but I think that's close to the 300 pesos which was too expensive in my opinion. There were probably 30 items on the cold salad bar and 40 items or more on the hot food bar. This staff seems indifferent but at least they weren't unfriendly. I would go there if in this part of town although there are less experience expensive alternatives in other neighborhoods.

Crowded place, oily but decent food, awkward and grumpy staff.

You have to ask for vegan options. So I asked for vegan options and, instead of just pointing to the food, the girl actually touched some of them with her big nails with no gloves. Ew. She was nice and helpful, though - unlike the rest of the staff. The food IS good but I just wanted to get out of that place.

I can only recommend this restaurant to people who don't worry so much about cleanliness.

Updated from previous review on 2016-08-16

I'm a local, and found this place with some friends and returned to try the food.
The food is tasty, a little oily for my taste, but good anyway.
When I went and asked how the system was, they said it was by weight, and it was a little expensive, so I would recommend to go for the "all you can eat option" which I now know of!
Great variety of salads and vegan options, sadly, they are not identified and you have to ask to know, which kind of annoys me, also, that day, the stuff who were there were so grumpy! Maybe a bad day for her, but... it's not an excuse...
Overall, nice food.

Lovely little buffet offering eat in (cafeteria style) or take away. 250-300 Uruguayan pesos. You can make a vegan, gluten free, or vegetarian platter.

Closed for vacation sign says it will reopen Feb 23,2015.

Very nice buffet with many vegan options of high quality. It would be nice if the food would be properly identified as "vegan" and "vegetarian", as you always need to ask the staff.

Besides of a restaurant, it is also a shop with many good products.

Very nice restaurant. Food was a bit bland but there are some seasonings to put on the food. The staff is nice and the place was crowded at noon. It was located just behind the hostel I was staying, so the location was perfect.
I went on a saturday, so the buffet + a regular orange juice was about 400 pesos - not that cheap, but Montevideo as a whole is expensive so...

This place offers a good buffet, which has numerous vegan options. If you're hungry you can choose the 'all you can eat' option.

They also have a shop at the back where you can buy fresh vegan snacks like empanadas.

If you are hungry in Montevideo, this is the place for you. The all you can eat buffet costs 300 pesos uruguayos. The staff is aware of the (many) vegan options.

In a city that serves predominantly meat eaters, this cafe is great. It is close to the Plaza Independencia. The buffet style eatery is all you can eat for 300 Uruguayan pesos. But they don't speak English so touch up your Spanish before coming here.

A tracional chinese vegetarian restaurant. Is in the best option in the center of Montevideo. In saturday it is a bit expensive, 280 pesos urugayos or 14,80 dolars. Vegans can eat here and find very much options.

The best vegetarian food we've had in Montevideo, shame it's not open for dinner as well!

My girlfriend and I ate there 2 days ago (18 Feb 2013). We had the all-you-can-eat buffet for 280 pesos, drinks are extra, e.g. a fresh orange juice for 60 pesos. It wasn't labelled which food is vegan and we had to ask, so you should be able to speak Spanish. The food was very good and worth the money when you can eat a lot, otherwise you have the option to pay by weight for the take-away food.
They had pizza, unfortunately not vegan. Also for the dessert, only fruits were suitable, not the creams, etc. It would be nice if they offered a vegan version of the so typical dulce de leche.

I just had an amazing meal there yesterday (03March2011). It is now an all you can eat buffet. It is not cheap, but it is by far the best one in the city for vegetarian food. Excellent choices both for vegan and vegetarian. If it was not so expensive I would eat there every day of this week I am here. You can also buy healthy snacks and drinks in the shop part of this place. Great meal, don't miss it!

This location has changed to 1060 on the same street. Although at the new location it was closed by 17.00. Hope you have better luck.