Food is served buffet style and is 100% vegan. The cafe also serves pastries, some of them are vegan and are clearly marked. On the menu you can also find vegan smoothies and more. The cafe is small and often packed at lunch time. The atmosphere is nice, warm and cozy. Try the vegan chocolate-banana cake. Open Mon-Fri 11:00am-6:00pm, Sat 12:00pm-5:00pm. closed Sunday
Categories: Vegan, Buffet
11 Reviews
First Review by tomahola
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delicious! - Edit
Not entirely vegan. But a delicious buffet with plenty of vegan options. Also has very nice vegan cakes and coffee. Pay by weight
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Not completely vegan - Edit
Nice Indian-style resturant. Pay by weight but the plates are a bit small, so we had to get seconds. Very disappointed that they had cow's milk for coffee and butter for bread, so the place isn't actually completely vegan. The cakes were a disappointment, too.
Pros: Food completely vegan
Cons: Not entirely vegan as it promises Too expensive fo
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Delicious buffet and yummmi cake :) - Edit
First I couldn't find it easy because it was closed and the name of the café was just on the door.
Really nice place. I'll come again on monday. Loved the buffet and the bananachocolat cake :)). So glad I found you.
Pros: lots of vegan food
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Tasty - Edit
There is a good buffet table where you fill your plate and then weight it and pay by the kilogram. Also some cakes, coffees, tea etc.
Pros: All the buffet food is vegan and you can fill your
Cons: If you are hungry it can get a bit pricey.
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Pretty good food with a hippie vibe - Edit
A nice cafe with cakes, hot and cold drinks, and a buffet-style array of vegan food paid by weight.
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Gopal is great! - Edit
Amazing food, wonderful vegan cakes, smiley and helpful staff...Gopal has it all and is in the heart of Tampere! Don't think twice and go treat yourself :-)
Pros: Vegan buffet, Great staff, Astonishing cakes
Cons: Not open for dinner
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Bland and boring - Edit
Really bland food in the buffet. There should be full and bold flavours in Indian food and there wasn't any. I didn't taste the cakes though, they looked tasty.
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Relaxing time for a cup of coffee - Edit
This super small cafe is a part of the growing Gopal restaurant "chain". The food in all three of these restaurants is pretty much the same, they vary a bit from restaurant to restaurant but it's basically the same food but for some reason my luck visiting this place has been bad.
The food is good, don't get me wrong but it's been super salty for my taste.
This Gopal has awesome raw/vegan/vegetarian cakes and desserts. For food I would go to the other two places, but for desserts and a cup of coffee/tea I would come here.
Pros: Cakes, Coffee, Tea
Cons: Saltiness of the food, The place is quite small.
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The best thing about Tampere.... - Edit
.... is probably Cafe Gopal.
This lovely, quaint little cafe serves a vegan buffet with an Indian theme. I found that half the buffet was traditional salads such as couscous and quinoa, and the other half was dishes such as lentil dal, chickpea curry, spinach curry and rice. They also had puppadoms and the most delicious crispy beetroot balls when I visited. You help yourself and pay by weight. I had a dish full of food and it came to 9 euros while my partner, who tends to eat more than me, had a plate piled high for 11 euros.
The lady, busy cooking in the kitchen as she worked, was really nice, helpful and spoke excellent English. Everything on the buffet was vegan when I visited which was great. She also had a counter absolutely full of cakes, with an entire shelf that were vegan. I was too stuffed to eat any pudding there and then but I got some cakes to take away which included an apple sponge drizzled with vanilla custard, a lemon and almond muffin and a fudgy chocolate, nut topped cake. They were all really yummy and only 1.50-3.50 euros each.
I would not hesitate to recommend Cafe Gopal as a great place to eat for anyone who is visiting Tampere.
Pros: fresh and tasty buffet options, lovely atmosphere, fantastic cakes :)
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In the top vegan food & hands down THE top cakes! - Edit
So thankful I found this place here in Tampere. The description is correct - small, homely and packed at lunch place. The buffet was the best vegan food I've had definately in the top few meals of my life - no joke. So fresh, great mix of hot and cold with a Finnish take and international side. I was tempted to have the banana cake as the description said but went for the berry something or rather cake which hands down, is the best cake I've had in my life. I told the cafe themselves, which they said they make onsite everyday. Cake with custard - oh gosh - to die for! I would have had the whole thing. If you're in tampere, please go - vegan, vegetarian or even if you're not. You will love it, the coseyness and the price (pay for what you eat in weight). Oh the soy latte was great too - MASSIVE and cheap! One of the best vegan cafe's I've ever eaten at. Pretty much can't think of any better actually right now!!!
Pros: hot & cold food, cakes delicious, cosey friendly
Cons: none
Contributions +102
A delicious treat - Edit
Lunch is similar to Gopal: very delicious and great variety. Cafe Gopal has in addition to the lunch a great selection of sweet cakes and drinks. Also, great cakes for vegans. The opening hours are also longer, which is great for me as I sometime travel through Tampere in the late afternoon. The place is a bit crowded but it has a very nice atmosphere.
Pros: tasty, delicious, sweets
Cons: pricey if you eat a lot like me
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