Well-stocked, all-vegan mini market and health food shop in the city center, located on a side street opposite Taksim Emergency Hospital. Offers mostly organic products including fresh bread, spreads, raw food snacks, soya milk, oat and rice drinks, tofu, miso, wakame, cereals, gluten free food, bio coffee, chocolate, biscuits, juices, bio cosmetics and personal care products, ecological cleaning products, and supplements. Open Mon-Sat 9:30am-8:00pm.


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33 Reviews

First Review by Upliftance

kamözüt

Points +393

Vegan
02 May 2024

Boş çeşit

Küçük ama bol çeşitli. Sahibi çok eski vegan. Açıklama yapmaya veganlığı yaymaya çok hevesli. Ürünlerle ilgili bolca bilgi alabilirsiniz. Yalnızca bu pazardan para kazanmak için değil vegan olduğu için vegan ürünler satıyor.

Pros: Güler yüz, Bol çeşit

atlrichard77

Points +32

Vegan
01 May 2024

Small place to come and see

It's a good place to help support small Vegan bizs in Istanbul

Pros: Niche, Small, Friendly

·X·

Points +18513

Vegan
06 Oct 2023

Vegan Dukkan Market

What a lovely little shop packed full of vegan groceries! The owner was super kind and I loved the vegan meat and cheeses I purchased. I’ll be back!

Izzy234

Points +1320

Vegan
05 May 2023

Fantastic vegan cheese!

This place is cute and offers a lot of interesting vegan products... but the cheese! Don't miss it!

bahakorkmaz

Points +333

Vegan
02 Mar 2023

Nearly 20 years in business!

They have some really high quality products here. The owner is one of the most friendly and knowledgeable people you'll ever meet in your life as well. Would definitely recommend!

Pros: Variety of products, Longevity and thus knowledge

TheTofuTyrant

Points +1960

Vegan
01 Feb 2023

Love this place

I’ve ordered tons of things from here—their cashew yogurt is extraordinary, they carry nutritional yeast and offer various vegan protein options. Super cute store in Istanbul, too.

Updated from previous review on 2023-02-01

Pros: All vegan , Fast delivery , Great variety

Cons: Pricey

MariannBB

Points +3209

Vegan
25 Dec 2022

Great vegan health store

In this store, everything is vegan, and you can find various types of food products, supplements and cosmetics.

I bought a hazelnut flavoured vegan and cruelty-free lip balm and it's great.

Pros: All vegan health store

Cons: An uphill walk is required to get there

S.c.i

Points +538

Vegan
10 Sep 2022

Good place to buy vegan products

I bought what I needed.

VeganovskyPersona

Points +76

Vegan
07 Aug 2022

I think most of the products are very useful nutrition, cleaning stuff etc...

I like their plant based meats and tofus yummy 😍🙏

Pros: Lots of vegan options.

Cons: Some products are very expensive.

lele214

Points +459

Vegan
03 Aug 2022

Mignonne petite épicerie

De quoi trouver le nécessaire pour survire !

Ö.MuratKırca

Points +23

Vegetarian
08 Jun 2022

Overpriced

This tiny place has a good variety of vegan products the staff is great but the problem is it's overly priced.
Some of the stuff like the supplements are 3X the price compared to buying from online.

LanaAbuAyyash

Points +297

Vegan
09 May 2022

All the vegan perks at a price

Cute small shop, extremely helpful and nice owner, it has all the supplements, body care products, (super foods), cheese, meats, grains. To me most of what's in there is unnecessary for a vegan lifestyle, but more like a treat. I got a really tasty parmesan cheese from there and Bi Nevi Deli's delish smoked Temphe.

Updated from previous review on 2022-04-03

Nathan

Points +2089

Vegan
04 Dec 2021

Small but great.

Although small it has a decent selection of purely 100% vegan items. I was really excited to find some handmade fermented cheeses and yogurts here. Definitely worth a visit.

mortem1

Points +1261

Vegan
22 Apr 2021

Vegan shop!

It nice and so small vegan shop with big variety vegan items and food. You can buy not only vegan food and products, but and some stuff like bags, also available vegan cosmetics and cleaning products for home.

Pros: Vegan shop , Good location

Cons: Small

eudoxie

Points +56

Vegan
26 Nov 2020

Cozy shop with great assortment

Nice shop with great range of vegan cheeses and other products. Absolutely loved aged cashew cheese, amazing ice-cream and best kombucha I have ever tried. Friendly stuff and fine prices. In perfect world each vegan should have such local supermarket in the area. Thank you!

Pros: Big choice, Cozy and comfortable , Tasty and high quality products

Garonse

Points +742

Vegan
19 Nov 2020

Tiny shop with vegan stuff

The size of the shop kinda represents how vegan lifestyle is popular here. It’s tiiiiiiny. There’s no prices for stuff they sell. I don’t like that. Yes, it make us to communicate with a seller, but I don’t think it’s a right way. Thankfully the owner speaks English. The price for everything is quite high. I’d say it’s higher than in Europe. 100g local cookies about 5 €

Pros: Some stuff you can’t find in a supermarket

Cons: Too expensive , Tiny, maybe would be better to have another loc-n, No prices on a products

BrookeBarney

Points +475

Vegan
09 Oct 2020

Amazing little store! Owner is awesome!

Definitely go support this store! All vegan and the owner is an activist 🌱👏🏼

Pros: All vegan , Owner is awesome

whitesiroi

Points +1615

Vegan
18 Aug 2020

Awesome place

frozen cake is delicious, must try
And he has bunch of other vegan products, wallets, condoms, shampoo, etc.

BriceVega

Points +150

Vegan
17 Jul 2020

Vegan oasis

Great assortment of vegan products, very friendly host

AycaKonur

Points +125

Vegan
05 Oct 2019

Amazing!

The oldest vegan shop in Istanbul. Literally the vegan heaven. Packed with vegan goodies, variety of vegan cheese and yoghurts, vegan health food & snacks, frozen burgers and falafels, cosmetics and makeup. You’ll love the vibe of this place.

BudgetBucketList

Points +1334

Vegan
21 Apr 2019

Nice little vegan shop close to Taksim

Really nice that Istanbul has something like this! It's really tiny and mainly focused on makeup and body hygiene products, but has a small selection of food as well. Most indeed isn't priced, like prior reviews mention, which is a point of possible improvement.

Extra bonus points for the 3 friendly cats though!

bnom

Points +363

Vegan
12 Oct 2017

Prices not marked

The selection was okay (a mix of food, household, and personal items) but I only found one item with its price listed in the whole store!

enso

Points +40

Vegan
11 Oct 2017

Support the growth of veganism in Istanbul!

Brave little shop which is also well-located for tourists. It's fantastic that veganism is growing in Turkey and businesses like these are brave pioneers. My favourite thing from here is the pea protein mince which is a nice alternative to soya. As a local you can also buy gluten flour to make your own seitan.

Updated from previous review on 2017-10-11

veganoteacher

Points +5027

Vegan
13 Jul 2017

Great Service!

I'm currently living in the east side of Turkey, and use this place from time to time. It has great diversity of vegan products and I love the boxing of my order.

Pros: Diversity of Products

Cons: Maybe More Desserts

bisousb

Points +49

Vegan
24 Jan 2015

Everything You Could Find in Istanbul

With regards to cruelty-free, vegan products is stocked here. It is a small shop, with a grand mission and I commend Tarkan for his dedication and hard work into making this shop a reality. If you want something that is not sold here...he's probably researched it and is either working on bringing it or trying to source it locally. He's a pioneer and hero of the plant-based scene here in istanbul, we'd be lost without him!

liselotte

Points +35

Vegan
30 Jun 2014

Small and expensive

Even if it might be difficult to import vegan products i found this shop quite expensive ! The owner is super nice and i really support him but i hope he can become popular and then become cheaper !
For example a bottle of Desert Essence shampoo was 32 TL (12 euros) !

Pros: Friendly staff, Lots of household products, Lots of vegan cosmetics

Cons: Not that many food items, Expensive

aps101

Points +341

Vegan
07 May 2014

Small Vegan Shop

I concur with the previous post. It is a very cute and small shop. This is a great store for someone living in Istanbul or on a long term stay. They have mainly household products, toiletries, and some food items. Unfortunately, not a lot of prepared or grab and go foods. I did find a chocolate pudding that I decided to try and it was really quite good. I also got some juice.




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