REMOVED: Eden Cafe

REMOVED: Eden Cafe
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Vegetarian

Vegan-friendly

International

Take-out

Bakery

Middle Eastern

Neighborhood vegetarian cafe situated on the ground floor of a small, family-operated boutique hotel of the same name in southern Jerusalem. Menu features light dairy and vegetarian meals, as well as pastries, and there are different vegan specials and soups every day, posted on their Facebook page. Specialties include Bukharan and Persian dishes. It's a quiet residential area, very cozy and welcoming, with plenty of seating inside and outside. Removed for poor vegan options.

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Giladi 4, Jerusalem, Israel
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+972-02-6724999
jerusalemhotel.co.il
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accepts credit cards
- Last update on 03 Feb 2016 by Guest
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- Added by JaredinIsrael on 07 Jan 2016
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First Review by einkerem

einkerem

Points +85

Vegan

02 Feb 2016

This is not an appropriate Happy Cow listing - Edit

I was sent a link to this restaurant -not via Happy Cow - and found that it is listed here. Based upon this review (http://www.janglo.net/index.php?option=com_adsmanager&page=display&catid=99&tid=383488&utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Everything+You+Need+To+Know+-+Feb+1&utm_campaign=20160201_m129576594_Everything+You+Need+To+Know+-+Feb+1&utm_term=Cafe+Eden-+A+Special+Neighborhood+Cafe) , I dragged my husband across the city to investigate.

1. The menu is basically an extremely limited standard Kosher Israeli dairy - which includes eggs. These restaurants are rarely more than slightly vegan friendly but this one didn't even have a soymilk option for coffee or a tofu substitution for shakshuka.

2. There was not one item on the menu that was actually vegan - and the waiter gave us one suggestion for a main course served minus the traditional sides. He told us (at 12:30 pm) that there would be a soup ready in about half an hour.

While I am specifically addressing the issue of vegan - I would like to add that the restaurant has no charm, the staff was not very welcoming and nor well trained based upon our experience as well as overheard conversation with one of the other two occupied tables.

Quite simply, we felt we had no choice but to apologise for not staying because there was really nothing appropriate on the menu.

note: I am the Jerusalem Happy Cow ambassador. I have also been vegan ( at least 95% of the time) for close to 40 years. I'll drink a glass of wine and smile under almost any circumstances. If this cafe hadn't misrepresented themselves, I would have just shrugged it off as unfortunate.

Cons: not vegan friendly, no effort to accomodate vegans

JaredinIsrael

22 Sep 2016

I am surprised and saddened that my submission of this cafe to Happy Cow was removed. I'm also a long-time vegan, I've enjoyed many vegan meals at this cafe, and I've only experienced welcoming, friendly service since the establishment opened. I even hosted here a fully vegan 4-course Shabbat dinner for my international students, which received rave reviews for the food, service and atmosphere. In addition, this cafe is a proud member of the community-based, social kashrut initiative, helping create a more sustainable food culture in general in Jerusalem. I would have appreciated being contacted before the listing was removed, and would respectfully request that it be relisted on Happy Cow.