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Edeni Vegan

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Iskola Utca 31, Budapest, Hungary, 1011

Eden Vegetarianus Etterem is a cafeteria style restaurant that offers a changing menu. Food is vegan. July 2016 reported no longer using honey. Has fresh juices. Hungarian, English, German and Serbo Croat spoken. At corner of Gyorskocsi utca, 1 block from Battány tér bus and metro station, 1 blk from the Danube. Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-8:00pm.

Category: Vegan, Buffet, Mediterranean, Juice bar, Take-out, Hungarian

Reviews (78)

First Review by writeinCURSIVE

Good cafeteria - not restaurant. - Edit

This is a cafeteria style restaurant. When we walked in, the lady behind the counter was very nice but not very good at explaining each food (and not because of a language barrier). So we weren't 100% sure what we were ordering. We ended up getting a Chilli con Carne (no meat), cooked beets, and some seitan.
It was all very good and flavourful. The portion sizes was nice and we were well satiated after the meals. However, I'm not sure I would pay those prices for cafeteria food again.
Restaurant was also a bit tacky, which to some isn't a problem, but it does make it feel even more like a cafeteria and less like a restaurant.

Pros: Good food, Good portion sizes, Owner was very nice

Cons: Tacky interior, A little pricey


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Wouldn't Visit Again - Edit

First of all Budapest has some amazing vegan restaurants and all of them I would recommend a thousand times over Edeni.

The lady who was serving that day was quite rude and didn't listen to our requests. She served us a little bit of everything. I would have preferred to have more potatoes, less seitan because I don't like it but who cared, it was get what you are given here. I manage to pour myself a juice but it tasted like grass.

Although it was traditional Hungarian food which was what we were after, we were thoroughly disappointed. It was cafeteria style and had clearly been sitting out all day, it was cold and stodgy. The flavours were bland and boring - the opposite of what I'd heard about Hungarian food.

Surprisingly there was no goulash but some funny potatoes in gravy, a steak-esque seitan slab and some vegetables. We also got a salad with seeds on top which wasn't tasty either.

The good news is that this place is really cheap and in a lovely location. The food was really gross, though.

I mean, you're in Budapest! There's a gazillion better vegan options around, go somewhere else!

Pros: Cheap, cheap, cheap!, Traditional Hungarian food

Cons: Horrible food, Rude staff, You get what you are given


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best vegan buffet and deserts in town - Edit

well located near the danube on the buda side of budapest. food was great and almost typical hungarian. 👌🏻 the local wheat beer was also excellent. i also recommend the deserts!


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Good find! - Edit

We found this on a walk by the river, it was a pleasant cafeteria style service. Good food with lots of choice, seitan, tofu, beans etc.
The juices are a little overpriced though.
The cakes were lovely too.

Pros: Choice, quick, desserts

Cons: Juices


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Cute interior, food is pricy - Edit

This cafe is gorgeous. Very cute interior, and nice atmosphere. The food was nice although a little on the pricy side. I found it be expensive, however worth a visit if your in the area.

Pros: Cafe interior

Cons: Price, Limited range of food


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Cafe style , buffet food - Edit

We were looking for a vegan restaurant near Castle Hill and this was the nearest one . The restaurant is café-style with a smallish buffet to choose from . The food was wholesome and tasted home-made but was quite oily , and the choices on the menu were not that large .
The prices were similar to other Vegan Restaurants that we ate at , that offered a " fancier" dining experience with a much larger menu and nicer ambience .

Pros: Wholesome , "home-made" food

Cons: Small menu, Prices similar to more upscale vegan restuarants


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Great find! - Edit

Very nice cozy place with friendly service and great small meals chosen buffet style. I'm an American who was in Budapest during Thanksgiving and they even had a vegan American Thanksgiving plate! So surprised!

Loved the sweet potato soup!


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An OK experience - Edit

The restaurant looks very cute and cosy. It is pretty large and has a big terrace.

Please note that the food is mostly self-service food, in large pans which sit there all day...
We were a bit taken aback when I went to order a vegan burger and the lady instantly sighed and said "Ugh, why does everybody have to order burgers? We have excellent food here."
Well yes, lady, I hear you. Then why put a vegan burger on the menu if you don't want to serve them?
She did add that the burgers were from the day before which lead me to believe that some dishes might not be that fresh.

Apart from that, there is a pretty large choice. The food is good but not out-of-this-world, and it is on the cheap side. Not the best quality-price ratio of Budapest, but good enough.

Pros: Terrace, cute and cosy, Cheap-ish

Cons: Self-service food


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Friendly place on the Buda side - Edit

While it wasn't my favorite vegan place in the city I'd still recommend it. The green juice was tasty, so was the pumkin soup. Helpful staff. Lacks a bit of atmosphere.

Pros: gluten free options available


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Reasonable - Edit

Cafeteria style service as previously mentioned but lots of different options. Ends up being a bit of a mix and match of different foods but the tofu scramble with tofu frankfurter, salad and other things I ate were good.

Pros: Choice, Price


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Delicious, cozy little vegan cafe - Edit

This place is wonderful! The food was delicious, authentic Hungarian and very affordable! The owner and staff were all friendly and welcoming, and the space is bright, charming and sweet. They have lots of raw vegan desserts and fresh-squeezed juices in addition to the food, which is served cafeteria style. My husband and I are delighted to find so many great vegan restaurants in Budapest, and this is one we will definitely be returning to during our stay here. :)


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very good! - Edit

Budapest is one of the best cities in the world, it's also not too difficult to find vegan and vegetarian food. Anyway Edeni Vegan is situated in Buda, in a very nice place. The food is great, cheap and people is friendly, so for me it's a very good place!

Best for me: Seitan and the cakes in the morning!

Pros: very good food, nice place

Cons: no


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hungarian self service - Edit

The food is good but the hungarian "self service" style is a little bit strange for brazilian people. Its confusing and you just cant take what you want and how much you want. Cultural differences aside, it was good.


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Not great... - Edit

We were happy to find this place, after walking around all day & not finding much vegan food!

We ate there twice, once for dinner & once for breakfast. The food was not amazing. I had a tepid mushroom stroganoff (think: the temperature of dishwater after it has cooled a little), with a bit of bread, my husband had a mix of things. Next day we came back for breakfast. There was a bag of pastries on one of the tables but we weren't allowed one of these, instead the server said all there was for breakfast were burgers (?!)

So. We were hungry, so we had burgers for breakfast. We paid one price, then the server came over and told us she'd only charged us for one burger, so we still had to pay for the other.... after reading some of the other reviews, I'm wondering now whether we were charged the special "tourist price"....

...throughout our weird Burger Breakfast (not recommended, by the way), the owner kept on shouting at the younger server girl, giving her a bit of a hard time and making the atmosphere really uncomfortable. We didn't go there again after that.

in summary: poor food, poor atmosphere, possible "special tourist prices", wouldn't visit again or recommend.

Pros: Cheap (I think)

Cons: Limited choice, Food was cold , Bad atmosphere


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a real find! - Edit

Yummy, hearty, nutritious food. I got a mix plate which was a bit of everything. Included soy stew, seitan pattie, rice, pasta, broccoli soup, pea stew among others. Very filling and tasty! I saw they also offer a vegan burger and desserts

Pros: lots of options, yummy, filling


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Average experience - Edit

The location and decoration is beatiful and comfortable and pluses for the outdoor seating. On the menu they have only a few things written so you need to ask the prices and info for the rest. One waitress did her best to speak English but was pretty slow but at least she tried. Food was ok but quite cold but they heated it up for us when we asked for it. Drinks were quite expensive, I didn't like paying almost 300 hf for a glass of (alchalized?) tap water. All in all an average experience, not the first place where I'd go back.

Pros: Quite a lot of choice, Pretty tasty food

Cons: You can end up quite expensive even with a simple , No cheap drinking options


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RIPS OFF TOURISTS AND POOR FOOD - Edit

Ate here yesterday for lunch. Ordered from menu on top of counter. After order rang up and paid, noticed I was charged 4600 forints for 2 veganburgers menu and 1 bowl of carrot soup, which by the menu price should have been 3270. When I asked cashier, she said in broken english, "wrong price list", took it off counter top, but DID NOTHING TO REFUND ME THE DIFFERENCE. Wished later I had asked for full refund and left. The veganburger patty was microwaved and crusty and tough with no flavor. I left half of it. The carrot soup was average at best. The burger itself fell apart when picking up, and had to be eaten with a fork and knife. (the knife was so you could cut the patty, couldn't eat just biting into it.) WORST VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT I HAVE EVER EATEN IN. Total waste. Would NEVER go here again. If you do go, pay attention to what you are charged. And on top of that, they allow customers to bring their dog into the restaurant and lay by the tables while they eat. No, it was definitely NOT a dog assistant. Sorry, to me that is totally unsanitary.

Pros: NONE

Cons: RIPS OFF TOURISTS, FOOD OVERPRICED AND NO TASTE, UNSANITARY EATING AREA


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