Vegan
International
Mediterranean
Fast food
Take-out
Catering
Spanish

Originally founded in York in 1997, El Piano specializes in vegan and gluten-free tapas and meals. Find choices like couscous, ensalada, baked tofu, fritters, vegan burger patties, pincho de tortilla, and others. Dishes vary from day to day and is displayed in the glass deli case. A la carte menu also available. Open Mon-Sun 12:00-23:30.


254 Reviews

First Review by gr8vegan

Greysocialist

Points +403

Vegetarian
04 Oct 2012

An eating oasis

What a great place! There are now lots of tables and it's a great place for food, drink, coffee, vegan desserts, etc. My partner and I struggled to finish our 'economico' - our choice of four dishes from hot and cold selections, all combining flavours perfectly, plus a soup and a juice, all for less than 8 euros. Definitely worth a detour! It's very close to parts of the university, and only a short walk down the hill from the Trionfo Gardens.

Pros: flavour combinations, freshness of the food, friendly staff

Cons: are there any toilets?

Magdalena, owner

22 Feb 2013

Thanks for your review...so glad that you found it good value. Please come again soon.

chrdold

Points +1447

Vegan
06 Sep 2012

nice and good prices

I had a menu there. It contained four little dishes served in a pine boat, gazpacho, bread and water. I was pretty happy with the taste and the price but it was not as special as I have experienced in other vegan restaurants.
The woman who served me was very friendly.
I heard from a local vegan that food used to be better.

Pros: good taste, price, friendly staff

Magdalena, owner

22 Feb 2013

The price as you say is outstanding. When you came it was under 5 euros for the basic meal...it's 6 now...our aim is fast, flavourful, friendly and affordable meals...all vegan and all gluten-free...we hope that vegans, local or otherwise, will continue to support us in putting out over 18 dishes a day to choose from...so glad that you did...

Hanna Louise

Points +92

Vegan
13 May 2012

one more reason I love Granada

This is my favorite place to eat in Granada--they have by far the most choice for vegans, and even have a good selection of vegan desserts. Lots of interesting world fusion flavors, and good ecological wine.

Pros: loads of options, excellent food, inexpensive

Magdalena, owner

21 Feb 2013

Thanks. It's great to appreciated. We have a lot of free cook workshops over the year. If you want to extend your range of vegan cakes at home, come by and try one out...

Tara HD

Points +978

Vegan
17 Jan 2012

Good cake

We only ate cake there and avoided the rest of the food because of our experience at El Piano in Malaga. Maybe the cook is better here but the food looked exactly the same (see my review for El Piano in Malaga for details).
Anyway, the cake was good.

Magdalena, owner

29 Feb 2012

It's great that you found the food to be similar...we aim to ensure that all our regular diners, whichever El Piano they choose, can be assured of great vegan AND gluten-free options. Your review of Malaga was very pleasant so we assume the same of your Granada experience and thank you for your time in writing about us.

psiphi75

Points +270

Vegan
02 Dec 2011

Good cheap organic vegan meal

great staple vegan organic food, and cheap considering it's organic. Pick and mix from a selection of dishes, you chose, they will serve for you. Some of the selections looked a little old, but not so sure about that. Great to have an all vegan selection, including various deserts. Also have a selection of vegan and organic wines to take away. Spoke English first time we went in, but not second time. Make coffees.

Pros: Speak English, Relatively cheap

Cons: Not a lot of seating

Magdalena, owner

08 Mar 2012

Thanks for your review... Regrettably not everything we serve IS wholly organic, just so you know. The staples almost all are, rice, beans, flours etc. It is the fresh things that are harder to source as organic all year round. In Granada we have our own producers and so in the summer we are well supplied, El Piano in Malaga is new so we are building contacts ... We make every effort and locally sourced foods are also big on our agenda. We look forward to the day when everything we use is BOTH organic and locally sourced and still be able to sell at an affordable price...

Nathan

Points +2089

Vegan
25 Aug 2011

Great place!

Ate here in April 2011. Came across it accidentally on a SUNDAY and was very pleased to find out that it was open!

Between my friend and I we tried quite a few things and everything was AWESOME. Nice little place with a cozy atmosphere. A few stools for sitting but only a few.

Enjoy!

Pros: Plenty of choice, Well priced, Open Sundays

Cons: Little seating

Magdalena, owner

08 Mar 2012

Sundays we are now closing as of March 15, 2012... but our daily openings have been extended to 11pm... we also have more seating you will be pleased to hear! Thank you for your review and we look forward to showing you the improvements next time you are in.

+++VeGaNiSaToR+++

Points +1004

Vegan
09 Jul 2011

extra !

we love, good and cheap
open daily monday to friday 11 at 23 but saturday 13 to 21 and sunday 13 to ... I'm not sure I think it's 16.

Magdalena, owner

08 Mar 2012

Thanks for your review... Our hours have changed which is why it might be confusing... Now we are open daily Mondays to Saturdays, 11am - 4pm and then again 7pm until 11pm. We are closed now in Granada on Sundays and in Malaga on Mondays.

olgucz

Points +363

Vegan
17 Feb 2011

great variety of vegan foods

El Piano Gran Capitan was our last-minute dinner decision. Since the one in closer to the old city was closed, we drove all the way to this one.
Upon entering we were greeted by a lovely Spanish lady, who explained their concept and food options in brief. To our surprise the guy behind the counter spoke fluent English, so we had no problems communicating.
The food was delicious, my boyfriend even got the second boat! I especially loved the noodle-broccoli-banana salad.
The carrot cake and the date cake were very rich and satisfying.

Pros: friendly staff, good value, good English spoken

Magdalena, owner

29 Feb 2012

Thank you for your kind words!The food is both vegan AND gluten-free so we are always thrilled when people are so complimentary...

hitesh

Points +53

Vegetarian
06 May 2010

Delicious

Simply delicious, varied and cheap food. It is a mix of spanish and world cuisine adapted for vegetarians.
Perfect location, just outside the Monasterio de los Jeronimos, a major sight in Granada.

Magdalena, owner

08 Mar 2012

Thanks for the kind words and also for the mention of San Jeronimo to help people find us. We are on a major road, but as we are across town (10 minutes walk) from the Plaza Nueva at the base of the Alhambra some people often don't get past Plaza Nueva...

nclarken

Points +53

Vegetarian
29 Nov 2009

A bit good

After traveling through Spain for a while this place was a very welcome find. The Cuatro Platos, any four dishes from a buffet, served in darling wooden boats, was extremely good value at 4eur and the variety and quality of the food was fantastic. On top of this the owners and staff were brilliant, happy to speak in English or Spanish, and wonderfully friendly. One of my favourite vegan places I have visited.

Pros: Cheap, Bilingual, Sunny disposition

Cons: No tables

Magdalena, owner

08 Mar 2012

We regret that it has taken us so LONG to respond to these reviews from earlier years... many of them sent people our way and in these difficult times every sale matters... thank you so much for your endorsement... prices have risen I fear, but the same smiling faces speaking in many tongues endure...

gr8vegan

Points +2357

Vegan
20 Jun 2009

OUTSTANDING! with an emphasis on the standing :)

This is one of my favorite places in all of Spain. There is a method to it, its not a sit down restaurant. You get these "boats" where you can choose 4 deli selections for only 3 or 4 Euros! The whole place is vegan. The food is amazing! English is spoken. So back to the boats! Everything is very eco, they use these super thin wood boats as plates and select the hot items first and they heat them up in a steam oven then add your cold selections. I had Moroccan Rice & Millet (both oil free) and salsa and carrots. The highlight of my trip was the soymilk cheesecake. It has no oil in it and was probably the best healthy dessert I've ever had. If you want to indulge they have potato salads, a few fried items and other scrumptious desserts! Again 100% Vegan and more choices than you'll know what to do with! We hit it up for lunch and then toured Granada and went back again the same day! That's how good El Piano is! Parking was pretty easy there are metered spots along the street its on, grab the first one you see! Only two small chairs in the place, but you eat standing at the counter and they have free tea!

Pros: healthy selections, cheesecake, low price!

Cons: standing room only

Magdalena, owner

08 Mar 2012

You were our first reviewer on HAPPY COW of El Piano Granada... We hope that all the good things you liked are still the same. What has changed though is there are more places to sit! Thanks for your support in the beginning. It is much appreciated. Try out El Piano in Malaga if you can. That opened in Dec 2011 and has always had enough seats!




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