• CLOSED: El Vergel

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  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
International
Beer/Wine
Spanish

Popular restaurant offers a large menu with vegan options clearly marked. Non smoking. Also a large health food store upstairs. Reported closed, Feb 2020.


22 Reviews

First Review by nottsvegan

BeatrizMoliz

Points +907

Vegan
01 May 2019

Clásico

El menú del día está genial, muy completo y a un precio muy económico. Vergel es un clásico de los vegetarianos de Madrid. Tienen postres caseros riquísimos y veganos!

Pros: Muchas opciones veganas , En una ubicación perfecta , Barato

Cons: Modernizar la carta

Jule003

Points +76

Vegan
14 Apr 2019

Ojalá más sitios así

Went to the „menu“ of the weekend (you can choose 2 out of 6 dishes) and i hadnt eaten this well in a long time! All of the dishes but one were vegan.
Home-cooked delicious food that stands out from the typical vegan restaurant options :pizza, burgers and wraps.
We had fideua with ali oli, eggplant rolls filled with ,meat’ and veggies in bechamel sauce and roasted tofu with mashed potatoes in wine sauce.

Pros: Basically everything is vegan, Terrace!

restorenature

Points +389

Vegan
28 Aug 2018

Not sure

We found the food difficult to digest for some reason. Food was satusfactory

BiggestNige

Points +28

Vegan
04 Aug 2018

Very nice gastro veggie

Extremely tasty vegetarian food. Thoroughly enjoyed several different dishes which were all delicious and unique in their own right.

jeroencl

Points +96

Vegan
06 Jul 2017

goed en prettig vegetarisch restaurant

Heel prettige sfeer en goed eten.

MMCM

Points +286

Vegetarian
19 May 2016

Nice place, good food.

Good vegetarian restaurant with some vegan options and a daily menu.
Summertime, the terrace on the river is an appreciated plus.

Pros: Terrace, Vegan options, Daily menu

dagny70

Points +320

Vegan
15 Nov 2015

Nice Dinner

This restaurant was very close to our hotel, so we went for dinner one evening at 20:30hrs, only to be turned away as they did not open until 21:00hrs. The restaurant is downstairs below the store, and we sat indoors. I believe you can sit outside on the terrace, but there is a charge for this. We had the set meal which includes bread, drink and dessert. The food was a little salty, but overall, quite tasty and very filling! Our server was really friendly and helpful - the menu was in Spanish but he was more than happy to translate for us. The shop upstairs had a good selection of veggie/vegan items, which we would buy to have picnic lunches outdoors.

Pros: Good service, Nice food, Good value

LeFunks

Points +8929

Vegan
24 Apr 2015

Not a good choice for vegans

They serve a weekly menu which changes on Saturadays for 15,00€, or you can order à la carte. It's a good place for omnivores and vegetarians, but I wouldn't recommended it if you're a vegan. Most of the dishes have either dairy products (tons of cheese all over) or use egg as a binder (croquettes, veggie meatballs, etc.). The vegetarian dishes in the menu are marked with a "vegan choice" note. In my case that meant that a seitan cordon bleu surprisingly became plain sautéed seitan: no vegan cheese, no coat in vegan batter. I don't really think I'm coming back unless they change their cuisine

Pros: really nice location, helpful staff

Cons: vegetarian dishes poorly veganized, menu with only a vegan dessert

tifacrust

Points +263

Vegan
28 Jun 2014

Definitely a bad choice

I won't come back: the quality of food was really really shabby. The palmito and avocado sauce salad didn't have palmitos nor avocado sauce, the paella with seaweed didn't have seaweed and the tofu-seitan brochette was just store bought tofu/seitan(without ANY seasoning) cutted and put on a stick!!Oh and vegan options are so poor!!!The service was bad, there were only two waiters for a lot of people and they were very stressed, not to say rude.

Pros: nothing

Cons: shabby quality of food, extremely poor vegan options, bad service

HappyTiger

Points +87

Vegan
27 Feb 2014

Really good menu

Cheap for an organic restaurant! The vegan options are not so varied, but they will "veganize" anything on the menu if you ask them to.

It would be great if they updated the menu and added some more vegan options though.

Pros: Price, Organic food, Location

Cons: Poor vegan options

ZetaLucy

Points +16

Vegan
06 Jun 2013

Veganos, abstenerse

Hacía tiempo que no comía aquí y su calidad y opciones veganas han empeorado. La comida es muy simple y falta de recursos. Lo único pasable: el postre.

Pros: Precio

Cons: Tristes opciones veganas

Fer

Points +600

Vegan
25 Jan 2013

Good vegetarian

Large store in main floor and restaurant in underground. Good vegetarian restaurant but few vegan options. Qualitty of food at moderate price. Friendly service. Easy to park with car. Close to Principe Pio train-metro station.

Pros: Good food

Cons: Poor vegan

mininanina

Points +104

Vegan
11 Nov 2012

never again

The service of "el vergel" was ominous. Were slow to respond and the waiters were rude. The only option was a vegan "risotto" without cheese. we found that it was a kind of supermarket frozen rice. They served us very little of that poor rice. I would never recommend this place to anyone.

Pros: poor care, bad food, expensive

Cons: good area

NickdaSirolo

Points +70

Vegan
27 Sep 2012

lunch on monday

good place and good food

chrdold

Points +1438

Vegan
28 Jul 2012

cheap and good food

I haven't found another place where you get an organic vegetarian/vegan lunch for 8 Euro (evenings 10, weekend 12). Including a starter (don't know if they always serve it), two dishes, bread and water. I liked the food and it was always enough for me. Vegan dishes and options are marked and you have at least two of each dish. Only sad that that there is no vegan option for the "combined plate" with the biggest variety. Once I went there at 1pm when they opened and it took 45 minutes till we got served our food.

Pros: cheap, good, vegan options

Cons: took way too long once

sbszine

Points +250

Vegan
06 Mar 2012

Good

This is a great place to visit as part of a day out involving Goya's tomb and a drink at Casa Mingo (both directly opposite El Vergel).

Plenty of vegan options here, and the staff understood my terrible Spanish when I wasn't sure ("¿Es vegano?" "Si.") The food was pretty standard but pleasant, and it was the atmosphere and friendly service that made it a great experience for me.

The shop upstairs has vegan chorizo and other delights to add to your hotel's dubious continental breakfast.

Pros: Atmosphere and service, Location, Shop upstairs

nuttybrunette

Points +42

Vegetarian
09 Jan 2012

Nice

Upstairs a veggie-shop, downstairs...where they cook all the goodies!The restaurant is orange themed: walls, decorations, paintings and even napkins. Candles at the tables with books to read if one likes. Relaxing. They offer daily menu for 10 euros which includes two main dishes, bread, drink and coffee or tea, quite a deal right?

Pros: relaxing, healthy

Cons: expensive if not daily menu

Nathan

Points +2089

Vegan
10 Aug 2011

Ok place

I ate here in April 2011. The food, service and atmosphere was OK. With so many other wonderful raw/vegan/veg options in Madrid, I wouldn't particularly rush back here.

Pros: Shop and eat at the same place

Cons: Mediocre food & service

+++VeGaNiSaToR+++

Points +1004

Vegan
14 Sep 2009

really disappointing

my friend chose a dish marked vegan and they have given us with cheese melted on it. My dish bathed in oil and There was an error in the bill.

kathyv181

Points +196

Vegan
04 Jun 2009

Microwave?

When you come in you are in this shop, which is open until 12 o`clock at night and has a good variety although it is very expenisive.
The Restaurant is downstairs and was very impressive, since it is a big place and has a very nice light surrounding the room with stons that seem of salt that have light inside.
That is about all that was fascinating.

The food was not even lukewarm and after I told them that they must have put it in the microwave, cause it came back: one half almost cooking the other half cold like before.
They didn't flavor the dish very well and served the tofu plain white without any kind of flavouring. That is a no go for me and I have better eaten at home an not paid that much money for the menu, which is not cheap.

I cannot recommend this place and be cautious if you go therer. Maybe they just had a bad day.

Pros: big, nice light, shop above

Cons: not flavoured food, not cheap, microwave

swade

Points +37

Vegetarian
12 Apr 2007

Not bad

Ate here for lunch on a weekday and food wasn't bad but nothing special. Portions were a decent size and reasonably priced. Waitress was a little impatient at first as we struggled with our phrase book but was chattier later on. Neither of us were vegans but was noticeable that many dishes were suitable for vegans and clearly indicated by a 'v' symbol. Worth mentioning that you have to walk quite a way down the road if you're coming from the Principe Pio metro and not that well numbered - we thought it had closed down and almmost gave up at one point.

Pros: Good portions, OK food, lots of tables

Cons: Impatient staff

nottsvegan

Points +52

Vegan
05 Apr 2007

Great healthy, vegan food

A very popular and busy restaurant. We went on a Saturday afternoon and had to wait a while for a table. A nice place to relax after a walk in the Casa de Campo park. A large menu with vegan options clearly indicated. Fresh juices are nice. El Vergel is a short walk from Principe Pio train station, along the Paseo de Florida. If you are in the Casa de Campo, go to the Teleferico (cablecar) station (at the city end) and cross the bridge across the train lines, then turn left onto the Paseo de Florida.
There is a big, very well stocked health food shop here too.

Pros: Vegan options indicated, Lots of choice

Cons: Staff not very helpful




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