Glo - Laugavegi

Had the Vegan Spinach lasagne (on two separate occasions!) as well as the roasted Aubergine with pesto on the third occasion. Food was so tasty and filling. Staff are seriously friendly and helpful. What a great place for Vegan food.

Had the raw pizza with three salads including a tasty coleslaw all for 2000 krona

great food, great choice and the staff are great too. the one thing I'd been worried about on my way to visit Iceland was finding vegan food, found this place straight away and eaten here every day so far.

For you Americans this is basically Iceland's version of Lemonade. However, after a week of subsisting on french fries this place is an oasis in a dessert of unhealthy garbage. Rotating daily vegan option - we saw coconut soup, vegan burger - as well as a standing vegan wrap. We ate here 3 times in 2 days and would recommend this place above any others we tried in town, including Vinyl.

They have a lot of delicious vegan options and those are clearly marked on the menu so it's easy to eat there as a vegan.

Bonus: They have free water... which is very normal in Icelandic restaurants. That's why I love to eat out in Iceland :)




Updated from previous review on 2016-08-06

As mentioned in previous reviews, Glo has three entrees to choose from, which seem to typically include one raw, one cooked (usually a soup), and one meat dish. In addition to your entree, you pick three items on the salad bar, all of which are vegan. The salad bar includes options such as quinoa salad, beets, roasted potatoes, cole slaw, etc. Everything I have had has been great. Entrees I have had or sampled include Thai veggie noodle soup, raw sushi, and coconut curry soup. All very good. They also have a small coffee bar with desserts. Not all the desserts are vegan, but in my experience the raw ones are and they are delicious (albeit expensive). They include options such as raspberry espresso, tiramisu, and snickers. So good. I highly recommend Glo for good vegan options.

I love this restaurant. Fantastic food and staff, also very cozy and nice place. I defenitely reccomend this restaurant to everyone, no matter what their eating habits are

Good food. The staff when i've been there could be nicer. They all seem like they are super bored. Then again i have only had this experience at Laugarvegur. So they get a minus point for service.

Rather small portions for the price.
Super good hummus.

What really bugs me is the owner Solla is supposedly a vegan ... yet has meat available at the restaurant.

When youre a vegan why would you support the meat industry?

People say its just good business...
Well do you care more about the money or the animals??

This Glo branch is as prominent as good, you can't go wrong with this.
First it's located in the center of town, it's spacious and clean inside and the food is healthy and fresh. Every day you have some options to choose from, rich in variety, among them always a few vegan ones which are clearly marked. An emphasis is on the salad bar, everything tasty and they'll give you generous portions.
There are two rooms, the main one with the kitchen, many tables and seats and a good view at the main street - from upstairs a good spot to watch passersby. There is another room with a smaller amount of tables if the main room is crowded (or if you want more silence).
The service is impeccable, there is no service at the table though.
The staff is knowledgeable and friendly and will help you out.
Prices are reasonable, since the quality of food is pretty good.

Ate here 3 times during our stay - there are 3 main dishes each day , usually one raw , one vegan and one soup plus a chicken dish for non veggies.
Food was nice plus there are salads to accompany the main dishes .
There are sweet courses to finish again always a vegan option .

I'm not sure what to think about Glo because I can't completely say I enjoyed it.

The staff were friendly (like all Icelanders) and the atmosphere was nice, Nordic and cool.

Unfortunately the food was... strange? I had raw sushi which was not an option I'd usually go for but it was the only vegan thing they had that day apart from salad. I would have preferred something warm in a cold climate but raw food is still trendy so I guess it was my only option. The food tasted okay but it was heavily loaded with something I didn't like (more on this later).

For dessert I got a raw vegan cake (again I would have liked something cooked but oh well) and it was loaded with the same strange thing I didn't recognise. Later when I went to the bathroom and sniffed the soap and deducted that the unusual ingredient was Icelandic herbs. Maybe it's just me and I'm sorry if I bored you because this was not an interesting story. But why? Why put such a risky ingredient in everything you sell?

My mum tried the chicken wrap (boo) and she didn't like hers either because they put mango in it (I know right? Minus the chicken that sounds amazing) which, again, bit of a risky ingredient.

Overall, nice vibe and friendly staff but unfortunately we didn't enjoy our food. In this climate raw food isn't ideal so probably shouldn't be raved about - although I guess it's good for some raw foodies. Maybe we would have had better luck with a different menu but Glo wasn't really for us.

Maybe we came here with too high of expectations but we were not impressed. I agree with others that Glo is one of the best places in Reykjavik for vegans (but only if the vegans eat raw foods and salads). The salad options were mostly cheaper root veggies. Chalk board menus labeled vegan options but staff had to explain which salads wore vegan.

At Glo they don't have a permanent menu - so look on the black board what's on offer when you visit. It will always be a raw-vegan-option, another vegan/vegetarian option, a vegan soup, and one dish with chicken. You combine your dish with three choices of their great salad buffet. Salad doesn't mean just greens, or tomatoes or something like that, but salads with quinoa, sweet potato, and so on - very filling and inspiring combinations!
If you take the soup, there's a free refill! But I suggest to try the raw-option, it may sound weird, but everything I tried was amazing!
Prices are fair when considering that Iceland is expensive!
A plus are the opening times: Many of the smaller vegan/vegetarian spots listed on Happy Cow are closed in the evening, Glo is open until 9 PM.
The location is just off Laugavegur, they have a huge sign, so easy to find.
Would love to give Glo 5 stars, but because they also serve chicken, only 4 are allowed.

I stopped by on my last day in Iceland after driving the Ring Road for a week and wasn't disappointed. I had the vegan wrap and it was good, but my wife's vegetarian spinach lasagna was even better. You can do a combo where you get a main course and 3 sides, and I'd recommend that. At under 2000K it's not a bad deal for Iceland, especially since you won't find many super-filling vegetarian meals elsewhere in the country.

Icelandair serves food from Glo on their flights, including vegan and vegetarian salads. I had one on my flight home and it was good--a mixture of three of their sides. As a side-note for vegetarian travelers in Iceland, the Icelandair hotels we stayed at (Klaustur and Herad) had a vegetarian option on the menu.

Everything is really tasty. Loads of vegan options. The menu changes daily. Lots of fresh salads. The mains were interesting. We went back loads of times as it was close to our hotel. Its a bit pricy but well worth it, if you are vegan its something you should try once.

High quality food in nice surroundings. Good staff. Would love to go back.

We ate al Glo yesterday , I ate THE above mentioned salad and iT tasted delicious, unfortunately they change THE menu dayly so I can't come back for iT today

This restaurant serves amazing raw vegan food, as well as cooked veg*n options and (sadly) chicken. I visited with my family in February and had a raw lasagna that was full of flavour and absolutely delicious. My husband had a veggie burger. There is a relaxed ambiance and the staff are really pleasant. I think they mostly speak English. You can have unlimited houmous (actually it might be free if my memory serves correctly). My son, who is eight, didn't like Glo much because the food was a little bit sophisticated for him, but I'd still take him back again!

This is a very popular restaurant, but big enough that there are usually a couple of free tables. They have 4 main dishes to choose from every day, including one that is always raw and vegan, and often a second cooked vegan one. The others are non-vegan. There is also always a vegan soup. You choose a main dish or soup, and then you also get 3 salads/sides from a selection of several that are all vegan (at least they were both times when I was there, and I think they always are). The price is about 2000 isk, which is currently around $15. This is a pretty good price for Iceland for the amount of food you get.

We went here two times for dinner and once for dessert. Both times I ordered the raw dish, and both times I was very happy with my order. Everyone I was with also really enjoyed the food. For dessert I had a raw chocolate raspberry thing that was delicious, and a vegan hot chocolate. They also have a nice selection of fruit sodas. They supposedly sometimes have vegan pavlova for dessert as well, but it wasn't available any of the days I was there, which was disappointing.

Glo is definitely one of the best places in Reykjavik for vegans. One of the reviews says they have a big sign claiming it is a vegetarian restaurant. I don't remember seeing any sign like that, so I think it must be gone. There is a side mentioning that they have vegetarian and raw food, I think, but I don't think it claims that the restaurant is all vegetarian.