Vegan
Organic
Western
Take-out
Bakery
European
Gluten-free
Cafe serving a selection of starters, burgers, sandwiches, all-day breakfast, soups, and Buddha bowls. Emphasis on cooking from scratch and creating healthy dishes. Est. 2016. Open Mon-Thu 12:00-22:00, Fri-Sun 10:00-22:00. Last orders 9pm. Open hours vary.
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Featured Review
Angelina-Sabrina
Points +383
Holy Cow? Holy Grail! 🙏 - Edit
Suuuuuper lecker und total lieber Service 🤩
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636 Reviews
First Review by craigmc
AbiM
Points +5221
Tasty - Edit
Very good carrot lox sandwich with homemade cream cheese, refreshing and tasty. Nice to have oat milk hot drinks too. Outside space at the back looks colourful.
Read moreCame here again nearly 7 years later and had No-Mackerel open sandwich roll and soup of the day with sourdough.
Updated from previous review on 2021-09-19
Pros: Thoughtful staff put our sandwich onto 2 plates, Close to centre and bus station
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Universe77
Points +138
Great food - Edit
This all-vegan place offers a selection of mains and cakes. As always, the food was superb, especially the Wellington, which is a Christmas-Special. We will be back for sure when we return to Edinburgh. Sry for the bad quality of the pictures
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-12-23
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RSweet
Points +336
The place to visit - Edit
I come here every year on my annual Edinburgh conference trip. This place is so good even my omni friends want to visit here.
Read moreI always go for the rueben sandwich and it never disappoints.
Pros: Fully vegan
Cons: Smalll venue
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phil0s0phiert
Points +217
Amazing Vegan Soup! - Edit
We were in Edinburgh for just 3 days, and we went there twice because the soup was so incredibly good and filling, because you get a lot of bread with it. Also the fries are very crispy and tasty! Can only recommend 🥰
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-12-10
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Mrs.Kamelin
Points +2244
Holy nom - Edit
Perfect place to go to eat after a whole day walking around the city. Amazing food, very kind staff and the cakes are crazy good. Loooved the full breakfast plate.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-12-08
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Alessandra1970
Points +146
Love - Edit
Love for animals just declared at the entrance
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vasilys
Points +47
Definitely made with love - Edit
What a lovely spot! The place has such a cute vibe, and the food was absolutely delicious. But what really made a lasting impression on me was the atmosphere behind the scenes. On my way to the restroom, I could hear happy voices and laughter coming from the kitchen. It’s so refreshing to know the food is being made by a team that is actually having fun. You can really taste that positive energy in the dishes. Highly recommended!
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ilexx
Points +46
very good!! - Edit
really nice place and really good burgers!!
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chrisvegannn
Points +32
Great spot! - Edit
Came here for lunch. Quickly shown a table and menu bought over. We got the Ruben and the tofu pad Thai. Both lovely and portions very generous. I had a pot of spiced apple tea and my sister had a soy cappuccino as well. Although the sever was running FOH alone, everything was done promptly with no long wait even though the place was full. Would recommend 💚
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liesj
Points +191
Fairly nice place but too chaotic. - Edit
Spending just a few nights in Edinburgh we specially looked for fully vegan restaurants and so we came to visit Holy Cow. I am very reluctant to give a not so nice review for a fully vegan restaurant but this just wasn't good. The floor was not particularly clean and the lady ,who was alone ,clearly had problems organizing everything -showing people their tables, cleaning tables, taking orders en following up orders- and we waited for so lang that we had, like someone else before us, just decided to leave when she came to our table and took our order. I took the beetroot carpaccio and my partner the Vietnamese tofu burger. Carpaccio should not come in thick heavy peaces and tofu should be prepared much more tasty than it was. The crispy fries were just not crispy. We were surely disappointed. For what it was it was definitely overpriced.
Read morePros: fully vegan, nice location
Cons: smell in the restaurant. , not original or very tasty.
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Clara_D_M
Points +22655
Bad. - Edit
I hate giving bad reviews to fully vegan businesses. But honestly they don’t deserve a better rating, the golden rule is that the customer is the king. Their coffee machine was broken, which is fine, not their fault and their are worst things in life. I just wish they had told me instead of having me waiting 15min while the lady was on the phone with the coffee machine company or whatever
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joe3000
Points +117
Amazing plant cafe with everything you’d want - Edit
I’ve been here a few times over the years, and during Fringe, but haven’t left a review, so here it is! A cute little cafe, serving everything from breakfasts, to mains, sandwiches, burgers, pad Thai, veggie bowls, pancakes, cakes, lattes, kombucha. I highly recommend. The most recent visit I went for the breakfast at about 6pm! With a kombucha and a whilst I couldn’t finish a cake while I was there, and took one away for later ! I’ll continue coming back to Holy Cow Edi
Read morePros: Wide delicious menu, Breakfast served all day! , 100% vegan
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Knorbel
Points +1935
Kleines Restaurant - Edit
Die Karte ist recht übersichtlich. Wir fanden den Pilzburger nicht so besonders. Die Soße auf dem Burger war zwar gut, aber es war viel zu wenig, in der Folge war das Brötchen sehr trocken. Für den Preis hätte auch zu den Pommes noch eine Soße und allgemein ein bisschen Salat sein können. Der Kuchen, den wir hatten, war sehr gut.
Read morePros: Gute Auswahl
Cons: Burger war zu trocken
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TiiaViirre
Points +18
Amazing vegan food - Edit
I had a pad thai salad and it was absolutly amazing! They also have wide variety of plant based milks, cakes, warm and cold drinks and food options. 5/5 recomend!
Read morePros: Food, Variety, Atmosphere
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RomanOnTheRoad
Points +182
Underwhelming - Edit
I always am and will be supporting fully vegan joints but the menu needs to be improved here. Firstly there’s not much to choose from. Lacking originality. I ordered a burger and it wasn’t worth the £18 (!) at all. Patty was so so, but the veggies were just cut and put in, I’d expect to at least cook the onion or something. Disappointed😡
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TamSommer
Points +481
Personal super amable y comida rica - Edit
La comida está rica, especialmente las tartas.
Read moreEl personal super amable.
Updated from previous review on 2025-11-01
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KarenHagan
Points +253
Amazing - Edit
Beautiful, beautiful food so fresh and tasty. We enjoyed the root veggies bowl, reuben sandwich and a slice of GF tiramisu cake. Service was outstanding and lively friendly staff. I couldn't reccomend more - a must visit
Read morePros: Delicious food, Beautiful service, Lovely atmosphere
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LoriKW
Points +858
A great all vegan find! - Edit
I was super excited to find an all vegan restaurant in Edinburgh! It's a cozy little place with a nice variety of options. Unfortunately, there was only one person working the front of house. It was a busy day, so she was running around to serve ten tables, make coffees, clear tables, and run the register. She did great, but because of this, the service was slow. The food and coffee were good, even the meat eaters with me enjoyed their meals.
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bloep
Points +985
😍 - Edit
Was absolutely delicious!!
Read moreWe had the oyster mushroom burger and the quarter pounder which were both really yummy. And the tiramisu cake was also incredible!
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Emma&Sonja
Points +1851
Cozy atmosphere - Edit
We had a no-mackerel sandwich, oyster mushroom burger and a slice of chocolate-summer fruit cake. The sandwich was great, especially the pickles! The burger came with a really good sauce. The gluten free cake however wasn't that good, but the staff was friendly and the atmosphere was cozy, so all in all we had a nice experience.
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klammeraffe
Points +321
Fine select of honest vegan food - Edit
Very friendly staff and a nice selection of burgers, sandwiches and soups. I had a quarter pounder and a cheesecake. The burger was excellent, the cake a tad heavy on that day. Overall nice experience.
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CorrieLevis
Points +34
Great selection - Edit
I stopped by and everything looked good, ended up getting the tofu burger, will be back to try more
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RubyMay
Points +1510
Understaffed, dirty and expensive - Edit
We were looking forward to a breakfast here. When we arrived, it appeared only one person was doing drinks, taking orders and clearing tables.
Read moreThe menu looked good. I tried to order an infusion drink only to be told they don’t have of those. Fine, we ordered teas instead. We also ordered the breakfast which was almost £18!
The drinks never came. We eventually got some tap water. The breakfasts arrived and were nice, but we didn’t feel they were worth the price. The tofu was under seasoned and half the toast was just warm bread.
We saw a couple arrive, be seated and leave because it took ages to get their order taken.
It turned out the breakfast gave one of us a bad stomach after!
When paying, a kitchen staff member quite rudely pushed past me to enter the kitchen. They had just arrived for their shift I assume, as they weren’t dressed in kitchen clothes. They didn’t say a word. Another person from the kitchen came out and didn’t look happy and it took a long time to pay.
Overall, no workers seemed happy in this restaurant. Service was poor and food not worth the price. Such a shame as we were looking forward to it.
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zoe214
Points +587
Petit café agréable - Edit
Un service très sympathique, malgré un cheesecake un peu lourd.
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SusanPlowman
Points +228
Vegan cafe near bus station in Edinburgh - Edit
We went in the afternoon and only had cakes and coffee, so can’t review the breakfast or lunch menu.
Read moreThe biscoff cheese cake had a really dense rubbery texture, too rubbery to eat.
The tiramisu cake was really dry and didn’t taste like real tiramisu, it was really disappointing as it looked good.
Pros: Vegan cafe
Cons: The cakes , Going down stairs , The tea
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cathyw2104
Points +92
Tasty food, friendly staff, & delicious frappuccinos! - Edit
Great range of food and coffee, with very generous serving size (I ordered the full vegan breakfast). I had my first vegan frappuccino during my visit which I thoroughly enjoyed too - this sweet caffeinated beverage powered me for the rest of the day, I’m sure! Really happy to have had the opportunity to visit this restaurant during my visit to Edinburgh.
Read morePros: Friendly staff, Tasty food, Frappuccino
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SarahBabcock
Points +74
Holy Fantatic - Edit
Lovely cafe, cozy and quiet. Delicious food and tiramisu was the best I’ve ever had.
Read morePros: Beets!, Rueben was delish, Tiramisu
Cons: One waiter for the whole place
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