• Hortus Grand Cafe

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Cafe attached to the University of Leiden's Botanical Gardens, Hortus Botanicus. Open to the public - no need to purchase admission to dine. Menu includes a vegan red pepper soup with cashew & coconut milk, seasonal soup, cauliflower-curry sandwich, quinoa salad, grilled vegetable salad, and falafel as an add-on to salads. Hours listed are winter hours, in the summer the hours are 10:00am to 6:00pm. Open Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00. Closed Mon.


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8 Reviews

First Review by WiderVistas

Muireann2000

Points +183

Vegan
01 Apr 2024

Interesting menu but undercooked vegetables

This is a beautiful cafe with a lovely atmosphere. The menu is very creative and interesting with lots of vegetarian options, and a few vegan options. Presentation was lovely, the only downside is that the vegetables were undercooked in two of our dishes (undercooked potatoes in the roasted cauliflower salad and undercooked aubergine in the roasted aubergine sandwich). If this issue was fixed the food would be great!

Pros: Interesting menu, Lovely atmosphere

Cons: Undercooked vegetables, Would like more vegan dessert options

Thalas

Points +436

Vegan
21 Mar 2024

Great place!

Lovely cafe with several vegan and vegetarian options, in the botanical gardens.

Maaikej

Points +1771

Vegan
05 Jan 2024

Groene oase in Leiden

De Hortus in Leiden is een van de mooiste plekken van Nederland. Prachtige planten zijn er te bewonderen. Erg fijn om na dit bezoek nog even na te kletsen in het grand café. Ik nam er speciale hortus thee met korenbloemen en een huisgemaakt vegan dadeltaartje. Erg lekker. Ze verkopen speciaal Hortus bier en thee. #Veganuary

Updated from previous review on 2024-01-05

Pros: Veel mooie planten, Huisgemaakt Vegan eten en drinken , Prachtige plek

Eepie

Points +838

Vegan
19 Nov 2023

Beautiful place

I love the date cake mmmm.
And their seasonal vegan soup is always delicious!

You also can sit here easily with your laptop.

Updated from previous review on 2023-06-06

garanciels

Points +805

Vegan
30 Oct 2023

Good food and cozy vibes

There is a few vegan items (soups, sandwiches, salads). For the price the portions were large. I had the hummus and mushrooms toast and also tasted the mushrooms croquettes and everything was good. Nice location

marit.van.wijk

Points +89

Mostly Veg
28 Jun 2023

Lovely food and ambiance!

It is a cozy, nicely decorated place with very good lemonades and tasty sandwiches. Had a lovely homemade date pie as well!

Pros: Vegan and vegetarian options, Good prices, Next to the Hortus Botanicus

LaurivO

Points +295

Vegan
24 Sep 2022

Cozy atmosphere, lovely place

I've been to Hortus Grand Cafe quite a lot of times. Until recently they had almost no vegan options at all, but luckely that changed! My salad was nice. It could have used a dressing, cause it was a bit dry. Nevertheless it tasted good, the bread was fine as well, and this place serves plantbased milk (oat and soy). The setting is great, loads of plants. Hopefully they will add even more vegan options to their menu!

Pros: A couple of vegan options, Loads of plants, Friendly staff

Cons: A bit expensive

WiderVistas

Points +1641

Vegan
19 Jun 2022

Mostly vegetarian menu with several vegan options

We shared a the curry cauliflower sandwich (geroosterde kerrie-bloemkool broodje) and the vegetable garden salad. Instead of the typical hummus, the cauliflower sandwich had a muhammara spread, which (we researched) is typically made of walnuts, red bell peppers, pomegranate molasses, and breadcrumbs. The sandwich also had sweet potato, spinach and pomegranate seeds. You could choose between whole wheat bread or a dark multigrain (both vegan). Both salads listed on the menu are vegan and you can add falafel for extra protein for a small cost. The vegetable garden salad (moestuin salade) was a leafy green salad covered in roasted vegetables, served with a slice of bread. We were thankful the chef included these thoughtful and unique vegan items. Both were a little on the dry side, but very tasty nonetheless. The outdoor terrace was peaceful, with both sunny and shady spots. Service was friendly.

Updated from previous review on 2022-05-15




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