Konu Bar

I was really excited to try this restaurant. Unfortunately the kitchen want open (I was there at 6:00pm) but I was able to get a snack and milkshake. I ordered the nachos and oreo milkshake. Both were very good. The cheese sauce on the nachos was so delicious I wish I had asked what it was made of. Oreo smoothing was a bit too sweet for me but I enjoyed it anyways. They also have cakes which I did not order but I saw others eating them and they looked heavenly.

KonuThey say that in Argentina you can find the best meat in the world, obviously i didn't taste it but if you want the best vegan burger in the world go to Konu. At first look the place is a bit hippiesh looking and always packed with people (we came twice) but when you seat and see the verity of vegan burgers they have we felt at home. We've tasted two burgers out of about 10 that is on the menu and we've shared a salad from the buffet and we've enjoyed the best burger we've ate ever! Also we finished our lunch with a vegan milkshake and a brownie. The second time we got there it was out of the regular menu hours and we had a toast and a drink that was nice, but if you are in the are wait for the burger time, it worth it.

I really wanted to visit it because of the name. In Icelandic it means - Women's bar. So it was hilarious at first. The atmosphere is nice, but we had a really unattentive waiter who kept forgetting to bring pepper and sauce..no tips.
The seitan burgers in bagels fooled my argentinian friends. They said it looked exactly as the meat it was faking. However we were all disappointed by the lack of taste in seitan and sauces. The breads and drinks were delicious. Fries were simple, could be more rustic.
There was no space for dessert after the double seitan burger, so I took one vegan alfajor home and it was theeee best! They're made by another company, but definitely a great combo.
I still have hope for this cafe, so I'll give it 4 stars.

This place is perfect for your greasy vegan needs. They have the best seitan in a bagel with fries! So good.

I went a lot of times during my second visit to Buenos Aires; unfortunately, I didn't know about it during my first, when it had recently opened. I just had the burgers and similar each time as the lunch buffet is by weight and that usually works out as pretty expensive. I enjoyed all of the things I had, especially some of them such as the Doble Konu burger. One bizarre thing with that and one or two other options is that they serve them in bagels rather than in normal buns, which I wish they wouldn't as the mayonnaise (which I don't like anyway but kept forgetting to cancel) seeps through messily. Every evening they have a two-for-a-bit-less-than-double offer. It's obviously better for two people eating together but I sometimes chose it and took one of them away to eat later: heating them up in the microwave worked pretty well. A strange and initially bewildering feature is that it doesn't say 'vegan(o)' anywhere at all prominent, so when I saw 'bacon' in the menu with no explanation I felt paranoid and just chose an obviously safe option. I asked the waiter the next time and he said it was all vegan; when I pointed out that the menu just announced things like 'bacon' he brought me an English menu instead, which was irritating because the language wasn't the problem but rather the restaurant not being explicit about its vegan status or bothering to explain what it meant by using types of meat in the names of its options. In general, the two main waiting staff were a bit disinterested and unhelpful, for example even though I was a foreigner speaking to me extremely fast or from a distance across a noisy space. However, the woman at the take-away/payment counter with copper hair was always very friendly and nice. The restaurant has an annoying habit of closing half the tables for the last hour or two, but for reasons best known to themselves they close the nicer half and make everyone sit next to the toilets, the unsightly metal lunch-buffet counter and the window onto the equally unattractive street. They don't take MasterCard, which is annoying since it costs almost 100 pesos to withdraw cash. Despite these various downsides I really did enjoy the chance to have so much vegan 'junk' food (but of course with the added advantage that vegan options can't usually be too unhealthy).



Updated from previous review on 2016-12-22

I've been here twice and its been delicious both times. The staff were also very friendly both times. It's also pretty good value compared to some other vegan places in the city.

My boyfriend and I went here several times for dinner, because it's cheap, relatively close to where we are and the food is alright. At night it's a-la-carte, no buffet. They have menu's every day for 2 people to make it even cheaper. The burgers taste good, although I must admit I had better (read: when I'm making them myself), but I'm still not complaining. They should do something about the bread though, it's more like Mc-Donalds-factory-bread (sorry, snobby Dutch, we're bread addicts). I heard the desserts are amazing too, but I don't eat sweet stuff so I can't confirm.

On the background play non-stop videos about some Chinese guru/sekt. But well, it's vegan, so who cares?

But what's up with the staff? The waitress is seemingly very depressed to show up for work and she's not ready to hide it. No smile, just some negative mumbles... an interesting attitude when working in hospitality.

They have a wide variety of food (self-service by the kg), including lots of different burgers with fries. Prices are dirt-cheap, and food is delicious. The space is nice (not fancy at all) and big, I loved it.

The food it's very good and VERY cheap.. 2 hamburguers + 2 fries includes. 160$ (10 uss, for 2 people)

One of the cheapest vegans place in buenos aires without doubt.

In the day you can pick food per kg, and even it's cheaper.. Very good salades and fried options..

The cons: Freacking religious video looped forever. The waiter it was VERY disrespectful (Tuesday night 5/7/16)
Anti-alcohol imposed ethic.

The air is full of oil because the fried and they dont had an extractor.. They use air air conditioner for heating and this two things make an horrible experience for stay there.

But it's a VERY good option for pick and go..

We ate at Konu twice while we were in Buenos Aires. Once for dinner and the next day for lunch we liked it so much.

They have a good selection of vegan burgers. Between me and my husband we tried 4 different ones, one lentil, one chickpea, one like a "chicken parm," and one quinoa. I liked the lentil one best, I think my husband liked the quinoa. Burgers were relatively large, but thin. There was an option to get double the patty, and I think for some of the burgers this would be a good idea if you're really hungry.

All burgers came as meals with fries and a drink. Lemonade was good.

They had a few desserts - tried the brownie. It was ok - more cake-like than brownie, but chocolately.

Prices are dirt cheap by U.S. standards. Two burgers with fries and drinks was about $12.

Decor is very casual. Very odd videos playing about some "supreme leader." Looked her up and she's apparently very popular in a lot of Asian countries, especially Taiwan. She supports vegetarian and vegan eating. Weird but benign.

Not sure the place is in the best area. The first night we were there a cop arrested someone right in front of the restaurant. Quite a commotion. Not that this has anything to do with the restaurant - just that it might not be a good place to walk around at night.

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I was conflicted on what to rate this place because the food was tasty, but I got REALLY sick. So a 5 for the food and a 1 for the illness and I came up with 3.

This place has delicious burgers and their cakes and mylkshakes are fabulous!
Their lunch buffet looks great but I haven't yet had a chance to try it.

we have eaten at konu around 10 times now, both in the evenings and for lunch. I love the lunch buffet and really enjoy the burger menues as well... usually the service is great, but last time we had a pretty horrible waitress. also, there is only cake and drinks between 16:00 and 20:00, 20:30 on Fridays and Saturdays which is not clear from any Web presence and a bit confusing. all in all one of the best places I've been in bsas.

good vegan food! the desert (lemon cake) was too sweet for my taste but in general a good place to get some quick vegan fast food

Fun for having vegan fast food with friends.

Ideal for taking friends that are new to veganism.

The burgers here are fantastic. There is a large range to choose from, and they come with fries or a good salad.also the dulce de leche shake is absolute heaven. The buffet is also really good value. Has wifi and air con

Próximo do Obelisco e fácil de encontrar.
Tem o melhor custo-benefício de Buenos Aires e um dos donos, o Marcos, é muito simpático e solícito.
No almoço há um buffet e opções a la carte (não muito saudáveis mas gostosos).
Há também diversas sobremesas, como um shake de Oreo maravilhoso, com leite de amêndoas!!

This place was great! Everything is vegan and the staff are friendly. There was a big selection of food eg. burgers and pizzas. They had those weird cult-like videos about the 'supreme master' etc playing in the background but you can just ignore that...

We went there one day for luch to eat the buffe and after that we kept going back. We went there 3 days after each other, the sallads where fresh and the options were so good. The cooked food are things I wouldn't do at home because I'm to lazy. I LOVED it. We also eat the hamburgers there one night, the crispy bacon and the pepper burger with a Mayonnaise that could really trick me that is was like the one I eat before I went vegan. Their carrot cake is the best one in the cafe and we tried at least 5 different kinds.

I went today (Monday) at 11am and it was closed. Somebody was inside and said something I could not understand. No opening hours at the door so I left.

At Konu I spent more time building aka intellectually dialoguing with twin veggie brothers Marco and Luciano at their vegan restaurant Konu in downtown Buenos Aires than I did eating. We talked for an hour about humanity, world peace, enlightenment and veganism. Amazing how many "like" minds are encountered when you follow the path to compassion. Afterwards I picked through the lunch buffet and dined righteously. One Love!

I went a little late, so there were little options to buy by the weight, but as there are options like burgers with fries, dessert and a drink, or pizza, a nice variety I ordered a combo of a burger (I think it was seitan, which had a really nice flavor and texture), fries, a lemonade with ginger and an "alfajor" with vegan dulce de leche (which was awesome). Also, bought a brownie and a carrot cake to try how those were, everything really delicious. However, the fries, I don't know if it was because I couldn't eat them right away (I was with someone else who had to buy food somewhere else) so they weren't as crispy as I would've liked them, never the less, everything was really nice.
Really nice people work there, willing to help and answer questions.
Next time going to Buenos Aires, I'll be back and trying more things! I highly recomend it.
Everything was around A$113, which at that time were less than U$S15 for a full meal and two aditional desserts.

Highly recommend this place, the food is delicious the atmosphere inviting and the staff were very friendly and helpful. We each had a vegan Konu burger with french fries and a drink and a piece of lemon cheesecake was $18.80 US or $165 peso I'm going back today to try pizza :-)

I've been to Konu in August and must say it was a great surprise. The place is quite simple, but everything I tried in the buffet was just amazing and staff was super friendly plus it's super cheap. I also had a lemon pie and it was good although a bit tasteless. Strongly recommend.

We tried the margherita and the napolitana pizzas and both were awesome. I don't know what kind of vegan cheese they used but I wish I'd found out!

We are vegans visiting Buenos Aires and have been checking out the many vegan friendly restaurants in the area and we loved the food and people at Konu Bar. We tried the hot plate buffet and loved everything on it. Great taste and also cheap. Highly recommend this place.

All Vegan, good taste and cheap.