La Vaina

He estado el finde en Gijón y me llevaron unos amigos omnis a comer. Pedimos unas croquetas de espinaca y almendras y hamburguesas varias. Para beber cerveza asturiana y de postre frixuelos (crepes) y tés ecológicos. Todo riquísimo, buen precio, el trato excelente y el lugar acogedor. Las únicas pegas es que no esté especificado y haya que preguntar si los platos son veganos o ovolacto y que por ser tan pequeño hay que reservar, pero volveré!

We tracked this place down based on good reviews. It was fully booked when we turned up, so we had to reserve a table for the following evening.
All the food was veggie, but the owner explained that as food was freshly cooked, they would veganise pretty much everything.
We had tasty local beers, which were served with tapas of shitake pate.
The burger platter was great, fresh, tasty and substantial.
For dessert I had orange/ chocolate crepe, my partner had raspberry/ banana crepe (mine was tastier), followed by herbal teas.
A nice atmosphere, and a buzz of Spanish clientele either eating or drinking.
A pleasant place to eat!

I drove a long way from another city to find this restaurant as it was the only veg place within that area. I went there 2 days in a row and had their Brugers, Hot dogs and deserts and all I can say is that it was a huge pleasure to discover this place. Great food and very nice staff!!

friendly restaurant and tasty

La Vaina is situated in the beautiful town of Gijon. It's quite small but if you go early (around 8pm is early in Spain) there's definitely enough room. We ate some delicious croquettes from mushroom and walnuts as an appetizer, followed by a veggieburger (seaweed + tofu) accompanied by a salad and fries. As a dessert we ordered the crêpes with chocolate-orangesauce. I really liked all of the food, specially because it is really hard to find some decent veggie food in Spain! I think the orange in the crêpessauce was a little bit overwhelming but nevertheless very good. The prices were very reasonable, I think it was 8€ for the veggieburger/salad/fries. The only bad thing I can say about it is that the food more snack-like, and the men needed to order two portions of our main course.
If you ever visit Gijon be sure to visit this nice little place with a very helpful staff (they helped out where they could in English)!