Vegan
Fast food
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Catering
Middle Eastern
Gluten-free
Arabic

Vegan Arab restaurant that serves traditional meals and snacks quibes, kaftas, esfihas, and sandwiches. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-10:30pm.


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30 Reviews

First Review by Thanos2.0

ryanwhatt

Points +942

Vegan
27 Nov 2022

Enjoyed the baba ganoush pastry

I had a bread filled with baba ganoush, cabbage, tomato, and a lemony zing to it. It was delicious.

giuliamartins

Points +96

Vegan
28 Oct 2024

Arábe delicioso

Estava tudo muito saboroso. Provei o mjadra e o mix de esfihas.

MissGaby

Points +847

Vegan
25 Aug 2024

Wonderful ✨

First time in an Arab restaurant.
Kind staff, fast delivery, tasty food and very good amount served 👌🏻😋

Updated from previous review on 2024-08-22

SJ738

Points +222

Vegan
12 Jun 2024

Delicious Middle Eastern Food

Falafel was great! They even wrapped it nicely for take-away.

Pros: Friendly staff

heloisa.pires

Points +232

Vegan
04 Jun 2024

Delicious!

All vegan Arabic food!
Good service and location.

Pros: Variety , Location

Cons: Eat outside

ArianeSilva

Points +28

Vegan
01 Jun 2024

Stale, awful seasoning, just bad.

I ordered a Trio to go, which had a calabresa (sausage) sfiha, a mushroom kibbeh and cauliflower kafta with the tahine sauce. The sausage was bits of flavored soy protein, very dry, the vegan cheese was sweet, stale and had a weird texture, and the dough was dry and flavorless. The kibbeh did not have fresh mushrooms, but rather, very cheap Champignons (preserved mushrooms) that were sour and discolored. The kafta was the least awful, but still not good. The sauces were weirdly flavorless and had a weird texture. I was beyond disappointed. I suggest you skip it and go to an (unfortunately) not vegan more traditional arab place like Amir, which is nearby and caters to vegans.

TL;DR: Just awful. You'd rather eat your own shoe.

Updated from previous review on 2024-06-01

larischr

Points +78

Vegetarian
15 Apr 2024

Saboroso mas não tanto

Comida bem servida, preço razoável porém o sabor poderia ser melhor.

vegetrendian

Points +146

Vegan
04 Apr 2024

Delicious!

Charming place with excellent food and friendly service.

Albertginia

Points +588

Vegan
10 Mar 2024

Great arab food

We shared a combo and it was delightful, we were able to taste different meals, all of them really tasty and price was great!

SanderGro

Points +23

Mostly Veg
15 Feb 2024

Very good

Good food for a good price.

CarineUry

Points +565

Vegan
14 Feb 2024

Positively surprised

I ordered the Combo dish which was very delicious, especially the spreads. The food is too much for 1 person though. This was not mentioned when I ordered. I recommend this dish to share.

They also have an English menu.

Pros: All vegan, English menu, Tasty and authentic food

Cons: Not all the waiters speak English

_rocha____

Points +4367

Vegan
03 Feb 2024

Satisfaction Guaranteed

Excellent 100% vegan Arab restaurant with incredible menu options. We went in February 2024! My God!!!!! Incredible, incredible, incredible!!!!! It's been a long time since I've left a restaurant so satisfied!!!!! We ordered the “Combinado Djinn” and “Charuto de Uva”! Anything you order will be very good. Really super tasty food! Anything!!!!! Satisfaction guaranteed!!!!!

Excelente restaurante árabe 100% vegano com incríveis opções no cardápio. Fomos agora em fevereiro de 2024! Meu Deus!!!!! Incrível, incrível, incrível!!!!! Fazia tempo que eu não saía tão satisfeito de um restaurante!!!!! Pedimos o combinado Djinn e charuto! Qualquer coisa que pedir será muito boa. Comida realmente super saborosa! Qualquer coisa!!!!! Satisfação garantida!!!!!

Updated from previous review on 2024-02-03

vegan.baddie

Points +853

Vegan
12 Jan 2024

Super good, muito bom!

The food here is so so so good. We got the wadd combo platter that has meatballs, esfihas, and kibbehs, and it is enough to feed 3 people easily. We also got the grape cigars (dolmas). It was all so freaking good. The meatballs were especially delicious. The menu is entirely vegan, and I would definitely say this is a must visit spot when in Rio! It’s just a super short walk from Ipanema beach.

FairyTati

Points +135

Vegan
07 Jan 2024

Vegan Arabian Food

Located in Ipanema, Lemí is a little gem offering Arabian food in vegan versions. The homus mix is a great start with traditional hommus, vegan dry beetroot curd, babaganoush and carrot homus. I chose the falafel sandwich and it was really good. They also offer delicious natural juices (I chose the mango passionfruit) and desserts. A great place to go after the beach!

Pros: Delicious options, Reasonable price, 100% vegan

olenaa

Points +76

Vegan
21 Nov 2023

Muito bom

Pedi por aplicativo, eles foram super atenciosos. Comida muito gostosa e os pratos são bem servidos

Pros: Gostoso, Bom custo benefício

dianaschuster

Points +43

Vegetarian
02 Nov 2023

Yummy and fast

Tasty food next to Ipanema beach.

Timforanimals1

Points +173

Vegan
07 Sep 2023

Awesome and tasty

Best rio food so Far, highly recommended

Pros: Taste, Lo action , Price

Cons: None

alessasalvador

Points +24

Vegan
25 Aug 2023

Excelente custo benefício

Esfihas, quibes e pratos principais deliciosos, numa localização excelente e com um preço acessível.
Delivery chega quentinho em casa tb.
O café da manhã tb é gostoso e muito bem servido.
Vale a pena!

francineot

Points +24

Vegan
15 Aug 2023

Comida saborosa e acessível

Provei o trio de quibes e adorei todos (mas o favorito foi o de cogumelos)! Porção super bem servida e com molhos diferentes e deliciosos. Também comemos a esfilha aberta de queijo com alho poró e as almôndegas, que estavam muito boas. Voltarei.

Pros: Comida saborosa, Preço justo, Ambiente confortável

Prajna

Points +5831

Vegan
14 Aug 2023

Was disappointed

I had the falafels, lentil and butternut squash cakes and the tofu kafta for delivery.
The delivery took and hour and fifteen minutes. I was two blocks away (due to being unable to walk)
The lentil cakes were good tasting. The falafels were so dry that I couldn’t continue eating them. The tofu kafta tasted too much like meat.
Between the extremely long delivery time and dry falafels I wouldn’t order again.




2023 update: I was able to visit it in person. The place is on a busy street, but close to the beach. The esfihas were tasty.

Updated from previous review on 2022-11-17

anavarani

20 Nov 2022

So, in the end, the problem was the delivery not the food? And you were 2 blocks away and ordered it for delivery? 🤣

Prajna

21 Nov 2022

Yes, if you are unable to walk, two blocks away might as well be 200 blocks!
I’m not sure if you read correctly; the delivery took way longer than expected, but I also mentioned that the falafels were so dry that I couldn’t continue eating them.

MarinWolf

Points +218

Vegan
05 Jul 2023

Tasty, Fast, Friendly

A cozy little place with delicious arab food.

Pros: Dessert was tasty, Quick, Good Value

Cons: Not much English knowledge

theNumberOfTheBeast

Points +4929

Vegan
12 Apr 2023

Middle (Quality) Eastern Cafe

Plant based cafe. Nothing vegan or activist about it. Average Egyptian falafels (green) in a wrap with little flavor and a side of hummus sauce lacking the same. Very dry and very plain. No pickled turnips, no hot sauce, no tahini or garlic flavors. Wasn't really worth eating. Came for hummus but it looked dry and pasty on other diner's plate, so skipped it. For the price it was disappointing. The cafe seating inside was cramped and the busy, dusty, noisy, sidewalk tables too hot in the sun. Sorry I crossed town twice to try it out. I hope their production improves in the future.

Pros: plant based

Cons: dry, flavorless, cramped, overpriced, no hot sauce

Sacha.tv

Points +76

Vegan
05 Apr 2023

Fresh healthy food, good environmentfriendly packing (take away)

I would have loved to have Some more Libanese Bread with it, now I was eating a lot of the dipping items with a spoon.

Pros: Fresh, Healthy, All Vegan

Cons: Little Bread with a lot of creamy food.

Manic Pianic

Points +29

Vegan
18 Mar 2023

Very tasty food, friendly service and fair prices

We ordered the Wadd Combo to share between two of us. Wow, there was so much food here we struggled to get through it all and had to take away two of the meatballs. It was far too good to waste. We loved all the flavours, especially the dipping sauces and will definitely return again.

Pros: Everything is vegan, Menu available in English

joeyjoejoe

Points +20

Vegan
10 Mar 2023

Went three times, so recommend

Ended up going three times while staying in Ipanema. All three times good. Had the Beirut sandwich, quibe, and the mjadra, all were good. There was different choices of plant protein for the quibe and the mjadra as well which was nice.

Pros: All vegan

rodrigoazs

Points +2597

Vegan
22 Feb 2023

Delicious food

The food is delicious. They have a good variety of kaftas, esfihas and sauces for falafels and pita breads. Totally vegan and delicious.

eddiewang

Points +77

Vegan
07 Jan 2023

Delicious

Delicious food, well seasoned and very flavorful




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