Let Them Eat

Visited the central markets today and was pleasantly surprised to stumble across this place. I think I got lucky because it wasn't too busy! As a vegetarian there were lots of different options and meals I hadn't seen before. The meals are on the larger size, even the 'light lunch' of main 2 salads was more than I could finish. The only negative - I would agree with a previous reviewer, salads look better than they taste. I will stick with just the delicious main item next time!

Just came back from a late lunch here. Ordered the $15 option with the mushroom-caraway pastry pocket plus two salads. Serving size was good for the price. While the pocket was quite good, the salads were kind of bland and looked better than they tasted. Obviously lacto-ovo folks will have a lot more to choose from, but as a vegan I was satisfied with the selection as well. I'm giving this place 3.5 rounded up to a 4.

I am guessing the food here varies quite a bit day to day (based on the other reviews at least), but I found there to be a number of vegan options and ones which I also considered to be healthy. I had two different types of salad, and also tried cauliflower fritters with hummus which are DELICIOUS - though admittedly less healthy than their salads. There is falafel and vegan filos available as well as smoothies and juices.

I don't normally write reviews, but felt compelled to in this instance. Although vegetarians may enjoy this particular cafe, a health conscious Vegan would struggle to find anything appealing to eat here. There were a few Vegan options, but they were all very, very oily. Not too impressed with the service, but this may have been a bad day for them maybe? So, in short - If you are a vegetarian who is having a treat meal, or don't mind gaining a few kilos after regular visits, this may be the place for you. Not for me at this time. :)

I had heard good things from here from fellow vegans and a couple of my omni friends but they had very little vegan options to chose from. I asked for a vegan falafel wrap and they gave me a sauce on the side that wasn't vegan, and said afterwards they didn't know if I was vegan but they could wipe it off if I wanted... Not ideal. What I did have was tasty though, and the service was good.