Vegan restaurant, opened April 2015, offering Polish traditional dishes and eclectic cuisine. Open Tue-Sat 12:00pm-9:00pm, Sun 12:00pm-7:00pm.
Categories: Vegan, French, Polish
Vegan restaurant, opened April 2015, offering Polish traditional dishes and eclectic cuisine. Open Tue-Sat 12:00pm-9:00pm, Sun 12:00pm-7:00pm.
Categories: Vegan, French, Polish
62 Reviews
First Review by Vera Peres
Contributions +28
Schabowy wymiata! - Edit
Jeden z smaczniejszych sojowych kotletów jakie jadłam, chrupiąca panierka i miękki w środku. Zupa marokańska dla osób lubiących mocno doprawioną kuchnię. Niestety bardzo duży ruch przez co w godzinach szczytu minimum 30/35 minut oczekiwania.
Contributions +58
Super Polish vegan food, big portions - Edit
A classic and must-see :)
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Best Vegan Restaurant in Warsaw! - Edit
My all time favorite vegan restaurant in Warsaw! The food is always delicious with large portions (for the main meals) and at a very reasonable price! The menu is small but has a variety of dishes ranging from traditional polish dishes made vegan to “fast foods” that will remind you of an even yummier version of old favorites before going vegan. The menu changes based on the season and what’s available. The atmosphere is wonderful as well!
Better to come early because they tend to run out of food 😊
Contributions +34
Strongly recommend - Edit
They have sooo tasty and sooo HUGE dishes and I was like:
1) Hungarian soup! So nice!
2) Yep, another dish!
3) Oh my gosh, I'm full.... Kill me plz.
4) ...
5) Oow, this dessert looks yummy!! :)
Also staff at Lokal speaks English very well.
Updated from previous review on 2018-03-06
Pros: Tasty cuisine, Big dishes
Cons: Not the best situation with free seats :(
Contributions +24
Excellent - Edit
Great alternative to falafel and vegan burgers. Really captures the taste of Polish dishes. Very friendly staff but very crowded. Try the kompot!
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Nice atmosphere & friendly staff - Edit
It was a bit crowded, but the food was delicious (I've ordered vegan seitan 'liver' with apple chutney & spinach mash). Highly recommended!
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Looking for „schabowy”? - Edit
This iconic restaurant is a must-have, when you’re hungry and vegan in Warsaw! Typical polish „schabowy” is one of a kind. I recommend amazing appetizers as well.
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fantastic location - Edit
The Lokal Vegan Bistro is based in a less busy more alternative part of the modern centre of Warsaw. It is run by young and absolutely friendly people. The menu changes regularly. If you miss the chance to try traditional Polish food because it is too meat-heavy, don't miss this bistro.
The portions are very big, absolutely no chance to try the desserts, what a mess.
Contributions +54
Rough, ready and a bit stale. - Edit
As the title suggests, this place was a bit unkempt compared to others Warsaw has on offer. The staff were friendly enough but food they were able to serve (they had run out of a few items on the menu) was bland and god knows who suggested that vegan tartare was a good idea. This was a starter that came straight from the fridge, ready made with some weird solidified cream drizzled over it. It was so disgustingly close to raw mince, I was shocked that it didn't come with a warning.
This might be the point in which we can look past just being thankful that vegan restaurants exist and demand some quality control. I felt this place was more about simplicity than atmosphere, which unfortunately might explain why it was far emptier than a lot of the other restaurants we saw in the area. There was better food on offer in every other vegan restaurant we tried in Warsaw.
Pros: Friendly staff
Cons: Bland menu, Not the best atmosphere
Contributions +75
amazing traditional Polish food - Edit
Healthy vegan versions of the good old grannie’s dinners - never thought I’d find these tastes anywhere!
Pros: great traditional Polish tastes, the best desert
Cons: not enough seatings for the people being served
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Awesome! - Edit
Absolutely amazing. Had schabowy with potatoes and veggies: huge portion and great taste. Very nice service and reasonable prices.
Contributions +74
dinner classics for vegans - Edit
all-vegan, located in city center. gets really busy in the afternoon but worth the waiting for a table. the menu is short, apart for polish classic meals adapted for vegans there are few seasonal options inspired with different cuisines from all over the globe. simple, tasty, always fresh food.
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Fab! - Edit
Really interesting concept, cool restaurant and very forward thinking.
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very good food - Edit
i tried 3 dishes i was amazing other was really good and the last nothing special, to be honest i was expecting more
i went with high expectations
Contributions +42
Once is enough - Edit
I appreciate the concept (typical Polish dishes made vegan), but I didn't enjoy the food. It was worth trying once, but I don't think I'll come back.
Updated from previous review on 2017-12-08
Pros: Interesting bistro concept
Cons: Not that tasty
Contributions +72
must see! - Edit
Polish working class cuisine at its best!
Contributions +185
Nie polecam - Edit
Trudno mówić o jedzeniu, gdy łamane są podstawowe prawa pracownicze. Moje doświadczenie z tym miejscem to brak umowy przez ponad pół roku podczas mojej pracy tam (mimo wielokrotnych próśb), brak respektowania jakichkolwiek zasad bhp, niesprawiedliwe i nierówne traktowanie osób pracujących przez właścicieli, po skrajne sytuacje typu golenie włosów w pomieszczeniu do zmywania. Powyższe tematy to tylko kropla w morzu. Nie polecam tego miejsca osobom, dla których ważne są warunki panujące nie tylko od frontu, ale również od wewnątrz firmy.
Contributions +185
awesome - Edit
This is the place you don't want to miss when you're in Warsaw. They have typical polish as well as typical western dishes (mac and cheese). It's a really nice place for any time of the
Contributions +2155
Polish food - Edit
If you are willing to try some Polish traditional food, this place is for you. Their weekly menu inlcudes a high variety of traditional Polish dishes adapted to the vegan diet: mostly faux meats but they are very different from the ones you can find in an Asian restuarant. The food is supreme, and so the restaurant is very popular so you can find it very crowded. Nevertheless it is worth to wait your turn.
Updated from previous review on 2017-10-07
Pros: Polish traditional food
Cons: small and crowdy
Contributions +32
busy but tasty - Edit
Arrived at peak time and was quite busy however the food came out really quick and was really nice. Recommend the cauliflower patty. The takeaway sausage is quite messy. Lots of seating inside and outside. Little expensive but worth a visit.
Contributions +72
:) - Edit
big, cheap and tasty dishes, nice people and nice place!
Contributions +40
Good food - Edit
At the moment they are serving a delicious satay dish that is worth trying: it's well marinated and has the structure of tender meat. The dessert they served (yoghurt with fruits), however, tasted good but was nothing special.
Updated from previous review on 2017-08-23
Pros: delicious dishes, nice interior
Cons: some dishes are less special
Contributions +202
Oh Lord - Edit
Just go there and order everything.
OK, you can start with the cult schabowy (famous Polish schnitzel) and a dessert. You will thank me later.
Pros: Delicious, Fair prices, Free water
Cons: Sometimes they're out of a dish
Contributions +38
Одно из самых популярных веган заведений Варшавы - Edit
Главное блюдо здесь schabowy (отбивная), если вы первый раз в локале, берите без раздумий именно его. Не прогадаете! К сожалению место очень популярное, поэтому не всегда есть свободные столики...
Cons: Недорого
Contributions +116
Good Food - Edit
The service was good and the restaurant was nice and peaceful. I enjoyed the food.
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Do the lokal-motion - Edit
Lokal was just opposite our hotel so we visited twice during our stay. On our first visit we ordered the seitan roulade with roast potatoes and braised red cabbage and the sesame tofu skewers with salad and satay sauce, both of which were absolutely superb and so cheap. Lokal has an English menu by the way. The seitan dish was by far the best meal I had in Warsaw, it was that good. On our second visit we ordered the schabowy, which is a menu staple and the meatball sub. The schabowy (schnitzel) was a 5/5 and came with boiled potatoes, salad, mayo and dill. I would highly recommend. The meatball sub came with a nice fresh bun with crushed nuts, salad and coriander on top and was very delicious indeed. For me Lokal is a must visit with very friendly staff and a nice chilled out cool vibe. It is very popular though (but in a good way...) so can become very busy and cramped.
Pros: Delicious food, Cool vibe, Cheap
Cons: Can be a bit cramped when busy
Contributions +546
Try schnitzel and experiment only if you're ready... - Edit
I know LVB for a long time but it's still hard for me to rate this place. First of all, there is only one main course which is not replaced once for few weeks and its cult schnitzel. Yes, it's very good and perfectly similar to meat equivalent which is legendary in Polish homes. The rest of the menu varies about two times a month. There could be pastas, soups, burgers, shwarmas, hot dogs. The problem is, that the quality is a mixed bag. Some of the main dishes should be starters, and some of them can be so bad that i feel they're barely eatable. BUT sometimes they serve something extremely good, like for example shwarma (from what I've heard). Why I can only assume it's so good? Because of the soldouts. Yes, I have been in different open hours at Lokal Vegan Bistro four times to try shwarma without luck. It was always soldout. The staff is sometimes very cool, sometimes grim. In last couple of weeks I just order there schnitzel - it's quite cheap and easy to love. Also, water is free, which is far away from being a standard in Poland.
Pros: Prices., Schnitzel.
Cons: Soldouts., Extremes in quality., Staff could be better.
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