• CLOSED: Okarina

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Slovenian
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Fine dining restaurant that offers a separate vegetarian menu; can accommodate vegan diners. Outdoor terrace option. Reported closed, Feb 2020.


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17 Reviews

First Review by Riikka

Fringilla

Points +343

Vegan
08 Mar 2020

Expensive

Rather expensive Indian restaurant (main dishes are about 15 Euro). Portions are rather small. I had samosa and my boyfriend – a soy steak. Everything was tasty but the pricse are excessive, considering the portions.

Pros: Nice interior design

Cons: igh prices, small portions of some dishes

Jiska

Points +150

Vegetarian
03 Aug 2019

Nice

A lot of vegetarian and also vegan options. Pasta’s, salads, tandoor and more.

Pros: A lot of vegetarian and vegan options

manonthemove

Points +42

Vegan
25 Jun 2019

Sadly disappointed

Sent the first entree back because it was inedible. Second one was so salty could barely eat. The table behind us complained as well and sent a meal back. In both cases the chef was kind enough to come out but equally explained to both tables why we didn’t understand how food was supposed to be cooked, so it was our fault not theirs. I love the fact they have many vegan options and promote them but the food overall was not good and the prices are high. Unfortunately, the chef won’t listen to his customers.

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Nice wait staff

Cons: Very expensive for what you get, Poor food quality , Inconsistent food preparation

DanieWho

Points +20

Vegan
25 Jun 2019

Underwhelming experience

If I were you- I would save your money and go somewhere else. We decided to come to this restaurant despite the mixed reviews and high prices as it was our last night travelling as a group and wanted a nice, fancy meal. We had the soup to start which was lovely. 2/3 of our mains were incredibly underwhelming for the price. The Tahli was value for money and yummy! My friend didn’t even want to eat her meal; she ordered the Samosas which were bland, poorly cooked and sat on a pile of plain boiled white rice also with no flavour. The €16 vegan salad was basically a bag of lettuce with tiny bits of peppers, avo, tomato, cashews ect but once you got through the top the whole underneath was oily leaf. When we asked for the bill and sent the food back, we were treated rudely by the manager. He then sent out the chef. The chef was INCREDIBLY patronising trying to give us a dictionary meaning of what a samosa is and asked us “have you ever had a samosa before”. We entered into a 5 minute conversation where he basically tried to come up with a bunch of reasons why the food was in fact good despite us telling him it wasn’t, but only our personal preference meant we didn’t like it- even though the table next to me also sent back their meals (also vegans from Happy Cow) and weren’t satisfied with the replacement food. I actually found it quite appalling the way he handled the situation, which is mostly why I’m writing this review, only offering us more food which we weren’t prepared to eat.
Would not go there again!

Pros: Soup was nice!, Bread was nice, Lots of options

Cons: Overpriced , Bland , Rude staff

Nesryne

Points +36

Vegan
23 Jun 2019

A lot of vegan options.

Nice restaurant next to the bled lake with a lot of vegan options (and a lot of options in general...) but it doesn't seem very specific even if there is a majority of indian inspired dishes.

The dishes we tried were good but nothing incredible and it is pretty expensive !
The staff were nice tough.

Pros: Many vegan options, Some gluten free options as well, Nice location

Cons: Expensive (and not worth the price), Crowdy and noisy , good but nothing incredible

sashablack

Points +198

Vegan
18 May 2019

Not much choice

Good service. It's an odd place and it was cold. It's like they haven't found any type of cuisine to focus on. I had the Indian. Which was good but my previous 2 meals in Bled were not great either. Wouldn't go back

Pros: Some options

Cons: Not cheap and cold by the door

VeggiTiny

Points +78

Vegan
02 Oct 2018

Love it!!

Love this place. They have plenty of vegan dishes and they are clearly marked. The food is fresh and tasty. There are options for different cuisines from local to Indian and more. Make sure you make a reservation. It is usually fully booked. I’d give it 5 stars but the app doesn’t allow it unless it is vegan/vegetarian restaurant.

AlineBaroni

Points +100

Vegan
25 Sep 2018

Supposed to be good, but nah

We went to this restaurant, well, because it's one of the only options in Bled and it was open during the whole afternoon and we were having a late lunch. Arriving in there, the waiter didn't make us feel comfortable at all, it was an awkward service, he gave us wrong information about the dish. We ordered the polenta with mushroom, he said there was another type of local mushroom instead of the one on the menu, we agreed to have that thinking that it would come with the polenta. He served us a bowl of mushrooms, who eats only mushrooms for lunch?! We had to argue with him to get some polenta, as informed on the menu, and he served a tiny tiny piece. The other dish we chose was an indian dish and was very large, but lacking some spice. Besides, everything was very expensive.

Epstein

Points +177

Vegetarian
23 Aug 2018

Expensive

This restaurant has a limited range of choices and is very expensive given the average standard of the food. Added to the high prices there is a charge for tap water. The cuisine is Indian but there is a distinct lack of condiments and no pappadams are served as part of the meal. At such high prices we were expecting something better.

Cons: Expensive, Limited choice, Charge for tap water

AmyJay

Points +69

Vegan
07 Aug 2018

tasty food

Lots of food on the menu, very tasty! App has changed my 5 star to a 4 star rating!!

Pros: lots of options

Cons: a little more expensive

laurachiara

Points +346

Vegan
12 Jun 2018

Very good food but pricey

The food is very good. The vegan and vegetarian options are many and very well highlighted on the menu.
I had some basic salad and tofu with veggies.
The salad was crunchy and tasty and the tofu was cooked beautifully with a lot of herbs (and oil).
Service was distracted and not particularly friendly depending on the waiter.
Not everybody spoke English.
Check was a bit high.

Pros: Many vegan option , Easy menu, Tasty food

Cons: Weird personnel , Pricey

GVermeij

Points +157

Vegan
01 Sep 2017

Nice vegan Indian meal

I was very pleasantly surprised to find a restaurant with so many vegetarian and vegan options in Bled. I also loved the fact that they feature the veggie meals first in the menu (before the meat and fish dishes) and there were a lot of vegan options. The taste was great, and very nicely spiced. They have a lovely terrace outside and the staff was friendly.

Vegang12

Points +719

Vegan
24 Jul 2017

Cozy town center restaurant

Abundance of vegan and veggie options, including tofu. Yummy soups and meals were good. Pancake option for dessert. On the pricier side compared to other restaurants but glad to have veg friendly restaurant to visit in Bled. The interior was very welcoming.

Pros: Good vegan options, Cozy interior

Cons: Pricier

rhelune

Points +183

Vegan
23 Aug 2014

Delicious, but expensive

This restaurant is the only place in Bled, as far as I know, that serves complete vegan meals. The food is very expensive for Slovenian standards, so I maximised the value for money by ordering sautéed porcini mushrooms. They came with fried polenta and rocket salad. They were delicious. I also ordered naan bread, which was warm and tasty, but too expensive for the quantity. They didn't have any vegan desserts unfortunately. There are many other vegan dishes on the menu I would like to try the next time (although I might go for porcini mushrooms again).

Pros: delicious food, friendly staff, location

Cons: very expensive, no vegan desserts

raluca

Points +43

Vegetarian
25 Oct 2011

Delish

We were in Bled for just one day and ate here twice. Lovely place, extensive menu with lots of veggie options.

Pros: delicious food, lovely interior, central location

Cons: also serves meat

jollypig

Points +3060

Vegan
21 Oct 2011

Yum

Okarina is a great choice for veggies. It has a huge selection of veggie food and everything we had was tasty. It's quite upmarket, but not too expensive. Go there!

Pros: Great food, Close to the lake, not too expensive

Riikka

Points +32

Vegan
05 Jun 2009

Nice place

The menu has about four vegetarian options of them at least one was vegan (tofu with vegetables and rice), which I had and was very very good. The prices were bit on the high end, but still worth it. The place was comfortable and had a outdoor terrace and the staff was friendly. By the entrance there was a signature of Sir Paul McCartney, who had written he enjoyed the food :)

Pros: excellent food, friendly staff

Cons: Limited options, serves meat




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