Vegan
Pizza
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Juice bar
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Restaurant serving lunch and dinner, with short break in between. Space is large and airy and decorated in light wood, dark metal, and greenery. A shop area sells regionally produced products. Food and drinks options include fresh juice, muffins, crackers and dips, toast with toppings like avocado, vegetable sushi, and more. Reopened Mar 2021 under new management having become fully vegan. Previously called Onda Natural. Open Mon-Sat 09:00-18:00.


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42 Reviews

First Review by Miguel Sousa

SonyaWaiss

Points +48

Vegan
11 Dec 2023

Great store

Didn't eat, but the organic store with the cashew cheese is very good!!

TiagoPalmaNunes

Points +143

Vegan
05 Sep 2023

Paragem obrigatória a caminho do Algarve

Paragem obrigatória nemque seja para beber um café e comer uma fatia de bolo

Pros: 100% vegan

Dok

Points +328

Vegan
25 Aug 2023

Wholesome and nice

Lots of stuff. Nice grocery store next door. Work-space.
Food if we’ll prepared and healthy, mostly - if not all - gluten free.
Tho a bit of atmosphere was missing and the food a bit „too healthy“ for my personal self -> But that’s no reference

Pros: You’ll eat healthy and plenty

PaulDaly☘️

Points +2914

Vegan
20 Aug 2023

Absolutely brilliant property/venue for vegans & cruelty free existence

Drove over there from Lagos on beautiful new roads with killer scenery all round arrived to see easy parking everywhere around this lovely place.

Walked in a knew I was at home with a lovely mix & match table and chairs vibe in the two front rooms. At the rear of the property on the right is the bar servery with a huge marble top (from yesteryear) and nice styling. You order here and they bring your vegan 🌱 deliciousness to your chosen table.

On the left at the rear of the property is the comprehensive fruit & veg market with refill stations for cleaning products and packaging free shopping, amazeballs.

On the extreme left of the property is the outside terrace & garden with bench seating in the sun & with some sun protection cover. The loos are nice and well kept too.

This place is fantastic & im proud of the owners/creators and I don’t even know them.

The future is vegan 🌱

Updated from previous review on 2023-08-20

Pros: Great 2 x storey property & yard with space , Lovely staff , Amazing vegan food offer

Matiaaas

Points +205

Vegan
25 Mar 2023

Five stars

Great vibe, chill lofi music, great tasty food, just good a warm and welcomed feeling with a tasty meal. Imo it was cheap for the quality of the food. I ordered soup and the dish of the day. You can charge your phone there

Updated from previous review on 2023-03-25

Pros: Loved the vibe, Friendly staff, Tasty food

MargaridaMadeira

Points +988

Vegan
08 Dec 2022

Straight to the point

Cool vegan restaurant/shop in Rogil, a small village in Alentejo. The staff was nice and the food was honest, tasty and really well made. There’s also a Cowork space if you feel like it.

Pros: Amazingly good desserts

SophieWaldfee

Points +82

Vegan
22 Oct 2022

Heaven for vegans

Very nice place to sit, lots of plants inside and an extra space with desks for working.
We were there for breakfast and had the buckwheat pancakes with different hummus and salad which was super delicious. Fresh juice and coffee were great as well 🥰☕️😋

Updated from previous review on 2022-10-22

JannikS.

Points +78

Vegan
22 Oct 2022

Tasty breakfast

We drove by on our way to the south and had a really good breakfast with the scrambled tofu. It came with amazing buckwheat pancakes, super tasty dips and a salad. Nice ad-on is the zero waste shop, where they had acayu cashew cheese.

EduardoPereira

Points +14

Non Veg
25 Sep 2022

Great Vegan restaurant and shop in a little village

I had lunch there on my way to the Algarve and it was excellent, the dish of the day was a chickpea curry acompanied with rice and vegetables. Just the big bowl had me almost full.
Then had a matcha latte and it was one of the very best I ever had.
Definitely recomend checking out!

JollBenn

Points +264

Vegan
19 Sep 2022

Phenomenal flavours

Everything about this is right. From the delicious sweet potato waffles with blue cheezeand pesto dressing to the variety of desserts. Loved it.

Pros: Tastes, Toilets, Location

Cons: Low seating might not suit everyone

inespguerreiro

Points +171

Vegan
15 Jun 2022

Good surprise

Nice full vegan, gluten free restaurant.
It has a terrace inside but we ate at the closed porch.

Prices are ok, 3 different cakes and some cookies.

Bunch option avaible.

We had a pasta as it was the daily option avaible and it was very good, specially the cashew cauliflower cream.

Pros: Full vegan, Nice deserts, Chill vibes

Elli8

Points +291

Vegan
04 Jun 2022

Nice place

Nice place with lovely staff. We tried the Brunch (with scrambled tofu and crepes) and the Pancakes - everything was delicious. They also have a great variety of cakes and good coffee. They couldn't make iced coffee because they didn't have any icecubes - but that was okay for us.

Pros: lovely staff, good coffee, healthy food

Cons: they had no icecubes

Lvn_ian

Points +1124

Vegan
21 May 2022

Nice Coffee Nice Cake

Only tried the coffee and the cake, both were delicious, reasonable price, sweet atmosphere

Updated from previous review on 2022-05-21

zepedro7

Points +608

Vegan
13 May 2022

Disappointing experience, won’t go back ever again

It all started when we ordered the main dishes, which the waiter for some reason thought we only ordered one and brought a dish with pasta, one mushroom, half tomato and a cashew and cauliflower sauce. This dish took a while to be served and when we asked if it would take too long to bring a second one, he went to the kitchen to check and came back and said “it would take a little bit of time for the pasta to cook. “ Lol, like they couldn’t cook pasta in 5-7 minutes 🤦🏻 he literally left the pasta dish between us and expected us to eat from the same plate for some reason…? So we asked for another plate and he brought us a dessert plate, from where I ate a bit of pasta from. We asked for dessert, a lemon and poppy seeds cake which was awful, too acidic. I had to use some of the sugar from the coffee to put on top of it and balance flavours. When we thought nothing else could go wrong, they wouldn’t accept card so my gf had to walk for a while under the sun to look for an ATM. When I went to pay the hippie girl had the gut to ask “don’t you have a 5€ note?”. Horrible experience, the waiter looked like he was high or something and after the pasta incident they all looked at us like if we did something wrong to them. Won’t ever go back to this place, the staff was rude and not humble at all, the food was bland and we paid a lot for the amount and quality of the food we ate. Would give 1 star but the app doesn’t let me do it 🥲

Cons: Expensive, Rude staff, Bland food

Green-Jay

Points +101

Vegan
09 May 2022

Wonderful find

Came a cross enroute and even tho it was full a friendly person found us a lovely seat outside

Pros: Friendly staff, Tasty meals, Quick service even tho full

Cons: None

neska

Points +408

Vegan
07 May 2022

Sweet spacious place, delicious food

This restaurant is pet- friendly, has a dish/ menu of the day and awesome cakes. It says vegetarian/ vegan upfront, but everything is vegan. There is also a little shop where you can get cosmetics, handmade baskets and stuff and buy grains in bulk.

Pros: Nice staff, pet-friendly, awesome food

Bärbel

Points +620

Vegan
03 May 2022

Sweet place to go for vegan breakfast! 🌱

The restaurant is very sweet. We came there for breakfast. We tasted the scrambeld tofu and the pancakes. Both were very deliscious! Also you can order fresh juice and coffee with oatmilk.

The staff (Ive from Germany) was very cool and friendly 😁

Pros: Vegan breakfast, Cool place, Outside area

Cons: Nothing!

BojanaTrivunovic

Points +42

Vegan
21 Apr 2022

Great vegan restaurant with a small vegan shop!

Amazing place that you have to visit if you are close.

KatalinKántor

Points +58

Vegan
15 Feb 2022

Tasty vegan food

This cozy vegan restaurant has left us a nice impressions! Hospitable hosts, delicious dishes, nice presentation, tasty smoothie and dessert. We recommend to everyone! 😊

Pros: Lots of vegan options, No sugar added in the dessert, Very tasty food

Cons: Not expensive

LuckyCow

Points +89

Vegan
04 Feb 2022

Gaia Loja Restaurante

Lovely cafe/restaurant between Aljezur and Odeceixe. Was the perfect lunch stop after a long surf session. Wasn’t expecting it to be open as this page states from Apr-Oct only but we drove past and it was! The sign outside says 9-18. It’s also going under the name of Gaia Loja now. It wasn’t clear if everything is vegan - the sign outside also says vegetarian and the person who served us didn’t clarify, however most things on the menu seem to be.

We ordered the lunch deal which was soup, dish of the day and desert for 11€ which is so reasonable. The soup was really flavoursome and the perfect consistency. Then we had the tofu shawarma which was served on a buckwheat crepe. The flavours were amazing, everything tasted fresh and was well spiced. We had desert to take away and shared the chocolate and coconut sweet potato cakes. Well balanced and not too sweet. Overall a super tasty, filling & well priced meal with a chilled atmosphere and very friendly staff! It’s cash only so make sure you’re prepared.

Pros: Very tasty, Well priced

Cons: Cash only

IsauraArouca

Points +128

Vegan
16 Oct 2021

Comida saborosa

A comida estava boa. A sopa estava bem confesionada e o sumo de beterraba é maravilhoso.

Pros: Tudo vegan, Loja integrada com o restaurante

Cons: Poucas opções

MiguelLeite

Points +58

Vegan
01 Sep 2021

Boa comida

Boa comida sazonal. Ótima opção na zona para uma refeição.

Pros: Pratos do dia vegan, Tempeh

Cons: Nada

DD1313

Points +58

Vegan
08 Aug 2021

Angenehmes Ambiente

Einfache vegane Küche, schnelle Bedienung. Wir waren zufrieden, eine Working-Space ist hier vorhanden und was besonders schön war, dass hier auch Tiere mit rein durften😄

HermanBanken

Points +125

Vegan
14 Jul 2021

Nice food and good vibes

Had a nice meal. They also have a co-working space and a small grocery store.

Updated from previous review on 2021-07-14

Pros: Food

Cons: Along the street (go to terras if terras is open?

VeronikaSeebald

Points +202

Vegan
02 Jul 2021

Amazing cakes

I just had time for a take away sweet potato cake but this will stay in my memory for a long time. Moist and delicious, it was an unforgettable delight. Wow!
Service was also really friendly. Will try to come back and try the rest.

GilMoreira

Points +44

Vegan
19 Jun 2021

Muito confortável e simpático

Excelente comida vegan, e a um ótimo preço. Recomendo vivamente.

Pros: Pequena loja de produtos locais e frescos

BlisterBlue

Points +1173

Vegan
04 Sep 2019

Excellent homemade food

The restaurant is very cosy and the staff very welcoming.
Prices are cheap for big portions.
Lasagnas are definitely a must, along with the desserts, 100% vegan and super tasty

Pros: homemade food, friendly staff, cheap prices




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