Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Italian
Organic
Western
Buffet
Juice bar
Take-out

Red - Die grüne Küche roughly translates to "Red - The green kitchen/cuisine" It's a mix of bar, take-away, buffet, and gourmet restaurant. Everyday there is a main dish for approx. 7€ and a colorful buffet. Waiters don't bring the food to the tables. Also offers pastry and freshly pressed juices. Vegan and allergy friendly options. Companion animal friendly. Open Mon-Sat 11:30-22:00.


74 Reviews

First Review by turion

RugbyNerd

Points +1994

Vegetarian
29 Nov 2025

Abwechslungsreiches Buffet

Sehr entspannter Laden, wo mensch sich am Buffet bedient und dann nach Gewicht zahlt (knapp 3 Euro pro 100g). Die Auswahl ist ganz gut mit verschiedenen warmen und kalten Speisen, was schnell dazu führt das der Teller sich enorm füllt 😉

Updated from previous review on 2025-11-29

bin_maxi_ne

Points +33

Vegan
09 Aug 2025

Tolle Auswahl und super Qualität!

Nachdem ich eine Woche im Allgäu war und meist nur eine vegane Option zur Verfügung stand, war ich fast überfordert mit der Auswahl.
Es gibt viele tolle frische Salate und einige warme Gerichte. Zudem eine große Auswahl an veganen Kuchen und entkoffeinierten Kaffee. Alles war wirklich sehr lecker und frisch!

Pros: Große Auswahl, Sehr gute Qualität, Tolle Kuchenauswahl

tofu.scramble

Points +6508

Vegan
20 May 2025

Große Auswahl

Der Besuch hat sich sehr gelohnt. Besonders die vegane Auswahl am Buffet ist definitiv hervorzuheben. Auch der Kuchen war sehr lecker und das Personal ist sehr freundlich.

Updated from previous review on 2025-05-20

Ezis

Points +625

Vegan
01 Apr 2025

Delicious fresh organic buffet, mostly vegan

Fresh and tasty, all ingredients said to be organic. Most buffet options are vegan, also many vegan cakes and other desserts.
Decent value for money.

Updated from previous review on 2025-04-01

Pros: Fresh and organic

Perezoso

Points +29

Vegetarian
17 Feb 2025

Tolles Vegetarisch-veganes Buffet

Große Auswahl, die vegane Auswahl ist klar gekennzeichnet und alles war super lecker und gesund. Preislich auch sehr in Ordnung (30€ für 2 große Teller und ein 0,5L Wasser).
Nur schade, dass es dieses Konzept nicht in meiner Stadt gibt

davidhickey

Points +1187

Vegan
05 Oct 2024

Good for Heidelberg

The buffet is mostly salads, but they're pretty good salads. There are also some curries in the buffet, and there is a pretty good selection of vegan cakes at the counter. Probably the best place I've visited in Heidelberg so far.

The main downside is that the buffet format means that you don't know how much you're going to pay until you go to the counter, and it's pretty expensive. I ended up spending 14,09€ for a relatively small amount of food, and my friend ended up spending 17,00€.

Pros: Good food , Variety

Cons: You don't know how much you'll have to pay , Expensive

seaflower08

Points +4864

Vegan
24 Sep 2024

100% Veggie and organic

As a main course, you can either order the dish of the day or pick your favourite food from the buffet (charged by weight, currently 2.60 euros per 100g). Everything is organic, e.g., the tasty Lammsbräu beer is also available as a drink. The vegan dishes at the buffet and the cake counter are clearly labelled with the vegan flower.

Some things from the buffet were very tasty today, such as some of the salads and the potato balls. Some other salads, however, were very salty and the falafel very dry and hard. But if you have a mixture on your plate, it's totally fine. Today's drink of the day/summer drink was good (with apple, blackcurrant, acerola). I've had friendlier experiences paying/ordering elsewhere. All in all, it is a nice location at any time of day, but not necessarily worth a five ⭐️ review.

watermelonson

Points +336

Vegan
27 Jun 2024

Nice Buffet Type Restaurant

One of the first vegan/vegetarian places in the area.

Upetik

Points +220

Vegan
24 May 2024

Best Restaurant in Heidelberg

Vegetarian restaurant with lots of vegan options. Healthy saladas as well as delicious warm dishes. Not pricy at all but still very filling.

Pros: 30min walking from Altstadt, Location , Nice staff

Cons: Few vegan desserts

eee135

Points +892

Vegan
29 Apr 2024

Good selection of fresh vegan food

Good selection of clearly marked vegan dishes from this vegetable-heavy buffet.

Pros: Healthy, Variety

Cons: Not cheap

Dirk-Wehrsig

Points +162

Vegan
28 Feb 2024

Vielseitig, frisch, lecker und gesund 😁

Sehr ansprechend präsentierte bunte und vielfältige Salate, warme Speisen, Nachtische Kuchen - schlicht alles, was die Lust begehrt und auch noch klimafreundlichste Essen - nämlich pflanzliche 🍀💚

Pros: Vielseitiges gesundes Essen, Sehr freundliches Personal

Alex86

Points +774

Vegan
12 Feb 2024

Frisch und lecker

Tolle vegane Auswahl am Buffet- immer sehr frisch und lecker. Nettes Ambiente und freundliche MitarbeiterInnen.

LauraSissi

Points +397

Vegan
19 Oct 2023

Tolle Auswahl

Große Location, tolle Auswahl. Kuchen sind super lecker!😄

kafca

Points +226

Vegan
14 Oct 2023

Lots of choice but can be pricey

This is a lovely place slightly out of the old town (ten minutes walk). There is a huge buffet with at least ten vegan dishes. You pay by weight, and at about 1 euro per 100g, this can become pricey if you try to sample a bit of everything (and it does all look good). We ended up paying 40 euro (that included a glass of wine). But the food is tasty and the staff are brilliant. There is a mix of German (cooked fennel, pumpkin slices, marinated warm onions) and world food such as Greek beans, felafel, cous cous) and lots of salads. The desserts however are mostly vegetarian.

Pros: Variety, Staff, Taste

Cons: Can be pricey if you treat it as a trad. buffet, A little way out of town, More vegan desserts would be great

BelindaS

Points +3129

Vegan
15 Aug 2023

Überwiegend vegan

Die Auswahl an vegan ist riesengroß, ich liebe die Buffetauswahl und wechselnden Gerichte.

Pros: Warmes & kaltes Buffet, Vegane Kuchen

V-E-G-A-N

Points +654

Vegan
01 Jul 2023

Alles frisch und lecker!

Die Auswahl am Buffet ist sehr gut! Es sind viele vegane Gerichte dabei. Geschmacklich war alles super. Es sind viele frische Speisen zu finden. 🌱💪🏻

Der Teller auf dem Bild hat 15€ gekostet. Die Limonade 4€.

Pros: Alles frisch, Tolle Auswahl, Sehr lecker

Cons: Relativ teuer

Effess

Points +511

Vegan
19 Jun 2023

Fresh but pricey

Went to the buffet twice, mostly vegan options (clearly labelled) and lots of variety (salads and hot options changing daily).
Have not tried the fixed menu offer (9,50€), but assembling a plate for a full lunch got pricey quickly.
Still, everything was fresh and tasty including dessert.
Home made drinks (fresh juices/ smoothies) and local beverages on offer.

Could easily go fully vegan, which seems to be missing in Heidelberg.

Pros: Fresh and seasonal, Variety, Friendly staff

Cons: Priced by weight at 2,60€ per 100g

rawfit

Points +638

Vegan
30 May 2023

Not a real buffet.

A good selection of vegan options. Nice and pleasant eating environment. To earn a five star they need to become a 100% plant-based restaurant. I do not like buffets that charge by weight...rip-off. You really can't enjoy your food. We would only visit again if in the area.

Pros: Vegan options clearly labeled., Some dishes were tasty

Cons: 2,60 euro per 100 grams...very pricey., Lots of dishes were very salty

FrauBausFamM

Points +726

Vegan
19 Apr 2023

Great variety of food, quite pricey

In addition to a daily (?) dish, Red‘s main offer is its huge buffet with vegetarian/vegan options, the latter are clearly marked. You take a plate and start filling it. This concept allows you to try whatever you are in the mood for, and you pay by weight at the end. As for the dishes, for me, it’s mostly hit/miss: some are awesome, some a bit bland. The atmosphere is quite basic, but suits the concept - however, for me, it doesn’t fully fit to the prices which are more on the upper scale.

corylus

Points +162

Vegan
22 Mar 2023

Vielfältiges Buffet

Im Buffet finden sich viele tolle Sachen. Im Gegensatz zu abgehobeneren Restaurants sind hier viele Dinge, wie ich sie mir selbst kochen würde, wenn ich mir was gönnen will - nur in einer Menge und Vielfalt, die ich für mich selbst nie zubereiten würde.

Pros: Reichhaltiges Buffet

Cons: Teuer

shannen.veryperfect

Points +2617

Raw
25 Feb 2023

❤️

Super Buffet, Säfte und Kuchenauswahl!

Updated from previous review on 2023-02-25

Kittybiscuit

Points +9904

Vegan
05 Jan 2023

Ok but where are the vegan desserts?

There wasn’t a huge variety of warm vegan dishes and the the ones that were available weren’t especially exciting. There were plenty of salad options which seems bizarre to me when it is so cold. The vegan items were identified with the addition of a flower on the description of the item. I had all the vegan hot options I could. There was a rice ball that I found a bit dry and the other things were fine, just not amazing. I had a large orange juice which was ok.

I’m always up for a dessert so I glanced at the cakes. Pretty disappointed to see there was maybe 1 vegan option.

The place itself is quite nicely decorated.

Updated from previous review on 2022-12-06

Stefan_V

Points +341

Vegan
27 Nov 2022

Perfect concept to serve different tastes 👌

The different buffet options were outstanding, all organic and declined as vegan or not. Delightful homemade juices and super friendly stuff.

Pros: Outstanding buffet with lots of vegan options , All organic , Lovely stuff and facilities

LeonV

Points +1359

Vegan
14 Nov 2022

Buffet with mostly vegan dishes

Many vegan options at the buffet. Some were good, some were a bit boring. A bit overpriced in my opinion. I had a cake for dessert, which was incredibly tasty! The service was good.

Updated from previous review on 2022-11-14

Pros: Many vegan options, Good service, Amazing desserts

Cons: No highlights at the buffet, A bit overpriced

LiK

16 Nov 2022

the cake looks very delicious! And vegan options are Always commendable 😄

FeliWolf

Points +11

Mostly Veg
29 Oct 2022

Sehr leckere vegetarische Gerichte

Das Red ist eines unserer Lieblingsrestaurants in Heidelberg. Es gibt ausschließlich vegetarische oder vegane Gerichte. Man kann sich an einem Buffet bedienen, der Preis wird nach Gewicht berechnet. Außerdem hat man noch die Wahl ein Tagesgericht zu bestellen. Das Ambiente ist einfach aber gemütlich und es gibt Optionen draußen zu sitzen. Es gibt ebenfalls leckere Kuchen und Desserts.

Pros: Vegane Optionen, Rein vegetarisches Restaurant, Glutenfreie Optionen

CalmHand

Points +138

Vegan
29 Oct 2022

Immer wieder gerne in Heidelberg!

Wir sind hier regelmäßig zu Gast! Heute gab es das Tagesmenü "Schupfnudel" und einen Karotten Apfel Ingwer Saft.

FabianF

Points +342

Vegan
27 Oct 2022

mostly vegan buffet

the options were great, just a bit pricy if you want to try a lot of different dishes.

Pros: lots of vegan options




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