Vegan
Bakery
Est. Nov. 2023. A vegan outlet from Saint-Jean located across the street from the first site. Sells a wide range of sandwiches, soups, salads, pastries, sandwiches, babka and buns freshly house-made, plus hot drinks. Also sells natural wine and home goods to take away and a few deli items. Limited seating. No reservations. Open Mon-Sun 09:00-17:00.
105 Reviews
First Review by roosbij
DylanP94
Points +113
Went every day! - Edit
We started every day in Amsterdam with a Saint-Jean lunch and a sweet treat from the bakery! The kind of place that makes you think about moving city permanently 🤣
Read morePros: Great savory food, Great sweet treats, Great coffee
Cons: I don't live near it!
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Akka-Fran-Kebnekaise
Points +40
Amazing - Edit
Both savory sandwiches and sweet buns are exquisite
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-02-07
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VeganBeardman
Points +242
Best Vegan bakery! - Edit
The best bakery I've ever seen! Delicious pastries and great coffee!
Read moreMust visit this one!
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soymatchaplease
Points +410
Must visit - Edit
When in Amsterdam you must visit Saint Jean or Saint Jean Deli. Everything from their bakery is sososo good. Had a matcha, was good too!
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-01-19
Pros: The apple crumble danish thingy 🤤
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anna.ritchie
Points +3343
Fantastic savoury pastries - Edit
The sandwiches described on the menu sounded great but today there were only pastries and cakes, so we shared three savoury pastries: spicy cheese croissant, hoisin bun and smoked feta galette. All fantastic!
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-01-18
hellocharles
These are always great!
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ana.deutsch
Points +299
Blew my mind - Edit
Came here to get a sandwich for my travel day after checking out the bakery. I didn’t realize they would have so many pastries as well! I came early and only a few sandwiches were available so I randomly picked the chickn katsu. Oh my! It was so flavorful, the bread so good, and so saucy. The perfect sandwich (not something I’m usually impressed with but Saint-Jean changed that).
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-12-30
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tanikagoodman
Points +148
Great food, bad atmosphere - Edit
There’s no doubt that Saint Jean does some delicious vegan food, both sweet and savoury. However, it’s got some disappointing aspects that make me score it lower, as a local and once regular vegan customer.
Read moreIt’s clear that (most of) the customers and staff don’t care about animals.
Something that made this glaringly obvious to me last week was customers practically stepping on a poor injured pigeon who was struggling to move out the way in time. Customers and staff walked past him without even a flinch of concern.
After this encounter, when I went to order my food, I overheard the staff talking about how they crave “real meat” and there’s only “so much fake chicken they can take” - with shrill laughter. I found this extremely distasteful. Now I’m not saying you have to be vegan to work here, but with only a handful of all vegan places around, I’d like to feel comfortable and welcomed not mocked by the staff who work there. I don’t know if the owner is vegan and this might not be their intention, but it would be nice if they’d hire people who are more respectful of the cause, if not vegans themselves.
10/10 for the food though, just not the atmosphere.
Updated from previous review on 2025-12-16
Pros: Pistachio kruffin is amazing , Pistachio soft serve and iced latte great , Incredible pastries
Cons: Very overpriced , A bit of a tourist trap , No vegan spirit
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Mooncakemits
Points +1528
Savoury Saint Jean - Edit
The savoury sister store to the other one with a perpetual queue. We tried 3 of the sandwiches during our trip, they are not as good as their pastry items we had but still decent option for lunch.
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jon active
Points +3565
Oh how I wish I knew someone who works here! - Edit
Saint Jean the bakery often has a queue but across the road the deli which has almost as many cakes and sweets but also does savoury delights tends to be queue free! Go figure! Neither place makes it obvious they are a vegan but they are and they do it wonderfully. (I gave them a Happy Cow window sticker, I'll be happily surprised if it gets put in their window.) My very tardy mate made up for leaving me hanging around without contacting me for almsot an hour by offering to py for our "snacks"! That must have been painful when it came to paying. On my own I would only be able to afford a treat from here every now and then. Let loose by my comrades guilt inspired generosity we had a party! And I can promise you nothing was a dissapointment. The tuna sandwhich was swell, the tiramisu cake superb and the other five things we shared inbetween those all tasted great. Treat yourself to a pastry every now and then or better still find a mate to treat you to two!
Read morePros: All vegan, Very fine
Cons: Not cheap
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emkoi
Points +2813
Fresh sandwich - Edit
I had a ‘chicken’ sandwich and it was super fresh and tasty! It is a bit pricey though (12,90€).
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Claire01
Points +4328
Nice place - Edit
Everything in the cabinet looked amazing, i decided to take the snack with vegan feta and tomatoes.
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tahmid
Points +249
Unbelievably good! - Edit
The taste is really amazing! Was so good I didn’t have time to take photos!
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alistar
Points +5266
Sweet and savory delights - Edit
Delightful vegan pastry shop with coffees and pistachio soft serve ice cream. The tuna sandwich was awesome and felt like the real thing. The pastrami with mustard was nice too. Good creamy coffees. It was an operation trying to get a seat so we could enjoy our coffees. They say you need to order first before sitting but then you can’t be sure to get a table. Luckily we managed and brought sweet pastries from their place opposite as well. Yum! I’d love to try everything on the menu.
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luigurl7
Points +458
Stop over for a coffee and pastry - Edit
Cute little cafe in a quieter area of Amsterdam. All plant-based so you have all the pastries/sandwiches to choose from. The staff are friendly and nice and the food is tasty. Loved the cinnamon croissant and the Hoisin bun!
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richandsarah
Points +2733
Great pastries - Edit
Our first stop in Amsterdam was a great one.
Read moreThey have a range of savoury and sweet pastries and cakes.
We had a Hoisin Bun and a Smoked Feta Galette from the savoury side and a fig tart and croissant pudding.
The hoisin bun was packed full of flavour and quite rich for the size of it.
The Galette was the best thing we tried. It was cheesy, spicy goodness.
The fig tart was lovely too, flaky pastry, sweet fig jam and a creamy topping.
The croissant pudding was lighter than I expected but still a little stodgy.
We were also offered a free salty pistachio ice cream that was delicious.
Would recommend a visit here as it all looked and smelled amazing.
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NickTaylor
Points +104
Amazing - Edit
Was a little que but moved along quickly and well worth the wait. Absolutely delicious! Fantastic coffee too
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emilysmith2899
Points +50
Some of the best vegan food you’ll ever have - Edit
Delicious freshly made food. Thoroughly enjoyed and definitely recommend!
Read morePros: Hoisin bun, Cheese croissant, Pan au chocolat
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moonihelves
Points +229
Amazing vegan deli - Edit
Went there to grab some breakfast. No room to sit, because it's really popular, but the food was amazing. Loved the hoisin but. So much flavour! Also tried the chicken katsu sando, which was tasty also.
Read morePros: Very tasty food, Friendly service
Cons: Very popular, so no room to sit
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KatjaBatCat
Points +1080
Great bakery - Edit
Sweet and savory creations. Everything was very tasty.
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WolfiUnterwegs
Points +124
great place for a break - Edit
Enjoyed some delicious goodies hoisin bun, cookie, orange & almond cake, and pistachio soft ice cream. They also had decaf coffee. Limited seats.
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Cocoluci
Points +18
Super delicious - Edit
I had a Pain au chocolatand and it was super fluffy. The staff was also very nice:)
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-09-24
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itsbecci
Points +217
So good! - Edit
I had a croissant and an almond pastry thing and it was so delicious!
Read moreThe staff was lovely.😄
Pros: Staff
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Mel-on-earth
Points +43
Lovely staff and savoury options - Edit
The staff were really welcoming and the food was amazing. I had the hoisin bun and cheese croissant - both incredible. Delicious coffee too but just be warned there’s limited seating if you were wanting to stay in
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peanutbella
Points +118
best in Amsterdam - Edit
Super delicious, super fresh, loooved the 3 things I bought!!! Would recommend, not too expensive.
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MeganDenise
Points +100
Very good! - Edit
We had the Hoisin bun filled with seitan and it was absolutely delicious. It was very busy at the bakery with a really long queue, so we went to the Deli on the opposite side of the road where it was less crowded but we couldn’t find a place to sit so I took it to go. Would have loved to try more - there were amazing sandwiches including vegan halloumi and other protein packed breads and great looking croissants. It’s a bit on the pricy side but I wouldn’t expect otherwise in Amsterdam with that high quality food. Will be back!
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Sproutdancing
Points +292
Delicious snacks! - Edit
Perfect for getting a snack on the way back to centraal.
Read moreI had a cheese croissant and my friend had the soft serve. My only wish is we were hungrier cause the sandwiches looked delicious!
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bopbopquack
Points +333
Soooo good!!!!!! - Edit
Me and my friends LOVE this place!
Read moreVery small seating area, usually busy, but service is still good.
I got the hosion bun, bolognse pastry, and a gochujang pork sandwich!
The hosion bun was very good, spices were yummm! And it had small seitan pieces.
The bolognse pastry was a BIG favourite in our friend group, it had really nice parmesan cheese as well!!!
And the sandwich was really good too! The gochujang pork was a little spicy, and it also had lettuce, carrot, and pickles. The bread was a really big portion lol... I ended up eating all of the filling and leaving some bread.
Also tried a strawberry pastry, and a pistachio soft serve from my friends!
My partner had the pistachio latte and said it was okay, wished it had more pistachio flavour...
Everything was superrr gooodddd. Will definitely return!
Updated from previous review on 2025-08-22
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