Vegan
Organic
Raw
Western
Salad bar
Juice bar
Peruvian
Dedicated to ancient shamanic food practices. Offers vegan and raw food with salads as well traditional Peruvian dishes like stuffed avocado and Andean potatoes. The plate of the day might include soup, bread, beans, rice, quinoa, seitan, salad bar, and tea. Removed dairy in 2016 and is now all vegan. Reported closed, Jul 2021.
117 Reviews
First Review by scottierae
azultuy
Points +11
COMIDA PARA EL CUERPO Y EL ALMA - Edit
Parece que la busqueda por la comida mas saludable está creciendo y hace que los pueblos cambien. El Shaman Vegan Raw en la ciudad del Cusco es espectacular, ofreciendo no solo comida para el cuerpo, sino nutre al alma. Desde que ingresamos sentimos que entramos a otro espacio donde la energía del lugar ya nos invita a cambiar. Es un lugar con arte y comida para inspirar. Lo recomiendo en todos sus aspectos cuando visiten Cusco.
Read morePros: Espectacular, Educativo, Energético
Cons: Nada que argumentar
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Oliviatu
Points +13
Amazing food in Cusco - Edit
If this place is on your way, stop and follow the meals adventure and the amazing art and message every wall you stop. Is a charming vegan restaurant, small but with a big heart. We enjoyed every meal and the juices. Well recommended any time.
Read morePros: Clean and friendly, Not expensive, Educative everywhere
Cons: Need to open on Sunday for dinner
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Lorenape
Points +13
A TOP VEGAN AND ANCIENT HISTORY - Edit
We came to eat, was wonderful, but more when talking with the manager about the ancient civilizations, we received a class for free and some of the doubts about what we saw were covered. The soups are amazing, the quinoa options and the drinks. If we will have some vegan place near us, we think we will become vegan right away. Thanks you guys for your services. You are the best, one day will return to the lovely Cusco.
Read morePros: ONLY THE BEST, HIGH CLASS FOR A VEGAN
Cons: NOTHING TO COMPLAIN
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Almeida33
Points +13
UM RESTAURANTE NATURAL CHEIO DE CRISTAIS - Edit
Restaurante acolhedor, cheio de vida e de sabores da terra. Eu quero um restaurante como o Shaman na minha cidade. No Brasil nós comemos quinoa, mas a preparação do Shaman Vegan é excepcional. Os trabalhadores tem muita gentilesa e muito bem informados sobre passeios, nas nossas caminhadas tornouse a nossa casa durante a semana que passamos em Cusco. Eu recomendo este restaurante e se podesem encontrar seus proprietários será um privilégio. Espero vê-lo um dia novamente e recomendarei a meus amigos....
Read morePros: Muito bom, Otimo demais, Nao so comida, mas tambem o espiritu
Cons: Divagar quando tem muita gente
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Marike
Points +308
Menu not that inventive - Edit
The place was recommended to me and I also saw many good reviews. I found the menu uninspiring however. I had difficulty choosing a dish as none sounded really interesting. I chose the pasta with huacaina sauce, as I wanted to try this typically peruvian sauce. It was not bad, but it really was just pasta with sauce. As extras they brought other sauces like hummus, which I did not think combined well. I would have preferred for example some grilled vegetables.
Read moreNot bad food, but in Cusco I have found several vegan restaurants with more creative menus.
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Sviet
Points +18
SURE CAN BE VEGAN - Edit
The SHAMAN VEGAN has a simply amazing way to introduce you to the vegan diet. As I return home, want to be part of this global community. The food and all the aspects involving the spirit of the vegan diet and history at this place which is more than a little restaurant was with full senses to be in love with nature and more with our animals. I want to return and copy your style. Wish many more place like this will exist everywhere.
Read morePros: The best food I had ever, Great messages everywhere, Is not only vegan, is nice place to learn history
Cons: More publicity to find easily , You have to open others in Peru
Andes
Thanks very much for your visit and wish your new diet will show you a full healthy life. Wish to see you again in the future.
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Salopian
Points +208
SHAM vegan - Edit
Note that this place is NOT vegan: they have woollen placemats on every table! Their defence is that they are "very old" (twenty years), but that doesn't change the facts. I agree with not throwing them away and thus wasting them, but they should donate them to a non-vegan organization that might consequently not buy new ones. Otherwise, they could define themselves as vegetarian or offering plant-based food, but they do not get to call themselves vegan.
Read moreI tried out the place based on the recommendation of a friend. She and some reviews had mentioned silly religious nonsense going on, but thankfully I saw none of that. Also thankfully, only some of the food is faddishly raw: there are normal options available as well.
I had spaghetti in a Béchamel and mushroom sauce. I chose it because it was one of the options without avocado (which I loathe), but it came with avocado anyway. It also came with little dishes of houmous and two other dips/sauces. I love houmous but it was an odd combination and I didn't really know what to do with them: it would have been better had they come first and with a piece of bread. It was fairly nice but not really worth the price (18 sols).
I spoke Spanish throughout but the staff member kept speaking to me in English, which was highly irritating. Apart from the fact that my Spanish is fine and thus I don't need/want to use English, this is not a place that should be forcing its English on people: the menu is full of disastrous translations. For example, "papa rellena" (i.e. stuffed potato(es)) is translated as "filling potatoes" -- all potatoes are filling!
Updated from previous review on 2017-07-06
Pros: The food itself is all vegan., Not all of the food is faddishly raw.
Cons: The place as a whole is NOT vegan., There are silly religious associations., Some of the food is faddishly raw.
Andes
When a person has already problems and is upset in life, sure that we can not do magic to change this behavior. YOU came already angry to our restaurant and your argument that we are not vegan because the placemats on the tables?
Read moreYou are wrong if thinking that we want to defend from you. Probably you do not have idea that in the mountains in certain periods if communities are not taking the wool of their lamas, alpacas, sheep, their animals could be sick and die. Removing the wool will help many animals to survive for longer periods until the moment that they will be kill and some of the dead animals will be serve at the restaurant on the hotel that you pointed as 5*****.
We do not want to think that the other vegan place sent you with a clear intention in affecting us with your review, which looks very much like this, and the other vegan restaurant that you are pointing higher in percentage is much lower than us, we do not understand why we have to enter in competitions with others, probably people like you are forcing us to reconsider our publicity and other ways how to be protect.
Peru is an amazing country declared to have the best avocado in the world and now are terrible because you "loathe avocado"?.
Some of the people's argument about the prices has non sense since our place is not expensive at all, S/. 18 is about US$ 5.5 and when pretending in not charging or lowing our prices, is like asking our employees to be happy for paying less because some tourist ask for.
Our staff does the effort in trying to use the international language which is English and become upset for this is like a child complain because not having his candy. Hope that the people reading your opinion will be smart enough and take your review as anecdotic only.
Andes
We don't know from where is you argument that we have religious associations. We are in the spiritual path which has noting to do with religion, and we are not focusing our service as a business as the competitors that you honor.
Read moreSalopian
Oh dear, what a lot of nonsense in the two defensive comments above.
Read moreI didn't arrive angry. Or get angry at all. I became annoyed by your NON-vegan restaurant and poor service.
Of course I know that some animals need to have their wool cut due to the cruel artificial selection that humans have forced upon them -- that is no justification for *using* the wool. It is better left in bushes for birds and other small animals to use for nesting. Even if you don't want to 'waste' it, as I have already explained, you should donate it to someone who might otherwise buy new. I have been vegan for a quarter of a century so it is hilarious that you try to school me on what is vegan and what isn't.
I don't even know what other restaurant you are talking about. I lived in Cusco for months and went to every vegan and probably every vegetarian restaurant. You seem to be trying to imply that I was some kind of undercover agent. If that were so, I would hardly review using the same (my only) profile, would I? And if that were the case, why would I have reviewed restaurants all over the world?! You just make yourselves seem even more ridiculous with that deranged accusation.
Sorry that you don't understand that people are allowed to dislike certain foods and to object to them being a secret ingredient in dishes whose other ingredients were listed. How else do you think people should choose? Should I have asked about every possible unlisted ingredient of every dish? The sensible, normal thing to do is to list all the main ingredients. This doesn't mean that you need to list ingredients that are not discernible, but those which are very obvious to the diner should be included on the menu. That is just common sense.
You seem to think I was a tourist. I was not. I am also not American so I don't thinm in dollars. I was living and working in Cusco, earning ten sols per hour. Almost two hours' pay for one meal *is* expensive.
It's correct of you to try to use English *if* the customer wants you to. However, I obviously did not want you to, and on top of that my Spanish is better than your English. If the customer speaks to you in Spanish, it is very rude to force a different language on them, especially when it is at a lower standard. By the way, I am a language teacher so I am in a position to judge our relative levels.
'Religious' and 'spiritual' are different parts of the same gibberish.
Guest
Yony
Points +21
SOFISTICADO - Edit
No parecía un restaurante de comida natural, era un local artístico y lleno de bellas pinturas y mensajes hasta en los baños. Su comida de alta calidad, con porciones correctas y elegantes. Es el mejor de los restaurantes de comida natural que hemos visitado. Espero retornar a Cusco y verlos nuevamente, quiero repetir el quinua chaufa y otros. Gracias por estar allí.
Read morePros: Arte en todos los rincones., Mensajes para el espíritu.
Cons: Necesitan más publicidad., Deben de hacer otros así en Perú.
Andes
Gracias por su visita, queremos seguir despertando consciencia en nuestra comunidad, su aporte continúa fortaleciendo nuestro proyecto.
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Sunku
Points +13
Encuentro de lo natural y cultural - Edit
Exelente opcion de comida natural. Mis amigos creian que se comia solo lechuga y zanahoria en este tipo de restaurantes, pero se encuentra mas alla de lo ordinario. Comida de alta calidad, junto con los dirigentes con pensamientos unicos de lo natural. NO SE LO PIERDAN.
Read morePros: Exelente comida, Fuera de la bulla de la calle, Ambiente amigable
Cons: Fue dificil de encontrarlo
Andes
Perú es rico en alimentos y la región de Cusco también, entonces estamos satisfechos de no ofrecer solamente veduras en nuestras preparaciones. Gracias por vuestra visita y comentario.
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jasonxkeller
Points +473
Fine, but nothing to write home about. - Edit
We had dinner here one night. We had the alfredo and the Andean treasure salad. The alfredo was ok after adding a heap of salt. The salad came with some different sauces, a few of which were decent. It was not bad at all. It just wasn't that good. Not good enough to return anyway.
Read moreThe decor inside is, fun and the service was good.
Pros: close to downtown
Cons: food just ok.
Andes
Thanks for your visit and wish the region gave you satisfactions during your visit. Many of our visitors agreed that the not exageration of salt was good enough and others added a little more if they wanted. Sure is not easy to give satisfaction to everyone.
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MayaOlonia
Points +28
Delicious! - Edit
Amazing food! Great service! Now one of my favorite places to eat in Cusco! Menu del dia is filling and delicious for 14 soles you get muña salad soup and entree! They have vegetarian options but the menu is almost all vegan! My boyfriend and I came here after getting food poisoning at Green Point. We ordered soup and it was just what our stomach needed to recover from a day of sickness! Grateful for everyone who works there and the locals who go as well. They all were extremely kind and open to conversation with us.
Read morePros: fresh healthy food , great service , clean!
Cons: a little slow.. but that's most places in cusc
Andes
Thanks very much for your visit. Hope to see you again in our restaurant, we are creating a spirit of community and wish our place touched you to continue with this message for many more.
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Adlerbaby
Points +302
nice place but nothing special - Edit
The place is really cozy and staff is super friendly!
Read moreI ordered gratinated potatoes with cheese
which I expect to be hot but the dish was cold and more like a salad.
Overall I would say that the food is quite good but nothing special. It is kept simple , therefore the prices a low.
Pros: cheap and many options , cosy, friendly staff and English menu
Andes
Thanks for your visit, we wish the Andes in general will be in your memories for long time.
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Barbora99
Points +42
delicious healthy hearty food - Edit
I could not enjoy the food more. it's absolutely delicious and so healthy. the food presentation is beautiful arranged with great care and love, the taste is divine. the environment is so beautiful too, very peaceful, great decor. it's my favourite restaurant in South America. the staff is so friendly and nice as well. I love it love it love it!!
Read morePros: all vegan gluten free options healthy superfoods
Andes
We appreciate your visit and hope to see you again. We will probably create other restaurants in other regions in Peru. Wish to you a great time in life.
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TJ
Points +197
healthy & tasty - Edit
Food here is very fresh and healthy, and of course very tasty. The restaurant also has a very welcoming atmosphere
Read moreAndes
Thanks very much for your visit. You are making the difference for us to continue with the spirit of service.
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DarcyWilson
Points +110
Cosy - Edit
The vegan omelette is a game changer.
Read moreAndes
Yes, our vegan omelette is a surprise, wish to see you again.
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kyssekarla
Points +100
Nice place :) - Edit
Nice place, also a shop that's selling many interesting things. I would argue that french fries are NOT 'shamanic food'. But there is a lot of nice stuff as well :)
Read morePros: Nice shop
Cons: Small place with shared tables
Andes
Thanks for your visit. Some of the preparations have international names as the named "'French fries", but as you said many other things are there, that is just a name. Hope to see you again in the future.
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Tonifri
Points +20
Delicious Food, nice establishment - Edit
We ate there with a group of 4 people and ordered the Papa Huancaina to share as starter, a vegetable dish and different pastas. The only con woult be that the starter arrived after the first main dishes. But firstly they brought bread with different sauces, which was nice and they had spices on the table. Additionally we loved the decoration of the restaurant. All in all the staff was kind (even asked for allergys), the food was good and reasonably priced.
Read morePros: frienly staff, good food, cool decorations
Cons: Starter arrived with the main dishes
Andes
We appreciate your visit and thanks very much for enjoying our place. We will try to be more careful in the order of the dishes. Hope your memories will bring you back to the Andes time by time.
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V:Traveller
Points +4560
Excellent - Edit
Excellent vegan food, moderate prices, nice atmosphere, good service, huge portions. Big recommendation!
Read moreAndes
Your visit encourage us to maintain the spirit for our services. Thanks for comming to our place.
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ManGaveNames
Points +162
one of the best I've had - Edit
Very nice people, very nice environment and the food was so good. I had a veggie stuffed avocado and a burrito type thing. I wish I was there longer to try more!
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apvanduijn
Points +20
Good place for food as well as meeting other people - Edit
Nice vegan place in the center of Cuzco just off a main street. Nice raw food. Also has warm options in case the nights get a bit too cold and you need something warm. Great Maca power juice. Love to hang around the large central table and meet anyone from locals to people that just arrived from the airport.
Read morePros: Lots of choice, Great juices, Nice place to meet people
Cons: Sometimes noisy when it's busy, When busy you may need to wait for your order
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m@earthville
Points +10446
Happy vibes, healthy menu - Edit
Have you ever wanted to eat at a table set with a centerpiece of giant crystals for high-vibration dining? Shaman Restaurant is your place.
Read moreThe menu offers an interesting mix of home-style regional and international foods, with a focus on healthy ingredients. There are fresh juices and desserts, too.
Service is warm and friendly, and some English is spoken.
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nstubler
Points +485
Phenomenal - Edit
LOVED it. Delicious, healthful, and gorgeous food. Amazing energy. My favorite restaurant in Cusco.
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chloebarnes91
Points +36
Menu Del Dia - Edit
An all round fantastic menu. I went back for their Menu of the Day (Menu Del Dia) multiple times during my 2 week stay in Cusco. It's only 14 soles, and everything is well portioned and consistently delicious.
Read moreMy favourite dishes off the menu include the vegan omelette and the chocolate waffles. I also really recommend testing out their brown rice dessert.
Pros: Fully vegan, Waffles from heaven , Cheap lunch menu
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AnastasiaFantasia
Points +62
My First 5 Star Rating! - Edit
Wow. Just wow you guys. I was so overwhelmed by the amount of options that were on the menu. I ended up ordering the Alfredo because its been so long since I've had white sauce, and it used to be my favorite. It was amazing! I would be willing to bet good money that a non-vegan wouldn't be able to identify it as not containing dairy. SO creamy and delicious! Prices aren't 'cheap', but very reasonable for the quality and amount of food you get. Atmosphere was great as well, beautiful decorations and friendly staff! EAT HERE!
Read morePros: Many Options, Beautiful Atompshere, Yummy Food
Cons: I don't have much time to go back!! :'(
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Dave_Thespooncarver
Points +141
THE BEST - Edit
Amazing place. Just go there. idk what else to say. Medium prices, good prices, excellent atmosphere. they can book you san pedro and aya retreats as well.
Read morePros: The whole place
Cons: I dont have two stomachs
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Cieloazul
Points +161
favorite restaurant of all times - Edit
wow. the mega crystals, the raw and healthy food. I've been searching for a vegetarian place that focuses on the LOCAL food. they serve plenty of peruvian dishes that I was so happy with. very calm and peaceful and mega crystal frequencies whole eating.
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AmyFord
Points +125
I often dream about this restaurant! - Edit
I am excitedly returning to Peru next week and even more excited to return to eat at Shaman. I am sure it is going to be equally as amazing as it was last year. I will come back and edit this upon my return.
Read moreI was amazed at the love and crafting that went into their delicious vegan food.
Stay tuned for updates!
Pros: Great staff and affordable, Local sourcing, Great location
Cons: Small, can be a little slow
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