• CLOSED: The PINK WEED Cafe

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  • White Vegan
Vegan
Organic
Beer/Wine

Vegan restaurant serves five types of lunch and plenty of drinks and cakes. An English menu is available in the cafe. Confirmed closed, Dec 2016 - replaced by Vegan Cafe Thallo.


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8 Reviews

First Review by Eigna15

LunabytheMoon

Points +27

Vegetarian
19 Nov 2016

Yummy Food

What a cute cafe. Its more spacious than I expected and the staff were very nice. I ordered a Quiche lunch set which came with a small salad, cooked brown rice, quiche (obviously), some pickeled vegetables and a soup. For a drink I ordered an organic apple juice and I was full afterwards. This place is completely vegan: that means no eggs and no cheese. For my first (japanese) vegan cafe I was pleasantly surprised. If it matters to anyone, I spoke to the staff in Japanese (and then I brought this cute pin from them that says "Ethical Vegan"). My meal was about $19 USD. 9 times out of 10 I will go back there again.

Pros: vegan, (very) Nice staff, I was full! haha

Cons: pretty pricey

juliabernard

Points +78

Vegetarian
14 Sep 2016

Delicious!

I went to Kobe for the first time this year and I had to visit the PINK WEED Cafe. The food was really delicious.
Me and my friend ordered lunch sets and we were super full. The atmosphere is very friendly. I would definitely come back if I could!

Pros: delicious, good atmosphere

Cons: none

Gillsabroad

Points +198

Vegan
09 Apr 2016

friendly service

Limited menu and limited English but great food in a lovely, quirky location. Definitely worth a return visit. Meat eating friend left happy.

Pros: only vegan restaurant in Kobe

Cons: limited menu

iokan

Points +1751

Vegan
14 Dec 2015

Best vegan restaurant in Kobe

Kobe is a nice city to visit. But if you open a website or brochure about tourism in Kobe, the number one advice to visitors is: try the Kobe beef. No thank you! If prefer a Happy Cow over a dead cow. But that's not as easy as it seems in Kobe. According to the Happy Cow app there's only one vegan restaurant in Kobe: the Pink Weed Cafe.

Here's how to find it: go to Motomachi station and take the North exit (that's cross the tracks so you face away from the city, shops and China town. Soon you'll see a baseball field (elevated). Take the first street on the right of the baseball field and after a few steps you'll see the Pink Weed Cafe. It's cute, it's idealistic, it's full of signs promoting vegetarianism and it has a Happy Cow sticker on the door. My kind of place!

The menu has only four options: kind-of falafel, Japanese style curry, an extra large salad and the "meal of the month". I chose the latter and in hindsight that might not have been the best idea. The meal of December 2015 was rice, salad and something stuffed in chicory and onions. It looked fantastic, but the taste was a bit blend. The various ingredients should enrich each other, but instead the chef just added various healthy vegetables together. Also the combination of hot and cold ingredients can make a meal more interesting, but in this case it didn't work for me. On the other hand: this could just have been me, because other guests told me they loved it. The appetiser (sweet potato soup) was lovely, so was the "chemical free tea".

Also, the Pink Weed Cafe is the only vegan restaurant in Kobe, so who am I to complain? Prices are very reasonable, the people super friendly and the food is okay. In a town like Tokyo, where vegan restaurants are abundant, the Pink Weed Cafe might not be up to par but for for Kobe the Pink Weed Cafe is the best vegan restaurant in town!

Pros: nice atmosphere, fair prices, reasonable quality

Cons: taste can be a bit blend

malcolmsfross

Points +67

Mostly Veg
07 Nov 2015

limited but good

A little difficult to find but worth it for vegans. Menu is limited but enjoyable. The ubiquitous felafel strikes again.

Pros: its vegan, its tasty

Cons: limited menu

corrinalyon

Points +568

Vegan
26 May 2015

pink weed

Great spot in Kobe - delicious!

Pros: 2 min walk from station, open at 9am -unheard of in Japan!

Cons: limited breakfast menu - 2 items

necius

Points +457

Vegan
18 Jan 2015

Good vegan food near Motomachi station

On our trip to Kobe, I was thrilled to find a Vegan restaurant in the city. The food was very nice (mainly consisting of soy-based meat substitutes) and the servings were very generous.

I also found the decor of the restaurant very appealing. It was good to see that they took their Veganism (and their love of John Lennon) seriously.

I will definitely return if I'm ever back in Kobe.

Pros: Good food, Good decor, Large servings

Eigna15

Points +53

Vegetarian
18 Jul 2014

lovely atmosphere, kids' meal available

So nice to have a warm, children-friendly and vegetarian restaurant by motomachi station. The kids' meal with juice, salad, rice and fried rice balls was much appreciated. The service and presentation were wonderful, too.




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