Vegana Burgers - Saldanha Residence

Quando o Vegana Burgers era uma novidade adorava comer lá. Era verdadeiramente delicioso, chegava mesmo a viciar.
Passado algum tempo (uns seis ou sete meses, por aí), quando voltei, senti que a qualidade que tanto caracterizava este espaço esmoreceu um bocado: simplesmente não me soube tão bem como antes. A mesma situação repetiu-se diversas vezes até que desisti de lá ir. Espero que o Vegana Burgers regresse com a qualidade que possuía inicialmente :c

Going straight to the point, I am disappointed. There is indeed the promise of something really good as the menus are very creative. Compared with other vegan eateries, these burgers with their different types of breads and variety of mixed vegetable burgers did stand out positively. But the taste did not. I tried the champignon burger and although the portion was nice, the burger in itself is very very mushy, It broke in half after I first lifted it to have a bit and I had trouble picking it up with a fork from the tray as It had more the consistency of a paste. Also I found the overall taste of things quite bland and the almost cold handmade chips with herbs served on the side didn't really added much besides the fact that they looked good. The spinach bread tasted ok but it would've been nice to have it warmer or slightly toasted. Price €8,10 including a drink. Prices for desserts and drinks options are not stated so you need to ask. Staff was friendly but I don't think it's very nice towards them from the business owner that they need to repeat to every customer their options beyond what's stated in the menus. Anyway, even if it was not to my taste, it's still an okay burger to eat. I was just expecting better.

Their hamburgers don't have any consistency, they are mushy, and resemble more like a purée. Also, I asked mine with broccoli and the broccoli were yellow, not green.

Unambitious. This place has so much unexploited potential and it could be really good with very little effort. When ordering a burger, I expect it to be saucy, crunchy, soft in the middle and full of flavours. Nevertheless the veggie burgers here are cold and mealy, buns are cold and very soft and the flavours are quite bland. It's so close to be good, but just not enough.

Spice it up, sauce it up, remember the salt and pepper, warm the burgers, toast the buns so there's something to bite into.

Updated from previous review on 2017-01-31

The ones i've tried were nice (some better than others). Love the fact that is completely vegetarian, no animal products, so its a big point for that. When I'm in town and don't want to spend that much money I go there.
Staff is very nice

I had high expectations and was a bit disappointed. The burguer texture was mushy. Thr mayo was bland. Friendly staff but very slow service.

This is a reasonably-priced vegan burger stand in the food court of a shopping mall. The staff were friendly and the burgers we got delicious. Can highly recommend the black bean and mushroom burger. Their homemade chips are amazing as a side. Loved the vegan chocolate mousse as a desert.

I was pleasantly surprised with all of the options available (food, drink and side dishes)! Overall the meal was good. It is in a food court and not an actually restaurant.

A ver, la verdad es que soy muy exigente con mis hamburguesas. No estaba esperando patatas de paquete, y creo que había demasiado mayonesa. Casi no sentía el sabor de los champiñones (que me encanta) pero solo de la salsa. No es una mala hamburguesa, pero tampoco es de las mejores que he comido. Me gustó mucho la decoración y todas las explicaciones sobre el veganismo!! :)

las hamburguesas son excelentes!!!!! la chica era muy maja y hay muchas opciones el crumble muy rico !!!!!

Muita variedade de escolha, pães originais, preço acessível, batatas caseiras, molho fantástico, hambúrguer delicioso. Recomendo muito, bom para quem não é vegetariano e quer experimentar também.

Fiquei com vontade de experimentar todos!!:)) Menus mt bonitos, coloridos, e com ingredientes frescos. Um sítio a voltar!

The food in general isn't good

I ordered the beet and rice burger with an apple pesto sauce and my partner ordered the black bean and tomato burger in the green matcha bun. We both agreed that they were among the best vegan burgers we have ever eaten. The side dishes were also very good (couscous, broccoli, and chips). They had approximately 8 choices of burgers and I am planning to return so I can try additional burgers. The staff spoke good english and was helpful explaining the available options.
Bottom line - I highly recommend Vegana burgers if you looking for vegetarian options in Lisbon.

Vegana burgers (the first restaurant of the franchise - I am sure that more will follow) is located in a mall in downtown Lisbon. The place has lots of natural light, though. The staff are very friendly and the food is fresh, tasty and, above all, innovative. I went there today with my 15 year old daughter and we both had the mushroom and beans burger with vegan maionese and fresh mushroom topping, with homemade chips. As she took her first bite, my daughter looked at me open-eyed and said "What the hell is going on here?". She devoured the burger in a couple of bites. It was incredibly tasty and juicy. The fig bread is an amazing touch and the homemade chips are the best I have had in a while. We paid around 16 euros for 2 menus, which included an apple and watermellon juice. They do not have sodas, but you can buy one in any of the other restaurants in the food court.

Updated from previous review on 2016-10-07

Tasty burgers, friendly staff, good menu choice, beautiful presentation, we loved it! A must go whenever around.

I had black beans burger with crisps. It was delicious and I promised myself I would eat there again the next time I go to Lisbon.

This restaurant is in a shopping center and has a food court vibe.

The food was tasty, and service was good and fast.
there is a selection of different burgers. The burger patties are all served cold, which was weird and would have tasted better got.

I recommend this place for a quick bite on the go.

Choose from a selection of 8 burgers available all day and every day. No need to query if there are any dairy ingredients either. That's because every single morsel is vegan. Vegana Burgers is located in the food court at the basement of a shopping and office mall. There is no dedicated seating other than communal food court seating. We opted to take away but that was just preference to soak up some sun at the top of Parque Eduardo VII. With each burger you get the choice of a drink and a side dish such as fries or couscous. You also get a cute pot of mayo. Prices range from €6.50 to €8.50 which is fair. We had a beetroot and rice burger and a sweet potato and chick pea burger. Both were excellent but more the consistency of a solid pâté rather than a burger. Nevertheless, they held their taste and texture to the end. Great place, I hope it does well. It deserves to.

Updated from previous review on 2016-09-09

It's really nice to find a restaurant like this in a shopping mall. You can order a burger in a menu with lot variations. After the burger, side dish, dessert and a drink - you are full :) Everything tastes really delicious. The waitress helps me with my combination, she was very friendly.

Very tasty burgers are served at this ethical establishment, everything is vegan, the containers are made of plants not plastic and there are posters at the counter which promote a vegan diet and highlight animal cruelty. It has a modern and fresh look and is ran efficiently with friendly staff. The only draw back for me is that it doesn't have its own seating area though that said the seating area isn't bad for a communal shopping complex, it's actually one of the better and cleaner ones I've seen. If like me you're not struck on dining at food malls then it's a great place for a take away. I particularly loved the mayo and fresh lemonade.

Vegana burgers is located in the shopping centre, it is cheap and fast, so great when you just want food and dont expect anything else. Burgers are really good, homemade fries are in my opinion too oily and I wouldnt call them fries, more like chips but overall the food is tasty and very filling.

Vegana burgers is a stand in a food court in the heart of Lisbon's financial district.

It must be a vegan haven for people working in the areas but, in my opinion, not enough to go there just for the food.

It's definitely a good start: inventive, colourful, healthy - but I must admit that the food experience in itself is nothing special. I have had burgers made with the veggies or beans in other places with a much richer and developed taste and texture.

I think it's indeed a wonderful start but I hope they will become better in the future.

Vegan burgers stand in a shopping mall. Decent vegan fast food burgers. Good for a quick bite when you are in the neighbourhood.

Very friendly service, effortlessly explaining all the many burger options to us in English. Burgers were tasty, nice vegan mayonnaise, crisps were fun (seemed home-made), bread could be a little more sturdy. It's located in the food court of a shopping mall so don't expect a fancy setting, but if you want to have a quick vegan meal, this is a very good pick.

Love them, I've tried almost all there options, Lots of delicious and healthy options

I would love to like this place, because the counter and the portions look pretty, but I think tasteless over-healthy burgers like these give bad reputation to vegan food. Burgers are good when they are fried, when they have soy- or seitan patties and vegan cheese, when they have fat and salt in them. It just doesn´t work if they are not fried, when there seems to be no salt at all, when you cant add relish and ketchup... This place would be better as a salad bar. I don´t want to eat dry burgers with patties, sauces and buns that don´t taste much at all.

This was one of the places I wanted to visit in Lisbon, but I was quite disappointed in the end.

They have a lot of options, 8 vegan burgers, 5 o 6 sides like chips, broccoli, couscous...

The point is that the burgers are not tasty. I tried many vegan burgers around the world, but this... not tasty at all.

Prices are reasonable, not cheap, but not expensive at all. The place is located inside a mall and the ambiance is not so nice.

First vegan fast food in portugal and is awessssooome.

Went to the burgerplace with my SO for our anniversary.

We've read all the reviews here on happycow, so we were exited to see the best rated burger place in Lisbon.

And well...
The burgers may have been "healthy" but it was at the cost of the taste.
The buns were dry and tasteless - and also missing the seeds on top.

My girlfriends patty tasted a bit of soap

And the "home made french fries"... well they were just potatochips, presumably from a bag.

And the dessert, an apple crumble, may have been good when it was made, but at the time of consumption, it had the texture of old apples with damp muesli.

Wouldn't recommend Vegana over a cheeseless veggiepizza from a random corner pizza-pusher in Lisbon... sorry

Updated from previous review on 2016-07-18

This is a "fast food" Vegan Burger concept near the heart of Lisbon.
All Vegan, good desserts, good menus and a fast service with 10 different hamburger experiences.
Also have a customer card so you can get free stuff the more you visit them!

Amazing food and people! There are several hamburgers with different ingredients. All very tasty and all vegan!

After the flight we were craving for some vegan food. The app came with some suggestions and obviously we made the perfect choice.
As we are a family of five, we tried all the burgers which seemed convenient to us. What should I say? The burgers are great, freshly made by incredibly nice and dedicated people.
-> Meet the boss - she is awesome and gives advice in english! ;-)

Thank you & see you next time!

Very good burgers, a lot of choices. It's in a foodcounter, so no cosy place.
Note: it is opened every day, also during weekends.

We loved these burgers! I wish I got to try more flavours because they all looked amazing. We noticed, while we were there, there's a whole heap of other food counters at the food court with no customers and there was a line around the corner to get to Vegana Burgers. We met lots of other cool vegans here, too.

Found this vegan place thru HappyCow. It is in a mall but apparently they will be moving soon. Burgers were generous size and delicious. Hard to find vegan options in Lisbon. Good prices and vegan dessert options too.

Vegana have a nice variety of burgers, made of different ingredients, the place is small and welcoming and part of a fast food court, sort of

I had the veggie burger with the red bun and it was so good. I would really recomend it.
It was a bit harder to find, because it's located in a shopping mall.

First of all, it's amazing that a place like this exists! Fully vegan fast food, yes please! I hope Vegana Burgers hits other shopping malls all over Portugal, unfortunately I don't live in Lisbon, if I did I would go there all the time. Second, I loved the burger I tried (black beans & mushrooms) and another person I was with got another one and loved it as well. The bread was so great, I wasn't expecting the fig bread to taste so good with the burger but it was indeed amazing. The dressings were great as well. Can't wait to visit Lisbon again and try the other burgers.

Glad to see these options in Lisbon!

Really tasty burgers with creative combinations of flavors. All vegan: the burgers, the sauces, the desserts :D
Nice staff!
Prices are the average for this type of restaurant.

The restaurant is located on a mall's food court, but the staff is kind enough to turn it into a cozy place. I tried two of the five burgers they have and just can't decide which one was better.

Great selections of vegan burgers and sides! It is in a mall food court so not much to say for the ambience. Great prices and nice helpful (we needed translation) staff. Would definitely go back!

I've tried every single burguer so far, and all of them are unique and have an amazing taste (though my favorite is the mushrooms and beans burguer). The staff is very kind and always innovating when it comes to food choices, which is remarkable.
If you pass by Lisbon, I suggest you try this amazing restaurant.

Vegana Burguer possui varios tipos de hambúrgueres vegan, todos eles deliciosos e com molhos fantásticos. Cada menu tem o seu burguer, pão e molho próprio o que é bastante interessante e criativo :)
É também bastante agradável ser possível escolher o acompanhamento , que pode ser batatas "fritas" (sem gordura), cenoura crua, brócolos cozidos couscous ou salada.
Recomendo sem duvida a quem quer ter uma refeição diferente e muito saborosa, mantendo-se bastante saudável ^_^

When I heard all the great comments about the first vegan fast food burgery in Portugal I had to go there and try it myself. And I fell in love! The burgers are the delicious and the natural juice of the day is super good, the staff is always nice and even tho the place is small it's is pretty at his own way. One of my favorite places to go eat a nice meal!

My boyfriend and I had an amazing lunch with vegana burgers. They are healthy (not fried) and super delicious. I had the black bean and mushroom burger with couscous and salad and Diogo had the curry and chickpeas burger in bread with French fries.

Nice small place. Vegan burgers are good and creative. Good side dishes and deserts.

This place is quite recent, so it does need to improve a few things. Still, my congrats to the team for being super nice and for delivering such tasty burgers!

There are several menus, with different types of bread and burgers. Each one of them is very good. The portions of the side dishes should be bigger and the orange juice should be better.

However, I read one of their posts the other day, where they thanked people for their feedback and they were also aware they needed to change and improve some things and that they were working on it. So I am sure everything will be great in the future.

We didn't have the opportunity to try their carob cake, but we will return soon!

Comida apresentada quase fria. Batatas fritas desagradáveis ao toque e ao paladar, o Pão dos hamburguers parece ser de compra. Demasiado tempo para ser atendido. Uma experiência a não repetir.

A great place to taste delicious vegan burguers in Lisbon!

All the options have a fabulous taste and are also a delight to the eyes!

This small but practical “fast food” restaurant is located in one of the shopping malls in the very central Picoas area in Lisbon.

It serves five different vegan burgers, each of them made with very distinct ingredients and served in their own special bread. You can choose to accompany the burgers with sweet potato, couscous, or tomato salad.

Me and my wife had a very late lunch at the restaurant and ended up ordering two burgers each, meaning that I had the opportunity to taste four different burgers in one meal! All of them were quite delicious. The flavor of each burger really stood out and the combination of the ingredients was very well balanced. Personally I really like the ingredients used in these burgers, such as beans, lentils, chickpeas, brown rice, quinoa, etc. These are healthy and very satisfying foods.

Unfortunately, soup is only available during weekdays, which is bit disappointing because combining a nourishing warm soup with a hearty burger is what would truly please my appetite. The drinks are another area where a bit of improvement is in order - there aren't many options and the only natural juice available was very, very watery. Perhaps having herbal tea or bottled juices would be simple yet nice additions.

All in all, visiting this new vegan place was a good experience and we are definitely coming back: it will probably become our go-to place on Sundays because almost all other vegetarian restaurants around the area are closed.